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Baxter Street (formerly Newton Street and locally known as "Hog Alley") ran from South 7th Street to Mount Ephraim Avenue in South Camden, notorious for decades as a hub of illegal activity; largely demolished, the 700 block survives as an overgrown alley.
Robert Taylor shoots Sumner Derrickson in a gambling dispute on Baxter Street; Derrickson taken to Cooper Hospital, Taylor arrested at the Federal Street ferry.
John Hill, in his 18th year, was hanged at the Camden County Jail for the murder of Joseph Dodson, the first execution on Camden County's new gallows, less than six months after he shot Dodson near Reed & Derrickson's saloon at Seventh and Sycamore streets.
Philadelphia Inquirer - October 17, 1892 Another Crime Added to the Long List of New Jersey Tragedies. A Quarrel Between Two Colored Youths Ends in a Killing.