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Howell Street runs through East Camden from 20th Street to 30th Street, parallel to the Pavonia railroad tracks. Homes were built by the 1880s, and several businesses operated here during Camden's industrial years, including Nick's Auto Parts and the Pavonia Ice & Coal Company. The first Catholic parish in East Camden, St. Joseph Church, stood at 25th and Howell Street.
Lads, 11 and 10, Charged by East Camden Woman With Taking Purse and $725 Diamond Charged with the theft of a $725 diamond ring, two small boys were ordered held for Juvenile Court by Police Judge Pancoast yesterday.
Two youths were arrested after a running gun battle on Cooper Street. Merritt Hall, 17, of 514 Ray Street, and Philip Schatz, 19, of 214 Arch Street, were charged with attempted larceny of an automobile; Schatz faced an additional charge of carrying a concealed deadly weapon.
District Detectives Shlam and Hurlock and Acting District Detective Raymond Stark answered a report of a riot at Thirtieth and Pleasant streets in East Camden. Officer Hurlock's wrist was gashed by a broken bottle, severing an artery; five men were arrested.
A man arrested by plain clothes officers Hurlock and Schlam near Twenty-sixth and Carman streets refused to submit until a uniformed policeman appeared — Traffic Officer "Mike" Stark. He still would not give his name.
Fred Coursey and Harry Duffield collapse in Police Court as Detective John Painter recounts the robbery killing of 18-year-old Karl Kellmann at Twenty-seventh and Sherman streets; Linnans Staley is committed as a principal.