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Camden Courier-Post - January 7, 1939. Two drivers in an automobile accident which resulted Sunday in the death of Robert Bumbrey, 57, of 735 Walnut street, were held in $1000 bail each for the grand jury.
Three women and two men injured in automobile accidents over the weekend. Walter H. Holler of 884 Beideman Avenue was involved in a collision near Haddon Avenue and Line Street; two others were hurt at Ferry Avenue and Charles Street.
The second installment of Frank Sheridan's 1936 Courier-Post history of fire fighting in Camden traces the Weccacoe Fire Company, whose headquarters moved to the old City Hall lot on Federal Street, and the Mohawk, Independence and Shiffler volunteer companies.
Camden police under Chief Arthur Colsey opened a city-wide hunt for the bandits who shot Detective William T. Feitz four times in the back when he surprised a holdup of 20 persons in a house at 243 Sycamore Street.
Group Gaining Weight in Vermont Mountains as They Clear Timber to Make Way for Jam, And Sleep Under Heavy Blankets Forty-three Camden city and county men with Company 2204, Citizens' Conservation Corps, are now located at Knapp Andrew Camp, Montpelier, Vt., word received here yesterday disclosed.
Mrs. Rose Paiano, 26, of 1522 Park Boulevard, was treated at Cooper Hospital for cuts suffered in an automobile collision at Seventh and Pine Streets.
Sergeant Thomas J. Murphy and switchboard operator Joseph "Si" Pedigree of 49 South Twenty-seventh Street were among 13 Camden policemen and firemen retiring on pension before the first of 1933, and Mayor Roy R. Stewart said none of the vacancies would be filled. Camden Courier-Post, October 8, 1932.
Police raided an alleged speakeasy at 1067 Thurman Street and seized four women, five men and 500 bottles of homebrew, according to the Camden Courier-Post of June 18, 1932.
Mrs. Emma Pollard, 32, was held without bail for the grand jury on a murder charge after Rudolph Spicer was stabbed to death in her home; Police Judge Garfield Pancoast also held William Epps as a material witness.
Rallies in the interest of A. Harry Moore, gubernatorial candidate, and local candidates on the Democratic ticket will be conducted tonight in Ashland and in three wards of the city.
The campaign for A. Harry Moore, gubernatorial candidate, and local Democratic candidates, will be carried into six wards of the city and in seven communities of the county tonight.
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.
Six alleged number writers were arrested by Camden's traffic squad on downtown street corners, spreading the belief that Atlantic City racketeers had set up "branch offices" in Camden; two were jailed for 60 days by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast.
Bartender Daniel McGettigan was fined $100 after a raid on a Spruce Street saloon ordered by public safety director Dr. David S. Rhone for violating the Sunday-closing order.
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.
At the request of Dr. Clement T. Branch, the City of Camden roped off Ninth Street between Walnut and Cherry Streets so that traffic noise on the cobblestones would not endanger his critically ill patient, Mrs. Hattie Jones of 954 South Ninth Street.
Thieves looted an East Camden chain store and three North Camden residences of more than $400 in cash and jewelry worth nearly $500 during the night.
Memorial services for the five Y. M. H. A. members who lost their lives in the war were held in the Y. M. H. A. building, 570 Walnut Street, Camden, with an address, "Y. M. H. A. Boys in Service," by Lieutenant Lewis Liberman.
George Murry, the ex-city detective who resigned after being charged with promoting vice in the Third and Fifth Wards, was found dead on a doorstep near Locust and Line Streets; his death ended the planned Grand Jury presentation of his tenderloin activities.
Seven classified business notices from the Camden Post-Telegram of February 14, 1920, including a sign painter named Goldy at 21 Wood Street.
Camden Jews opened the great drive of the Federation of Jewish Charities, of Camden, with a mass meeting at the Towers Theatre last night.
Camden marriage license applications from November 1917, including Walter Edgerton of 318 Joint Alley and Minnie M. Smith of the same address.
Charles R. Evans, 19, of 139 South Thirty-second Street in East Camden, broke through the ice on the lake at Forest Hill Park and drowned while 300 fellow skaters looked on. Four would-be rescuers — Harry Haas, Graham Wishart, Wilbur Crane and Matthew Yingling — were dragged from the freezing water by a park guard and a policeman.
Broadway Trust Company Broadway below Walnut St . Camden, N.J. J . J. BURLEIGH President ANTHONY KOBUS Vice President WM. J .
Camden Post-Telegram - October 1, 1915 Butchers Form Another Society from the Camden Post-Telegram - October 1, 1915 Transcription BUTCHERS FORM ANOTHER SOCIETY Beneficial Association Becomes a Yearly After a Quarter Century.
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.
At the funeral of Mrs. Charlotte Guthridge on Walnut Street, the pallbearers were all policemen, including Captain Edward Hyde and detective John Brothers.
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.
A Philadelphia Inquirer report of August 12, 1904 on the police guard placed over the gas holder being built at Locust and Walnut streets in Camden during a riveters' strike. Charles F. Watkins was named among those assaulted.
Striking riveters building a gas tank for the Public Service Corporation at Locust and Walnut Streets clashed with replacement workmen at Fifth and Walnut; a squad under Captain Stanley dispersed the crowd.
An explosion of mysterious origin wrecked the Independent Fireworks Company plant at Ferry and Cooper avenues in Camden, killing four workmen and injuring others; officers of the company were arrested on manslaughter charges.
Captain Stanley and a squad raided 212 Walnut Street, arresting alleged proprietress May Barber along with three men and four women; Barber was committed in default of $500 bail.
Col. George G. Felton, real estate dealer and former City Treasurer, was found dead of gas in his office in the Felton building at Second and Federal streets. The same Camden Daily Courier column reported the sudden death of Walter C. Fish, florist of Broadway and Spruce streets.
Joseph Caskey, a 60-year-old teamster of 820 Mount Vernon Street, shot and killed his son Joseph in a stable yard behind William Sultzbach's saloon at Ninth and Walnut, then turned the revolver on himself. Captain Stanley and Sergeant Reeder took charge of the bodies.
A column of Camden briefs for August 11, 1901, including a report that Police Captain Stanley was in a head-on trolley collision at Brigantine Beach and escaped with a bad shaking up.
A race riot in South Camden's Seventh Ward leaves two men wounded; police, including Policemen Hyde and McClung, exchange pistol fire with the combatants and make several arrests.
Camden Courier-Post - October 23, 1894 Age and Youth Falls Before the Grim Reaper's Sickle The funeral of John Haas , aged 55 years, the proprietor of the Junction Hotel, takes place this afternoon from his late residence, Sixth and Bridge avenue .