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Federal Street

Camden, New Jersey
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Introduction

Federal Street was originally called Joseph Cooper's Lane, and ran from the river to the old Haddonfield Road. In 1803 Joshua Cooper, who was an ardent Federalist, called it Federal Street. His father, Daniel Cooper, had, in 1764, built a large three-story brick house and established a ferry about the same time to Philadelphia. This lane was to provide the farmers in the area a way to get to the ferry.

When a new road was authorized between Mount Holly and Cooper's Creek (known today as the Cooper River), the act stated that it should end at the Delaware River. On Oct 21, 1794 the route was laid out between Cooper's Creek and Joshua Cooper's Ferry.

Federal Street developed into one of the primary east-west streets in Camden. The intersection of Federal Street and Broadway is considered by most to be, in modern times, the “center of center city Camden.” At this intersection in past times stood Camden Catholic High School, the Camden County Courthouse, and the Munger & Long Department Store building, later the home of a J.C. Penney Department Store branch. Federal Street between the Delaware River and the Cooper featured many shops, homes, and small businesses prior to being subjected to various urban renewal projects in the latter half of the 20th century.

Once built, Federal Street northeast of the Cooper River ran through Stockton Township (present-day East Camden), Merchantville, and Moorestown on its way to Mount Holly. In the 1800s a stage coach line was established, that ran from Cooper's ferry to the Halfway Inn, which stood at 36th and Federal Streets, near the toll gate. The stage ran until the advent of horse cars, around 1890. George W. Loper was the last surviving stage driver, passing away in 1942. Stockton Township, which, in its last years consisted of all of present-day Camden northeast of the Cooper, was finally annexed to Camden in 1899. Shortly thereafter, the City of Camden built a library, police station, and fire house at the intersection of Federal Street and Westfield Avenue. These buildings are still standing in 2003, and the fire house has been in continuous use as such since its erection. Also still in existence, although the exterior has been extensively altered, is the toll house at 36th and Federal Street.

Moorestown Toll Gate, 36th and Federal Street Mexico Lindo Restaurant, July 2003

Left: Moorestown Toll Gate, 36th & Federal Street. Right: Mexico Lindo Restaurant — July 2003.

In the first part of the 20th Century, as Camden experienced its boom years, Federal Street between the Cooper River and 20th Street became the home of several large commercial enterprises, including the Warren Webster & Company plant, which manufactured heating systems, and the DuBell Lumber Company. There also were several new car dealerships, and a busy retail district between Marlton Pike and 27th Street.

Federal Street passes in front of where stood the estate of Thomas H. Dudley. Known in modern times as Dudley Grange, and the site of a Camden County owned and operated park, the Dudley mansion served as the East Camden branch of Camden's public library system through the 1970s. Camden's third public high school, Woodrow Wilson High School, also lies on Federal Street, opposite Dudley Grange.

Business card for the Jacob Naden store at 24th and Federal Street

Business Card for the 24th & Federal Street store of Jacob Naden

SUPERIOR VALUES AND THE BEST OF SERVICE ALWAYS

You are Invited

to Visit the Beautiful Store of

JACOB NADEN

EVERYTHING IN HOME FURNISHINGS TO HELP MAKE LIFE MORE PLEASANT AND EASIER

Store Hours:

Daily .... 9:00 to 5:30
Fri. and Sat. 9:00 to 9:00

24th and FEDERAL STS. CAMDEN, N. J.

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Unit Block of Federal Street

Unit Block of Federal Street

18 Federal Street

18 Federal Street — Unit Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1863–1864 Captain William R. Maxwell
1863–1864William & Harriet Susannah Maxwell
1863–1864William T. Maxwell
1863–1864Edith Maxwell

22 Federal Street

22 Federal Street — Unit Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1880s–1975Pennsylvania Railroad Building

94 Federal Street

94 Federal Street — Unit Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890 Llewellen B. Jackson
George Burtos Mechanic Street Minnie Aaron Jesse Pratt "Jimmy" Bundles Linden Street

97 Federal Street

97 Federal Street — Unit Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
97 Federal Street

Units start water as cockloft and top floor lights up at Pennsylvania Railroad Building, Front & Federal Streeets. Fourth Alarm occurred on 10-22-1975.

My Aunt, Evelyn Formosa Lloyd (my Mother's sister) was a telephone/switchboard operator in the Pennsylvania Railroad Building from about 1925 to 1965! When I saw your posting of the fire the memory of going to work with her a couple of times came back to me. Her office had a small kitchen and a seating area. She would let me listen in on calls and introduce me to the callers as she knew most of them. For a 10 year old this was fun! However, the building was dark and scary when she was on the 3 to 11 shift! Fortunately, my Uncle Earl Lloyd would pick us up at the door. He worked for the same railroad but in Atlantic City. He was a mechanic on the locomotives. My Aunt took me to AC on the train and we would meet up with my Uncle and we would have dinner and go on the boardwalk. Of course, my Uncle had driven to work so we had a quick ride back to their home in West Collingswood where I would spend the night.

— Carol Segal Swanson, April 2020

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Brief Across the River Notes

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Brief Across the River Notes - Philadelphia Inquirer, August 12, 1890

Llewellen B. Jackson, the installment man, at 94 Federal street, whose place was robbed on Saturday morning, thinks he has a clue. He says among the things stolen were two affidavits which he had secured to use in obtaining a divorce from his wife.

While unloading coal from a scow yesterday George Burton, of 629 Mechanic street, was struck by the hoisting bucket and received a compound fracture of the hip.

Minnie Aaron, of 1183 Linden street, was sent to jail by Mayor Pratt last night for a hearing to-day. “Jimmy” Bundles accused her of stealing a $20 gold piece from him.

100 Block of Federal Street

100 Block of Federal Street

101 Federal Street

101 Federal Street — 100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1933–1950sCamden Gas & Electric Fixture Works1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
1933–1950sCamden Electric Fixture Company

111 Federal Street

111 Federal Street — 100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938 I.F. Huntzinger Co. Printers
Richter & Eschler Electrical Engineers & Contractors

114 Federal Street

114 Federal Street — 100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Andreas Beck

119 Federal Street

119 Federal Street — 100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
I.F. Huntzinger Co. Printers

126 Federal Street

126 Federal Street — 100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1922Lecroy Flavoring Abstract Company

127-129 Federal Street

127-129 Federal Street — 100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906Camden Lime Company
1917Davis Camden & Philadelphia Local Express Company

128 Federal Street

128 Federal Street — 100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1842–1897 James M. Cassady
1898–1928Mayhew & Thompson later known as Miller, Mayhew & Thomson Insurance and Real Estate1900 Camden City Directory Advertisement
Frank H. Miller George N. Beach Katie C. Beach Frank Dungan Perry Street Mt. Vernon Street

130 Federal Street

130 Federal Street — 100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1931ELMER DEPUTY Designing, Photo-Engraving & Electrotyping
C.B. Edwards Electric Co.

132 Federal Street

132 Federal Street — 100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1878 Benjamin H. Connelly

133-135 Federal Street

133-135 Federal Street — 100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900–1914William J. McCausland
1920–1927Pioneer Wire Works Clarence Glaterer - J. Fred Harned Jr. After 1921 only J. Fred Harned Jr.
1940–1943William S. Holmes
1947No Listing

133-137 Federal Street

133-137 Federal Street — 100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1928–1937Harned Hardware Inc.

134 Federal Street

134 Federal Street — 100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1881–1888 John Cherry Restaurant

139 Federal Street

139 Federal Street — 100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1887–1888 Murray & West Auctioneers
Federal Street — fed 0101 njb 1955

Camden Electric Fixture Co — New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages, 1955.

"FLYNN'S" ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES

For Industry - Contractors

Allen Bradley Motor Controls

LIGHTING FIXTURES

Fluorescent - Incandescent

Haddonfield Rd (Opp Garden State Park) MErchantville 8-8300

Corner Front St
101 Federal Camden..... WOodlawn 4-3395

Richter & Eschler

Camden Courier-Post —

Richter & Eschler - Camden Courier-Post, October 14, 1931

Estimates Cheerfully Given
Established 1895

Richter & Eschler

Electrical Engineers and Contractors

Motor Agency General Electric Co.
Dynamos and Motors Repaired

111 Federal St. Camden, N. J.

Phones Bell 1227—Keystone 2-7411

Now's The Time! This Is The Place!!

Camden Courier-Post —

Now's The Time! This Is The Place!! - Camden Courier-Post, June 3, 1933

Now's The Time!

This Is The Place!!

To modernize your home with new electrical fixtures . . . at prices competitive with Philadelphia.

Estimates Without Obligation.
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101 Federal St., Camden

Bell Phone Camden 3395-W

Quits After Nearly 3 Score Years at Trade

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Quits After Nearly 3 Score Years at Trade - Philadelphia Inquirer, March 21, 1915

Camden’s Veteran Barber, Who Trimmed President Harrison’s Beard, Retires From Shop

Camden’s veteran barber, Andreas Beck, who has been in business at 116 Federal street for fifty-nine consecutive years, retired yesterday. He is to spend the balance of his years at 412 North Sixty-first street, Philadelphia. During his career Beck has attended to the wants of many notables, including President Benjamin Harrison and Senator William J. Sewell, the latter being a regular customer.

In the fifty-nine years since he went as an apprentice with John Jacob Somers, Mr. Beck has seen Camden grow from a small community to a thriving municipality of over 100,000. At that time the ferry house was located at Front and Federal streets, several squares inland from the present location. There was also the Round House, a famous hostelry frequented by Philadelphians and Camdenites. It was the place where men of prominence gathered and where many political slates were planned.

“A good many years ago General Sewell came into my office, as was his custom,” said Mr. Beck in a reminiscent mood yesterday, “and after I had finished with him he turned to a gentleman who was with him saying, ‘Mr. President, I think a good shave would help your appearance.’ I instantly recognized the gentleman as President Harrison. The President laughed at General Sewell’s remark and dryly said that he guessed he would feel better, and I trimmed his hair and beard. President Harrison was as kind a man as I ever met.”

Throughout the day the veteran wielder of the razor and shears was kept busy bidding his old friends good-by.

Death of Mrs. Maria Beck

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Death of Mrs. Maria Beck - Philadelphia Inquirer, May 22, 1897

• Mrs. Maria Beck, wife of Andreas Beck, of 114 Federal street, died yesterday of congestion of the brain. She was a prominent member of the First M. E. Church, where the funeral services will be held on Monday.

Knell of Doom for Cobbles in Camden

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Knell of Doom for Cobbles in Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, July 14, 1897 Knell of Doom for Cobbles in Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, July 14, 1897 Knell of Doom for Cobbles in Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, July 14, 1897 Knell of Doom for Cobbles in Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, July 14, 1897 Knell of Doom for Cobbles in Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, July 14, 1897

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.

Mother of Ten Is Accused

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Mother of Ten Is Accused - Philadelphia Inquirer, March 17, 1917

Arrested together in a room, at 128 Federal street, Camden, by Frank Miller, a State Detective, Frank Dungan, 48 years old, of 564 Mt. Vernon street, and Mrs. Katie C. Beach, 47 years old, of 713 Perry street, were held in $300 bail each by Justice of the Peace Frank Sheridan, in Camden yesterday on a charge preferred by George Beach, husband of the woman in the case. Mrs. Beach, the husband said, is the mother of ten children and that they have been married for about twenty-eight years. It was while he was ill in a hospital, he said, that Dungan, a friend of his “stole my wife’s affections.”

200 Block of Federal Street

200 Block of Federal Street

200-202 Federal Street

200-202 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920s–1930sBeringer's Cafe

201 Federal Street

201 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920s–1930sArcadia Cafe
1947Veteran's Restaurant Peter G. Kanas & George Mastros
1967–1968Mike Poulis 1969 Closed
1967–1968Mike Poulis
1969Closed
Veteran's Restaurant Peter G. Kanas & George Mastros
1967–1968Mike Poulis
Left: Andrew Anthony & Gypsy

204 Federal Street

204 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1935–1955Till Paint Company1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

206 Federal Street

206 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1892Garns & Company photographers

207 Federal Street

207 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1877Charles H. Riceman
1933 Bertha Teitelman

208 Federal Street

208 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910s–1930sFrank Beni & Son
Robert Turner's Oyster House 1900s-1910s

210 Federal Street

210 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930s–1943Joseph Horneff & Son Awnings, Venetian Blinds and Shades
1932 Robert Turner & Family
1932Robert & Mary Turner
1932Helen Turner Becker
1932Robert Dean Becker
1932Herman Becker

211 Federal Street

211 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930sAnderson's Grill

212-214 Federal Street

212-214 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1897 - 1940s Turner's Sea Food Frederick Turner - Robert Turner
1897 - 1940s Turner's Sea Food
1897 - 1940sTurner's Sea Food October 3, 1936 Courier-Post
1897 - late 1940sTurner's Sea Food
robert turner & family Robert & Mary Turner Herman Becker Helen Turner Becker Robert Dean Becker
February 10, 1933 Courier-Post
October 3, 1936 Courier-Post

213 Federal Street

213 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1931 Esther Osgenel Company Benjamin Dzick firmin michel
George's George Schatz
October 30, 1930 Courier-Post

214 Federal Street

214 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1882–1884 John A. Furey Saloon
1917 William Vangeley & Family
1917William & Mary Vangeley
1917Adeline Vangeley
1917Frank Vangeley
1917Jennie Vangeley
The Vangeleys rented above the restaurant

216 Federal Street

216 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Goldban Pharmacal Company1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

217 Federal Street

217 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1878–1908 Francis W. Fuller & Family (jeweler)
1878–1908Francis W. & Susan Fuller
1878–1908Francis W. Fuller Jr.
1894–1903Andrew Rabeau

219 Federal Street

219 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1901October 1904 Thomas Kirkley Sunbeam Cafe restaurant
1909W.G. Powelton

221 Federal Street

221 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
October
1904–1913Thomas Kirkley Sunbeam Cafe restaurant

223-225 Federal Street

223-225 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1856–1881Thomas W. McCown
1870s–1885 Robert S. Bender Bookbindery

223 Federal Street

223 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1903 Sunbeam Cafe Thomas Kirkley, proprietor
1905–1906James McKechnie Saloon
1906–1907Lawrence Lamaina saloon
1910Ida Lauderback
Andrew Rabeau

224 Federal Street

224 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1919 Camden High School
South Jersey Law School From South Jersey Law School 1930
South Jersey Law School From Camden High School Purple & Gold
The College of South Jersey From Camden High School Purple & Gold
1919Camden Safe Deposit & Trust Company
1928Camden Safe Deposit & Trust Company

225 Federal Street

225 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1870s–1887 Robert S. Bender Bookbindery

227 Federal Street

227 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900John Campbell Jr. Real Estate & Insurance

229 Federal Street

229 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906Eddie Master

230 Federal Street

230 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1863–1890Seybold's Bakery
1938New Jersey Restaurant

231 Federal Street

231 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Globe Billiard Parlors and Palace of Luxury

232 Federal Street

232 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1898–1899Samuel S. Weaver
1932–1955DEL-MAR PANTS SHOP Benjamin Auslander
1932–1955DEL-MAR PANTS SHOP
232 Federal Street
Kate s. Weaver

234 Federal Street

234 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1878J. Jefferis & Son shoes
1878J. Jefferis & Son

236 Federal Street

236 Federal Street — 200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
236 Federal Street
SYLE BROTHERS Hatters and Men's FurnishersThe Delaware & Atlantic Telephone & Telegraph Co. Camden District November, 1906 Directory
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Beringer's Cafe — Tall Cedars of Lebanon, Camden Forest No. 5, 6th Annual Show program, April 23-25, 1931.

Bell, 2170 Keystone. 36332

BERINGER'S CAFE

EXCELLENT HOME COOKING
BUSINESS MEN'S LUNCH

S. E. Cor. 2nd & Federal Sts. Camden, N. J,

Two Blocks From P. R. R. Ferry

Federal Street — beringercafe matchbook 02

Matchbooks from Beringer’s Cafe, 200 Federal Street, Camden.

Star Match Co. St. Louis

PIEL'S BEER

Visit The Old Reliable BERINGER CAFE

2nd and FEDERAL STS. CAMDEN, N. J. Phone 2170

GOOD FOOD GOOD BEER WINES and LIQUORS

Famous for Our Home Cooked Chili Con Carne and Snapper Soup

BERINGER'S CAFE

Close Cover Before Striking Match

Federal Street — beringercafe matchbook 03

Matchbooks from Beringer’s Cafe, 200 Federal Street, Camden.

Close Cover Before Striking Match

Phone 2170
CAMDEN, N. J.
2nd and FEDERAL STS.
BERINGER CAFE
Visit the Old Reliable

PIEL'S BEER

GOOD FOOD
GOOD BEER
WINES and LIQUORS

Famous for
Our Home Cooked
Chili Con Carne
and Snapper Soup

BERINGER'S CAFE

Star Match Co. St. Louis

201 Federal Street — Veteran's Restaurant

By Louis Anthony,

That picture was taken in the summer of 1967. My father’s name was Andrew Anthony and dog’s name was Gypsy. My father worked for a man named Mike Poulis, both Greek. My father died in 1968 and I believe the place closed shortly after that.

Andrew Rabeau Dead

Camden Post-Telegram —

Andrew Rabeau Dead - Camden Post-Telegram, July 10, 1903

Well-known Citizen Died Suddenly This Morning From Paralysis.

Andrew Rabeau, an old resident of this city, died suddenly this morning at the residence of F. W. Fuller, the jeweler, of 217 Federal street, aged 71 years.

Mr. Rabeau had complained of feeling unwell for several days past. This morning he went out and returned about 7.30 o’clock and told Jeweler Fuller he had a peculiar feeling, a sensation of numbness in his hands. He laid down and in a few moments was observed to be breathing heavily.

Jeweler Fuller started for a physician, but had not gone over a block when Rabeau died. Death, it is said, was due to paralysis.

The deceased for over twenty-five years kept a cigar store at Second street and Bridge avenue. He was a staunch Republican and served as a member of City Council from the Third ward at one time. He had been employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for nearly forty years and was retired about one year ago. At the time of his retirement he was foreman of car inspectors. Before coming to Camden Rabeau had been employed by the railroad company at Bordentown.

Rabeau’s wife died several years ago but a son and daughter survive him.

Camden News Notes

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Camden News Notes - Philadelphia Inquirer, January 30, 1909

•• Mayor Ellis yesterday appointed David Hunt as a jailor at the new city prison.

•• Judge Joline yesterday refused the application of Mrs. Sarah Herbert for a license to sell liquor at Fish House, against which a vigorous remonstrance has been made.

•• Falling twenty feet down the hold of a boat at Mathis’ shipyard, Edward Dyer, aged 22 years, of 205 Byron street, received internal injuries and many lacerations of the body.

•• Camden police are looking for a man who got $21 worth of paints from W. C. Powelson, of 219 Federal street, by means of a bogus check.

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213 Federal Street, Camden

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Four Prostrations in Camden

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Four Prostrations in Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, June 24, 1910

Four persons succumbed to the heat in Camden yesterday. Three of them were prostrated at a talking machine plant and included Ida Lauderback, 17 years old, of 223 Federal street; Anna Connor, 17 years old, of 209 Byron street; and Mary Brinning [sic], 18 years old, of Tenth and Line streets. Catherine Griffin, 17 years old, of 906 North Fourth street, was overcome at the pen factory. She was treated at the Homeopathic Hospital, the other three at the Cooper Hospital.

‘Bob’ Turner Dies; Camden Old Timer

Camden Courier-Post —

‘Bob’ Turner Dies; Camden Old Timer - Camden Courier-Post, June 3, 1932 ‘Bob’ Turner Dies; Camden Old Timer - Camden Courier-Post, June 3, 1932 ‘Bob’ Turner Dies; Camden Old Timer - Camden Courier-Post, June 3, 1932 ‘Bob’ Turner Dies; Camden Old Timer - Camden Courier-Post, June 3, 1932

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.

