Introduction
Carteret Street, in Camden’s old Ninth Ward, ran just two blocks, from the old Armory (later Convention Hall) in the 700 block of Mickle Street southeast, crossing Wright Avenue, to its end at Newton Avenue. It was laid out and houses were built along it after 1891, a stone’s throw from Camden’s old City Hall at Haddon and Wright Avenues. The street ran parallel to Haddon Avenue to the west, and Warren Avenue to the east.
Carteret Street fell victim to “progress,” that progress being the construction of Interstate 676 that in some ways was more devastating to Camden than the building of the Ben Franklin Bridge. There were still people living on Carteret Street as late as 1969 and Carteret Street was still there into the mid-1970s. Today Carteret Street is no more, having been erased at the Mickle Street end by the parking lot that lies adjacent to the “3 Cooper Plaza” medical building and at the Newton Avenue end by the highway.
Map Published in 1914
Look for Carteret Street in the 9th Ward
Map published in 1914. Look for Carteret Street in the 9th Ward.
1946 Map of Camden
1946 Map of Camden. Carteret Street runs diagonally northwest to southeast in the upper right-hand corner of the map.
Carteret Street — 1961
This aerial photo, cropped from a larger photograph showing the dismantlement of the railroad that had run from the old ferry terminal through the heart of Camden, shows Carteret Street from its “head” at the end of Mickle Street by the old armory, known as “Convention Hall” when this picture was taken. 1961.
300 Block of Carteret Street — Occupants
City directory records.
300 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1900 | Frank G. & Emma Hogan Hitchner |
306 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Joseph H. Mounce & Family; Miss Vera H. Mounce |
308 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1900–1901 | Rev. John H. & Mary F. Hutchinson |
| 1915 | Mrs. Mary F. Hutchinson; Miss Hannah Heisler |
314 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1917–1924 | Henry L. Barroway |
320 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1966 | Joseph A. Marks Jr. |
326 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1962 | Mrs. Ida M. Garrison |
332 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1960 | John G. Cline |
336 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1927–1941 | Daniel M. Stanton (Funeral Director) |
| 1927–1941 | Mrs. Mary Stanton & Carroll J. Stanton |
| 1927–1941 | Mrs. Mary E. & Carroll J. Stanton |
344 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1964 | Frank Youker (elevator operator) |
346 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| — | Frederick B. & Pauline T. Caperoon |
The cards below cover Frank G. Hitchner (300, 1900), Joseph H. Mounce (306, 1933), Rev. John H. Hutchinson & Hannah Heisler (308), Henry L. Barroway (314, 1917–1924), Joseph A. Marks Jr. (320, 1966), Mrs. Ida M. Garrison (326, 1962), John G. Cline (332, 1960), Stanton’s Funeral Home (336, 1927–1941), and Frank Youker (344, 1964).
Frank G. Hitchner — 300 Carteret Street
Frank G. Hitchner & Family, 300 Carteret Street. Frank G. & Emma Hogan Hitchner. 1900.
Joseph H. Mounce — 306 Carteret Street
Camden Courier-Post —
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Mounce of 306 Carteret Street, entertained on Tuesday evening in honor of their daughter, Miss Vera H. Mounce.
Guests were Miss Louise Yost, Samuel McDonald of Merchantville; Miss Kathleen Ashton of Maple Shade; Miss Emily Smith, Miss Christina Simpson, Miss Cecelia Dixon, Miss Martha Hentschel, Miss Mildred de la Reintrie, Miss Lorraine Moore, Miss Artemesia DePugh, Miss Genevieve Brady, James Hahs, Ford Smith, Milton Story, James Brooks of Camden; Thomas H. Walker, Collingswood; Peter Sharle, Albert C. Carter, John C. Kile, Charles E. Canning of Haddon Heights; George Hambreght of New York and Leslie Justice of Germantown.
Rev. John H. Hutchinson — 308 Carteret Street
Philadelphia Inquirer —
HUTCHINSON — Suddenly, on the morning of Sept. 25, 1901, Rev. John H. Hutchinson, aged 67 years, member of the New Jersey M.E. Conference. Funeral services on Friday evening, Sept. 27, 1901, at 8 o’clock, at his late residence, 308 Carteret st., Camden, N.J. Interment at Mt. Holly, N.J., Saturday morning. Train leaves Haddon Avenue Station, Camden, at 9:20 A.M.
Hannah Heisler Found Dead
Miss Hannah Heisler was found dead in bed at her home, 308 Carteret street. She was a sister of the late Rev. John S. Heisler and lived with her sister, Mrs. Mary F. Hutchinson, widow of Rev. J.H. Hutchinson. She resided in Camden for half a century and formerly operated a hotel at Ocean City.
Henry L. Barroway — 314 Carteret Street
Henry L. Barroway, 314 Carteret Street. 1917–1924.
Joseph A. Marks Jr.
Camden Courier-Post —
Services for Joseph A. Marks Jr., 27, of 320 Carteret Street, electrocuted Tuesday while installing a TV antenna in Allentown, Pa., will be tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the David F. Harrigan Funeral Home, 1451 Broadway. There will be no viewing. Burial will be in New Camden Cemetery.
He was a carpenter for Tony DePaul Construction Company, Philadelphia.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Marks Sr. of Camden; four children, two brothers and a sister.
Mrs. Ida M. Garrison
Camden Courier-Post —
Mrs. Ida M. Garrison, 71, of 326 Carteret st., died Monday in Cooper Hospital. She was a resident of Gloucester City for many years before moving to Camden four years ago.
Surviving are a son, Clarence B. Jr., of Gloucester; four daughters, Mrs. Margaret Lee, Mrs. Bertha Bevan, Mrs. Hilda Horenzo and Mrs. Vera Ratkowiak, all of Camden; a brother, Joseph Mick of Glassboro; twenty-three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Etherington Funeral Home. [sic] 700 Powell st., Gloucester City, where friends may call tonight. Burial will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Gloucester City.
John G. Cline
Camden Courier-Post —
John G. Cline, 40, of 332 Carteret st., died Friday at the Veterans Hospital in Philadelphia. He was a private detective. Born in Gloucester, he had been a resident of Camden for 18 years.
Surviving are a brother, Herbert, of Camden, and two sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Vautier and Mrs. Dorothy Porcelli, both of Camden.
Services will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Robert J. Blake funeral home, Haddon ave. and Division st., where friends may call Monday evening. Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Robert K. Hill. Burial will be in the U.S. National Cemetery, Beverly.
