Introduction
COOPER STREET is one of the oldest streets in Camden, and is named after the Cooper family. William Cooper was one of the first settlers in this part of New Jersey. Camden was known as Cooper’s Ferries for many years prior to the city being incorporated in 1828.
The curb line of Cooper Street, from Front Street to the tracks of the Camden & Atlantic Railroad Company, were moved twelve feet towards the center, and the street paved with Belgian blocks in 1881. In 1927 the curb lines were moved back twelve feet from 4th Street to 9th Street. This improvement was completed in September of 1927.
Cooper Street runs from the waterfront east to 9th Street, with a short block of homes and business still standing above 11th Street. Prior to the construction of Interstate Route I-676, Cooper Street ran all the way to 12th Street. Cooper Street was for many years one of the most prestigious addresses in Camden, and many homes of historic significance, due to both the residents and the architects of said homes, were and still are on Cooper Street.
The “beginning of the end” for Cooper Street came in the early 1920s, when three mansions were torn down to make room for the Walt Whitman Hotel. On June 30, 1940 all the homes on the south side of the 900 block were destroyed when the R.M. Hollingshead chemical factory, which occupied most of the block, fronting on 9th and on Market Streets, exploded and burned to the ground.
Little known outside of East Camden is the “other” Cooper Street, which runs between North 19th and East State Street. This short street only has one single family home and a block of 13 row homes.
Phil Cohen
Memories of Old Cooper Street
Journalist Will Paul wrote an article around 1940 about growing up on Cooper Street in the 1880s. Be sure to read his Memories of Old Cooper Street.
Victor Plant Postcards
The Victor Talking Machine Company plant on Cooper Street, Camden, N.J. Top: The Victor Plant, Cooper Street. Bottom: The Victor Plant with Johnson Park in the foreground — now known as Walt Whitman Poetry Center.
Postcard of the Camden Factories of the Victor Talking Machine Company
(postcard) — undated
The Camden factories of the Victor Talking Machine Company—the largest plant in the world devoted to the manufacture of a musical instrument.
Thirty separate buildings, covering space equivalent to ten city blocks.
The Company also maintains recording and record manufacturing plants at Oakland, Cal., Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic, and a recording laboratory in New York City.
With its affiliated Companies, the Victor Talking Machine Company of Canada and the Gramophone Company of England, “His Master’s Voice” products are supplied to every country in the world.
Victor dealers in this country alone can supply Victor records in more than forty different languages and dialects.
Show Rooms and a concert auditorium at 1731 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, are open to the public during the week for splendid free concerts by famous Victor artists. Sales are not solicited.
The Camden plant has now been opened to visitors. When you are in the vicinity of Camden or Philadelphia, you are cordially invited to view the interesting operations incidental to the production of Victor Records and new Orthophonic Victrolas, and, most important of all, to hear the amazing new Orthophonic Victrola and all the wonderful Victor instruments under ideal conditions. This is a musical experience you will never forget.
Cooper Park & Library Postcards
Cooper Park and Library postcards. Top left: Cooper Park, 2nd & Cooper Streets, circa 1907. Top right: Cooper Park Library, circa 1910. Center: Cooper Park Library, circa 1912. Bottom left: Cooper Park Library, circa 1916 — replaced by the large building donated by Eldridge Johnson of the Victor Talking Machine Co. Bottom right: The Cooper Free Public Library, known today as The Walt Whitman Poetry Center.
Unit Block of Cooper Street
10 Cooper Street — The Esterbrook Pen Company. The Esterbrook Pens Co. plant stood at Cooper Street and Delaware Avenue in Camden for several decades. Founded in 1858 in Camden by Richard Esterbrook, the plant was moved to Cherry Hill in 1964. In 1967 it became the Venus–Esterbrook company, and by 1969 it closed its Cherry Hill plant. When Esterbrook Pen left Camden, the old plant was acquired by RCA. Known as RCA Building 16, it was demolished in January of 1971. Photo circa 1920.
Unit Block of Cooper Street — Occupants
Noted occupants of the unit block.
10 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1858–1964 | Esterbrook Pen Company |
| 1964–1971 | RCA Building 16 (formerly Esterbrook) |
43 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1880s–1900s | Rev. William H. Burrell |
Front & Cooper Street Intersection
1925 — as seen looking south from Penn Street. The 8-story Victor Talking Machine Company offices are at rear right of the photo. Johnson Park is at left.
How the Y. M. C. A. Benefits Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Great Interest Taken in Association Work and Results Are Most Satisfactory.
A “Gym” Worth Praising
The New House of Muscle Is One of the Finest in the Eastern Section of the Country—Its Features, Methods and Instructor.
The inestimable benefit of a Young Men’s Christian Association branch to a large city has never been more forcibly demonstrated than in Camden, where for the past eighteen years an association has flourished, accomplishing good work with the most satisfactory results.
From the time of organization the work has been constantly enlarging, until now the association is one of the most healthy, in a financial way, in this section. Its splendid facilities for every branch of association work, the gymnasium, college, literary and religious departments make it exceedingly popular and its work is supported by a large number of Camden’s best known citizens.
The enthusiasm in matters relating to the association is at times remarkable and the churches assist greatly in the work, by pulpit utterances and help by the members of the congregations. The Y. M. C. A. and the churches work harmoniously together, and by co-operation mutual benefit is the result.
The present organization was formed at a private house, corner Front and Cooper streets, October 1[?], 187[?], it being the outgrowth of a union young people’s prayer meeting. Meetings were held for a short time in the rear room of what was then the Trinity Baptist Church, now known as the Hatch Post Building. Later quarters were secured at [?]18 Federal street, where they were located for more than a year. Then a move was made to Lincoln Hall, Third and Market, the second and third stories of that building being secured, where for ten years they remained. Then the Third and Federal streets building was used and from there the association moved to its present quarters.
Since the association moved from its old quarters at Third and Federal streets, the membership has been almost doubly increased, principally by the construction of one of the finest gymnasiums in this section of the country, being more complete than the central association of this city and possessing a fine swimming tank, which the mother branch here has not.
The “Gym’s” Great Attraction
There can be no doubt but that the athletic work in the Y. M. C. A. is its greatest attraction. It draws young men to the building, gets them interested in the work and lays the foundation for the accomplishment of the association’s purpose, leading them in the right path.
The Camden Association has had long and varied experience with gymnastics, and the addition of this great feature has more than proven its value to the work. The first “gym” in Camden was in the old building at the southeast corner of Third and Market streets. The space was very small, the athletic work suffering severely in the cramped quarters. However, the work was carried on there with great success for nearly four years, when the building at the southwest corner of Third and Federal streets was erected and the two upper floors engaged.
This change proved to be successful. A large gymnasium floor space was now at hand, with shower baths, dressing rooms and other features necessary for the carrying on of gymnastic work. The great drawback, however, was the ceiling, which was not more than fifteen feet in height. This prevented any development of flying and traveling ring work, while horizontal bar work was also handicapped to a certain extent. However, for nearly six years the work progressed there in the most satisfactory manner, the classes being large and interest at times very great.
The Present Quarters.
The building now in use at Broadway and Federal streets is the most complete the Camden Association ever had, and while the reading rooms, parlors and game rooms were not constructed especially for the work, yet they are almost exactly the desired arrangement. Just above the house was a space of ground nearly one hundred feet wide and very deep. On this space the “gym” was erected, and a beauty it is. It runs east and west, the front facing Federal street, and getting a good Southern sun exposure.
The gymnasium has a thoroughly modern equipment and, as said above, it has no superior in this section of the country. It is 43x7[?] feet, with a peaked roof thirty-two feet high. The running track overhead is a good feature in the “gym,” and it is, of course, very largely patronized.
Then the pool has been the means of drawing many men into the Association work. It is 21x39 feet, with a depth of water from four feet four inches to six feet. The sides and bottom are lined with white enameled bricks, and has a capacity of 33,000 gallons of water.
Physical Instructor Villee.
The gymnastic work is under the direction of A. G. Villee, who during his two years’ connection with the Camden Association has advanced and created great interest in the work. Mr. Villee is a follower of the Chicago Training School system, having received his gymnastic education there, and naturally believes in its teachings. He is 25 years old, a native of Lancaster, Pa., and has been in gymnastic work for the past five years. After his course at the training school he was appointed assistant at Milwaukee, going from there to Newcastle, Pa., then to Allentown, and then to Norfolk, Va., where he was stationed when he received his appointment as physical instructor at Camden.
Through Mr. Villee athletics have taken a healthy, vigorous turn, and there is a live, wide-awake interest in everything gymnastic in the Camden Association. The classes average eighteen a week, while the usual attendance by the senior members is thirty and the junior members thirty-five. The business men’s class at 5.15 has a usual attendance of fifteen.
With this year came a new feature in the association’s gymnastic work, that of indoor competitive athletic sports. The third of the series took place last evening. These meetings are trials or preliminaries to the final, which is slated for April. The men who have qualified in these trials will be handicapped according to their abilities for the finals, and the first three competitors will receive gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.
The class drill system introduced by Instructor Villee is an excellent one, and a person having a knowledge of gymnastic work will readily appreciate its good points. First there comes the health drill, which includes the free hand, arm, leg and body movement. Then the educative, which means work on the various apparatus, while the third, or recreative, covers games of various sorts on the floor of the gymnasium, exclusive of basket ball. This system is always maintained.
A leaders’ class is also a new feature adopted by Mr. Villee. The men who are included in this class are the best athletes in the association, who lead the different classes and assist the physical instructor. They meet once a week, practicing advanced work and becoming better acquainted with Mr. Villee’s system of physical education.
The junior membership is very large and among the boys, all of whom are under 16 years of age, there are some clever athletes. Mr. Villee also has junior leaders, the boys doing the best work being honored with the positions. This junior department also has a class of twelve club swingers, in which Mr. Villee takes great pride. He has them under his particular care, and without doubt they are a clever lot of boys.
There are many other interesting features in the gymnastic work, and the two fine bowling alleys and shuffleboards should not be forgotten in this brief review.
A feature in the winter’s work has been the series of “Health and First Aid to the Injured” talks. These began in November and will continue until April, the course being closed by Dr. E. M. Howard. The Saturday outings in summer will be continued the coming season. These delightful affairs are under Mr. Villee’s direction. A crowd of probably twenty leaves the association about 10 o’clock of a Saturday morning, riding as far as they can in the trolleys, then walking to some pretty spot, where all sorts of sports and games are indulged in.
The Association Officers.
The officers of the association are composed of Camden’s best-known men, and there is not a better known and more highly respected citizen than Walter M. Patton, who is now president. For years he has been an enthusiastic worker and supporter of the association. The secretaryship is in the hands of Harry Curtis, who has now been with the Camden Association about two years. Mr. Curtis is very popular with the members and has done much toward placing the branch where it is to-day.
The vice-president and treasurer is William J. Coxey, who has been long identified with the work. C. L. Craig is recording secretary. The Board of Directors is composed of Schuyler C. Woodhull, Joseph E. Roberts, William C. Lore, W. A. Davis, M. D., W. Bechtel, Gelbert Landis, Judge Frank Burdsall, Frank Sitley, Samuel D. Goff and Dr. E. M. Howard. The trustees are Abraham Anderson, Wilbur F. Rose, Harry Humphreys, Luther H. Kellum, W. J. Coxey, Carlton M. Williams, Joseph B. Van Sciver, Joseph E. Robert and Thomas E. Gifford. Frank Pierson is assistant secretary.
Camden Y. M. C. A. Gymnasium.
100 Block of Cooper Street
Cooper Street and Johnson Park. Left: Looking northeast from Front and Cooper, 1907. Center: Johnson Park, circa 1920. Right: Johnson Park, 1926 Peter Pan Pageant. The Johnson Library and park were donated to the City of Camden by Eldridge Johnson, founder and CEO of the Victor Talking Machine Company. Built between 1914 and 1930, and first opened in 1918.
Cooper Street looking northeast from Front and Cooper, April 2005. Photo by Craig Campbell.
120–134 Cooper Street. The portrait is of William Abels, who lived at 126 Cooper Street from 1787 to 1882.
100–134 Cooper Street — Victor Talking Machine Company factory, about 1920. Right: Victor Talking Machine Company offices at the northwest corner of Front & Cooper Street, about 1920.
100 Block of Cooper Street — Occupants
Noted occupants of the 100 block.
106 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1880s–1890s | William H. Allen |
122 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| — | Dr. Samuel Harris |
| 1872 | The Dorcas Society |
126 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1787–1882 | William Abels |
Knell of Doom for Cobbles in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Proposed Loan to Lay Sheet Asphalt on the Principal Thoroughfares of the City.
A NEEDED IMPROVEMENT
Recent Law Permits Issue of Bonds and the Tax Rate Would Not Be Increased—Speedy Action Anticipated.
Camden will commence to lay asphalt on its main streets this year, notwithstanding the fact that no provision was made for this much-needed improvement in the general appropriation ordinance adopted at the last meeting of City Council. City Counnsel [sic] Morgan has discovered that Camden can issue bonds to the amount of $200,000 for repaving streets, under a law passed in 1806 [sic]. This law, which applies to cities of the second class, requires that the loan shall not be negotiated at a higher rate of interest than 4 per cent. nor for a longer period than twenty years. A sinking fund, sufficient to pay off the bonds at maturity is to be established under control of the Mayor, City Comptroller and chairman of the Finance Committee.
The Republican members of City Council, who constitute the majority, are said to be in favor of spending at least $100,000 for laying sheet asphalt upon some of the principal business thoroughfares this year. It is probable that some action favorable to the project will be taken at a meeting of City Council tomorrow evening. There are hundreds of wheelmen in Philadelphia, as well as the cyclers and business men of Camden, who would enjoy pedaling over a smooth pavement in the South Jersey metropolis.
Petitions are now in circulation for the improvement of the following streets with sheet asphalt:
Market street, from Front to the intersection with Federal street. Federal street, from Front to Cooper’s Creek. Kaighn avenue, from Front to Haddon avenue. Broadway, from Federal to Emerald street. Haddon avenue, from Federal street to Line. Cooper street from Delaware avenue to the Camden and Atlantic Railroad.
Many of these streets are now paved with cobble stones, and asphalt may be laid over this old pavement. Property owners along the streets named are signing the petitions and agree to pay one-half of the expense of the improved paving. This will amount to from $20 to $25 a property with a frontage of twenty feet. Property owners who have paid for Belgian block paving will not have to pay for the asphalt.
The expense to the city and property owners will be greatly reduced by the share of the expense that the Camden and Suburban Railway Company will have to bear. Under the ordinances which give this company the use of the streets it must lay improved pavement between its tracks and two feet on each side whenever ordered to do so. Street Commissioner Blowe has estimated the cost of asphalt paving as follows:
Ta [sic] pave Haddon avenue it will cost the city $10,000 and the railroad company, $4170; Federal street will cost the city $13,000 and the railroad company $13,000; Market street will cost the city $19,000 and the railroad company $13,000; Cooper street will cost the city $36,000; Broadway will cost the city $20,000 and the railroad company $10,400; Kaighn avenue will cost the city $12,000 and the railroad company $12,000. These figures, which may be slightly reduced when bids are received, as they stand now would make the cost to the city $110,000 and the Camden and Suburban Railway $61,170.
The improved streets and the new $600,000 artesian water plant, soon to be completed, will, it is expected, help to boom property in Camden.
Shot Her Husband.
Camden Post —
EXTRA!
And Hid The Pistol Under The Refrigerator.
SAYS SHE DID NOT DO IT.
But The Dying Man Says She Did.
The Husband Was Jealous and Suspicious.
WIFE VIOLENT AND VENGEFUL
Husband Dead—The Wife Behind The Bars.
CHARGED WITH HIS MURDER.
McCusker’s Ante-Mortem Statement—Another Chapter in Camden’s Horrors.
Michael McCusker, about 3[?] years old, superintendent of the Union News Company, at Federal street station, was shot in the abdomen at his home, 206 Benson street, about 10.15 o’clock last night. He was taken to the Cooper Hospital, where the surgeons performed an operation at midnight, and died at six o’clock this morning.
Mrs. McCuskter [sic] was placed under arrest and is locked up at the City Hall, her husband having made a statement in which he accused her of committing the deed.
Mrs. McCusker informed Policeman Steen, who was among the first to arrive upon hearing a shot fired, that her husband shot himself during a struggle for the possession of the revolver. After telling him this she ran to the house of Mrs. McGann, mother of her husband, 430 south Second street, and informed them that he had shot himself.
HAD BEEN A STRUGGLE.
When the officer entered the house he found the wounded man lying in the entry writhing in agony. He sent in a call for the patrol wagon, which arrived in charge of Sergeant Golden and Policeman Zanders. The carpets indicated that there had been a struggle before the shooting took place. Golden desired to remove the wounded man to the hospital, but his relatives objected, and much time was lost in a vain search for a physician. Finally, Golden put the man on a litter and placed him in the wagon.
His story is corroborated by Harry Laird, a railroad conductor of 439 Trenton avenue. Laird said he was about to turn into Benson street, at Second, on his way home, when he was met by Mrs. McCusker who emerged from Daniel Hughes’ cigar store on the corner. She was wringing her hands and cried: Oh, Mike is shot! What shall I do?
Laird went over to the house and was joined by Policeman Steen. They entered together and found the injured man lying in the hallway with a pillow under his head.
What’s the matter, Mike? asked Laird.
My wife shot me; that woman there, he replied, as he pointed to her.
Oh! don’t say that, Mike, said the woman.
I do say it, and I mean it.”
As they were about to drive away William Stees and his wife, friends of McCusker arrived, and when the wounded man recognized them he said: “Bill, Florence shot me.” Sergeant Golden overheard the conversation and he ordered Mrs. McCusker to get in the wagon to assist with her husband.
On the way to the hospital McCusker said: “My wife shot me.”
Golden turned to Mrs. McCuskter [sic] and said: “Mike tells me that you shot him and hid the revolver. What did you do with it?”
Mrs. McCusker answered: “Did Mike tell you that? You will find the revolver in the kitchen under the refrigerator.”
When McCusker was placed on the operating table he was informed that in all probability the wound would prove serious and was asked to make a statement. William A. Husted, a notary, took his deposition. He said that he usually gets home at 6.30 but he did not reach home last night until nearly 8 o’clock, as he stopped at a barber shop intending to take a ride on his bicycle after supper. He said that he did not go out as he intended, and he and his wife got into a family quarrel, and during the excitement he made serious accusations which angered her. She ran upstairs, he declared, and secured his new five chambered [?]2-calibre revolver that he kept under his pillow, and came down stairs with it in her hand.
Her actions convinced him that it was necessary for his protection to secure the weapon, he said, and during the struggle for its possession, he charges, she raised the hammer, aimed it at him and pulled the trigger.
DECLARES SHE DID NOT DO IT.
When Mrs. McCusker arrived at the city prison and saw the door of the cell open for her she went into hysterics and shouted: ‘Don’t put me in that place; put me in a room. Oh! Don’t put me in there.’ She declared that she did not shoot her husband intentionally.
Upon returning to the house Sergeant Golden made a search of the room designated by Mrs. McCusker and found the revolver under the refrigerator, as she had stated. The police also found Clarence Smith, a boarder, who occupies a room in the second story. He said that he heard loud talking, which was followed by a shot and a scream by Mrs. McCusker.
The friends of Mr. McCusker told the police that the couple had been married five years, but had not lived happily.
The surgeons at the hospital said that the bullet entered the abdomen. From the condition of the wound the bullet had penetrated the intestines, which prevented any attempt to locate it by probing.
HUSBAND AND WIFE.
Michael McCusker was about 3[?] years of age, while his wife is about 28 years of age. Her maiden name was Coffee, and it is said that she came orginally [sic] from New York. She was a woman of attractive appearance and is said to have been separated from her husband two or three times. Their boarder, Clarence Smith, who is said to have been asleep in the house at the time of the shooting, is said to be a brother-in-law to Mrs. McCusker’s sister.
Michael McCusker had the reputation everywhere of being quiet but good natured, and was apparently highly esteemed by all who knew him. He leaves four sisters and a brother, Stephen McCusker, who is the employ of the Union News Company at the foot of Federal street.
D. J. Russell, the saloon keeper at Second and Benson streets, said this morning that while McCusker and his wife were not what might be called drinking people, they bought a small kettle of beer occasionally, and in fact had a kettle filled shortly before the shooting last night.
‘Squire Schmitz of Market-street, said this morning that Mrs. McCusker had frequently had her husband haled before him and held to keep the peace, alleging that he, McCusker, had threatened to take her life.
McCusker, the ‘squire says, always said that the woman’s accusation and complaint was “a — lie, and only a ruse to get me out of her way for awhile.”
The ‘squire says he always regarded McCusker as being a peaceable and truthful man.
AT THE HALL.
Lawyer Francis B. Weaver who has been Mrs. McCusker’s attorney upon several occasions, has been retained to defend her.
This morning shortly after 9 o’clock Prosecutor Jenkins and Assistant Prosecutor Carson called at the city hall and the prisoner was taken into the mayor’s hearing room and privately examined.
During the course of the examination Lawyer Weaver appeared with Mrs. Smith, mother of the defendant, and demanded to be admitted to the examination as counsel for the accused woman.
Chief Dodd, evidently acting under the instructions of the prosecutor, told Lawyer Weaver that it mattered not who he was or who he represented he could not be admitted to the examination, and he was not.
Lawyer Weaver remarked that this kind of action was what would result in the acquittal of Shaw.
What was developed at the private examination could not be learned, as the Prosecutor and Chief Dodd refused to have anything to say. Mayor Westcott arrived at 11.30 o’clock and the prisoner was arraigned for a hearing. The Mayor in reading the charge said:
‘Florence McCusker, you are charged with assaulting, shooting and killing Michael McCusker.’
The prisoner exclaimed: “Oh!” and burying her head in her hands sobbed bitterly.
Lawyer Weaver said his client would waive a hearing, and she was committed to the city prison.
A lady residing in the vicinity of Fourth and Market streets said this morning: “Mrs. McClusker lived near my house for a while. She was a rather showy-looking blonde, and I frequently saw her on the street. Her husband was the better one of the two, and I always understood that while they separated frequently she invariably ran after him to get him back.”
County Physician Jones will hold an autopsy on McCusker today. Coroner Lippincott, who has charge of the case, says no date has yet been fixed for the inquest.
No time to lose if you wish to join the embroidery class. Classes will soon form. Inquire at Varney’s.
STOCKTON.
Items of Interest to Readers Across Cooper’s Creek.
At last night’s meeting of town council the Camden and Suburban Railway company presented petitions asking the privilege of laying a double track on Riverroad from Cooper avenue to new Cove road; also on Westfield avenue from its intersection with Federal street to Forty-second street.
A resolution fixing a hearing on the petition for the thirtieth instant was adopted.
The treasurer reported a balance on hand of $63,754.63.
The appointments of J. C. Johnson, Frank Schocklin and Chris Waltz as fire wardens by the Stockton, Penn and Pavonia companies respectively were approved.
The joint committee on parade asked council to furnish an escort of police for the Thanksgiving Day demonstration. The request will be complied with.
The board of education requested that the janitors be sworn in as special officers to protect the property of the schools. The question arose as to the authority to swear in special officers, and the town attorney will give an opinion on the subject.
Bills to the amount of $687.32 were ordered paid. The ordinance compelling the sprinkling of streets used by railway companies by said companies was passed. The Westfield avenue sidewalk came in for a good share of discussion again. An ordinance making the width of the sidewalk on Broad street fifteen feet was introduced. Frank Mathias was awarded the contract to erect the retaining wall at Garfield avenue at a cost of $271.25.
A bill in favor of B. F. Sweeten & Son of $29.57 was ordered paid. A bill in favor of the same firm to laying cross covered gutters on Riverroad was laid over.
NOTES.
Silas Betts, V. R. Blackwell and Officer George Palmer went gunning yesterday in south Jersey.
The Stockton wheelmen will have a club run to Burlington via Mt. Holly on Sunday.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Taylor, on Merrel avenue, Rosedale, was the scene of a pretty event last evening, the occasion being the marriage of their daughter, Lillian, to Mr. Harry A. Dick. The ceremony was performed in the parlor, amid a profusion of chrysanthemums and palms, by the Rev. J. B. Whitton, pastor of Bethel M. E church, in the presence of a host of friends and relatives of the contracting parties. Miss Lillie Grant, of Philadelphia, cousin of the bride, acted as bridesmaid and Mr. Arthur Sharp, also of Philadelphia, was the best man. Miss Stella Buck rendered ‘The March of the Friares,’ A reception followed the ceremony, at which the happy couple were congratulated Among those present were: Rev. J. B. Whitton, Alfred Taylor, Harry Dick and wife, Mrs. Buck and daughter, Mrs. Horner and son, Mrs Stark, Mamie Euckenhofer, and William R. Dauuenhower, all of Cramer Hill; Dr. Wm. Taylor and wife, Mrs. Charles and Miss Tillie Grant, Arthur Sharp, Benjamin Taylor. all of Philadelphir, and many others.
The Stockton Hose company will have a smoker next Monday evening at headquarters.
Instructions by capable teacher. No charge for embroidering lessons. For particulars inquire at Varney’s.
B. & O. Improvements Finished.
The improvements on the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio west of and between Martinsburg, W. Va. and North Mountain, was completed November 1. They cover a distance of nearly four miles, starting three miles west of Martinsburg, and extending some distance west of Myers’ Hole which is near the North Mountain station. At Myers’ Hole the line was changed, taking out some very objectionable curvatures, and the road bed raised nearly fifteen feet, eliminating two grades of 43 feet per mile, which came together at Myers’ Hole and substituting therefor an almost level track. This point on the road has always been a dangerous one and many freight wrecks have occurred there. Apart from doing away with the dangerous feature of two sharp down grades coming together, as was the case in this instance, the saving in operation of the road by the change will be very large, as it enables the tons per train to be greatly increased and reduces the liability to accident to the minimum.
At Tablers the road bed has been lowered about 13 feet, and the same at Tabbs, besides taking out objectionable curvature and reducing the rate of grades at these points from 42 feet per mile to 10 feet per mile, thus increasing the cars that can be hauled per train. Though these improvements have cost quite a sum of money, the expenditure is fully justified by the great saving in operation.
Delair.
Musical entertainment at the Delair Methodist church, this evening at 8. The choir of the church have secured the following eminent talent: Mr. Albertus Shelley, the eminent violin soloist, assisted by Mr. C. Virgil Gordon, pianist; Miss Helen Mar Wilson, the celebrated reader and elocutionist; soprano soloist, Miss Bishop, and the inimitable Damico Brothers, guitar and mandolin virtuosi. Admission, fifty cents.
An amateur entertainment is being arranged by the Athletic Association that will eclipse anything in that line heretofore attempted.
Collingswood.
A meeting of the borough commissioners will be held in Tatem’s hall tonight, when the trolley and the electric light questions will be discussed. A petition is in circulation against the suburban improvement company being granted a five years’ contract for the exclusive lighting of the town.
Roy French and his brother left this morning on a gunning trip.
The regular weekly prayer meeting will be held tonight in the Methodist church.
After serious illness, like typhoid fever, pneumonia, or the grip, Hood’s Sarsaparilla has wonderful strength-giving power.
Trustees’ sale, 4-story brick residence, 190 Cooper street, Thursday, November 11th, at 12 o’clock noon, by Thomas & Sons, at Philadelphia office, 201 Bourse building, Philadelphia. Newly painted and papered. $2,000 may remain on mortgage at 5 per cent. Sale positive; no reservation.
F. S. Simmons, 309 Market street Camden, N. J. Phone No. 9.
Lodge room for rent, $10 per quarter. Apply to F. G. Hitchner, Fifth and Benson streets.
200 Block of Cooper Street
200–230 Cooper Street, February 7, 2004. In the postcard view looking east from North 2nd Street (below), the first house on the right is 210 Cooper and the first on the left is 215 Cooper.
204 & 206 Cooper Street, February 7, 2004. 204 Cooper Street was the home of the College of South Jersey Law School in 1947, the predecessor to Rutgers Law School. Henry S. Ford lived at 206 Cooper Street in the 1930s and 1940s.
220 Cooper Street — Rudolph Preisendanz showroom. Rudolph Preisendanz was a prominent Camden cabinetmaker and interior decorator.
200 Block of Cooper Street — Occupants
Noted occupants of the 200 block.
200 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| — | The Edward Sharp House |
201 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| mid-late 1930s | Turin Grotto |
| 1933 | C.R. Finney |
| 1933 | John Lynch Saloon |
| 1933 | Turin Grotto |
| 1947 | Palace Restaurant |
204 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | College of South Jersey Law School |
| 1891–1941 | Howland Croft & Family |
| 1891–1941 | Howland & Mary Grainger Croft |
| 1891–1941 | Clara Croft |
| 1891–1941 | Annie Croft |
| 1891–1941 | John William Croft |
| 1891–1941 | Miranda Croft Bottomley |
| 1891–1941 | George Grainger Croft |
| 1891–1941 | Samuel G. Croft |
205 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1880s–1900s | Richard Pancoast |
206 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1930s–1940s | Henry S. Ford |
209 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1896–1901 | Woman's Club of Camden |
210 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920s–1930s | Charlotte C. French |
214 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1900s–1910s | Captain John B. Adams & Family |
| 1900s–1910s | John B. & Phoebe Adams |
| 1900s–1910s | Clarence Adams |
| 1920s–1932 | George W. Jessup |
215 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1890s–1920s | Dr. Dowling Benjamin & Family (Dr. Dowling & Sarah Benjamin, Ada Benjamin, Helen Benjamin) |
| 1940–1947 | James A. Gravenor & Family |
| 1940–1947 | James A. & Lula M. Gravenor |
218–222 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1940s–1950 | Edward A. 'Dick' Malan |
| 1955 | Manchester Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co., Inc. (220 Cooper) |
| — | The Chalcar Apartments |
| Architects | Byron H. Edwards & Alfred Green |
220 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1890s | Samuel Smith (Ice) |
228 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1877–1888 | Nathan F. Cowan Family (Nathan & Sallie Ann Cowan, William, Edgar, Herbert Cowan) |
| 1905–1931 | Richard Rilatt & Family |
| 1910 | Patrick Farley |
| 1869–1874 | Richard R.C. Wilkins |
232 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910s–1920s | Frank J. Hineline |
| 1910s–1920s | Ludwig Kind |
| 1910s–1920s | Charles H. Greer |
| 1910s–1920s | William MacFarland |
| 1910s | Philip Wilson |
| 1878–1903 | Abraham Anderson & Family |
| 1890–1903 | Abraham & Eliza Burr Anderson |
| 1878–1903 | Abraham & Martha Goldy Anderson |
| 1878–1903 | Harry Anderson |
| 1878–1903 | Ella Anderson |
| 1878–1903 | Robert Anderson |
| 1878–1903 | Voorhees Anderson |
| 1890–1903 | Abraham Anderson & Family |
| 1905–1910 | Patrick Farley |
| 1914–1915 | S. Conrad Ott |
Postcard of Cooper Street, East from Second Street
(postcard) — undated
COOPER STREET, EAST FROM SECOND STREET, CAMDEN, N. J.
[Handwritten at the right of the legend:] Oct 7 [year not on the crop]. In company with Ellen, sight-seeing in Camde[n]
Edward Sharp House
200 Cooper Street — The Edward Sharp House, February 7, 2004.
THE EDWARD SHARP HOUSE
ERECTED 1812
HERE WAS PLANNED THE FIRST BRIDGE
BETWEEN
CAMDEN AND PHILADELPHIA
FOR WHICH A CHARTER WAS GRANTED IN 1819
THIS TABLET
IS ERECTED BY
THE CAMDEN CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE
Three Men Are Jailed in Slot Machine Theft
Camden Courier-Post —
Convicted of stealing a slot machine from a store conducted by Mrs. Rose DeMartin, whom they knocked down during a holdup, three men were sentenced today to terms of three months in the Camden county jail.
William Humphries, of 2252 Mickle street; Horace Haines, of 2253 Mickle street, and John Lemmons, of 2014 Cooper street, were the defendants. They were found guilty Tuesday. The crime was committed November 2 at Mrs. DeMartin’s store, Fourth and Mechanic streets. Judge Samuel M. Shay imposed the sentence.
2014 Cooper Street — 1920s, John Lemmons.
Vets in Colorful Memorial Crowd Convention Hall
Camden Courier-Post —
Military and Civic Organizations Parade in Camden and Join Services Addressed by Clergy and Congressman Wolverton
More than 2500 persons attended a joint veterans memorial observance in Convention Hall which followed a parade of veterans and civic organizations yesterday afternoon.
To the martial strains of bands and bugle corps, the participants marched from Fifth and Cooper to Seventh Street; south to Haddon avenue, then to Line Street and the Convention Hall.
The parade was headed by a squad of motorcycle police under Acting Sergeant William Taylor. They were followed by the band, headquarters, howitzer, medical and service companies of the 114th Infantry in command of Capt. Mahlon F. Ivins, Jr.
Then came the massed colors, National Guard, Naval Reserve, Disabled American Veterans, John J. Pershing Camp No. 9, United War Veterans, Gen. John A. Mather Post No. 18, Spanish War Veterans with their fife and drum corps and the Clara E. Waller Auxiliary; Posts 518 and 980 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and their bugle corps; Mt. Ephraim Junior Legion, No. 150; and bugle corps; Public Service American Legion Post and bugle corps; Westmont American Legion Post and bugle corps; 50 Pennsylvania Gold Star Mothers led by Mrs. Mary E. Hewson; Elks color guard and the Salvation Army and band.
G. A. R. Vets In Line
Three veterans of the G. A. R., in flag-draped automobiles, participated in the parade. They were John W. Coleman, 76, of 31 North Thirty-fifth street, who served with the 19th Pennsylvania Cavalry; William A. Morgan, 93, of Clementon, who was with the 104th Doylestown Infantry, and Leonard L. Roray, 89, of Glassboro, who served with Company H, Third New Jersey Cavalry.
Ceremonies at Convention Hall opened with advance of the colors to the stage and invocation by Rabbi Nachmann Arnoff.
Rev. Charles Bratten Du Bell, former chaplain of the 114th Infantry, delivered a memorial address, taking as his subject the career of General “Stonewall” Jackson.
Congressman Charles A. Wolverton after paying tribute to the G. A. R., Spanish American and World War veterans, promised that Congress would make provisions to support widows and orphans of veterans who need aid before adjournment this Summer.
Criticizes Veteran Cuts
He attacked any plan for balancing the national budget which does so at the expense of the veterans.
“There are two ways to balance the budget,” he said. “One is to take the money from the veterans and federal employees. The other is to require wealth to help.”
American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and United Spanish War Veterans memorial services and rituals also featured the program. Rev. Lewis A. Hayes, of Westmont, pronounced the benediction. C. Richard Allen, past county commander of the American Legion, was master of ceremonies.
The committee included Samuel Magill, Jr., chairman; Edward A. Stark, A. F. Klein, Joseph A. Kohler, Joseph Whylings, James J. Burke, Norval McHenry, Charles Buzine, William Amberg, James Milne, William P. Breen, William Miller, William Reinholdt; Edward J. Wintering, William Eisele, William Lloyd, Joseph F. Markley, Frank Ellis, D. J. Connors, Joseph Lounsberry and Charles M. Jefferies.
Autoist Held in Crash as Licenseless Driver
Camden Courier-Post —
Charged with driving without a license, Arthur Benjamin, 28, of 430 Liberty Street, was held in $10 security for a police court hearing following a collision at Twenty-third and High Streets shortly after noon yesterday. One man was cut on the head and legs.
Policeman James Banks made the arrest after Benjamin’s car struck and overturned the machine of C.R. Finney, 62, of 201 Cooper Street. Finney was treated by Dr. A. Lincoln Sherk. Benjamin was ordered to appear before Judge Garfield Pancoast June 29.
Charlotte C. French
210 Cooper Street — Charlotte C. French, 1920s–1930s. February 7, 2004.
MULTIGRAPHING
MIMEOGRAPHING
MAIL SERVICE
Careful, Prompt and Efficient
CHARLOTTE C. FRENCH
210 Cooper Street
CAMDEN 790
Dr. Dowling Benjamin
215 Cooper Street — Dr. Dowling Benjamin & Family, 1890s–1920s. Dr. Dowling & Sarah Benjamin, Ada Benjamin, Helen Benjamin.