‘Celebrators’ Freed

Camden Courier-Post —

‘Celebrators’ Freed - Camden Courier-Post, February 10, 1930

Youths Released When Restaurateur Declines to Press Charges

Because Robert Turner, Federal street restaurant proprietor, declined to prosecute, two young Philadelphians went home yesterday instead of to jail. They are Charles Dolan, 24, of 5504 Thompson street, and William Delaney, 24, of 34 South Melville street.

Both were arraigned in Police Court on charges of being drunk and disorderly Saturday night.

Delaney, it was testified, tried to open Turner’s door at 212 Federal street with his elbow. He opened a pane of glass. Patrolman William Schultz testified.

“We were full of spaghetti and beer, judge,” said Dolan and Delaney. “We’re really good guys at heart.”

“Yes? Well, celebrate in Philadelphia in the future,” said Judge Pancoast, dismissing them.

Teaches 35 Years, She’ll Keep House

Camden Courier-Post —

Miss Taylor’s Fondest Wish to Come True After Retirement Today

Miss Carolina W. Taylor bids goodbye today to the second grade class room at the Broadway School where she has taught for 35 years.

In that time this quiet little teacher has seen the surrounding neighborhood change from a languid residential area to a business center and methods of teaching and even the attitude of the school children transformed.

Now comes the biggest change of all for Miss Taylor. She is going to retire and keep house. And believe it or not, all the time she has been earning the title of a most efficient teacher, Miss Taylor confesses she has longed to do but one thing, keep house!

The scene of Miss Taylor’s homemaking activities will be the residence at 104 Powelton Avenue, Woodlynne, where she makes her home with a sister, Miss Harriet Taylor, formerly a teacher at Central School, and a brother, Thomas A. Taylor.

Attended School Here

Miss Taylor’s experience with Camden schools dates back even further than her teaching career for she was born and educated in this city.

Discussing her education in the old high school at Second and Federal Streets, Miss Taylor laughed as she recalled lapses in class work while the teachers hastened to tend the coal stoves.

She graduated from high school in 1901 and finished the normal school course, then included in the high school, in 1902. Her first assignment was substitute work at Broadway School and with the exception of a couple of months spent at Liberty School, she has instructed second grade there ever since.

Miss Taylor thoroughly approves of the newer methods of education in which more freedom is allowed the pupil. She declares much more can be accomplished with a class and the children do not dread school. “We have no bashful pupils any more,” she declared. “If I can remember how I suffered from shyness when I was the age of these little tots.”

Recalls Many Pupils

Despite her many years in the classroom and her long procession of pupils, Miss Taylor can rapidly recall their names to mind. There was Judge Clifford A. Baldwin, who she remembers as a quiet, lovable little boy; Dr. Alexander Ellis, who she terms her “cutest” pupil; Clarence Fuhrman, Dr. Byron Tuttle, the late Dr. Russell Atkinson, Anna Snow, of Temple University; E. Howard Broome, Dr. Everett Hemphill, Dr. Paul Ironside, and Warren Mainak.

Many of her boys, she declares, seem to have become professional men, while few of her girls, so far as she has been able to ascertain, have followed the teaching profession. Miss Taylor’s niece, Miss Ella Ellis, also is a teacher at Broadway School.

300 Block of Federal Street

300 Block of Federal Street

300-302 Federal Street

300-302 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1882–1886Andrews & Brother Hats, Caps
1886–1897L.E. Roberts, Hats and & Fine Furnishings Lewis E. Roberts
1886–1896L.E. Roberts, Hats and & Fine Furnishings
1898–1899Mrs. Elizabeth Sawyer widow of Charles Sawyer
1898–1899John L. Megonigal
1902Elias Kelly tailor
1902Charles Bray & Family
1928Main Meat Market Meyer Goldberg
Richard & William Andrews
Peter Stow "Colonel" John Beck

301 Federal Street

301 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Wiley Mission, Inc.1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

304 Federal Street

304 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1860s–1905"Colonel" John Beck residence porter bottler & saloon at 306 Federal

306 Federal Street

306 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1860s–1905"Colonel" John Beck porter bottler & saloon
1863–1878John Beck Sr. & Family porter bottler John & Margaret Beck "Colonel" John Beck
1863–1878John & Margaret Beck
1906–1910John Thompson & Family (saloon)
1906–1910John & Elizabeth Thompson
1906–1910James Thompson
1906–1910Harry Thompson
1910–1916George Schu saloon
1916–1950 Joe's Cafe Joseph Manfredini
1918 Carrie Washington
1950–1951Vincent Vari 1954 Frank S. Vari
1958–1970Mid City Bar
1950–1951Vari's Vincent Vari
1950–1951Vincent Vari
1953–1956Byer's Bar Herman Byer
1954Frank S. Vari
1956–1970Mid City Bar
1956–1970Mid City Bar HClair Revegno - Alexandr Rovegno Ignatz Nogi
1958–1970 Mid City Bar
George W. Fry - John P. "Jack" Scannell North 3rd Street - York Street Harry Bailey - Charles Fuchs Sylvan Street - Federal Street John Thompson - George Schu South 2nd Street - John Hagenbusher
Left: Joseph Manfredini
Clare Street - Locust Street - federal street South 2nd Street - Washington Street
louis stehr - Henry Butler - Edward Brown Marie Gibbs - Rhoda Montgomery Carrie Washington - Hazel Shipman
Neil Jensen
Frank Vari Louis Ucciferri Helen Ucciferri
Clair Revegno Alexandr Rovegno Ignatz Nori
Vincent Pasquarelli - Dolores Pasquarelli Ernest Nori - Norma Nori Caroline DiMarco John S. Piersanti

307 Federal Street

307 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1914 William P. Elberson
Hand's Seafoods February 3, 1933 Courier-Post

308 Federal Street

308 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1888 Lizzie W. Frome & Elmer Ellsworth Long fruit

309 Federal Street

309 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929William Stein & Company

310 Federal Street

310 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
FISK SIGNS
Winfield S. Fisk
March 2, 1930 Courier-Post

312 Federal Street

312 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1878William Heisler shoes
1878William Heisler

313 Federal Street

313 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1878Charles Hornet
1924–1931William Stein & Company
John Beck - Henry Garren William G. Zimmerman - Andrew Sheddlinger Charles B. Hale - John Hertlein Herman Kuhle - John Lock - Adam Rumpf Jacob Lawrence - William Gsand
David Tattersdill
Robert Ashenfelter William Stein c. leonard brehm Front Street South 2nd Street Federal Street

316 Federal Street

316 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1855–1905 Stephen Titus & Family Hatter & Funrisher Stephen & Lydia Titus Jennie Titus
1855–1905Stephen & Lydia Titus
1855–1905Jennie Titus
1938Pearson's Used Furniture

317 Federal Street

317 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Central Used Furniture1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

318 Federal Street

318 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1905–1906A.S. Strouse Saloon
1906–1907Michael J. Ryan saloon
1917Patrick Lyon
1932Peter Pan Stores grocery
1943michael jordan's 1947 jack's grill 1953 318 club aka marjay's 1954 Closed
1954Closed
1967William Cooper & Family
1967Virginia Doreen Cooper

319 Federal Street

319 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1931–1940mckenna's cafe (1936 Jack's Grill)
1955Eisenberg Brothers1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Donald Bruish Company 1929-1930

320 Federal Street

320 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1865- late 1930sLangendorf & Co., Jewelers1872 Camden City Directory Ad
1890 Historical & Industrial Review
1919Camden High School
1965–1919Langendorf & Co., Jewelers Daniel G. & Ellen H. Langendorf Elizabeth S. Langendorf
Robert J. Gebert Jeweler successor to Langendorf & Co., Jewelers

321 Federal Street

321 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1901–1902Delyte Cafe W. J. Holland
1955Central Used Furniture1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

322 Federal Street

322 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1878J. Jefferis & Son shoes
1878J. Jefferis & Son

322-324 Federal Street

322-324 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955Federal Manufacturing Company Inc.
George Kerby William Kerby

325 Federal Street

325 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Nathan Miller's 5 & 10 Cent Store 1886-1889

326 Federal Street

326 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1881–1894W.R. Fearn photographer
1894–1920sSamuel C. Chester photographer
1920s–1930sLouis Toll (Tolshin) Tailor
1924Meyer Goldberg White Front Meat Market meats
Left: Benjamin H. Thomas Sr.
Samuel C. Chester conducted a portrait photography studio at this address for over 25 years.

328 Federal Street

328 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1880s–1930s George W. Jobes Heaters, Ranges & Roofing of all kinds
1955–1959Doerschner's Dyers & Cleaners1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

331 Federal Street

331 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Central Used Furniture & Central Movers1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

336 Federal Street

336 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906 Lee & Company Howard Lee house furnishings
1906 Howard Lee
1917 George Savage & Family
1917George & Lillie Oetzel Savage
G.F. Casselman

338 Federal Street

338 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1878 G.S.F. Casselman shoes
1878G.S.F. Casselman
1890Henry Washington Buchanan printer, Civil War veteran
1938Mrs. Margaret Seibert

340 Federal Street

340 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1914–1924 Fred J. Needham & Family
1914–1924Fred & Emma Needham
1914–1924James Needham
1919–1924 Howell S. Needham
1933–1936Wall Street Club Edward Markowitz
1947–1967Mindy's Restaurant & Bar

342 Federal Street

342 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1910–1913 John S. Smith & Family (saloon)
1910–1913John S. & Rebecca Price Smith
1910–1913Fitzhugh Lee Smith
1918–1921John McCarry's Saloon
1955–1969Garden State Surplus Army & Navy Surplus camping equipment1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
1955–1969Army & Navy Surplus
Third Alarm Fire on April 9, 1969 Firefighters were hampered by exploding munitions in the building. Fortunately, there
Nathan Miller’s 5 & 10 Cent Store, 325 Federal Street, 1886

Nathan Miller’s 5 & 10 Cent Store, 1886–1889

The first ‘5 and 10-cent store’ in Camden was located at 325 Federal Street. This photo, from 1886, shows Mrs. Lizzie Sievers in the doorway holding Nathan Miller Jr., four-month old son of the proprietor, and sitting on steps are Miller’s daughters, Amanda and Mary. Poster at lower left advertises P.T. Barnum & Company’s Greatest Show on Earth. The three children were still living in the late 1950s when this photo was published in the Camden Courier-Post. Nathan resides in Burlington; Mrs. Mary Jackson, in Balboa, Panama Canal Zone, and Mrs. Amanda Francis, of 100 Harvard Avenue, Gloucester City. Mrs. Francis supplied the photograph to the Courier.

My family has deep roots in Camden, back at least to 1840. George W. Jobes was a tinner and tinsmith at 35 Fourth Street and by 1880 had a store at 328 Federal Street. The family lived above the shop for three generations until my grandparents moved to Audubon in 1930s. The business passed to sons Pancoast (Pank) Jobes and then to Everett for awhile.

George W. was the father of William Jobes, killed in the armory fire of 1906. The irony is that George W. served in Civil War with the Sixth Regiment.

My grandfather Everett played on a few different Camden baseball teams in the 1910s. I even have newspaper clippings and the scores from games that he recorded in his diaries. He was quite the star but he didn’t go to Camden High. He went to Pennington Academy.

George W. Jobes’ brother, Samuel B. Jobes, was Captain and hero of Bliss Farm at Gettysburg.

Nancy Tommaselli
January 2010

Federal Street — fed 0300 andrews hats 1882

Andrews & Bro., Hats, Caps — Andrews & Brother trade card, 1882.

ANDREWS & BRO.,

HATS, CAPS,

And Gents' Furnishing Goods,

S. E. Cor. 3d and Federal Sts.,

CAMDEN, N. J.

Camden birth notices, Camden Courier-Post, November 9, 1967

CAMDEN

Louis to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Aldi of 1024 Lois Avenue.

Isaac to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Berrios of 412 Front Street.

Carlos to Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Caraballo of 409 2nd Street.

Michael Thomas to Mr. and Mrs. David Clark of 2105 Berwick Street.

Virginia Doreen to Mr. and Mrs. William Cooper of 318 Federal Street.

Elsie Denise to Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Davis of 629 N. 8th Street.

Deborah Dee to Mr. and Mrs. David Lavender of 128 Boyd Street.

Clarice Lynn to Mr. and Mrs. John Little of 141 N. 34th Street.

Investigating Strange Fire

Camden Daily Courier —

Investigating Strange Fire - Camden Daily Courier, September 28, 1902

Tailoring Establishment of Elias Kelly Burned Out at an Early Hour in Morning.

A FAMILY NEARLY SUFFOCATED

Lived Over the Shop and Could Not be Wakened — Police Threw Blackjacks Through the Window — The Loss Small and Insurance Heavy.

A fire of mysterious origin burned out the merchant tailoring establishment of Elias Keily, of 302 Federal street, yesterday morning and came near suffocating to death the family of Charles Bray, who occupies the two upper floors of the building.

The fire was discovered by Policeman Peter Stow about half-past two. As he put his key in the fire box there was a crash of glass. The flames had blown out the plate glass window of the tailor shop.

Aroused by the jingling clatter, Saloon-keeper John Beck, who resides next door at 304 Federal street, came bounding out on the pavement in his night shirt, cutting his feet painfully on the hot fragments of glass. Still Colonel Beck kept on across the street to strike an alarm, but Policeman Stow had already sent one in.

Meanwhile the flames were roaring like a cyclone within Keily's store, threatening a conflagration.

While the firemen were on the way down Federal street the rescue of the family of Charles Bray was effected, but only with the greatest difficulty. Policeman Stow, Night Watchman Hires and Colonel Beck shouted and shrieked, but could not wake the sound sleeping family up. Stow threw his blackjack through a window pane on the Third street side and Watchman Hires heaved his club through another, but still the family slept soundly on, although the rooms were filled with smoke and escaping gas and a fiery grate lurked beneath them.

Heroic measures were then resorted to. The officers kicked in the door, and running upstairs, roused the imperilled occupants, consisting of Bray, wife and two daughters, and hurried them into the street.

Meanwhile the men of the chemical engine had burst in the doors to Keily's tailor shop and in a quarter of an hour had the flames snuffed out. Very little stock was found in the place and Chief Elfreth placed the entire damage at about $500. The place was insured in two foreign companies for $1,500 each, it was said. The fire broke out in the rear of the building, where the smell of oil was distinctly evident, but the place had been formerly occupied by a dealer in paints and oils, which no doubt accounted for the odor. Still, the origin of the fire had not been definitely learned by Chief Elfreth up to this morning. Mr. Keily came over from Philadelphia this morning and expressed astonishment at finding his establishment burned out. He has been at 302 Federal street for a month. The buildings on either side were not damaged. Chief Elfreth was investigating the fire this morning, but no one connected with the establishment was on hand and he had to defer it until he could see the proprietor.

John Beck said he retired at 1.30 o'clock yesterday morning and there was no sign of fire then. An hour later it broke out, so it must have been of a smouldering nature.

Notes — 300 Block of Federal Street

328 Federal Street. Photo from mid 1920s.

Camden Notes

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Camden Notes - Philadelphia Inquirer, January 22, 1899

Miss Emma Foulon, of 324 Federal street, entertained a matinee euchre party on Wednesday afternoon.

Over in Camden

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Over in Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, September 2, 1893

Twenty years ago yesterday the free delivery system was inaugurated at the Camden Postoffice.

A dog frightened away burglars who tried to pry open a rear door of [?]. E. Roberts’ men’s furnishing goods store, at Third and Federal streets.

The weavers at Priestly’s Woolen Mills still refuse to go to work at reduced wages, and Manager Bottomley says the mills can remain closed until December 1.

How the Y. M. C. A. Benefits Camden

Philadelphia Inquirer —

How the Y. M. C. A. Benefits Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, March 1, 1896 How the Y. M. C. A. Benefits Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, March 1, 1896 How the Y. M. C. A. Benefits Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, March 1, 1896 How the Y. M. C. A. Benefits Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, March 1, 1896

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.

Bandit Gun Found

Camden Courier-Post —

Bandit Gun Found - Camden Courier-Post, December 1, 1930

Sawed-Off Weapon Discovered by Workman on Sewer at Second and Federal Streets

A double-barreled sawed-off shotgun, loaded with two shells, was found in a sewer at Second and Federal streets today.

The weapon was dug out of the thick mud in the bottom of the drain by a highway department worker who had been cleaning the sewer.

It was turned over to Detective Robert Ashenfelter, who attempted to identify it as one of several guns stolen several months ago from the William Stein hardware store, 313 Federal street.

Ashenfelter also expressed a belief the weapon may have been one used by bandits who held up the saloon of Freeholder Leonard Brehm at Front street and Kaighn avenue. He bases his opinion on the fact the thugs after the robbery had been chased north on Second street and lost near Federal.

Malt License

Camden Post —

Malt License - Camden Post, January 29, 1878

The Court of Common Pleas yesterday granted licenses to sell malt drinks, to John Beck, 306 Federal; Henry Garren, 27 South 4th; Andrew Sheddinger, 344 Spruce and Wm. G. Zimmerman; refused to Charles Horner, 313 Federal; Charles B. Hale, 417 Market; John M. Hertlein, 123 Arch; Herman Kuhle, 10th and Carpenter; John Lock, 325 Spruce and Adam Rumpf, 329 Arch street. Jacob Lawrence of Stockton township was licensed. Wm. Geands application, 12th and Federal, was deferred till Saturday.

400 Block of Federal Street

400 Block of Federal Street

402 Federal Street

402 Federal Street — 400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1954–1961Harmony Tavern George Shapiro
1966–1967Your Girl's Tavern Andrew J. Jackson
1970The Hut

403 Federal Street

403 Federal Street — 400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900 Central Trust Company bank building

406 Federal Street

406 Federal Street — 400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1870s–1884, 1890–1897 Howard Lee & Family
—Lee & Company, stationary and books
1951 New Central Restaurant Steve Johnson
August Pflederer

407 Federal Street

407 Federal Street — 400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1884–1890 john j. logan & Family Grocery

408 Federal Street

408 Federal Street — 400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1928Central Electric Shoe Rebuilding Nathan Curcio, Proprietor

409 Federal Street

409 Federal Street — 400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1869 William C. Lee

410 Federal Street

410 Federal Street — 400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1887John H. Pasco Barber 1888 Max Mentine Barber
1893Louis C. Koessel Barber

412 Federal Street

412 Federal Street — 400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1913Mrs. Lillian Birkmire

413 Federal Street

413 Federal Street — 400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
413 Federal Street
1932Robert Lee Arthur & Family Robert Lee & Laura V. Arthuyr Robert Lee Arthur Jr. Mary Jane Arthur

415 Federal Street

415 Federal Street — 400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
415 Federal Street
1890–1893Mrs. William Doerschner Dyeing & Scouring
Mrs. William Doerschner & Family William Doerschner Herman Doerschner Emile Doerschner Clementine "Ina" Doerschner Bertie Doerschner
Zucker Steinberg Sonstein & Wixted law firm

418 Federal Street

418 Federal Street — 400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906–1980sPublic Service Electric & Gas Co.
aka Camden Gas Light Company aka Public Service Coordinated Transport
1955Public Service Coordinated Transport
1980s–2011Camden Free Public Library

419 Federal Street

419 Federal Street — 400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1855–1915REED's CONFECTIONARY Enos & Catherine Reed Jacob Reed - Henry Reed Annie Reed - Kate Reed
1892–1915Jacob Reed Jacob & Matilda Reed Fred Reed
1935–1939Water's Grille John F. Waters
1939–1981Kirby's Cafe George W. Kirby

421 Federal Street

421 Federal Street — 400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1876–1899 Ferat's
Charles M. Ferat Sr. & Family Charles M. & Mary Ferat Charles M. Ferat Jr. Edward C. "Eddie" Ferat William Ferat Mary Ferat Helene Ferat
1938Cramer's

423 Federal Street

423 Federal Street — 400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1880s–1890John I. Chalfant baker & carpet cleaner Camden Carpet Cleaning Works
1922–1924C.W. Shipe's Cigar Store Charles William Shipe & Family Charles W. & Margaret Cavanaugh Shipe Charles Franklin Shipe Martin E. Shipe Agnes Shipe
—Charles W. & Margaret Cavanaugh Shipe
—Charles Franklin Shipe
—Martin E. Shipe
—Agnes Shipe
Left: Margaret C. Shipe & Charles F. Shipe

424 Federal Street

424 Federal Street — 400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Sig Schoenagle
Judson C. Burns Appliances

425 Federal Street

425 Federal Street — 400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1874 William S. Davis & Family
1874William S. & Dollie Amanda Davis

426 Federal Street

426 Federal Street — 400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900s–1910s William J. Lorigan Shoes
1878–1880 Frank S. Jones
Federal Street — fed 0402 072761 0

Fed 0402 072761 0.