Daniel M. Stanton, Funeral Director
Camden Courier-Post —
DANIEL M. STANTON, Funeral Director — Business continued by Mrs. Mary E. Stanton. Established 20 years. 336 Carteret St., Camden; 577 Haddon Ave., Collingswood. Ph. Bell, Camden 2887; Collingswood 1366.
336 Carteret Street — Mrs. D.M. Stanton & Son, Carroll J. Stanton, funeral directors. Directory listing, Camden Courier-Post, June 3, 1932.
5 Funeral Directors
A. Gustav Roedel & SON, Funeral Directors, 804-06 N. 27th St. Phone 1995. No extra charge for Grand Organ or Use of Chapel.
FRANK J. LEONARD
Funeral Director and Embalmer. Funeral Parlor, 1431 Broadway. Camden 3132.
MRS. D. M. STANTON & SON
CARROLL J. STANTON
336 Carteret St. Phone 2887
McCABE — Suddenly on July 20, 1941, at Pittsburgh, Pa., John Francis, beloved husband of Ida McCabe (nee Hoyt), formerly of Camden, N.J. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral on Thursday morning, July 24th at 8 o’clock at Stanton’s Funeral Home, 336 Carteret St., Camden. High Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at 9 a.m. Interment at Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday evening after 7 o’clock. Camden Courier-Post, July 24, 1941.
Says Del Grande Party Was Tops
Camden Courier-Post —
I went to a Christmas party which is unprecedented in the history of city hall, given by Peter DelGrande, out of his own money. Open house for all, and don’t you think they weren’t there, both workers and drones. Even reporters were there. I have been to a lot of parties in my time, but never have I seen a better layout, all you could eat, and drink plus the best decor. This man DelGrande deserves a vote for the good work he has done on the City Hall and for its personnel.
FRANK YOUKER, Elevator operator, 344 Carteret st.
400 Block of Carteret Street — Occupants
City directory records.
412 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920s–1946 | Gustav Schwoeri Jr. |
413 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| — | Laura Veatch |
| 1947–1955 | William W. Dowdney & Family |
| 1947–1955 | William & Margaret Dowdney |
| 1947–1955 | Charles Dowdney |
| 1947–1955 | William J. Dowdney |
| 1947–1955 | Albert Dowdney |
| 1947–1955 | Margaret Dowdney Evridge |
414 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947–1955 | William W. & Margaret Dowdney |
| 1947–1955 | William J., Charles & Albert Dowdney; Margaret Dowdney Evridge |
416 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910s–1920s | Joseph Ellis |
417 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1900–1923 | William B. & Annie Slacum; H. Claire Slacum |
| 1923–1936 | Jacob & Minnie Mutzer & Family |
| 1957–1962 | C. Hobart Corson |
421 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933 | A. Lincoln Ogden |
422 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1955 | Joseph G. Barnett (plumbing & heating contractor) |
426 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| — | Wendela E. Jones |
428 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1916–1941 | Charles H. & Sarah Halpern Auerbach |
| 1916–1941 | Yetta, Bessie, Freda, Frances Auerbach |
| 1916–1941 | Mair Auerbach |
| 1916–1941 | Teresa, Isabel & Flora Auerbach |
430 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933 | L.M. Pruyn; Mrs. Clara Gravenstein |
439 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1906–1942 | John & Elsie Prentice |
445 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| — | Thomas Flaherty |
448–450 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1931 | George Thompson (448) |
| 1947–1950 | Frank S. Cornell (448) |
| — | Frank B. Hanna (450) |
451 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924–1960s | Frank B. & Louise Oppecker Sr. |
| 1924–1960s | Frank B. Oppecker Jr. |
| 1924–1960s | Joseph & Evelyn Oppecker |
457 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1930s–1950s | Walter J.A. Stanton Jr. |
| 1954 | Ann G. Burke |
460 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1930s–1940s | Richard S. Everett (candy store) |
| 1938 | Joseph F. Markley Jr. |
| 1955 | Capitol Heating Co. |
461 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1912–1934 | Randolph W. & Florence Shaffer Rudderow |
| 1912–1934 | Mrs. Annie Rudderow |
| — | T. Yorke Smith |
463 Carteret Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1959 | Esther Edmonds; Charles Kelly |
The cards below cover Gustav Schwoeri Jr. (412), William W. Dowdney (414, 1955), William B. Slacum (417, 1902), Jacob Mutzer (417, 1936), A. Lincoln Ogden (421, 1933), Joseph G. Barnett (422, 1955), Charles H. Auerbach & Family (428), L.M. Pruyn (430, 1933), John Prentice (439), Child Hit by Car (George Thompson, 450, 1931), Frank B. Hanna (450), Frank B. Oppecker Sr. (451), Ann G. Burke (457, 1954), Richard S. Everett (460, 1936), Capitol Heating Co. (460, 1955), Randolph W. Rudderow (461, 1934), and Esther Edmonds (463, 1959).
Gustav Schwoeri Jr. — 412 Carteret Street
Gustav Schwoeri Jr., 412 Carteret Street. 1920s–1946.
William W. Dowdney
Camden Courier-Post —
William W. Dowdney, 64, of 414 Carteret st., died in the West Jersey Hospital Friday after a short illness. He was born in Trenton and had lived most of his life in Camden.
He was a veteran of War I, a member of the First Methodist Church and had been employed at RCA Victor 23 years.
Surviving are his widow, Margaret; a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Evridge, of Camden; three sons, William J., of Mays Landing, and Charles and Albert, both of Camden; a sister, Mrs. Mary Miller, of Camden, and six grandchildren.
Services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in his home, where friends may call Tuesday night. Burial will be in Arlington Cemetery, Pennsauken.
Notice — Perfect Thrift Building Association No. 2
Camden Post-Telegram —
NOTICE.
To the stockholders of the Perfect Thrift Building Association, No. 2. All members or persons holding passbooks of this association are asked to send or bring them at once to the office of the association at Fifth and Federal streets, Camden, if they have not already done so. WILLIAM B. SLACUM, Secretary, 417 Carteret street.
A. Lincoln Ogden — 421 Carteret Street
Camden Courier-Post —
Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Locke, of 3080 Mickle Street, have announced the birth of a daughter, Dorothy Virginia Locke, on Saturday, May 11. Mrs. Locke was formerly Miss Grace Ogden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Lincoln Ogden of 421 Carteret Street.
Joseph G. Barnett — 422 Carteret Street
New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages – 1955
422 Carteret Street — Joseph G. Barnett, Plumbing & Heating Contractor. 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad.
