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Records Altered, Court Rebukes Cop
Police Judge Pancoast rebuked Patrolman Charles Smith for altering a complaint and warrant, striking a youth's name from the record, and found the two remaining defendants not guilty.
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Boy Stoning R.R. Train Is Jailed for 100 Days
Ernest Tinney, 17, was sentenced to 100 days in jail for throwing stones through train windows at Haddon avenue and Line street; three youths arrested with him received suspended sentences.
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15th Victim Dies in Gas Plant Blast
With the death toll from the gas blast at the Public Service Electric & Gas Co. plant at Locust and Cherry streets increased to 15, families began burying their dead; Spiro Cecich, 37, of 1815 Salem Street died in Cooper Hospital.
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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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Mayor Orders Cops to Drive All Gangsters From Camden
After a gang shooting at Ninth and Chestnut streets nearly struck an 8-year-old girl, Mayor Roy R. Stewart ordered police to stop and question suspicious characters and drive gangsters from Camden.
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Hurley Based Success in Life and in Business on Square Deal to All
Camden Courier-Post, April 23, 1928: Ben Courter's profile of William L. Hurley, who built a small store at Fifth and Pine streets into the Gately & Hurley store at Broadway and Pine streets on a policy of square dealing, and who championed the Camden bridge and the extension of Broadway.
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Eight Boys Are Held, Colored Fagin Sought
Eight Camden boys, including Edward and Jess Luczkiewicz of 1051 Louis Street, were committed to the detention home in February 1928 for stealing copper wire and battery plates; police sought the junk dealer said to have bought the goods.
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Detectives Holding 3 Burglar Suspects
City detectives questioned three youths believed responsible for a series of robberies; Francis Smith of 1120 Locust Street and Raymond Walker of 747 Woodland Avenue were arrested by Policeman James McTaggart at Broadway and Atlantic Avenue.
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2 Boys Nabbed Here for Carrying Pistols
Two boys were held by police and charged with carrying concealed .38 calibre revolvers after detectives found them loitering near the Sears-Roebuck Company on Bridge Entrance road.
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Mother of Four Fined for Disorderly House
Mrs. Lottie Medel of Decatur Street was fined $100 for maintaining a disorderly house; Anna Rodansky of 1309 Green Street was committed and John Adwntwski of 1251 Whitman Avenue was held in $500 bail. Camden Courier-Post, August 31, 1927.
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Cases Treated at Homeopathic
Cases treated at the Homeopathic Hospital in Camden on October 28, 1922, including William May, 48, of 2110 Berwick Street, treated for lacerations of the elbow.
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Herbert Lamb Charged With Assault and Battery
Herbert Lamb of 741 Baxter Street held under $500 bail by Recorder Stackhouse on a charge of assault and battery on James Buck of 716 Sycamore Street.
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Here and There in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer briefs from February 19, 1917: a police raid at 710 Sycamore Street, a scalded child on South Seventh Street, a burglary at 1529 Federal Street, and an arrest over stolen chickens.
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Stole to Buy Funeral Garb
Harry Cross and Herbert Lamb of 741 Baxter Street admit stealing iron pipe from Charles W. Moore to afford clothes for a sister's funeral.
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Hit by Thrown Brick, Camden Youth May Die
Meyer Pinsky, 16, of 1415 Kaighn Avenue, was struck on the head by a brick thrown in a street fight at Ann and Sycamore streets and taken to Cooper Hospital in critical condition.
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Camden House Raided
A squad of Camden policemen in charge of Captain Stanley raided 768 Sycamore Street, taking alleged proprietress Ada Stevenson and four witnesses into custody and confiscating a quantity of beverages.
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Boys Confess Theft of Bike
Joseph Evans, 14, of 225 Benson Street, and David Plummer, 12, were held by Recorder Stackhouse in September 1914 after confessing to stealing a bicycle from the home of Fireman William McCauley, 453 Liberty Street. The boys were also accused of breaking into the Asbell Brothers store at 911 Broadway.
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Two Firemen Hurt in Crash With Car
The chemical engine of No. 7 Company, answering a fire alarm on Sycamore Street, sideswiped a Kaighn Avenue trolley and threw firemen Horace Cairns and George Boone to the street.
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Camden Gang Fighters Are Held for Trial
A fight between rival gangs at Louis and Sycamore streets in August 1913 drew about fifty participants; several men were held in bail or jailed for disorderly conduct, and Policeman Cornog lost his badge in the melee.
