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Andrew Sureno Fined
Andrew Sureno, 24, of 710 Locust Street, was fined $25 by Recorder Stackhouse for mixing mortar on an asphalt street in violation of a city ordinance.
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Auto Fire Engine Skids Into Window
Company No. 3's auto fire engine skidded at Broadway and Kaighn Avenue and crashed into a store window at Broadway and Locust Street; Engineer Daniel Smith and Stoker Arthur Wingate jumped to safety while Driver Michael Brown stuck to his post.
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Raid Alleged Disorderly Houses
Captain Stanley and a squad made two more raids near Third and Spruce Streets, descending on the places of Mamie Tinsey at 240 Spruce Street and Josephine Quinn at 807 Locust Street.
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Accused Admits Robbery
Carl Green, 23, of 268 Spruce Street, admitted robbing Lawrence Lamaina's place at Locust and Spruce Streets and was committed to jail by Recorder Stackhouse after his arrest by Detectives Moffett and Murry.
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Second Attempt to End His Life Fails
Jockey Louis Asseline, jailed by Recorder Stackhouse after shooting himself, tried to choke himself in his cell; he said he was despondent because his wife, at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. James Barry at Locust and Mechanic Streets, refused to return home.
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Fireman Joseph Ware Dies
Camden Fireman Joseph Ware, son of Policeman James Ware and a member of No. 1 Engine Company, died at his home on Fillmore Street after an automobile crank slipped and struck him in the face on June 6.
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Small Fire at Mrs. Rose Miller's
A small fire in the rear of Mrs. Rose Miller's home at 920 Locust Street brought two box alarms and a local call and threw the street into an uproar.
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'Kentucky Rosebud' Accused by Police
Walter Edgerton, the former lightweight pugilist known as the "Kentucky Rosebud," was arrested by Police Captain Stanley at 811 Locust Street and held in $800 bail on a charge of keeping a disorderly house.
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Seven Raids Disturb Camden Churchgoers
Camden police made seven simultaneous raids in the Tenderloin district on a Sunday morning, arresting twenty-three persons accused of selling liquor without a license. The raids were directed by Police Captain Arthur Stanley.
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Marriage Licenses
Camden marriage licenses, including Frank E. Connelly, 24, of 1248 Locust Street, and Jennie Wilhelm, 19, of 265 Mechanic Street.
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Charge, Murder to Italian Now on Sea
Camden police believe Ilario Di Antonio, sailing for Italy, stabbed William Gallagher to death at Locust and Pine streets on December 8, 1912; two compatriots were arrested after Detectives Schregler and Troncone investigated.
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Cases Treated at Cooper Hospital
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.
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Court Dismisses Gambling Charge
A Camden Post-Telegram account of the April 1912 police raids on two alleged South Camden gambling houses. Eli Johnson and Daniel Bussey were discharged or fined; among those caught at 829 Locust Street was former prize fighter Walter "Kentucky Rosebud" Edgerton.
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Harry Shaw Missing
Harry Shaw, 63, of 1117 Locust Street, had been missing from home since November 12, having threatened that he would either get work or do away with himself.
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Alleges Prisoner Got Off With $300
Antonio Dilgrande of Locust Street was held at the county jail, charged with jumping his bail and stealing $300 from Marie Gelima; both had been arrested weeks earlier for conducting a "speakeasy."
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Stove Fire at James Dare's
Flames from an overheated stove damaged the rear of the dwelling of James Dare at 707 Locust Street.
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Viciously Attacked in Fight on Street
Leon Branch, 24, of 816 Locust Street, was slashed in a row with a woman at Third and Cherry Streets and treated at Cooper Hospital, but refused to press a charge against his assailant, Lulu Parks.
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In Jail, His License Revoked
The Camden Excise Board revoked the liquor license of Nicholas Verratti, jailed after his conviction for keeping a disorderly house at his saloon at 842 Locust Street, and granted license transfers to several other saloonkeepers.
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Camden News Notes
Camden briefs for February 19, 1906, including Captain Stanley's raid on Fannie Clark's house at 847 Locust Street, where the officers expected a wagon load of prisoners but found only the proprietress.
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Camden News Notes
A Camden News Notes column: a new policeman appointed, a permit for ten dwellings at Fourth and York streets, a liquor license transfer, a G. A. R. reunion invitation, county bridge plans, and a 13-year-old boy of 810 Locust Street struck on the head with a brick.