BARNETT JOS G
PLUMBING
AND
HEATING
CONTRACTOR
422 Carteret Cam......WOodlawn 4-6997
Charles H. Auerbach & Family — 428 Carteret Street
Mair Auerbach, 428 Carteret Street. 1916–1941.
At age 81 I am the eldest grand daughter of Charles and Sarah Auerbach and can remember staying with my aunt Yetta in the family home on Carteret St. An outhouse was in the backyard but then removed. An indoor bathroom was installed on the 2nd floor. I can remember the gas lamps being lit on the street. A park was nearby that we could walk to. Train tracks were behind the property and it was very noisy but it was fun watching the trains and learning to spell the names of the states that were printed on the boxcars. Yetta lived alone there for several years after her siblings moved away. Bessie, Freda and Frances moved to Philadelphia where Freda worked as a secretary to the president of Kuhn and Blum curtain manufactures located in Kensington. Frances worked at Warner Brothers Cement in Philly. Bessie was ill with TB and had spent time in a sanitarium as a child and never held a job but stayed home to keep house and cook for the other two. In the early 60’s these three moved to Miami when both Freda and Frances retired. They bought a house at 3120 NW 5th St. Tres (Teresa) and her husband, Joe Mazer, had moved to Miami after WWII. I moved to Miami in 1956 to go to school. Yetta sold the house on Carteret St. and bought a smaller one in East Camden where she lived until her death of uterine cancer in 1950. Sarah, my grandmother whom I am named after, also had died of the same disease. Charles passed away from pneumonia. I never knew either as they were gone by the time I was born. Issy (Isabel), before her marriage to Joe Wachtel was a grade school teacher at Garfield School in East Camden. She lived with my mother, Flora Hazel, and father, Tanfield Kotlikoff. — Sarah Fiori, March 2019
L.M. Pruyn — 430 Carteret Street
Camden Courier-Post —
Mr. and Mrs. L.M. Pruyn and Mrs. Clara Gravenstein of 430 Carteret Street have opened their Pitman cottage for the summer.
John Prentice — 439 Carteret Street
John Prentice & Family, 439 Carteret Street. John & Elsie Prentice. 1906–1942.
Child Hit by Car
Camden Courier-Post —
Pushing his express wagon between a bus and private machine, Walter Derengowski, 4, of 1197 Lansdowne Avenue, was struck by a car driven by George Thompson, 450 Carteret Street, and taken to the West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital late Saturday night. He suffered cuts and bruises. The accident occurred at Haddon and Bradley avenues, where a bus was discharging passengers.
Frank B. Hanna — 450 Carteret Street
Frank B. Hanna, 450 Carteret Street.
Mrs. Frank B. Hanna and daughter, Miss Betty Hanna of 450 Carteret street, leave today for Ocean City where they will spend the Summer. They will be joined over the weekends by City Commissioner Hanna. — Camden Courier-Post, June 23, 1933.
Frank B. Oppecker — Teacher of Violin
Advertisement —
FRANK B. OPPECKER, Teacher of Violin. Formerly 10 years a member of the faculty of the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music. Careful attention given beginners as well as advanced pupils. Studio — 451 Carteret St., Camden. Frank B. Oppecker Sr. 1924–1960s.
Ann G. Burke
Camden Courier-Post —
BURKE — On June 9, 1954, Ann G., daughter of the late Thomas and Anna Burke (nee Moran). Relatives and friends of the family, also members of B.V.M. Sodality of the Cathedral are invited to attend the funeral services on Monday morning at 8.30 o’clock from her late residence, 457 Carteret St., Camden, N.J. Solemn Mass of requiem Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception at 9.30 a.m. Interment at Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday evening. Funeral under the direction of Robert J. Blake.
Cops Nab Store Owner in Horse Betting Raid
Camden Courier-Post —
City detectives late yesterday raided a cigar store at 460 Carteret street and seized alleged horse racing sheets and gambling paraphernalia, they said.
Richard Everett, 59, said to be the proprietor of the store, was arrested and posted $200 security for a hearing today before Police Judge Lewis Liberman for violation of a city ordinance prohibiting gambling.
City Detectives Joseph Mardino, Benjamin Simon, George Weber, and Vernon Jones conducted the raid.
Capitol Heating Co. — 460 Carteret Street
New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages – 1955
460 Carteret Street — Capitol Heating Co. 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad.
FLUID HEAT OIL BURNERS
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460 Carteret Cam......WOodlwn 4-6696
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Randolph W. Rudderow
Camden Courier-Post —
Randolph W. Rudderow, 62, of 461 Carteret street, a life-long resident of Camden, is dead after a year’s illness.
Rudderow was engaged in the real estate business for many years, being connected with the office of T. Yorke Smith. He was secretary of the official board of the Broadway M.E. church, and president of its social committee.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Florence E. Ruderow [sic], and the mother, Mrs. Annie Rudderow, of the Carteret street address.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. from his late residence, with burial at Blackwood Presbyterian cemetery.
Leroy Snyder
Camden Courier-Post —
Leroy Snyder, 28, of the 300 block Penn st., was held for the grand jury on charges of attempted armed robbery and threat to do bodily harm with a knife. He was arrested early Saturday after a police chase near Armor Park, where Charles Kelly, 514 Edmond st., and Esther Edmonds, of 463 Carteret st., reported mugging attempts.
Railway Men Investigate Supposed Attempt to Dynamite Train
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Taken to the office of Chief of Police Gravenor in Camden yesterday John Daly, of 219 Elm street, who says he saw a man acting suspiciously about the elevated tracks of the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad at Newton avenue and Carteret street Wednesday night after which a 4-inch tunnel, 8 feet long was found alongside one of the girders, declared he had made no mistake. Railroad officials were inclined to scout the idea that an attempt had been made to plant some dynamite to blow up the powder train that passes through Camden to Communipaw every night, but Daly was positive that he had seen the mysterious individual at work and that he carried beneath his arm a bundle of cylindrical objects wrapped in paper.
The railroad men who made a thorough investigation yesterday said the hole might have been caused by recent rains, although an official said it might also have been bored by some tool. The railroad is being closely guarded by special officers of the company who took charge after a squad of the Second Regiment, N. G. N. J., had spent the night in vigil.
Murderer and Forger Escape Jail After Shooting Keepers, Killing One
Camden Post-Telegram —
Wilson Ashbridge, Who Shot and Killed Mrs. Elizabeth Dunbar and George E. Thompson, Check Swindler, Trap Jailor Hibbs by a Ruse and After Slaying Him Shoot Joe Ellis Who Intercepted Them in Flight.
