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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.
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.
Stolen Garage Loot Found in Auto As 4 Men Are Nabbed Trio Held at Gloucester for Robbing Store at Westville Grove Oil Stove is Stolen Loot valued at several hundred dollar was recovered and four men arrested over the weekend as many robberies were reported to police throughout South Jersey.
Camden Courier-Post - October 16, 1931 Police last night cleaned up an old case of highway robbery that occurred at Second and Mt.
Camden motorcycle policeman Joseph G. Ward, 34, of 1572 Louis Street, drowned in Blackwood lake in May 1930 when his canoe overturned after a Moonlight Social Club outing; Gloucester Township police opened an investigation.
Edward C. Dillon and Edward Brennan were held without bail by Recorder Cleary on charges of atrocious assault with intent to kill, after Policeman Robert Ward was shot investigating suspicious men near Sixth and Everett streets.
Police said the shooting of Policeman Robert Ward on Sixth Street near Everett Street frustrated a planned robbery of the new bank at Westville; Edward Dillon and Edward Brannin were held while five bandits escaped in Fred Klosterman's car. Camden Courier, June 8, 1925.
Policeman Robert Ward lay dying after a gang of seven Philadelphia bandits shot him on Sixth Street; two were captured, and five forced autoist Fred Klosterman of 1123 Whitman Avenue to drive them to Gloucester. Camden Courier, June 6, 1925.