Barber shop operated by Louis C. Koessel, 410 Federal Street, 1893

Barber shop operated by the late Louis C. Koessel was located at 410 Federal Street when the photograph was taken in 1893. This building and others were torn down to make way for offices of Public Service Electric and Gas Company, which in the 1980s became the home of the Camden Free Public Library. Posing with the barber is his daughter, Bertha, later Mrs. Walter Tyler, of 232 Conover Street, Burlington, who submitted the photograph to the Courier-Post around 1958.

Notice of Application

Camden Courier-Post —

Notice of Application - Camden Courier-Post, June 11, 1966

Take notice that Your Girls Inc. trading as Your Girls, Inc., has applied to the Municipal Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control of the City of Camden, for a Plenary Retail Consumption license for premises situated at 402 Federal Street, Camden, New Jersey.

Sophia E. Buss, 6126 Pleasant Ave., Pennsauken, Vice President.

Andrew J. Jackson, Jr., 100 Lincoln Ave., Cherry Hill, President.

Margaret M. Jackson, 100 Lincoln Ave., Cherry Hill, Secretary-Treasurer.

Andrew J. Jackson, Sr., 911 N. 27th St., Camden, Vice President.

Objections, if any, should be made immediately in writing to John T. Odorisio, Clerk of the City of Camden, New Jersey.

(Signed) YOUR GIRLS, INC., 402 Federal St., Camden, N.J.

($16.00)

George Shapiro Dies, Was Tavernkeeper

Camden Courier-Post —

George Shapiro Dies, Was Tavernkeeper - Camden Courier-Post, July 27, 1961

George Shapiro, 58, of 1357 Park blvd., died Wednesday in Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia. He was the operator of a tavern at 402 Federal st. for many years. He was a member of Congregation Sons of Israel.

Surviving are his wife, Ruth; two daughters, Doris Fein of Gloucester City and Sheila Shapiro of Camden; three sons, Sylvester, Harvey and Steven of Camden; three brothers, Edward, William and Bernard of Camden; two sisters, Mrs. Lillian Kirshner of Camden, and Mrs. Dorothy Lyons of New York City, and four grandchildren.

Services will be held Friday at 10 a.m. in a funeral home at 1401 Princess ave., Shiva will be observed at 1357 Park blvd. Burial will be in Crescent Burial Park, Pennsauken.

415 Federal Street — Social Security Administration Office Memory

Carol Segal Swanson —

This was the site of the Social Security Administration office where I worked from July 1, 1965 until May, 1968. Because it was the beginning of the Medicare program, all of the new hires were cross trained. I worked at the front desk, the new account number desk, typed from dictation for the disability unit and ironically helped out on the switchboard.

—Carol Segal Swanson, April 2020

Camden at a Glance

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Camden at a Glance - Philadelphia Inquirer, June 27, 1914

Changes made necessary by the elevation of John A. Stockton to the post of Fire Chief were announced last evening by the Fire Committee of Camden City Council. Stockton will be succeeded as Deputy Chief by Captain Peter Carter, of Engine Company No. 1. Lieutenant Samuel Whitzell will take Carter’s place and will be succeeded by Charles Cook, who was chauffeur for the late Chief Worthington.

Pleading guilty to a charge of burglary at the store of Sig Schoenagle, 424 Federal street, Kim Lee, a Japanese, was yesterday sentenced by Judge Boyle to serve not less than three and a half years or more than seven years in the State Prison. With a paving stone Lee broke a bulk window at the store and stole two Panama hats.

His jaw broken and skull probably fractured by being kicked in the head by a horse in his father’s barn, 15-year-old Edgar Leech, of Paulsboro, is in a serious condition in Cooper Hospital, Camden. Hurried to Camden on a train, the boy was in an unconscious condition when admitted to the hospital, and was still in a state of coma last night.

Decreeing that the defendant concern was not responsible for the accident, Judge Boyle yesterday dismissed the liability claim filed by Henderson Martin against the Camden Iron Works. Martin sought damages for injuries sustained to an arm by a pipe rolling on it.

500 Block of Federal Street

500 Block of Federal Street

500 Federal Street

500 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930s–late 1950sQuality Food Market
1935Hilda's Beauty Shop

500-504 Federal Street

500-504 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930s–late 1950sQuality Food Market

503 Federal Street

503 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900Michael Walsh

505 Federal Street

505 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1915Norman Frank
1915Robert Siruski

506 Federal Street

506 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1896–1902John H. Riddle & Family (saloon)
1896–1902John H. & Mary Riddle
1896–1902Harry Riddle
1896–1902Mabel Riddle

506-508 Federal Street

506-508 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920s–1930sNational Industrial Finance Association Industrial Loans
1934–1938Otto's Beauty Shop
1950s–1960sQuality Drug
1955Latcham Studio
Foulon's Ice Cream Parlor & Restaurant

508 Federal Street

508 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955Safe-Way Auto Driving School
Judson C. Burns Appliances

510 Federal Street

510 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1914 Antonio Oliveto & Family
1914Antonio & Maria Oliveto
1914William Oliveto
1914Felice Oliveto
1914Anna Maria Oliveto
1914Catherine Oliveto
1914 Dominick Oliveto
1914Rose Oliveto
1914Angelina Oliveto
1914Lucy Oliveto
1914Daniel Oliveto
1938Soltz Paint Company
1947–1955F.L. Shaw & Son jewelry
Photo circa 1958

511 Federal Street

511 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1893–1920Louis Clark & Family wallpaper & paperhanging Louis & Carrie W. Clark Louis Clark Jr. - Leah Clark
1893–1920Louis & Carrie W. Clark
1893–1920Louis Clark Jr.
1893–1920Leah Clark

512 Federal Street

512 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1895–1938Doerschner's Dyers and Cleaners
1895–1938Doerschner's Dyers and Cleaners William H. Hendricks
1895–1938Doerschner's Dyers and Cleaners Mrs. William Doerschner Emile Doerschner
1923–1947Doerschner's Dyers and Cleaners William H. Hendricks
1955Sye's One Hour Cleaners
Bertha Doerschner - Preston E. Gilling

514 Federal Street

514 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1886Alex Schlesinger
1902–1916 Lorigan's Shoes of Quality William J. Lorigan & Margaret Lorigan
1908–1932Mrs. Sarah L. Palitz
Joseph M. Engard - Richard W. Kerswell Samuel E. Hudson

516 Federal Street

516 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1939 Henry C. "Harry" Grosscup
Belmont Meat Market 1939

518 Federal Street

518 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1870s–1880sM.M. Fuchs New York Millinery
1891–1929William Cowgill patent medicines
1941Kline & Gallimore
Roseland Studio
Joseph Campbell - Hazel McCloskey William McCloskey Fawn & Foster Little Mary Woodrow Kathryn Hamilton Jimmy Dougherty's Orchestra
DEL-RAY STUDIO February 3, 1933 Courier-Post
ASSOCIATES FINANCE COMPANY November 30, 1965 Courier-Post

520 Federal Street

520 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1878Mary Brunet shoes
1878Mary Brunet
1925–1926Federal Flower Shop George J. Hamill
1955Shohen's
1966Beef 'n Bottle tavern
Stanley A. Laurence - Jeanne Gabel Zachary Gabel

521-523 Federal Street

521-523 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1892The Court saloon William J. Gallagher, proprietor

522 Federal Street

522 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955Soltz Paint Company

524 Federal Street

524 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1945Sunlite Market Morris Shapiro
1959-early 1960sThe Library Shop
circa 1880–mid-1920s C. Foulon & Company Bakery
Albert Foulon Ice Cream & Cakes 1919

525 Federal Street

525 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1872–1873 William S. Davis & Family
1872–1873William S. & Dollie Amanda Davis
1877Josiah M. Davis
1900sEmil Katz bottler

526 Federal Street

526 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1899–1928 Ferat's confectionary
1955Library Shop
Charles M. Ferat Sr. & Family Charles M. & Mary Ferat Charles M. Ferat Jr. - Edward C. "Eddie" Ferat William Ferat - Mary Ferat - Helene Ferat

528-530 Federal Street

528-530 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Lintonia Pure Food Shop Gus Chigounis

536 Federal Street

536 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1878Brooks & Brother shoes, second location at 311 Kaighn Avenue
1919–1928Harry Baylie shoes & rubbers
1920s–1925Gennbach's Saloon
1955M.A. Bruder & Sons Inc.

538 Federal Street

538 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900 George Tabor Quinn
1933Linton's Lunch
1941Miles Shoes
Sig Schoenagle hats, shirts, underwear, hosiery, etc. 1919

540 Federal Street

540 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1919–1922D. Trueman Stackhouse lawyer
1923Federal Emblem Company
1947–1960Brait's Men's Furnishings Samuel Brait - Charles Brait Meyer Blackman
540 Federal Street
919-1922 D. Trueman Stackhouse lawyer
June 4, 1922 Letter to William Schmid
Medal made for Improved Order of Red Men Minneota Tribe No. 223 Atlantic City, New Jersey
Also at 111 Broadway and 251-1/2 Broadway

540-542 Federal Street

540-542 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923–1928Frost Brothers Cameras, Leather Goods, Stationary, Pens, Silverware

542 Federal Street

542 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1898–1901 John Cherry Restaurant
1938O. Jay Silverman & Company
SYKES

544 Federal Street

544 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1932W.T. Grant department store

546 Federal Street

546 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1906Frost Brothers opticians & photographic supplies1906 City Directory Cover Ad; 1906 City Directory Ad

548 Federal Street

548 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1902Raymond J. English undertaker, successor to Josiah V. Middleton1902 City Directory Ad
1919 Camden High School
1926–1938Samuel N. Miller Real Estate & Insurance
1928–1936Liggett's Drig Store
1938Horneff's Jopseph Horneff & Son Awnings & Venetian Blinds
The Fussy Shop chocolates 1919

548-550 Federal Street

548-550 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
That's Bob in the foreground, wearing the white hat!

550 Federal Street

550 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890–1896 john cherry restaurant & Justice of the Peace
1906–1909William Moore
1909–1919 Palace Hotel William Moebius saloon
Joseh Taylor - Broadway Frank Somers
William A. Moore - City Hotel Gertrude Gienger - Eugene Widmann Alvena Brass - Jules R. Schaaf Harry Rodenbach aka Harry Rodenbeck Andrew Travisco - Antonio Abbot Federal Street - North Front Street North 3rd Street - Spruce Street

552 Federal Street

552 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1883–1905Thomas P. Curley Sr. & Family Thomas P. & Annie Curley Thomas P. Curley Jr. Anna May Curley John Curley
1914Dr, Hubert MacGeorge
552 Federal Street
William Morrison Church of the Immaculate Conception Mickle Street

560 Federal Street

560 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938A. Schulte Liquor Store
1955Weston & Company Liquors of Distinction

564 Federal Street

564 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Postcard from 1900s

566 Federal Street

566 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
The Y.M.C.A 1919 Camden High School Purple & Gold

584 Federal Street

584 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900s–1910s Fred Grosscup Henry C. "Harry" Grosscup

Quality Food Market

Camden Courier-Post —

Quality Food Market - Camden Courier-Post, February 4, 1938

AT FIFTH AND FEDERAL STREETS

Formerly at 518 Federal

PHONE 7389—FREE DELIVERY

Meat Department

U. S. Gov't. Graded Beef
Choice CHUCK ROAST ....lb. 16c
Boneless X-Cut & Bolar 25c lb.

PORK LOIN ROAST ..........lb. 15c
Neck End, Average to 3½ lbs.

U. S. Gov't. Graded Beef
Choice RUMP or ROUND STEAK ....lb. 25c

Country Style PORK SHOULDERS lb. 15c

Genuine Spring LAMB SALE
Legs ........ lb. 23c
Short Forequarters ...lb. 14c
[?]ib Lamb Chops lb. 25c

City-Dressed PORK SHOULDERS, lb. 19c

NUCOA or GOOD LUCK OLEO MARGARINE ...2 lbs. 35c

Cudahy Puritan BOILED HAM or SWISS CHEESE, ½ lb. 19c

Fancy Selected TURKEYS ........lb. 29c

Cudahy's Edgemere Cello. Wrapped BACON ....½ lb. pkg. 12c

Money-Back Guaranteed EGGS In Cartons ........doz. 23c

Fruit and Produce Dept.

Sweet Juicy FLORIDA ORANGES ......doz. 15c
Regularly 19c

Sunkist Navel ORANGES ......doz. 19c
Best for the Money 2 doz. 35c

Juicy Thin Skin GRAPEFRUIT ...6 for 25c

Delicious Stayman WINESAP APPLES ........5 lbs. 17c

Fresh, Clean SPINACH ..........lb. 6c

Crisp CELERY HEARTS 3 Stalks to Bunch ...... 8c

Florida New PEAS ..........2 lbs. 17c

Selected U. S. No. 1 Idaho Baking POTATOES, 10-lb. bag 25c

Sound Globe ONIONS ....10-lb. bag 25c

Sea Food Department

Select Salt Water STEW. OYSTERS, doz. 12c

Extra Large SMELTS ..........lb. 15c

Fillet of FLOUNDER ........lb. 21c
Regularly 29c

Alaska Pink SALMON ..........lb. 23c

Penn Beef Co. Quality Food Market

Camden Courier-Post —

Penn Beef Co. Quality Food Market - Camden Courier-Post, October 27, 1955

STORE HOURS: 9 A.M. TO 6 P.M. EXCEPT FRIDAYS 9 A.M. TO 9 P.M.

PLENTY OF PARKING AVAILABLE

Penn BEEF CO.

QUALITY FOOD MARKET 5TH & FEDERAL STS.

Shop And Save The Penn Beef Way

Cool Waves for Hot Days

Camden Courier-Post —

Cool Waves for Hot Days - Camden Courier-Post, August 30, 1935

PERMANENTS

Nestle Oil Croquignole $4.50

Special Arlette Croquignole $3.00

Keen Steam Spiral Waves $2, $3.50, $5

3 SPECIALS $1

INDIVIDUAL ITEMS 35c

HILDA'S BEAUTY SHOPPE

2500 Federal St. 2nd Floor

PHONE 4116

524 Federal Street — The Library Shop Memory

Carol Segal Swanson —

Thank you for letting me know that the store was on Federal Street rather than Broadway. I do recall that my friend Kathy and I went there and I purchased a 25th wedding anniversary dish as a gift for my parents. Their anniversary was February so it was probably late 1960 or early 1961. I am so happy to still have the dish.

—Carol Segal Swanson, April 2020

Over in Camden

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Over in Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, January 22, 1897

• Miss Carrie Foulon was married last evening to William George Maguire by Rev. William Dayton Roberts, at the home of the bride’s parents, 524 Federal street.

Camden’s Police Shake-Up

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Camden’s Police Shake-Up - Philadelphia Inquirer, December 8, 1896

Lieutenant Pettit Makes an Explanation and Chief Dodd a Denial.

Lieutenant Pettit, of the Camden police department, is concerned over the exposure of his failure to execute a warrant against the gamblers at 503 Federal street, which was given to him two months prior to the time Chief Dodd raided the place. He claimed yesterday that the day after receiving the warrant he was told at headquarters to hold off until more definite information was secured.

This is denied by Chief Dodd, who says Lieutenant Pettit was urged to execute the warrant, and the raid was organized by himself because of Pettit’s inactivity.

The raid and consequent controversy have opened up inquiries as to poolrooms and poker rooms, which are said to be in operation in the central part of the city.

Designing and Engineering “Drive in Theatre”

Camden Courier-Post —

Designing and Engineering “Drive in Theatre” - Camden Courier-Post, June 6, 1933

By HOWARD E. HALL, Architect

544 Federal Street, Camden

Man Shot in Holdup of Card Game Dies

Camden Courier-Post —

Man Shot in Holdup of Card Game Dies - Camden Courier-Post, January 13, 1938 Man Shot in Holdup of Card Game Dies - Camden Courier-Post, January 13, 1938

Chef, Father of 13, Loses Two-week Battle for Life; Slayer Hunted

Shot during a struggle with one of two bandits who held up a card game at 725 Penn street on January 11, Angelo Margolis, 38, of 1112 Langham avenue, lost a valiant fight for life yesterday.

Margolis, father of 13 children and a chef at the Lintonia Restaurant at 530 Federal street, died in Cooper Hospital at 5.55 a.m.

His death immediately brought county authorities into the case and a warrant charging murder has been issued for his assailant, who is known to police.

Police of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware have been searching for the suspect since the holdup occurred in the Penn street home of Samuel Ermlios, 40, chef in a Broadway restaurant.

Also wounded by the same bullet, a “soft-nose” or dum-dum bullet, which struck Margolis, was Ross Pandeladia, 37, owner of a restaurant at 6846 Market street, Philadelphia. The bullet tore several arteries in Margolis’ arm. Police do not have the identity of the bandit who accompanied Margolis’ assailant, who also escaped, but who had suffered a beating about the head with the pistol which killed Margolis. Police recovered the weapon at the holdup scene.

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.

Autopsy Today

Coroner Franklin P. Jackson, 3rd, has ordered an autopsy which will be performed at Cooper Hospital today by County Physician David S. Rhone. Coroner Jackson said there is no question but what Margolis died from the effects of the bullet wound, which occasioned a large loss of blood, but that the autopsy would be held to officially ascribe the cause in county records for use by the prosecutor’s office.

Eight material witnesses arrested after the holdup probably will be recalled today to the office of Prosecutor Samuel P. Orlando and reexamined. 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.

600 Block of Federal Street

600 Block of Federal Street

602 Federal Street

602 Federal Street — 600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920William B. Merrick
Dr. Edward Schiff Dentist

604 Federal Street

604 Federal Street — 600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910E.L. Headley

606 Federal Street

606 Federal Street — 600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890 William J. "Kid" Gleason

610 Federal Street

610 Federal Street — 600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1915 William Lane
Robert Knox Division Street

614 Federal Street

614 Federal Street — 600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1878Thomas Curley hatter
1878–1882Thomas P. Curley Sr. & Family grocer Thomas P. & Annie Curley Thomas P. Curley Jr. Anna May Curley John Curley
1920s–1960sY.M.C.A. Young Men's Christian Association
1927Ackley & Reed Jewelers
614 Federal Street

616 Federal Street

616 Federal Street — 600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Bo Mont Jewelers1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

626 Federal Street

626 Federal Street — 600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Phil & Rudy's Federal Barber Shop

630 Federal Street

630 Federal Street — 600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Late 1940s–1959 Dr. Edward Schiff Dentist

632 Federal Street

632 Federal Street — 600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Microtone of Camden1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

636 Federal Street

636 Federal Street — 600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Birds Eye Division General Foods Corp.1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

638 Federal Street

638 Federal Street — 600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1958Western Union
Earl Quinton Joseph Hainsworth

640 Federal Street

640 Federal Street — 600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
HARRIS EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

660 Federal Street

660 Federal Street — 600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1887–1888John Jeffrey tinsmith
1887Mrs. Emma Wood widow of Richard Wood
1887Parick McConlogue 1887 William McConlogue Mrs. Margaret McConlogue
1887–1888John Jeffrey
1887Mrs. Emma Wood
1887Parick McConlogue
1887William McConlogue
1888John Hyland 1888 John A. Hyland
1888John Hyland
1888John A. Hyland

2 Men, 2 Girls Jailed; Nabbed in Apartment

Camden Courier-Post —

2 Men, 2 Girls Jailed; Nabbed in Apartment - Camden Courier-Post, February 16, 1928 2 Men, 2 Girls Jailed; Nabbed in Apartment - Camden Courier-Post, February 16, 1928

Arrested last night in an apartment house on Federal street, two Gloucester men and two young Camden girls were found guilty of disorderly conduct after a hearing before Judge Bernard Bertman in police court this morning.