Used Revolver Smuggled Into Prison by Confederates and Leave Jail Wide Open in Their Flight, a General Delivery Being Averted by Police Who Were Summoned by the Wounded Men.
Murdering one jailor and wounding another with a revolver that had been smuggled into them by outside confederates, Wilson T. Ashbridge, slayer of Mrs. Elizabeth Dunbar, and Francis Murphy, alias George E. Thompson, a check forger, made their escape from the county jail a few minutes before seven o’clock last night.
Ashbridge with his wife was caught at noon in the Keystone Hotel in Chester PA where they registered at one o’clock this morning.
Thompson is still at liberty but from the confident manner of Prosecutor Kraft his early arrest seems assured.
The murdered jailor was Isaac Hibbs, aged 65 years of 913 South 8th Street. The wounded keeper is Joseph Ellis, aged 45 years, of 416 Carteret Street. Shot twice, he is in Cooper Hospital. His condition today is very satisfactory.
Thompson, who is 41 years old, forged a check for $650 which he gave to V.M. Fulton as part of the purchase price of an automobile. The forgery was discovered before the deal was completed and his arrest followed on June 8. he also passed a forged check for $15 on State Motor Vehicle Agent Kraft. He, too, was awaiting trial. In spite of the positive evidence against him Thompson had spurned all efforts to have him plead guilty and it is now believed that he was sparring for time while hatching a plan to escape. He is no doubt the master mind.
R.L. Hunter, a farmer of Bensalem Township, Bucks County PA, about four miles above Torresdale, reported to the Philadelphia police the morning that he had seen a man answering Ashbridge’s description on the Bucks Road at daylight. The man asked the way to Riegelsville.
According to Hunter, the man was dressed in a dark suit, and had no hat. His clothing was wet. Hunter did not see anything suspicious in his actions, and after giving him directions, they parted.
Upon seeing the paper with a picture of Ashbridge, the farmer was struck by its resemblance to the man with whom he had talked. He hurried to Tacony and notified the police.
The State police, who patrol that section of the county, and who have an office at Langhorne, were immediately notified as were the surrounding towns.
The shootings took place in different parts of the jail. Hibbs was murdered in the exercise room just outside the cell room on the Sixth and Arch corner of the building. Ellis was shot down in the corridor just outside the Market Street end of the building when he heroically grappled with Ashbridge after the latter had pointed a gun at his head. In spite of his wounds Ellis dragged himself to a telephone and after notifying Police Headquarters of what had happened he collapsed.
Only one of the two bullets is still in Ellis. It entered the groin on the right side and is buried in the muscles of the leg, having taken a downward course for seven or eight inches. The other bullet struck Ellis in the right breast and came out in the left breast, traversing the upper fleshy parts of the body.
Hibbs was almost instantaneously killed by a bullet that went within an inch of his heart, producing a hemorrhage. The bullet was extracted this morning from the body early this morning in an autopsy performed at the morgue by County Physician Stem. In spite of the fact that it is pretty well established that three shots were fires in the attack on Hibbs, only one of the bullets took effect.
“But it makes little difference which of the two men handled the gun” said Prosecutor Kraft this morning. “Both are equally guilty of this murder and what we are concerned about now is the recapture of the gunmen.” Mr. Kraft added that it his purpose to examine all of the prisoners in that part of the jail where Hibbs was murdered to determine fully who fired the fatal shot.
The escape had been carefully planned and timed to the minute. Of course the desperate prisoners were aided by confederates on the outside and it is the general belief that a high powered motor car was in waiting for them not far from the jail. They are known to have been in possession of money and openly boasted yesterday that it was their intention to leave the prison last night. These boasts were made to two young ladies connected with a religious organization who called on the two men yesterday to offer spiritual reconciliation. The girls are frequent visitors to the jail and naturally their efforts at evangelization were directed in the main toward Ashbridge, because of the fact that he was accused of murder. These girls, whose identity officials will not disclose, were closeted with Prosecutor Kraft until one o’clock this morning. Both declared that on their visit yesterday they were told by Ashbridge and Thompson that it was the last day they expected to spend in jail.
“We are going to get away from here tonight and we’ve got money to help us after we are out ” said Ashbridge, who further told the girls he had considerable cash sewed up in the waistband of his trousers. The girls begged the prisoners not to do anything that would cause them more trouble and they told the Prosecutor that Ashbridge and Thompson promised them that they would not make any effort to escape. In their talks with the girls neither of the prisoners said a word that would indicate that they would kill if necessary to escape. The full force of their boast did not dawn on the religious workers and for this reason it never occurred to them to inform the Sheriff of what the prisoners had in said.
A general jail delivery of at least all the men confined in what is known as the untried department, where the two were held, was only averted by the prompt arrival of the police on their beat, which was made easy by means of the keys taken from the prostrate body of Hibbs. Ashbridge and Thompson left all of the doors open and the vanguard of the inrushing police found the prisoners swarming all over the corridors on the east side of the prison. In the wild excitement following the double shooting and escape none else thought of freedom and a checking up of the inmates after they had been herded in the exercise room of the untried department accounted for all but the fugitive slayers.
The department, in which the two men were confined is the same one which William Brown and Charles Berger made their sensational escape several years ago by sawing away the bars on the Federal Street front of the jail. Thrilling as it was, the former escape was insignificant in comparison with last night’s tragic event.
With the full force of the keepers out of the way— one dead and the other suffering from gunshot wounds at first supposed to have been fatal— Ashbridge and Thompson had nothing between them and freedom but the door entering from the spiral stairway leading to the narrow entrance of the Sixth and Market Streets end of the Court House. With the keys taken from Hibbs they opened the door and in a few seconds were breathing the free air. It was still daylight when the daring murderers walked from the building and although they were no doubt seen by some of the scores of persons passing it is certain that they managed to control themselves to such an extent as not to arouse any undue suspicion. The exit they used to escape is that used by the general public and therefore persons passing calmly in and out of the door would not in any manner be thought to have been connected with a jail delivery. However the shots which had laid low the keepers had been plainly heard on all four sides of the building and it is strange that no one has yet been found who can give positive information as to what course the fleeing men took and whether they were aided in their flight by an automobile.
