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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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William G. Kairer Sr.
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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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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.