Tag: Saint John Street
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Jesse D. Seybold
Jesse D. Seybold was born in New Jersey in February 1892 to Charles and Lizzie Seybold, though records vary on the exact date, listing February 2, 7, or 8. His grandfather, John D. Seybold, had settled in Camden before 1850 and ran a bakery at 303 Market Street until the 1880s, when the building was…
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Girard Place
Girard Place was a small, dead-end street that extended east from 916 St. John Street in Camden. First appearing in the Camden City Directories in 1890, Girard Place initially featured eleven homes. The street was later extended to connect with Newton Avenue after the demolition of the frame dwellings at 915 Newton Avenue. By 1947,…
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Playground Planned
Camden Courier-Post – July 4, 1941 To the Editor: I am, happy to inform mothers and fathers of the Sixth Ward that Commissioner Mary W. Kobus has assured me a playground is being planned for children of this ward, realizing their danger playing in the streets. I wish to thank Mrs. Kobus for her interest…
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Murder Motive at G.O.P. Club Splits Sleuths
Camden Evening Courier – January 16, 1928 County Detectives Contend Philadelphia Gangster Was Slain in Quarrel Over Woman Police Claim Hold-up Attempt Caused Fight Deven Charged with Crime, Flannery and Taxi Driver Held Without Bail With city and county authorities definitely divided on the motive and circumstance if the Sixth Ward Republican Club slaying, Joseph…
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Gangster Shot During Melee In Sixth Ward
Camden Courier-Post – January 14, 1928 Joseph Deven Held On Murder Charge After Death Boxer’s Brother; ‘Mose’ Flannery and 4 others Held as Witnesses; Was Craps Game Says County Police Holdup Attempted City Cops Declare Victim of a shot fired in a melee, the exact cause of which remain undetermined, Joseph Cimini, 31 years old,…