The Chalcar Apartments
218–222 Cooper Street — The Chalcar Apartments. Architects: Byron Edwards & Alfred Green. Edward A. “Dick” Malan resided here in the 1940s–1950. Left: 1925. Center: Dick Malan. Remaining photos: February 7, 2004.
Exterior Views, 222–228 Cooper Street
222–228 Cooper Street, February 7, 2004. 228 Cooper Street was the home of Nathan F. Cowan & Family from 1877 to 1888.
Frank J. Hineline
232 Cooper Street — Frank J. Hineline, 1910s–1920s. Other noted residents of 232 Cooper Street in the 1910s–1920s included Ludwig Kind, Charles H. Greer, William MacFarland, and Philip Wilson.
The Helene Apartments — 232 Cooper Street / 125 North 3rd Street
Southwest Corner of North 3rd & Cooper Streets
Southwest corner of North 3rd Street and Cooper Street. February 7, 2004.
The Helene Apartments, 125 North 3rd Street & 232 Cooper Street. February 7, 2004.
Camden Councilman Beaten and Robbed
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Chales [sic] H. Greer Assaulted by Auto Thieves—Fifty Men and Women Taken in Raids
In an effort to prevent three men from stealing his automobile from in front of the Helena apartments, Third and Cooper streets, Camden, yesterday afternoon, Councilman Charles H. Greer, 48 years old, superintendent of the Philadelphia and Camden Ferry Company, was so badly beaten that he had to be taken to Cooper Hospital. Physicians stated that he suffered a cut head and body contusions where he was kicked, but no serious results are expected. The automobile was found abandoned at Newton avenue and Eighth street, Camden, half an hour later, and taken to police headquarters.
Persons in the neighborhood of where the machine was abandoned stated that one of the bandits had but one arm, was tall, while another was tall and the third a short man. They disappeared in different directions.
Cooper Street East of North 3rd Street — 1925
Cooper Street, east of North 3rd Street, 1925.
Selectee Mothers Form County Club
Camden Courier-Post —
Audubon Woman Chosen as Second to Go on Trip to See Soldier Son
A permanent organization “for the duration” to provide the means for visits of mothers to their sons at distant army camps was effected in Camden last night.
The Selectees’ Mothers Club of Camden county organized in the Hotel Walt Whitman with Mrs. Mae Ford, of 206 Cooper street, originator of the idea, as president. The plan is for mother-members to pay dues of 25 cents a week, and this money, added to contributions and revenues from social affairs, is used to send mothers for visits to their inducted sons.
The second mother, Mrs. Alice Harris, of 235 Chestnut street, Audubon, was chosen by lot last night. She will visit her son, Clinton, a private in Battery F, 22nd Coast Artillery, Camp Langdon, New Castle, N. H. Mrs. Nellie Dix, of 205 Linderman avenue, Pennsauken, who visited her son Harold, at Fort Bragg, N. C., last week, related her camp exeperience [sic] to the mothers. She returned home on Monday.
Officers in addition to Mrs. Ford are Mrs. Ethel Down, 217 North Forty-second streets [sic], Pennsauken, vice president; Mrs. Margaret McSwiggan, 2823 Carman street, recording secretary; Mrs. Ada Kuhs, 4529 Remington avenue, Pennsauken, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Bertha Hunsberger, 932 Newton avenue, treasurer. Mrs. Goldie Turkin [sic], 2365 Kaighn avenue, was appointed as an “Investigation Committee of One.”
Donation of $10 by the Ladies of Coll-Fair Unit, Bundles for Britain, was announced. Offers of meeting space and rooms for social affairs were made by Townsend C. Young Post No. 362, V. F. W., Gloucester; Star of Promise Lodge No. 14, Gloucester, and Post No. 324, V. F. W., Runnemede.
Sunday Raids on 2 Saloons Trap Owners
Camden Courier-Post —
Nine Drinkers Nabbed as Witnesses as Police Continue War
THREE WOMEN ARRESTED IN NORTH CAMDEN PLACE
Continuing their drive against alleged violators of the Sunday closing ordinance, police yesterday raided two cafes and arrested the proprietors and nine patrons.
The drive was widened Saturday at the direction of Chief of Police Arthur Colsey to include investigation that minors were being sold alcoholic beverages in saloons and taprooms here.
In Sunday raids a week ago three saloon owners were arrested. Two were fined and one of them obtained a continuance of his hearing on the charges.
The first raid yesterday was made by Police Lieut. George Frost and Detective Marshall Thompson on a saloon at 939 North Third street.
Clem Bridgeman, 36, was arrested as the owner, while Mrs. Mary Frank, 64, who lives in an apartment over the taproom, was named by him as his partner. She was released in $10 bail, with bail for Bridgeman set at $500 for a hearing in police court today.
Frost said he found six customers sitting at tables in the saloon with drinks in front of them.
The customers were held in $10 bail each as material witnesses. They said they were Miss Monica Aument, 23, of 1493 Kenwood avenue; an unidentified woman, who, Frost said, was too intoxicated to talk; Albert Moyer, 53, of 419 Erie street; Charles Luers, 30, of 10 York street; Charles Sevcik, 45, of 225 Milton street; Ernest Ridge, 42, of 619 Cedar street, and Archibald Knox, 25, of 97 North street.
In the second place, at 773 Central avenue, Detectives Frank Wilmont and Joseph Schultz arrested the licensee, Louis Bruten, 58, colored, of that address; Eugene Clark, 43, of 907 Ferry avenue, and William Clark, 41, and Davis Ray, 34, both of New York City. Bruten was released in $500 bail and the patrons in $10 for hearings today.
In Camden Police Court Saturday the hearing of John Lynch, 32, former Camden policeman and proprietor of a saloon at 201 Cooper street, was continued by Judge Lewis Liberman until Wednesday on application of City Prosecutor John H. Reiners.
Lynch is charged with violating Section 422 of the city ordinance in allowing disorderly persons to congregate on his premises and is at liberty in $500 bail.
John Lynch Faces Police Court Today
Camden Courier-Post —
Taproom Proprietor Charged With Allowing Disorderly Persons to Gather
John Lynch, 32, proprietor of a taproom and hotel at 201 Cooper street, is scheduled to be arraigned in police court today on a charge of allowing disorderly persons to congregate on the premises. The case has been twice continued.
Lynch was arrested August 23 when Chief of Police Arthur Colsey launched a drive against street brawling in front of saloons and disorderly conduct in such places.
The arerst [sic] was made by Lieut. George Frost on information obtained by Patrolman John Wilkie from a 17-year-old girl, Margaret Pone. She later was sentenced to 30 days in city jail and is now serving that term.
According to Wilkie, the girl told him that she and other girls and women frequented Lynch’s place and met men there that accompanied them to hotel rooms.
Her charges that minors were sold liquor in various saloons and taprooms also brought on an investigation, now underway.
300 Block of Cooper Street — The 2004 Rowan University Development Plan
Rowan University 2004 Development Plan for the 300 block of Cooper and Market Streets.
[site plan of the 300 block of Cooper Street, numbered 1 to 10, with the surrounding streets lettered; the lettering is too small to read]
Legend
1 Existing Structure
2 Security
3 Lobby
4 Arcade / Trellis
5 Daycare
6 Play Area
7 Drop-Off
8 41 Parking Spaces
9 Future Parking
10 Entrance Drive Archway
Approved by the Camden Redevelopment Agency in 2004, after Rowan University announced plans to seize the 300 block of Cooper and Market between 3rd and 4th Streets. Actions by the Redevelopment Agency protected the businesses, residences, and historic buildings, and in the end, only one standing property, 326 Cooper Street, presently unoccupied, will be razed, and the Camden County Red Cross, presently occupying 312 Cooper Street, will relocate. This is a real victory for all Camden citizens who pay taxes, as only one ratable was lost, while the assessed property values of those saved will certainly rise. — Phil Cohen, April 2004.
300 Block of Cooper Street — Occupants
City directory records and historical notes.
300 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1882–1900s | Dr. William A. Davis |
| 1910 | Josiah MIddleton |
| 1910–1914 | Oscar K. Middleton |
| 1910–1914 | Joseph Woolman. Taylor |
| 1910–1914 | Anna E. Stockham Taylor |
| 1910 | Rosie Ivins |
| 1935 | Edward Clark |
302 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910 | James F. Davis |
| 1910 | Mrs. Mary E. Van Keuren |
303 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933–1947 | Dr. Max Ruttenberg |
305 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1885–1959 | Dr. H. Genet Taylor & Family |
| 1940s–1950 | Agnes Draper |
306 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1930s–1945 | Emma Hyland |
| 1910–1930s | Joseph Potter & Family |
| 1910–1930s | Joseph & Ada Potter |
| 1910–1930s | Nettie Potter |
| 1974 | James A. Gravenor & Family |
| 1974 | James A. & Lula M. Gravenor |
311 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1928– | Bloom Apartments (Segwyn Realty: Dr. Meyer Segal, Meyer Wessel, Hyman Bloom) |
| 1947 | Cooper Plaza Apartments |
312 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1914–1922 | Camden Republican Club |
| 2004 | Camden County Red Cross headquarters |
315 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Lodge 111, Loyal Order of Moose |
| 1908 | Peter V. Voorhees |
318 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910s–1950s | E. G. C. Bleakly (prominent Camden attorney) |
| 1910 | Joseph S. Jenkins |
319 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Furnished rooms for rent |
321 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910–1915 | Mrs. Richard A. Brice & Family |
| 1910–1915 | Edna M. Brice |
322 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910 | Ella Elizabeth Glenn |
323 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1890 | John J. Burleigh |
| 1920s–1938 | Francis D. Weaver |
325 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| Dr. Lettie Allen Ward (home and office) |
326 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1900s–1927 | Dr. Daniel Strock |
| Garrett Cowls | |
| Joseph Hamilton | |
| Kay Hamilton |
327 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1900s–1910s | Francis Ford Patterson Jr. |
| 1900–1926 | Francis "Frank" F. & Isabelle Patterson |
| 1900–1926 | Francis F. Patterson III |
| 1900–1926 | Robert L. Patterson |
| 1900–1926 | Isabelle Patterson |
| 1900–1926 | Mary Patterson |
| 1883–1899 | Dr. Alexander M. Mecray & Family |
329 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | William H. Sawyer (private detective) | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages listing |
330 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1880s–1904 | Dr. William H. Ireland |
| 1880s–1904 | Loretta Ireland |
| 1863–1885 | John Morgan & Family |
| 1863–1885 | John & Caroline "Carrie" Morgan |
300–302 Cooper Street — February 7, 2004
300 & 302 Cooper Street. February 7, 2004.
302–312 Cooper Street, August 2004. Photo courtesy Craig Campbell.
Funeral of Former Judge Voorhees
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Former Judge Peter V. Voorhees was buried from his home, 315 Cooper street, Camden, yesterday. The services were in charge of Rev. R. E. Brestell, rector of St. Paul’s P. E. Church. The pall-bearers were Dr. H. Genet Taylor, Dr. Paul H. Markley, Richard H. Reeve, Augustus Reeve, Watson Depuy, Howard M. Cooper, Alexander C. Wood and Ephraim Tomlinson. Interment was made at Evergreen.
Love Plot Fades as Motive Behind Clubhouse Killing
Camden Evening Courier —
Mrs. Katherine Rosalie Denies She is “Chick’s Girl” or “Anybody’s Girl,” But Thinks Flannery and Cimini May Have Used Her as Excuse For Starting Fatal Fight
The suspected “love motive” in the Sixth Ward Republican Club slaying broke down today under the glaring light of investigation. It was the second time within two days that the investigation behind the killing of Joseph Cimini, otherwise Joseph Gannon, had been seemingly explained only to have the explanation rejected.
First, Camden city detectives had affirmed their belief that the fatal shooting was the aftermath of a hold-up attempt by Joseph “Mose” Flannery and Cimini. This theory went by the boards when the statements of witnesses, taken by Prosecutor Ethan P. Wescott disclosed no hint that any such hold-up had been attempted.
Then came the confident introduction by authorities of the “love motive.” Charles “Chick” Hunt, former South Camden pugilist and one of those present at the time of the slaying. Mr. Hunt argued with Cimini over a girl the detectives hinted, and this had precipitated the battle.
Woman Reverses Story
But today, from the Cupid’s bow lips of pretty Katherine Rosalie there issued a statement which wrecked the suspected love triangle in the case, so prominently put forward yesterday as “the real solution.”
“I never knew this Cimini,” declared Mrs. Rosalie.
“I’m not Chick Hunt’s girl,” added the 22-year-old brunette who, up until that moment, had been called “Chick’s sweetie” by investigators.
“I’m not anybody’s girl,” she asserted positively, her dark eyes flashing in a manner that proved to interviewers she certainly would encounter no difficulty in attaining the status she so decisively denied.
It was yesterday, shortly after Joseph Deven had been committed to jail without bail on a murder charge, that Rosalie went to the County Courthouse and told her story to Assistant Prosecutor Joseph Varbalow.
Search for Husband
Immediately thereafter, County Solicitor Walter Keown, attorney for Deven, Hunt and two of the other witnesses who are ranged on the side of “Polack Joe” in the case, declared his belief “the shooting came as a result of a plot between Cimini and Rosalie, because Rosalie was jealous of Hunt.”
Accepting this version, Varbalow announced that a search would be made for John Rosalie, husband of the young woman who was called “Chick’s girl.” The inferential theory, according to Varbalow, was that Cimini was a friend of Rosalie, and that he had taken up his friend’s cause by calling Hunt to “shoot it out.” A melee had ensued, according to this theory in which Deven had taken Hunt’s side. Then, to continue this line of deduction, Cimini had struck Deven with the butt of a gun and Deven had fired another gun, killing Cimini.
Some of this may have been true, according to Mrs. Rosalie’s assertion. But she does not believe that her husband’s jealousy, linked to his possible acquaintance with Cimini, was the real cause of the shooting. She has heard, she says, that Flannery and Cimini used a previous argument with her husband as “an excuse” to precipitate the argument which resulted in Cimini’s death. But she believes that it was only an excuse.
Denies Knowing Pair
Thus the picture changes and, according to the latest theory, Flannery and Cimini entered the Sixth Ward Republican Club on Saturday and picked a fight with Hunt — ostensibly because of the latter’s acquaintance with Mrs. Rosalie, but actually because of previous ill-feeling between “Mose” and “Chick.”
“I did not know either Flannery or Cimini,” Mrs. Rosalie told the Evening Courier in an exclusive interview today. “In fact, I have never seen either of them and did not know who they were. It’s true that my husband and my brother-in-law, had an argument with Chick Hunt. I have known Hunt for only a short time. Since meeting him I have regarded him as a personal friend, but I certainly do not like the imputation that I’m ‘Chick’s girl.’ I am not anybody’s girl.”
“When I read in the newspapers that they were looking for Chick Hunt’s girl, however, I remembered the argument my husband and my brother-in-law had with Hunt. I did not see how this could have any bearing on the shooting, but I decided to go to the prosecutor’s office and tell them what I knew in the event that it might be some help to them.”
Heard of Old Feud
“I have read that, when Cimini and Flannery went into the club on Saturday morning, they started the trouble by claiming that Chick was crossing up a friend of theirs. I have heard it said they started the argument by recalling an argument between Chick and my husband.”
“If they did this, it was without foundation, as far as I know. I believe that, if this is what they did, they were merely using the argument between my husband and Chick as an excuse to get into a new argument with Hunt. In fact, I have heard that there had been ill feeling between Flannery and Chick long before I ever met Hunt.”
Varbalow said Mrs. Rosalie, who lives at 311 Cooper Street, told him of the jealousy which her husband bore toward Hunt. She and her husband have been estranged for eight months, Varbalow says she told him. For a little more than two months, she has known Hunt. Some weeks ago, she underwent a blood transfusion operation and, when her husband came to the hospital to visit her, he found Hunt there. Later, Rosalie and Howard Churchill, his brother-in-law, set upon Hunt outside Mrs. Rosalie’s former apartment at 500 Broadway and beat him, according to the statement Varbalow says the girl made to him.
Dr. Max Ruttenberg — 303 Cooper Street
Camden Courier-Post —
303 Cooper Street. February 7, 2004.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Dr. and Mrs. Max Ruttenberg, of 303 Cooper Street, have announced the engagement of Mrs. Ruttenberg’s sister, Miss Harriet Blieden, daughter of the late Rabbi and Mrs. Benjamin Blieden, of Philadelphia, to Max Kahener, of Philadelphia. Miss Blieden is a graduate of South Philadelphia High School for Girls and following attended Temple University. She is vice president of the South Philadelphia Hadassah. Mr. Kahener is a graduate of the Philadelphia Normal School, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the law school of Dickinson College. — Camden Courier-Post, June 15, 1933.
Dr. H. Genet Taylor — 305 Cooper Street
305 Cooper Street, the home of Dr. H. Genet Taylor & Family (1885–1959). February 7, 2004.
Emma Hyland & The Pierre Apartments — 306 Cooper Street
Emma Hyland, 306 Cooper Street, 1930s–1945.
306 Cooper Street — The Pierre Apartments. February 7, 2004.
Bloom Apartments — 311 Cooper Street
Camden Courier-Post —
311 Cooper Street — The Bloom Apartments. Completed and opened for business February 1928. Property developed and building erected by Segwyn Realty, Inc. — Dr. Meyer Segal, Meyer Wessel, Hyman Bloom. This building was known as Cooper Plaza Apartments in 1947.
Bloom Apartments — 311 Cooper St., Camden
Camden Courier-Post —
OPEN for Inspection Sunday February 5th
“The future home of 34 families—see it to-day—you’ll want to live here.”
Rentals $40 to $75 Month
Home Features You’ll Like:
HARDWOOD FLOORS | FRONT DOOR PHONE
FRIGIDAIRE | REFUSE TRAP IN HALL
MURPHY BED | PLENTY OF WINDOWS
TILED BATH | ARTISTIC LIGHTING FIXTURES
CABINET GAS RANGE | LOCKER ROOM IN BASEMENT
PLENTY OF CLOSETS | JANITOR SERVICE
Agent on Premises Daily
BLOOM APARTMENTS / 311 Cooper St., Camden
OPEN for Inspection Sunday February 5th — “The future home of 34 families—see it to-day—you’ll want to live here.”
Rentals $40 to $75 Month
Home Features You’ll Like: Hardwood Floors • Frigidaire • Murphy Bed • Tiled Bath • Cabinet Gas Range • Plenty of Closets • Front Door Phone • Refuse Trap in Hall • Plenty of Windows • Artistic Lighting Fixtures • Locker Room in Basement • Janitor Service
Agent on Premises Daily — Camden Courier-Post, February 3, 1928.
300–312 Cooper Street — February 7, 2004
300–312 Cooper Street. February 7, 2004.
312 Cooper Street — Camden Republican Club & Red Cross
Camden Republican Club, 312 Cooper Street, 1914–1922.
312 Cooper Street — headquarters of the Camden County Red Cross. February 7, 2004.
201–311 Cooper Street — Aerial Photo, Late 1930s
Aerial photo showing 201 to 311 Cooper Street, late 1930s.
E. G. C. Bleakly — 318 Cooper Street
318 Cooper Street — the home of E. G. C. Bleakly, prominent Camden attorney, from the 1910s through the 1950s. Photograph published 1915.
319 Cooper Street — Furnished Rooms
Camden Courier-Post —
117 Rooms—Furnished
Camden Courier-Post —
BENSON ST., 572—(½ sq Broadway) Nicely furn. rooms, $3 up. Phone 5328-W.
BROADWAY, 1404—1 or 2 r., furn. for light hskpg. or lodging. Convs. Reas. Ap. Rm. 4
BROADWAY, 1439—Ideal loc., summer or winter. Large light rms., hskpg. privl.
CENTRAL LOCATION—Furn. or unfurn. rms., light hskpg. Apply 586 Benson St.
CHAMBERS AVE., 412—Near Cooper Hospital. 2 hskpg. rms., furn. Very reas.
COOPER ST., 319—Attract. furn. rm. for gentleman. Mod. convs. Ideal loc. Ph. 728-W.
COOPER ST., 712—Large des. furn. room, $3. Suit. 2. Also single room. Ideal loc.
COOPER ST., 1014—First floor rooms for light housekeeping or lodging. Adults; $2
COOPER ST., 1046—Nicely furn. rooms, lodging or light hskpg. Elec. and gas.
FRONT ST., N.—Newly renov. bedroom & kitchen, sink, $3 up. Apply 53 Penn St.
HADDON AVE., 554—Clean, cozy front rm., light hskpg. All convs. Ph. 3874-R.
HADDON AVE., 866—Nicely furn. room. All convs. Gentleman pref. $2.50 week
KAIGHN AVE., 401—Furn. hskpg. suite, 3 rms. & bath. Light & gas incl. $6 wk.
John J. Burleigh & Francis D. Weaver — 323 Cooper Street
John J. Burleigh, 323 Cooper Street, 1890.
Francis D. Weaver, 323 Cooper Street, 1920s–1938.
Dr. Daniel Strock — 326 Cooper Street — February 7, 2004
326 Cooper Street. Home of Dr. Daniel Strock (1900s–1927). February 7, 2004. This building was razed in 2011 to accommodate Rowan University.
327 Cooper Street — Francis Ford Patterson Jr.
327 Cooper Street — home of Francis Ford Patterson Jr., 1900s–1910s.
323–329 Cooper Street
323, 325 & 329 Cooper Street.
327 & 329 Cooper Street.
323 to 329 Cooper Street, 300 Block.
Cooper Street Looking East from North 4th Street
Cooper Street looking east from North 4th Street — about 1910.
Cooper Street looking east from North 4th Street — February 7, 2004.
Pyne Poynt Officers on Committee To Aid Moose Minstrel Show Plans
Camden Courier-Post —
North Camden News:
Officers of the Pyne Poynt Athletic Association were appointed members of the ways and means committee on Wednesday night by Nicholas W. Hahn, president, to assist in completing arrangements for the minstrel show to be given by Camden Lodge of Moose on April 28 in Webster’s Sport Center, Eighth and Market streets.
J. Theodore Kates is chairman of the committee. The other members include Mrs. Matilda A. Garwood, Mrs. Alfretta Warner, Mrs. Mary F. Hendricks, Charles Falkenburg, Carroll P. Sherwood, Alfred Weiss, Edward M. Schlereth, Frank Sheridan, Ralph M. Madden and Miss Lucy Devine. Madden and Miss Devine also were named members of the finance committee.
The minstrel show will be staged to assist the association in raising funds to finance its golden jubilee Independence Day celebration at Pyne Poynt Park this year. Tickets for the show are now available at the Moose Lodge Home, 315 Cooper street, from Kates at the Milner hotel, Second and Penn street, and from association members. Kates announced the Police Athletic League is cooperating in helping to make the show a success and talented children that organization is selecting in the city schools will appear on the program. A dance will follow the show.
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HONOR BUTTONS have been presented to 53 children of all grades of the Cooper school, Third and Linden streets, for excellent scholarship and attendance. Louis Feinstein, principal, announces. They include all grades from the third to the seventh.
They are:
Seventh grade—Michael Graver, Miriam Holshin, Lynda Shaw, Roberta Williamson, Howard Bussard, Jonathan Gubin, Charles Latko, Judith Albrecht, Sandra Badame, Dorothy Duncan, Jeanette Emore, Juliana Sevick.
Sixth—Arlene Engstrom, Claudia Stevens, Malcolm Bond, Joseph Gellura, Norman Lepofsky, Russell Jentsch, Harold Fingerhut, John Rossi, James Stewart, Betty Parker, Deborah Gubin, Elizabeth Rowan, Alice Mary Trost.
Fifth—Deanna Liebrand, Eleanor D’Ottavi, Hedda Jacobs, Frank Watson, Albert Ferrante, Barbara Badame, Alberta Mannino, Albert Mannino, Herbert O’Dell.
Fourth — Dorothea Flowers, Kathleen Krill, Patsy Mason, Harry Berkowitz, Alice Cassady, Rose Chierici, Sally Gamble, Edward Stevens, James White, Franklin Witherow.
Third—Margaret Bishop, Catherine Cassady, Kathleen Cobb, Barbara Meckle, Judith Jacobs, Joanne Badame Patricia Patterson, Kenneth Fisher, Edward Penney, Ricardo Santana.
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MEMBERS of Centenary Tabernacle, State Street and Bethany Churches will attend the mid-year conference of the Camden [words missing at the column seam] rich presiding. A monthly meeting of the Sunday School association will be held at 8 p. m. Tuesday with Walter A. Boyer, superintendent, presiding.
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MEMBERS of the Fellowship Club of State Street Methodist Church will be served a covered dish supper at 6.30 p. m., in the church social rooms at Sixth and State streets. The members are married couples. The pastor, the Rev. Joseph T. Edwards, will preach on “God’s Message to the World” at 10.30 a. m., Sunday. The church school meets at noon and the Youth Fellowship at 6.45 p. m. The pastor will preach at 7.30 p. m.
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AT GRACE LUTHERAN Church, State street above Fourth street, the pastor, the Rev. William L. Ziegenfus will preach at 11.15 a. m., on “It is Finished” and at 7.45 p. m., his topic will be “The Prefigurative Christ.” The Luther League meets at 7 p. m.
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THE SEWELL A. A. will open its baseball season at the Cornelius Martin County Park, Tenth and Elm streets, on April 30, it was announced at this week’s meeting of the club by George Smith, manager. The team will play independent ball, he said following the meeting Wednesday night at Ford’s cafe, Tenth and Pearl streets. Ray Keeser and Ed Mortimer, coaches, said the club expects to have a strong team in the field this season. Tryouts are being held this afternoon and beginning Sunday at noon.
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A BOY was born this week at West Jersey hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moyer, 528 Cedar street. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hamby, 817 Linden street, also are parents of a boy born at the same hospital.
Twelve persons, who were baptised on Easter Sunday night at Linden Baptist Church, Ninth and Linden streets, will be formally welcomed into church membership at 7.30 p. m., Sunday by the pastor, the Rev. B. Ellsworth Snoddy.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Foote, 845 Grant street, have announced the engagement of Mr. Foote’s sister, Miss Doris F. Foote, to Mr. Norman Cross, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cross, 305 Morse street.
Lindenwold Okays 6 Street Lights
Six new street lights have been authorized by Lindenwold council, according to John P. Collins, chairman of the lighting committee.
Three of the lights will be erected in the Garden Lake section at Scott and Wade avenues, Columbia avenue and Lake boulevard, and at Park and Fifth avenues. A single light in the Lucaston section will be placed at United States avenue and Bernhard street. In Lindenwold, lights will be located at Holland [cut off at the crop edge]
400 Block of Cooper Street
400 Cooper Street — Judge Mitchell H. Cohen Federal Building & Courthouse — February 7, 2004.
403 to 429 Cooper Street — February 7, 2004.
400 Block of Cooper Street — Occupants
City directory records and historical notes.
400 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1990s– | Judge Mitchell H. Cohen Federal Building & Courthouse |
403 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1880s | Wilbur F. Rose |
| 1938 | George W. Johns |
| 1947 | Dr. Joseph E. Roberts Jr. |
| 1947 | Dr. Thomas M. Kain |
| 1947 | Dr. Thomas M. Kain Jr. |
405 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Dr. Paul Mecray |
| 1947 | Dr. Paul Mecray Jr. |
| 1947 | Dr. Albert H. Schaffer |
| 1947 | Dr. Walter A. Crist |
| 1947 | Dr. Alex Sochacki |
| 1947 | Dr. Saul S. Artis (dentist) |
| Dr. Sophia Presley |
406 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| Dr. A. Haines Lippincott Jr. | |
| Mrs. Miriam Lippincott |
407 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1916 | Jacob Elwell & Family |
| 1916 | Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Elwell |
| 1916 | Alice Elwell |
408 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929–1933 | Sarah Dollar |
| 1929–1933 | Dermot Dollar |
| 1931–1990s | Joseph H. Murray Funeral Home |
| 1911–1915 | John H. Dialogue Jr |
| 1916–1920s | Dr. J. Lynn Mahaffey & Family |
| 1916–1920s | Dr. J. Lynn & Alice Fogg Mahaffey |
| 1916–1920s | J. Lynn Mahaffey Jr. |
| 1916–1920s | Albert Mahaffey |
| 1916–1920s | Alice F. Mahaffey |
410 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929–1970s | Charles T. Murray (Murray Funeral Home) |
411 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1935–1936 | Mrs. Bertha Kephart Funeral Home |
412–414 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| mid-1920s | Camden Motorcycle Police |
| 1947 | Camden Medical Arts Building |
413 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | M. Tyler McNutt (realtor) | |
| 1955 | Frank R. Buckman (prescription optician) | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
415 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1887–1889 | Arthur Truscott |
| 1991 | Family Dental Association |
| 1938 | Joshua B. Franklin |
| 1960s | Morris E. Albert & Company |
417 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920s | Dr. Henry H. Davis |
| 1940s–1950s | Thomas Murphy |
| 1964 | Family Dental Association |
419 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Gitomer & Company (real estate & insurance) | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
420 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Wilfred W. Fry Playground |
421 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1938 | Helen's Beauty Shoppe |
427 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| James S. White (residence) |
429 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1894 | Joseph J. Read & Family |
| Dr. Edward A.Y Schellenger Sr. | |
| Wolcott Patterson | |
| Dr. Edward A.Y Schellenger Jr. |
430 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church (also known as Centenary-Tabernacle ME Church) |
403 & 405 Cooper Street
403 & 405 Cooper Street — October 31, 2005.
403 Cooper Street: Wilbur F. Rose (1880s); Dr. Joseph E. Roberts Jr., Dr. Thomas M. Kain, Dr. Thomas M. Kain Jr. (1947).
405 Cooper Street — Dr. Sophia Presley
Dr. Sophia Presley — 405 Cooper Street.
405 & 407 Cooper Street — October 31, 2005. Also at 405: Dr. Paul Mecray, Dr. Paul Mecray Jr., Dr. Albert H. Schaffer, Dr. Walter A. Crist, Dr. Alex Sochacki, Dr. Saul S. Artis (dentist) — 1947.
406 Cooper Street — Dr. A. Haines Lippincott Jr.
Dr. A. Haines Lippincott Jr. & his wife Mrs. Miriam Lippincott — 406 Cooper Street. Photograph taken in 1978.
408 Cooper Street — Joseph H. Murray Funeral Home
Camden Courier-Post —
Little Bits of Wisdom… Garnered from the four corners of the earth
Every man is occasionally what he ought to be perpetually.
Jos. H Murray and Son / 408 Cooper St. and 114 White Horse Pike, Haddon Heights / Camden 1460 – H’dn Hts 3300
Camden Courier-Post — October 15, 1931.
The Murray Funeral Home / 408 Cooper St. Camden / WOodlawn 3-1460 / Established 1902 — 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages.
THE MURRAY FUNERAL HOME
Charles T. Murray
Funeral Director
WOodlawn 3-1460
If no answer call HAddonfield 9-8020
If no answer call HAdnfld 9-5290
408 COOPER ST., CAMDEN
Joseph H. Murray Funeral Home — Charles T. Murray, 1929–1970s. The funeral home used both 410 (at left) and 408 Cooper Street for business purposes. Photo taken in 1978. In the 1990s, these buildings were razed to make way for the Judge Mitchell Cohen Federal Courthouse.
‘Bob’ Turner Dies; Camden Old Timer
Camden Courier-Post —
Restaurateur Passes
Picturesque Restaurant Proprietor a Figure in City’s History
ROBERT TURNER
By BEN COURTER
“Bob” Turner is dead!
A lingering illness last night claimed Camden’s most popular restaurateur, at his home, 210-212 Federal street. He was 58 and had been ill since March 1.
He died in sleep, having been in a coma for one week. At his bedside, were his widow, Mrs. Mary Turner, his daughter, Mrs. Helen Becker; his son-in-law, Patrolman Herman Becker, and a brother, Frank. Two sisters and a grandson, Robert Dean also survive.
Funeral services will be at 11 a. m. Monday at the Joseph H. Murray & Sons home, 408 Cooper street. Burial will be private. Friends will be received there Sunday night.
Robert Turner was just plain “Bob” to a great host of friends and acquaintances who had known him through the years. First his father and then he had operated the oyster “saloon” and restaurant on Federal street. It was “Bob” to many of these friends who had risen to exalted positions in life as it was to those of more humbler station who kept up their patronage with him through the more than half century the restaurant has been something of a landmark where, prior to the advent of Camden bridge, thousands passed daily to and from the ferry.
Bob’s father, Fred Turner, born in England, came to America in 1860. It was in 1886 the father started the small restaurant on Federal street just above Second. At first it was just a small front room of a very little store. Later there was a reception room and place for eating meals. With the Pennsylvania Railroad terminal, roundhouse and other departments of the West Jersey nearby it was natural the railroad men with a liking for good home cooking and especially oysters, should patronize the Turner place. In the early nineties, too, there were the young students of the new high school in the old Post-Telegram building who likewise flocked to the Turner place. Thus it became the most popular restaurant of its kind in North Camden with business constantly growing.
Took Job As Cabby
When “Bob” was a youth he obtained a temporary job as a cabby, driving a horse from the Federal street ferry to wherever the fare might happen to want to go, and sometimes it was a long trip out “in the country,” down Broadway, then Camden’s “Main street” or perhaps to Stockton Park, or even Gloucester where the ponies were then running. But the elder Turner, having close acquaintanceship with the railroaders, obtained for “Bob” a job in the freight office which he held until he concluded he had learned enough to start a career as a commission man. “Bob,” associated with his father, had learned much about oysters and shipments along with other data essential in making the venture into the commission business more or less a success.
Before the Spanish War came in 1898 the elder Turner died and “Bob” concluded to continue the business. It was still a very small venture and remained so until about twenty years ago when the patronage had grown to such an extent the little place on Federal street was entirely too small, especially at mid-day when workers went to lunch and at night after folks had left the theatre and concluded they wanted a snack before going to bed. That little restaurant is well remembered by the Camdenites of a score of years ago. Even then it was noted as a place where many of the town’s active spirits frequently met to discuss all sorts of things over a stew, a fry or whatnot.
In 1913 two of the old dwellings on Federal street were renovated and turned into the “oyster parlor” which has become known to persons throughout South Jersey. “Bob” was fortunate in having as his wife a women [sic] who realized the possibilities of the business, for after all it was Mrs. Turner who, in the early days, personally supervised all the preparations and the turning out of the finished product that brought patronage and success as a business enterprise.
‘Bob’ Widely Known
Aside from his oyster business, “Bob” Turner was one of the best known men about town and had been for a generation at least. He was actively interested in baseball and particularly in the teams which sought to stir sufficient pride hereabouts to support some sort of a league club. He also was one of the backers and supporters of basketball and later was a sponsor for the wrestling matches when few would bother about that line of sport.
When James J. Davis, now U. S. senator from Pennsylvania, came here 20 years or more ago to found Camden Lodge of Moose, “Bob” was associated with Ralph W. E. Donges, now Supreme Court Justice; William H. Ketler, city librarian; William Callingham and other leading lights of the community in getting the organization under way. It was a great night for “Bob” when Camden Lodge was started in the building at Third and Market streets. He had in later years been associated with Justice Donges as a member of the board of directors of Camden Lodge Building & Loan Association. In addition to the Moose, “Bob” also was a charter member of Camden Lodge of Elks, where he was active years ago. He likewise took a deep interest in the Eagles and was identified with other organizations.
When fortune had begun to smile “Bob” and Mrs. Turner took occasional long trips to rest up, once abroad and several times to Florida or California. Usually they spent the closed oyster season at Atlantic City.
Both Bob and his place have been unquestioned institutions about Federal street for many years and certainly without “Bob” walking along with “Hazard,” his English bull dog, and greeting acquaintances with a hearty, “Hello, Frank,” or whoever it might be — well, it will not be just like Federal street at all. Bob with his breezy, cheery, hail-fellow-well-met spirit, sure will be missed by the old-timers at least.
