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George H. Ewing of 460 Liberty Street, president of the Sixth Ward Democratic Club, filed for re-election to the Democratic County Committee, while three others took out Republican nominating petitions.
Camden Courier-Post, July 23, 1941: Detective Lieut. Samuel Johnson warns motorists of gasoline thieves; six garages behind the Liberty Bottling Company at 1135 Liberty Street were broken into.
Clicquot Club ginger ale advertisement placed by the New Jersey Bottling Company, 524 Liberty Street, Camden, in the Camden Courier-Post, July 1, 1941.
A February 1938 Camden Courier-Post notice of a balloon and confetti dance held by the St. Joseph's Polish Athletic Association in the newly renovated parish hall at Tenth and Liberty Streets.
A February 1938 Camden Courier-Post account of the first annual Sports Dinner of the St. Joseph's Polish Athletic Association, with Villanova's “Clipper” Smith and several All-American footballers as guests.
A February 1938 Camden Courier-Post notice of the annual Sports Dinner of the St. Joseph's Polish Athletic Association in Whitman Park, featuring Villanova coach Maurice “Clipper” Smith.
Schlitz Old Milwaukee Beer advertisement placed by the New Jersey Bottling Company, 522 Liberty Street, Camden, in the Camden Courier-Post, August 27, 1936.
A February 1936 Camden Courier-Post notice that the St. Joseph's Polish Athletic Association would hold its annual pre-Lenten dance at St. Joseph's Parish Hall, Tenth and Liberty Streets, featuring an exhibition dance by walkathon favorites Mary Jane and Art Mason and music by Walt Leopold's Orchestra.
Stanley Powell, 28, of 1256 Whitman Avenue, was jailed without bail in connection with the $10,380.50 robbery of Mrs. Mary Shane on Broadway near Kaighn Avenue, while police questioned Frank Gromacki, 28, of 412 Broadway, in the same case.
At the second trial of Fred and Joseph Klosterman on 12 lottery counts, five witnesses testified they had worked for the brothers' numbers bank, while five convicted numbers writers, among them Walter Hart of 1245 Thurman Street, were returned from state prison to testify.
Camden police under Chief Arthur Colsey opened a city-wide hunt for the bandits who shot Detective William T. Feitz four times in the back when he surprised a holdup of 20 persons in a house at 243 Sycamore Street.
Two South Camden men were arrested on suspicion of robbing the Lyric Theatre at Broadway and Mt. Vernon Street, where a safe was forced open and a radio receiver stolen. Camden Courier-Post, April 2, 1934.
Camden Morning Post, October 13, 1933: Mayor Roy R. Stewart aided in capturing a 17-year-old burglar who broke into the Grand Theatre, next door to his home.
Group Gaining Weight in Vermont Mountains as They Clear Timber to Make Way for Jam, And Sleep Under Heavy Blankets Forty-three Camden city and county men with Company 2204, Citizens' Conservation Corps, are now located at Knapp Andrew Camp, Montpelier, Vt., word received here yesterday disclosed.
Scheidt's Beer advertisement placed by Liberty Bottling Works, 1135 Liberty Street, Camden, in the Camden Courier-Post of August 14, 1933.
Judge Pancoast fined Herbert Reuben $25 in July 1933 for selling beer without a license at 925 Liberty Street, but freed Frank Tomiczwicz of 1111 Louis Street with a warning after testimony that he was destitute.
Camden fireman John C. Voll of 1230 North Nineteenth Street was involved in two successive accidents that injured four people near River Road in June 1933.
Camden Courier-Post - February 7, 1933 A tour of Camden's leading industrial plants following a reception at Central Airport has been arranged for Stanley F. Hausner, the "Flying Pole" of Newark, when he is the guest of this city Thursday.
A jury deliberated 12 minutes before convicting William Pernier, former pal of slain gangster William "Shooey" Bonner, of carrying a revolver after he was shot at Locust Street and Kaighn Avenue; he faced three to seven years in prison.
Nathan Katz, 35, was fined $50 by Police Judge Pancoast after police raided his junk shop at 513 Liberty Street and found two pints of liquor. Camden Courier-Post, June 16, 1932.
Martha Tomlinson, 18, of Delaware township, told Camden county court that four young Camden men beat and robbed her near the riverfront; the defendants denied the charge.
Reino A. Thompson, 19, of 805 Linden Street, and Henry N. Mallet, 21, of 119 North Ninth Street, were found guilty of holding up two bus drivers by a jury of eleven, after juror Charles B. Kay was excused saying he had been beaten and "put on the spot."
The American Jewish Yearbook, 1931–1932, published by the Jewish Publication Society of America, lists 40 Camden annual members with their addresses, including Lewis Liberman, 307 Market Street.
A weekend of raids on two disorderly houses at 818 and 1219 Locust Street and the Blue Hour Luncheonette on Liberty Street brought $1005 in fines; Pearl Williams of 818 Locust was jailed and Mary Young and Leona West were each fined $100.
John Doris, brother of the electrocuted Frank Doris, was arrested after Joseph Connors of Gloucester was shot in front of the American Restaurant, 506 Kaighn avenue, near Broadway; a police roundup netted 10 men held as material witnesses.
Two Camden men missed by relatives and friends were found dead of heart disease. Patrolman Raymond Stark broke down the door at 907 Federal Street to find barber Thomas Green; John Curran was found in the yard of 286 Liberty Street.