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Police Guard Gas Tank
A Philadelphia Inquirer report of August 12, 1904 on the police guard placed over the gas holder being built at Locust and Walnut streets in Camden during a riveters' strike. Charles F. Watkins was named among those assaulted.
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Strikers and Workmen Fight
Striking riveters building a gas tank for the Public Service Corporation at Locust and Walnut Streets clashed with replacement workmen at Fifth and Walnut; a squad under Captain Stanley dispersed the crowd.
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Camden News Notes
Roy West was held in $500 bail by Recorder Stackhouse, charged with breaking into the home of Mrs. Fannie Clark at 847 Locust Street.
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Camden's Scarred Patriots
Camden's Fourth of July in 1904 passed without serious accidents; eight people were admitted to Cooper Hospital, and flag raising and Pyne Point Park exercises were held.
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Girl Kept Suit
Cecelia Simons, 20, of 1113 Locust Street, was committed by Justice Baldwin on a charge of obtaining a suit of clothes under false pretences from installment dealer S. Lewis of Broadway.
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Moselander — Death Notice
Death notice for Maggie May Moselander, nine-month-old daughter of Jennie and Robert W. Moselander; the funeral was held from 1035 Locust Street with interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Alleged Policy People Arrested
A major policy (numbers) raid in Camden, supervised by Chief of Police Foster with Sergeant Hyde's squad, nets nine arrests and a quantity of drawings and "dream books" at 257 Division Street.
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Camden
A Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden personal notes, including Florence Ivins of 648 Locust Street celebrating her fifteenth birthday and a farewell reception for Rev. Joseph Garrison of Asbury M. E. Church.
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Fatally Crushed by an Elevator
Daniel Breslin, 16, was crushed to death while running a freight elevator at the Fries-Breslin Smyrna Rug Works in South Camden; his body was taken to his parents' home at 1241 Locust Street.
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Cleaning Out a Colored Dive
Euceria Manor, who ran a house at Locust and Division Streets, was committed in default of $1000 bail on a charge of harbouring minors for immoral purposes after a raid conducted by Captain Stanley.
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Camden Mystery More Involved
The investigation into the death of Mrs. Lillian Chambers at the Locust Street house of William H. Wilkins, a Camden fortune teller and "voodoo doctor," led police to a boiler of suspected human bones hidden behind a sealed fireplace.
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Monday Round Up in Police Court
A police squad including Officer Harvey raided an alleged speak-easy and gambling resort on Division Street near Locust; Abraham Briscoe, the alleged proprietor, was held by Recorder Nowrey for selling liquor without a license.
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Over In Camden
A Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden news: barking dogs frightened burglars from James Croker's saloon at Fourth and Jasper Streets, and John L. Lattimore of 1120 Locust Street broke his leg jumping from a car in the Bulson Street yard.
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Murdered and Her Body Buried
Ella Ford, 22, of 809 Locust Street, was found murdered and buried in the cellar of her home; police sought George Morris, who was believed to have crossed the Delaware by the Federal Street ferry.
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Frank Yeager Discharged
Frank Yeager, arrested for selling liquor to minors at Locust and Spruce Streets, was discharged by Mayor Pratt, who found he had bought the saloon from Christian Eppinger but the license had not been transferred.
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Camden's News Budget
A Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden news, led by the failure of builder George Matthews, with notes including the disappearance of Henry Cox of 306 Locust Street.
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Accidents of the Day
The Philadelphia Inquirer of July 5, 1889 lists five Fourth of July firearm and firework victims admitted to Cooper Hospital in Camden, including Edward Weston of 747 Berkley Street, who suffered a lacerated hand from a cannon shot.
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Building Boom in Camden
James Cox has begun six two-story brick houses on Cox Street, below Second, as part of a broader construction boom across Camden. Philadelphia Inquirer, June 7, 1888.
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Camden Press Club Organized
The Camden Press Club permanently organized, electing Alexander Schlesinger president, Joseph M. Engard vice president, Richard W. Kerswell secretary and Samuel E. Hudson treasurer.
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Terrific Explosion of a Locomotive
A freight locomotive of the Pennsylvania Railroad exploded inside the Camden round house; watchman Richard Rourke was fatally injured and died at his home on South Second Street.
Historical Accounts
The Year 1842 - Camden, NJ
The first night boat between Camden and Philadelphia was put on July 4, 1842, by the Camden and Philadelphia Ferry Company, the last boat leaving Camden at 9:00 PM and Philadelphia at 9:30 PM.