Martha O’Hara, 22 years old, of 804 Federal street, was sentenced to 30 days in jail; her 15-year-old sister, Anna, was sent to the Detention Home; George Mickle, 28 years old, of 305 Mercer street, Gloucester, was sentenced to 30 days in jail, and Edward Jones, 33 years old, of 518 Ridgway street, Gloucester, received 20 days.

Henry Ford, owner of the apartment house at 638 Federal street, said that tenants had complained that a party in the third-floor suite disturbed them. He called Policeman Charles Stone and later summoned Policemen Walter Patton and Raymond Stark, members of the First district patrol crew.

Stone testified that the men were intoxicated, and that he and Policeman Stark found the girls, scantily clad, hiding behind clothing in a bedroom closet.

Three Men Held Without Bail in Tavern Holdup

Camden Courier-Post —

Three Men Held Without Bail in Tavern Holdup - Camden Courier-Post, January 12, 1953 Three Men Held Without Bail in Tavern Holdup - Camden Courier-Post, January 12, 1953

Trio Nabbed at Shore Identified by Victim Of $2000 Theft Here

Three men suspected of the $2000 robbery of a Camden woman tavern owner last Friday were held without bail for further hearing by Judge Dzick today.

Dzick acted in compliance with a request by Detectives Marshall Thompson and George Ellis, who said the investigation was not complete. The three were arrested Sunday in Atlantic City.

Booked on charges of armed robbery were Stanley Slagle, 22, of 1408 Broadway; James J. Lenahan, 24, of 1734 Broadway, and Robert Sharp, 26, of 19 N. Johnson blvd., Gloucester.

Identified as Boxer

Slagle was identified as a middleweight boxer, who started to fight last fall and appeared twice at a Philadelphia club.

Arrested at 2 a. m. Sunday the men were returned to Camden, where they were identified by Miss Mary Lynch, 44, who operates Lynch’s Cafe at 3rd and Erie sts. Charles Clark, 33, of 538 N. Front st., a patron who was slugged on the head with a blackjack, was able to identify Lenahan and Sharp as participating in the daylight holdup, according to Detective Capt. Thomas Murphy.

Murphy said the men will be included in a police lineup Tuesday at 8 p. m. so that other victims of holdups in the area during the past year may view the suspects.

Atlantic City police said Patrolmen Adelmo Fidelli and Edward Shaw, acting on information from Camden detectives, nabbed Lenahan in the Nomad Club.

Fifteen minutes later, other officers took Sharp and Slagle into custody in the Jockey Club.

Shore police said they had been notified Camden authorities in a raid on an apartment in Camden had learned from a girl-friend of one of the men that she was to meet them in Atlantic City.

Some Money Recovered

Murphy said $600 of the stolen money was recovered on the men, in addition to $125 discovered in the apartment in the 1700 block on Broadway.

The detective captain said Detectives George Ellis and Marshall Thompson, who along with Detectives Harry Tracey and Sgt. William Kelly returned the suspects from the shore, had spent 43 hours without sleep on the trail of the bandits.

Murphy said the key to the capture was a license number obtained by Patrolman Oliver Morgan from an automobile seen near the scene of the holdup.

Car Was Stolen

The car, Murphy said, had been stolen from John J. Hegar, 640 Federal st., a certified public accountant, who was unaware of the theft until after the car was recovered Saturday on 7th st., between Liberty st. and Kaighn ave.

Later Saturday, Murphy related, Detective Harry Kyler and Detective Sgt. Vincent Conley obtained information linking Lenahan to the job and, still later, the apartment in Camden was raided.

Discovered in the apartment, Murphy said, were a .45-calibre automatic and the cash, found hidden under a chair cushion.

Murphy said Lenahan and Sharp, under questioning Sunday night in Camden, admitted their part in the holdup. Slagle, however, denied knowledge of the crime, Murphy added.

Discarded Weapons

Reconstructing the holdup and the trail of the gunmen, Murphy named Sharp as driver of the getaway car and said the men drove around the city and then later threw a shotgun and blackjack from the car.

The men went to Philadelphia, Murphy continued, where they purchased new clothes and wrist watches and other accessories and agreed to meet in Atlantic City.

Murphy said all have police records, Lenahan having been paroled in July from state prison after serving a term for grand larceny in Atlantic City. Sharp was released from state prison last year after serving a term for larceny of an automobile in Camden County and Slagle was released from the prison where he was sent for robbery, Murphy said.

700 Block of Federal Street

700 Block of Federal Street

700 Federal Street

700 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955William M. Flinn Realty Company1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

703 Federal Street

703 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890S. Hatton Foulke & Company painters & paper hangers
1896 Israel B. Adams

704 Federal Street

704 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1890–1917Patrick Powell funeral director - casket & shroud manufacturer morgue keeper - undertaker
1892Trenton House saloon Cliff Valentine, proprietor1892 City Directory Ad
1922William Strong

706 Federal Street

706 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Leslie D. Slonim1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

710 Federal Street

710 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1941S. Rusling Leap

711 Federal Street

711 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1872–1922Andrew Kenna & Family
1872–1922Andrew & Catherine Kenna
1872–1922Margaret Kenna
1872–1922Mary Alice Kenna
1872–1922Katie Kenna
1872–1922Annie Kenna
Dr. Thomas E. Hughes & Family Dr. Thomas & Justina Kenna Hughes Thomas E. Hughes - Arthur Hughes John A. Hughes - Margaret Hughes
Left: Catherine Kenna, April 1912

712 Federal Street

712 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Broker's Mortgage Service1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

716 Federal Street

716 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
HIMES BOOST A SANDWICH SHOP
1938Camden Dispensary

718 Federal Street

718 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1915Stanley Montgomery
1923Franklin Pierce Alloway & Family
1923Franklin P. & Sarah L. Alloway
1923Sarah L. Alloway
1923Eleanor J. Alloway
1923Florence Mae Alloway

720 Federal Street

720 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Charles Harlacher William Rothman Paul Rothman carman street Baird Boulevard
1932Camden Duplicating Company

721 Federal Street

721 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1898–1906George N. Foust & Family
1898–1906George & Martha Faust
1898–1906William Foust
1898–1906George N. Foust Jr.
1898–1906Charles Foust
1898–1906Helen Foust
1898–1906Bessie Foust

722 Federal Street

722 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955 Joseph N. Hettel architect
1955Sneath, Hardenbergh & Samar Inc.1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
1954–1955Camden Realty Company

724 Federal Street

724 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1938Edward Corbett
1955Robert G. Wilson1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

724-726 Federal Street

724-726 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955–1964Maison De Paris Beauty College1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Maison De Paris Beauty College

726 Federal Street

726 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1877–1880 William H. "Policy Bill" Smith & Family
1877–1880 William H. & Harriet Smith
1877–1880William H. Smith Jr.
1877–1880Virginia Smith
1877–1880Augustus D. Smith
1877–1880Sue Smith
1877–1880 Howard M. Smith
1877–1880Clarence S. Smith
1877–1880 Walter H. Smith
1881–1882William H. Hawkins & Family William & Adelaide Hawkins J. Miller Hawkins
1926–1928Mrs. Jennie B. Nunn physiotherapist
1955State Beauty Supply1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
This building was either rebuilt or converted to business use in 1929 or early 1930.
1931Camden Vacuum Cleaner Company

728 Federal Street

728 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1951 AHEPA
1955George H. Plum1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Modern Restaurant Nicholas Houles

729 Federal Street

729 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890 Joseph Logue

731 Federal Street

731 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1872–1885 Thomas Horner & Family
1872–1885Thomas & Lizzie Horner
1872–1885 George Horner
1872–1885 daniel a. carter & Laura Horner Carter

733 Federal Street

733 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1887–1888 daniel a. carter & Family Daniel A. & Laura Horner Carter george horner
1887–1888Daniel A. & Laura Horner Carter

737 Federal Street

737 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1894–1900 daniel a. carter & Family
1894–1900Daniel A. & Laura Horner Carter
1900–1906Laura Horner Carter George Horner
1955Fleming & Company1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

738 Federal Street

738 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1898 Clarence S. Smith & Family
1898Clarence S. & Mary Smith
1898Harriet Florence Smith
1947–1955James M. Thoirs Inc. Florists1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

744 Federal Street

744 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Federal Cafe 1924

750 Federal Street

750 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1895–1898 Harriet Smith & Family
1895–1898William H. Smith Jr.
1895–1898Augustus D. Smith
1895–1898Sue Smith
1895–1898 Howard M. Smith
1895–1898 Clarence S. Smith
1895–1898 Walter H. Smith
1895–1898 Crawford M. Smith
1895–1898 Roy A. Smith

758 Federal Street

758 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1894 Harriet Smith & Family
1894William H. Smith Jr.
1894Augustus D. Smith
1894Sue Smith
1894 Howard M. Smith
1894 Clarence S. Smith
1894 Walter H. Smith
1894 Crawford M. Smith
1894 Roy A. Smith

762 Federal Street

762 Federal Street — 700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Thomas W. Thornley 1887-1888
Franklin Pierce Alloway family, 718 Federal Street, 1923

Franklin Pierce Alloway & Family, 718 Federal Street, 1923.

Franklin Pierce Alloway and his wife, the former Sarah Lavinia Griffee resided at 645 Willard Street when their first child, my mother, was born on November 24, 1919. Her name was Sarah Lavinia Alloway. They resided at 815 Market Street when their second child, Eleanor Jennie Alloway, was born on December 10, 1921. They lived at 718 Federal Street when their third child, Florence Mae was born on February 23, 1923. They next resided at 513 South 6th Street when their fourth child, Franklin Charles “Bud” Alloway was born on November 7, 1924. They lived at 608 Carmen Street when their fifth child, William Robert Alloway was born, December 31, 1926. The family had moved to 436 Benson Street, when their sixth child, Anna Louse Alloway came on August 5, 1928. When the seventh and last child, Mary Elizabeth was born on August 30, 1930, the family was living at 422 Main Street. The reason given for the continual moving was because of the increase in the family size requiring larger accommodations.

Jim Powell
February 2013

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Merrick

Camden Courier-Post —

Merrick - Camden Courier-Post, February 22, 1938

MERRICK—In loving memory of my dear father, William B. Merrick, who passed away 15 years ago today, February 22, 1923.

Dear Father, you are not forgotten.
Though on earth you are no more.
Still in memory you are with me,
As you always were before.

Daughter Bessie.

Fall on Ice Breaks Leg

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Fall on Ice Breaks Leg - Philadelphia Inquirer, January 6, 1910

A fall on the ice resulted in [?]. L. Headley, 50 years old, of 604 Federal street, going to the Cooper Hospital yesterday with a broken leg.

Some Severe Sentences

Camden Daily Courier —

Some Severe Sentences - Camden Daily Courier, May 24, 1895

LOTTERY POLICY DEALERS GIVEN THE FULL EXTANT OF THE LAW.

A Business Court Which Announces its Purpose to Punish Law Breakers as the Laws Provide—Tribute Awarded Where Tribute is Due.

Policy sellers felt the strong hand of the law this morning, and Judge Vroom, speaking from the bench of the Quarter Sessions Court, stated that all offenders in the same line who came before the Court would receive the most severe penalty the law allowed. Judge Vroom’s language when speaking of the practice of policy selling was most severe and condemnatory.

“This Court,” said he, “has fully determined to break up the nefarious traffic, and all offenders hereafter convicted will receive the full penalty of the law.”

It was assize day at the Quarter Sessions Court this morning, and four persons convicted of violating the law concerning lottery, were early arraigned before the Court for sentence. Walter Garwood, who entered a plea of nom vult contendre [sic], was given a sentence of one year in the State prison and to pay a fine of $100 and costs. William Parker, colored, who was found guilty of policy selling, was given a sentence of one year, but no fine. Washington Ketline, who the Court designated as an old offender, was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $100 and costs—the full limit of the law. When Mrs. Harriet Smith, of 750 Federal street, arose for sentence, she was visibly affected and seemed to know that her fate was to be a severe one. She was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. She was taken from the court room crying and on her way down stairs to the Sheriff’s office fainted. She was removed to the jail on a cot, seriously ill. Mrs. Smith has a large family, and her sentence, of course, put her in a most trying position. But she has been before the Court several times before, and evidently thought she could continue policy selling indefinitely so long as she was only fined. Lawyer Harry Scovel made a strong appeal to the Court for clemency in her behalf, but it was not heeded. Lawyer Crandall, counsel for Washington Ketline, gave notice of carrying Ketline’s case to the Supreme Court on a writ of error, and Ketline was released on furnishing $1,000 bail.

Among the additional persons sentenced were the following:

William Jacobs, colored, involuntary manslaughter in causing the death of George Whittington last December, one year in the penitentiary.

David Fry, colored, who assaulted Georgiana Fry, a relative, with a razor, was given two years in the penitentiary.

“This Court is determined to put a stop to the practices of carrying deadly weapons and the indiscriminate use of them,” said Judge Vroom.

Henry Thomas, colored, was sentenced to thirty days in the county jail for having stolen a pair of shoes for his walnut-colored “Trilb[?]s”

Bail was declared forfeited in the following cases: Jeptha Hickman, assault and battery, Smith Cos[?]ell, bondsman; Wm. Wright, grand larceny, Mary Scovel, bondsman; Joseph Gallagher, petit larceny, Mary Scovel, bondsman; Frank Nelson, false pretences, John Lane, bondsman.

Today practically closes the spring term of the Court of Quarter Sessions, and in reviewing the business of the term it must be said that the Court has been a business-like one from start to finish. It has been such a term as is calculated to assure the public that the best interests of all were being carefully considered and judiciously guarded.

The Prosecutor and his assistant have strongly upheld the Court in its endeavors to administer the law, and the sentences of the Court clearly demonstrate a sincere conviction and desire to suppress lawless conditions and those public evils which threaten the peace of a community. Policy dealers have been rigidly dealt with, and they certainly begin to understand that they must stop their unlawful practices or go to the penitentiary. The fees from Justices’ courts have also received attention from the present Judges, and been cut down to what the Court considers just to the county’s taxpayers. Despite the large volume of business before the Court, all cases have received due consideration and care. Last, but by no means least, County Clerk Barber, by his prompt and methodical care of the records, has materially aided the Court, as also has Sheriff Barrett and his assistants.

800 Block of Federal Street

800 Block of Federal Street

800 Federal Street

800 Federal Street — 800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929–1934George J. Hamill
1936–1954 Roy's Cafe moved to 733 Federal street between 1947 and 1954 Roy Wagner

802 Federal Street

802 Federal Street — 800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1890–1894William F. Cox builder
1948Daniel McSurdy
1955Camden Stamp & Stencil Works1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

803 Federal Street

803 Federal Street — 800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Camden Commercial Agency1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

804 Federal Street

804 Federal Street — 800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1870Patrick Powell grocer
1900s–1910sEdward L. Headley

808 Federal Street

808 Federal Street — 800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1872–1888Patrick Powell undertaker

811 Federal Street

811 Federal Street — 800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1946–1955Deighan's Sport Center bar
1946–1955Deighan's Sport Center

812 Federal Street

812 Federal Street — 800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947–1953Glenwood F. Watson Sr. & Family
1947–1953Glenwood F. & Julia Watson
Private First Class Glenwood F. "Don" Watson Jr.

813 Federal Street

813 Federal Street — 800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890Samuel Shannon cigars
1890Samuel Shannon

814 Federal Street

814 Federal Street — 800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1898Lee Dean
814 Federal Street
Elbridge B. McClong
BOWERS Farm Lighting Batteries

815 Federal Street

815 Federal Street — 800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Real Estate Investment Company W.A. Davis - Harry W. Boureau - George Zollers

817 Federal Street

817 Federal Street — 800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1863 Edward James & Family cooper Edward & Caroline James Wesley B. James - Mary James Abraham Lincoln James Edward James - Forest James
1863Edward & Caroline James
1863Wesley B. James
1863Mary James
1863 Abraham Lincoln James
1863Forest James

818 Federal Street

818 Federal Street — 800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1880s–1890s Dr. Daniel Strock

822 Federal Street

822 Federal Street — 800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1881–1894Richard Cox & Family builder

826 Federal Street

826 Federal Street — 800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1880–1891 Charles W. Cox & Family builder
1915–1917Harry Thompson & Family
1915–1917Harry & Mary J. Thompson
1915–1917Ellen Thompson
1915–1917Anna Thompson
1915–1917William J. Thompson

831 Federal Street

831 Federal Street — 800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Keller's Three-Hour Cleaners1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

832 Federal Street

832 Federal Street — 800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Samuel G. Braun, Inc. Cleaner's & Dyer's Equipment & Supplies1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

842 Federal Street

842 Federal Street — 800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1912Michael Ryan saloon
1912Michael Ryan

860 Federal Street

860 Federal Street — 800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Mario Rodriguez Sr. & Family 1920's-1930s

Daniel McSurdy

Camden Courier-Post —

Daniel McSurdy - Camden Courier-Post, December 27, 1948

Services for Daniel McSurdy, 59, of 802 Federal street, will be held at 10.30 a. m. tomorrow in the funeral home at 1458 Mt. Ephraim avenue where friends may call tonight. Burial will be in New Camden cemetery. Mr. McSurdy, a Camden resident 10 years, died suddenly Thursday night while visiting at 804 Federal street. He is survived by a son, Clarence, Dividing Creek; a daughter, Mrs. Helen Glespil, Tampa, Fla., and four sisters, Mrs. Ann Eichenberg, Camden, Mrs. Hester Parker, Dividing Creek, Mrs. Emma Horseman, Washington, and Miss Hannah McSurdy, Mt. Ephraim.

Aged Watchman Falls Dead in Tavern

Camden Courier-Post —

Aged Watchman Falls Dead in Tavern - Camden Courier-Post, December 24, 1948

Daniel McSurdy, 70, of 804 Federal street, collapsed early today in a mid-city taproom and was dead on arrival at Cooper hospital. He was a watchman.

According to Coroner Blake, the man died of a cerebral hemorrhage. Blake said he would issue a certificate of death later.

Notice of Intention

Camden Courier-Post —

Notice of Intention - Camden Courier-Post, June 8, 1934

Take notice that George J. Hamill intends to apply to the Board of Commissioners of the City of Camden for a Plenary Retail Consumption License for premises situated at 800 Federal St., Camden. Objection, if any, should be made immediately in writing to Frank S. Albright, City Clerk of Camden.

(Signed) GEORGE J. HAMILL, 800 Federal Street, Camden, N. J.

Camden at a Glance

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Camden at a Glance - Philadelphia Inquirer, July 1, 1915

Special to The Inquirer.

Knocked down by a motorcyclist, five-year-old John H Mercer, of 1143 Atlantic avenue, received a probable fracture of the skull and severe lacerations. He was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital. The motorcyclist’s identity is not known by the police.

Miss Ellen Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thompson, of 828 Federal street, and Joseph McCloskey, of Front and Elm streets, were married at the Church of the Immaculate Conception by Rev. George Welsh.