Own Life Taken by Music Teacher
Camden Morning Post —
Miss Elizabeth M’Creight, 65, Found Dead in Home at 321 State Street
An elderly North Camden music teacher ended her life last night by gas.
The teacher was Miss Elizabeth McCreight, 65, of 321 State street. Her body was found in the kitchen.
Because Miss McCreight lived alone, police guarded the house during the night, after she had been discovered dead, when it was reported she owned many valuables.
Detectives reported finding a chair upset directly in front of the kitchen gas stove, indicating, they said, Miss McCreight was overcome by the fumes and had fallen from the chair.
The body was discovered after two boys, William K. Huff, 16, of 317 State street, and Dermott Dollar, 16, of 408 Cooper street, had smelled the odor of gas as they passed. Huff went to his home, directly across the street, and told his father, William K. Huff, Sr., who telephoned police.
Detectives William Dolan and Leon Branch forced a rear window and found the body on the floor of the gas filled kitchen. All gas jets of a cook stove were open. Coroner Arthur H. Holl was summoned and issued a certificate of death by suicide. Holl declared the woman had probably been dead for three or four days.
Neighbors informed police the woman lived in the house alone and was a music teacher. Other information revealed she was an active social worker of the North Baptist Church, Linden street near Fourth street, and had not been seen since Sunday when she returned from church.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 2 p.m. at the Holl Funeral Home, 1401 Princess avenue, by Rev. George H. Hemingway, former pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. The body will be on view tomorrow night at the Holl parlors. Interment will be on Tuesday in the family burial plot at Springfield, Ohio.
George Thompson
Camden Courier-Post —
Funeral services for George Thompson, 40, of 535 Trenton avenue, who died in the Atlantic City Hospital Thursday of accident injuries received July 19, will be held at 1 p. m. tomorrow at the funeral home of Joseph H. Murray & Son, 408 Cooper street. Burial will be in Harleigh Cemetery.
Mr. Thompson suffered a brain concussion when a car he was riding in with five other persons, overturned on Albany boulevard, Atlantic City. He was the only person seriously injured.
Mr. Thompson was the husband of Catherine Burns Thompson. Other survivors are two brothers, James D. and Tarry Thompson, of Camden, and two sisters, Mrs. Frank B. Hanna, wife of Surrogate Hana [sic], and Mrs. Robert Russell, of Trenton.
John W. Kelly Rites to Be Held Today
Camden Courier-Post —
Funeral services will be held at 1 p. m. today at the funeral home of Joseph H. Murray & Son, 408 Cooper street, for John W. Kelly, Jr., former chief of the Camden Electrical Bureau, who died Thursday. Burial will be private.
“Chief” Kelly, as he was known, was 76 and lived at 400 Linden street. He died of bronchial poisoning in Cooper Hospital, where he was taken 13 days ago.
Chief Kelly was in the employ of the city for 19 years and was internationally known for his achievements in the field of electrical development. He severed his connection with the city in 1927 and since then was a member of the firm of the Greater Camden Decorating Co.
He is survived by his widow, Elizabeth, and two daughters, Mrs. Albert Wetton and Ruth Kelly.
Harry F. Walton Dies from Wound
Camden Courier-Post —
Former Freeholder’s Death Pronounced Suicide; Ill Health Blamed
Former Freeholder Harry F. Walton, 52, died in Cooper Hospital last night from a self-inflicted bullet wound in the temple.
Walton shot himself at his home, 520 Bailey street, last Wednesday. Coroner Murray issued a certificate of death by suicide.
“He was melancholy over ill health,” Murray said.
Walton was the first president of the Pyne Poynt Social Club and was its treasurer at the time of his death. He was employed as a bookkeeper in the stock room of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation for nearly 25 years. Two weeks ago he suffered a nervous breakdown. He partially recovered and returned to work, relatives said. But he was again stricken.
Walton was alone in his home when he shot himself. He was unconscious when his sister, Irene M. Walton, found him. He never regained consciousness. Miss Walton found the gun beneath a radiator near his hand.
Walton became president of the social club when it was organized in 1911 at 939 North Fifth street. He served two years and became treasurer. He was custodian of the building and spent all of his leisure time there seeing to it that the younger members had a good time and maintained order.
The Pyne Poynt Athletic Association, of which he was financial secretary for years, met in the same building. His father, the late Franklin M. Walton, was one of the organizers of the athletic association 40 years ago.
Walton was elected in 1925 as Tenth ward freeholder and served three years. He was born in Philadelphia and when he was a boy his parents moved here. His mother, Mrs. Mary G. Walton, died six months ago. A brother, William, of 633 Pearl street, and his sister are the only other survivors.
Services will be held at 11 a. m., Wednesday at the funeral home of Joseph H. Murray and Son, 408 Cooper street. Burial will be in Harleigh Cemetery.
Joseph H. Murray, Undertaker, Dies
Camden Courier-Post —
Founder of Firm Succumbs at Age of 82 After Six-Week Illness
Joseph H. Murray, 82, Camden’s oldest undertaker, died yesterday in his home at 408 Cooper street, of complications. He had been ill for six weeks. Members of his family were at the bedside when he died. He was the father of Coroner Charles T. Murray.
Mr. Murray was the oldest member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church. He had been a member of the official board of the church for 50 years, and at one time was superintendent of the Sunday school.
Born in Camden on February 6, 1855, Mr. Murray became employed, after graduation from the Camden schools, by the Pennsylvania Railroad and later was in the ticket office at the Pennsylvania ferries.
Always deeply religious, Mr. Murray quit his post at the ferries because he felt that it was not right to work seven days a week. He then became associated with the old Camden Post-Telegram, now the Morning Post.
In 1900 he started in the undertaking business at 105 North Seventh street, later moving to 106 Broadway, then to 629 Market street and finally to the present Cooper street address, where he also made his home.
While Mr. Murray, in years gone by, had been a member of several organizations, he dropped all of those interests and centered on the one thing that was paramount in his life, his church work with the First M. E. He was well-known for his charitable work, although he did his missions of charity without any flare of publicity.
Mr. Murray retired from active business 10 years ago, and the business has since been carried on by his son, Coroner Murray, as Joseph H. Murray & Son. Coroner Murray entered his father’s business in 1912, when he graduated from school.
Mr. Murray’s father, Wesley Murray, was well known in Camden and at one time was captain of the old volunteer fire company, the Weccacoe Hose Company, which for many years had its headquarters on Arch street, east of Fifth street. That building was torn down when the present city hall was built.
In addition to Coroner Murray, Mr. Murray is survived by one other son, Carlton J. Murray, Camden florist; three daughters, Mrs. Sarah Dollar, of Camden; Mrs. Matilda Clark, of Sparrows Point, Md., and Mrs. Georgie Schwatka, of Baltimore, seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Mr. Murray’s wife, Georgie, died 18 years ago.
Funeral services will be held privately by the family tomorrow. Rev. James S. Pemberton, pastor of the First M. E. Church, will preach the sermon. Burial will be in Harleigh Cemetery.
Albion R. Lane Dies, Retired Egg Dealer
Camden Courier-Post —
Services for Albion R. Lane, 76, veteran butter and egg dealer of Camden and Collingswood, will be held Saturday at 1 p. m. at the funeral home of Joseph H. Murray and Son, 408 Cooper street. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery. Mr. Lane died yesterday at the home of a son, Forrest F., 2776 Congress road.
Mr. Lane established his business at Third and Senate streets in 1888 and continued to conduct wholesale and retail service until 15 years ago when he retired and turned the business over to two sons, Forrest and Robert H. The latter continues to conduct the business at his father’s former home, 100 East Wayne terrace, Collingswood.
Mr. Lane was an independent candidate for Camden City Council in 1900. He was the nephew of the late James Lane, former president of council. Mrs. Lane, the former Nevada French, died several years ago.
The Murray Funeral Home — 408 Cooper Street Advertisement
The Murray Funeral Home -- 408 Cooper St. Camden -- Camden Courier-Post —
The Murray Funeral Home...
408 Cooper St. Camden
WOodlawn 3-1460
Established 1902
407 to 429 Cooper Street — February 7, 2004
407 to 429 Cooper Street — February 7, 2004.
411 Cooper Street — Mrs. Bertha Kephart Funeral Home
411 Cooper Street — Mrs. Bertha Kephart Funeral Home (1935–1936) — October 31, 2005.
412–414 Cooper Street — Camden Motorcycle Police
Camden Motorcycle Police — 412–414 Cooper Street — mid-1920s.
412–414 Cooper Street — Camden Medical Arts Building (1947) — 1970s.
413 Cooper Street
413 Cooper Street — October 31, 2005.
M. Tyler McNutt / Realtor / 413 Cooper, Camden, N.J. / Residential Sales City & Suburban / Home – Farm & Business / Mortgages / Industrial Sites / Commercial Properties / WOodlawn 3-5510 — 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages.
Frank R. Buckman / 413 Cooper St. Camden, N.J. / EMerson 5-2195 / Prescription Optician / Eyeglasses Expertly Styled & Fitted / Prescriptions For Eyeglasses Filled Accurately / Lenses – Frames Repaired & Replaced — 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages.
413 & 415 Cooper Street — October 31, 2005.
415 Cooper Street — Family Dental Association
415 Cooper Street — Family Dental Association — 1991 Fire Watch Magazine Advertisement.
Family Dental Association
415 Cooper Street
Camden, NJ
(609) 963-0547
415 Cooper Street — Family Dental Association / Arthur Truscott (1887–1889) — 1991 Fire Watch Magazine Advertisement — October 31, 2005.
415, 417 & 419 Cooper Street — October 31, 2005.
Richard C. Hardenbergh Agency, 417 Cooper St. Camden, N.J
Camden Courier-Post —
RICHARD C. HARDENBERGH
Protect Your Family With Insurance
Fully Equipped to Survey all Your Insurance Needs and Geared to Write All Forms of Insurance.
Call WOodlawn 6-5250
Richard C. Hardenbergh Agency / 417 Cooper St. Camden, N.J. — Camden Courier-Post, May 19, 1964.
417 Cooper Street — Dr. Henry H. Davis (1920s), Thomas Murphy (1940s–1950s) — October 31, 2005.
419 Cooper Street — Gitomer & Company
419 Cooper Street — October 31, 2005.
Gitomer & Co / Residential – Commercial Real Estate / Insurance Service in All Forms / Auto – Fire – Marine – Casualty / 419 Cooper, Camden / EMerson 5-4994 — 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages.
419 & 421 Cooper Street
419 & 421 Cooper Street — October 31, 2005.
421 Cooper Street — Helen’s Beauty Shoppe
421 Cooper Street — October 31, 2005.
Try Our Mid-Winter Special
Oil Permanent (Complete) $2.50
Helen’s Beauty Shoppe / 421 Cooper Street / Camden 1390 — Camden Courier-Post Advertisement, January 8, 1938.
425 & 427 Cooper Street
425 & 427 Cooper Street — October 31, 2005.
425, 427 & 429 Cooper Street
425, 427 & 429 Cooper Street — October 31, 2005.
427 Cooper Street — James S. White Residence
Architect’s Drawing — House for Mr. James S. White / 427 Cooper Street, Camden — Made for King Architects, 226 Walnut Street, Philadelphia PA.
427 & 429 Cooper Street — April 2003.
429 Cooper Street — Joseph J. Read & Family
Residents at 429 Cooper Street in 1894: Joseph J. Read & Family, John R. Read.
429 Cooper Street — Joseph J. Read, Dr. Edward A.Y Schellenger Sr., Wolcott Patterson, Dr. Edward A.Y Schellenger Jr. — October 31, 2005.
Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Rev. Dr. Lawson, of the North Baptist Church, is delivering a series of sermons to young men.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Borden have just returned from a month’s trip to Florida and other Southern points.
Charles H. Harrington, of this city, has been elected secretary of the State Young Men’s Christian Association.
Dr. George E. Reading and William J. Adamson are candidates for County Collector of Gloucester county.
W. Kempton Browning, son of Postmaster Browning, who has typhoid fever, has been taken to Brown’s Mills.
John R. Read, who has been appointed Collector of the Port of Philadelphia, is a son of Joseph J. Read, of this city.
Heulings Lippincott and Clayton Conrow have been appointed receivers of the Westfield and Camden Turnpike Company.
James P. Gragen, of 203 North Ninth street, was a member of the crew of the ill-fated Kearsage, when she was wrecked on Roncador Reef.
Frank H. Burdsall, Jr., who has been seriously ill with typhoid fever, is recovering.
Carrol Reeves, makes weekly visits to the city by the sea.
Admiral Benham, who recently distinguished himself at Rio, was a classmate of Mr. E. R. Shubrick, of this city, between whom a warm personal friendship has always existed.
William Todd Peacock, on the occasion of his marriage to Miss Mary B. Baird, wore a pair of stockings over 125 years old. The stockings have been worn for five generations at similar events.
Mrs. Cyrus H. K. Curtis, who has been at Atlantic City for about two months for the benefit of her health, is improving. She is contemplating a trip to Lakewood upon her return from Atlantic City.
Professor Horatio Draper, principal of the High and Manual Training School, of this city, wears a handsome gold watch and chain, the gift of the teachers of the Third district schools.
Miss Mary A. Livermore will deliver a lecture under the auspices of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, on Tuesday evening next, in the First Presbyterian Church, subject “The Boy of To-Day.”
Captain H. L. Hartshorn, the retiring Department Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic of New Jersey, was presented with a life-size crayon bust of himself by his staff.
430 Cooper Street — Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church (also known as Centenary-Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church) — 430 Cooper Street — as seen from the northwest corner of North 4th & Cooper Street — February 7, 2004.
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church — as seen from the northeast corner of North 5th & Cooper Street.
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church — as seen from the northeast corner of North 5th & Lawrence Street.
Hotel Plaza
500–512 Cooper Street — The Hotel Plaza.
The Hotel Plaza (also known as the Plaza Club Hotel) — 500–512 Cooper Street. Postcard circa 1935; postcard (early 1960s); April 7, 2004.
500 Block of Cooper Street — Occupants
City directory records and historical notes.
500–512 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| Hotel Plaza (also known as Plaza Club Hotel) |
501 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1940s–1950s | James M. O'Neil |
505 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1870s–1890s | Charles Cox |
| 1922 | Wilburforce Nash & Family |
| 1922 | Alan W. Nash |
509 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1927 | Remington & Vosbury Building (designed by Joseph N. Hettel Sr.) |
| 1955 | Nutter Real Estate |
511 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| pre-1887 | Dr. Joseph & Annie Beatty |
| after 1887 | Dr. Henry F. Hunt |
| 1900s–1910s | Dr. William A. Davis |
| 1906–1913 | William A. & Isabel M. Burrows Davis |
| 1906–1913 | Jean Davis |
| 1900s–1910s | Dr. Albert Davis |
513 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1977 | Fire Watch magazine commendation for Fr. Chuck Mayo, Ladder Co. 1 |
514 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1883–1890 | William T. Read Sr. |
| 1883–1934 | Lucretia Read |
| William T. Read Jr. | |
| Designed by Arthur Truscott |
515 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1900s–1910s | Dr. Paul Markley |
| 1927–1928 | Theosophical Society |
| 1910s–1920s | T. Yorke Smith |
516 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1917–1918 | Dr. William H. Pratt & Family |
| 1917–1918 | D. William H. & Maud G. Pratt |
517 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1900s–1910s | Dr. Byron Fortiner |
| 1970s–1980s | Dr. Robert Katz (optometrist) |
| 1926–1930s | Dr. Wesley J. Barrett |
519 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | Mary Jane Lovett | Camden High School January 1928 Purple & Gold Yearbook |
520 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1955 | Colonial House |
521 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Tommy Skymer |
| 1955 | Jerry's Beauty Salon |
522 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920s–1936 | Dr. G. Russell Atkinson |
523 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1955 | Audiophone Company |
525 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1897 | Joseph Fearon Sr. |
| 1900s–1920s | Charles S. Boyer (residence) |
| 1939 | Madeline Palma (residence) |
| 1950s | Howard R. Yocum (lawyer) |
| 1940s–late 1970s | Frank F. Neutze Sr. |
526 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1922 | G. Dore Cogswell & Family |
| 1922 | G. Dore & Ida Cogswell |
527 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1900s–1910s | Judge Frank T. Lloyd |
| 1947 | Dr. William Lashman |
528 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| Frank M. Travaline Jr. |
530 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1955 | Health Sanitation Service Co. |
532 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1883 | Mrs. Mary Hugg |
| 1899 | Albert A. Howell & Family |
| 1899 | Albert A. & Maud Sparks Howell |
| 1910s–1920s | George W. Jessup |
| 1910s–1920s | Burleigh Draper |
| 1910s–1920s | T. Yorke Smith |
| 1955 | Camden Telephone Answering Service |
| 1955 | Hygienic Sanitation Co. (exterminators) |
| 1955 | Howard Fredericks Inc. (casters) |
534 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 | Sinnickson Chew | |
| 1928 | Edwin Field Crane | Camden High School 1928 yearbook |
538 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1892 | John Cheney House (designed by Arthur Truscott) |
| 1910s–1930s | Melbourne F. Middleton Jr. |
| 1938 | Pohle's Restaurant |
540 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1892 | Part of John Cheney Houses (designed by Arthur Truscott) |
| 1940s–1960s | Markeim-Chalmers Inc. |
| William T. Cahill | |
| Edward V. Martino | |
| John H. Reiners Jr. |
542 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1892 | Part of John Cheney Houses (designed by Arthur Truscott) |
544 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1955 | Weidler's Pharmacy |
501 & 505 Cooper Street
501 & 505 Cooper Street — April 17, 2004. 501: James M. O’Neil (1940s–1950s). 505: Charles Cox (1870s–1890s).
James M. O’Neil — 501 Cooper Street, 1940s–1950s.
509 Cooper Street
509 Cooper Street — 1927. Known as the Remington & Vosbury Building when erected, designed by prominent local architect Joseph N. Hettel Sr.
509 Cooper Street — Nutter Real Estate — 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad.
NUTTER
REAL ESTATE
Property Management
Mortgage Service
Appraisals
Insurance
QUARTER CENTURY EXPERIENCE
509 COOPER CAM WOodlawn 3-5100
505, 509 & 511 Cooper Street
505, 509 & 511 Cooper Street — April 17, 2004.
511 Cooper Street
511 Cooper Street — April 17, 2004. Home prior to 1887 of Dr. Joseph & Annie Beatty; after 1887 of Dr. Henry F. Hunt; 1900s–1910s: Dr. William A. Davis & son Dr. Albert Davis.
Fr. Chuck Mayo
Fire Watch — Spring, 1977
A TIP O’ THE HELMET TO” … Fr. Chuck Mayo of Ladder Co. 1, for his alertness and quick action in the prevention of serious injury and probable death to a brother member, while operating at 2nd Alarm-Box #1222, transmitted at 0348 hours on 2 January, 1977 for a fire located at 513 Cooper Street. Severely low temperatures and heavy icing conditions made roof level operations extremely hazardous. While working at roof level, atop the three-story fire building, another member slipped on an ice coated peaked roof above Chuck’s position, and began his downward slide toward, and inevitably over the edge. Fr. Mayo’s quick reflexes in grabbing the brother resulted in only a close call instead of a tragedy. A job well done.
Fire Watch magazine — Spring, 1977
514 Cooper Street
514 Cooper Street — April 17, 2004 (City Hall in background). William T. Read Sr. (1883–1890); Lucretia Read (1883–1934); William T. Read Jr. House designed by Arthur Truscott.
519 Cooper Street
519 Cooper Street — Mary Jane Lovett, 1928. Camden High School January 1928 Purple & Gold Yearbook.
For the Most Lasting
Marcel Wave
SEE
Mary Jane Lovett
519 Cooper Street
Camden, N. J.
Bell Phone 3275
520–524 Cooper Street
520–522 & 524 Cooper Street — April 17, 2004.
520 Cooper Street — Colonial House — 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad.
COLONIAL HOUSE
FINE FOODS - STEAKS - CHOPS
LUNCH & DINNER
(Closed Sundays)
520 Cooper St Camden.....EMerson 5-9709
521 Cooper Street — Jerry’s Beauty Salon — 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad. Also at 521: Tommy Skymer (1947).
JERRY’S
BEAUTY SALON
Healthfully Air Conditioned
Specializing in Permanent Waves
HAIR DYEING & BLEACHING
FACIALS SCALP TREATMENTS
COLD WAVES
HAIR STYLING
521 COOPER ST. CAMDEN
Evenings - Thurs ’til 8 PM Fri ’til 9
Closed All Day Wednesday
WOodlawn 3-9682
Dr. G. Russell Atkinson — 522 Cooper Street, 1920s–1936.
523 Cooper Street — Audiophone Company — 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad.
AUDIPHONE CO
523CooperCam ........ WOodlwn 4-1866
AUDIVOX
Remarkable new all-transistor hearing aid of ultra-modern design by AUDIVOX, INC.,—successor to Western Electric Hearing Aid Division. LET US SEND THIS AMAZING HEARING AID INTO YOUR HOME FOR TRY-OUT—no obligation!
“WHERE TO BUY THEM”
Audiphone Co 523CooperCam . WOodlwn 4-1866
524 Cooper Street — April 18, 2004.
525 Cooper Street
525 Cooper Street — Madeline Palma (residence, 1939). Also at 525: Charles S. Boyer (1900s–1920s).
Frank F. Neutze Sr. — 525 Cooper Street, 1940s–late 1970s.
524 & 530 Cooper Street
524 & 530 Cooper Street — April 17, 2004.
530 and 532 Cooper Street
530 & 532 Cooper Street — 1892.
530 Cooper Street — Health Sanitation Service Co. — 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad.
HEALTH SANITATION
SERVICE CO.
CAMDEN COUNTY & SUBURBS 530 COOPER ST. CAMDEN
HOMES STORES RESTAURANTS PLANTS HOTELS FARMS
BED BUGS ANTS ROACHES RATS MICE FLEAS BEES WASPS
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE
1 HOUR SERVICE
CALL MAIN OFFICE
WOodlawn 6-1891
5 YR. GUARANTEE - BONDED
EASY MONTHLY PAYMENTS - FREE ESTIMATES AND INSPECTIONS
TERMITE CONTROL
PREVIOUS ESTIMATES TOO HIGH - TRY US
SPECIALISTS IN WOOD DESTROYING INSECTS
YOU STAY IN YOUR HOME WHILE WE DO THE WORK
PRIVATE CARS USED
BROAD & CHESTNUT STS. WESTERN SAVING FUND BLDG
KIngsley 6-2673
532 Cooper Street — Camden Telephone Answering Service — 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad. Also at 532: George W. Jessup (1910s–1920s); Burleigh Draper (1910s–1920s); T. Yorke Smith (1910s–1920s); Hygienic Sanitation Co. (1955); Howard Fredericks Inc. (1955).
534 Cooper Street
534 Cooper Street — Edwin Field Crane, 1928. Camden High School January 1928 Purple & Gold Yearbook.
EDWIN FIELD CRANE
LAWYER
534 COOPER STREET
CAMDEN, N. J.
Specializing in Mortgages, Real Estate and Building Construction, Legal Work
534 to 500 Cooper Street looking west — 500 block with Hotel Plaza in background — February 7, 2004.
Cheney Houses — 538, 540 & 542 Cooper Street
The Cheney Houses at 538, 540, and 542 Cooper Street were designed in 1892 by architect Arthur Truscott.
538, 540, and 542 Cooper Street — The Cheney Houses, designed by Arthur Truscott, 1892.
Melbourne F. Middleton Jr. — 538 Cooper Street, residence 1910s–1930s.
Pohle’s Restaurant — 538 Cooper Street — June 22, 1938 — Camden Courier-Post Newspaper Ad.
540 Cooper Street — Markeim-Chalmers, Inc. — Camden Courier-Post, May 19, 1964. Also at 540: William T. Cahill; Edward V. Martino; John H. Reiners Jr.
MARKEIM-CHALMERS, INC.
Realtors
2 Offices
to serve you
Camden 540 COOPER ST. CAMDEN 2, N. J. WO 3-8800
COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL RESIDENTIAL
Marlton NEW JERSEY ROUTE 70 983-0300
REAL ESTATE APPRAISALS — INSURANCE SPECIALISTS
Pohle’s Comes to Camden Today!
Camden Courier-Post —
Hansom cabs were still in vogue when POHLE’S of Gloucester became famous for Sea Foods . . .
FAMOUS FOR GOOD FOODS SINCE 1909
DAILY LUNCHEONS at 40c
EVENING DINNERS at 50c
Today, we open a Restaurant in Camden of which we are justly proud—modern in every detail—offering the same delectable dishes in a wide variety at reasonable prices.
Healthfully AIR-CONDITIONED with the famous Chrysler AIRTEMP air-conditioning system, POHLE’S of Camden is the first in the city to give you this comfort . . . We have left nothing undone to make it the most beautiful restaurant in South Jersey . . . Meet your friends here in an atmosphere of Colonial Charm; good foods and service . . . Yours is a cordial invitation; the mat of welcome awaits you.
The management of POHLE’S extend their appreciation and thanks to the following firms whose co-operation has helped to build and service the NEW POHLE’S Restaurant:
C. R. Faulkner, Electrician, Collingswood.
Howard Field, Plumber, Collingswood
Peirce-Phelps, Inc., Chrysler Air-temp Air-Conditioning System; Duo-Therm Oil-Burning Cooking Equipment, Philadelphia
Bridgeway Furniture Co., Philadelphia
A. R. Godfrey, Carpenter, Haddon Heights
Wm. S. Holmes, Hardwood Floor Refinishing, Camden
Ralph Davis, Painter, Collingswood
C. H. Wulf, Inc., Meats, Berlin, N. J.
Penn Fish Co., Sea Foods, Camden
L. R. Carson, Inc., Sea Foods, Crisfield, Md.
POHLE’S
New Camden Home at 538 COOPER STREET
OTHER POHLE’S RESTAURANTS
Broadway and Cumberland St., Gloucester, N. J.
7 South 69th Street, Upper Darby, Pa.
4631 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.
544 Cooper Street
544 Cooper Street — Weidler’s Pharmacy — 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad.
PRESCRIPTIONS
WEIDLER’S
PHARMACY
“Where Pharmacy Is a Profession And Not a Side Line”
Camden’s Professional Prescription Pharmacy
Complete Line of Sick Room Supplies
544 COOPER ST CAMDEN
WOodlawn 3-4454
Harry B. Maxwell
Camden Courier-Post —
Services for Harry B. Maxwell, 78, of 605 Pearl Street, a retired city fireman, who died Wednesday in Cooper Hospital, will be at 11 a.m. Monday in the Murray Funeral Home, 408 Cooper Street, where friends may call Sunday night. Burial will be in Bethel Memorial Park, Pennsauken.
Mr. Maxwell was a member of Firemen’s Mutual Benevolent Association 5.
Surviving are his wife, Marguerite; a son, Joseph J. of Collingswood; four daughters, Mrs. Irene Lindholm of Camden, Mrs. Margaret Humphries of Berlin, Mrs. Ada Harrington of Pomona, Calif., Mrs. Elizabeth Singer of Stratford; a sister; a brother; 17 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
500 Block Looking West from North 6th Street — 1892
Cooper Street — looking west from North 6th Street — 1892. Left side: the building with the conical roof is 538 Cooper Street; 604 Cooper at far left; also visible: 544, 542, 540, 538, 534, and 532 Cooper. Right: the first building at far right is 605 Cooper Street.
Funeral of Editor Chew
Camden Post-Telegram —
Laid to Rest in Evergreen Cemetery.
The funeral of Sinnickson Chew, the veteran editor of the West Jersey Press, who died on Wednesday night, took place this afternoon from his late residence at No. 534 Cooper street.
The remains reposed in a black cloth-covered casket with silver handle. The services were conducted by Rev. W. H. Fishburn and Rev. F. R. Brace, of Blackwood.
The pall-bearers were: Watson Depuy, Charles F. Currie, F. F. Patterson, Sr., Judge C. V. D. Joline, Attorney General Samuel H. Grey, Charles Stockham and Judge Peter Voorhees.
Interment was made in Evergreen cemetery.
Lieut. Bakley and 11 Police Suspended in Feitz Inquiry
Camden Evening Courier —
3 Sergeants Included in List Set Down by Chief Colsey
JUSTICE LLOYD JOINS PROBE INTO MURDER
Chief of Police Arthur Colsey at noon today announced the indefinite suspension of Lieut. Ralph Bakley, commander of the Second district of Camden police, and 11 other policemen in connection with the investigation into the killing of Detective William T. Feitz.
The full list of those suspended is as follows:
Lieut. Ralph Bakley, Sergt. John Garrity, Sergt. Walter Mattison, Acting Sergt. Edward Leonard, Sergt. Richard Cornog, Policemen George Weber, Joseph Leonhardt, Leon Branch, Thomas Cheeseman, Frank Wilmont [sic], John Houston and Vernon Jones.
Supreme Court Justice Frank T. Lloyd today entered the investigation into the murder of District Detective William T. Feitz in an alleged South Camden disorderly house Sept. 2.
The jurist, upon returning from his Summer vacation at Seaside Park, called an immediate conference with Prosecutor Samuel P. Orlando of Camden county and Police Chief Arthur Colsey of this city.
Although no confirmation could be obtained officially, it was learned from authoritative sources that Justice Lloyd would take up the charges made earlier in the week by Prosecutor Orlando that graft and corruption exist in the Camden police.
May Probe Suicide
The jurist was also expected to delve into the unusual circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Emma Heisler, 38, alleged operator of the disorderly house where Feitz met his death at 243 Sycamore street.
Mrs. Heisler, who was detained in the Camden detective bureau at the order of Detective Lieutenant George Ward instead of being locked in a cell, jumped from the fifth floor window of Ward’s office September 4 while two detectives assigned to guard her were nearby.
The progress of the police investigation into the killing of Feitz, whom police declare was shot when he surprised three bandits in the act of holding up 20 inmates and patrons, will be presented by both Prosecutor Orlando and Chief Colsey.
Mickey Blair to Give Up
Mickey Blair, boxer whose real name is Michael Tenerelli, 25, who has been living in New York City, but whose Camden address is 833 South Fourth street, is to be surrendered to Camden police for questioning in connection with the murder of Feitz.
He has been sought by detectives for grilling since a few hours after the shooting of Feitz.
His attorney, Edward V. Martino, of 540 Cooper street, notified Chief Colsey today that he would surrender Tenerelli or Blair to the police in his office at 1 p.m.
“Mickey knows absolutely nothing about the killing of Feitz,” Martino told newspapermen. “Learning through a friend that police were seeking him for questioning, he called me Saturday night and asked me to ascertain the facts.”
“I learned that police wanted to talk to him and telephoned him to that effect in New York City where he has been staying for the past few weeks. He later called me back and told me that he would be in Camden at 1 p.m. today.”
‘Attended Funeral’
Martino revealed that Tenerelli or Blair said he had been in Camden prior to the killing of Feitz and also on Labor Day, the day following the shooting of the detective. He was here to attend the funeral of a brother-in-law, Martino said.
Neither Chief Colsey or other police or detective officials would comment upon what they hoped to learn from Tenerelli that might bring an early solution of the murder and lead to the arrest of the killers.
Prosecutor Orlando at the conference with Justice Lloyd in his City Hall-Court House offices, was to present a complete report on the murder of the detective together with statements obtained from all persons who figured in the crime.
Will Probe Numbers
Prosecutor Orlando stepped in and assumed nominal charge of the investigation last Thursday when he ordered police to submit to him all reports and statements of witnesses. However it was learned that the police are still directing the search for the killers.
The conference between Justice Lloyd, Prosecutor Orlando and Chief Colsey comes on the eve of swearing in the September Grand Jury tomorrow at which time the grand jurors wil [sic] be ordered among other issues, to probe into the “numbers” racket in Camden county.
600 Block of Cooper Street — Looking West from 626 Cooper Street
Postcard — About 1907
Left side of street: The building with the conical roof is 538 Cooper Street. The building at far left is 604 Cooper Street. Also visible is 544, 542, 540, 538, 534, and 532 Cooper. Right: The first building at far right is 605 Cooper Street.
600 Block of Cooper Street — Photos
601 Cooper Street — Meisel Tire Company. Camden Courier-Post, August 2, 1933.
“250,000 Motorists Can’t Be Wrong”
YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD
PRICES ADVANCING! BUY NOW!
NO MONEY DOWN! Schedule on Goodrich Cavaliers: 30x4.50-21 $5.60, $0.00 down, 47c; 29x4.75-20 $6.35, $0.00, 53c; 29x5.00-19 $6.55, $0.00, 55c; 28x5.25-18 $7.35, $0.00, 62c; 29x5.50-19 $8.50, $0.00, 71c (12 weekly payments). Same Liberal Terms on Other Sizes
“Complete Satisfaction at Meisel’s”
We serve the tire needs of a quarter million motorists yearly by offering them the world’s finest tires on our unbeatable, easy payment plan. Each Goodrich tire carries a “free repairs guarantee” that saves our customers many dollars.
No Red Tape or Delay!
Tires mounted immediately. Just bring along your registration card. Your credit is good with us and you cannot ask for any easier payment plan. It is made to please you.
Goodrich Safety Silvertown With Life-Saver Golden Ply on Our Six Months’ Pay Plan
MEISEL TIRE CO., 601 COOPER ST.
Camden, N. J.
Open Evenings
605 Cooper Street — The William Scull House, as early as 1887 to at least 1947.
608 Cooper Street, December 2002.
601 Cooper Street — W.W. Fairweather Optical Company. 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad.
FAIRWEATHER W W OPTICAL CO
Smartly Styled Glasses That Fit
PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED ACCURATELY
601 Cooper Camden......WOodlawn 3-7064
603 Cooper Street — South Jersey Sporting Goods Co., Pat Bendetta. 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad.
SPORTING GOODS
South Jersey SPORTING GOODS CO.
PAT BENDETTA, Prop.
HEADQUARTERS FOR
FISHING TACKLE • GUNS HUNTING EQUIPMENT • AMMUNITION BASKETBALL • BASEBALL • FOOTBALL
INDOOR SPORTS
BAR-BELLS & WEIGHTS & BOWLING EQUIPMENT
DEALERS FOR A. G. SPAULDING & WILSON SPORTING EQUIPMENT
HUNTING & FISHING LICENSES
Scott Atwater Outboard Motors
Open Eves. - Mon. - Thurs. & Fri. ’Til 9 P.M.
Special Prices For Clubs & Teams
phone EMerson 5-0788
603 COOPER ST. (½ Block from Walt Whitman Hotel) CAMDEN
622 Cooper Street — George Robeson & Son, realtors. 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad.
INDUSTRIAL • RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL
WOodlawn 4-8448
GEO. B. Robeson & Son
REALTORS
622 COOPER ST.
EST. 1923
CAMDEN (2), N. J.
Members Society Industrial Realtors
625 Cooper Street — Flowers By Hayes, S. H. Hayes. 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad.
HAYES S H
FLOWERS BY HAYES
We Telegraph Flowers
Walt Whitman Hotel
625 Cooper Camden.......WOodlawn 6-23[cut off]
626 Cooper Street — Cyrus H.K. Curtis, 1890–1894.
627 Cooper Street.
627 & 633 Cooper Street — 627 Cooper, designed by Arthur Truscott, for his brother, J. Lynn Truscott. Howard M. Cooper lived at 633 Cooper Street in the 1890s. H.B. Hanford & Alice Hanford, 1890s–1920s.
634–640 Cooper Street — Kirk’s Atlantic Service. 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad.
KIRK’S ATLANTIC SERVICE
OPEN 24 HOURS TOWING SERVICE
A Complete Line of GOODYEAR PRODUCTS
TIRES - BATTERIES - ACCESSORIES
Buy Now - Pay Later
LOW BUDGET TERMS
STEAM CLEANING WASHING & SIMONIZING
Moto-Swa Lubrication Brake & Ignition Service Minor Repairs
Call & Delivery Service
A.A. OF N. J. & KEYSTONE AUTO CLUBS
WOodlawn 3-9672
7th & COOPER STS. CAMDEN
639 Cooper Street — Benjamin C. Reeve, 1870s–1880s.
600 block of Cooper Street, looking toward 7th Street, about 1925.
