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Indian in Court Was on Warpath Neighbor Avers
William May, an Indian living at 2110 Berwick Street, was held on $200 bail after his neighbor accused him of threatening to kill him with an axe.
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Forced to Aid His Wife and Four
A Philadelphia Inquirer item of February 9, 1917: Fred Keeler, 42, of 908 Howard Street, accused of giving his wife only $2 in three weeks, was ordered by Recorder Stackhouse to post a $500 bond guaranteeing his family $5 a week.
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Alleged Panhandler's Dog Wins Release for Him
A pet fox terrier that refused to leave the patrol box at Broadway and Spruce streets after its owner, George "Gold Tooth" Wilson, was arrested for panhandling by Detective Brothers moved Recorder Stackhouse to discharge Wilson from custody.
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Hold Boys for Rifling Mail
Two 12-year-old boys, William Shafer and George Hickman, admitted to Detective Brothers that they rifled the mail box at Broadway and Pine Street, Camden, stealing two packages of jewelry worth $102 mailed by jeweler Lewis Nelson.
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Harry Litchman Store Burgled
Stephen Damski, 18, of Sycamore Street was committed to jail for breaking into Harry Litchman's store at 1124 South Tenth Street and stealing $5 in money and tobacco.
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Sunday Ordinance to Be Tested in Higher Court
Attorney Harry C. Kramer announced he would carry Camden's liberal Sunday ordinance to a higher court after his client Louis Weisban, of 28th Street and Polk Avenue, was fined $10 for selling a scrub brush and soap powder on a Sunday.
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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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Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective
Fred Coursey and Harry Duffield collapse in Police Court as Detective John Painter recounts the robbery killing of 18-year-old Karl Kellmann at Twenty-seventh and Sherman streets; Linnans Staley is committed as a principal.
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Paper Packing Force Gets More Recruits
Boilermaker Crawford Smith had Policeman Ulie Andrews lock up a drunken namesake, Andy Smith, who put a brick through a front window of his home at 729 Carman Street; Recorder Stackhouse sentenced him to two months at the paper picking plant, and James Davis and James Carter got a month each. Camden Post-Telegram, November 30, 1910.
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Convicted on His Cousin's Complaint
S. Linokoski, a Russian, was tried before a jury in Police Court this noon on a charge of misdemeanor preferred by Annie Nevlin, his cousin, who resides in North Camden.
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Penny Caused Lively Set-To
The Camden Post-Telegram reported that Recorder Stackhouse suspended sentence on Harry Holmes after trolley conductor H. Selby's account of a fight over a missing penny was disputed by Policeman Howard Smith and Freeholder Larry Rhoades.
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News of a Day in the City of Camden
A Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden news for January 17, 1906, including the burial of former Mayor J. Leighton Westcott from his home at 221 North Third Street, and a girl's hand crushed in factory machinery at Ninth and Market Streets.
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Col. Felton Committed Suicide in His Office
Col. George G. Felton, real estate dealer and former City Treasurer, was found dead of gas in his office in the Felton building at Second and Federal streets. The same Camden Daily Courier column reported the sudden death of Walter C. Fish, florist of Broadway and Spruce streets.