With a capital of $15,000 the Sturdevant Corporation, whose object is to do a general insurance business, was incorporated yesterday. The incorporators are Frank Sturdevant, Mattie Sturdevant and Malcolm B. Webster.

While sitting on the porch of her home, Mrs. Jane H Dukes, of 3803 Westfield avenue, was fatally stricken with heart disease. Coroner Bushey gave a certificate of death.

For Rent

Camden Daily Telegram —

For Rent - Camden Daily Telegram, March 11, 1897

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.

900 Block of Federal Street

900 Block of Federal Street

900 Federal Street

900 Federal Street — 900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900–1906Louis Hack & Famiy saloonkeeper Louis & Catherine Hack Louis Hack Jr. - Harry Hack Augustus Hack - Louise Hack Emma Hack - Bertha Hack
900 Federal Street

910 Federal Street

910 Federal Street — 900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940William P. Bennett
Killed in the Hollingshead Fire on July 30, 1940

920 Federal Street

920 Federal Street — 900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1932–1934 Roy A. Wagner - Roy's Tavern
1932–1934 Roy A. Wagner - Roy's Cafe
George Wagner
Clifford Carr Charles W. Osborne North 19th Street George Wagner

921 Federal Street

921 Federal Street — 900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955R.T. Sullivan cleaners & dyers1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

930 Federal Street

930 Federal Street — 900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930s–1940sRebecca A. Van Leer
My great-great-great-grandmother "Grandmom" Rebecca A. Van Leer (1870-1943) lived at 930 Federal St., Camden (according
Ben Marley August 21, 2012

936 Federal Street

936 Federal Street — 900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1897Gideon Hall
1956–1957Robert Mulholland & Family
1956–1957Robertt & Josephine Mulholland
1956–1957Robert Mulholland Jr.
1956–1957James Mulholland

940 Federal Street

940 Federal Street — 900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929Lewis B. Cox

942 Federal Street

942 Federal Street — 900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929Pentecostal Mission
"World's Narrowest House"

944 Federal Street

944 Federal Street — 900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1913Andrew McCready molder
1929Alpha Light Lunch
1929Showers Brothers Printing
1929Orville Showers Sr.
O. Glen Stackhouse South 2nd Street Boyer's Court North 12th Street

946-948 Federal Street

946-948 Federal Street — 900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890Henry Schulz Camden Wagon Works
1893Frederick Procejus successor to Henry Schulz Camden Wagon Works

960 Federal Street

960 Federal Street — 900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1918First Nazarene Baptist Church

970 Federal Street

970 Federal Street — 900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1926 William J. Myles Hauling
At far right, William J. Myles
Federal Street — fed 0636 njb 1955

Frozen Foods-Packers & Distrs. — New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages, 1955.

Birds Eye Division General Foods Corp
636FederalCam. EMersn 5-6500

If a job's the question, we've got the answer!

Camden Courier-Post —

If a job's the question, we've got the answer! - Camden Courier-Post, May 19, 1964

Whether you're an employer or an employee, you can count on personalized placement at HARRIS. Our expert personnel counsellors are "people-fitters." We fit the right person in the right job by our individual counselling, scientific testing and careful screening.

Harris Employment Agency

640 FEDERAL ST., CAMDEN WO 6-1767

Bandit Gets $300 in Cash At WU Office

Camden Courier-Post —

Bandit Gets $300 in Cash At WU Office - Camden Courier-Post, December 29, 1958

Armed Holdup

Bandit Gets $300 in Cash At WU Office

An armed bandit held up the Western Union office, 638 Federal st., and fled with $300 in cash Sunday night, police reported.

Sgt. Earl Quinton said that William R. Glass, 47, of Lansdowne, Pa., a relief manager, told police he was on duty in the office at 8.58 p. m. with a messenger boy when a Negro youth, about 19, entered and asked for a telegram form.

After the messenger boy left and Glass moved to the counter, he told police, he was confronted by the youth holding a black and white revolver.

"Give me everything you've got, this is a holdup," the bandit is reported to have told Glass, who handed over a metal box containing the $300 in cash.

After the manager was ordered to walk into a rear room, the bandit fled out the door.

According to Det. Joseph Hainsworth, the bandit was light complexioned, with a thin mustache, weighed about 160 pounds, 5 feet 10 inches tall, and was wearing a black car coat.

Insanity Patient Boy’s Kidnapper

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Insanity Patient Boy’s Kidnapper - Philadelphia Inquirer, October 28, 1921 Insanity Patient Boy’s Kidnapper - Philadelphia Inquirer, October 28, 1921 Insanity Patient Boy’s Kidnapper - Philadelphia Inquirer, October 28, 1921 Insanity Patient Boy’s Kidnapper - Philadelphia Inquirer, October 28, 1921 Insanity Patient Boy’s Kidnapper - Philadelphia Inquirer, October 28, 1921 Insanity Patient Boy’s Kidnapper - Philadelphia Inquirer, October 28, 1921

Confessed Abductor of Carl Carlin, Camden, Guilty of Offense Before

Steps Taken to Have Man Arrested at Wilmington Sent Back to Asylum

Confessing that he kidnapped three-year-old Carl Carlin from East Camden on October 16, Charles E. Hemphill, a former inmate of the State Hospital for the Insane, at Trenton, was brought to Camden yesterday from Wilmington, where he was arrested Wednesday.

“I was reading a funny paper when I saw the boy playing near the bridge,” said Hemphill in a statement to the police. “I asked him if he wanted to take a ride on a trolley car and he said he did. I took him along with me and we went to Philadelphia and then out into the country. I did not hurt the boy.”

Asked to further tell where he had been with the lad, Hemphill wandered in his explanation. From scraps of his conversation it was gleaned that three of the seven nights he was away with the Carlin boy were spent in a railroad station and two other nights they were given shelter at the home of a Mrs. Anna Smith, as he remembered it.

Carl Carlin, the kidnapped boy, was taken to the City Hall yesterday afternoon by Detective King. Hemphill was brought from a cell to a room in the Detective Bureau and the little fellow was ushered into his presence. As soon as Carl caught sight of Hemphill he ran screaming from the room and almost went into hysterics. With a faraway look on his face, Hemphill remained silent.

Asked About Coat

“Is that the same coat he had on when you took him away?” Hemphill was asked when his attention was drawn to the light jacket worn by the boy. “No, he had on a blue coat,” replied the prisoner. A coat of blue material was worn by Carl on the day he was kidnapped.

Hemphill has no recollection of kidnapping five-year-old Alice Monroe, of 942 Federal street, who was enticed away from her home on the afternoon of September 8 and abandoned the same night in a woods near Audubon. The prisoner answers in every way the description of the man who took the child away, and the police are satisfied of his guilt.

Hemphill was sent to the State Asylum from Woodbury in 1908 in a similar case. He lived at Clayton, where he was arrested after enticing the eight-year-old daughter of a neighbor. He kept the girl out all night, but did not harm her.

The case was recalled yesterday by County Detective Steelman, who said that Hemphill was adjudged insane by a commission appointed to inquire into his mental condition. Steelman also stated that Hemphill has fled from the asylum several times and that on each occasion when he regains his liberty he is sent back for enticing children away. “He does not harm the children,” said the detective. “He has a mania for the company of little folks and apparently cannot resist the temptation for enticing them away. He loves to buy them candy and will spend his last penny on them.”

Tried to Get Back

Further inquiry at Woodbury developed the fact that Hemphill had made vain efforts to get back into the hospital after his “escape” on September 2. This information comes to the authorities of Gloucester county through a letter from Mr. Henry Cotton, of the State Hospital, asking that voluntary commitment papers be made out for Hemphill. It was further stated that the man had applied at the hospital to be taken back on September 23, stating that he was hungry and out of work. The hospital authorities refused to admit him without a commitment and later wrote to the County Clerk of Gloucester county for such papers.

Hemphill was not regarded as a prisoner at the asylum. Nor was his sanity regarded as of a dangerous nature. He roamed at will around the grounds and frequently wandered away only to be sent back when he would fall into the hands of the law after enticing some child away from home.

He willingly accompanied Detectives Painter and King from Wilmington to Camden and made no effort to hide his guilt in the Carlin case. It is the intention of Captain Schregler to have Hemphill formally adjudged insane and sent back to the asylum as prisoner.

1000 Block of Federal Street

1000 Block of Federal Street

1000 Federal Street

1000 Federal Street — 1000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955J & J Soft Pretzels & Yum-Yums

1012 Federal Street

1012 Federal Street — 1000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955Eastern Speed Parts
1955Meyer's Sunoco Service Center

1024 Federal Street

1024 Federal Street — 1000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933 Edward Stone
Clarence Phifer Garfield S. Pancoast

1025 Federal Street

1025 Federal Street — 1000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1894–1897Louis Hack & Famiy saloonkeeper Louis & Catherine Hack Louis Hack Jr. - Harry Hack Augustus Hack - Louise Hack Emma Hack - Bertha Hack

1031 Federal Street

1031 Federal Street — 1000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1954 Levan Foster
James Garber Benjamin Dzick South 35th Street
Federal Street — fed 1000 njb 1955

J & J Soft Pretzels & Yum-Yums — New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages, 1955.

SOFT PRETZELS & YUM YUM[?]

WHOLESALE & RETAIL

FAST - FREE DELIVERY

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Federal Street — fed 1012 njb 1955 rem

Eastern Speed Parts — New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages, 1955.

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Mufflers - Duals - Headers
Cams - Manifolds
Dual Ignition
Hi Comp Heads - Pistons
Tappets

CHROME ACCESSORIES

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1012 FEDERAL CAMDEN

Federal Street — fed 1012 njb 1955 b

Auto brake service listings — New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages, 1955.

Campbell John T 3409HayesAvCam . EMersn 5-3637

FIRESTONE STORES

FIRESTONE

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All Work Fully Guaranteed

Wright Av & Federal Camden
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A COMPLETE BRAKE SERVICE
By Brake Specialists
Brakes Tested on Equip. Same as State
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Hood's Garage 8th&SycamrCam.... EMersn 5-9413
Hunter's Garage 565HaddonAvCam. WOodlwn 4-3226
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Complete Brake Service
Ignition and Motor Tune Up
1012 Federal (Cam).......EMerson 5-9730

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Victory Garage 7th&KaighnAvCam . WOodlwn 3-0143
Williamson's Garage
819-S-5thCam . WOodlwn 4-8596

Cab Driver Gets His Tip

Camden Courier-Post —

Cab Driver Gets His Tip - Camden Courier-Post, January 25, 1954

James Garber, a cab driver, of 26 S. 35th st., will get a $1.05 tip in addition to a $3.95 fare he said Levan Foster, 40, of 1031 Federal st., refused to pay Sunday night.

When Foster refused to pay the bill, Garber had him arrested on a disorderly conduct charge.

Judge Dzick told Foster he’d have to pay the driver $5 before he was released.

“The extra $1.05 is for the tip,” Dzick said.

Camden Man Arrested for ‘Crashing’ Party

Camden Courier-Post —

Camden Man Arrested for ‘Crashing’ Party - Camden Courier-Post, May 1, 1933

Ejected from a party which he tried to “crash” Saturday night, Edward Stone, 21, of 1024 Federal street, was arrested when he struck at the host.

Policeman Clarence Phifer testified in police court today that he was called by the owner of a house at Louis and Lansdowne avenues after Stone started a fight after he was put out of the party.

Stone admitted he caused a disturbance but said he was intoxicated. Judge Pancoast suspended sentence and told Stone to go to parties only when he was invited.

1100 Block of Federal Street

1100 Block of Federal Street

1100 Federal Street

1100 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900–1955F.L. Hurley Company

1105 Federal Street

1105 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1928Walter Malan
1955–1959South Jersey Exterminating Co., Inc.

1107 Federal Street

1107 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940Harvey Goodwin

1111 Federal Street

1111 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938James Coulter & Family James & Katherine Coulter

1112 Federal Street

1112 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929Edward Devlin
1933Robert Farland

1116 Federal Street

1116 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1878George Schweitzer saloon
1878George Schweitzer

1127 Federal Street

1127 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1918John A. Mulligan

1128 Federal Street

1128 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929Adolph Checcetto & Family Adolph & Teresa Checcetto Alfred Checcetto - Chester Checcetto Philip Checcetto - Louise Checcetto MArie Checcetto - Catherine Checcetto Teresa Checcetto

1131 Federal Street

1131 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1917John A. Mulligan
Federal Printing House
Commercial Motors & Parts Co. Inc. Stewart Trucks

1136 Federal Street

1136 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933Richard Wagner

1143 Federal Street

1143 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910Edward Mulligan & Family Edward & Ellen Mulligan James Mulligan - Edward Mulligan John A. Mulligan
1914John C. Voll Sr. Frank Voll John C. Voll Jr.
1930David Green & Family David & Sarah J. Dick Green
Harold S. Woodin

1145 Federal Street

1145 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906Edward Mulligan & Family Edward & Ellen Mulligan James Mulligan - Edward Mulligan John A. Mulligan

1147 Federal Street

1147 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1904–1916Harry C. Anderson & Family Harry C. & Margaret Cummiskey Anderson

1149 Federal Street

1149 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890Louis Hack & Famiy saloonkeeper Louis & Catherine Hack Louis Hack Jr. - Harry Hack Augustus Hack - Louise Hack Emma Hack - Bertha Hack
1904Benjamin Eppinger

1150 Federal Street

1150 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940Charles W. Wagner

1151 Federal Street

1151 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940Mrs. Sadie Carter

1153 Federal Street

1153 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940Vacant

1155 Federal Street

1155 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940Vacant

1157 Federal Street

1157 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1891Louis Hack & Famiy saloonkeeper Louis & Catherine Hack Louis Hack Jr. - Harry Hack Augustus Hack - Louise Hack Emma Hack - Bertha Hack
1940Vacant

1159 Federal Street

1159 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940Frank O'Neill meats

1171 Federal Street

1171 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940Fuller Oil Company Inc.

1173 Federal Street

1197 Federal Street

1197 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1880–1888Exchange Hotel Christian Eckert
1902–1906Charles Grossman saloon
Federal Street — fed 1100 njb 1955

F. L. Hurley Co — New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages, 1955.

HURLEY F L CO

Wholesale Distributors of

Patent Medicines - Candy
Tobacco - Paper Products
Stationery - Notions

1100 Federal St Camden..WOodlawn 4-8970

Federal Street — fed 1105 njb 1955 b

South Jersey Exterminating Co. Inc. — New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages, 1955.

NEW JERSEY PEST CONTROL ASSOCIATION (NJPCA)

All Work Unconditionally Guaranteed

ROACHES BED BUGS

Fleas - Ants - Rats
Mice - Silver Fish
"We Get Them All"

OVER 20 YEARS IN THE EXTERMINATING BUSINESS

TERMITES EXTERMINATED

ALL TERMITE WORK GUARANTEED

PIONEERS IN ODORLESS INSECTICIDES
WE SELL ODORLESS INSECTICIDES
AND EXTERMINATING SUPPLIES

— A LOCAL COMPANY —
AT
1105 FEDERAL ST. CAMDEN, N.J.

EMerson 5-2166

If No Answer Call WOodlwn 3-2047

This is Termite Season

Newspaper advertisement — 1958

This is Termite Season

LET US INSPECT YOUR HOME TODAY!

EM 5-2166

Termite Control Experts

South Jersey Exterminating Co.

J. Arthur Jones, Manager

1105 FEDERAL STREET CAMDEN, N. J.

Dead Fireman Buried

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Dead Fireman Buried - Philadelphia Inquirer, May 10, 1916

With the body mounted on the auto supply wagon, the funeral of Fireman Harry C. Anderson, who died in Cooper Hospital from injuries received in being thrown from the auto truck in responding to an alarm of fire a couple of weeks ago, took place yesterday from his home at 1147 Federal street, Camden. An escort of sixty men with Fire Chief Peter B. Carter at the head accompanied the body to the burying place at Harleigh. Chaplain Isaac Bagley, of the department, officiated at the services. The pall-bearers were fellow-firemen.

1200 & 1300 Block of Federal Street

North Side of Federal Street, 1906

North Side, 1200–1300 Block

North Side, 1200–1300 Block — 1200 & 1300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906 Samuel A. Kilpatrick — Oyster Shell, Lime & Coal Yard
1906Camden Lime Co.
1906Barkley S. Smith — Glass and Land Lime, Ground Oyster Shells

1200 & 1300 Block of Federal Street

North Side of Federal Street, 1906

North Side, 1200–1300 Block

North Side, 1200–1300 Block — 1200 & 1300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906 Samuel A. Kilpatrick — Oyster Shell, Lime & Coal Yard
1906Camden Lime Co.
1906Barkley S. Smith — Glass and Land Lime, Ground Oyster Shells

1400 Block of Federal Street

1400 Block of Federal Street

1401 Federal Street

1401 Federal Street — 1400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
engine company 5
1905–1933Building razed 1986

1451 Federal Street

1451 Federal Street — 1400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
City of Camden Municipal Incinerator

1494 Federal Street

1494 Federal Street — 1400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
ROYAL TIRE of CAMDEN
ROYAL TIRE of CAMDEN 1950s-1960s
ABC Bus New Jersey 1990s-2000s
Federal Street — cfd e5 1920s 001b

Cfd E5 1920S 001B.

Federal Street — fsb 070706 07a

Fsb 070706 07A.

Federal Street — inc 070706 51b

Inc 070706 51B.

1500 Block of Federal Street

1500 Block of Federal Street

1501 Federal Street

1501 Federal Street — 1500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1970s–1980sAction Porta Systems
This building has been vacant since the late 1980s

1504 Federal Street

1504 Federal Street — 1500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906Saloon
1925–1927Martin Segal saloon

1506 Federal Street

1506 Federal Street — 1500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1935–1955Lou Gold & Sons

1514 Federal Street

1514 Federal Street — 1500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
South 17th Street Federal Street Louis Schlam Richard Donnelly Worthing Truland

1524 Federal Street

1524 Federal Street — 1500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1898–1899 Israel B. Adams

1526 Federal Street

1526 Federal Street — 1500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900 Israel B. Adams

1528-1530 Federal Street

1528-1530 Federal Street — 1500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1946–1958 Alcorn Motor Sales joseph a. alcorn & William "Skip" Gardner

1529 Federal Street

1529 Federal Street — 1500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1917George Fisher
Helen Kirpick - South 7th Feet Oliver Brown - Sycamore Street Robert Reese - Mary J. Price North 25th Street
1938 Mrs. Lillian M. McCloskey

1531 Federal Street

1531 Federal Street — 1500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900sFrederick Glaze Family

1533 Federal Street

1533 Federal Street — 1500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1899 Lewis Williams
1927 Charles Gladney

1535 Federal Street

1535 Federal Street — 1500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933Mabel Barrett

1539 Federal Street

1539 Federal Street — 1500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1898–1900s Walter P. Hubbs Sr. & Family
1898–1900sWalter P. & Laura M. Hubbs
1898–1900sAllen Hubbs
1898–1900sLaura Hubbs
1898–1900sHarold Hubbs

1542 Federal Street

1542 Federal Street — 1500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1887–1917John J. Carver & Family
1887–1917John J. & Ella Carver
1887–1917Bernard Carver
1887–1917Marie Carver
1887–1917Kate Carver
1887–1917Corporal Frank J. Carver

1543 Federal Street

1543 Federal Street — 1500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1905Joseph Fish
Keystone Leather Works West Jersey Hospital

1545 Federal Street

1545 Federal Street — 1500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930s–early 1940sCharles Gladney

1547 Federal Street

1547 Federal Street — 1500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
The Coamo Social Club
1947 Olga Stavros' Mom & Pop's Restaurant; she later moved across the street to 1600 Federal Street and renamed the business Olga's Diner
Federal Street — fed 1501 080611 1b

Fed 1501 080611 1B.

Federal Street — fed 1501 080611 2b

Fed 1501 080611 2B.