639 Cooper Street — Camden Lodge 293, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, under construction 1920s–1930s. The LEAP Academy, 2002–2006.
639 Cooper Street — Camden Lodge 293, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, construction photo published 1925; photo published 1928. Building designed by Joshua C. Jefferis, architect.
Camden First, on the Walt Whitman Hotel Site
We have shown this picture before in CAMDEN FIRST. It “belongs” in this issue. The cut will be carefully preserved for the service of some future historian.
The picture shows that section of Cooper Street rapidly changing with the commercial demands of Camden’s new day. Part of the building on the left—the old and very fine home of a later scion of the Cooper family, and at the date of purchase by the hotel corporation and subsequent demolition—part of the Joseph Hussong estate, is now part of new Broadway. Some twenty-one feet of the extreme left of the property was sold to the City by the corporation at cost. The vacant lot slightly to the right, now sustains the west side of the hotel. The building in the center the J. Lynn Truscott building, was a very fine building, quite English in its exterior and interior appointments. The building at the extreme right is the old Hanford property and still stands. The hotel is thus given a frontage of seventy-five feet, with a depth from Cooper to Lawrence, and facing new Broadway, of one hundred fifty feet. The Hanford property (on the extreme right) has been used as offices for the construction enginner [sic] and his staff. What will be done with the building is now engaging the minds of the hotel directors. In all likelihood it will be immediately torn down in order to make proper preparation for a duplication of the present size of the WaltWhitman, which is thought to be inevitable within the next two years.
Scull Family Sails for Naples
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Scull and the Misses Scull sailed yesterday for Naples, Italy. They will be abroad about four months.
Mrs. Cyrus H. K. Curtis Improving
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Mrs. Cyrus H. K. Curtis, who has been at Atlantic City for about two months for the benefit of her health, is improving. She is contemplating a trip to Lakewood upon her return from Atlantic City.
Northwest Corner of Broadway & Cooper Street
The Terminal Block — 1947–2000
Built on land that had been occupied in part by 605 and 611 Cooper Street.
The Terminal Block, northwest corner of Broadway & Cooper Street, 1947–2000.
Prior to the early 1920s Broadway stopped at Market Street, and Cooper Street was uninterrupted between North 6th and North 7th Streets. 617 Cooper Street was acquired by the Community Hotel Corporation and then sold to the City of Camden so that North Broadway could be completed through to the bridge plaza. Construction of the Hotel Walt Whitman, the First Camden National Bank & Trust Building, the Wilson Building soon followed. The Terminal Block on the northwest corner came later, after World War II.
The Terminal Block, Broadway–Cooper–Sixth
Camden Courier-Post —
[drawing of the block, Cooper Street and Broadway lettered on the streets]
The TERMINAL Block (Opposite the Walt Whitman Hotel)
BROADWAY - COOPER - SIXTH
The New Quality Shopping Center in Camden
THE OWNERS AND AGENTS WISH TO WELCOME THE TENANTS INTO THE REBUILT AND REDECORATED TERMINAL BLOCK
Park at Ed Howe’s Parking Lot Cooper Street Between 6th & Broadway
Buy Your Christmas Gifts In These Beautiful Stores
NOW OPEN! THE Hotpoint CORNER Appliances—Distinctive Gifts VIRGIL R. BEERY & CO. BROADWAY & COOPER STREET
General Radio Supply Co. 207 N. Broadway Wholesale Radio Parts You’ll Find Those Hard to Get Items
Dot’s Gift Shop 203 N. Broadway Gifts that are different Browning Block Print Greeting Cards Lending Library Novelty Toys
Viner’s Delicatessen 212 N. 6th Street (Corner Lawrence) Good Things to Eat for the Holiday Season
Jim Sarli’s Restaurant 217 N. Broadway Satisfying Meals — Reasonably Priced
NOVELTIES Sam’s TOBACCO 205 N. Broadway The finest pipe assortment in South Jersey 1000 Magazines Place Your Subscription Now!
TWILIGHT & SCHMIDT’S Electric Appliance Shop 206 N. 6th Street Give Electrical Appliances—The Everlasting Gift A COMPLETE LINE OF CHRISTMAS TREE SETS AND TREE BULBS (ALL COLORS)
Seeley’s Hobby Shop 208 N. 6th Street Camden’s Newest and Most Progressive Hobby Shop GAS MODEL PLANES—H. O. TRAINS—SHIPS CHRISTMAS GARDEN ACCESSORIES AND TOYS
"QUALITY EYE GLASSES" Bonschur & Holmes Opticians 601 Cooper St. Camden 4-7064
And Here Are the Other Leading Businesses in the Block
Quaker City Limited Express Bus Service to New York & Intermediate Points Quaker City Camden Waiting Room and Ticket Office 209 N. Broadway Phone Camden 4-1262
Quality Shoe Repairing ALFRED D. MAROZZI 204 N. 6th Street
Market Street Title Abstract Co. 210 N. 6th Street Phone Emerson 5-[digits illegible]
Grasso Barber Shop 202 N. 6th Street For Good Work & Quick Service
Socony Vacuum OIL COMPANY 215 N. Broadway District Sales Office [Mobilgas sign]
United Mine Workers of America District 10 210 N. 6th Street Local [number illegible] Harry Sims, President
Christian Science Reading Room 215 N. Broadway A QUIET PLACE FOR READING AND STUDY Authorized Christian Science literature for sale Open daily except Sat. 12 noon to 4:30 P. M.
South Jersey Industrial Union Council C.I.O. 210 N. 6th Street Benjamin Maiatico, District Representative Camden 4-[digits illegible]
Keller’s Dry Cleaners 213 N. Broadway Better work than ever now being done in our new plant. We Still Give 3-Hour Service
STORE FOR RENT 203 N. Broadway Size 14x75. An ideal location
THE LIT CO. Agents 215 N. BROADWAY Camden 4-[digits illegible]
Southeast of Broadway & Cooper Street
The Wilson Building at Broadway & Cooper Street. Weitzman Liquors in The Wilson Building & 622 Cooper Street, 2003.
611–633 Cooper Street
Northeast Corner of Broadway & Cooper Street
The Hotel Walt Whitman & Annex
Left: The Hotel Walt Whitman, 1933. Right: The Hotel Walt Whitman, 1950s. Elks Home, now The LEAP Academy, at far right.
Northeast Corner of Broadway & Cooper Street — Camden County College Urban Extension Campus, 2004.
COLLEGE SERVES INNER CITY IN DOWNTOWN CAMDEN
69,500 SF/five-stories with a two-story atrium lobby
Library, lecture hall, administrative offices, assembly space on ground floor
Classrooms, labs and bookstore on the higher levels
Radial arch windows provide a scenic view of Philadelphia’s skyline and Ben Franklin Bridge
Unique design known throughout the region
“Mr. Gibson is an excellent planner and works well with people from diverse backgrounds to bring them to concensus [sic]. He understands value engineering and is extremely deadline-oriented.”
- Martin W. Schwartz, Dean of Planning & Development Camden County College
CAMDEN COUNTY COLLEGE URBAN EXTENSION CAMPUS CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
600 Block of Cooper Street — Occupants
City directory records and historical residents of the 600 block of Cooper Street, Camden, NJ.
601 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Meisel Tire Company |
| 1955 | W.W. Fairweather Optical Company |
603 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1955 | South Jersey Sporting Goods Co. — Pat Bendetta |
605 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1887–1947 | The William Scull House — William S. Scull & Family |
606 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920–1924 | Dr. Wesley J. Barrett & Family |
| 1920–1924 | Dr. Wesley & Sarah Barrett |
| 1920–1924 | Frances Barrett |
| 1920–1924 | Ruth Barrett |
| 1920–1924 | Grace Barrett |
608 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Listed in city directory |
610 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910s | Charles Stockham |
611 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1870s–1880s | George Genge Browning — Dye Factory |
| 1889–1890s | John T. Bottomley — President, Camden Woolen Mills |
618 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1870s–1890s | Malcolm MacDonald — Lawyer |
| 1900s–1920s | Belford G. Royal |
622 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1955 | George Robeson & Son — realtors |
| 2003 | Weitzman Liquors in The Wilson Building |
625 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1946–1947 | Walt Whitman Flower Shop — Evelyn Odlen |
| 1955 | Flowers By Hayes |
| 1955 | S. H Hayes |
626 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1890–1894 | Cyrus H.K. Curtis |
627 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1925 | Designed by Arthur Truscott for J. Lynn Truscott |
631 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1955 | International Business Machines Corporation |
633 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1890s | Howard M. Cooper |
| 1890s–1920s | H.B. Hanford & Alice Hanford |
634–640 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1955 | Kirk's Atlantic Service |
638 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1870s–1887 | George K. Johnson — Umbrella Manufacturer |
| 1887–1890s | Isaac Z. Collings — Carriage Builder |
639 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1870s–1880s | Benjamin C. Reeve |
| 1920s–1930s | Camden Lodge 293, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks |
| 2002–2006 | The LEAP Academy |
First Camden National Bank & Trust Co. (advertisement)
Camden Courier-Post —
The Directors
A. D. Ambruster
S. C. Childs
Edward B. Humphreys
Edward E. Shumaker
F. Morse Archer
Elias Davis
Henry H. Lippincott
Frank C. Somers
David Baird, Jr.
Burleigh B. Draper
Albert C. Middleton
Frank L. Starr
Ralph D. Baker
Isaac Ferris
William T. Read
J. B. Van Sciver, Jr.
Killam E. Bennett
Le Roy A. Goodwin
Wm. W. Robinson
Lawrence M. Verga
Rudolph W. Birdsell
Eugene F. Haines
Charles W. Russ
Oliver C. Willits
William T. Boyle
William D. Sherrerd
Charles A. Wolverton
The Officers
F. MORSE ARCHER
President
BURLEIGH B. DRAPER
Vice-President
ISAAC FERRIS
Vice-President
A. D. AMBRUSTER
Vice-President & Trust Officer
JAY KNOX
Asst. Trust Officer
S. C. KIMBLE
Cashier
THEO. THOMPSON
Assistant Cashier
ORLANDO M. BOWEN
Assistant Cashier
Wm. K. COOK
Assistant Cashier
JULIAN K. POTTER
Assistant Cashier
FIRST
CAMDEN NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO.
Founded 1812. Oldest in South Jersey
Downtown Office
Broadway & Sycamore
Main Office
Broadway & Cooper
Philadelphia Office
223 Market Street
700 Block of Cooper Street — 701 to 721 Cooper Street, 1967
701 to 721 Cooper Street, 1967.
700 Block of Cooper Street — Photos
708, 702 & 700 Cooper Street and the intersection of North 7th Street & Cooper Street. This photograph was taken before 1926, shown by the fact that the Wilson Building at Broadway and Cooper Street had not been erected and is not to be seen. 708 Cooper Street is at the extreme left of this photograph.
708 Cooper Street — Joseph H. Forsyth.
715 Cooper Street — 1920s–1960s, Schroeder Funeral Home. Bernhard F. Schroeder & Bernhard C. Schroeder.
715 Cooper Street — Schroeder Funeral Home, Bernhard F. Schroeder & Bernhard C. Schroeder. 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad.
B.C. Schroeder & Sons
FUNERAL SERVICE SINCE 1884
At the Hub Of This Area
Free Parking On Next Lot
715 Cooper St Camden
WOodlawn 3-0400
B. C. Schroeder & Sons
Camden Courier-Post —
1884 1967
OVER 80 YEARS OF SERVICE
WE TRY to provide an atmosphere that offers both physical and mental comfort to all.
B. C. Schroeder & Sons
Bern Schroeder, Mgr.—Ken Schroeder.
Dependable Funeral Service Since 1884
715 Cooper Street, Camden Phone WO 3-0400 Day or Night
715 to 728 Cooper Street — 1965 and 1970s
715, 717, 719 & 721 Cooper Street, July 1965.
721 Cooper Street, July 7, 1965.
726 & 728 Cooper Street — John F. Harned, 1889–1920s. Photo from the 1970s.
700 Block of Cooper Street — Occupants
City directory records and historical residents of the 700 block of Cooper Street, Camden, NJ.
700 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1870s–1880s | Benjamin Starr |
| 1887–1917 | Richard Henry Reeve |
| 1887–1890s | Augustus H. Reeve |
701 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1870s–1888 | Gerard R. Vogels |
701-703 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | American Oil Company (gas station) | |
| 1959 | Howe's Friendly Mobil Service Station | 1959 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
703 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1870s–1880s | Benjamin C. Reeve |
708 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920s | Joseph H. Forsyth |
711 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1880s | Samuel H. Grey |
| 1910 | Charles A. Reynolds |
| 1910 | Charles A. & Emma E. Reynolds |
| 1910 | Elizabeth Reynolds |
| 1910 | George W. Reynolds |
| 1910 | Gertrude C. Reynolds |
712 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1887–1890s | Samuel H. Grey — lawyer, president, West Jersey Title and Guaranty Co. |
| 1887–1890s | Jeremiah Steelman |
| 1933 | Furnished Rooms |
715 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1870s–1880s | John Cooper — vice-president, Camden National Bank | |
| 1870s–1889 | Howard M. Cooper — lawyer | |
| 1910s–1920s | William Cooper | |
| 1920s–1960s | Schroeder Funeral Home | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
| 1920s–1960s | Bernhard F. Schroeder | |
| 1920s–1960s | Bernhard C. Schroeder |
717 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1870s–1900s | Frank B. Middleton |
719 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1887–1890 | Alexander Boardman — Real Estate |
| 1887–1889 | Amos Cooper |
721 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1887–1890 | George Genge Browning |
| 1887–1890 | Browning Brothers Dye Works |
| 1890s–1900s | George Pfeiffer Jr. |
| 1933 | Dr. James E. Rodger |
726 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1887–1889 | Horace M. Sharp |
| 1887–1889 | Charles W. Sharp |
| 1955 | Greater Camden Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society |
| 1938–1941 | R.E. Gebbie |
728 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1889–1920s | John F. Harned |
Postcard of Cooper Street Looking West from 9th Street
(postcard) —
Cooper Street looking West from 9th Street, Camden, N. J.
[Handwritten along the foot:] Got your name out of a book [?]. Please to hear from you. John Brand. 10/10/06
800 Block of Cooper Street — Photos
804 Cooper Street — This home, at left, was built by real estate developer and builder Edward N. Cohn. Photo from 1893. David Baird Sr. had acquired the house by 1900, and lived there until his death. David Baird Jr. lived there until October of 1936.
900 Cooper Street — All the even-numbered homes in the 900 block of Cooper Street were destroyed on July 30, 1940 when the R.M. Hollingshead factory was destroyed by an explosion and fire.
817 Cooper Street — Camden Credit Association / Credit Bureau Reports Inc. 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad.
Credit Reporting Agencies
Camden Credit Assn 817CooprCam . WOodlwn 3-6150
Cannon Credit&Collection Agency 431KaighnAvCam . WOodlwn 6-0686
CREDIT BUREAU OF BURLINGTON COUNTY 68EMain ........ MOorstwn 9-1500
Credit Bureau Reports Inc 817CooprCam . WOodlwn 3-6150
Delaware Valley Credit Bureau 215NBwayCam . WOodlwn 4-8209
INTER COUNTY CREDIT BUREAU 4EClintonAvOakln ......... COlngswd 5-5550
Retailers Commercial Agcy Inc 325MarketCam . WOodlwn 6-3100
State Credit Bureau 223N7thCam.. WOodlwn 4-3002
811 Cooper Street — Holl Funeral Service, Arthur H. Holl & Earl B. Holl. 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad.
[illegible]LL FUNERAL SERVICE
Arthur H. Holl
Earl B. Holl
Funeral Directors
[8]11 Cooper Camden.....WOodlawn 3-2846
[1]5 West End Av......HAddonfield 9-1945
807 Cooper Street
807 Cooper Street — 1919, Frederick Himmelein & Family. Razed in early 1920s. The Elks building was erected on this site in May of 1926.
800 Block of Cooper Street — Occupants
City directory records and historical residents of the 800 block of Cooper Street, Camden, NJ. Built by 1887.
801 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Dr. Joel B. Cunningham |
804 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1893 | Built by Edward N. Cohn |
| 1900–1920s | David Baird Sr. |
| 1920s–1936 | David Baird Jr. |
805 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910s–1920s | Dr. John W. Donges |
| 1947 | Dr. David L. Andrus |
807 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1919 | Frederick Himmelein & Family — Razed in early 1920s |
| 1926–1947 | Camden Lodge 293, Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks |
| 1912–1943 | Frederick Himmelein Jr. & Family |
810 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910 | Charles S. Elfreth |
811 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Holl Funeral Service | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
| 1955 | Arthur H. Holl & Earl B. Holl |
814 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1950s | Esso Servicemaster Gas Station |
817 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1950s | Electrolux Vacuum Cleaners |
| 1955 | Camden Credit Association — Credit Bureau Reports Inc. |
819 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1936 | George Clark |
| 1940s–1950s | Harry A. Louderbach — Real Estate |
| 1947 | Harry A. Louderbach |
| 1922 | Charles Elfreth & Family |
| 1922 | Charles & Mary A. Elfreth |
| 1957 | William P. Fish |
821 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Mrs. Edna Knehr & Harry J. Mitchell |
| 1947–1950 | Charles J. Ball |
| 1947 | Mrs. Edna Knehr |
| 1947 | Harry J. Mitchell |
840 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920s–1955 | R.M. Hollingshead Corporation |
Quintet in Crash Near Hightstown Dodge Serious Hurt
Camden Courier-Post —
A caravan of 25 automobiles followed the buses to Sea Girt. Five Camden motorcycle policemen cleared the way to the county line in Pennsauken township, then returned.
Anxiety over the accident to the car of Robert Brice, which overturned two miles from Freehold on the Hightstown-Freehold road, was relieved when word was received from the Freehold hospital that none of the five persons injured, four of them relatives of David Baird, Jr., was critically hurt.
Brice has been driving trucks for the fire department for many years. He told Congressman Charles A. Wolverton that it was his first serious accident.
Mr. and Mrs. Wolverton showed rare presence of mind when they went to the aid of the victims. They lost no time in removing them to the hospital, four in Mr. Wolverton’s car and one in the automobile of Surrogate Donahue, of Monmouth county.
Mrs. Wolverton, a graduate of Women’s Medical College, Philadelphia, helped Dr. Reynolds, of the Freehold hospital, dress the wounds of the injured.
The four Baird relatives, were Mrs. Mary Kane, 42, of 411 Chambers avenue, cuts on the left hand; Robert B. Brice, 211 Elm street, driver of the car, injuries to the legs and body; Mrs. Alice Peak, 804 Cooper street, eleven stitches in arm, and injuries to body and face, and Mrs. Mary Brice, wife of Robert, slight hands and neck cuts. The fifth victim was Mrs. Emma Miles, Forty-fourth street and Westfield avenue, recording clerk in the office of the Camden county clerk, who is believed to have been injured internally.
Mrs. Peak and Mrs. Miles were taken last night to the Baird home. Mrs. Miles had improved enough today, however, to go to her own home.
Death Notice of Charles Elfreth
Philadelphia Inquirer —
ELFRETH.—Jan. 23, CHARLES, husband of Mary A. Elfreth, aged 72. Funeral services Thurs., 2 P. M., at his late residence, 819 Cooper st., Camden, N. J. Int. private, Harleigh Cem. Friends may call Wed., 7 to 9 P. M.
Funeral of Jane Stoy Fox
Philadelphia Inquirer —
•• There were many persons in attendance at the funeral yesterday of Jane Stoy Fox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Fox, which took place from the home of her grandfather, State Assessor David Baird, 806 Cooper st. The body was placed in the Baird mausoleum, at Harleigh Cemetery.
Weintz—Himmelein Wedding
Philadelphia Inquirer —
The marriage of Mrs. Lillian Himmelein, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Himmelein, Jr., of 807 Cooper street, and Mr. Wilbert L. Weintz, treasurer of the Lambert & Todd Company, was announced yesterday. The ceremony took place on Wednesday evening at the home of the bride in the presence of only the members of the immediate families, with Rev. H. M. Wertz officiating. Mrs. Minnie Oaks was matron of honor and Mr. William Todd was best man.
MAN JAILED 3 MONTHS IN THEFT OF WATCH
Camden Courier-Post —
Charged with the larceny of a watch belonging to Albert L. Hawkins, of Collingswood; John H. Evans, 64, of 2117 Sherman Avenue, was sentenced to three months in jail Saturday by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast.
Hawkins, who is a painter, said he was at work Thursday on the second floor of a vacant house at 805 Cooper Street, when he saw a man come in and take the watch from his trousers, which he had left downstairs.
Hawkins recognized Evans’ picture in the rogues gallery and police arrested the man. Detective Clifford Carr testified Evans has been arrested a number of times on larceny charges.
Jewels and $341 Hard Cash Escape Fire
Camden Courier-Post —
920 Cooper Street — 1955–1957, Arrow Garage. 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad.
ARROW Garage
General Auto Repairs
— All Work Guaranteed —
Wrecks Rebuilt
OFFICIAL AAA SERVICE GARAGE
TRUCK & CAR TOWING
24 HOUR SERVICE ANYWHERE ANY TIME
“WE ARE NEVER CLOSED”
EMerson 5-9842
920-930 COOPER ST. CAMDEN
921 Cooper Street — Joseph E. Nowrey Sr., 1910s–1930s.
Jewels and $341 Hard Cash Escape Fire
Camden Courier-Post —
Courier-Post Photo
The ruins of the home of John “Pete” Brecker, Court House employe, at 914 Cooper street, a victim of the Hollingshead fire, yielded a little box yesterday. In the box were charred bills totalling $341 and $800 in jewelry. The money belongs to Mrs. Brecker and the jewelry to her sister, Miss Kathryn Simon, who made her home with the Breckers. Miss Simon is shown above holding the precious box. With her, left to right, are Detectives Vernon Jones and George Weber, who found the box, and City Hall Elevator Operator Paul Zuest, who took the money to the Camden Trust Company for redemption.
Howard L. James Held on Burglary Charge
Camden Courier-Post —
Howard L. James, 25, of Fogarty ave., who police said was found hiding behind a workbench in a service station at 920 Cooper st. early Wednesday, was held in default of $10,000 bail for further hearing Friday on a charge of breaking and entering. Det. Clifford Del Rossi asked the continuance for further investigation.
Elks to Open Drive to Aid Youngsters
Camden Courier-Post —
The Elks Easter Shield fund drive will open officially Thursday with a luncheon in the Elks Home, 807 Cooper st., at 12.15 p. m.
William H. Heiser, president of the Elks’ Crippled Children’s Committee, Inc., of Camden Lodge of Elks 293, heads the fund raising committee.
“This year the Crippled Children’s Committee will conduct its own Easter Shield fund-raising drive,” said Heiser. “We are in no way connected with any other lodge or lodges and all returns will be used to aid crippled children in the area. The area which we service includes Camden County and parts of Burlington and Gloucester Counties.”
275 Children on List
According to Mrs. Florence A. Lovett, executive secretary, there are 275 crippled children on the committee’s active list. An average of more than 400 children are aided by the committee each year.
Through the fund drive the committee also buys approximately 150 pairs of orthopedic shoes annually for needy youngsters.
“No money is ever expended by the committee,” said Mrs. Lovett, “until all aspects of a case have been completely investigated.”
Sgt. Ray Smith, past president of the committee, is in charge of the luncheon assisted by John Robertson and Allie Barr.
Guests Pay for Lunch
“Each guest will pay for his own lunch,” explained Smith. “No money taken in on the drive will be used to buy food.”
The Shield will be in the mail next week. All contributions may be sent to the Elks Crippled Children’s Committee, BPOE, 293, 807 Cooper st., Camden.
WILLIAM DICKINSON
Camden Courier-Post —
William Dickinson, 68, of 931 Cooper Street died today in Cooper Hospital. A lifelong resident of Camden, he had operated a garage and automobile repair business for the past 50 years.
Surviving are his wife, Lena H.; two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Heller, of Clementon; Miss Mary Dickinson, of Camden; a sister, Miss Marie Dickinson, of Philadelphia, and two grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 a. m. Saturday in the Murray Funeral Home, 408 Cooper Street. Burial will be in Harleigh Cemetery. There will be no viewing.
Students Return To Spend Summer Vacation Home
Camden Courier-Post —
Leon F. Rittenhouse of 1557 Bradley Avenue, is leaving today for California, where he will continue his study of medicine. Mr. Rittenhouse was a graduate from Washington Missionary College, in the national capital on Monday.
Two of the Wilfred W. Frys’ children were graduated at schools in New York and Massachusetts, this past weekend and today. Tonight Miss Eleanor Fry will be graduated from the Emma Willard School at Troy, New York Last week Wilfred W. Fry, II, was graduated from Mt. Hermon School, Mt. Hermon, Massachusetts.
Henry J. Bowes Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Bowes of Merchantville, spent last week in Annapolis, Maryland, where he took entrance examinations for the United States Naval Academy. He was graduated last week from Valley Forge Military Academy, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
Miss Helen Pratt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Byron Pratt of 213 North Fourth Street, has returned from Bucknell University for the Summer.
Miss Eleanor Holman of 108 North Fourth Street and Miss Betty Dickinson of 931 Cooper Street, have returned to their respective homes for the Summer. They are attending Syracuse University.
Miss Frances Snyder of 331 North Forty-first street, was graduated at Syracuse this month.
Miss Dickinson, Leighton Heller In Engagement
Camden Courier-Post —
Mr. and Mrs. William Dickinson, of 931 Cooper Street, announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss M. Elizabeth Dickinson, to Mr. Leighton J. Heller, son of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Heller, of 50 Fulton Avenue, Clementon.
Miss Dickinson was graduated from Syracuse University and is a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. She was formerly a member of the faculty at Camden High School. Mr. Heller is a graduate of Dickinson College and Law School and is a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He recently received an honorable discharge from the U. S. Army after serving for two and one-half years in India.
HARRY A. WILLE
Camden Courier-Post —
Funeral services will be held at 11 a. m. Monday for Harry A. Wille, 55, of 933 Cooper Street, who died yesterday after a short illness. Burial will be in Harleigh Cemetery. Mr. Wille, who was born here, was employed in the upholstery department of the J. B. Van Sciver Co.. He is survived by his widow, Ida, and a son, Henry C. Wille, 3rd, of Camden.
MICHAEL BENSON
Camden Courier-Post —
The funeral of Michael Benson, 52, of 939 Cooper Street, who died Tuesday, will be held at 8 a. m. Saturday, at 2850 Federal street. Mass will be held at 9 a. m., at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Mr. Benson is survived by a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Sidell, with whom he lived, and a brother. He was a son of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Benson.
900 Block of Cooper Street — Occupants
City directory records and historical residents of the 900 block of Cooper Street, Camden, NJ. Built by 1887. Even-numbered homes on the south side were destroyed when the R.M. Hollingshead factory exploded and burned on July 30, 1940.
901 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1900s–1910s | Dr. William Moslander |
| 1910s–1940s | Mrs. Anna Moslander |
902 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Murray L. Serotikin |
| 1891–1923 | Charles W. Cox & Family |
| 1891–1923 | Charles W. & Rachel "Ray" Cox |
909 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910s–1930s | George W. Whyte |
914 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1940 | John 'Pete' Brecker & Kathryn Simon |
| 1940 | Mr. & Mrs. Brecker |
| 1940 | John "Pete" Brecker |
916 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1940 | Mrs. Sue K. Devenny |
917 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920–1923 | Lewis Clark & Family (wallpaper & window shades) |
| 1920–1923 | Lewis & Carrie Clark |
920 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1955–1957 | Arrow Garage | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
921 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910s–1930s | Joseph E. Nowrey Sr. |
922 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1917–1940 | A. Lincoln James & Family |
| 1917–1940 | Lizzie James |
| 1917–1940 | Anna May James Walz |
924 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1930s | Mrs. Chester D. Van Duyn |
| 1930 | Mrs. Chester D. Van Duyn |
928 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1891–1898 | Anson H. Kelly & Family |
| 1891–1898 | Anson H. & Katherine Mathews Kelley |
| 1891–1898 | Anson Kelley |
931 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924–1958 | William Dickinson & Family — William, Mgdalene, Elizabeth, Mary, Marie Dickinson |
| 1924–1958 | William Dickinson |
| 1932 | Elizabeth "Betty" Dickinson |
| 1933 | Elizabeth "Betty" Dickinson |
| 1945 | Betty Dickinson |
| 1901 | Theodore Lynn & Family |
| 1901 | Theodore & Rosella Lynn |
| 1901 | Theodore J. Lynn |
932 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Alfred Shaefer |
933 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910 | Charles S. Elfreth |
| 1920s–1933 | Harry Wille |
| 1920s–1960s | Henry C. Wille 3rd — attorney |
| 1933–1947 | Mrs. Ida Wille |
934 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1870s–1880s | J. Willard Morgan |
| 1880s–1890s | J. Eugene Troth — Lawyer |
935 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1942 | Earl W. Vansant & Family (Camden Fire Department) |
| 1942 | Edna Vansant (sister) |
939 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Michael Benson & Mrs. Elizabeth Sidell |
| 1933 | Michael Benson |
| 1933 | Mrs. Elizabeth Sidell |
940 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1917 | H.E. Norris |
| 1918–1923 | J. Wallace Getsinger & Family |
| 1918–1923 | J. Wallace & Kate Getsinger |
941 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Joseph R. Hendricks — cleaners | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
943 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1880s–1940s | Bethany Methodist Episcopal Church |
1028 Cooper Street
1028 Cooper Street — 1903–1904, Louis DeLisle & Family.
1000 Block of Cooper Street — More Photos
1035 Cooper Street — 1933, Norfleet Saunders. Camden Courier-Post, June 9, 1933.
Two damage suits for a total of $36,000 were filed yesterday in the office of County Clerk Charles F. Wise, as the result of automobile accidents, They [sic] will be heard in Circuit Court.
Carrie C. Egbert, Haddon Heights, wants $25,000 from Mary K. and Joseph H. Tobin, of Haddon Heights, as the result of an accident at Haddon and Euclid avenues, Jan. 16.
The plaintiff alleges she was a passenger in the car driven by Mary K. Tobin which collided with another car, then struck a pole, causing her severe injuries.
Norfleet Saunders, 1035 Cooper street, and Winifred A. Tebbetts, of the Hotel Walt Whitman, are named defendants in a suit for $11,000, filed by John C. Derrickson, of Camden.
Derrickson alleges he was injured when the Tebbetts car driven by Saunders, struck his machine on Admiral Wilson boulevard April 21.
Recorder’s Clerk Knight Gives Luncheon
Philadelphia Inquirer —
•• Recorder’s Clerk William Knight, recently elected president of the Second Ward Republican Club, gave the members a luncheon last night.
Ring Tempted the Burglar
New York Times —
Tried to Cut Off Finger of Sleeping Victim to Secure It.
Special to The New York Times.
CAMDEN, N. J., Jan. 1.—A tug at his left hand awoke Louis C. De Lisle, from sleep at his home, 1028 Cooper Street, early this morning. Opening his eyes, he saw a negro burglar kneeling beside his bed, brandishing a large knife and trying to get a heavy Masonic gold ring from his finger. The negro ordered De Lisle to lie still, and resumed his efforts to remove the ring.
To expedite matters, the intruder drew a sharp knife across De Lisle’s fingers, whereupon he sprang out of the bed and began a desperate battle with the burglar, who finally broke away and ran out of a back door. De Lisle pursued the man to Ninth and Cooper Streets, where De Lisle was halted by a bullet Edward Rice of 1,020 Cooper Street had fired at the fleeing burglar, and the negro escaped.
De Lisle subsequently found that $37 had been taken from his coat pocket and $2 from a pocketbook belonging to Mrs. De Lisle.
Mrs. McConaghy at Atlantic City
Camden Courier-Post —
Mrs. Thomas P. McConaghy, of Tenth and Cooper Streets, this city, is registered at Chalfonte-Haddon Hall, Atlantic City.
My Father, Harry Molotsky, had a grocery store called Harry’s Red Front Market at 1048 Cooper Street. I am not sure what year he purchased the property, but it was in the 1940s. I was born in 1945 and my brother, Allan, in 1948. We lived behind the store until 1951 when we moved to East Camden at 420 South 30th Street.
My father kept the business until the early 1960’s when he had cataract surgery and the state took the property. Dad then worked for Two Guys in the deli department for many years before retiring. It was nice that he had normal working hours. My parents started taking vacations which they had not been able to do before.
My father had a young man delivering groceries by bicycle. He let people buy groceries on credit. We never had to go grocery shopping as he always took home necessities and treats from the store. Since we kept kosher, we had to get our meat from the kosher butcher even though my father sold meat. He always had a butcher whose name was Warren Peaches. His son taught me how to drive.
Father’s parents had a grocery store at 6th and Elm Street. My aunt and uncle, Sam and Esther, had a grocery at 9th and Pearl if I remember correctly. A cousin of my dad, Abe Molotsky had a dry goods store, but I can’t remember the location (442–444 North 8th Street—PMC).
— Lois Cohen, October 2007
1000 Block of Cooper Street — Occupants
City directory records and historical residents of the 1000 block of Cooper Street, Camden, NJ. Built by 1887.
1000 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1913 | Mrs. WIlliam Calhoun |
| 1919–1962 | Howard D. Emery & Family |
| 1919–1962 | Howard D. & Augusta Emery |
| 1919–1962 | Carolyn Emery |
| 1919–1962 | Maurice Emery |
| 1919–1962 | Howard D. Emery Jr. |
| 1919–1962 | Frederick Emery |
| 1919–1962 | Augusta Emery |
1008 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1911–1922 | James Nettleton & Family |
| 1911–1922 | James & Mary Ann Coleman Nettleton |
| 1911–1922 | Catherine Nettleton |
| 1911–1922 | Agnes Nettleton |
| 1911–1922 | William Nettleton |
1011 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1900–1907 | George H. Gomersall & Family |
| 1900–1907 | George H. & Harriet Gomersall |
| 1900–1907 | George W. Gomersall |
1014 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Furnished Rooms |
1016 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1930s–1940s | Technical Sergeant Peter D. Wright |
1017 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920s–1930s | Dr. Thomas P. McConaghy |
1028 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1903–1904 | Louis DeLisle & Family |
1029 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1903–1904 | Edward Rice |
1030 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1906 | William Knight |
| 1897 | Edward Frank Sherman |
1033 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920s–1930s | George M. Beringer Jr |
| — | George M. Beringer III |
1035 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Norfleet Saunders |
1045 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920s–1930s | Charles J. Ball |
| 1930s–1950s | Bass Self Service Market |
| 1930s–1950s | Morris Bass & Family |
| 1930s–1950s | Morris & Mary Bass |
| 1930s–1950s | Kenneth Bass |
| 1930s–1950s | Herman Bass |
| 1930s–1950s | Jack Bass |
| 1930s–1950s | Edith Bass |
1046 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1887–1888 | Edmund Tydeman Family |
| — | Vincent A. Tydeman |
| 1933 | Furnished Rooms |
| 1947 | Mrs. Elizabeth Gosling Mahoney |
1048 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1940s–1960s | Harry's Red Front Market — Harry Molotsky, meats |
Camden Pays Honor to Dead Fire Chief
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Body of Department Head Who Lost Life While on Duty to Lie in State
Camden is to pay fitting honor to its martyred Chief of the Fire Department, Charles Worthington, who was killed Friday night at the fire in North Delaware avenue when he fell from a roof while directing his men. Council’s Fire Commisioners [sic] met yesterday in special session and decided to have the body of Chief Worthington lie in state in the main corridor of the City Hall on Tuesday night from 7 to 9 o’clock. A special guard of twenty-six of the city firemen will be announced. Mayor Ellis, members of Council and others prominent in the municipality’s official life will pay their tribute to the fallen chief. The funeral will take place on Wednesday from Chief Worthington’s late home, at 101[?] Cooper street.