Camden Courier-Post - January 16, 1928 Vincent Raczykowski was elected for the third consecutive time as president of the Camden County Polish-American Republican Club at the annual meeting held in the clubhouse at Tenth and Liberty streets.
Camden Courier-Post - January 9, 1928 Old Doc Hyghcock comes back into the news, wearing hip boots and a high hat. The hip boots and the high hat and the crazy old car he drove are funny.
Camden Courier-Post - January 7, 1928 "Doctor" Reyouque E.H.H. Hyghcock , whose underground "House of Terror" at 415 Liberty Street brought him much publicity and a prison cell two years ago, was arrested today in Collingswood.
Camden, N.J., April 18.— The charge of suspicion of murder under which H.H. Hyghcock , alleged "Voodoo doctor" was held by the police for more than a week was dropped today and he was held in $2500 bail on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses and illegally practicing medicine.
Police Learn Hyghcock Ran Another Underground Hotel Years Ago Driven Out of Town Came to Philadelphia Excavation of Cellar Here for Bodies Starts as Owner Gives Consent Mayor King to Direct Armed with picks, axes, and shovels a detail of police and firemen started this afternoon to tear up the underground voodoo den of E.H.H. Hyghcock , 413-15 Liberty Street .
Doc Hyghcock Brought Maids from Florida Got Them Jobs as Domestics at Eight Dollars Each—Used Half Dozen Cars P.O.
Helena Independent, Helena, Montana - April 11, 1925 Kept Data on People Slated "To Go" Camden, N. J., April 10.
Camden Courier - April 10, 1925 Cops Discover Secret Vault, Baby Skeleton Police investigating the "voodoo den" of H.H. Hyghcock , 413-15 Liberty Street , whose arrest on suspicion of murder made several important discoveries today.
'Cures' Told in Old Recipe Book A weird "library" of "voodoo literature" was discovered by the police in the strangely under-tunneled and unusually equipped home and offices of "Doctor" H.H.
"Black Bird Pounced on My Head and I was Breathless,' She Says After Tour of 'Doc' Hyghcock's Former Domain By M. IRENE FROST, Society Editor of The Courier Touching in the highlights of my tour of the "Voodoo" house the thing that impressed me most, perhaps, was the black bird, which pounced on my head and fanned my face with its wings just as I entered the tunnel of utter darkness.
Camden police tear apart "Dr." H.H. Hyghcock's Liberty Street "voodoo den," finding a bloodstained hatchet, a hidden vault, and infant remains, as Director Tempest and the detective captains interrogate the self-styled medicine man.
Courier photo page on the "voodoo houses" on Liberty Street: the crowd outside, an artist's drawing of the cellar tunnels, the house fronts, police in the "control room" and the back yard.
Helena Independent, Helena Montana, April 10, 1925 By Associated Press.
Police held "Doctor" H. H. Hyghcock without bail after discovering a maze of tunnels, "witch caves," and gruesome remains beneath 413 and 415 Liberty Street; Police Judge Cleary first held him on lesser charges.
A home-made still exploded at 411 Liberty Street, Camden, injuring Rudolphe Velke, his wife and 6-year-old daughter Ella, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported on March 19, 1921.
Philadelphia Inquirer Camden briefs of July 17, 1918: lawyer Joseph Carr inducted into the service, four-year-old Frank Harris of 329 Liberty Street injured with a hatchet, Levering Minister leaving Engine Co. No. 4 for a shipyard job, and William Michalak appointed to the mounted police squad.
A Camden Post-Telegram report of January 3, 1917 on sudden deaths: William McCauley of 464 Liberty Street, three-year-old Mary Wopsuke of 1132 Kaighn Avenue, and John Prettyman, 25, of 811 Howard Street, found dead in his father's stable.
Joseph Evans, 14, of 225 Benson Street, and David Plummer, 12, were held by Recorder Stackhouse in September 1914 after confessing to stealing a bicycle from the home of Fireman William McCauley, 453 Liberty Street. The boys were also accused of breaking into the Asbell Brothers store at 911 Broadway.
A Camden Post-Telegram list of cases treated at Cooper Hospital, led by Christopher Umberger's fall from a Cooper River boat house roof and including John T. Gordan of 647 Locust Street.
Death notice of Ray Y. Tomlin, wife of John C. Tomlin and daughter of the late Charles C. and Susan Moffett, with funeral from 304 Liberty Street. Camden Post-Telegram, April 21, 1910.
Three boys arrested on suspicion of robbing the home of Esther Mills at 1220 South Fourth Street were discharged from custody when no evidence was produced against them.
Real estate transfers in Camden County, including Nos. 327 and 329 Liberty Street, William B. Stephens to Ephraim B. Fisher, $2000, and G. Hugo Ernst to Edward Geschke at Mechanic and Norris streets. Philadelphia Inquirer, February 22, 1908.
George Willingmire terrorised South Camden with a shotgun and a bull terrier, wounding four people before plunging into the Eighth Street swamp. Captain Stanley pursued him to within twenty feet before Willingmire loaded his gun and threatened to fire.
Rain stopped the morning exercises at the Pyne Point Park Fourth of July celebration in Camden in 1903, while the East Side's leading fireworks display was at the fire house at Twenty-seventh and Federal streets under Captain Amadee Middleton. Blank cartridges and toy cannon caused a string of injuries treated at Cooper Hospital and Homeopathic Hospital.