Federal Street — fed 1506 njb 1955

Lou Gold and Sons, Used Cars — New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages, 1955.

"SEE US FIRST... IT WILL PAY"

phone WOodlawn 3-4608

USED CARS

BOUGHT AND SOLD

Lou Gold AND SONS

20 YEARS IN SAME LOCATION

1506 FEDERAL STREET CAMDEN

Mother and Son Watch $100,000 Fire

Camden Courier-Post —

Mother and Son Watch $100,000 Fire - Camden Courier-Post, June 30, 1939

—Courier-Post Photo

Mrs. Elwood Antrim, widow of the founder of the Antrim Hardware Company, 50 years ago and her son, E. Hulings Antrim, Merchantville councilman; treasurer of the company, are seen at the fire in the establishment, 1514-1516 Federal street, last night, watching the stock drift skyward in smoke. But Mrs. Antrim, energetic and hale, declared forcibly that it “would be business as usual” today at Twenty-sixth and Federal streets.

$100,000 Fire Sweeps Store of Antrim Co.

Camden Courier-Post —

$100,000 Fire Sweeps Store of Antrim Co. - Camden Courier-Post, June 30, 1939 $100,000 Fire Sweeps Store of Antrim Co. - Camden Courier-Post, June 30, 1939 $100,000 Fire Sweeps Store of Antrim Co. - Camden Courier-Post, June 30, 1939 $100,000 Fire Sweeps Store of Antrim Co. - Camden Courier-Post, June 30, 1939 $100,000 Fire Sweeps Store of Antrim Co. - Camden Courier-Post, June 30, 1939 $100,000 Fire Sweeps Store of Antrim Co. - Camden Courier-Post, June 30, 1939 $100,000 Fire Sweeps Store of Antrim Co. - Camden Courier-Post, June 30, 1939

Several Firemen Hurt; Oil Plant and Homes Are Menaced

BLAZE WORST IN 18 MONTHS

Fire swept the wholesale store of Antrim Hardware Company, 1514 and 1516 Federal street last night, damaged the stock to the extent of $100,000, injured several firemen, menaced homes and the plant of the Standard Oil Company opposite. It was the first three-alarm fire in Camden since January, 1937.

One of the firemen, Ralph Bingaman, of Truck Company No. 1, was cut severely on the right hand and foot by falling glass and went to the Cooper Hospital. Another hoseman, Ray Smith, of headquarters, also was cut on the right hand but stuck to his fire fighting after his wounds were dressed.

Huge choking billows of smoke that rolled over the fighters balked them several times in their efforts to check the fire, but they remained at their posts and finally subdued the blaze after a battle of several hours.

Spread Rapidly

Chief John H. Lennox declared the fire started midway on the first floor from some unknown cause and spread so rapidly before its discovery efforts of the firemen were greatly hindered. Louis Gold, proprietor of the Federal Automobile Company, which adjoins the Antrim place, discovered the blaze and sent in an alarm at 7 p. m.

He then telephoned to Councilman E. Hulings Antrim, of Merchantville, treasurer of the concern, who raced to the fire, together with his mother, Mrs. Elwood Antrim, widow of the founder of the firm. Later B. Frank Antrim, president of the firm, arrived. The members of the family conferred and decided to reopen today their other store at Twenty-sixth and Federal streets, and to secure if possible an unoccupied floor of a chain store building to carry on the business. The stock, according to Antrim, was fully insured.

The firm was created on December 1, 1889, and had made arrangements to celebrate its golden anniversary. Mrs. Antrim, mother of the treasurer, stated she had half the anniversary number ready for publication “but the first fire we ever had has ruined all that now.”

Smashes Windows

When Gold, accompanied by his son, Marvin, discovered the fire, the latter smashed in two front windows on the first floor to permit the smoke to roll and and [sic] to prevent an explosion inside, he said. Meanwhile, Leroy Garrison, who lives at 50 South Twenty-fourth street, was driving past in his automobile.

He saw smoke rolling upward from the first floor and ran to the rear of the structure and threw open the door to permit the smoke to roll free at the rear.

Eight minutes after the first alarm was sounded Chief Lennox ordered a second, then a third at 7.33 p. m. Eight engines and two hook and ladder trucks responded and the fight began to keep the flames from spreading in the neighborhood. With the wind blowing north, the tanks of the oil company across the street seemed threatened, but the interior of the structure was bulked with two firewalls which held and gave the firemen a chance to get into action and beat down the flames.

Paint, chemicals and tar paper stored on the second floor made a dense, choking smoke that completely concelead [sic] the neighborhood and the hundreds of spectators that thronged the vicinity to watch the fire. Two tenants in nearby houses, Miss Agnes Mitchell and Mrs. Roy Dilks, 72, living in 1510 and 1508, respectively, were unaware of the fire right next door until the police sent them to safety.

Miss Mitchell said she was in the shed in the rear of her home and the first she heard of the fire was when a policeman ordered her to get out.

Refused to Leave

Mrs. Dilks, alone in the house at the time, refused to leave. She told the police she didn’t want to go, because the family had lived there but a month and her relatives were away. Finally she was urged to depart and did, finding refuge with Mrs. Albert Bowne, whose husband runs a printing shop a few doors below.

When Councilman Antrim arrived on the scene he attempted to rescue records of the firm which he said could never be replaced. Five times he entered the smoking building and five times he was turned back by the firemen.

Finally two firemen, Andrew Ballantine, who drives Chief Lennox, and Ladderman John Strauss, of Truck Company No. 4, forged their way through the dense smoke and retrieved the records.

Antrim fixed his damages from smoke and water at $100,000 which he said was the amount of stock in the building. Mrs. Antrim, his mother, stood under an umbrella near the burning building, and refused to go back.

“We’ll open tomorrow,” said the energetic woman, “and not let this bother us. This firm was created in 1889 when Hulings, my son, was four, and B. Frank Antrim, now president, and myself ran the businees [sic] and we’re not going to let this get us down, you bet.”

Antrim said he was the last person to leave the building at 5 p. m., and everything appeared to be all right then. The burglar alarm with which the building is equipped did not sound, so Antrim says no one could have entered the building after he departed.

Truck in Collision

Truck in Collision

After Engine Company No. 10 was sent home the apparatus was sideswiped by a traveling sandwich wagon, owned and driven by Emido Martelli, of 1315 Thurman street, at Eleventh street and Newton avenue.

Martelli’s wife and 25-months- old son were aboard the wagon at the time but none was injured. Police took Martelli to City Hall where he was asked for a statement as to the accident. According to the persons on the scene, Martelli was driving on Eleventh street when the engine came along Newton avenue, with its siren open.

The wagon driver did not seem to pay attention to the screams of the whistle and continued, the front of his car grazing the side of the apparatus.

When Engine Company No. 9, at Twenty-first and Federal streets, the first engine to respond to the alarm, reached the hydrant the firemen found an automobile parked there, and locked. They had to push the car out of the way, in order to get a hose to the hydrant.

Chief Lennox said the last time the department received a third alarm was when fire gutted the store of the McCrory Company at Broadway and Kaighn avenue.

Alarm Chases Robber

Camden Courier-Post —

Alarm Chases Robber - Camden Courier-Post, January 31, 1928

Bell Rings and Would-Be Burglar Flees Hardware Store; Suspect in Custody

A burglar who attempted to break into the Elwood Antrim hardware store, 1541 Federal street, was frightened away when a burglar alarm went off. After a chase, police arrested a suspect, who is being detained at headquarters pending investigation.

The suspect gave his name as Walter Gibbs, 214 Friends avenue. He was arrested at Seventeenth and Federal streets by District Detectives Schlamm and Donnolley.

Worthing Truland, a watchman, 1[?]16 Federal street, was awakened when the alarm went off. He then saw a man leaping the back fence.

The detectives happened to be passing at the time and started a search of the neighborhood. A half hour later they saw Gibbs, at Seventeenth street and placed him under arrest. Gibbs will be given a hearing tomorrow.

1600 Block of Federal Street

1600 Block of Federal Street

1600 Federal Street

1600 Federal Street — 1600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
About 1957
The railroad crossed Federal Street between Olga's Diner and the Soap Factory to the Warren Webster Factory

1601 Federal Street

1601 Federal Street — 1600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920s–1960sWarren Webster Company
These garages had belonged to Warren Webster Company

1625 Federal Street

1625 Federal Street — 1600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Felton-Sibley Paints

1698 Federal Street

1698 Federal Street — 1600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1880s–1920sDobbins Soap Manufacturing Company
1920s–1940sIowa Soap Company
1955Knolar Products Inc.1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
after 1959–late 2000sConcord Chemical
—Building destroyed by fire June 19, 2011
Federal Street — postcard olgasdiner 1954 1a

Postcard Olgasdiner 1954 1A.

Federal Street — federal olgas 50s 001b

Federal Olgas 50S 001B.

Federal Street — fed 1601 garages 080611 1b

Fed 1601 Garages 080611 1B.

Fireman Toy Dead From Auto Crash

Camden Courier-Post —

Fireman Toy Dead From Auto Crash - Camden Courier-Post, April 24, 1948 Fireman Toy Dead From Auto Crash - Camden Courier-Post, April 24, 1948

Pfefferle’s Condition Reported Good; Bus Driver to Face New Charges

William Earl Toy, veteran Camden fireman, succumbed yesterday to injuries received in the line of duty Saturday while driving to a fire at Berwick and Boyd streets.

Toy, 45 and a member of the department 17 years, was at the wheel of Acting Chief William Van Pfefferle’s car when it collided with a west-bound Public Service bus at Sixteenth and Federal streets.

Pfefferle escaped with severe cuts and bruises but Toy suffered fractures of the thigh, arm and wrist and internal injuries, the latter proving fatal. Both men were taken to Cooper hospital, where Pfefferle’s condition today was described as good.

Driver to Be Arraigned Again.

The driver of the bus, Norman Davidson, of 3738 Frosthoffer avenue, Pennsauken, previously released on $500 bail to await outcome of Toy’s injuries, will be arraigned before Police Judge Cohen Wednesday on a charge of death by auto.

Davidson escaped injury but three passengers in the bus bound from Merchantville to the Camden ferries were hurt slightly. Two of them were children. The three were treated for cuts and bruises at the Cooper and released.

They are Miss Katherine Durborrow, 28, of 2928 High street; Greta Gaskill, 12, of 3311 Highland avenue, and Elaine Miller, 8, of 6211 Magnolia avenue, Pennsauken.

Toy and his wife, Margaret C., lived at 607 West street. He recently returned to duty after being out with a broken ankle, caused when he was struck by a car; she just recovered from a broken collar bone received in a fall. Their only son, William, Jr., is stationed in Colorado, with the Army Air Corps. He is on his way home for the funeral.

Meanwhile, yesterday, unaware of his son’s death, Toy’s father, Lemuel Toy, 86, of the same address, was admitted to the hospital suffering from a heart ailment. His condition was termed as fair.

Toy was employed by the J. B. VanSciver Company before entering the fire department. He was a member of the Firemen’s Mutual Benevolent Association and as a young man played baseball in South Camden. He was third baseman with the old Towers club.

Wife’s Brother in Bureau

Mrs. Toy is the sister of John K. Voll, veteran member of the city fire department now attached to Engine Company No. 1.

Nineteen persons, several of them children, were forced to flee from nine row houses in the 2100 block on Berwick street when they became smokefilled and were threatened by flames which started in the store-dwelling at 2150. Two infants were carried to the street. Toy was driving Pfefferle, acting deputy chief at headquarters, Fifth and Arch streets, to this fire when the fatal crash occured [sic].

Fire Chief Lennox blamed the fire on a careless smoker who, he said, dropped a lighted cigarette on an overstuffed chair on the second floor of the store-dwelling. The store proprietor said only a maid who had gone off duty at 1 p. m., had been in the room.

Funeral on Friday for Fireman Toy

Camden Courier-Post —

Funeral on Friday for Fireman Toy - Camden Courier-Post, April 27, 1948

Fellow Members of City Department Will Act as Pallbearers

Funeral services for William Earl Toy, veteran Camden fireman who died Sunday of injuries received when the vehicle he was driving and a bus collided Saturday, will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the residence, 607 West street.

Members of the Camden Fire Department will act as pallbearers and attend the viewing and funeral in a body. The pallbearers will be Deputy Chief William Herring, Captains Harry Wagner and Frank Oberman and Hosemen Morris Odell, Ervin Brennan and Christopher Moll.

Toy is survived by his widow, Margaret C., nee Voll, and a son William, Jr., a member of the Army Air Force stationed in Colorado, who is on his way home for the funeral.

He is survived also by his father, Lemuel, 86, who lived with his son and who was admitted to the hospital yesterday, suffering a heart ailment. His condition today was described as fair. He is unaware of his son’s death.

Toy, 45 and a member of the department 17 years, was at the wheel of Acting Chief William Van Pfefferle’s car when it collided with a west-bound Public Service bus at Sixteenth and Federal streets. Pfefferle escaped with severe cuts and bruises but Toy suffered fractures of the thigh, arm and wrist and internal injuries, the latter proving fatal. Both men were taken to Cooper Hospital, where Pfefferle’s condition today was described as good.

1700 Block of Federal Street

1700 Block of Federal Street

1700 Federal Street

1700 Federal Street — 1700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920s–1930sMICHAEL DE MOSI House Wrecking
March 2, 1930 Courier-Post

1700-1702 Federal Street

1700-1702 Federal Street — 1700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955Quality Beverages Inc.
1970s–1990sAce Industrial Fasteners

1702 Federal Street

1702 Federal Street — 1700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Jay-El Beverages Inc.

1706-1716 Federal Street

1706-1716 Federal Street — 1700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Food Fair

1708 Federal Street

1708 Federal Street — 1700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Franklin-McKenna Company 1927-1928
Federal Street — fed 1700 njb 1955

Ballantine Ale & Beer, Quality Beverages Inc. — New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages, 1955.

BALLANTINE

ALE & BEER

Distributor

QUALITY BEVERAGES INC.

WOodlawn 4-0816

Night Phone
MErchantville 8-2986-M

1700 FEDERAL CAMDEN, N. J.

Federal Street — fed 1702 njb 1955

Jay-El Beverages Inc. — New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages, 1955.

Distributors

MILLER HIGH LIFE

The Champagne of Bottled Beer

STEGMAIER

1702 Federal Cam......WOodlawn 4-0817

Michael De Mosi

Camden Courier-Post —

Michael De Mosi - Camden Courier-Post, March 2, 1930

HOUSE WRECKING
BUILDING MATERIAL
FOR SALE
ALL KINDS OF STONE WORK
ERECTED
OFFICE & YARDS 1700 FEDERAL ST
Phone 3753
BUILDING MATERIAL YARD
BARRINGTON, N. J.

1800 Block of Federal Street

1800 Block of Federal Street

1801 Federal Street

1801 Federal Street — 1800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906Vacant former refrigeration works
1906Vacant

1803 Federal Street

1803 Federal Street — 1800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906Vacant store

1807-1823 Federal Street

1807-1823 Federal Street — 1800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1950s–2011Di Medio Lime Company1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Dubell Lumber Company

1812 Federal Street

1812 Federal Street — 1800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1807–1823Federal Street
1950s–2011Di Medio Lime Company
1955Mandilian Carpet Cleaners1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
1974–1990sThe Gibson-Tarquini Group1991 Advertisement
1974–1990sThe Tarquini Organization

1819 Federal Street

1819 Federal Street — 1800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900–1926 Benjamin Link & Family
1900–1926Benajmin & Annie Link
1900–1926Linaws Staley (Grandson)
1900–1926Elsie May Staley (Granddaughter)
1910 William "Indian Bill" May

1823 Federal Street

1823 Federal Street — 1800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910Samuel Curriden & Family
1910Samuel & Mary Curriden
1910Blanche Curriden
1910Benjamin Curriden (brother)
1910Edward Curriden (father)
1910Charles Hellings & Family Charles & Carrie Hellings Charles Hellings Harry Hellings James Hellings Raymond Hellings Mrs.

1828 Federal Street

1828 Federal Street — 1800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Bell Coal Company1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
late 2000s–2010sLatino Multi-Service

1830 Federal Street

1830 Federal Street — 1800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Gebbie's Service Company1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
1970s–2010sJames B. Ryan Plumbing & Heating

1873 Federal Street

1873 Federal Street — 1800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1915 Mrs. Susan Pierce
B.F. Schroeder

1895 Federal Street

1895 Federal Street — 1800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929Haddon Craftsmen printers 1947 RCA Building No. 60 2000s Best Equipment 2011 Camden Commodities

1898 Federal Street

1898 Federal Street — 1800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1990s–2011Ace Auto Parts
Federal Street — fed 1800 block 1906 1a

Fed 1800 Block 1906 1A.

Federal Street — fed 1800 061911 1b

Fed 1800 061911 1B.

Love-Lorn Indian Attempts Suicide

Camden Post-Telegram —

Love-Lorn Indian Attempts Suicide - Camden Post-Telegram, December 27, 1910

William Way Slashes Himself With Knife When Girl Spurns Him.

TRIES TO DIE AFTER BUYING XMAS GIFTS

Unrequited in love, William M. May, a Soux Indian who lives in the rear of 1819 Federal street, attempted suicide by slashing himself across the chest with a penknife.

May, whose Indian name is Sequa Montezuma, was enamored of Elsie Staley, aged 14 years, a daughter of Frank Staley, of 1819 Federal street. He had been befriended by the Staleys and was allowed to sleep in an outhouse. He fell in love with Elsie at first sight and while she rebuffed his advances he persisted in his love making to such an extent as to propose marriage.

Miss Staley turned a deaf ear to his proposition, telling him that she was too young to be married and that besides her folks did not approve of his wooing. Not daunted by the girl's refusal the Indian saved up his pennies and made her a Christmas present of a gold bracelet and a veil. On this occasion he again offered her his hand and again she refused him.

May then left the house in a state of great dejection and drawing a knife he gashed himself across the breast with frenzied rage.

Exhausted from loss of blood he was found leaning against a telegraph pole near Eighteenth and Federal streets, and in response to the alarm sounded by Miss Staley, word was 'phoned to Police Headquarters from Schultz's bottling establishment and he was sent to Cooper Hospital in the police auto.

At the hospital this morning it was said that the Indian was in no danger whatever and would be able to be transferred to Police Headquarters some time to-day. He is but 21 years of age and came to this city three years ago from Carlisle Indian School.

Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective

Camden Post-Telegram —

Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 2 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 3 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 4 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 5 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 6 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 7 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 8 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 9 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 10 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 11 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 12 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 13 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 14 Coursey Breaks Down While Story of Cold-Blooded Killing of Karl Kellmann Is Told by Detective - Camden Post-Telegram, October 14, 1912, part 15

Two “Pals,” Too, Accused of Crime

Harry Duffield. Fred. Coursey. Linnans Staley.

Trio Accused of Murder, Coursey Firing the Shots.

Collapsing when arraigned in Police Court this morning before Recorder Stackhouse on the charge of killing Karl Kellmann, aged 18 years, of 2919 High street, at Twenty-seventh and Sherman streets, shortly before midnight Saturday, Fred Coursey, alias “Mexican Pete,” alias “Cowboy Pete,” aged 20 years, of 121 North Twenty-first street, who admits firing the fatal shots while committing robbery, and Harry Duffield, aged 21 years, of 407 North Forty-first street, who acknowledged masking his face with a handkerchief and being with Coursey, sobbed piteously, resting their heads on the railing of the dock, while John Painter, the veteran detective, was briefly reciting the story.

When Recorder Stackhouse asked what became of the young man who was shot and Painter replied that he died, Coursey and Duffield sobbed afresh, and when Recorder Stackhouse committed them without bail Policemen Frost and Kay had to help them.

Linnans Staley, aged 21 years, of 1819 Federal street, who confessed that he was in the robbery plot but later got scared and hid in the bushes, was scarcely able to stand, and when his mother broke down as he was committed as a principal he staggered and would have fallen but for Sergeant McClong.