Chief Worthington had been at the head of the department less than a year, having succeeded Chief Elfreth, who had held that position for many years. A young man and filled with modern methods and ideas, Chief Worthington was bringing the department up to a high state of efficiency, which was recognized by the insurance and business people as well.
Until the appointment of Chief Worthington’s successor, Assistant Chief Stockton will have charge of the men.
1100 Block of Cooper Street — Photos
1117 Cooper Street — Private Anthony J. Flemming, 1920s–1930s.
1143 Cooper Street — Wilson’s Daily Express. New Jersey Bell Telephone Directory, 1936.
WILSON’S DAILY EXPRESS
AGENTS FOR PROVIDENCE PHILADELPHIA DISPATCH (VIA THE SPEED WITCH)
HIGHWAY MOTOR FREIGHT FORWARDING OVEN’S TRANSFER N. Y. PHILA. DISPATCH
RELIANCE TRANSPORT LINES Overnight Service to N. Y. C. and All North Jersey Points
DAILY SERVICE TO TRENTON & ALL SEASHORE POINTS
1143 COOPER CAMDEN 3106
1152 Cooper Street — 1899, Howard Snyder. Philadelphia Inquirer, November 12, 1889.
CAMDEN NEWS BUDGET.
The Fire Department Kept Busy All Day—A $10,000 Blaze.
The Camden Fire Department was kept busy yesterday responding to alarms. The first alarm was about 11 o’clock in the morning, when the firemen were called out by a slight fire at the house of Howard Snyder, at 1152 Cooper street. The fire originated from a defective range. Loss, $50.
1161 Cooper Street — 1910s–1930s, William H. Johnson & Family. Robert Burk Johnson.
1163 Cooper Street — 1955, Wire & Metal Products Inc. 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad.
WIRE & METAL PRODUCTS INC
WIRE CLOTH FOR INDUSTRY
Wire Rope - Wire Specialties
(Camden)
1163 Cooper............EMerson 5-2942
1171 Cooper Street — 1947–1955, Towmotor Corporation, forklifts. 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad.
Trucks—Industrial (Cont’d)
TOWMOTOR FORK LIFT TRUCKS
For All Types of LIFTING TRANSPORTING and STACKING
TOWMOTOR
“WHERE TO BUY IT”
Towmotor Corporation Factory Sales&Service
1171CooperCam ........EMersn 5-1255
Robert Booker
Camden Courier-Post —
Robert Booker, 67, of 1126 Cooper st., died Tuesday in his home. He was born in Madison, Ark. and lived in Camden 22 years.
Surviving are his wife, Georgia; two sons, Mathew, of Philadelphia, and Edward, of Camden; a daughter, Mrs. Beatrice Everett, of Camden; three sisters, Mrs. Bertha Howard, of Chicago, and Mrs. Florence Neeley and Mrs. Hattie Roberts, of Buffalo, N. Y., and three grandchildren.
Services will be held Saturday at 11 a. m. in a funeral home at 743 Chestnut st. where friends may call Friday night. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park, Pennsauken.
Mrs. Batchelor Declines to Prosecute Husband
Philadelphia Inquirer —
After causing the arrest of her husband, David Batchelor, alleging he fired five shots at her at the family home, Mrs. Blanche Batchelor, [?]8 years old, of 1108 Cooper street, declined to prosecute him in Police Court yesterday. Batchelor was given his freedom.
For Rent
Camden Daily Telegram —
313 Line street, 6 rooms $10.00
821 Line street, 7 rooms 13.00
416 Arch street, 9 rooms 17.00
531 Bailey street, 7 rooms 14.00
514 Felton street, 5 rooms 8.50
206 York street, 9 rooms 16.00
124 Clay street, 4 rooms 6.00
1146 Cooper street, 6 rooms 9.00
431 Berkley street, 8 rooms 13.00
815 Federal street, 7 rooms 12.00
503 Trenton avenue, 7 rooms 13.00
434 Arch street, 4 rooms 8.00
569 Stevens street, 11 rooms 30.00
817 Cherry street, 5 rooms 8.00
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT CO., No. 325 Federal street, Camden.
Cooper Hospital Cases
Camden Courier-Post —
Frances Burk, 21, of 604 North Sixth street, dog bite of arm.
Jacob Martin, 17, of 1113 Cooper street; dog bite of arm.
Lloyd Small, 18, of 84 South Dudley street; crushed finger between two cars.
Mrs. Mary Blub, 53, of 525 Kaighn avenue; injured back in fall at home.
William May, 48, of 2118 Berwick street; bruises of chest and ribs; fell down stairs.
Eight Persons Killed
The New York Times —
A RAILWAY COLLISION CAUSED BY CARELESSNESS.
AN EXCURSION PARTY SUDDENLY STOPPED IN ITS JOURNEY—MANY OF THE PASSENGERS SERIOUSLY INJURED.
PHILADELPHIA, Penn., June 14.—A collision occurred on the Camden and Atlantic Road at Pike’s Peak, about eight miles from Camden, this morning, which resulted in the death of seven men and one little boy. Many other persons were injured. An excursion train with five coaches left Camden at 7:40, having on board the children and teachers of the Sunday-schools of the Second Presbyterian Church of Camden and the Presbyterian Church of Wenonah, N. J., bound for Lakeside Park, a pleasure resort on the Camden and Atlantic Road. When the train was rounding a curve at a place called Pike’s Peak it came into collision with the accommodation train from Atlantic City due in Camden at 9:10 A. M. Both trains were running at a high rate of speed, and neither engineer was aware of his danger until a few seconds before the locomotives came together. The passengers were startled from their seats by the screaming of the whistles and the grating of the air-brakes and the next instant were thrown headlong by a terrific crash and the sudden stoppage of the trains. The engines and baggage cars of both trains were completely demolished and were piled up in a confused mass of wood and iron 15 feet high, and the whole so enveloped in scalding steam that for some minutes nothing could be done to rescue or recover the persons buried in the ruins. The collision was at once followed by a scene of wild excitement and confusion. Men, women, and children jumped from the cars, many coming out through the windows. Many were screaming and crying, and all were half-crazed with fright, while the cries of the wounded and those who were being scalded to death in the ruins mingled with the hissing of the escaping steam.
As soon as it was possible to approach the ruins without being scalded men went to work to get out the killed and injured. The list of the killed includes the engineers of both trains, the mail agent and fireman of the accommodation train, the Civil Engineer of the Camden and Atlantic Road, the conductor of the excursion train, a brakeman, and a Sunday-school scholar, a boy 10 years old, who, crushed and lacerated, lived until 5 o’clock this evening. The first man taken from the ruins was Express Agent John Rosenbaum, of the accommodation train. He presented a shocking appearance, being terribly cut about the head. He is still alive, but may die, as besides the cuts he is badly injured. The back fireman, Nicholas Barber, of the accommodation train, was next taken out. He was dead. His entrails protruded from his body, and he was otherwise mangled. Fireman Louis McLain was then picked up living, but badly scalded and gashed about the face and head. Mail Agent Winfield Hiles was with great difficulty gotten out. He was lying dead under the débris, and it was some time before he was discovered. Attention was attracted to him by a faint cry, “I am here.” He was terribly injured internally and died in a short time. Of the excursionists only one was fatally hurt. This was little Willie Caskey, aged 10, who has since died. His brother John, aged 12, is injured about the face, but not dangerously. Mr. Frank Fenton, the civil engineer of the road, was also the Superintendent of the Second Presbyterian School. He was taken out dead after about two hours’ work mangled in a terrible manner. His daughter was on the train. Immediately after the accident she began to search for her father, but was told that he was safe and had gone ahead to flag the trains. She then walked to Haddonfield. After she had gone her father was taken out of the ruins, his head almost flattened where it had been crushed. Conductor Albert Smith and the brakeman, Gustavus Edwards, of the Lakeside train, were taken out dead. Smith was counting his tickets in the front car. It was nearly an hour and a half after the accident before medical assistance arrived.
The dead were all brought to Camden, where the Coroner began an inquest to-night. The injured were removed to their homes. The following is the list of the dead:
GEORGE BAXTER, engineer, Lakeside train; aged 35. He leaves a widow and four children residing in Camden.
NICHOLAS BARBER, aged 34; fireman on the accommodation train.
WILLIE CASKEY, aged 10; residence, No. 415 Senate-street, Camden; head crushed; died at his home at 5 o’clock.
FRANK FENTON, surveyor of the road, aged 46, residence, No. 334 Benson-street, Camden; leaves a widow and family.
GUSTAVAS EDWARDS, aged 27, brakeman on excursion train, leaves a widow and four small children, living at Milford, N. J.
W. SCOTT HILES, mail agent of the accommodation train; aged 35, residence, No. 34 Virginia-avenue, Camden; leaves a widow.
WESLEY PALMER, engineer of the accomodation train, aged 52; leaves a widow and three children, residing in Atlantic City.
ALBERT SMITH, conductor of Lakeside train, aged 30; leaves a widow and four children, living on Vine street, Camden.
The injured are as follows:
HENRY DIETZ, special officer, residing at No. 262 Chestnut-street, Camden; scalded and hip broken.
LEONARD BAUSH, residing at No. 2,241 Germantown Road, Philadelphia; back hurt and badly scalded about face and body.
FRANK McCORMICK, No. 1,134 Cooper-street, Camden, an excursionist; left leg broken and scalded about body.
JOHN CASKEY, aged 12, of No. 415 Senate-street, Camden; injured about the face.
JOHN ROSENBAUM, express agent, badly injured about the back and head; residence, Atlantic City.
ALBERT GLENN, conductor, residence at Atlantic City; ribs broken and internally injured.
LOUIS McLAIN, fireman, severely injured about the head.
JOHN LAYRE, brakeman; injured severely.
CORA MAY LIPPINCOTT, aged 12, No. 804 Broadway, Camden, and her brother Eugene, aged 16; legs hurt.
JOSEPH A. SEFFARLEN, of the firm of Seffarlen & Fritz, at No. 240 North Third-street, Philadelphia; injured about the shoulder.
A number of others were hurt, but not seriously. Coming from the scene of the disaster in the special train the first to run over the fatal spot and resume the traffic of the road was Superintendent Bannard, of the Camden and Atlantic Road. The crushed and mangled body of Engineer Palmer lay in the baggage car covered with two crates. “The management of the road is clear of blame from this disaster,” said Mr. Bannard. “The orders dispatched by myself were plain and explicit, directing both trains to stop at Ashland and there pass each other. The Atlantic City accommodation train did not obey that order. Why it did not I cannot imagine. There is no doubt the order was given to both Conductor Glenn and Engineer Palmer. I have in my possession a receipt for that order bearing both their signatures. Palmer was the oldest engineer on the road, and was known to be trustworthy and cautious. Conductor Glenn has the same honorable record.”
Conductor Glenn, who was one of the injured, was seen by a reporter lying on a bunch of cushions. He covered his face with his hand, and spoke very reluctantly, and evidently with painful effort. “I rang the bell to stop twice,” he moaned, “I knew we had to stop off at Ashland, and so did Palmer, and when he didn’t pull up I did my best to stop the train.”
Samuel Archer, a Camden member of the wrecking crew engaged in clearing the track, was fatally injured by a singular accident late this afternoon. The wrecked engines and baggage cars were piled up on the track. In clearing it away a hawser was attached to one of the wrecked engines, while the other end was fastened to a locomotive on the track. When the word was given the locomotive moved away at a rapid rate. The slack hawser snapped and in doing so hurled into the air a great mass of broken iron. One of these flying pieces struck Archer, who was standing several feet away, in the back of the head. A boy who was standing between Archer and the wreck dodged the missile which brought Archer down as though he had been struck by a cannon ball. He was picked up, and it was found that his skull had been crushed in. His brains were oozing out. He was brought to Camden and is still alive, but will die.
‘NUMBERS’ SUSPECT FREED IN $100 BAIL
Camden Courier-Post —
Suspected by the police of being a “numbers’ writer, Clinton Gilchrist, 25, colored, of 1153 Cooper Street, was held in $100 bail by Acting Police Judge James Smith yesterday for a further hearing next Tuesday.
Gilchrist who is charged with operating a “numbers” lottery was arrested Thursday in an automobile at Eleventh and Cooper streets by Detective Lieutenant Louis Shaw and Detective Clarence Arthur.
In Gilchrist’s possession, the detectives say they found some “numbers” slips and “loose coins.”
1100 Block of Cooper Street — Occupants
City directory records and historical residents of the 1100 block of Cooper Street, Camden, NJ. Built by 1887.
1108 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1922 | David Batchelor & Family |
| 1922 | David & Blanche Batchelor |
1117 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920s–1930s | Private Anthony J. Flemming |
| 1930 | Joseph Flemming & Family |
| 1930 | Joseph & Alice Flemming |
1124 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1897–1898 | Benjamin Middleton |
| 1924 | Charles Gladney |
| 1929 | Felisher & Rosa Beasley — John Beasley, Walter Beasley |
| 1929 | Felisher & Rosa Beasley |
| 1929 | John Beasley |
| 1929 | Walter Beasley |
1126 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947–1957 | Robert Booker |
1127 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1880s | John Sylvester Kellum |
| 1900s–1920s | George R. Serfling Sr. |
1140 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1890s–1900s | George R. Serfling Sr. |
| 1947 | Clinton Gilchrist — Confectioner |
1143 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1936 | Wilson's Daily Express |
| 1947 | No Listing |
1144 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Clinton Gilchrist — residence |
| 1961 | Luther H. Collier |
1145 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920s–1940s | Ray R. Adams — truckdriver |
1152 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1899 | Howard Snyder |
| 1903 | James Durkin |
1153 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Clinton Gilchrist |
1161 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910s–1930s | William H. Johnson & Family |
| 1910s–1930s | Robert Burk Johnson |
1163 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1870s–1906 | John Hibbert & Family | |
| 1870s–1906 | John & Elizabeth Hibbert | |
| 1870s–1906 | William Hibbert | |
| 1955 | Wire & Metal Products Inc. | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
1169 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Edward Richards — Tires |
1171 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1947–1955 | Towmotor Corporation — forklifts | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
1900 Block of Cooper Street — Photos
1999 Cooper Street — 1955–1990s, United Fabricators Company. 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad.
Industrial Maintenance
METAL WORK (Sheet or Structural) WELDING (Shop or Field) Welding Supplies Compressed Gases
RIGGING Planning Designing Equipment Rental
UNITED FABRICATORS CO.
WOodlawn 4-5127
Night Calls MErchantville 8-5684-W
1999 Cooper St. Camden (5) N. J.
United Fabricators Co.
Equipment Rental
INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE
METAL WORK — (Sheet or Structural) Welding Supplies & Compressed Gases PLANNING • DESIGNING • RIGGING
1999 COOPER ST. CAMDEN (5) N. J.
WOodlawn 4-5127
Night Calls MErchantville 8-5684-W
WELDING (Shop or Field)
WELDING SUPPLIES & COMPRESSED GASES
METAL WORK Sheet or Structural Industrial Maintenance
United Fabricators Co. RIGGING
WOodlawn 4-5127
PLANNING • DESIGNING • EQUIPMENT RENTAL
1999 COOPER ST. CAMDEN (5) N. J.
Night calls MErchantville 8-5684-W
1900 Block of Cooper Street — Occupants
City directory records and historical residents of the 1900 block of Cooper Street (East Camden), Camden, NJ. Built by 1887. Most houses were razed by April 1930.
1987 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Thomas Fitzpatrick — Razed by April 1930 |
1988 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Frank R. Ware |
| 1933 | The Olsen Family |
| 1947 | Samuel R. & Elsie Sailer |
1989 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Listed in city directory — Razed by April 1930 |
1991 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | John J. McGinnis — Razed by April 1930 |
1993 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | John Koehler — Razed by April 1930 |
1995 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Mrs. Sophie Beck & Mrs. Madeline Pearce — Razed by April 1930 |
1997 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | Mrs. Lulu Nellett — Razed by April 1930 |
1999 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910s–1920s | W.W. Ross |
| 1924 | Theron C. Nellett |
| 1920s | Everett W. Staley |
| 1955–1990s | United Fabricators Company |
2000 Block of Cooper Street — Photos
2000 Cooper Street — 1933–1959, George Ware & Family — George B. & Laura Ware, George V. Ware. 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad.
WARE GEO V
PAPER HANGING
WALL SCRAPING
STEAM or WATER
2000 Cooper Cam.........EMerson 5-3226
2024 Cooper Street — 1906–1910s, Melvin & Nettie Gleason, Lester A. Gleason. 1930s, Tom & Dorothy Agin Family. 1947, Theo T. & Margaret Stone.
2000 Block of Cooper Street
Side view looking West from across State Street — late 1970s
Photos by Floyd Agin.
Left: The grocery store at 53 East State Street, known as Handleton’s 1930s–1960s. 2024 Cooper Street is at right, in the background. Right: 2000 Block Cooper Street as seen from East State Street. Bottom left: 2024 and 2022 Cooper Street. Bottom right: 2000 Block Cooper Street as seen from North 20th Street.
Cooper Street, looking west from East State Street, October 1, 2003. The first house on left is 2024 Cooper Street — the home of the Agin family during the 1930s.
Murderer’s Wife Supplied Revolver, Smuggling It In Covered by Fruit
Camden Post-Telegram —
Confessing Supplying Pistol, in Spite of Husband’s Denial That She Was Guiltless, Mrs. Ashbridge Is Held Without Bail on Charge of Conspiracy in Aiding and Abetting Escape From Jail
With Wilson T. Ashbridge under guard in a cell in what was formerly known as Murderer’s Row, the police and county detectives today redoubled their energies towards the capture of George E. Thompson, the forger who escaped with Ashbridge from the County Jail on Monday night after murdering one keeper and wounding another. Stirring the police of all cities in the East to renewed activity, another circular was sent out today by the authorities giving notice of the reward of $500 offered for Thompson’s capture. Attention was strongly directed in the circular due to the fact that one of the fingers of Thompson’s left hand is missing.
The gun with which Ashbridge murdered jailor Isaac Hibbs and wounded Jailor Ellis was smuggled into the jail by Mrs. Ashbridge on Saturday morning. With it went a box of cartridges. The weapon and bullets were passed to Ashbridge in a basket of fruit, being at the bottom of the basket. The jailors were busy at the time she called and as she frequently had brought her husband fruit they did not take precaution to search the basket. Mrs. Ashbridge bought the gun and cartridges on the written request of her husband.
Her confession as to the very grave part she played in the escape and murder was made to the Prosecutor late yesterday afternoon after she had first insisted she had no knowledge of how the gun got into the jail and after her husband had repeatedly declared that the revolver was supplied by Thompson. The revolver, fully loaded, was still carried by Ashbridge when he was captured in the Keystone Hotel…
… by Recorder Stackhouse without bail for conspiracy in aiding and abetting the escape of her husband and George E. Thompson from the County Jail on Monday night.
The court room was packed to suffocation by a morbidly curious crowd, composed primarily of women. A strange silence spread through the court room when the little woman was led into the court room by Captain Schregler. The regular formality of placing prisoners in the dock was dispensed with the woman’s case.
Prosecutor De Unger pointed to the high witness chair and Mrs. Ashbridge sat in it. She evaded the gaze of the crowd, looking intently at the floor and through a window on the Washington Street side. She wore a blue skirt and a white waist. She was without her hat. Her hair was carefully arranged and she wore nose glasses.
Resting her chin on her right hand her arm and hand were seen to tremble slightly. So quiet was the room that a pin dropping could have been heard.
“Mrs. Marian Ashbridge,” called the Recorder.
“Yes, Sir” was the faint reply of the woman, who did not even look up at the call of her name.
“This complaint charges you with delivering to Wilson Ashbridge and George E. Thompson a pistol and aiding and abetting them in escaping from the County Jail, where they had been lawfully committed. Do you plead guilty or not guilty,” said the Recorder as he read the complaint.
The woman said nothing. Detective Schregler was then called as the complainant. He told of the confession made by the woman and produced the revolver which the woman purchased and which Ashbridge used in his daring escape. The gun, Captain Schregler said, was purchased in a pawnshop at Eleventh and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, on Friday of last week and was delivered to Ashbridge on Saturday morning along with a box of cartridges. “Marian, I will hold you without bail,” said the Recorder.
As the woman was being led from the court room by Captain Schregler and Sergeant Reed the crowd made a rush for the door leading from the court room, whereupon orders were given by the police to the crowd and many were prevented from rushing out. Everybody seemed anxious to secure a closer look at the unfortunate woman.
Visitors were denied Mrs. Ashbridge. Not even her children were permitted to be brought before her, although the broken-hearted mother asked for them.
“Oh, God, I don’t know why I did this; why I left the little ones to go with Wilson,” tearfully expostulated Mrs. Ashbridge to the kind-hearted matron, who spent the best part of last night with the distraught woman.
“If I could only see little Marian,” sobbed the woman in the arms of Mrs. Kirkpatrick, who informed her that perhaps she could see them today.
Last evening the only support Mrs. Ashbridge had was a cup of tea. The morning she sipped a portion of a cup of coffee. She told Matron Kirkpatrick that she was not hungry.
“Everybody hounded me, I had no friends, and that’s why I went with my husband, because he was the only friend I had left,” said Mrs. Ashbridge. “He was a good boy, but was easily led.” The wife said even before her marriage that Ashbridge would run around with other girls, but he always returned to her and she forgave him. She said he seemed to have a spell over her and she couldn’t leave him.
“I love my husband, still and will stand by him to the end,” sobbed the little woman to Mrs. Kirkpatrick. She told how her relatives disowned her and how after her father’s death she went to live with strangers. When her husband fostered the plan to escape she willingly consented to aid him. She drew $100 out of the bank and purchased clothes and the gun and bullets. She never faltered in her plan.
“My heart aches for that woman,” said Matron Kirkpatrick this morning to a Post-Telegram reporter. “She’s a good girl, but was easily led into her present predicament. It only goes to show what a woman will do for the man she loves, no matter how base a wretch he may be. Mrs. Ashbridge is more to be pitied than scorned.
Recorder Stackhouse this morning produced a copy of the marriage of the couple, performed by him on July 28, 1914. The marriage was performed at the instance of Assistant Prosecutor Butler after Ashbridge wronged the girl. Constable William E. Headley and William C. Ashbridge, the latter father of the murderer, were witnesses.
As told in yesterday’s Post-Telegram, Ashbridge and his wife and their captors arrived at the City Hall from Chester shortly after 2:00 o’clock. After a brief stay they were taken to the Court House and turned over to Prosecutor Kraft, Ashbridge being taken into the Prosecutor’s private office and Mrs. Ashbridge being placed under guard in the ante room.
Taking full blame for the murder of Hibbs and the wounding of Ellis, Ashbridge declared that none of the shots were fired by Thompson.
“I shot both men,” he declared, “but Thompson gave me the gun. He had it since Saturday.” He repeated this assertion several times in the course of his examination, adding each time that his wife had no part in supplying the firearm. His voluntary insistence in…
… exercise corridor of their cells in response to his request that he wanted to show him a note that had been left for him, he asked the aged keeper to step inside the corridor. Evidently suspecting something was wrong Hibbs refused to enter the corridor. When Ashbridge repeated his request that Hibbs step inside, Thompson, who was immediately behind Ashbridge, said something to the murderer. Ashbridge could not exactly recall what the expression was. At any rate it was then that he fired and Hibbs fell to the floor with his death wound. To take Hibbs’ keys and open the door leading from the exercise room to the corridor was the work of but an instant. It was then that Ellis confronted Ashbridge at the other end of the corridor. He refused to throw up his hands when the murderer so ordered. Instead, the plucky jailor grappled with the slayer, who again brought the gun into play, twice wounding the remaining jailor.
Ashbridge did not say why he wanted Hibbs to step inside the corridor. One surmise is that the pair had planned to get the old man into the corridor, overpower him, take his keys and after gagging him place him in a cell, depending on the gun to awe any prisoners who might make an outcry. But whatever their plan was in this respect it miscarried. Hibbs would not enter the corridor and was shot down where he stood.
Thompson carried both his own and Ashbridge’s coats when they fled. As Ashbridge had decided to do the talking with Hibbs when the jailor came to lock them in their cells it was agreed that it would not be wise for the murderer to be wearing a coat. This might look suspicious to Hibbs and in all likelihood he would refuse to open the door. Hence it was decided that Thompson should take both coats. He also carried Ashbridge’s cap and his own Panama.
The coats and hats were adjusted as they ran down the spiral stairway leading to the street. They walked slowly into Sixth Street; increasing their pace up Sixth Street after crossing Market and after turning into Cooper walked very rapidly. They turned north on Third Street to Main and thence to the Vine Street ferry, where they caught the boat leaving at 7:15 for Philadelphia. Landing on the other side the fugitives exchanged hats. They walked rapidly to Broad Street Station, where Mrs. Ashbridge was in waiting, this arrangement having been made when she smuggled the gun in to her husband on Saturday morning.
Accompanied by Thompson the Ashbridges walked out Market Street to Thirty-second Street. Here Thompson left them and after walking the street for a brief while longer the slayer and his wife boarded a trolley car for Chester, where a few hours later the murderer’s short-lived liberty was so dramatically terminated.
Although jailor Ellis still insists that three shots were fired before he was attacked and in spite of the positive declaration of Alfred Williams, the trusty, that three shots were fired at Hibbs, Ashbridge claims that Hibbs was shot only once and that two bullets were used on Ellis. He said that the three empty shells which the detectives found in his pocket contained the only bullets fired in the jail. The post mortem examination made yesterday by County Physician Stem bears out his contention as to the number of shots fired. Only one bullet was found and that had penetrated the jailor’s heart.
“That’s the truth about the shooting,” declared Ashbridge. “I fired the shots— three of them in all— and the gun was given me by Thompson. My wife had nothing to do with it. Don’t blame her.”
Enroute back to the prison from which he had made his tragic getaway on Monday night, Ashbridge passed through the ante room where his wife was under guard. He stopped, kissed her, gently caressed her cheek, told her not to worry and passed on to the jail, from whence his next exit will be to the electric chair.
Haggard and very weak Mrs. Ashbridge was at once taken before the Prosecutor. With due regard for her condition Mrs. Ashbridge was handled very gently. At first she insisted that she had no part in getting the gun, but under skillful handling she finally broke down and confessed that she had supplied the revolver.
She stated that on Friday night she received a letter from her husband telling her that he planned to escape from the jail on Monday night and that he needed a revolver to make certain that his scheme would not fail. He requested that she procure the pistol and cartridges and personally deliver them on Saturday. Being anxious to aid her husband in every way possible she readily decided to do as he requested.
Accordingly she purchased the needed articles in a Philadelphia pawnshop on Friday afternoon, paying $3.00 for the pistol and 67 cents for the cartridges. She kept them over night and on Saturday safely delivered the weapon and bullets to her husband in the bottom of a basket of fruit. At the same time Ashbridge asked her to go with him and when she agreed to share his fate he told her to meet him in Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, shortly after seven o’clock on Monday night. He further told her that he had carefully studied the situation and did not see how it was possible for his plan to miscarry. On Monday morning she sent her children to the home of Mrs. Anna Dick and later in the day sent the letter to Mrs. Dick telling of her “rash deed” and enclosing $10 for the children.
As Mrs. Ashbridge told her story she spoke in a very low tone. Most of the time her eyes were cast down and as she concluded her brief narrative she sobbed convulsively and was in a state of utter collapse. Reviving somewhat when given cold water Mrs. Ashbridge was turned over to the police and taken back to City Hall to await her hearing this morning.
The prison key stolen by Ashbridge from Hibbs’ murdered body was recovered this morning by Detective Doran in the yard of Dr. Frank, 2025 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. The recovery of the key was due to information given by Ashbridge, after he had been locked up in jail yesterday afternoon. Ashbridge, when questioned as to the whereabouts of the key, said that Thompson had it and that he had seen him toss it over a wall of a residence near Twenty-third and Chestnut Streets on Monday night while he and his wife and Thompson were walking to Thirty-second Street.
Detective Doran and Constable Voight went to Philadelphia late yesterday afternoon and searched in vain for the key in the vicinity of Twenty-third and Chestnut Streets until darkness came on. Detective Doran renewed the search early this morning. There is a high wall fronting the yard at the home of Dr. Frank, and a search of the grounds resulted in the finding of the key, which was returned to Sheriff Haines.
Ashbridge is confined in a large cell in what is known as Section E. As cellmates he has two persons who are being held as witnesses to the crime. Sheriff Haines has assigned three constables, Gardner, Ford, and Addison. They will work on eight-hour shifts and will see that Ashbridge does not attempt any further escape or try to end his life.
Sergeant Detective Kane of the Chicago Police Department today took to Chicago Alfred Williams, who was an eyewitness to the murder of Hibbs. Williams, an Italian, served six months here on a charge of false pretence in obtaining money from a number of Italian grocers under the pretence that he represented the Roma Grocery Company. After his arrest and sentence here the police of Chicago lodged a detainer against Williams who is wanted in the West for a like crime.
The body of Jailor Hibbs will be exposed to view tonight at his home, 913 South 8th Street. Services will be conducted by Reverend Harry Bradway, pastor of Eighth Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Members of the Seventh Ward Republican Club, Mutual Aid and the Liberty Beneficial Society will attend in a body.
Tomorrow morning the body will be taken to Langhorne, where services will be held in the Friends Meeting House, after which interment will be made in the burial ground by the Schroeder-Kephart Company. Friends may call this evening to pay their respects.
Ashbridge will not be tried until December. On the day he was listed for trial of murdering Mrs. Dunbar his lawyer, Assemblyman Wolverton, was ill. In the interim the entire panel of jurors for the April term of court was discharged following a case of alleged tampering. This makes it necessary that he be held until September for trial unless the Court should otherwise decree, which is hardly likely.
Ashbridge is 22 years old and not 27, as previously stated. His real age was disclosed by the certificate of his marriage. He was 20 when he wedded two years ago.
The Howard Marshall who mailed a letter to a woman in Baltimore is not Freeholder Howard Marshall of the Eighth Ward, as was reported to the Prosecutor yesterday. Mr. Kraft’s investigation disclosed that Freeholder Marshall does not know either Ashbridge or Thompson and that as a matter of fact the Marshall in question is an East Sider and no relative to the freeholder, who was naturally much upset at being mistakenly dragged into the case.
E.S. Fry, proprietor of the Keystone Hotel, Chester, where the couple were caught, told the story of the capture both to the city police and Prosecutor Kraft.
“Late on Monday night I received a call from another hotel, requesting that I take care of a man and his wife for the evening,” said Mr. Fry. “I waited until a little before midnight when the couple arrived. He seemed nervous and registered in a shaky hand, and I was suspicious that there was something wrong.”
“I did not pay much attention to the way he registered until the next morning when I examined the register and saw that he had neglected to register his wife. He signed ‘Mr. Smythe, Washington, D.C.’ I communicated my suspicions to my wife and told her to go observe the couple, too. Then I went out on the porch and picked up a morning newspaper. On the front page were the pictures of the two men who escaped.”
“I instantly recognized Ashbridge, but was not just sure of my identity of the man, so I decided to get a better look at him. At the breakfast table I observed him more closely and feeling sure of my ground I called Captain Schregler, afterward securing the service of two negro policemen, whom I placed on guard outside the hotel, giving them orders not to allow the couple to leave. The officers, William Padgett and William Robinson, took their positions outside the hotel, ready for the signal to enter when I gave it.”
“Ashbridge arose.”
“What’s the matter,” he exclaimed. “You know what’s the matter,” replied Mr. Fry, who brought in Captain Schregler and Detective Hunt. Schregler and Hunt instantly recognized the fugitive.
Before Ashbridge had a chance to move his arms were pinioned by his sides and Policeman Hunt had extracted the murder gun from his right hip pocket. It was fully loaded. In the same pocket were seventeen additional cartridges and in a suitcase in his room, Number 9, was a fresh box of cartridges.
“The little wife was crying bitterly,” said Mr. Fry. “She leaned her head upon his shoulder and the husband tried to console her.”
Captain Schregler sent a telegram to Chiefs Gravenor and Hyde with the startling news that Ashbridge had been caught.
On the way back to Camden Mrs. Ashbridge began to cry. She was sitting beside Captain Schregler, and he tried to console her. Her sobs increased, and Ashbridge called to her to “take it easy.”
This seemed to quiet her a bit, and Schregler spoke to her kindly, saying that she would not be blamed very much for her part in the escape. “That’s not worrying me” she answered. “I am worried about ‘Wil’.”
“Well, you women beat me” was Schregler’s comment. “What did you want to help him escape for, anyhow? He had beaten you, deserted you for another woman and when she turned him down, he killed her. Yet you make up with him, leave your kids and risk everything to help him escape. Seems to me the worse men treat you women, the more you will do for them.”
“Lots of truth in what you say,” remarked Mrs. Ashbridge, with a sigh.
Mr. Fry was the center of attention. Everybody seemed anxious to hear his story.
“I’m not going back until I collect that $500 either,” he was heard to say. The capturer was formerly coroner of Delaware County.
Scenes of excitement were prevalent when the automobile of Chief Gravenor with Detective-chauffer David Hunt at the wheel, Captain Schregler and the prisoners in the rear and Chief Dodd, of the Pennsylvania Railroad police force in the front seat came from the Federal Street Ferry. E.S. Fry, the hotel proprietor who caught the Ashbridges, was also in the car.
Ashbridge and his wife were instantly recognized. The news spread like wildfire and was passed along the route of the machine to police headquarters.
Thinking that the prisoners would be brought to the Prosecutors office, a battery of newspapermen and photographers were camped on the Court House plaza. When someone cried in bellowed tones “There they go,” the scribes and photographers started in hot pursuit behind the automobile.
The officers upon reaching the City Hall had to fight their way through the dense crowd which had gathered outside Police Headquarters. Many stood tiptoed to get a good glance at the prisoners who were abashed at their predicament.
Pulling her black straw hat over her face, Mrs. Ashbridge leaned on her husband’s arm. To hide his face the murderer pulled the Panama hat, which he had secured from Thompson, over his countenance.
Preliminary questioning was done by Captain A.L. James, after which the officers and prisoners were escorted upstairs to the office of Chief Gravenor.
Still clenching the stump of a cheap cigarette in the corner of his mouth, Ashbridge had a pitiful look on his face. He was much thinner than he was when he was arrested for the murder of the Dunbar girl. On his upper lip was a small mustache, which he raised during the last week.
His beautiful and baby-like eyes still retained their piercing stare. The murderer looked wild-eyed at persons in the room. He seemed to take delight in singling out persons in the room and “staring them out.” None seemed courageous enough to return Ashbridge’s strange stare. He looked distressed but the only betraying sign of nervousness was his incessant twitching of his fingers. Seated on the couch in the chief’s room, Ashbridge talked freely.
His wife dried away the tears as they trickled down her reddened face but after regaining her composure she seemed quite calm. She intently watched Captain Schregler and Detective Hunt as they searched through her husband’s clothes.
When the trip for the Court House was being arranged the two prisoners, still handcuffed together, walked in the outer room of the chief’s office. It was then that the wife broke down slightly. She choked back a sob and leaned her head on her husband’s shoulder. Ashbridge did likewise and patted her on the back, at the same time, saying something in a suppressed tone of voice. The only persons in the room at the time were Assistant Chief Hyde and a Post-Telegram reporter. Neither was able to catch the words uttered. Captain Schregler, Chief Gravenor, and Detective Hunt later entered the room and the start for the Court House was made.
The crowd below which was camped about the entrance to the building awaited with patient expectancy, when the news was spread that the prisoners were leaving the building.
Camera men took their positions, ready to snap the couple, but the Ashbridges fooled them. Before the door leading to the street was opened Ashbridge drew his wife to him and with their free hands pulled their hats over their faces, thus eluding the photographers, who resorted to every means to secure a photograph.
Once inside the automobile the prisoners seemed content until the Court House was reached when another large crowd was on hand to greet them. Both repeated the trick of hiding their faces.