While the police and detectives of Camden and all other cities in the East are watching railroad terminals, steamship lines, and all other avenues of travel in response to the general alarm sent out last night, Prosecutor Kraft is bending all his energies to learn who smuggled in the revolver which the fugitives used. Thus far this feature of the case is as complete a mystery as it was last night. Mr. Kraft and Sheriff Haines are satisfied, however, that only one gun was used for both shootings. It was at first thought that each man had a pistol when they left the jail; that one of them armed himself with the gun that Hibbs was supposed to have carried, but it was determined that Hibbs was not armed when he went into the jail last night. There was no occasion for him to come in contact with any of the prisoners and for that reason he left his revolver in his desk in the office. Even had he carried it he would have little chance to use it, so cold-bloodedly was he slain as he unsuspectingly fell into the trap laid for him by the desperate gunmen. There is also some conflict as to how at least one of the fugitives was dressed. Alfred Williams, who witnessed the murder of Hibbs, said that Ashbridge was without coat or hat when he dashed out of the cell-room, and that Thompson carried his coat and hat under his arm. However in a description of the two men given at the Prosecutor’s office it was set forth that Ashbridge wore a blue serge suit and a checkered cap. The coat that he is supposed to have taken bore the mark of “Tull— the Tailor,” of Jacksonville, Florida, and had been borrowed by him from another prisoner. He wore tan shoes. Ashbridge is 27 years old, 5 feet 7-1/2 inches in height and weighs 137 pounds. He has brown hair, smooth face and is of light complexion.
Thompson wore a brown suit and a Panama hat. He is 41 years old 5 feet seven inches in height, and weighs 175 pounds. He has brown bushy hair, is minus one of the fingers on his left hand, and is light complexioned.
The tan shoes worn by Ashbridge were also borrowed from one of the prisoners. He got them on Saturday and remarked that he wanted to look neat.
Keepers Ellis and Hibbs were reading in the prison office last evening when Hibbs glanced up at the clock and noticed that it was a few minutes of seven. “Joe, I’m going back and put the boys in their cells,” he said to Ellis and with his keys in his hand he started for the cell room in the untried department. A thirty foot long corridor runs from the office to the barred and grated door opening into the department in which the cells are situated. This department is about the size of three ordinary school rooms and in the southeastern corner of the jail are the cells, in two tiers.
Around the cells is a three foot corridor into which all the cells doors open and in which all the prisoners are permitted to walk when they are not allowed out in the main room. When the inmates are ordered into their cells and their doors closed the doors are locked from the outside of the steel cage by means of a lever worked by the jailor. Thus every cell door can be made secure without the keepers coming into actual contact with the prisoners. In addition to the bars around the corridor fronting on the double tier of cells there is a fine mesh heavy wire screening.
As Hibbs approached the lever which is operated to shut the cell doors after the prisoners have retired from the corridors, Ashbridge was leaning against the grating of his cell, Number 18. Thompson was lounging a few feet away.
“Daddy, open the door, I want you to see this note,” said Ashbridge to the keeper, at the same time displaying a piece of paper which he had in his hand. Never giving a thought that he was about to perform an act that which was absolutely necessary for the carrying-out of the well laid plot, or that he was going to his doom, or was even in danger, “Daddy,” as the aged keeper was known to all the prisoners, opened the door without hesitation.
As he swung wide the big steel frame, Ashbridge quickly stepped out and the next instant was pressing a gun against the abdomen of the jailor.
“Throw up your hands, you ___ ___ ___” he commanded.
“What are you up to, what’s this mean,” asked the keeper, apparently not realizing he had been trapped.
For reply Thompson jumped out the door, wrenched the gun from Ashbridge’s grasp and with an oath began firing at Hibbs, who sank to the floor at the first shot. Only a few feet away and the only other person in the exercise room, although the shooting could have been seen by any other prisoners who had not retired to their cells, Alfred Williams, trusty, is emphatic in his assertion that Thompson fired the shot that killed Hibbs and that he fired three times.
“It’s a wonder they did not get me,” said Williams. “Ashbridge and I could not hit it and in his desperate mood I am surprised he didn’t kill me, too.” Williams, who has just completed a six months’ sentence for obtaining money from Italian grocers by falsely representing himself as an agent for a wholesale house in Chicago and who is wanted in the Windy City for the same offense, says the whole transaction took less than a minute and that the moves came so fast he and the other prisoners were powerless to aid.
“It was like a flash of lightning” said Williams, “and before I could fully understand what had happened Ashbridge had grabbed Daddy’s keys’ which had fallen to the floor, and was off like a deer for the barred door. Ashbridge had taken the smoking gun from Thompson, who had his hat and coat under his arm and who was right behind the other one.
“As they hurried through the door after Ashbridge had opened it with Daddy’s keys Daddy called to me to raise him. I put my arm under his head and lifted him slightly from the floor. ‘Hold my hands’ he said to me. I took hold of his hands and the next minute he died in my arms. Then I heard two more shots and I knew they got Joe Ellis.”
Startled by the shots, and he is emphatic there were three in rapid succession, Ellis leaped to his feet and without taking the time to arm himself ran from the office and turned into the corridor just as Ashbridge, wild-eyed and gun in his hand, came running toward him. Halting three yards away Ashbridge pointed the revolver at Ellis’ head and ordered him to throw up his hands.
For reply and without fear of himself the keeper dashed at the murderer and the next instant they were locked in each others’ embrace. Working loose the hand which held the gun, Ashbridge pulled the trigger. The bullet struck Ellis in the breast, but the wound was not sufficient to render him helpless. However, before he could grip the pistol arm, Ashbridge fired again and the keeper fell back with a bullet in his groin.
“The second shot got me,” said Ellis to Prosecutor Kraft and Assistant Prosecutor Butler at the hospital. “The first one wasn’t bad but my strength left me when the second bullet struck. Ashbridge was the only one I saw. I did not see Thompson.”
Dragging himself to the office Ellis managed to reach a telephone and called up the police.
“This is Ellis at the county jail; come quick. Ashbridge has shot me” he weakly said over the phone to Captain Hyde. Then the receiver fell from his hand and he dropped to the floor, but after a minute or two managed to climb into chair.
While patrol loads of policemen were being hurried to the Court House from the First and Second District station houses, Reserve Officer Charles Hose, on duty at Broadway and Federal Street, who had heard the shots, ran to the Court House and from the office of Assistant Custodian John Lack phoned up to the jail. Ellis managed to answer and in a few words told what had happened. They ran up to the jail and were admitted by Ellis, who was rapidly growing weaker from loss of blood, the trail of which plainly showed just where the injured keeper had moved.
“I guess Ashbridge got away and the jail is all open, you had better take care of the rest of the prisoners,” said Ellis to Hose and Lack. The fugitive-murderers had left all doors open and the other occupants of the untried department were swarming through the corridors. Their curses and yells and the shrieks and cries of the female prisoners had turned the place into a perfect bedlam. With the aid of other policemen who swarmed into the Court House like bees, the prisoners were soon herded into the exercise room, where Trusty Williams checked them up and accounted for all but Ashbridge and Thompson.
