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Robert P. Ashenfelter
Robert Patterson Ashenfelter entered the world in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 13, 1884, as the offspring of Reuben Ashenfelter and his spouse, the former Amelia Hipple.
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8th Street
Eighth Street runs south to north, with a few major interruptions, from Morgan Boulevard to Pyne Point in North Camden.
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Arch Street
Arch Street ran from Delaware Avenue to North 5th Street between Federal and Market Streets in downtown Camden. Formerly known as Plum Street, it was home to Oetzel's Saloon, the Genova Cafe, the Collings Carriage Company, and the Camden Fire Department headquarters at 5th and Arch.
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Camden Detective Dies While Fishing
Heart Attack Kills Louis Schlamm; Thrown into Water as Boat Capsizes Avalon, Aug. 14 — Louis J. Schlamm , 55, veteran Camden city detective, died of a heart attack while fishing in Townsend's Inlet near here today.
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Bathtub Gin Maker Is Held for Court
Police Judge Lewis Liberman held Earl Bundy without bail after detectives testified he was making bathtub gin in his home at 824 Sycamore Street. The court also dismissed charges against two youths accused of coat theft, and fined Francis Murtagh of 117 North 34th Street for reckless driving.
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Feitz First Cop Slain Here; 6 Others Survived Wounds
The murder of Detective William Feitz by bandits marked the first slaying of a policeman in the history of the Camden department; police records showed three other members had been shot, two stabbed and a sixth beaten with an iron pipe, but all survived.
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Jobless Son Kills Jake Schiller Wo Saves Boys Wife From Gun
SLAYER CRAZED BY SEPARATION, RELATIVES SAY Dazedly Insists He Had No Intention of Shooting Sire ESTRANGED WIFE SEEN IN SUICIDE TRY Slain Man Long Was Prominent Figure in Camden Politics Jacob Schiller , 72, for 45 years a political figure here, is dead, shot by his own son.
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"Bob" Ashenfelter, Shot in Duel With Burglars, Asks Pension
Detective Robert Ashenfelter, wounded in the August 24, 1931 gun duel with a burglar at the American Store, Thirty-second Street and Pierce Avenue, and Accident Investigator John Sheeran applied for disability pensions before the Police and Firemen's Pension Commission.
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Thieves Foiled in Attempt to Rob Sears, Roebuck Store
Two youths caught trying to force a window of the Sears-Roebuck store at Bridge boulevard and Federal street escaped amid gunfire from watchman Humphrey Toomey and gas station attendant Frank McClernan, and were lost in the swamp along the Cooper river.
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Parked Car Looted
Alexander A. Lederer of 1528 Park Boulevard reported that someone broke into his automobile parked behind his home and stole $100 in merchandise. Detective Robert Ashenfelder investigated.
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Robbery Gang of 4 Given Long Terms
Two Figured in Wounding of Cop and Slaying of Pal Four members of the notorious North Cramer Hill gang, two of them participants in the robbery in which one bandit was killed after wounding a city detective, were sentenced to state prison terms by Judge Samuel M. Shay yesterday.
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Held in East Camden Gun Battle
Police photographs show two purported accomplices of the burglar slain in an East Camden gun battle, James Melbourne and Theodore Rettberg, and Miss Emmalinda Canilus, a material witness.
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Camden Burglar Slain; Cop Wounded in Gun Duel
Burglar Charles Rettberg, 21, of North 36th Street, was shot dead by police and City Detective Robert Ashenfelter was wounded three times in a gun duel at an East Camden store at 32nd Street and Pierce Avenue, August 24, 1931.
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Bandit Gun Found
A loaded double-barreled sawed-off shotgun was dug out of a sewer at Second and Federal streets; Detective Robert Ashenfelter tried to link it to guns stolen from the William Stein hardware store and to the holdup of Freeholder Leonard Brehm's saloon.