After Ashbridge was taken to his cell his wife was ordered taken to the detention department in the City Hall. Captain Schregler and Detective Hunt half-carrying the sobbing and broken-hearted woman, who has aroused some sympathy for her courageousness in taking such a desperate chance for the man she loved, the father of her children and a cruel murderer.
“What other woman would do as much as she has for her husband,” was the query advanced by one of the spectators in the Court House corridor as Mrs. Ashbridge passed through on her way to the waiting automobile.
Democrats Demand 7 Streets Be Fixed
Camden Courier-Post —
12th Ward Club Sends Request to Hartmann; Suggests WPA Project
The Twelfth Ward Democratic Club has requested City Commissioner Frank J. Hartmann, Jr., to repair seven streets in the first precinct of the ward.
Recommendations for the fixing of the highways were made by Bernard J. Tracy, Democratic county committeeman of the ward, and unanimously adopted by the club, according to William A. Miller, secretary. The club meets at 2716 Federal street.
Commissioner Hartmann said he will give the request immediate consideration and will make a personal inspection of the streets. “Not only will I look at those streets,” said Hartmann, “but I will make an inspection of others in the immediate vicinity, and then will see what can be worked out. I am just as anxious as anybody to have the streets in first class condition, and we will see if some plane [sic] cannot be worked out looking toward improvement.”
The streets are Boyd to Baird boulevard, Morse to Baird boulevard; Twentieth street, north of Federal to Cooper street; Twentieth street, south to Carman street; Carman from Nineteenth street to Morse; Berwick from Morse to Marlton avenue; Cooper from Twentieth to East State street; also an alley in the rear of houses of Federal street and rear of homes on Cooper street, running between Twentieth street and East State street.
Tracy attached a letter in which he suggested the work as a WPA project.
The streets at present, Tracy pointed out, are in such a bad state of repair that residents have in many cases begun looking for homes in other parts of the city.
“It has been so long since anything of any great importance in the line of improvement has been done for the lower section of the ward,” said Tracy, “that the oldest resident of that section does not recall.”
“Occupants of the houses on streets which we seek to have repaired,” continued Tracy, “find it unbearable to sit at their windows or on porches owing to the fact that they are compelled to eat the dust that flies through the streets from passing automobiles. Housewives can continually dust and redust their furniture and in a few minutes can write their names on their furniture.”
When I first lived on Cooper Street it was 2 blocks long and unpaved. It was covered with black slag. At the end of the street there began a huge empty lot of many acres that had pure yellow sand just like an ocean beach. Nowhere else in the area was there anything like it. It was bounded by 19th Street, Federal Street, the railroad and the Haddon Bindery.
The Haddon Bindery is memorable for two reasons. One is that it supplied me with broken wooden skids which we used for heat and cooking. And the linotypists would give us kids lead slugs which we converted into lead soldiers. Just beyond the Haddon Bindery was the Mumsey Candy Factory which was always good for a handout.
I enjoyed reading [on www.dvrbs.com] about Warren Buck. For years I thought perhaps he was a figment of my imagination since no one else seems to have heard of him.
I grew up on little Cooper Street just a few blocks from Buck’s menagerie. I never heard of Stockton Park. We merely crossed Federal Street at 19th to what was referred to in my neighborhood as Hell’s Half Acre, namely Carman Street and environs. Then about a half mile up a dirt road to where only two large houses stood. One was the Fitzpatrick house and the other was Warren Buck’s. Like most people I thought he was Frank Buck’s brother. It was great to see the animals—gorillas, pythons, and everything in between. Spreading rumors to the women of the neighborhood that this or that animal had escaped was great sport.
A little further up the road was the swamp and city dump. Beyond that was the world’s first Drive-In Movie. We would stop at the swamp and cut cattails to take to the movie where we would light them to keep the mosquitoes away. Since we kids couldn’t afford to go in we would sit out on a small rise that gave us a perfect view of the screen. Sound was no problem since they had large loud speakers mounted on poles around the periphery, in-car speakers had yet to be invented. Also, I remember a Dog Race Track at Airport Circle that no one else seems to recall.
Thinking back to the 30’s there were horses in the neighborhood every day. The milkman, breadman, iceman, the ragmen collecting junk, even at times coal was delivered this way. There was even a miniature circus wagon pulled by a pony from which the guy sold waffles made on a gasoline stove on board. I can’t remember ever having a nickel to buy one but we kids enjoyed seeing them all the same. As each horse drove through we kids would run all over and pull grass to feed them.
I don’t know anyone who grew up in East Camden that doesn’t have fond memories of those times.
— Tom Agin
I attended St. Joseph’s. My brothers attended Dudley School, as did my playmates. They often spoke of their teachers. One in particular was a Miss Little. If I am correct Miss Little taught 6th grade at the time. She taught them a song called, “When I Grow Too Old To Dream, (I’ll have you to remember).” My friend sang the song to me so much. I loved it. The reason I mention it is; she is the one who learned it but I was the one who loved and always remembered it, along with Miss Little whom I never knew.
I guess one of my earliest recollections is walking to school and crossing 21st and Federal Street. Right on the corner we kids would stop and look in as the Blacksmith worked on the horse’s shoes. I can still see the man’s helmet which came down over his eyes to protect them from the flying sparks as he worked on the horses’ shoes. I never knew the name of the place.
I walked past The Black Cat Diner, Bill Grahams Tap Room, then a little candy store came next which sat on the corner. This is 21st. Across the small street on the corner sat the blacksmith. 21st did not run on the south side of Federal Street. On the other side of Federal Street across from the blacksmith sat Penn Jersey Auto Store, later a Pep Boys, which sat on the point, as Marlton Pike came in there.
I went to school with and lived next door to Cass Hanley. If two little girls were to roam today the way Cass and I did then — we would not be here to tell about it and I might add we love most of our memories.
Next door to Cass lived Mr. and Mrs. MacIntosh. Cass & I went to Mr. MacIntosh’s funeral. We always remembered it as it was a military honor. They gave him a 21 gun salute.
I would be remiss to share the pictures of the corner house which is 2024 Cooper Street without paying tribute to the “one person” who left its memory a shrine within the hearts of her children. Our beloved mother, Dorothy Agin. During the Depression, most of the homes on the “other” Cooper Street were owned by a Mrs. Brock. She was a very kind and compassionate lady. My father, Tom Agin, was a “Jack-of-all-trades.” Mrs. Brock engaged him to attend to the maintenance of her properties. In time she sold them to Mrs. Yost.
Of course tenants changed frequently. More than likely everyone rented. A few houses had inside bathrooms. Most had outhouses. Also there were no furnaces in the cellars. Most had electric. We, along with a few others, did not. In the winter time the stove was on which made cooking ready to prepare. In the summer the fire had to be made. First the paper—then the wood. Wow!
The “world came to an end” for us, when in 1940 we were evicted. We then moved to 624 Carman Street, right off of Broadway, not far from the City Hall. My mothers failing health and difficult life ended in May, 1941. Our life as a family had come to a close.
— Harriet Lynne Agin Stuhltrager
East Camden’s Cooper Street about 1933
| House | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The Olsen Family | Many others through the years |
| 2000 | George B. & Laura Ware | Children Bob, Dorothy & Lorraine |
| 2002 | Sam & Minnie Wishnaff | Josephine |
| 2004 | Edward S. & Nellie Harding | |
| 2006 | Norman & Agnes Stinger | Children Agnes, Norman, Myrtle & Pearl |
| 2008 | Ray Lentz | Two little boys |
| 2010 | Lou & Catherine Simpson | Children Ruth & Louie; Catherine’s mother, everyone called her Aunt Annie. She baked pies & took them down to the Haddon Press & sold them. |
| 2012 | William B. & Pearl C. Read | Children Katie (married) and Bill |
| 2014 | Mr. & Mrs. Owens | Son Johnny. He had the greatest bicycle ever, Black & Silver. |
| 2016 | Albert S. & Viola A. Ruebeck | |
| 2018 | Anna Miller & her mother | |
| 2020 | Herb & Molly MacIntosh | Veteran of World War I, Assembler at a radio factory in 1930. |
| 2022 | George & Bertha Hanley | Daughters Anita & Catherine “Cass” |
| 2024 | Tom & Dorothy Agin | Children Tom Jr., Harriet, Arthur, & Floyd |
East Camden’s Cooper Street in 1947
| House | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Samuel R. & Elsie Sailer | |
| 2000 | George B. Ware | 1959 — George V. Ware, Paperhanger |
| 2002 | Mrs. Minnie Wishnaff | Widow of Samuel Wishnaff |
| 2004 | Edward S. & Nellie Harding | Wool Washer |
| 2006 | Mrs. Bessie A. Hans | Widow of Albert Hans |
| James Hans | Packer | |
| 2008 | John J. & Anna Greenwich | Employed at J. Eavenson & Sons |
| Betty Greenwich | Employed at J. Eavenson & Sons | |
| Catherine M. Greenwich | Employed at J. Eavenson & Sons | |
| 2010 | John T. & Frances Smith | |
| 2012 | William B. & Pearl C. Read | Operator at East End Laundry |
| 2014 | Antonio & Margaret Derago | Trackman for the Pennsylvania Railroad |
| Robert Derago | ||
| 2016 | Albert S. & Viola A. Ruebeck | |
| 2018 | James & Mary Elward | |
| 2020 | John & Helen Lemayski | Mr. & Mrs. Lemayski had three sons, John, Robert, and Stan. Robert & Stan Lemayski both were career Camden Police officers, as was a cousin, Richard Pierznik. Son John Lemayski retired from Riverview Towers on Mickle Boulevard. |
| 2022 | George & Bertha Hanley | Watchman |
| Anita Hanley | Telephone Operator | |
| Estella Hanley | Telephone Operator | |
| 2024 | Theo T. & Margaret Stone |
Only George Ware was still on the block in 1959, according to the 1959 New Jersey Bell Telephone Directory. Of course it must be noted that not everyone may have had a telephone.
Little Cooper Street: Hard to believe anyone could be nostalgic about a place like that. But it was a helluva lot cleaner and in better repair at the height of the depression, this in spite of the fact that 90% of the residents were on relief. And there were only about two old cars in the whole neighborhood. One was an old Packard, the other a Willys-Overland.
The corner house with the bay windows is 2024. That was my abode from about 1932 to 1940. 2022 housed the Hanley family. Then came the MacIntosh’s. All the houses on Cooper Street had outdoor privies and no central heating. Heat usually came from pot bellied stoves. Although a few people had gas ranges most did their cooking on wood stoves. These were not fun for the boys who had to find and chop the wood nor the women who did the cooking on 100 degree days in July and August. Not all the houses had electricity including mine. Light was by oil lamp.
These were known as the good old days.
The triangular lot across the street was the site of a large two story house that housed the Ryan family until it was condemned and torn down about 1945.
The other end of the street, on the one side had a large vacant lot and a large frame house. That lot was always vacant. At times during the summer groups from the WPA used to set up a screen and projector and show films, mostly cartoons and short subjects.
The other side of the street at that point had about 12 row houses, only two of which I remember being occupied, the first was the Wallace house and the third housed the Finch boys, a couple of middle aged bachelors with nothing to do but sit on the front step and drink. The remaining ten houses were vacant. About 1936 they all were condemned and razed.
— Tom Agin, December 18, 2004
I can’t help smiling…
Tom Agin
I can’t help smiling when I read such tales of woe as “Heating with Coal.” Did everyone but me have central heating back in the 30’s?
Although it must have been fun to be able to spy on those downstairs through the ceiling grates, it must have been wonderful to feel the warm air rising into your freezing bedroom on a cold winters night. Most houses with central heating, which you didn’t use in the summer, came equipped with a gas range for cooking and most houses with gas had a water heater. Central heat via a furnace also meant the ability to pay for coal by the ton which few if any on little Cooper Street could even dream of.
Life on the other side of the tracks:
Coal was a luxury to be bought only when it was absolutely necessary and then only in 50 lb bags. Blue coal or pea or nut or even coke, it didn’t matter on any particular day, except which happened to be cheapest.
I would take my little wagon up to the Pavonia Ice and Coal Co. at 23rd and Howell Streets when we had the money and struggle with a bag I could hardly lift then haul it back home and try to carry it into the house. This was our secondary source of coal. At other times, which I hated, I would be ordered to take a bucket and walk the railroad tracks to find coal that had fallen off coal cars. This also meant playing hide and seek with the railroad police, who were not the friendliest people in the world. At that age it didn’t dawn on me that they were looking out for my safety as well as protecting railroad property.
My route for coal scavenging usually ranged from behind the Haddon Press down to behind Dimedio Lime, Dubell Lumber and Concrete Steel Co. On a bad day I would have to continue all the way beyond Warren Webster’s to the Standard Oil place at Federal Street and River Road to fill my bucket after which it was a heavy trip back to Cooper Street.
Our heating system at home consisted of a large wood/coal cooking range in the kitchen which was jet black and had shiny nickel plated parts hanging on it. I also had the job of polishing this stove which was done while it was very hot using a liquid consisting of an oil and carbon black dispersion. You rubbed this on with a cloth and it smoked like a volcano and you continued rubbing until it was dry and shiny black, and so were you.
This stove was used for cooking and heating water. There was only one faucet in the house and it was ice cold water. This is why in those days there was a Saturday bath, you didn’t shower a couple times a day even if you wanted to. There was no hot water and no shower. Bathing was done in the galvanized laundry tub. During the week you washed your face and hands.
Picture a woman’s life during this period:
Throughout the hottest time of the year she always needed a fire. To cook, to have water for the wash and to heat the iron for ironing. The wash was done on a wash board which most women today have seen only in museums. It was backbreaking labor…and let’s not forget my sister’s hair which also required a fire. With no electricity how else do you heat a curling iron?
There were two kinds of curling irons I remember my mother using. One was called a Marcelle Iron and this made waves. The other was a curling iron much like those used today, except that they weren’t heated with electricity. Then how were they heated?? Glad you asked.
The irons were held in the fire until they were hot. Then they were taken out and closed on a piece of paper, preferably a brown paper bag. This would smoke, turn black and sometimes erupt into flame. You would continue testing it until it no longer discolored the paper. At this point you would then proceed to put the hair in and roll it up as you do today. After a few minutes you would unroll it and hope the hair didn’t stay with the iron. Sound like fun?? I have a curling iron for you to try, if you are so inclined.
Ironing clothes on a 100 degree day was not fun either. Or any other day for that matter.
During the summer months we used wood which meant you could allow the fire to go out when it wasn’t needed. The wood was usually scavenged by me from old shipping skids. These could be obtained from the Haddon Press and a few other businesses by hook or crook. Usually the latter. Many commodities in those days were shipped in wooden barrels. These were usually made of gum wood which was difficult to chop. The ax jumped back at you as if it had hit a block of rubber.
Women today say they are overworked because one day a week they may have to DRIVE Johnny to Little League.
That takes care of the kitchen.
There was a pot bellied stove in the parlor which was seldom used at all. Parlors were generally used for special visitors or which happened, it seems, all too often in those days, wakes.
Next comes the pot bellied stove in the dining room which was where we lived. This room served as living room, dining room and family room. This stove was our primary source of warmth throughout the winter months. This stove was not large but it kept the room comfortable.
What about the bedrooms? There was zero heat except what your body generated and the quilts managed to hold next to you. The kitchen stove didn’t help because the kitchen was a separate room attached to the rear of the house.
As mentioned before the parlor stove wasn’t used for general heating. Because of the size and limited utility of the dining room stove there was no ceiling grate to allow heat to rise to the upstairs…which would result in cooling the down stairs.
I remember one occasion where I didn’t think it was warm enough and being home alone I proceeded to remedy that situation. I filled the dining room stove with coke, which was all we had on hand that day. Then I opened the damper all the way which I had seen my father do. In a short period of time the pot belly was glowing red. Soon after the stove pipe started to get red and the red rose higher and higher and I became more and more scared not knowing what to do about it.
The red was within three feet of the ceiling when my father walked in the door. In a short time he had the stove under control. As the stove returned to its normal black my bottom became redder and redder. I had doubts I would ever sit again.
This is the way life went on in the good old days…and they really were the good old days. Ask anyone who grew up during that period. You may get a different answer if you ask those who were unemployed adults during this time. It’s all in your perspective.
— Tom Agin, December 18, 2004
Elks Install Stewart as New Ruler Tonight
Camden Courier-Post —
With two Assemblymen taking the highest stations, Camden Lodge of Elks will tonight install recently elected officers at the home, Seventh and Cooper streets. The ceremony will be presided over by Past Exalted Ruler James H. Long.
Roy R. Stewart, thrice elected to the Assembly, will become the lodge’s exalted ruler, while Assemblyman William B. Knight will take the esteemed leading knight’s station, the next in line for the higher office.
Other officers to be installed include: William Hopkins Iszard, a former Assemblyman, esteemed loyal knight; William F. Lehman, esteemed lecturing knight; Albert Austermuhl, secretary; Homer F. Lotier, treasurer; Samuel A. Kilpatrick, tyler; George Fisher, trustee; Rud Preisendanz, representative to grand lodge; William L. Sauerhoff, alternate; Preisendanz, delegate to state association.
A social session will follow the installation.
Building Boom in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer —
The building boom has extended to Camden. A large number of houses are being removed in the neighborhood of the site for the new Kaighn’s avenue depot. Roberts & Kuhn, contractors, are tearing down twelve brick buildings at Locust and Mechanic streets, and two frame houses on Knight street, north of Kaighn’s avenue. At the northeast corner of Front and Chestnut streets they are building ten two-story brick dwellings and nine three-story on Stevens street, above Broadway. The German Catholic Church at St. John and Spruce streets is under contract. P. McDonald has the contract for the stone work. The Keystone Chemical Company are making four additions to their works on Viola street. George Hall is building two three-story houses at Nos. 501 and 503 Benson street.
James Cox has just begun six two-story brick houses on Cox street, below Second.
William Key, of Philadelphia, has commenced a brick stable two-stories in height, 18x40 feet at 509 Berkley street.
Charles Camduff will build on the Peacock estate at Berlin.
Frank Shaw will erect a hotel at Cramer’s Hill. The building will be located at the corner of Mt. Pleasant street and Cooper
2000 Block of Cooper Street — Occupants
City directory records and historical residents of the 2000 block of Cooper Street (East Camden), Camden, NJ. Built by 1887. This short street runs between North 19th and East State Street.
2000 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1933–1959 | George Ware & Family — George B. & Laura Ware, George V. Ware | 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
2002 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Sam & Minnie Wishnaff |
| 1947 | Mrs. Minnie Wishnaff & Edward Kavlick |
| 1947 | Edward Kavlick |
| 1905–1906 | William J. Hurlock & Family |
| 1905–1906 | William J. & Alice A. Bogart Hurlock |
| 1905–1906 | William Rexford Hurlock |
2004 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1924 | John J. Murtaugh |
| 1933–1947 | Edward S. & Nellie Harding — wool washer |
| WWII | Private Edward F. Murtaugh |
2006 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Norman & Agnes Stinger |
| 1947 | Mrs. Bessie A. Hans & James Hans |
| WWI | Private Norman W. Wohlken |
2008 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Ray Lentz |
| 1947 | John J. & Anna Greenwich Family — Betty Greenwich, Catherine M. Greenwich (all employed at J. Eavenson & Sons) |
2010 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1894–1895 | John H. Anderson |
| 1933 | Lou & Catherine Simpson |
| 1947 | John T. & Frances Smith |
2012 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933–1947 | William B. & Pearl C. Read |
2014 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920s | John Lemmons |
| 1933 | Mr. & Mrs. Owens — Johnny Owens |
| 1947 | Antonio & Margaret Derago & Robert Derago |
| WWII | Sgt. Angelo Frank Derago |
2016 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1907–1911 | Richard Wilson & Family |
| 1907–1911 | Richard & Mary Wilson |
| 1907–1911 | Richard Wilson |
| 1907–1911 | Mary Wilson |
| 1933–1947 | Albert S. & Viola A. Ruebeck |
2018 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Anna Miller & her mother |
| 1947 | James & Mary Elward |
2020 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Herb & Molly MacIntosh |
| 1947 | John & Helen Lemayski Family — sons John, Robert, and Stan |
2022 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933–1947 | George & Bertha Hanley — daughters Anita, Catherine 'Cass', and Estella |
2024 Cooper Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1906–1910s | Melvin & Nettie Gleason — Stewart Gleason, Lester A. Gleason |
| 1930s | Tom & Dorothy Agin Family — Tom Jr., Harriet, Arthur, & Floyd Agin |
| 1947 | Theo T. & Margaret Stone |
Tom Agin and his sister Harriet Lynne Agin Stuhltrager have shared some East Camden Cooper Street memories and photos. Click here for a few notes about the “other” Cooper Street.
Sleighing in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Horsemen Across the Delaware Crowd White Horse and Mt. Ephraim Pikes
With an excellent snow and a holiday Camden county horsemen enjoyed an ideal sleighing carnival. There wasn’t a piece of a street nor a road that scraped a runner and by 3 o’clock nearly every available vehicle on runners was pressed into service and the shabby old basket affairs drawn by mules, “skates” or any old beast vied with the elaborate, shining runners of the well-to-do horse owner wrapped in furs and guided by a liveried coachman. Cooper street, Camden, which first became popular with sleighers years ago when it was as wide as Broad street, Philadelphia, and had not yet known a paving stone, was, as usual, the attraction of those who had a display of fine bred horseflesh to make. In the morning a few came out and hardened the course, and in the afternoon the thoroughfare presented one grand pageant of fleeting hoofs, to which the tinkling bells of the sleighs provided accompaniment.
The White Horse and Mt. Ephraim pikes, where there are numerous hotels where hands can be warmed and attacks of grip driven away, were the popular roads for those who demanded more variety than Cooper street afforded, and these roads were also in excellent condition. On Cooper street and on the country roads could be seen the following well-known lovers of sleighing and judges of good horse flesh: Joseph Shinn, with a bright yellow sleigh and plumes, drove Baltzimer; Eugene Ingle was behind the high-stepping Prince Arthur. William C. Dayton drove a roan cob. Dr. Kitchener brushed all competitors with a fast black mare. E. Stockham Woodward, accompanied by his wife and daughter, were drawn by the crack team, His Excellency, with a record of 2.18¼, and Fleetwood, 2.23¼, in a Bailey sleigh; Ephraim Hiers [sic] drove Van, 2.20¼; Dr. William H. Iszard held the reins over the brown gelding Logan. From South Camden came Harry Davis with the favorite Out of Sight, and Phil Burch worried him with Reader. Representing far North Camden were John Matthis, driving Harry, a fast bay; Dr. H. Robinson with his black gelding, Frank, and James Baird behind Harry, one of the best of his stables. Some others who joined the tinkling whirl before nightfall were John O. Munter with Purk, Stokes Burroughs behind Cheap John, John Clements with Uncle Sam, Dr. Gunter looking for trouble with his pride, Delaware; William H. Clements with Annie Roney, W. K. Heston with Harry Wilkes, Jack Van Sciver and his bay Smoky, Samuel Kilpatrick with Pawnee Bill, H. W. Davis behind a fast gray mare, Edward Roberts with a team of pretty bays, Chris and Lewis; Joseph Burrough with a bay mare, Asa Roberts with his sorrel Frank, and Dr. A. H. Lippincott behind Bob.
The country roads were better than horsemen have seen them for years because there were no drifts. Friend passed friend on the road with surprise that they should have driven so far from home. Men from Mt. Holly exchanged greetings with Camdenites in the vicinity of Merchantville and Main street. Moorestown was the course for some interesting trial heats between horsemen from all directions. Among them were noticed William Pancoast, of Merchantville, driving Sante Fe; Charles Coles, Moorestown, with a team of bays; Morgan Butterworth behind a gray mare, Morgan Hatch, Delair, with a pair of bays; Benjamin Zelly, Mt. Holly, behind Ella Free; Frank Haines, of Rancocas, with William Sanders and mate. Among the turnouts, probably the most interesting was that of Joseph Burrough, of Merchantville, who drove a pair to a sleigh which is more than one hundred years old. On the front of the vehicle is painted its history and the names of those who have owned it. Another sleigh said to have been built in the eighteenth century was driven by Joseph Hinchman, of Merchantville.
Baird Holds a Christmas Party
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Politicians Gather in Force at the State Assessor’s Annual Reception.
Camden, Dec. 27.—David Baird, State Assessor and Republican leader of South Jersey, following his annual custom, held a Christmas reception Christmas morning at his handsome home in Cooper Street, Camden. Prominent politicians, citizens and persons in all walks of life to the number of 500 greeted Mr. Baird.
Among those who mingled with the guests of the State Assessor were ex-Governor Stokes, Congressman Loudenslager, William J. Browning, chief clerk of the House of Representatives; former State Senator Samuel K. Robbins, now clerk of the Court of Chancery; Senators Bradley of Camden and Lewis of Burlington Counties; Assemblymen Tatem, DeUnger and Whyte of Camden, and White and Pino of Burlington County; State Railroad Director Joshua E. Borton of Burlington County; Robert C. Hutchinson, member of the State Committee from Burlington County; State Comptroller Henry J. West, ex-State Comptroller J. Willard Morgan; John J. Burleigh, vice-president of the Public Service Corporation; Circuit Court Judge Frank F. [sic] Lloyd, Isaac Moffett, Collector of Internal Revenue; Judge Joline of the Camden County courts; Judge Jones of the Camden District Court; Judge Horner of the Burlington County Courts; Major W. Powell, United States Marine Corps; Mayor Ellis of Camden; Mayor Lincoln of Gloucester City; Mayor Collings of Collingswood, and all the Camden county and city officials.
Over the River
Philadelphia Inquirer —
DECORATION DAY.—Yesterday was a semi holiday in Camden in consequence of its being Decoration day. Nearly all public places of business were closed in the afternoon. The banks did not open their doors, and the steam boats and numerous dwellings were gaily decorated with flags. At two o’clock, according to the programme, a procession was formed at Fifth and Arch streets, which moved in the following order: Sixth Regiment Band, with Companies C and D of the regiment; members of Post No. 5; drum corps, also cadet corps of Post No. 5, in command of Captain George Hutchinson; T. M. K. Lee Post, G. A. R., under command of William H. Shearman. The chief marshals were Colonel Joseph C. Nicholls and aids, Joseph McCallister, William D. Middleton, Francis Saunders and Frederick Shill. Next came the floral car of Post No. 5, beautifully arranged and loaded with flowers. A large one, drawn by eight horses, contained the [?] of the Auxiliary Committee of Posts 5 and 37; the Juvenile Welsh Drum Corps of Post 37; the floral wagon of Post No. 37; then came wagons of the two posts containing soldiers’ orphans, wagons with cisterns of ice water for those in line, barouches containing city officials, &c., a piece of artillery and other vehicles. At 2:30 the procession started, and passed over the route already published. At the cemeteries about 175 graves were strewn with flowers and evergreens in the presence of a large concourse of people. This duty performed, the procession reformed and marched back to the Court House yard, where the closing ceremonies were had. “Cover them over with beautiful flowers” was sung by a number of excellent voices, with organ accompaniment. Rev. J. B. Graw delivered an impressive and appropriate address. Several other patriotic pieces were sung, and the services closed. An entertainment was afterward given by Post 5 in the Market House. The weather was fair, and the occasion passed without accident.
DIED FROM HIS INJURIES.—About twelve o’clock on yesterday Lewis Werts, aged twenty years, who had his leg crushed by a locomotive, at Fourth street and Bridge avenue, on Saturday afternoon week, died from the effects of his injuries, lockjaw having set in. He lost an arm six months ago by a rail road accident.
RUNAWAY HORSE.—Yesterday morning a horse became frightened on Federal, near Broadway, and dashed down the street with furious speed. A young man named Davis, at Third and Federal, sprang into the wagon, and, seizing the reins, succeeded in stopping the animal before any damage was sustained.
SERIOUS FALL.—A young lad, son of Abraham Anderson, who resides on Cooper street, near Camden while playing yesterday, accidentally fell from a fence, and broke his leg near the knee.
RAILROAD SMASH.—About four o’clock yesterday a train of cars struck a wagon at Seventh and Sycamore streets, demolishing the vehicle, but, fortunately, no one was injured.
COMMITTED.—Justice Cassady yesterday committed James McCulley, Lemuel Ridell and Charles Wilson, for being quarrelsome and disorderly.
2 Girls, Youth Held in Probe of Fatal Card Game Holdup
Camden Courier-Post —
Arrests in Delair and Here Follow 14-Day Hunt for Dum-Dum Bandit
Two girls and a man are held incommunicado by the Camden city and county police, pending an official examination of the brain of Angelos Malagas, a restaurant cook. Malagas died in the Cooper Hospital on Sunday, 13 days after he had been the victim of a holdup and alleged assault.
Malagas was one of the victims held up in a card game at 725 Penn street on January 11 and died after making a valiant fight for life.
The three prisoners are Luigi Tortu, 21, of 426 Line street, Camden; Pearl Wills, 18, of 7900 Day street, Delair, and Evelyn Buffa, 18, of 810 Florence street, Camden. Tortu was arrested yesterday in Delair as he was keeping a “date” with the Wills girl. He was seized by Detectives Harry Kyler and Thomas Murphy, of the city detective bureau, and James Mulligan of the county staff.
Second Girl Arrested
The Wills girl also was arrested and after the pair were questioned the sleuths came to Camden where they picked up Miss Buffa.
None of the detectives last night would give an inkling as to the reason for holding the prisoners “on ice,” or if any charges would be preferred against them.
Meanwhile Coroner Franklin P. Jackson III refused to give a certificate of death until the chemical test of Malagas’ brain is made by Philadelphia experts. Dr. David S. Rhone, county physician, sent the organ away yesterday, after Dr. Rhone had performed an autopsy. Dr. Rhone refused to disclose result of the post-mortem at this time.
Malagas’ funeral will be held from his home, 1110 Langham avenue, at 3 p.m. tomorrow, and from the Schroeder home, 715 Cooper street. Burial will be in Locustwood Memorial Park.
Hunted for 13 Days
Thirteen days’ hunt for Tortu came to a climax yesterday when the detectives learned that the young man was calling frequently on the Wills girl at her home. Armed with this information they went to Delair, posted themselves in the vicinity of the Wills’ home and waited for their quarry.
They were there a short time when Tortu appeared and was arrested immediately. The Wills girl and her friend, Miss Buffa, are said to be held as material witnesses, but the detectives refused last night to tell where they were detained.
Two men were identified with the holdup, according to the victims’ story told to the police. A search by the police of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware for the fugitive, who is believed to have severed Malagas’ arm with a “dum dum bullet” has been in progress since the crime was committed.
Also wounded in the holdup was Ross Pandeladia, 37, owner of a restaurant at 6846 Market street, Philadelphia.
Police do not have the identity of the bandit who accompanied Malagas’ assailant. The fugitive suffered a beating about the head with the pistol which was said to have been used on Malagas. Police recovered the weapon at the holdup scene.
The occupant of the place, Samuel Ermlios told police he had merely invited friends to the house for a friendly game, and that when the bandits entered shortly after midnight he and his guests were ordered to line up against the wall and throw their money on the table. More than $600 was taken.
As one of the bandits reached for the money the players struck him over the head with a chair and a struggle for the weapon ensued. The pistol was discharged during the struggle.
Eight material witnesses arrested after the holdup will be recalled to the office of Prosecutor Samuel P. Orlando and re-examined. They are Pandeladia, George Summers, 46, of 2592 Baird avenue; Samuel Bosco, proprietor of a Broadway barber shop; George Caras, 45, of 581 Mickle street; Michael Dandrea, 47, of 1667 Norris street; George Matros, and his wife, Annie, living at the Penn street address, and Mrs. Ermlios.
Tortu was arrested late in December, 1937, when detectives took four suspects whom the police sought to identify with various holdups committed in South Jersey during the latter part of last year.
Tortu then gave his address as 426 Line street. Arrested at the same time was a girl who said she was Evelyn Buffalo, and who gave the address, 322 Penn street, as her home. It was at the Penn street house that the suspects were arrested.
Others captured at the time were Frank Luggi, 21, 322 Penn street; Nicholas Dandrea, 27, of 529 Line street, and Frederick Gasperone, who gave a false address when he was booked.
Justice of the Peace George Wilkinson, of Stratford, held Luggi, Gasperone and Dandrea for the grand jury, on the charge of breaking into the garage of Albert Weston at Stratford on Thanksgiving. Tortu was discharged.
Life Size Portrait of Lord Camden Is Presented to City
Camden Courier-Post —
Gift of Robert Stecker Received by Mayor in Laudatory Address
Ceremonies at Store
A life size oil painting of Lord Camden was presented to the City of Camden today by Robert D. Stecker, head of the local department store bearing his name. The painting was officially accepted by Mayor Winfield S. Price, and will be hung in City Hall.
The presentation took place before a crowd of several hundred persons, including representatives of the city and county. The presentation address was made by Samuel Hammer, secretary of the Stecker organization, who spoke for Mr. Stecker, who was unable to attend.
The spectators gathered at the foot of the stairway on the first floor. The veiled painting hung under a canopy of draperies on the first landing. On each side of the painting stood a pretty girl, Miss Celesta Powers and Miss Dorothy Phillips. Directly in front of the painting stood little Miss Dorothy Jean O’Brien, 5-year-old daughter of Thomas O’Brien, superintendent of the store and advertising manager.
A choir of 50 trained voices, led by Mrs. Marion Powers, opened the exercises with the singing of “America.”
Loyal D. Odhner, secretary of the Camden Chamber of Commerce, paid tribute to the civic pride of the members of the Stecker organization and told of the progress that would be made in Camden during 1928.
Predicts Great Year.
“This year will mean a great deal to Camden,” Mr. Odhner said. “It will be the greatest year in the history of our city. Just look at the actual and contemplated activities for Camden which have been announced or started during the past few months.
“A cold storage plant, which will be a $3,000,000 project; announcement by the Victor Company that 1928 is to be the biggest year in its history; $13,000,000 power plant at Pennsgrove; our shipbuilding program which, if it goes through, means a $100,000,000 project for this city; commencement of Campbell’s Soup Company additions, meaning the spending of millions; announcement for the plans of a new $15,000,000 highway from Camden to Atlantic City; commencement of activities on the $2,000,000 marine terminal project; continuation of the $2,000,000 county park program; announcement that the proposed Galen building is financed and work will be started this year; the Tacony-Palmyra bridge; vocational school.
“Then there are the two new bank buildings, the Camden Safe Deposit and Trust Company, and the First Camden National Bank and Trust Company; the apartment hotel, Fifth and Cooper streets; a proposed new theatre, high speed lines across the bridge, the $400,000 post office appropriation for a new building, a new proposed 13-story apartment house, a $2,000,000 sewage disposal plant in Camden, the dredging of the Delaware river on the Camden side, and the new court house annex.
“I could stand here and enumerate other big projects but I merely want to point out to you some of the big things in store for Camden.”
Mayor Accepts Gift
Mr. Odhner then introduced Mr. Hammer, who in turn introduced Mayor Price and officially presented him with the painting. In a short address Mayor Price accepted the gift and lauded the civic spirit of Mr. Stecker.
“There is nothing impossible for Camden,” Mayor Price said. “We could tear down all our buildings here and then pitch right in and build a bigger and better city. We, the residents of Camden, have that unconquerable spirit to do things. This beautiful painting will be placed in the old city hall. I hope we will soon have the money for a new city hall where his painting may hang.”
Then little Dorothy O’Brien pulled a silken cord and the covering on the big painting, revealing the work of Raphael Senseman, 719 Stokes avenue, Collingswood, illustrator and painter.
The chorus then sang the “Star Spangled Banner,” and the presentation exercises had been concluded. Among the guests were the following: Surrogate George Whyte, Register of Deeds Joshua Haines, and County Clerk Charles Wise, who represented Camden county; Mayor Price, City Commissioner T. Yorke Smith and City Clerk William Brown, who represented the city; Rev. Father Thomas J. Whelan, of the Church of the Holy Name; James V. Moran, of the Hurley Store, and Clarence Munger, who formerly operated the Stecker store when it was known as Munger and Long.