With the faint hope that the missing pair had not risked leaving the building but had secreted themselves in the structure, the courthouse was searched from pit to dome, but no trace of the men were found.
Detective Doran was the first of the Prosecutor’s staff to reach the scene. Mr. Kraft and the balance of the staff soon followed. In the lower end of the county, on official business, Sheriff Haines was reached by phone and Under Sheriff Hewitt was summoned from Pitman and until an early hour this morning the officials were in conference and examining numerous prisoners.
State Detective Walter Le Torneau furnished Prosecutor Kraft with a promising “tip” this morning when he learned that Thompson gave a letter to Freeholder Howard Marshall, of the Eighth Ward, to mail on Sunday. Mr. Marshall states that the letter was addressed to a woman by the name of Mrs. Shelton, in Baltimore MD.
Marshall was attending religious service in the jail when Thompson approached him.
“Put this in your pocket and mail it for me when you go out,” said Thompson to Mr. Marshall, who agreed to carry out the request. Dropping the letter in the mail box Marshall allowed the incident to pass without further notice.
Detective Le Torneau learned this morning that Marshall had spoken to the incident to a friend and the sleuth notified the Prosecutor. The tip will be run down the Prosecutor stated.
Funeral services for Hibbs will be held on Thursday from his late residence. The body will be taken to Langhorne PA where interment will be made in the Friends’ Cemetery under the direction of the Schroeder-Kephart Company. Services will be conducted Wednesday evening by Reverend Henry Bradway, pastor of the Eighth Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
POLICE QUICKLY AT WORK
Although the murderous prisoners made their escape, it was no fault of the local police department, which threw out a “dragnet system” that covered practically every outlet from the city. As soon as the call reached headquarters the red lights were flashing and every officer and detective who could be reached was sent out on the “man hunt” which was pursued with vigor.
Passing automobiles were pressed into service by the detectives and officers and all haste was made for the ferries, railroad yards, terminals, and trolley points. Citizens cooperated with the police in their efforts to run down the escaping prisoners.
Assistant Chief Hyde received the call from Jailor Ellis, who though wounded himself summoned strength enough to reach the phone.
“This is Jailor Ellis. Hibbs and me have been shot by that man Ashbridge and help quick!” was the startling message which came over the phone to Chief Hyde about one minute past seven.
It was just at the time the shifts were going on and off at the local station houses. Chief Hyde lost no time. He called to Machine Operator “Eddie” King to send the message to the station houses and flash the red lights. This was done and as fast as the men could run they covered the various points.
The auto patrols were dispatched with all hands to the Court House and the wounded men hurried to the hospital. Coroner Robert G. Schroeder reached the hospital as Hibbs and Ellis were being admitted and he took charge of the situation and got in touch with Prosecutor Kraft and County Physician Stem.
Detective Captain Schregler was hurriedly summoned, and his men were sent in all directions. Detective Brothers boarded a waiting automobile and a record run was made for the Federal Street ferry. Sergeant Humes was picked up and in four minutes after the call was received from Ellis Detective Brothers had the ferry covered.
Detectives Troncone, Painter and Murry and captain Schregler covered the Kaighn Avenue, Vine Street, and Cramer Hill ferry lines.
Detective Brothers got in touch with the Pennsylvania Railroad officials who put their detective force to work searching freight and passenger cars. The orders were sent out from the railroad office to stop and search every freight train. Dispatches were also sent to Trenton, Mount Holly, and Burlington and it was not long before the news of the atrocious deed had spread throughout the country and many distant places.
Trolley cars were stopped and searched by the police, but not the slightest trace could be found of the escaped prisoners. The police left nothing undone in the “man-hunt.”
When news of the affair spread through the city phone calls began to come in to headquarters. Over fifty persons called up to tell the police that they had seen the two men at various places. The “tips” were all run down but none materialized.
Officers Arthur Colsey and Theodore Guthrie, who were on their vacations, lent their aid to Chief Hyde. Policeman Colsey pressed his automobile into service and carried the police to various parts of the city.
Co-operating closely with Prosecutor Kraft’s detectives the city officials formed a combination which in nine times out of ten would have been successful, but the escaped men cleverly eluded their pursuers.
Assisted by Coroner Schroeder, County Physician Stem held a post mortem examination on Hibbs’ body. The bullet which caused the death was located in the region of the heart, It passed through the victim’s lung, causing a hemorrhage, which resulted in death. Following the examination the body was taken by the Schroeder-Kephart Company at the family’s orders to be prepared for burial.
ASHBRIDGE’S FIRST CRIME
The brutal crime for which Ashbridge stood indicted but untried was committed on the night of January 22 at Ninth and Market Streets. It developed that the murderer had followed his intended victim from the morning hours. He trailed her to the home of her sister, a Mrs. Meredith, of 911 Market Street, and laid in wait in the darkness of a building that fatal Saturday night.
Mrs. Dunbar came out of the house and stood on the northeast corner while waiting for a ferry-bound trolley car. She intended going to Sicklerville that night to visit her relatives. With her at the time was her 7-year-old daughter, Eleanor, and her father, Charles Dunbar. Ashbridge advanced toward the woman, who was startled when she saw him. She called to her father that she “didn’t want anything to do with Ashbridge.”
Before the father could interfere the young murderer whipped out a revolver and covered the father and the woman. He then struck the woman violently in the face with his fist and as she was reeling under the force of the brutal blow Ashbridge fired, the first bullet taking effect in the woman’s chest. The brutal murderer then stood over his prostrate victim and holding the revolver less than five inches from his victim’s body he pumped four more shots into her.
Policeman Howard Smith and Policeman Taylor were a square distant. Smith saw the entire proceedings and screamed at Ashbridge to stop shooting. A crowd quickly gathered and Dr. Maldeis, who lives nearby, came running to the scene to aid the stricken woman.
Officer Taylor espied Ashbridge in the crowd. The murderer made no effort to run, but stood his ground. Detecting the murderer trying to slip something up his sleeve, Taylor pounced upon him and bore him to the ground, at the same time taking the gun away from him and slipping the handcuffs over the murderer’s wrists. Policeman Taylor had to draw his revolver to keep back the large crowd that was threatening. Showing no concern whatever, Ashbridge calmly waited until the police auto arrived. In the meantime the murdered woman’s still warm body was placed in a “jitney” and with Officer Smith and Dr. Maldeis a hurry run was made for Cooper Hospital but when the institution was reached, Mrs. Dunbar was pronounced dead.
