Tag: Samuel Dodd
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John Foster
John Foster was a well-respected and influential figure in Camden’s police force during the 1890s. He was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, in the year 1859. In 1861, his family relocated to Camden, where he spent the majority of his formative years. Foster received his education in Camden and began his career as a hatter…
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Annie Eisenhardt
The Camden Mystery Was she or wasn’t she? On January 26, 1889 nurse Annie Eisenhardt was found cut and bleeding in a restroom at Cooper Hospital. Her tale of what had happened to her and the physical evidence were in conflict, and it appears that her wounds were self-inflicted. Or were they? Besides Nurse Eisenhardt,…
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A False Alarm of Long Ago
Camden Courier-Post – June 19, 1933 Spectacular Run of Firemen and Steeds in ’79 When First Alarm System Was Given Try-out By BEN COURTER THERE were two alarms of fire Saturday evening, one at Fourth and Hamilton streets at 8:29 o’clock, and another at the West Jersey Ferry, an hour later. People in the vicinity…
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Camden’s Tragedy Still A Mystery
Philadelphia Inquirer – October 14, 1897 Two Men Arrested in Stockton, But They Easily Prove an Alibi. Police Are Puzzled Officials Believe the House Was Entered By a Burglar. Mrs. Zane’s Will Found Her Son Questioned and the Police Start on a New Clue — Eli Shaw Reticent. Camden’s double murder mystery remains unsolved. The…
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A Camden Den Raided
Philadelphia Inquirer – July 28, 1890 Plenty of Liquor and As Faro Layout Secured by the Police A Murderous Negro Creates a Commotion Incendiaries and Work—Other News Across the Delaware The Camden police made another raid early yesterday morning. About 1 o’clock a detail consisting of Officers Pederick, Lee, Anderson, Horner, Baker, and Chief Dodd…
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The Camden Mystery.
Philadelphia Inquirer – January 28, 1889 Nurse Eisenhardt Describes the Murderous Assault. Doubt As to the Means of Escape The Night Watchman Gives His Statement, and the Police Admit That As Yet They Have No Clue. Although it has been two days since Annie Eisenhardt, the night nurse of the Cooper Hospital, Camden, was murderously…