Prosecutor Boyle announced this morning that the Grand Jury will be recalled for Thursday of this week and the case will be made the special order of the day.

Without the slightest clue to start with in the most brutal murder committed in recent years in Camden county, police and detectives under the personal direction of Chief Gravenor in two hours arrested two of the three prisoners and obtained their signatures to confessions and before sunrise the other was lodged behind the bars at the City Hall.

According to their statements to the police the prisoners while drinking on a lot near Twenty-first and Federal streets on Saturday night planned to go to a lone spot near Twenty-seventh and Sherman streets to hold someone up to get money and jewelry to buy more drink. Coursey had a 38-calibre cowboy pistol and Duffield used Coursey’s bandanna as a mask. Staley weakened before the spot selected was reached and at the time of the murder was hiding in a clump of weeds a short distance away.

The murdered boy was the son of Karl and Lulu D. Kellmann. He was a member of the Bible class of Grace Presbyterian Church, East Side, and active in church work.

Saturday night was the closing of a carnival given on High street between Twenty-seventh and Thirtieth streets. Karl was there and made several purchases. At one booth he bought a necktie, from another some ice cream and a box of candy and spent some time conversing with the young ladies connected with the church.

When it grew rather late he noticed that Misses Bertha and Bessie Skillen, of 815 North Thirty-fourth street, the latter a teacher in Grace Church Sunday-school, were without an escort and he volunteered to see them home. They accepted his invitation to be their escort. He saw them safely home and he was on his way back and had reached a point on the east side of Twenty-seventh street south of Sherman street and near the foot of the bridge that spans the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks when two men jumped out from behind a tree and as one commanded him to hold up his hands the other began to shoot.

The first shot struck him in the breast and turned him partially around. The next ploughed a hole through his neck, knocking him down, and the third went wide.

Screaming for help he tried to rise to his feet and was on his knees when Night Yardmaster Albert Ludlow and Brakeman Joseph Wittick, who were on the opposite side of the bridge, ran to his assistance. By the light of their lanterns they saw that he was seriously hurt and they took him to ’Squire Sasse’s house nearby to await the arrival of the ambulance. As the railroaders sped across the bridge Ludlow saw a man run down the tracks in the direction of Seventeenth street.

In the signal tower at Pavonia station known as C. B. the operator, Thomas Sink, heard the shots and cries for help and ’phoned to Captain James at Police Headquarters that a murder had been committed. Sink also saw a man run down through the weeds and bushes on the east side of the bridge toward the railroad tracks.

Policeman Hurlock and Schmid, ’Squire and Mrs. Sasse and several others were out on the street before the railroad men reached the Sasse home and all hurried to ’phones to notify police headquarters.

In less than five minutes by use of the red light system Captain James had every officer on duty on the East Side hurrying to the scene, officers stationed at every bridge, ferry house and railroad terminal, and the downtown auto with Detectives Schregler, Painter, Brothers and Moffett on its way to East Camden.

On information from the railroad men Sergeant Horner took all the East Side officers and the four detectives and they worked westward among the cars while Captain James started Policemen Colsey and Kelly to walk eastward from Fifteenth street until they met the main body.

The search proved fruitless and as they returned to the bridge one of the men picked up a green bandanna with yellow spots and sheep burrs embeded [sic] on it on the incline near the signal tower. Later he recalled that the man who went down the slope wore a Khaki shirt and cap.

The handkerchief was recognized as the kind used by “Indian Bill” May, and Detectives Brothers and Policeman Abbott were sent to arrest him. They found May and Eugene Cafferty asleep in a moving van in Marlton avenue. “Indian Bill” soon established an alibi.

Detective Schregler and a couple of officers who were sure that the description of the man with the khaki shirt tallied with Duffield started for his brother’s house, but failed to find him there. About this time the downtown auto turned into Twenty-seventh street to get Karl’s father, mother and sister and take them to the hospital. Councilman Finkeldey and a friend shouted to the crew that a woman was down and out on a step nearby, but the crew yelled back that they were on an emergency run and the woman would keep until they returned. Fireman J. H. Vickers walked across the street to investigate and found that the supposed woman was Duffield and that he seemed to be asleep.

Vickers shook him and as he got up he said something about the shooting that aroused Vickers’ curiosity and he ’phoned to Police Headquarters. Captain James immediately notified Chief Gravenor, who was on the scene and the latter sent Detective Moffett to investigate. When Moffett arrived he learned that Duffield had taken a Westfield avenue car. Moffett returned to the bridge and he and Detective Painter and Chief Gravenor took the down-town auto for Duffield’s home.

Painter went to the front door and saw Duffield in the act of taking off his shoes. Moffett in going around to the back door to prevent his escape that way passed by the window at which Duffield was sitting.

Grasping Duffield by the collar Moffett pulled him through the window to the ground. As soon as he landed on his feet, according to the Chief and detectives, Duffield said that Coursey did the shooting.

Placing him in the auto they next drove close to Coursey’s home and with Policeman Potter who knew the man wanted, the detectives entered the house with drawn revolvers while other officers guarded all avenues of escape.

Coursey was found akwake [sic] on a cot and while he was covered with revolvers Detective Painter searched his trunk and found the weapon that he later admitted using. It was empty. The detectives late yesterday afternoon found three used shells adjoining the house near a spot where Coursey said he had thrown them.

In order to keep the men apart they were taken to the City Hall separately and questioned and after they decided to tell all Sergeant E. B. McClong reduced their statements to writing and they signed them. It was on the strength of these statements that Staley was arrested.

Young Kellmann was taken into the hospital at 12.20 a. m. Chief Surgeon Schellenger saw at a glance that there was no hope for him and so notified Captain James, and Sergeant McClong was sent to the hospital to get all information possible.

The unfortunate youth could only speak a few words at a time because of the hemorrhages. All Sergeant McClong was able to get from him was that he was told to hold up his hands and that the shooting instantly began. The only description he could give was that they were small men and that the attack was so sudden that he could not tell whether they were black or white.

The injured young man kept asking the doctors if he was going to die, but they did not answer. He was conscious when his father and mother arrived and then sank rapidly until the end, dying at 1.50 o’clock, 90 minutes after he was admitted. Mother and father were prostrated and were taken home by the up-town auto.

County Physician Jones conducted the autopsy yesterday morning. He said that either wound would have caused death. The bullet in the breast pierced the right lung at the top and lodged in the cavity. It is now in the doctor’s possession. The other bullet went clear through the neck.

Coursey and Duffield have been working in the Pavonia car yard. The former was born in El Paso, Texas, but has lived East nearly all his life. He is an expert shot and was a member of the vaudeville team of Coursey & Cook, according to their letter heads presenting a fifteen-minute thriller.

Duffield was only recently paroled for robbing Gallagher’s saloon, Nineteenth and Federal streets of a lot of drinkables. Staley has been arrested several times on petty charges but was never convicted of crime. When Duffield’s coat was examined at the City Hall, it was found to contain sheep burrs.

To a reporter Coursey said that whenever he was drinking he had to get his gun and shoot something or somebody. He insisted that all were in on the job and that they let the man who preceded Kellman go over the bridge without molestation because he didn’t look as if he had any too much money.

Yesterday morning Assistant Prosecutor Wolverton and Stenographer Cleary called at the City Hall. The prisoners were examined by Mr. Wolverton and their statements taken by Mr. Cleary, but there was little or nothing new elicited.

1900 Block of Federal Street

1900 Block of Federal Street

1900 Federal Street

1900 Federal Street — 1900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955–2011Ace Auto Parts

1911 Federal Street

1911 Federal Street — 1900 Block of Federal Street
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1980s–2000sKim's Auto Body
2000s–2010sTom's Auto Repairs

1916 Federal Street

1916 Federal Street — 1900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900 Israel B. Adams

1938 Federal Street

1938 Federal Street — 1900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900David Yates & Family
1900David & Mary Mayer Yates
1900Lily May Yates
1900Peter Mayer (father-in-law)

1966 Federal Street

1966 Federal Street — 1900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1966 Federal Street - Rear (formerly Stockton Park)
1910s–1930sJulius L. Buck & Family Julius L. & Sallie Buck Warren Buck Roy Buck
Left: Warren Buck

1970 Federal Street

1970 Federal Street — 1900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933Harriet E. Fisher

1978 Federal Street

1978 Federal Street — 1900 Block of Federal Street
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1955–1980sEast Camden Billiard Parlor
1980s–1990sCacique Social Hall

1990 Federal Street

1990 Federal Street — 1900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1885–1925Daniel Frank Bourquin Sr. & Family Daniel Frank & Elizabeth C. Darcy Bourquin Sr. Daniel Frank Bourquin Jr.
Daniel Frank Bourquin Jr. & Family Daniel F. & Rachel Wilsey Bourquin Jr. Florence Bourquin - Catherine Bourquin Laura Bourquin
Emma Street Harry Vonreign - Norman H. Grey
Left: Daniel Frank Bourquin Jr. Right: Lillian Slattery Bourquin Jr.
1925Samuel Zeff 1930 Owen Kernan
1931–1966The Olde Tappe House aka Marty's Olde Tappe House aka Old Marty's Tapp House aka Siegle's Bar 1954 Joseph Siegle & Martin Segal
Left: Joseph Siegle
1966–1979Towers Bar Hyman Karpowitz
License sold Fall of 1983 and transferred to Harbor Place, South 4th & Mickle Streets
1980s–2000sUsed Car Lot - Different owners

1991 Federal Street

1991 Federal Street — 1900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900Charles Clymer & Family Pennsylvania Railroad Foreman Charles & Mary Ernest Clymer Edward Clymer Margaret Ernest Edith Cunningham
1900Charles & Mary Ernest Clymer
1900Edward Clymer
1900Margaret Ernest
1900Edith Cunningham

1998 Federal Street

1998 Federal Street — 1900 Block of Federal Street
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1960s–1970sPenn Jersey Auto Parts 1980s N.E.D. Distributors Late 1980s Golden ____ Furniture Store

1999 Federal Street

1999 Federal Street — 1900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890s–1900s William Molt Saloon William & Frances Molt
1890s–1900sWilliam & Frances Molt
joseph nowrey Thomas Moore - Alfred Snow
1955C. Schmidt & Sons Inc. of New Jersey
1990s–2004 Sweet Dreams Furnitre Bruce Weiner
Palmas Del Mar Cafe 2005

Joseph Seigle was my grandfather and is the taller gentleman on the right, my Uncle Marty (Martin Segal) is on the left. Since my great grandparents could not spell in English, each was given a different spelling at some point. My Uncle Marty and Aunt Helen lived above the tavern with their daughter Joyce before moving to a home on Baird Blvd. My Uncle Marty sold his share to my grandfather to pursue a career in politics and was Sheriff of Camden County for about 16 years.

— Karen Bender, April 2019

Federal Street — fed 1900 njb 1955 rem

Ace Auto Parts — New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages, 1955.

AUTO SALVAGE SPECIALISTS

USED - NEW - REBUILT PARTS

AUTO SPRINGS INSTALLED WHILE YOU WAIT

1900 FEDERAL ST. CAMDEN (5) N. J.
EMerson 5-4778
PHILA. PHONE MArket 7-212[?]

Federal Street — fed 1900 061911 1b

Fed 1900 061911 1B.

Federal Street — fed 1900 061911 2b

Fed 1900 061911 2B.

Notice of Application

Camden Courier-Post —

Notice of Application - Camden Courier-Post, December 19, 1956

Take notice that application has been made to the Municipal Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control of the City of Camden to transfer to Joseph E. Seigle, trading as Marty’s Olde Tappe House, for premises situated at 1990 Federal Street, Camden, New Jersey, the plenary retail consumption license #C-83, heretofore issued to Martin Segal, trading as Marty’s Olde Tappe House, for premises situated at 1990 Federal Street, Camden, New Jersey.

Objections, if any, should be made immediately in writing to John T. Odorisio, City Clerk of the City of Camden, New Jersey.

MARTIN SEGAL, 2252 Baird Boulevard, Camden, N. J. ($11.34)

2000 Block of Federal Street

2000 Block of Federal Street

2000 Federal Street

2000 Federal Street — 2000 Block of Federal Street
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1890s–1906 Jake Schiller

2001 Federal Street

2001 Federal Street — 2000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Norman R. Massey & Family
1947Norman & Mary A. Massey

2005 Federal Street

2005 Federal Street — 2000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920s–1930sHoward & Margaret Deschin Blanche Deschin

2007 Federal Street

2007 Federal Street — 2000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1887–1891 George Spicks Tailor-Bartender
1904–1906George W. Yates Sr. & Family
1904–1906George W. & Ellen "Libbie" Yates
1904–1906George W. Yates Jr.
1904–1906Lizzie Yates
1904–1906Walter Yates
1904–1906Edward Yates

2008 Federal Street

2008 Federal Street — 2000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930s–1960sIngram Oldsmobile
1940s–1960sIngram Oldsmobile
A car dealership since the 1920s when it was Barton S. Muir Oakland-Pontiac, the building was erected as the home of Ingram Olds in the 1930s.
Fall 2003

2011 Federal Street

2011 Federal Street — 2000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940Joseph Ward

2013 Federal Street

2013 Federal Street — 2000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910s–1940s William Glaze Family
1910s–1940s Edward G. Glaze

2021 Federal Street

2021 Federal Street — 2000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1950s–1970 Edward G. Glaze & Family
1950s–1970Edward G. & Ada Glaze

2023 Federal Street

2023 Federal Street — 2000 Block of Federal Street
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1930s–1947Clyde Jefferson & Family
1930s–1947Clyde & Emma Jefferson
1930s–1947 Norma Jefferson

2025 Federal Street

2025 Federal Street — 2000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Federal Washer Service L.E. Schaffer1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Late 1900s–Early 1910sMrs. Ellen Yates & Family
Late 1900s–Early 1910sGeorge W. Yates Jr.
Late 1900s–Early 1910sLizzie Yates
Late 1900s–Early 1910sWalter Yates
Late 1900s–Early 1910sEdward Yates

2034 Federal Street

2034 Federal Street — 2000 Block of Federal Street
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1900s–1910sFrederick Glaze Family

2036 Federal Street

2036 Federal Street — 2000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955H.J. Eichfeld & Brother1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

2041 Federal Street

2041 Federal Street — 2000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Fall 2003

2046 Federal Street

2046 Federal Street — 2000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1890s–1906Henry Grossmick Saloon
1900s–1920 George Spicks Saloon
1923–1924William McDonald
1929- 1931Marlton Cafe Martin Segal
1955J.J. Eichfeld & Brother1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
jacob "jake" Schiller, seated, 2nd from right from the photo album of Mattie Schiller Niessner
Martin Segal moved to 1990 Federal Street by Christmas of 1931. The building was demolished in 1938.

2075 Federal Street

2075 Federal Street — 2000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1967DATGO Auto Sales Edward Datillo

2077 Federal Street

2077 Federal Street — 2000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1901–1902J. J. Lawler

2079 Federal Street

2079 Federal Street — 2000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1939–1947Bill's Cafe william grams
1954–1966Cross Road Tavern
1939–1947 Bill's Cafe
1954–1966Cross Road Tavern
1972–1982Stetser's Tavern Robert Stetser
Closed in 1982 and razed.

2081 Federal Street

2081 Federal Street — 2000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Barry's Clothes Inc.1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

Once the home of Samuel “Buddy” Leyman, who operated a sandwich shop here, before he was drafted and killed in action during WWII, this building was the home of Eva’s Beauty Salon for many years. It was put up for sale in 2004.

This store is/was across the alley from the Schmidt’s Beer distributor’ warehouse. Around 1958-59 we knew it as the “Grapevine Luncheonette”. My friends and I used to hang out there when I was 16, and I lived in the 1st floor apartment at 112 E. State Street at the end of the row. That was before the overpass was built and they had crossing gates and an attendant at the railroad tracks. A fellow named Vince owned the Grapevine…can’t remember his last name…

— Charles “Skeeter” Moy, March 2004

Federal Street — jacobschiller 091833

Jacobschiller 091833.

Federal Street — ww2 h leyman 01

Ww2 H Leyman 01.

Notes — 2000 Block of Federal Street

2041 Federal Street. Another car dealership, the building was Ford dealership briefly before becoming Garden State Motors Chrysler Plymouth in the 1930s. Michael Carbone brought his business, the Michael Carbone Printing Machinery has occupied the building as far back as the 1970s.

Norman R. Massey

Camden Courier-Post —

Norman R. Massey - Camden Courier-Post, October 22, 1947

Norman R. Massey, 61, of 2001 Federal street, died Saturday in Cooper hospital after several weeks' illness. He had lived 20 years in Pennsauken. Services will be held at 2 p. m., Wednesday in Inglesby and Sons funeral home, Cove and Wyndam roads, Pennsauken. Burial will be in Bethel cemetery. Surviving are his widow, Mary A.; two daughters, Mrs. Margaret McBride and Mrs. Gertrude E. Taylor, both of Camden; and four sons, Norman C., Laurel Springs; Raymond R., Lenola; George W. and Howard, Camden.

Notes — 2000 Block of Federal Street

2008 Federal Street. Photo from late 1950s.

Two Brothers in Raided Cafe, Each Insists He is the Owner

Camden Courier-Post —

Two Brothers in Raided Cafe, Each Insists He is the Owner - Camden Courier-Post, September 29, 1930

Camden’s own Damon and Pythias, owners of a soft drink parlor in which federal agents claim they found high-power beer on sale, reached a dramatic compromise today.

Martin and Joseph Seigle are held in $500 bail each as proprietors of the “parlor” at 2046 Federal street, charged with sale and possession of drinks not soft enough to meet approval of federal authorities. Both live at 7 South Thirty-fourth street.

Prohibition agents Saturday raided their place, the Marlton cafe, on a search warrant obtained after an alleged “buy.”

Theodore A. Harris, enforcement chief, claims he found 7 half-barrels of high-power beer and a small quantity of liquor.

“Who’s the owner of this place?” he asked Joseph Seigle.

“I am,” said Joseph.

In walked Martin.

“I’m the owner, lock me up,” said Brother Martin.

“He is not. I’m the owner. Lock me up,” pleaded Brother Joseph.

“Boys, boys, please,” remonstrated Harris, “you’re both under arrest.”

Today they faced U. S. Commissioner Wynn Armstrong each still insistent on saving the other but unable to reach a decision.

So they compromised.

“We’re both proprietors,” they told the commissioner.

Which is why both Martin and Joseph Seigle were held for court, instead of only one of them.

2100 Block of Federal Street

2100 Block of Federal Street

2101 Federal Street

2101 Federal Street — 2100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933William Grams Wholesale Beer

2102 Federal Street

2102 Federal Street — 2100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1902–1911Chauncey B. Grumley & Family
1902–1911Chauncey B. & Mary Ellen Grumley
1902–1911William G. Grumley
1955–1964PEARLMAN'S1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

2107 Federal Street

2107 Federal Street — 2100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1932O'Brien & Hoover Frank J. McHugh, manager
1955Camden Automotive Inc1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

2113 Federal Street

2113 Federal Street — 2100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Household Construction Inc.1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

2121 Federal Street

2121 Federal Street — 2100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1932–1941Stanley's Auto Service
1955–2009REM Auto Supply1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
The Mori family operated a car dealership in Vineland NJ. Eugene Mori developed Garden State Racetrack in the 1940s.
Stanley's Auto Service Morton Rose, president Isadore Morrow, secretary-treasurer

2182 Federal Street

2182 Federal Street — 2100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1928 albert c. hurley Velie Motors Automobile Dealership

2194 Federal Street

2194 Federal Street — 2100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955East End Junk Company1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

2196 Federal Street

2196 Federal Street — 2100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955B & B Woodcraft1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

2198 Federal Street

2198 Federal Street — 2100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Craig Printing Company1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Federal Street — fed 2102 njb 1955

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O'Brien & Hoover

Camden Courier-Post —

O'Brien & Hoover - Camden Courier-Post, June 18, 1932

2107 Federal Street

FRANK J. McHUGH, Manager
Bell: Camden 4121—Key.: 32191

Camden Tire Repair Co.