Ashbridge was taken to the hospital by Policeman Taylor in the police auto. He asked “how she is.” Informed that he had accomplished his purpose, the young murderer asked to see the woman. When the white sheet covering the still form of the murdered woman was drawn from the face Ashbridge leaned over and kissed the forehead of the woman. He was then taken to the County jail and locked up. Before Recorder Stackhouse on the following Monday Ashbridge pleaded guilty.
Ashbridge was infatuated with the woman, who was a member of the Temple Theater chorus. Because of Ashbridge’s persistent attentions she was compelled to give up her position. Mrs. Dunbar had previously accepted Ashbridge’s attentions, thinking that he was unmarried, but upon learning that he had a wife and child she informed him that it would be best for them not to see each other, but the young man refused to discontinue his attentions.
On the day of the shooting Ashbridge was seen in various places. He is said to have followed the woman to the Federal Street ferry, but lost track of her. Around noon he was seen at Front and Pearl Streets by Policeman Boyd, who ordered him to move on. Boyd was about to arrest him as a suspicious character, but Ashbridge pleaded that he was looking for a friend. All that day Ashbridge followed the woman until night, when he cruelly murdered her.
The murderer came from a respectable family. Dissipation is thought to have caused the young man to lose his sense of reasoning. Rather good-looking, Ashbridge had tender baby-like eyes and his case excited sympathy among the more tender-hearted people.
Sweetmeats, tasty sandwiches, and other small luxuries were said to have been given the young murderer while he languished in his cell. He had many visitors. Recently Ashbridge was taken violently ill after eating some crabs which were given him by a friend. He and Jailor Hibbs were very friendly.
THOMPSON A CLEVER FORGER
Thompson, or Murphy, was a self-styled lawyer and was committed by Recorder Stackhouse in June for forging checks to the amount of $1,055. The worthless checks were “worked” on the McClelland-Fulton Auto Company and Motor Vehicle Agent A.C. Kraft.
When a check for $150 presented to the automobile company by Thompson and drawn to the order of “G.E. Thompson” on the Harrisonburg, Virginia National Bank came back from the home office of the Studebaker Company as worthless, Mr. Fulton called in the police.
Thompson had previously presented a check for $890 as payment on an automobile. This check was drawn on Thompson’s favor on the Coatesville National Bank and was purported to have been signed by Louis L. Gibney, a hotel man of Downington PA. This check was still in the possession of Mr. Fulton when Thompson was arrested after the first check was returned marked “no funds.”
The clever swindler also presented a bad check to Agent Kraft for $15 for which he received the license to operate the automobile which he proposed buying.
Detective Troncone arrested Thompson at Fifth and Market Streets on June 2. The defendant had been living in a room at 220 North Fifth Street.
Giving his home address as Daytona, Florida, Thompson represented himself as a lawyer. Well dressed and wearing nose glasses, Thompson was an intelligent appearing man, he had a bushy pompadour which was streaked with gray and talked in a persuasive manner. His forgeries on Mr. Gibney’s signature were so clever that Gibney himself could not tell the difference.
After Thompson’s arrest Detective Captain Schregler sent out notices to several southern cities. He received responses from Harrisonburg, Norfolk, and Petersburg Virginia and that Thompson was wanted in all three cities for check forgeries.
Bert Hibbs, a city foreman and a son of the slain jailor, was murdered early Sunday morning, December 25, 1910 when his throat was cut by Clement Ridgway, a negro, aged 22 years, of Seventh and Sycamore Streets. It was about 12:20 on Christmas morning that Hibbs while crossing the lots at Seventh and Sycamore was accosted by Ridgeway, who wanted to shake hands with Hibbs. The latter refused, a quarrel ensued and Ridgeway whipped out a razor and slashed Hibbs across the throat with such violence that his head was nearly severed. Hibbs died while on the way to the hospital. Ridgway was arrested after a battle by Detectives Schregler, Painter and Brothers and several officers at his home, 1207 Lilly Row.
Indicted for murder Ridgway pleaded non vult. On April 24, 1911, to a charge of murder in the second degree, he was sentenced to 25 years in state Prison at hard labor.
SECOND MURDER IN JAIL
This is the second murder and second escape from the present jail. The first murder took place in November, 1907, when George Stewart, a young negro, stabbed to death John Snell, who was awaiting trial for carrying in the business of fortune telling. Stewart was in jail on a charge of dealing in opium and cocaine. He had a complete opium layout in his cell. He and Snell had a quarrel and he stabbed Snell to death in his cell. He was tried and convicted and sentenced to be electrocuted during the week of February 8, 1908. He was electrocuted on February 4, being the first man to suffer the death penalty by electrocution.
On July 13, 1910 William T. Brown, alias Gillespie, who had been sentenced to seven years on a charge of forgery, and Charles Berger, who was under sentence for picking pockets, made their escape from jail after sawing the bars on the Federal Street front. They climbed over the balustrade to the roof, descended through a trapdoor, climbed down stairs and walked leisurely through the Court House building and out into the street unnoticed. They entered an automobile and were driven away. They crossed to Philadelphia on a North Cramer Hill Ferry boat.
Several weeks later Brown was arrested in New York City and was sentenced to Auburn Prison on an old charge. His term will expire shortly and he has also applied to the Court of Pardons of this State for a parole. A detainer has been lodged against him at the State prison where he is located and he will be brought back and resentenced. Berger was captured in Chicago and was brought back and served a term at Trenton.
3 Businesses, Homes Looted On Weekend
Camden Courier-Post —
Burlars [sic] broke into three Camden business establishments and three Pennsauken homes over the weekend and netted nearly $600 in loot, police said.
Liquor valued at $120 by Richard D. Grayson, 603 Chestnut st., was taken early Sunday from his 705 Bar, 705 Chestnut st., Ptl. Peter N. Paul and Edward Troutman said. An undetermined amount of money was taken from a juke box which was broken open. Police said entry was gained through a rear window.
An estimated $103 was taken from candy, cigaret, pinball and soda pop machines broken open at Paramount Billiards, 16 S. Broadway, according to Ptl. Nathan Kline. George Watson, 410 Carteret st., who opened the billiard parlor Sunday morning, called police.
Two Men Held
Two men are being held on charges of breaking and entering Martini’s Service Station, 4th and Main sts., Saturday night. Ptl. William Haines said 14 cents was missing.
