Tag: Nathaniel Petit
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Koerner Made Police Chief; Carroll, Mattison Promoted
Camden Courier-Post – November 29, 1949 Johnson, Garrity Move As Aaron Shifts Officers Capt. Gustav Koerner, youngest of six men holding that rank in the department, today was named Camden police chief. Public Safety Director Aaron announced the appointment and the 53-year-old Koerner, a member of the department 26 years, was sworn in by County…
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Salesman Dies in Collision of Auto and Bus
Camden Courier-Post – February 10, 1933 Victim Near Home When Accident Occurs; Driver Held John A. Ashton, 36, a salesman, of 316 Boyd Street, was injured fatally last night when his automobile and a Public Service bus collided 100 feet from his home. He died in West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital at 8:10 PM, an hour…
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2 Wives Give Same Block Duplicate Murder Scares
Camden Courier-Post – October 27, 1931 And Two Hubbies on Warpath, Both Brandishing Knives, Subdued by Same Cop Will Tell It to Same Judge Today Two wives, within two hours, excited the neighborhood of Chestnut Street in the 200 block by running into the street and calling “murder.” In both instances Motorcycle Patrolman Earl Wright…
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Dealer Denies Thieves Took Slot Machine
Camden Evening Courier – January 20, 1928 Bertman Doubts His Story After He ‘Shifts’ Loot to Cigars Is liable to a fine on gambling machine Grand Jury Probe is Hinted by Judge – Reporter Takes Stand Lewis Shectman changed his story in police court today and declared that it was only a box of cigars,…