Three Veteran Cops Will Go on Pension as Old Year Fades
Camden Courier-Post —
Painter, James and Stanger to End Long Service in City Employ
ONE ON JOB 49 YEARS
To Get Pension
CAPT. A. LINCOLN JAMES
Whose application for pension was granted yesterday, to become effective Dec. 30. On that date, Capt. James, who is 69, will have served 40 years, nine months and 18 days in the Camden police department. He resides at 922 Cooper street.
Three veterans of the Camden police department yesterday were granted pensions by the Police and Fire Pension Fund Committee. A widow of another who died recently, also received approval of an application.
Those who applied were Captain A. Lincoln James, attached to police headquarters; Detective John Painter, Camden’s “oldest cop,” and Detective Thomas M. Stanger.
All three will be placed on the retirement list Dec. 30 next. Capt. James will receive $130.66 a month, while the two detectives will each be paid $92.50 monthly pension.
Detective Painter, who is 76 years old, lacks only six months of a half century of service to the city of Camden, having been appointed to the police department in June of 1883. He has been attached to the city detective bureau and, according to his superiors, has been “faithful and efficient.” He figured in a number of widely publicized murder cases.
When he applied for pension Painter stated he took great pride in the fact that during his nearly 50-year service he has never once been “on the carpet.” He gave as his reason for retirement that he has not been feeling well for several months. He resides at 1242 Princess avenue.
Captain James, who is 69 and resides at 922 Cooper street, was appointed to the force March 12, 1892. He gave no reason for his wish to retire.
Stanger, who is 70 and resides with a daughter at Collingswood, has been on the force for nearly 25 years. He is in charge of the Bertillon records at the city detective bureau, having been official “photographer” and finger-printer in many spectacular cases.
Mrs. Rose Caputi, of 1263 Park boulevard, widow of Detective Joseph Caputi, who died last week, applied for and was granted a widow’s pension by the police and fire group. Mrs. Caputi will receive $1000 yearly.
Stewart Joins Shay In Battle on Vice
is suspicion or evidence of vice and graft,” inasmuch as Judge Shay, in declaring the vice war voiced the belief that vice could not exist without the consent of police.
Mayor Stewart expressed the opinion that the city has “cleaned up virtually all of the ugly conditions” prevalent here in the past.
Two More Women Held
Judge Shay deferred sentences on the five disorderly house-keepers and remanded them to jail when he learned that several of them were willing to make complete statements to authorities about the white slave racket. Two more accused vice den proprietresses were arraigned yesterday and they too were sent back to jail to be further questioned. They [cut off at the crop edge]
4 Firemen Hurt Fighting Blaze in Apartments
Camden Courier —
Four Families Forced to Flee Down Fire Escape in Cooper St. Blaze
INVALID WOMAN CARRIED TO SAFETY BY RESCUERS
Flames Scorch Rubber-Coated ‘Smoke-Eaters’ on Narrow Stairs
RUSH-HOUR CROWD GAZES
Four firemen were burned, an aged invalid woman was carried to safety and four families were driven down a fire escape to the street when fire swept an apartment house at 620 Cooper street late yesterday.
The blaze started at 5.30 o’clock from unknown origin in a wardrobe in the hall on the third floor, burst through the roof, ate its way into the second floor, and spread to several apartments on the third floor. Hundreds of spectators gathered in the street to watch, and rush-hour traffic on Cooper street was blocked.
The firemen were scorched on the faces and hands by a blast of flame from the burning wardrobe, as they fought their way up the narrow, enclosed staircase to the third floor with chemical lines and hand-extinguishers, while a water line was being run up a ladder to third floor windows in the front of the building.
Driven Down Stairs
Despite the protection afforded by rubber coats and helmets, the men were driven down the well-like stairs time and again, their faces, hair and eyebrows scorched from the intense heat.
While they were fighting to get at the source of the blaze, five women, six children and two men, living in second and third floor apartments, made their way to a fire escape in the rear of the building and escaped safely to the ground.
In the meantime, smoke was pouring into open windows of the adjoining house at 622 Cooper street, used as a residence by Dr. Thomas B. Lee and as offices by four other physicians. Dr. Lee, a former member of the State Board of Health, sailed from New York this morning for a two months clinical course in Europe. He and Mrs. Lee had left their home before the fire.
Dr. Lee’s aged aunt, Mrs. Thomas Wescott, convalescing from illness, was in a third-floor room as smoke filled the building. She had to be assisted to the street by other members of the household.
Deputy Fire Chief Hurt
The injured firemen are Deputy Fire Chief Thomas Nicholas, his chauffeur, David Ellis, and Hoseman William Chambers and Leonard Magee, of Engine 2, which company, with Truck No. 1, responded to the one alarm sent in by occupants of one of the third floor apartments. All were treated for burns by Dr. David F. Bentley, Jr., at the physician’s offices next door at 622 Cooper street.
The occupants who fled down the fire escape are Mrs. Benjamin Kennedy and her two children, Mrs. Jenny Cramer and four children, Mr. and Mrs. A. Sutton, Miss Elva Lloyd, Miss Agnes Anderson and James Andrews. Many others had not returned from business, and firemen had to chop down the doors to their rooms to make certain the flames were all extinguished. That required three-quarters of an hour. Firemen estimated the damage at well over $1,000.
“If the fire had occurred in the middle of the night,” said Chief Nicholas, “there would surely have been loss of life. The narrow stairways make that type of house a very difficult one in which to fight a fire.”
Over In Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer —
City Assessor Charles Pedigree was last evening re-elected to represent the Twelfth ward in the Republican City Executive Committee.
With one-half of the capital stock of $50,000 said to be paid in, the D’Olier Engineering Company filed incorporation articles yesterday.
Barking dogs frightened off burglars who attempted to rob the saloon of James Croker, at Fourth and Jasper streets, early yesterday morning.
It is reported that Governor Voorhees will today appoint former Judge Richard T. Miller a member of the State Fish and Game Commission, to succeed Henry S. Budd, of Burlington, who recently resigned.
John L. Lattimore, of 1120 Locust street, an employe of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company, broke his leg yesterday by jumping from a car in the Bulson street yard. He was admitted to Cooper Hospital.
Attorney John L. Semple has been retained by the Italian societies of Camden to endeavor to secure a reprieve for Murderer Francisco Abbatto, until his appeal for clemency can be heard by the Board of Pardons. Abbatto is under sentence to be executed on May 10. Yesterday cards for the execution were sent out by the Sheriff.
The funeral of Howland Croft, the worsted goods manufacturer, was largely attended yesterday afternoon. Services were held at his late residence, at 204 Cooper street, and fully five thousand persons viewed the remains. Camden Lodge of Elks conducted services at the grave in Harleigh Cemetery.
New Elks Frolic Is Instant Success
Camden Courier-Post —
Colorful Revue With Snappy Features Delights Big Audience
Colorful and melodious, bearing the mark of skillful coaching and disclosing notable talent, the annual Elks’ Frolic was given its first performance last evening.
An appreciative audience applauded the various performers and their skits as the array of Camden and South Jersey talent offered their musical or humorous wares from the stage of the Elks’ auditorium, at Seventh and Cooper Streets.
Open to the public, the revue, which bears the title of “Hi-Hat,” is to be presented again this evening and tomorrow evening. Not only does the large cast bear no hint of amateurishness in the performance, but through the frolic, the public is given an opportunity to see a number of men prominent in business and professional circles in Camden turn entertainers for the evening. William H. Iszard, former assemblyman, is a member of the cast of “Hi-Hat.” So is Rud Preisendanz, exalted ruler of the Camden Elks’ Lodge and prominent businessman.
The opening act, ‘Hits and Bits,’ gives opportunity to a group of clever singers and dancers. Prominent in this act is Preisendanz as ‘master of ceremonies.’ The specialties introduce Justin McCarthy, Bill Guyer, Jannette Smith, Dorothy Ferat, Cliff Okerson, Charles Wright, Virginia Sims and Joe Hill. A dancing chorus composed of Dorothy McDonna, Bernice Hendrickson, Lillian Hill, Jannette Smith, Dot McGuire, Dot Hemphill, Catherine Hill, Lillian Starke, Francis Brahazon, Mary Hall, Bernice Hendrickson and Irma Huff, execute a series of timed dances. Miss Elsa Dorn has an important role in this and subsequent scenes.
A blackface novelty introduces Pete McGuire and Harry Toll in “The Transfer Men.”
A juvenile diversion features Kathleen Lyle and Ruth Matthiessen. It is called “We Moderns” and depicts a child’s idea of the modern flapper and her collegiate boyfriend.
A sketch dealing with one of the vital problems of the day entitled “Pre-War Scotch,” serves to introduce David Reese as a bellboy, Bill Huff and Bill Geyer are two salesmen, and Bill Davis as the proprietor of a rural hotel.
‘Modern Fairy Tales’ sung by Katherine Hill and Lillian Stark, tells the song story of fairy tales of the past compared to fairy tales of modern times. The sketches are played by Lillian Hill and Justice McCarthy.
Another playlet of the “collegiate” mode is called “The Elopers.” Special song numbers by Perrin G. Somers are interpolated in the act.
“The Musical Tourists,” a parody on the popular songs of the day, coupled in such a manner that they tell the story of the purchase of a second-hand touring car, is one of the hits of the performance. In this act are Ed Kelly, Al Durfer, Ed Preisendanz, Ben Hardy, Harry Todd, Bill Guyer and Jack Sauerhoff.
The Elks’ “Madcap Dancing Ensemble” introduces a series of clever dances by Frances Brahazon, Alberta O’Hara and Virginia Sims. In this are acrobatic, ballet, waltz, clog, buck and eccentric dancing.
The closing scene, beautifully mounted in costumes and scenery, has been given the title “Palate D’Or.” Prominent among the performers are Charles Murray, Bert Poland, Jack Sauerhoff, Ed Kelly, Bill Gravenstine, Elsa Dorn, Pete McGuire, Ed Preisendanz, Harry Todd, Al Durfer, Dave Reese, Dot McGuire, Dorothy McDonna, Irma Huff, Paul Horompf, Lillian Starke, and Rud Preisendanz. A mixed chorus of fifteen voices lends color to the scene. An augmented orchestra was under the direction of Perrin G. Somers, director of the frolic. The curtain rises promptly at 8:30.
Elimination of 20 City Blocks Urged by Housing Committee
Camden Courier-Post —
Advisory Board Suggests Razing 895 Dwellings In 2 Areas, Classified as Sub-Standard; Mayor Favors Plan For Parking Spaces
Elimination of 20 blocks of what were characterized as sub-standard properties in Camden was recommended to the city yesterday by the Camden Housing Advisory Committee.
Although it was urged that the city clear out two large areas as an economy measure, no plan was suggested whereby the city could obtain money to finance the clearance project.
The two areas that would be affected if such a proposal were carried out are as follows:
Area A: Tenth street to Twelfth street, between Market and Linden streets, embracing Linden, Penn, Lawrence and Cooper streets between Tenth and Twelfth.
Area B: Line to Stevens streets, between Second and Third streets, embracing Stevens, Benson, Washington, Berkley, Senate, Clinton, Royden, Beckett and Line streets, between Second and Third.
Made by Burnison
The recommendation was made in the office of Mayor Frederick von Nieda, by James W. Burnison, head of the housing advisory committee. Burnison termed the two areas of ten blocks each definitely sub-standard and said that the city should consider them for condemnation proceedings to effect an appreciable saving to Camden of municipal service costs.
The recommendation was made on the basis of a survey completed by the State Housing Authority. Conditions in the 20 blocks were pictured as causing an annual total loss to the city of $156,791.04. In the two areas are 895 dwellings.
It was estimated in the state survey that the city’s annual operating costs in the first area, Area A, are $95,335.30. The annual income to the city in the same area was put at $27,061.63. The annual loss to the city was fixed by the survey as $68,273.67.
Operating costs in Area B were estimated at $106,178.88 per year with an income of $17,661.51. The loss was placed at $88,517.37.
The costs were said to embrace fire protection, police protection, education, relief and health expenditures. The income is from taxes and municipal liens.
Burnison said that by tearing out the affected areas, free parking districts could be established there, bringing considerable trade and money to the city. Operating costs would be eliminated, he pointed out, and tax rates would go down generally with the removal of a costly burden.
Joseph N. Hettel, also a member of the committee, pointed out that both areas would be ripe for use as industrial sites or for a new housing project. Hettel said that if a city housing authority were established, such an agency could obtain its own bonds and be established as an independent venture, divorced from the municipal government but perhaps subsidized by the federal government.
Mayor von Nieda, expressing himself in harmony with plans for eliminating sub-standard areas, declared that he was opposed to the city’s spending any money until the city could receive assurance that the income would be as much as the loss.
The committee also considered the project on which the government is spending $3,000,000 at Westfield Acres in the construction of a low-cost housing venture. George V. Walsh, Camden district manager of the PWA housing division, said the superstructure bid of Anthony P. Miller, of Atlantic City, had been accepted.
Jobs for 500 Men
The Miller contract figure was $2,489,000. The contract has not been awarded as yet. Walsh said that foundation work would be finished Sept. 10 and that superstructure work would start Sept. 15. Completion in one year is provided by contract.
Walsh said 500 men would be employed on the superstructure work and that 800 men would be given jobs at the peak of the work. The housing plan is for three-story apartments of three, four and five rooms each. There will be 598 apartments in all, with central heating and fireproof construction. The Westfield Acres project will cover 25 acres.
Mayor von Nieda criticized the estimates of the state survey group when he said that the figures given for relief and school costs were high. These are the city’s main operating expenses, he said, and they would go on though persons living in the two areas went elsewhere.
Abe Rosenfeld, a real estate man, and James V. Moran also attended the meeting.
Ulie G. Andrews Dies; Retired Policeman
Camden Courier-Post —
Ulie G. Andrews, 82, of 405 S. 7th st., died Sunday in Cooper Hospital. He was a Camden patrolman for 23 years before retirement 20 years ago, and a member of Aerie 65, FOE.
Surviving are his widow, Lillian, and a son, Harry D., of Camden.
Services will be held Thursday at 11 a. m. in the B. C. Schroeder & Sons Funeral Home at 715 Cooper st., where friends may call Wednesday night. Burial will be in Harleigh Cemetery.
Burglars Caught at Pistol’s Point
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Alleged Notorious Robber Attempts to Pick Lock in Camden Jail
About to break into the home of Deputy Collector of the Port Harry L. Jones, 606 Cooper street, Camden, two alleged burglars, said to have country-wide reputations, were caught in the act by Policemen George Horner and Howard Smith early yesterday morning with drawn revolvers. The prisoners gave the names of Fred Lenz, 31 years old, and Henry Miller, 19 years old, both of which are believed to be aliases.
Both officers went to the rear of the Jones home, which immediately adjoins that of Edmund E. Read, president of the Board of Education, which was robbed less than a week ago. They had hardly secreted themselves in the shed when they saw the two men climb over the fence. Then, with drawn revolvers and a dark lantern, the intruders began the work of effecting an entrance. The bluecoats suddenly appeared and, placing revolvers in the faces of the burglars, ordered them to throw up their hands. So surprised were the two men that they submitted without a struggle.
When they were placed in cells at the city jail Lenz tried to escape by picking the lock. His effort was prevented by Policeman Thomas Guthridge, who had also been placed in the cell in the guise of a burglar.
Both men were committed to prison without bail by Recorder Stackhouse and their records will be looked up. Shortly before the arrest of the two an attempt was made to break into the home of Dr. Paul Mecray, Fourth and Cooper streets, but the robbers were frightened away by a coachman.
The home of J. E. Rossell, 309 North Second street, the family being away, was entered, but the intruders were frightened off.
Coroner’s Quiz Ordered In Holdup Victim’s Death
Camden Courier-Post —
Rhone Calls Inquest in Fatality Linked to Card Game Shooting,
SUSPECT NAMED IN $600 ROBBERY
A coroner’s jury will decide the cause of the death of Angelos Malagas, restaurant cook, who was shot during the holdup of a Penn street card game January 11.
County Physician David S. Rhone yesterday ordered Coroner Franklin P. Jackson, 3rd, to conduct an autopsy, and the coroner’s inquest will be held as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, Luigi Tortu, 21, of 426 Line street, one of three persons arrested Monday for questioning concerning the holdup, was released.
Coroner Jackson will confer with the prosecutor’s office today in regard to the inquest, it was learned, and an effort will be made to start the procedure at once. The last coroner’s inquest held in Camden county was in 1933, in the death of Thomas Timothy Sullivan, and previous to that none had been held in 25 years.
Choice of Jury Allowed
Under state law, the county physician may order an inquest, with 12 persons on the jury of the coroner’s choosing. The jurymen may be taken from the present panel or be picked at random. Material and police witnesses will be called to testify. The grand jury does not have to indict on the basis of the inquest.
The funeral of Malagas, father of 13 children, was to be held at 3 p.m. today at his home, 1110 Langham avenue, and at the Schroeder home, 715 Cooper street. However, Coroner Jackson said that if it is found necessary, the body will be held.
Coroner Jackson refused to give a certificate of death until the chemical test of Malagas’ brain is made by Philadelphia experts. Dr. Rhone sent the organ away Monday after performing an autopsy, and said a report may not be ready for 10 days. He refused to disclose result of the post-mortem at this time.
Assistant Prosecutor Isaac W.
Two Suspects Held in Bail of $25,000 Each
Camden Courier-Post —
10 Burglaries:
Two suspects, linked by police with 10 burglaries in the city during the last 6 weeks, were held in $25,000 bail each today by Municipal Judge Marino.
Held on one count each, pending a continuing investigation and a further hearing Tuesday, the men were identified as William J. Porter, 26, of Fern st. near 8th, and Howard James, 25, of Fogarty ave. near Federal st.
Marino commended police work in cracking the case and four detectives assigned to it, Marshall Thompson, Thomas Scarduzio, George Ellis and Russell Young.
James, a brother-in-law of Porter, was in the county jail to await grand jury action on a charge of breaking into a Cooper st. service station Dec. 11, police said, when the case broke Wednesday.
Street Attack Suspect
Porter was wanted for questioning in the stabbing of Miss Joann Green, 19, of 313 Chestnut st., Tuesday night, according to police.
Scarduzio said police searched Porter’s house Tuesday night but he could not be found. However, Scarduzio said, Ptl. Richard Brooks picked up a cash box in the house.
Wednesday, when the box was shown to Sgt. Earl Quinton, he suggested it may have been taken from the Asam Wallpaper Co., 1001 Market st., Nov. 17, according to Scarduzio. The box was later identified as the one taken from that concern, Scarduzio added.
Caught at Gun-Point
Detectives returned to the house Wednesday in an effort to pick up Porter. While Thompson and Young covered the front of the house, Scarduzio went to the back. Scarduzio said he apprehended Porter at gun-point as Porter fled from a rear door.
A search of the place by daylight turned up loot believed connected with robberies in which the two suspects are implicated, Thompson said. Included in the find were 20 new paint brushes, barber shop supplies and a letter scale.
At first, Porter denied any knowledge of breaking and entering, Thompson stated. James was brought from the jail and questioned by Thompson more than three hours. Thompson said James finally admitted the jobs and implicated Porter, who later confirmed James’ statements, Thompson said.
Thompson reported James admitted breaking into a grocery at 635 Carman st. Nov. 2 and looting a barber shop at 303 S. 3rd st. of $304 in equipment Nov. 9.
Other Victims
The two of them allegedly broke into the office of an engineering firm Nov. 7, taking a computing machine valued at $500 and took $650 in appliances from Thrifty Buyers Store, 313 Market st., Nov. 13.
The wallpaper firm was entered Nov. 17 when $712 in cash and $200 worth of postage stamps was taken. On Dec. 10, they purportedly entered Asam’s again and ransacked the second-floor offices of Camden Ink and Color Co. and Cutler Metal Co.; the Fitwell Coat Co. on the third floor, and the Wilkie W. Faust Co., next door at 1011 Market st.
Scarduzio said a warrant has been issued for Porter’s wife, Jean, charging her with assault and battery on the Green girl. The girl underwent an emergency operation Tuesday night in Cooper Hospital, after being left there by Porter, Scarduzio said.
Police also disclosed that Porter was wanted on an assault and battery warrant issued on complaint of his wife.
Supposed to be Logue’s Assailant
Camden Daily Courier —
Policemen Peters and Anderson yesterday arrested John Stratton, living in Ross’ Court, and Henry Mellon, of Point street above Cooper, on suspicion of being the two men who murderously assaulted Joseph Logue, near the city hall, Sunday night. The men were seen in the vicinity of the place where the assault occurred. Logue, who is still at the hospital, partially identified Stratton as the man who robbed him, but could not positively recognize Mellon as his other assailant. The men were committed for a hearing to-night. Logue is improving.
Cafe Case Delayed By Girl Witnesses
Camden Courier-Post —
Hearing of Lynch, Second and Cooper, Put Off Third Time in Police Court
Charged with allowing disorderly persons to congregate at his cafe, John Lynch, 32, taproom and hotel proprietor of Second and Cooper streets, again heard his case postponed in police court yesterday because several girl witnesses had failed to appear.
Thrice postponed, the Lynch hearing is now scheduled for next Thursday.
Meanwhile, Judge Lewis Liberman, who granted the postponement at the request of City Prosecutor John H. Reiners, instructed Police Lieutenant George Frost to “go out and bring these girls in—see that they are on hand for next week’s hearing.”
Lynch, who denies the charge, was represented by Anthony Marino at the hearing.
Lynch was arrested August 23 when Chief of Police Arthur Colsey launched a drive against street brawling in front of saloons and disorderly conduct in such places.
The arrest was made by Lieut. George Frost on information obtained by Patrolman John Wilkie from a 17-year-old girl, Margaret Pone. She later was sentenced to 30 days in city jail and is now serving that term.
According to Wilkie, the girl told him that she and other girls and women frequented Lynch’s place and met men there that accompanied them to hotel rooms.
Her charges that minors were sold liquor in various saloons and taprooms also brought on an investigation, now underway.
Along Memory Lane
Camden Courier-Post —
By Ben Courter
Harry Read, Camden’s leading milkman of long ago, former councilman and general all round good fellow, met Irving Buckle one day this week. They were looking over Cooper street, changing more in a week now than in a generation before the bridge came.
“Remember that sleigh ride I gave you over Cooper street 30 years ago?” inquired Read with a chuckle.
“You bet I do,” returned Buckle, former director of the Board of Freeholders and likewise a hail fellow well met in the days when fellowship really meant something. “I sure do, and I was darned near frozen!”
“But they were great old times at that,” returned Read.
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And with these “traffic islands” planted in the middle of Camden’s erstwhile bon ton thoroughfare we wonder what the shades of such worthies as Cooper B. Hatch, David B. Kaighn, Samuel Davis and others of that coterie of 30 years agone must think o’ things.
Islands in Cooper street! Gadzooks! Winters do not seem what they used to be in spite of what the weather man might say. Of course, one might not expect to hear the joyous tinkle of the sleigh bell and the impatient whinny of the trotter in a day when gas buggies have relegated them to little else save memories. Still that would not stay Borean blasts laden with “the beautiful,” certainly scarce enough now compared to the period when Cooper street seemed covered the whole winter through.
And it was under that covering of glistening whiteness that Cooper Street was converted into an improvised speedway with the boys who had the fast steppers anxious to show their paces. Himself a lover of horseflesh, “Coop” Hatch saw to it that the amateur racers had free footing, for when he was mayor just before the dawn of the century he stationed cops at the intersections so that side street traffic would not interfere.
Thus with the stage all set one might find Read with his spick and span sorrel, Nellie Macklin, or “Dave” Kaighn with his Martin K., of “Esp” Ashton, “Stock” Woodward, Hatch or a few others making ‘em step along with glistening, steel shod hoofs fairly ringing over the frozen surface.
And there was the quiet but determined urging of the fellows back of the flashing steeds while the many always interested in horses, as they now seem to be in gas engines, stood along the curb line excited as they might be at the Kentucky derby. There was plenty of quiet betting in those days, too, and argument ran high over the relative merits of the speed kings.
It was indeed a grand, a rare old sport of the times and many there are still in the flesh who recall those exciting brushes along old Cooper street, those who, likewise remember just jogging along with the one girl in the world, when the speeders were through.
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Somehow with all the luxuriousness, the comfort, the power, the convenience, the thousand and one superior points over the old fashioned horse and sleigh, there still re-echoes that tinkle of the bells that come down through the years as beautiful music. There is the gay laughter of beaux and maidens, sometimes half frozen, trying to eke out an element of warmth by poking feet beneath the straw spread over the board floor. And the occasional upsets brought shrieks of laughter, not screams of dismay as now when a speeding machine crashes into a tree or turns turtle.
Cooper street certainly can never again present that picture of sleighs and racers and the type of young bloods of that period. The “traffic islands” make it all the more certain that it can be but a memory, a memory to be cherished by the “old timers.”
Burglar Hunt at Early Hour
Camden Post-Telegram —
Policeman George Horner, the ever vigilant, shortly after 1 o’clock this morning, saw a suspicious looking character lurking around the vicinity of Fourth and Cooper streets. Policeman Horner saw him dodge into a pard [sic] at the old Hatch property, on Cooper street near Fourth. The officer was soon joined in the hunt by Policeman Lyons and Special officer Robert Miller and the three of them made a careful examination of all the premises from Fourth street to the Centenary M. E. church. They searched the side street, the yards and alleys in the vicinity, but the suspicious character had disappeared. After this they made an examination of three of the properties on Cooper street and found everything all right and nothing disturbed.
From the description furnished the same man was seen in the vicinity of Broadway and Carman street, shortly after 12 o’clock.
The Logue Assault.
Camden Post —
Stratton and Mellon on Trial in Court.
LOGUE’S STORY OF THE ATTACK
The Young Woman Tells Her Story —Damaging Evidence Against the Defendants.
In the Quarter Sessions Court yesterday afternoon the case of John F. Stratton and Henry Mellon, the two young men charged with the murderous attack upon Joseph Logue, near Starr’s crossing, Tenth and Line streets, on May 6th, was begun. Ex-Judge Wescott and Howard Carrow conducted the defense and Prosecutor Jenkins appeared for the State. In response the latter’s command for witnesses to take the benches on the right of the bar enclosure, fourteen persons arose from the audience and took seats there.
The first witness was Logue himself, who had been confined in the Cooper Hospital about ten days suffering from his injuries. He is a tall, well-built young fellow of 32. “On the evening of May 6th,” he said, “I was in company with Miss Sarah Lewine; I was walking along Haddon avenue. We started from Third and Royden street. We walked out Benson to Haddon avenue and out to Newton avenue, and turned up Newton avenue toward Federal street. Just after we crossed the Camden and Atlantic railroad, these two men sprang up and the tallest one, Stratton, took hold of the lady and the smaller one, Mellon, took hold of me. I asked them what they wanted and they said they arrested me. I asked them what I had done and they said I would find out. Stratton kept telling Mellon to take the woman away. Mellon pulled open his coat and showed what looked like a star, saying that was his authority for making the arrest. He hit me in the head with a blackjack. Then when I tried to get away Stratton stabbed me in the side with a knife.”
“Do you identify either of these men?” asked Mr. Jenkins.
“Yes, sir; I am positive Stratton is the tall one. Mellon looks like the smaller man of the two. I described the two men before I was arrested.”
Ex-Judge Wescott’s rigid cross-examination failed to shake his story in any detail. He identified Stratton, who was taken to him in the hospital, as the taller man of the two.
“What were you doing out there?” asked ex-Judge Wescott.
“Taking a walk.”
“Who was the lady?”
“Miss Sarah Lewine.”
“How long have you known her?”
“About six years.”
The next witness was Miss Lewine, a chestnut-haired, ruddy complexioned young woman, of about thirty summers. “I was to meet Mr. Logue at eight o’clock that night,” she began with a smile, “but it might have been a few minutes after.”
She corroborated Logue’s testimony, adding that as the men came up to them she pulled Logue’s coat to signal him to keep quiet. “After Mr. Logue was cut,” she said, “the two men ran past me. Mr. Logue came back to me and said he was stabbed, and that I should go home.”
She was unable to identify either of the defendants as the assailants of that night. Mr. Wescott tried hard to entangle her as to her ability to determine the difference in the sizes of the two men as they lay upon the ground, but she refused to be tangled up and adhered rigidly to her story with marked indications of deepest truth and sincerity.
“Now, Miss Lewine, you have frequently heard that one of the men was tall and the other short, haven’t you?” asked Mr. Wescott.
“Didn’t I see them?” answered the witness pertinaciously, and all further questioning failed to get more from her.
Christopher Smith, of 1904 Fillmore street, employed as night watchman on the Line street sewer, then in course of construction. On the night of the assault he saw Stratton and Mellon about 7 o’clock. Mellon came up to him and spoke, and shortly afterwards Stratton came up. Mellon took a knife out of his pocket, continued Smith, and handed it to Stratton. The latter said “If anybody bothers me, I’ll cut the d— guts out of them.” The blade, I guess, must have been three or four inches long. The handle was of bone, I think. They stayed there about half an hour and it was dark when they left, walking up Haddon avenue.
The point where the defendants were seen by Smith is a square from where the assault was committed. Mr. Jenkins tried to show that both young men frequented this particular locality, but it was objected to and withdrawn. Smith admitted that he saw Mellon have a blackjack one night at Haddon avenue and Line street. Stratton was with him at the time. That was on Friday, May 4th, two days before the assault.
The Court took a recess at this point till this morning.
When the case was resumed this morning Logue produced in evidence, the coat he wore the night he was assaulted, exhibiting the hole cut by the knife and the blood stains from the wounds in the head and side.
Then Dr. Henry Jarrett, resident physician of the Cooper Hospital, was called. He testified as to the wounds received and said the knife thrust might have been fatal if it had gone in deep enough, or Logue might have bled to death if a large enough blood vessel had been severed.
“Could he have bled to death from either of the wounds?” asked Mr. Jenkins.
“No, sir.”
“How long have you been practicing?” asked Mr. Wescott.
“I have been at Cooper Hospital since July 28th, last.”
“When did you graduate?”
“A year ago last April.”
“That will do.”
Charles R. Locke, a fellow employe of Mellon’s at the paper mill, 83 Cooper St., saw Mellon have, on the Friday before the assault, a large knife, such as sailors carry, with a blade two and a half or three inches long. It had a rough bone handle.
Knight Haines, a boy, on the Saturday night before the assault, between 8.30 and 9.30 saw Stratton and Mellon on the lots in front of the city hall, within a short distance of where Logue was attacked. Stratton and Mellon were on their hands and knees and when they recognized him they said: “Oh, is it you? Don’t give us away.” He said Stratton had a knife and Mellon a blackjack.
“Did you have a girl with you?” asked Mr. Wescott.
“I don’t know,” said Haines, smiling.
Sensational Assault and Battery Case
Camden Post —
The State moved the indictment against Joseph Logue for assault and battery on Sarah Louwin, living at Fifth and Cooper streets. Lawyer Harry Scovel was counsel for Logue. The witness being unable to speak loud enough, she was brought to a chair in front of the jurors.
Sarah Louwin testified that Logue kicked her on the 15th of last April, at Second and Penn streets. He had also struck her in the eye.
On cross examination the witness admitted that she had sued Logue for breach of promise.
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Mr. Scovel in opening said that Logue was not guilty of the striking; that Mrs. Louwin had conceived a passion for him which had not been reciprocated. She now sought to get “even” with Logue for going with other ladies.
Joseph Logue, 129 Birch street, testified that he had known Sarah Lowan for nine years; that he had taken her out a number of times. On the 15th of April, while in company with Fannie Ellingsworth, Sarah Louwin attempted to choke him and he pushed her away to prevent it. He did not strike her.
John Lee, James Baird, ex-Sheriff Baird, Martin Fullerton, Joseph Robinson, Mary Simpson, John Edgert, James Lenox, Surrogate West, testified to the good character and reputation for peace and quietness of the defendant.
Fannie Ellingsworth testified that she was with Logue on the 15th of April, and Sarah Louwin had come up to them and began to abuse Logue. He had only pushed her away.
Both sides were given five minutes for argument.
Mr. Scovel said “hell had no fury like a jealous woman.” He claimed that no striking had been proven.
Prosecutor Ridgway said it had been admitted by the defense that Logue had pushed the woman away, and this was assault and battery.
Judge Hugg said in his charge, that the act of touching a person in anger was assault. “This is the law, gentlemen. The facts are with you.”
Mr. Scovel objected to the charge and Judge Hugg said he had said nothing about the facts in the case; they were with the jury.
The jury were out but ten minutes and returned with a verdict of not guilty.
Tossed From an Engine
Philadelphia Inquirer —
One of Camden’s Brave Firemen Hurt While on Duty.
George Wade, an extra driver of Engine Company No. 2, of Camden Fire Department, had his left leg broken and was otherwise seriously injured yesterday while responding to an alarm. Wade was driving the engine, and while going at rapid speed up Second street above Cooper, one of the horses shied at a trolley car. A front wheel of the engine struck the curb, and Wade was thrown from his seat.
As he fell one of the wheels ran over his left leg, crushing it just below the thigh. He was removed to the Cooper Hospital. Engineer Jacob Kellum took Driver Wade’s place on the engine.
The fire was at the Temple College Academy, at 534 Penn street. It was caused by a gasoline stove, and was extinguished with a loss of $100, covered by insurance.
“Ned,” the horse that caused the accident, will be disposed of.
Authority Acquires 1st Parcel Toward Housing Project
Camden Courier-Post —
Courier-Post Photo
FIRST CHECK for property to be acquired by the Camden Housing Authority for its proposed East Camden housing development, was presented to Mrs. John Dyer, of 2120 Berwick street, who is shown receiving the check from Joseph McComb, authority chairman.
The Camden Housing Authority on Monday acquired the first parcel of land on the tract where a 368-unit low-rent housing development in East Camden will be constructed at a cost of more than $4,492,000.
Mr. and Mrs. John Dyer were presented with a check by Joseph McComb, authority chairman, for their home at 2120 Berwick street.
Present in the Market Street Title Co. office on Cooper street, where the sale was consumated [sic], were Raymond Osborn, authority solicitor; William Barnett, authority secretary; George Adkins, assistant secretary for development, and Thomas McGraw, representing the title company.
Osborn said that he is preparing for the purchase of 12 other tracts on the site, where the owners have agreed on the price offered by the authority.
Osborn said that it will be necessary to proceed with condemnation proceedings against 12 other parcels on the tract. He said that some of the owners have not been able to agree on a sale price; other owners can’t be located, and title is not clear to other sections of the land.
In addition to these parcels, Osborn said, 12 other parcels are owned by the city. He said negotiations are being made with the city for their purchase.
McComb said he expects that construction on the project, which is to be one block south of Federal street and Marlton pike, will be started in early fall. The tract is bounded by Morse and Randolph streets, and Bank and Watson streets, and cuts on a rectangle to Twentieth street.
Camden News Notes
Philadelphia Inquirer —
* John Passwater was yesterday held in $300 bail by Justice Diehm on a charge of breaking in the door of Lillie Reed, 1133 South Ninth street.
* All but thirty of the election officers who served during the years of 1901 and 1902 received their money yesterday.
* Dr. Walter Williams, of Mt. Carmel, Pa., has been appointed resident physician at the Homeopathic Hospital. He is a recent graduate of the Hahnemann Medical College.
* The Third Regiment, N. G. N. J., will leave for the Sea Girt rifle range on August 5.
* Sheriff Mines, in Camden yesterday, made public the list of the men composing the panel of jurors from whom twelve will be selected to try the case of Charles J. Welsh, who is under indictment from embracery.
* The Victor Talking Machine Company has purchased a large strip of land on Cooper and Front streets, which will be used to enlarge its plant.
* Edward Simmons, aged 12 years, of 816 Silver street, and Herman Gould, aged 13 years, of 731 Mt. Vernon street, both colored, were yesterday committed to the county jail in Camden on the charge of breaking into the house of Patrick Cleary, 731 Division street.
Over in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer —
The Public Library Committee of City Council appropriated $500 last night to the Free Library Association for the purchase of new books.
Salonkeeper [sic] William F. Sands, of Haddon avenue and Line street, was fined $10.75 by Recorder Nowrey yesterday for using abusive language to Police Captain Stanley.
