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Theodore Lambert

429 Beckett Street, Camden, photographed March 14, 2012
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William G. Kairer Sr.

William G. Kairer Sr. (c. 1839–1893) was a well-known Camden cracker baker who was murdered in his home at 429 Beckett Street on December 4, 1893 by burglar Theodore Lambert, who was executed in 1895.

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Camden Courier-Post feature on William L. Hurley, Camden furniture merchant, April 23, 1928
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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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Philadelphia Inquirer report on the hanging of Theodore Lambert at the Camden County jail, with a drawn portrait, December 20, 1895
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Lambert at Last Pays the Penalty

Nicholas Theodore Lambert was hanged in the Camden County Jail on December 19, 1895, for the murder of cracker baker William G. Kairer, protesting to the end that Josiah Stevens fired the fatal shot.

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Philadelphia Inquirer, December 10, 1893 — Lambert Held for Robbery, 908 Jefferson Avenue
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Lambert Held for Robbery

Theodore Lambert, held in the murder of baker William G. Kairer, was charged with two robberies including the theft of a watch and purse from Mrs. Frances Hutt of 908 Jefferson Avenue.

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