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Woodley R. Snyder

Kaighn's Point Ferry and trolley, early 1900s
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Kaighn Avenue

One of Camden's major east-west streets, running from Kaighn's Point at the Delaware River east to Admiral Wilson Boulevard and the Airport Circle in Pennsauken, with block-by-block address histories from the 1860s through the early 2000s.

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James R. Snyder

James Rudolph Snyder was born in Camden, New Jersey, on January 2, 1932, to Rex W. Snyder and Anna Jackson. He was the sixth of at least seven children, following Clarence F., Woodley R. , Julius, Margaret, and Leroy Snyder .

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Courier-Post front-page story on a Camden man held in the beating of an aged widow, October 9, 1952
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Camden Man Held In Store Beating Of Aged Widow

Woodley Rex Snyder, 26, of 737 Kaighn Avenue, was held by Camden police on a charge of atrocious assault and battery with intent to kill in the near fatal beating of Mrs. Rachel Weiner in her candy store at 763 Kaighn Avenue on October 1, 1952.

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Woodley Snyder reenacts candy store attack with two Camden detectives, Courier-Post, October 9, 1952
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Woodley Snyder Reenacts Candy Store Attack

A Courier-Post photograph shows Woodley Rex Snyder, 26, of 737 Kaighn Avenue, reenacting for Camden detectives his October 1, 1952 beating of Mrs. Rachael Weiner in her candy store at 763 Kaighn Avenue.

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