Joseph Knox, 26, of the 1800 block Mulford st., and John Kenney, 24, of the 600 block N. 4th st., were arrested at 5th and Main sts. after a passerby told police she recognized them as the men she saw running from the service station.
Hugo J. Martini, owner of the service station, said the place was looted and 80 pennies taken. Sixty-six of the pennies were found on the floor and pavement.
Sleuth Battles Judge on ‘Bookie’
Camden Courier-Post —
Liberman Frees Man Over Protests of Police Who Raided Place
Frequent clashes between an attorney and detectives marked a police court hearing yesterday in which an alleged horse race bookmaker was freed for lack of evidence.
According to detectives who raided the defendant’s store Thursday, he had a “private telephone book” containing the numbers of a police station, several policemen and a number of city and county officials.
The defendant was Richard Everett, of 460 Carteret street. Detectives Joseph Mardino, Benjamin Simon, George Weber and Vernon Jones, testified they found the book, a number of racing forms and a mysterious tablet.
Simon began testifying to the effect that while he was in the store he took several bets over the telephone. The instrument was later ripped out and offered as evidence.
Meyer L. Sakin, counsel for Everett, objected to any testimony regarding Simon’s telephone conversation as not binding on his client, and when Judge Lewis Liberman agreed, Simon threw down his papers and said he was quitting.
City Prosecutor John H. Reiners, Jr., placated the detective, however, and he resumed. Again he got around to the telephone call, and again Sakin objected and again Liberman upheld Sakin.
“I’m done, then,” exclaimed Simon. “I’ll testify no more.”
“I have my suspicions in this case,” said Judge Liberman, “but I have to be guided by the rules of evidence, and there has been presented here no proper evidence of a violation. I’ll have to discharge the defendant.”
As the judge finished, Sakin, Simon and Mardino reached for the pile of papers and books which the detectives had seized. Simon beat Sakin to them.
“I want these back,” said Sakin. “They include records of this man’s business profits.”
“What kind of business?” asked Mardino. “You’re not going to get them. We want to study his business ourselves and see if we can make out this code.”
Finally, Judge Liberman ruled that Sakin could copy the records but the police could keep the originals.
“And who’s going to put this telephone instrument back?” inquired the lawyer.
“Maybe the company, we’re not,” said Simon.
As Sakin left the court room, Mardino shouted at him:
“Tell that client of yours he might as well close down. We’re not through.”
Third Suspect Seized in Holdup at Cemetery
Camden Courier-Post —
Chester Mignogna, 23, of 429 Stevens street, was arrested Saturday for complicity in a holdup of Jacob Mutzer, 62, of 417 Carteret street, on June 16. He will be arraigned in police court today.
Patrolman George Getley made the arrest on complaint of Detective Clifford Carr, investigating the case. Two others were arrested recently and held for grand jury action for the robbery. They are Michael Meloni, 22, of 312 South Fourth street, and Dominic Vizzone, 25, of 316 South Fifth street.
Mutzer said three men offered to give him a ride home late one night as he was standing at Broadway and Benson street. He said they took him to Evergreen Cemetery where they beat him and stole his watch and $60 in cash. Meloni was arrested first and Vizzone a few days later.
Two Men Jailed in Theft Plot Try to Involve G.O.P. Club Aide
Camden Courier-Post —
Ninth Ward Employe Named by Prisoners in Scheme to Loot Building of Slot Machines; Judge Neutze Discounts Story
An employee of the Ninth Ward Republican Club yesterday was accused of plotting to steal slot machines from the club at 536 Broadway by two South Camden men convicted of robbing him.
Michael Maloni, 25, of 321 South Fourth street, and Dominick Vizzone, 24, of 316 South Fifth street, were sentenced to four months in the county jail when Judge Frank F. Neutze told them their story “doesn’t ring true.”
Maloni and Vizzone were arrested on complaint of Jacob Mutzer, 417 Carteret street, employed at the club. He said he was coming out of a restaurant in South Camden early on the morning of June 17 when he met Maloni and Vizzone.
“They induced me to get into their car and then they drove me to a field back of the Camden Forge Company,” Mutzer testified. “There they took my money and keys, including keys to the club. I was afraid they might get into the club and clean it out so I notified police.”
Detectives went to the club house, but Maloni and Vizzone did not appear. They were arrested later.
The defendants denied robbing Mutzer.
“His story is not true,” Maloni insisted. “He told us to take his keys and go to the club and take the slot machines from there while he waited for us. He said it would look like a hold-up. We refused to have anything to do with it.”
Mutzer cut in and said Maloni’s testimony was untrue.
Judge Neutze told Maloni and Vizzone he thought they were “looking for a way out,” and imposed sentence.
Notice of Application
Camden Courier-Post —
Take notice that the Ninth Ward Republican Association has applied to the Municipal Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control of Camden for a Club License for premises situated at 536 Broadway, Camden, N. J.
The names of the officers of this association and the offices they fill respectively are:
Hobart Corson, 417 Carteret st., Camden, N. J., President.
John K. Voll, Vice President, 563 Line st., Camden, N. J.
Harry Weiss, 459 Carteret st., Camden, N. J., Secretary.
William L. Gallagher, 306 Warren ave., Camden, N. J., Treasurer.
The names of the directors of this association are:
Ernest Gibbons, 644 Clinton st., Camden, N. J.
Norvel McHenry, Sr., 421 Chambers ave., Camden, N. J.
Norvel McHenry, Jr., 421 Chambers ave., Camden, N. J.
Peter Ashmen, 567 Benson st., Camden, N. J.
Raymond Dixon, 560 Washington st., Camden, N. J.
Thomas Dickinson, 627 Clinton st., Camden, N. J.
Richard W. Griscom, 431 Chambers ave., Camden, N. J.
James Shissler, 707 Royden st., Camden, N. J.
Lester Beach, 702 Carman st., Camden, N. J.
Objections, if any, should be made immediately in writing to John T. Odorisio, City Clerk of Camden.
(Signed) NINTH WARD REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION,
536 Broadway,
Camden, N. J. ($24.84)
Youth Given 10 Days for Emulating Sniper
Camden Courier-Post —
Because he imitated the “phantom sniper” Walter Anderson, 18 years old, of Carteret street near Wright avenue, was sentenced to ten days in jail today by Police Judge Bertman.
Anderson was arrested last night by Policeman Herbert Anderson on complaints from the residents of the vicinity of Newton avenue and Carteret street that a man was shooting up the neighborhood.
Walter Anderson told the judge that he was examining a gun he had purchased on the Fourth of July when the weapon was accidentally discharged.