Free rural mail delivery in Camden county has received the approval of Colonel M. W. Sawyer, special agent of the general postoffice, and, it is said, he has recommended John W. Cox, of Merchantville, as the carrier.
Thomas E. Mason, of 507 Arch street, died yesterday morning of cancer of the throat. He was 83 years of age and some years ago was a policeman under Mayor Budd, but for twenty-five years has been a private watchman on Cooper street.
Elizabeth Haines, white, aged 31 years, was married to Burrell Bland, colored, aged 61 years, by Justice Colding, of Camden, on Tuesday night. The bride gave her residence as Philadelphia, while the groom said he had conducted a small farm near Woodbury for many years. Neither had been married before.
3 Men Are Jailed for Street Begging
Camden Courier-Post —
Three men who police said begged money from persons leaving Centenary-Tabernacle M. E. church, Fifth and Cooper streets, were sent to jail today.
They are Carl Low, 36, of 520 South Second street; Ned Galvin, 39, of 909 South Fourth street, and Evan Moore, 39, of 707 Linden street. The trio, arrested yesterday were given 30 days each in jail by Police Judge Pancoast.
Hotel Holdup Denied By 3 On Witness Stand
Camden Evening Courier —
Alleged Bandits Tell Jury They Were Gambling at Time of Robbery
Waterhouse in Clash With State’s Attorney
Defendant Says Money Found in Taxi Had Been Won in Gloucester
Three Camden men on trial on charges of holding up the night clerk and elevator operator of the Hotel Camden November 21, and robbing them of $67.43, went on the stand in their own defense today and made a complete denial.
They are Rollie Waterhouse, 19, of 422 Mechanic street; Joseph McKenna, 29, of 550 Lansdowne avenue; and Ralph Endt, 23, of 1161 Van Hook street. Under direct examination by their counsel, Samuel P. Orlando, and in cross examination by Prosecutor Baldwin, they presented an alibi in which they said they had been gambling in Gloucester at or about the time of the holdup.
Waterhouse and the prosecutor clashed while the former took the stand as the first defense witness. It was after Waterhouse had retraced his movements of the morning of the holdup that Prosecutor Baldwin started to delve further into Waterhouse’s affairs.
Under cross examination, Waterhouse admitted that he hasn’t worked for a year. He stated he lived with a sister.
“Where do you get the money with which to gamble?” asked Baldwin.
“From my brother.”
Then, after Waterhouse averred he had left Gloucester for Camden between 5 and 5.30 a.m., “just at dawn,” Baldwin asked him if he knew that on that particular morning the sun rose at 6.51 a.m.
“I don’t know anything about the sun rising,” replied Waterhouse. “It was just beginning to become daylight.”
Then Baldwin questioned him closely about a gambling den which Waterhouse said he had visited with McKenna and Endt early that morning.
He averred he did not know the name of the proprietor nor its exact address, except that it was on Jersey avenue between Seventh and Eighth streets, Gloucester. He didn’t know the names of any of the other men there, except there was an “Ed,” “Quirt” and “John.”
“Would you be willing to point out this house to the prosecutor if he went down there with you this afternoon?” asked Orlando.
“Yes.”
Refuses to Make Complaint
“If you showed it to me, would you be willing to sign a complaint against the proprietor?” pressed Baldwin.
“No. Why should I?” asked Waterhouse.
Waterhouse, in direct examination, testified that he and his two companions had gone to the private house in Gloucester and played dice. He said he won some money, and the three walked to Broadway at about 5.30 a.m., where they got a “hop” to Camden with a motorist whom they did not know. They alighted at Broadway and Federal streets, and decided to go to a Turkish bathhouse at Twelfth and Federal streets in Philadelphia. They went to Broadway and Cooper street, where they called a cab.
In the cab, Waterhouse said, he took out his winnings and started to count them in order to split with his companions. He referred to his friends as “Mr. Endt” and “Mr. McKenna.” He had the money in his hands when the cab was stopped by bridge police. He placed it on the seat. Under cross-examination, he said he did not know how the money came to be found under the seat. He said he might have had a P.R.T. token, as he sometimes used the tokens in Philadelphia. A token was in the loot stolen from the hotel.
He then told how the night clerk could not identify him or McKenna, and hesitated before identifying Endt, finally saying to the latter that “if it wasn’t you, it was your twin brother.” When questioned how he had happened to have a paper roll of five-cent pieces, Waterhouse said some of the money he had won was paid to him in that form. His winnings, he said, comprised one-dollar bills and change, and he had counted up to $50 when the bridge cops appeared.
Waterhouse was a state’s witness at the trial of Albert Saunders, who was acquitted of the murder of Angelo Solury, U.S. sailor slain in the Little Club, a Mount Vernon street speakeasy, last June. At that time it was not the state but the defense which brought out that Waterhouse to all appearances was a “man about town,” in that he did not work for a living.
At Saunders’ trial, Saunders and two other defense witnesses flatly accused Waterhouse of the Solury murder. When the jury exonerated Waterhouse, Prosecutor Baldwin was asked if Waterhouse would be arrested. The prosecutor averred that the “case is closed.” A short time later Waterhouse was arrested in the hotel holdup and was also identified as the “gunman” in a Paulsboro gas station holdup. McKenna and Endt had also been held as material witnesses in the Solury murder, but were not called upon to testify by the state.
Defense Motions Denied
The state rested at 10.37 a.m., and then Judge Shay denied two motions by Orlando for a directed verdict of acquittal. Orlando first moved for acquittal of McKenna and Waterhouse.
Orlando held that the state had failed to identify Waterhouse and McKenna with the holdup, and that the fact they were arrested less than an hour after the holdup with Endt in a taxicab in which $67.83 was found under the seat, was purely circumstantial evidence occurring after the holdup. Defense counsel also pointed out that while Harry A. Auman, the clerk, had identified Endt as one of three bandits, he failed to identify Waterhouse and McKenna, and had even refused to sign a complaint against them in police court.
Second Motion Denied
When Judge Shay dismissed the motion on the ground that there was enough evidence to permit the case to go to the jury, Orlando then moved for a verdict of acquittal for all three defendants. He said the joint indictment against them charges “robbery by force and putting in fear,” and that the state had failed to prove the elements of robbery, that any violence was used or that Auman was put in fear.
Judge Shay denied the second motion, averring that the hotel lobby was dark, and one of the bandits placed something, a finger or a weapon, against Auman.
“If I were in his position, I would be frightened under those circumstances regardless of whether it was a gun or not, especially since it was too dark to determine this,” stated Judge Shay.
The state today moved to spike what had appeared to be the foundation of a defense alibi. Yesterday, Edward Schreyer, 124 North Tenth street, driver of the taxicab in which the three were arrested, testified that at 5.25 p.m., he had picked up three fares at the Pennsauken police station and taken them to Camden. A short time later, he picked up Waterhouse, McKenna and Endt at Broadway and Cooper street.
This was brought out under cross-examination by Orlando, and it indicated the defense might contend that the money might have been placed under the seat by the previous fares.
Three Fares Called
Today the state called the three fares, James McGinnis, 1115 Federal street; Joseph Dent, 318 Taylor avenue, and his brother, Walter Dent. They averred they had been playing cards at a friend’s house the preceding night and were speeding on Crescent boulevard when their car overturned near Central Airport. They were either at Cooper Hospital or at the Pennsauken police headquarters between 1.30 a.m. and 5.25 a.m. They said they had not been playing for money and had little cash.
Two Pennsauken policemen, Fred Weyman and James Hoff, corroborated their testimony insofar as their whereabouts at the time of the holdup. Sergeant Michael Bachmayer, of the Camden Bridge police, the last state’s witness, described how two bridge cops chased Schreyer’s cab on the bridge and overtook it to arrest the three suspects.
Hurley Based Success in Life and in Business on Square Deal to All
Camden Courier-Post —
By BEN COURTER
Nearly two score years ago an earnest young man called together a handful of employees in a small store at Fifth and Pine streets.
“Boys, see that door?” he said to them.
“Well, if by any chance I should be called upon to resort to unscrupulous methods in the conduct of this business that door will be closed and this enterprise will end. Square dealing is to be the principle on which we will do business, square dealing to everybody.”
That young man was William Leonard Hurley, then but 27 years old and virile, visioning a great business which he purposed to develop. It was the pronouncement of what then was nothing less than an ideal, for it was in a period when there was a tendency to take advantage of the unsuspecting to sell inferior goods at exorbitant prices. Many operated under what was known in the trade as the “borax system,” which resulted in the public looking askance at installment buying for the home.
Based on that determination to cultivate public confidence in his own business, Hurley built slowly but securely, his small enterprise into “the big trustful store,” with branches in half a dozen cities.
It was a determination that made him a kindred spirit, in later years, with Theodore Roosevelt whose guest the Rough Rider was to become in the midst of a political campaign that stirred the country from coast to coast. It was the straight-forward characteristic that likewise prompted his subsequent activities in the interest of Camden, that was to be a factor in throwing off the provincial spirit and entering the civic stride so pronounced in the advent of the Camden bridge and the extension of Broadway. In both these he was a strenuous advocate of civic expansion, scientifically planned.
Hurley Not Born With a ‘Silver Spoon’
When Hurley was born in Chester county, Pa., 65 years ago, it was not with a “silver spoon in his mouth.” His father, William Hurley, was a railroad man, an honest, hard-working father, who, in times which were hard enough for the bread-winner, struggled to keep his family in the necessities of life.
The son, William, obtained the rudiments of education under great difficulties, for schools were scarce and far between in the sparse settlement where his boyhood was spent. It was a school of hard knocks, an environment that evidenced the difficult problem the poorer class had in obtaining the bare necessities of life. It was the experience of those early years that William L. Hurley never forgot, for afterward, when success had come, he never was deaf to an appeal from those “pulling hard against the stream.”
At the age of 12 he obtained his first job on a farm in his native Chester county. Farming in those days was hard, strenuous work, seemingly never ending labor to the boy, even then strong and possessing much of the splendid physique of later years.
“I worked from four in the morning until after dark,” Hurley once said, in a reminiscent way. “The farmer usually woke me in the morning by pounding his cane on the floor.
“My duties? Well, they included milking ten cows, feeding chickens and pigs, cleaning the horses, husking corn and doing odd chores. The farmer paid me $4 a month and board.
“In those days boys worked just as hard as grown folks. It was no cinch and when darkness came I couldn’t run fast enough to the farmhouse and to bed. I was dead tired and the bed brought supreme happiness to me. Sleeping was about the only fun I had.”
So the years went on with the hard work on the farm. The future held no great promise. The railroad was more alluring. Since his father was a railroader, young Hurley decided to try that field.
Railroading in 80’s No ‘Automatic’ Job
Back in the 80’s railroading was a far different proposition than it is now. There was none of the automatic brakes and couplings and numberless other inventions that have made it comparatively a safe job today. The old-fashioned coupling pin, for instance, was the abomination of the brakeman. What it did to Hurley he carried to his dying day in the loss of the end of one of his middle fingers.
Not only did he act as brakeman but also as fireman. As he stoked the pulsing engine he dreamed of the day when he might take the throttle. It seemed a wonderful career then, but fate had other things in store for him. He sensed it when he concluded to better his wage of $1.[?]0 a day and get “something on the side.” That was by selling sewing machines at night, often after he had worked hard on drilling freights or stoking the engine through the day.
But this selling of sewing machines impressed young Hurley that perhaps after all there was something else in life other than guiding a great locomotive over the rails. At any rate he concluded to try it out and this in 1888, the year of the “great Blizzard” in this section, he obtained a job with Edward Gately & Co. in Philadelphia as canvasser. It was not long before he had two assistants who acted as collectors, one of whom, Harry F. Jones, was to become his partner in the Atlantic City store many years later.
Gately was a wealthy man who had made his money mostly in the installment business, one who ever had an eye open for the promising young men in his organization. It was his custom to give them a chance and take them into partnership, opening stores in various cities. Young Hurley was one of these promising young men. In 1890 the business of Gately & Hurley was started. To be exact it was on February 1 of that year that a small store was opened, the corner store under old Wildey Hall at Fifth and Pine streets. It was there that he was inspired to tell his then small force of his square dealing policy.
Worked Long Hours to Make Store Success
Young Hurley worked like a Trojan. None in the ranks put in longer hours than he, sometimes 18 or 20 before he was willing to call it a day.
Not only did he direct his force in garnering business, but he went out on the street, often with rugs across his shoulders, to obtain patronage. Many recall the stalwart, earnest young man and his breezy manner which seldom failed to bring result.
Nor was Hurley, in the flush of subsequent success, averse to recalling those strenuous days, usually with a chuckle and remembrance of old timers who had stood staunch and strong with his organization through the intervening years.
Four years later the business had grown to such proportions that he concluded another location was needed. That was after all the stores under Wildey Hall had been occupied. In 1894 the Gately & Hurley store was opened at Broadway and Pine streets. It was then 33 by 90 feet.
When Hurley impressed Gately with the necessity for expanding and having a real store he prepared plans for a four-story structure. Camden then was filled with the “can’t be dones.” Toone & Hollinshed at Broadway and Kaighn avenue was the biggest place on that thoroughfare. Mrs. Varney’s place was on Kaighn avenue, the store of E. V. Story at Sycamore street, Hughes Brothers at Walnut street, Fuhrman Brothers at Chestnut and a few notion places here and there. But the Hurley enterprise seemed so outlandish that one day as George Leathwhite, then Camden’s leading plumber, was looking over the building operation a prominent business man of the period asked.
“Who is the damn fool building this place?”
Nor was he mollified in the least when informed it was “Bill” Hurley. It was regarded altogether a foolhardy undertaking, one that would spell certain disaster. It was pointed out there was nothing just like it on Broadway and that there was nothing to warrant such an outlay.
As a matter of fact that pessimistic note eventually reached Gately. He had some misgivings and Hurley’s four-story building was kept down to three. Just two months after the store had been finished it was necessary to find warehousing room by renting the old bakery of William Kairer at Line and West street. Incidentally, it may be of interest to recall it was Kairer the baker, who had been shot and killed by a burglar in 1893. Theodore Lambert was hanged in the old county jail for that murder.
In 1900 Hurley bought the Gately interests, giving him exclusive ownership, and the business continued to grow making more additions necessary. The old Field properties, two and a half story bricks, were bought, torn down and the store extended.
In 1903 a store was established at Wilkes-Barre with Daniel Loughran as Hurley’s partner. Three years later Henry J. Tobin was made his partner in another store at Trenton. Then in 1912 John J. Powell was commissioned to open the Hurley-Powell store at Wilmington. Harry F. Jones, Hurley’s collector in the very early days opened the Hurley-Jones store at Atlantic City in 1915. Five years later another Hurley store started business at Bridgeton. And in 1923 the home store was remodeled and in the meantime, old Turner Hall, where many a gay night was had by the old timers in masked balls and other festivities, was converted into a warehouse with other structures doing like service. Hurley has long since been recognized as one of South Jersey’s merchant princes.
Roosevelt Given Support in Bull Moose Campaign
Although he never consented to leave the helm of his great business enterprises, save later in life when he spent part of the winters at Hilton Head or occasionally went abroad, Mr. Hurley found time to take an active interest in the affairs of Camden. He did not seek political preferment but for more than 30 years he sought the best that might come with [blacked out]n progressive government. He ever desired to see Camden forge ahead in business in a civic way. Frequently he chafed over a tendency on the part of the political powers to let things drift along. He had no particular objection to the Republican organization as it was constituted under the late Senator David Baird, but he did believe with all possible sincerity that if the progressive spirit could be injected into it much would be accomplished, things that were left to very, very slow evolution.
It was therefore quite in keeping with that tendency that he aligned himself with the late Cooper B. Hatch in the late 90’s when the Committee of 100 was born with the Courier then under S. Conrad Ott as city editor being a potent factor in the victory. It was then that Hurley gave financial and moral aid to the movement with Hatch as the leader and with Lewis H. Moorman, [blacked out], C. Kramer and others many of whom have long since gone fostering the cause. [blacked out] its purpose perhaps although within a few years it had passed with the usual disintegration of independent movements.
When Colonel Roosevelt formed the Bull Moose party and became the Presidential candidate in 1912 with William H. Taft and Woodrow Wilson in the field, Mr. Hurley was an earnest active advocate of the Rough Rider. In fact he was one of the delegates to the Bull Moose convention that nominated Roosevelt.
In the midst of that truly hectic campaign when Wilson, Taft and Roosevelt visited Camden, Wilson’s meeting was enthusiastic enough to please any Democrat. Taft’s was a frost and hardly more than a fringe, mostly office holders greeted him, but Roosevelt’s was what the Colonel himself called a “rip snorter.”
Teddy Was Guest at Home of Hurley During Visit Here
Hurley was his host on that occasion, a hot summer night, itself suggestive of the extremely hot campaign. These meetings were held at the Third Regiment armory, no other building then being available. One may yet recall very vividly the entrance of the Colonel, Mr. Hurley and the Camden Bull Moose leaders. The great drill hall was literally jammed, with yelling enthusiasts even hanging from the top girders. Just as he arrived a terrific thunder storm broke loose, the reverberation, the vivid flashes lost in the roar of the crowd.
“Where’s your hat, Teddy?” someone yelled.
And the Colonel tossed his old black slouch hat in the ring while Hurley led the cheer that followed, a cheer that seemingly tested the strength of the expansive roof. Roosevelt had been a guest at the Hurley home at West Collingswood where the leaders, the rank and file of the Bull Moosers met him. It was one gala night and Mr. Hurley was in the zenith of his glory.
None was more disappointed when Colonel Roosevelt failed at the November election, for Mr. Hurley felt that the country needed the hero of San Juan Hill particularly at that time. He sincerely mourned the Colonel’s passing, but to the very last cherished his memory, regarding him as the Great American.
Backed Non-Partisan Move, Aided Opening of Broadway
As has been indicated, Mr. Hurley had no particular feeling against the Republican organization, but he was certain that Camden was on the threshold of big things and that there should be an awakening. There appeared to be no intention of getting out of the rut so far as the political powers were concerned and with the assurance of the bridge he regarded it necessary to be alive to the opportunities certain to come. There had been talk of certain outlets from the bridge which did not meet the situation in his judgment. For one thing, he was impressed with the extension of Broadway.
For more years than one might recall, Broadway had been Camden’s principal street. Many regarded it as the city’s most important business thoroughfare. Mr. Hurley early realized that to extend it to where the bridge plaza would eventually be located was a real civic essential, but the city administration did not consider the financial outlay that would be involved justified in the extension.
That was one of the factors that resulted in the Non-Partisan movement of 1922, of Mr. Hurley’s advocacy of its cause, of his financial and moral support. He was one of the leaders in the civic revolution that first brought the victory for commission form of government and later that ushered the Non-Partisan candidates into office.
It was the realization of a cherished dream when the new administration bought property that assured Broadway’s extension to the bridge plaza. It justified his prediction that it would be like giving a new blood stream to the city, for the Walt Whitman Hotel, the Wilson Building and others rapidly rising about Broadway and Cooper streets prove it beyond all doubt.
Camden Bridge Proposition Given Approval by Hurley
Mr. Hurley not only gave his every influence toward the Camden bridge proposition in the days when it was regarded more or less a joke, but he worked assiduously to crystalize [sic] sentiment so that the century-old dream would be a dream no longer. New Jersey did its part when Walter Edge was governor, but there was plenty of backing and filling on the part of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. There were many discouraging epochs, even after a joint commission had been created, but Mr. Hurley was among those who refused to give up hope. What was subsequently accomplished was due mainly to men of his faith, of his courage, of his energy.
After its completion the necessity for a second span was impressed upon him. Shortly after the Camden bridge was opened to the public he advocated another from Market street, Gloucester to Pattison avenue, Philadelphia. Since other sites have been suggested. A joint commission has been named to make preliminary surveys but has been at loggerheads over a proposal to build a span from Red Bank to League Island. Mr. Hurley regarded his suggestion as far more feasible and he supported it by arguments that were hard to answer.
Throughout his career Mr. Hurley had been an earnest advocate of co-operation among business interests of the city. For many years there was the Board of Trade rather an innocuous organization, usually attended by half a dozen men and voiceless so far as influence went. He concluded a rejuvenation was necessary, consented to act as president and speeded it up with the late Louis T. Derousse as secretary. Later Charles M. Curry held that position and until the present Chamber of Commerce was formed under a campaign directed by the American City Bureau. Mr. Hurley or his subordinates had given it every possible aid to make it a factor in the community.
Assessment Commissioner Was Only Political Post
Aside from his principal business, Mr. Hurley was associated for many years with the late William J. Lorigan in building homes. Their first extensive operation was the construction of two rows of dwellings in Princeton avenue. Others were constructed in various parts of Camden and the development of the district about Twenty-seventh and Federal streets was largely due to the firm. After the elder Lorigan’s death he was succeeded by his son, William H. Lorigan, who has been associated with Mr. Hurley.
While he sought no political honors, Mr. Hurley did once accept for a few years a position. It was during the Committee of 100 regime when he became a commissioner of assessment. He [?] served for many years as a delegate to the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Convention. He took a keen interest in that organization and in the work of actually having an inland waterway along the eastern seaboard. It is slowly developing with the possibility of becoming an actuality a few years hence, mainly through the effort of men of Mr. Hurley’s caliber.
When he came to Camden Mr. Hurley first resided on Stevens street, then at [?] Pine and from 1894 to 19[?]9 at 7[?]8 Broadway. In the latter year he bought the estate on White Horse pike at West Collingswood that had been used as a sanitarium. The building was virtually reconstructed, the grounds were laid out in beautiful shrubbery and there were already fine nut trees which made it a show place. He called it Dungarvan, after the county in Ireland where his father was born.
It was there at his palatial home, with the beautiful surroundings that Mr. Hurley delighted in acting the role of host, of gathering about him old friends and harking back to the times that were.
Unspoiled Good Will Befriended All in Need
Old friends cherish the memory of one outstanding characteristic of “Bill” Hurley. Increasing fortune never “spoiled” him. He remained democratic until the end, and those who had known him through the years called him “Bill” just as they had done in the days when he was forging ahead in spite of the “can’t-be-dones.”
Nor did he ever forget an old customer. It might be an old, old woman upon whom fortune had consistently refused to shine but who made her little purchases at his store. None was too lowly for him to give his personal attention under such circumstances. There was ever a real grip of the hand that spoke sincerity.
It was quite natural that he enjoyed hunting and fishing. For many years his summer home was at Sea Isle City, where his family went through the vacation period each year. There he never failed to go out to sea or to try his luck off the pier, usually with an old friend. Catching the piscatorial beauties, particularly a channel bass or a drum, was regarded with almost the same satisfaction as putting over a big business deal.
Over a dozen years ago he bought the island at Hilton Head, off the coast of South Carolina and 30 miles from Savannah. While he enjoyed all the comforts of civilization, the surroundings were kept in their primitive simplicity. Nothing delighted him more than taking an old friend along to the island estate and showing the guest the time of his life.
Men like Hurley do much that is unheralded to alleviate the suffering of the world. Creed or color meant nothing to him if aid were needed. What he gave in that respect no one knows. Those long associated with him declare it was sufficient to make happy a small army in adversity.
Aided Worthy Causes Regardless of Creeds
Charitable organizations, religious or otherwise, enjoyed his bounty. No one was aware of such aid unless it happened to be in a “campaign” to raise a specified sum. It was Hurley very often who started things going by way of a liberal contribution. It mattered not whether the cause was for Protestant, Catholic or Jew—just so it was worth while. When the vicious pogroms were sweeping Russia he was one of the most generous contributors to the Camden funds for the sufferers. In the flu epidemic of 1918 he was among the leaders who aided the stricken, who gave many a family a lift over rough places.
During the war he was active in every Liberty Loan drive, in every movement that aided ultimate victory. He was chairman of the Knights of Columbus drive, he was a potent factor in the United War Workers’ campaign, in the Red Cross and kindred movements. He took great interest in the boys who “went over there” for his own son, Jerome, was in the service.
Surely in glancing over Camden’s history in the past two-score years not an instance conducive to the city’s development may be cited without finding William L. Hurley’s name connected with it some way, some how. He was so much a part of its warp and woof that the civic fabric bears indelibly the impress of his personality.
Upset of Auto Hurts Five on Sea Girt Trip
Camden Courier-Post —
Camden Delegates on Way to Larson Reception Meet With Accident Near Freehold; 4 of Injured Kin of David Baird, Jr.
Freehold, Aug. 1.—Five Camden delegates on their way to attend a reception to Governor Larson at Sea Girt today were injured when the automobile in which they were riding overturned on the Hightstown road, two miles from here.
All the injured are residents of Camden. They left the home of David Baird, Jr., this morning to join 3000 Republicans from Camden, Gloucester, Cumberland counties at the governor’s reception.
The most seriously injured is Mrs. Catherine Kaighn, 42, of 411 Chambers avenue.
She was taken to a Freehold hospital suffering from cuts on the left elbow, ear and knee, and possibly a dislocated left shoulder. An X-ray is to be taken to determine the seriousness of her injuries.
Mrs. Kaighn is the mother of Policeman John Kaighn, who is chauffeur for Mayor Price. She is also the mother of Misses Edna, Mary and Edith Kaighn.
Others who were injured are:
Mrs. Emma Miles, of Forty-fourth street and Westfield avenue, cuts on arms and face.
Robert B. Brice, of 211 Elm street, driver of the car, cuts on the scalp.
Mrs. Alice Peak, 84 Cooper street, severe bruises and cuts of the left ear, left elbow and leg.
Mrs. Mary Brice, wife of Robert Brice, suffered slight cuts of the neck and hands.
All the injured were treated at the Freehold Hospital.
Mrs. Miles is employed as a recording clerk in the office of the Camden county clerk.
All of the injured with the exception of Mrs. Miles are related to David Baird Jr., Republican political leader of Camden county.
The accident is said to have taken place when Brice tried to pass another automobile. As he swung ahead of the car a truck was seen coming in the opposite direction. In trying to steer out of the path of the truck the car was overturned twice.
All of the injured were pulled from beneath the wrecked automobile by A. R. Clark, of 442 Trenton avenue, Camden, and Elmer Radcliffe, of 33 Crescent boulevard, Collingswood.
When Mr. Baird was notified of the accident at Sea Girt he immediately jumped into his car and went to the hospital at Freehold. Later he got in touch with relatives in this city and informed them he would see that all the injured are returned to this city tonight.
Vandals Rifle 19 Offices in Center of City
Camden Courier-Post —
Intruders Wreak Havoc in Building at 6th and Cooper Streets
$5 CASH, SMALL ARTICLES ALL LOOT OBTAINED
Method of Entrance Mystery But Thieves Leave by Aid of Wire
Ransacking files and strewing valuable papers as they went, thieves during the night entered 19 offices in a building on the northwest corner of Sixth and Cooper streets and escaped with only $5 in cash and articles of small value.
Although nothing of much value was taken, the burglars wrought such damage with their ransacking it will require several days for occupants to straighten out their records and equipment. Seven of the offices are unoccupied.
Camden detectives are puzzled as to how entrance to the building was effected. There were no signs that windows or doors had been forced from the outside. The robbers made their escape from an office on the second floor by tearing electric wire from the walls, tying the strands together and lowering themselves from a window into an alley.
A wire, fastened to a radiator, and the open window were discovered in the office of F. A. [?]eickert, an insurance man, where the thieves smashed open steel filing cabinets and strewed their contents over the floor. [?]eickert found a jimmy in the hallway outside his office which the intruders had used to pry open drawers and other containers.
Norris Rollen, janitor, discovered the robbery when he went to the building at 5.45 a. m. today and reported it to Miss Julie Carey, the real estate agent, of 521 Cooper street, who called the detective bureau.
Detective Anson Kelly was detailed to investigate. All the offices entered are on the second floor.
In the offices occupied by Carl Kisselman, Barney Brown and Benjamin Asbell, attorney, the thieves took $5 in cash, a fountain pen, a roll of stamps and a box of cigars. They broke open all the office cabinets and left the place in disorder.
A cabinet safe was opened in the office of Benjamin Natal, lawyer, but no money was taken. However, legal documents and valuable records were left in a muddled heap. Cigarette butts were left on the floor by the burglars.
A box containing valuable microscopic instruments was taken from the Kebler chemical laboratory of F. Victoria Kebler, but was left in the hallway outside.
The offices of P. R. Davey, dentist, and Imogene N. Marcus, public stenographer, were ransacked, but nothing of value was reported missing.
Von Nieda Opposes ‘Parking Lot’ Plan
Camden Courier-Post —
Mayor Calls Razing of 20 Blocks ‘Destruction,’ Denies Slums Exists [sic]
Mayor Frederick von Nieda last night denied that he approved the recommendations of the Camden Housing Advisory Committee to remove 20 blocks of houses to provide public parking places for motorists in North and South Camden.
The mayor particularly stressed his opposition to the razing of properties in the area designated by the committee as Section A, embracing Tenth to Twelfth streets between Market and Linden streets, taking in Linden, Penn, Lawrence, Cooper and Carpenter streets between Tenth and Twelfth strets [sic].
“If some people in Camden have gone crazy you can tell them the mayor has not,” Mayor Von Nieda declared.
“If you move these people then you only place them somewhere else. I am emphatically against any Zioncheck plan like that. I believe in construction, not destruction.”
‘No Slums in District’
“This plan was proposed to me by Joseph N. Hettel, a member of the committee, as a slum district elimination. I want to say here and now there are no slums in that district and the people who live there resent that statement.
“I said I would favor the plan if it meant slum elimination, but it does not. If there were actual slums in the area I would say ‘Amen.’ The residents are poor people in modest homes. Here and there is a dilapidated property. But to take them all down, I say ‘No!’
“There are 825 families living in that section. The advisory committee says a survey shows the city’s annual operating expenses in the area is $95,335.30. The income to the city is placed at $27,061.63, causing a loss to the city of $68,273.67.
“I want to say the cost of operation is $141,000 a year. We spend $66,000 yearly to educate children in that area. If we moved them we would not save anything. We would have to educate them wherever we moved them. The relief administration spends $75,000 yearly in that area. That would have to be paid wherever we move them. If the costs of operation were $180,000 that sum would be insignificant.
Wants to Help City Grow
“I want to help Camden grow if I tread on my own political toes. That progress must come slowly and not takes [sic] away wage-earners’ homes. That survey is an overstatement of facts. I have lived with figures all of my life.
“If it is a question of slums then that is a matter for police to clear up. I know there is no slum district in Section A. As far as ratables are concerned, there are lots of good ratables in the area.
“When the government proposed constructing Westfield Acres apartments it was said it would aid slum clearance. It will not. It will provide only cheaper housing for wage-earners who do not get enough to live in higher-priced houses.
“The project will house less than 600 families. If they take large families of children with them we will have to provide another school, more teachers. It will cost $75 per child a year for education. Say there will be 500 children housed there, that will mean an additional $37,500 piled on the taxes for education. The city will get a gross take of five percent on the rentals and I dread the tax rate when another year comes around.
Would Keep Veterans’ Homes
“I also am opposed to razing the two veterans’ homes at Broadway and Benson street. They are substantial. To tear them down would be an absolute crime. If they were a menace I would say yes. But not to lease the site for a parking lot. If anything should be done it would be to convert them into stores to give revenue to the city.”
James W. Burnison, chairman of the housing advisory committee, recommended the plan for the elimination of the two areas. He said the recommendation was being made on the basis of a survey made by the State Housing Authority.
Burnison declared the parking areas would bring additional business to the city and remove a costly burden.
Boy Suspects Caught in Running Gun Fight
Camden Courier-Post —
Arrested after a chase during which shots were fired at them, two boys, who already have criminal records, according to police, were released last night in $[?]000 bail each.
The youths are Merritt Hall, 17, of [?]14 Ray street and Phillip Schatz, 19, of 214 Arch street. Both are charged with attempted larceny of an automobile and an additional charge of carrying concealed deadly weapons was lodged against Schatz.
Hurlock, a detective, and Ashenfelder [sic], a policeman, saw the boys trying to start a car parked on Cooper street near Fifth. The boys fled amid a volley of shots, but were not captured until several hours later by Beutler and Roger, policemen who recognized the two from description.
Schatz, police say, threw a pistol into the gutter while police pursued him. Both boys are believed responsible for thefts of a number of cars in the vicinity of Cooper street.
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In July of 1892, there arrived in little Saint Joseph’s parish a man who was destined to spend the next 28 years of his life here. A saintly, scholarly, humorous, and sympathetic priest, he became in truest sense a shepherd of his flock, knowing and watching over it, his people knowing and following his leadership. Though he has been gone from the east side for more than 13 years, the memory of Father Anthony C. Shuvlin’s wisdom, erudition, and overflowing charity is still fresh and strong. He was priest and nurse during the flu epidemic, quiet sustainer of the underfed and ill-clothed all during his pastorate, but especially during the post-war slump and the trying days of the stock market crash. Creed or color never influenced his judgment of a man, and when he left, his departure was lamented by people of all races and creeds who came within range of his ministry.
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Camden Daily Courier —
KELLEY—Suddenly on February 21, 1898, Anson H. Kelley.
The relatives and friends of the family are respectfully invited to view the remains on Thursday evening, at his late residence, [?]33 Cooper street, Camden, N. J. Solemn high mass at Church of Immaculate Conception, Friday at 9.3[?] a. m. Interment private in St. Patrick’s Cemetery.
Mrs. Sue G. Wagner
Camden Courier-Post —
After a lengthy illness, Mrs. Sue Gee Wagner, 72, of 729 Carman street, died yesterday. She was the wife of Harry J. Wagner, city water department employe, and the mother of Fire Captain Harry J. Wagner, Jr. Other sons surviving are Philip B., Roy A., George C., who is in the Army, and Matthew H., all of Camden, and two brothers, former Detective Howard and Walter Smith. Services will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday at the funeral home of B. C. Schroeder & Sons, 715 Cooper street. Friends may call Wednesday evening. Mrs. Wagner was a lifelong resident of Camden.
David Baird Jr. Gives Reception
Philadelphia Inquirer —
•• David Baird, Jr., gave a reception to the members of the Young Men’s Republican League, at his home on Cooper street, on Tuesday night.
Blaze Wrecked Camden Warehouse
Philadelphia Inquirer —
FIREMEN FIGHTING WAREHOUSE BLAZE
For the second time within two weeks Camden was yesterday visited by a disastrous fire, when the Camden Storage Warehouse Company’s building, at Delaware avenue and Cooper street, was almost gutted, causing a loss estimated at $50,000, partially covered by insurance.
The fire was discovered about 5 o’clock yesterday morning and shortly after a general alarm was turned in. The local firemen soon arrived and through heroic work prevented the surrounding buildings from being destroyed. By 7 o’clock the fire was under control.
While the fire was raging many women who had practically all their valuables stored in the warehouse without a cent of insurance stood about the doomed structure wringing their hands. Several burst into tears, giving a pathetic touch to the scene. Some lost a few dollars, while others saw hundreds going up in smoke.
Philadelphia offered to send assistance, as she did at the recent fire at the Victor Talking Machine Company’s plant, but it was not needed.
The large structure, of which the walls alone now remain standing, was five stories in height and composed of brick. It contained 600 storage rooms, which were nearly all filled with the household goods belonging to several hundred families. All the goods were, with few exceptions, reduced to ashes. The origin of the fire is unknown.
The business of the company was conducted by Ex-Postmaster William T. Bailey.
Mathias S. Hess
Camden Courier-Post —
Mathias S. Hess, 71, retired engineer of the Camden City pumping station at Morris Station, Delair, died Saturday after a short illness at his home, 729 Carman street. Mr. Hess was employed at the plant for 35 years. He was a native of Tuckahoe. Several cousins survive. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the Schroeder funeral home, 715 Cooper street. Burial will be in Harleigh Cemetery.
Camden Woman Hurt in Runaway
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Mrs. John T. Bottomley and Mrs S. Conrad Ott, well-known Camden women of Cooper street, were badly injured by being thrown from a carriage near Elmer. Mrs. Ott was internally injured, had her nose split and was badly bruised. Mrs. Bottomley was prostrated by the shock.