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Locust Street ran south from Beckett Street to Mechanic Street between South 2nd and South 3rd Streets in Camden; its 700 block was known as Oak Street until about 1883 and its 600 block as John Street in the 1870s. Homes and businesses disappeared block by block after World War II, and the last structure, at 1128 Locust, was razed after a fire in 2010.
Ben Courter's Along Memory Lane column recalls the death of retired Camden policeman William Harvey, who served at Kaighn Point from 1886 to 1912. Camden Courier-Post, February 27, 1928.
Six former members of the Camden police force served as pallbearers at the funeral of former Sergeant of Police John Reader, with services at his son's home at 1135 Haddon Avenue.
Patrolman William Harvey, eighteen years on the Camden force without a complaint against him, was cited before the Police Committee to answer a charge of using impolite language to Captain Stanley.
The one-man police force of Ellwood, Atlantic county, visits Chief Foster at Camden police headquarters and leaves behind his crutch, which he returns for in a hurry.
A police squad including Officer Harvey raided an alleged speak-easy and gambling resort on Division Street near Locust; Abraham Briscoe, the alleged proprietor, was held by Recorder Nowrey for selling liquor without a license.
Harry McNeil, a frequent visitor to the Camden Police Court, is arrested by Officer Hyde for drunkenness after a spree through the saloons of the Fifth and Eighth wards.