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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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Four Young Men Said to Have Confessed Thefts
Four men, including Charles Young of 233 Beckett Street, were arrested for confessing to robbing the S. C. Childs Company warehouse at the foot of Walnut Street.
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Defends His Shooting Man
Roland Taylor, alias Evans, is held without bail on a murder charge preferred by Detective Schregler after fatally shooting David Green on Sycamore Street.
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Camden News Notes — August 10, 1910
Camden briefs for August 10, 1910, including the severe burning of Elmer Wright of 1639 Broadway in a vat of molten lead and nitric acid, and the theft of two silver cups from the Synagogue Sons of Israel at Eighth and Sycamore streets.
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Camden Cops Raided Barn Full of Cats
Captain Stanley investigated the disappearance of pet cats near Ninth and Sycamore Streets and opened an unoccupied barn, from which at least a hundred half-starved felines bounded out — the work of neighbourhood boys who believed the barn was haunted.
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Woman's Suspicious Death
Mrs. Leon Sanoski of 1146 Sycamore Street died at Cooper Hospital under suspicious circumstances while her husband sat in the county jail. Captain Stanley had found her unconscious at home; her ante-mortem statement alleged eight years of weekly beatings.
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Groundbreaking for New Camden Theatre
With a golden spade, Mayor Charles Ellis dug the first earth at Broadway and Sycamore streets, Camden, where a large theatre costing about $100,000 was to be erected.
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Plenty of Mix Ups Caused by Blaze
A slight fire at the Dunn Oil Cloth Works in South Camden badly burned Charles Hampton, and Fire Chief Elfreth's runaway carriage horse wrecked the Story Furniture Company awning and ran over Harry Haines, a blind fife player, in August 1906.
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Joseph Polnick Held for Atrocious Assault
Joseph Polnick, of 1180 Sycamore street, was committed to the Camden county jail in default of $500 bail on a charge of atrocious assault and battery on Tony Romanio, of 309 Atlantic avenue.
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News of a Day in the City of Camden
A Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden news for May 16, 1906, including a planked shad dinner at Chew's Landing attended by Mayor Charles H. Ellis and city officials, plans for a new daily newspaper, and Dr. Ernest Ramsdell's rescue of a boy from beneath a team of horses.
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Woman Sent Negro Into the Street
Mrs. George R. Thompson of 350 Sycamore Street fends off an intruder with a punch between the eyes when he forces his way toward her door.
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Camden News Notes — December 18, 1905
Camden briefs for December 18, 1905, including Captain Stanley's early-morning raid on 249 Cherry Street, where three of the inmates were captured and locked up for a hearing.
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Camden National Bank to Erect New Building
The directors of the Camden National Bank will hold a meeting next Wednesday, when arrangements will be made for the erection of the new building at Broadway and Sycamore street.
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Camden News Notes — February 1, 1903
Camden briefs for February 1, 1903, including Captain Stanley's raid on William W. Woomer's barber shop at 264 Kaighn Avenue on a warrant sworn out by Mrs. Edna M. Laird.
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Policemen Took Hand in the Games
Captain Stanley and officers raid a house at Baxter and Sycamore Streets with card and crap games in progress; six men arrested.
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Taylor Shot to Kill Him
Robert Taylor shoots Sumner Derrickson in a gambling dispute on Baxter Street; Derrickson taken to Cooper Hospital, Taylor arrested at the Federal Street ferry.
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Over in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden news briefs, August 13, 1896: a hay-stack arson charge at Audubon, a damage-suit bail, a bicycle theft, and Cooper Hospital cases including Amy Mann of 314 Atlantic avenue.
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Hill Faced Death with Firmness
John Hill, in his 18th year, was hanged at the Camden County Jail for the murder of Joseph Dodson, the first execution on Camden County's new gallows, less than six months after he shot Dodson near Reed & Derrickson's saloon at Seventh and Sycamore streets.
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Over the River
A June 1880 Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden news: the Decoration Day procession of G.A.R. Posts 5 and 37, the death of Lewis Werts, a runaway horse stopped on Federal Street near Broadway, and other local items.
Historical Accounts
The Year 1842 - Camden, NJ
The first night boat between Camden and Philadelphia was put on July 4, 1842, by the Camden and Philadelphia Ferry Company, the last boat leaving Camden at 9:00 PM and Philadelphia at 9:30 PM.