120 North Third Street

Phone 4423-W

John J. Meiler

1125 Mt. Ephraim Avenue

Phone 5105

Henry H. Grossman

242-44 Kaighn Avenue

Phone 6685

MORE PEOPLE RIDE ON GOODYEAR TIRES THAN ON ANY OTHER KIND!

Pearlman's

Camden Courier-Post —

Pearlman's - Camden Courier-Post, May 19, 1964

CONGRATULATIONS to the STATE OF NEW JERSEY ON ITS 300th BIRTHDAY

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21st & FEDERAL STS., CAMDEN • WO 6-1400

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2200 Block of Federal Street

2200 Block of Federal Street

2201-2207 Federal Street

2201-2207 Federal Street — 2200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1920s L.L. Schroedel Ford
Walter's Auto BodyAbove: 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
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Middle Left:
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2206 Federal Street

2206 Federal Street — 2200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1947Raymond E. Cowgill & FamilypainterRaymond E. & Doris Cowgill
1955Carmen's Catering1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Jaritza Restaurant

2208 Federal Street

2208 Federal Street — 2200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890sJacob Goehringer & Family
1890sJacob & Sophie Goehringer
1890sHarry Goehringer
1890sFrederick Goehringer
1890sAnna Goehringer
1890sMary Goehringer
1890sGeorge Goehringer
Jacob Goehringer died April 9, 1895
The family was living at 1147 Penn Street in 1900
Hing's Laundromat

2213 Federal Street

2213 Federal Street — 2200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924 Mrs. Annie Garbrecht & Family
1924Frederick Garbrecht Jr.
1924 Leonard Garbrecht

2214 Federal Street

2214 Federal Street — 2200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920s Edwin T. Mills & Family
1920sEdwin T. & Eulalia Garbrecht Mills

2216 Federal Street

2216 Federal Street — 2200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Peerless Restaurant Adolph Rundaka1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
William H. Hamilton & Co. Hardwood Floors

2219 Federal Street

2219 Federal Street — 2200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
B.W. & A.C. Reed feed & grain

2222 Federal Street

2222 Federal Street — 2200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1929 Joseph Dugan oyster saloon
1955Royal Wallpaper Company1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Louis Schlam - Walter Smith

2224 Federal Street

2224 Federal Street — 2200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1894Charles S. Hoe
1935Benjamin Cutler
Ritmo Records

2224-2226 Federal Street

2224-2226 Federal Street — 2200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1939–1990Dominic Guglielmi U-Need-A Cafe 1990 Rivera Palace Tavern Late 1990s obsession lounge 2003 Tierra Dominicana Bar
September of 2003

2226 Federal Street

2226 Federal Street — 2200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1901Lewis Horner
Improved Order of Red Men
Latin Barber Shop
Federal Street — waltersab 063003 1

Waltersab 063003 1.

State Inspection of Motor Cars Begins Soon!

Newspaper advertisement —

State Inspection of Motor Cars Begins Soon!

STATE INSPECTION

of Motor Cars Begins Soon!
LET US CHECK-UP ON YOUR CAR NOW

BODY and FENDER

Troubles Quickly Cured

At Lowest Prices!

WALTERS, Inc.

22nd and Federal Street
Camden 341

Buy With Safety

Newspaper advertisement —

Buy With Safety

A guarantee stands back of every car we sell.

1926 Ford Coupe ....... $90
192[?] Ford Coupe, wire wheels .......... 125
1925 Ford Fordor Sedan 75
1926 Ford Fordor Sedan 150

MANY OTHER BARGAINS TO CHOOSE FROM

L. L. Schroedel

FORD DEALER

2201-7 Federal St., CAMDEN, N. J.

2300 Block of Federal Street

2300 Block of Federal Street

2300-2302 Federal Street

2300-2302 Federal Street — 2300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938–1941Ed. Locke
1938–1941E. Locke

2301 Federal Street

2301 Federal Street — 2300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1924–1927 Russell J. Anderson
1924–1929Mrs. Margaret Myles
1926–1931William J. Myles & Family William Joseph & Ethel Myles William J. Myles Transportation Company
1936Lou's Family Liquors 1947 A & C Zelitch Liquors Abe & Claire Zelitch 1955 to present Red Circle Liquors
1947A & C Zelitch Liquors
1955Blizzard's Package Store (Red Circle Liquors Inc.)1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

2302 Federal Street

2302 Federal Street — 2300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Ace Industrial Hardware Company1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

2303 Federal Street

2303 Federal Street — 2300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1895–1899Dr. Joseph W. Martindale & Family
1895–1899Dr. Joseph W. & Charlotte Martindale
Right

2304 Federal Street

2304 Federal Street — 2300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940–1980sAmerican Plumbing & Heating Supply Charles Zitomer Larry Zitomer
January, 1939
Transmex

2307 Federal Street

2307 Federal Street — 2300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Italian Specialty Shop1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

2308 Federal Street

2308 Federal Street — 2300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Magic One-Hour Dry Cleaning1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

2310 Federal Street

2310 Federal Street — 2300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
El Vivero Fresh Chicken

2311 Federal Street

2311 Federal Street — 2300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1914Twelfth Ward Republican Club
1946–1955Nardello Linoleum & Hardwood Floors1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
El Taco Loco Mexican Restaurant

2312 Federal Street

2312 Federal Street — 2300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906–1919Harry Bedford
1926–1927Ralph DeLucia
1936–1959 Spuhler's Cafe
1964–1966 Cressman's Cafe
1970–1998 Apollo Bar
June 1998Closed
September of 2003
Lupitas Pizzeria

2313 Federal Street

2313 Federal Street — 2300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Las Lomas Restaurant
Las Lomas Restaurant & Las Lomas Grocery

2314 Federal Street

2314 Federal Street — 2300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929 William Hopkins cigar store
Louis Schlam - Walter Smith

2315 Federal Street

2315 Federal Street — 2300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Shellow's
Los Lomas Grocery
Another one of the many Mexican-American owned business that have sprung up in East Camden since the late 1990s.

2317-2319 Federal Street

2317-2319 Federal Street — 2300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930s–1940sJacob Naden
1940s–1950sHURLEY'S DEPARTMENT STORE East Camden Branch
Central Market of New Jersey
Jacob Naden's Store
La Guadalupana Mexican Restaurant

2318 Federal Street

2318 Federal Street — 2300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906–1910William Cole saloon
1929 George Palmer cigar store
Louis Schlam - Walter Smith

2320 Federal Street

2320 Federal Street — 2300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1938 Cecelia Rosenberg liquor store
1946–1955Federal Liquor Company1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
1959East Camden Liquor Co.
Vera Tacknoff
Federal Laundromat
Federal Street — fed 2301 042809

Fed 2301 042809.

Federal Street — fed 2301 njb 1955

Blizzard's Package Store — New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages, 1955.

BLIZZARD'S

PACKAGE STORE
(Red Circle Liquors Inc.)

WINES — LIQUORS

Ice Cold
Bottle & Keg Beer

Prompt Delivery Service

Free Parking

WOodlawn 4-0607

2301 Federal St. Camden

Electric Motor Service

Camden Courier-Post —

Electric Motor Service - Camden Courier-Post, July 5, 1941

ELECTRI[?] MOTORS — Repairs, single phase, 3 phase, ¼ H P to 30 H P. Washing machines & hair dryers repairs. Vacuum Cleaners $5 to $12. E. Locke 2300-02 Federal St. Camden 3658.

Jacob Naden Says: Of Course, I’ll Join in Giving the First Newcomer of 1938 a Gift

Camden Courier-Post —

Jacob Naden Says: Of Course, I’ll Join in Giving the First Newcomer of 1938 a Gift - Camden Courier-Post, January 1, 1938

JACOB NADEN

Complete Home Furnisher Says:

Of Course, I’ll Join in Giving the First Newcomer of 1938 a Gift (However Small) With No Strings Attached

AN AUTO CRIB

Will Be Delivered to the Home of the Parents from My Only Store

24th and FEDERAL STREETS

Open Mon., Fri. and Sat. Eves.—Phone 795

Wishing All A Very Happy and Prosperous New Year

Shellow's, 2315 Federal Street

The Shellow family was in business at 2315 federal Street as early as 1936, selling cigars. Leon “Lee” & Ruth Shellow had a popular ice cream store here in the late 1940s. The family was still doing business here as late as the early 1980. Pictured at Left are Lee and Bill Shellow in 1980.

Liquor Raid Fines Enrich City $1020

Camden Courier-Post —

Liquor Raid Fines Enrich City $1020 - Camden Courier-Post, September 30, 1929

Small Cigar Stores Draw Big Penalties; Late Closing Costs Saloon $100

Patrons of speakeasies, their proprietors and 13 youthful craps players paid a total of $1020 into Camden city’s treasury yesterday in fines and forfeitures.

The fines and forfeitures were those of small operators caught in raids by police in virtually every section of the city Saturday night and Sunday morning.

Fines of $100 each were paid by four proprietors charged with violation of a city ordinance forbidding the congregation of disorderly persons on their premises. Another alleged proprietor was fined $100 on the same charge and an additional $200 for operating without a license.

Hearings for proprietors of three other places were postponed until Wednesday at the request of police.

The fines came on the eve of the new Grand Jury’s vice probe. Walter J. Staats, Grand Jury foreman, former treasurer of the Victor Talking Machine Company and now treasurer of the Smith-Austermuhl Company, yesterday turned over to Prosecutor Baldwin, a number of anonymous letters he received informing him of alleged violators. Staats, who conferred with the prosecutor on today’s session of the Grand Jury, declined to give out any statement on what he hopes the jury will accomplish, but declared that it is not interested in anonymous letters. He said that if letters are signed, the senders will be questioned, but unsigned letters were generally valueless bits of spite work.

Cigar Dealer Fined $300

George Palmer, proprietor of a cigar store at 2318 Federal street, raided by District Detectives Louis Schlam and Walter Smith early Sunday morning, was fined $300. Detective Walter Smith testified six patrons were arrested and a small quantity of beer was found. The sleuth asserted that John DiLorenzo, 36, of 22 Marlton pike, whose home also was raided Sunday, “dumped” some liquor.

William Stettler, 47, of 1137 South Fourth street, pleaded guilty of violating the city ordinance as proprietor of the Harry Bach Cafe, where he and ten men were arrested at 12.03 a. m. Sunday. Lieut. Ralph Bakley testified that six weeks ago he had warned Stettler to close at midnight and the proprietor grew abusive. He was raided Sunday morning when the establishment was found open three minutes after midnight. A $100 fine was imposed on Stettler in court yesterday.

Oyster Shop Raided

Schlam and Smith raided the oyster saloon of Joseph Dugan, 2222 Federal street, at 2:45 a. m. Sunday. Dugan was held in $500 bail when alleged liquor was found. He was fined $100.

Max Levin, 48, grocery proprietor of 5[?]0 Kaighn avenue, was arrested on charges of violating the state prohibition act after a raid on the store. He furnished bail of $500 to insure his appearance before Judge Pancoast tomorrow.

Five men were arrested at a cigar store at 2314 Federal street. Two empty bottles which police said smelled of whiskey were seized and the alleged proprietor, William Hopkins, 38, was fined $100.

Fourteen Caught in Saloon Round-Up

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Fourteen Caught in Saloon Round-Up - Philadelphia Inquirer, June 26, 1900

Latest Haul Made by the Law and Order League in Camden

There was another round-up of Camden county liquor dealers yesterday. Complaints were made against fourteen persons by George B. M. Adams, an agent of the Law and Order League.

Those for whom warrants were issued are: Walter S. Hubbs and wife, charged with running a speak-easy in Pensauken township; John Keefe, of Fogarty avenue and Carman street; Thomas Farnham, Ninth and Lawrence streets; John Daly, 321 North Seventh street; William Gallagher, 106 Kaighn avenue; Charles E. Bakley, 2318 Federal street; John H. Carroll, Third and Cherry streets; John H. Jones, 517 North Front street; George W. Hoskins, 505 Main street; William Convery, Eleventh and Carpenter streets; John Opfer, Front and Pearl streets; Joan [sic] Dugan, Front and Pearl streets; Michael J. Walsh, 503 Federal street.

All entered bail before Justice Schultz for hearings to-day except Opfer, Gallagher and Walsh. The latter was locked up and the other two sent word they would appear this morning. The complaints will at once be submitted to the grand jury.

2400 Block of Federal Street

2400 Block of Federal Street

2400 Federal Street

2400 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
The East Side Cafe

2401 Federal Street

2401 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940s–1960sDr. Leonard Rosen optometrist

2402 Federal Street

2402 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1898–1902Nicholas Donohoe
1955Goodyear Tire Service Stores1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
2011Master Cuts & Styles
Birch Street - Michael Lynch - William Conroy

2402-2404 Federal Street

2402-2404 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900–1902Nicholas Donohoe
J. Roy McKay - James L. McKay McKay Gulf

2403 Federal Street

2403 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1946–1955Kogan's Drug Store
1955Kogan's Pharmacy1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

2404 Federal Street

2404 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1946Sylvia Mae Millinery and Doll House (also 3401 Federal Street)

2405 Federal Street

2405 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1947Hollander's Delicatessesn Samuel & Matilda Hollander
1955–1980sBucky's Shoe Fair1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
1994H&K Electronics & Shoes 2004 Los Portales Restaurant
Max & Renee Marcus
Los Portales Restaurant

2406 Federal Street

2406 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929–1940Anthony Farsaci barber shop
1940s–1960M & H Sweet Shop Charles Wexlin
Mrs. Sarah Finkelstein
Car used in a mid-1950s parade on Federal Street
View of a parade on Federal Street from 2406 Federal Street

2407 Federal Street

2407 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1892–1900Stockton Hose Company No. 2
1903–1925Donahoe's Hall Nicholas Donohoe & Family Ellen Donahoe (sister) restaurant
1955Samuel Hollander caterer
1994The Family Restaurant
Josiah Pedigree - George B. Johnson Mrs. Katie Conner Howell Street

2408 Federal Street

2408 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1934–1935LaBelle Sandwich Shop
1940Cumberland Cleaning Company
August 1933 Federal Seafood House

2409 Federal Street

2409 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1903–1913Nicholas J. Donohoe restaurant
1917–1918Huber's Family Theater Paul G. Huber, proprietor
1930Morris Tomar & Family Morris & Katie Tomar Joseph Tomar Bessie Tomar William Tomar Julius Tomar
1940sLloyds Shoes Lewis Rosenberg

2413 Federal Street

2413 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1897Charles Pile & Family
1897Charles & Gertrude Johnson Pile
1946–1955Little Folks Shop infants and childrens clothing
1946–1955Little Folks Shop

2417 Federal Street

2417 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910–1920s Lewis Liberman
1920s–1950sFliegelman's Department Store Aaron Fliegelman Family Sidney Fliegleman aka Sid Mark

2418 Federal Street

2418 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955Kiddie Korner
Photo of road work on Federal Street from mid-1950s probably taken by Charles Wexlin proprietor of M & H Sweet Shop 2406 Federal Street

2421 Federal Street

2421 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1904Frederick Wells pharmacist
1938Standard Fruit & Produce Market
Federal Street — bismark 100503 2b

Bismark 100503 2B.

Federal Street — bismark 100503 1b

Bismark 100503 1B.

Federal Street — fed at 24th 1956 b

Fed At 24Th 1956 B.

Notes — 2400 Block of Federal Street

2405–2413 Federal Street. Photo from mid-1950s probably taken by Charles Wexlin, proprietor of M & H Sweet Shop, 2406 Federal Street. Photo from 1994 (2407 Federal Street).

Hurley’s East Camden Store

Camden Courier-Post —

Hurley’s East Camden Store - Camden Courier-Post, October 7, 1947

HURLEY’S

SHOP SAVE

EVERYTHING for the HOME

ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES

24th and FEDERAL, CAMDEN, N. J. The Hurley Store

Stockton Hose Company No. 2, 2407 Federal Street

The Stockton Hose Company No.2 was incorporated on December 14, 1892 by David Austermuhl, E.F. McMenimen, John F. Renner and George J. Swope. The company actually had been organized several months prior to its formal incorporation. Their apparatus was quartered in an old blacksmith shop at 2407 Federal Street; the shop had been altered to accommodate the company’s needs. This structure was razed and a new firehouse erected on the same site in 1897. In 1900 Elmer E. Stevens was Foreman; William H. Mershon, President; Martin J. Ryan, Vice-president; R. H. Plum, Recording Secretary; Samuel Wentz, Financial Secretary and Josiah Jones, Treasurer. The building was bought by Nicholas Donahoe shortly before the 1903 City Directory was compiled. He used the building as a cigar store, a restaurant, a hall, and as a residence until selling in 1925.

United Mission Rescue Corps

Camden Courier-Post —

United Mission Rescue Corps - Camden Courier-Post, August 6, 1971 United Mission Rescue Corps - Camden Courier-Post, August 6, 1971

CAPTAIN Lewis T. Lewis Jr., founder of United Mission, displays relief check in front of burned-out house at 518 York St., Camden.

UNITED Mission Rescue Corps, Inc., founded by Camden resident Lewis T. Lewis in July 1969, has collected over $10,000 in door-to-door solicitations.

In April, 85 per cent of that amount had gone into the expenses till. Since then, Lewis says, expenses have dropped to slightly less than 30 per cent.

(In comparison, the United Fund of Camden County lists an administrative cost of nine per cent, according to San Angell, the executive director.)

The charity coffers also were swelled by a $10,000 inheritance, left, the founder said, by his father, Lewis T. Lewis Sr. Seven thousand dollars of the inheritance was used to purchase an office building at 2411 Federal St.

THERE is no doubt that United Rescue Mission has helped some people.

Although he had no formal financial records, Lewis, 30, produced for the Courier-Post a stack of canceled checks attesting to $3,258 spent in providing food, clothing and shelter to victims of fires and floods, from July 1969 to December 1970. He says he has spent more than $1,250 on charity cases since then.

Lewis himself lives in McGuire Gardens, a Camden public housing project.

Lewis’s methods of awarding assistance are sometimes on the showy side. Last Christmas, for example, Lewis took $400 to a Horn and Hardart Restaurant in Philadelphia and passed out $5 to any senior citizen who could prove he was living on Social Security.

HE IS now planning to hand out a total of $2,000 in $10 chunks to Camden and Philadelphia schoolchildren who otherwise would not be able to afford a day at the shore.

Lewis’ United Mission also gave a $250 check to the American Rescue Mission to replace the store-front window of their new headquarters which had been broken by children.

That act, and the restaurant money give-away, won Lewis coverage in newspapers, as have several of his other check presentations.

The amount spent by United Mission in charitable acts contrasts sharply with the amount spent on expenses, however.

LEWIS says that $8,739 has been spent for the purchase of a truck, a car, gasoline, stationary [sic], uniforms, burglar alarm equipment and rent on a Locust Street warehouse. The figure does not include $7,000 for the purchase of a new headquarters building on Federal Street.

Of the more than $20,000 that the charity has raised, only approximately 15 per cent has been used to aid disaster victims.

LEWIS refers to himself as “reverend,” “for the authority of the title,” he says.

According to its charter, United Mission provides “spiritual guidance” in addition to aid to fire and disaster victims.

Lewis, who has had no religious training, is providing the spiritual guidance. He describes United Mission as non-sectarian although a cross and a crown are pictured on mission stationary [sic].

Lewis says he takes no salary as director of United Mission. He had been considering drawing $100 a week from the charity since he has recently become unemployed, but abandoned the idea on advice from an Internal Revenue Service consultant.

Until March 16, Lewis was an engineer in the boiler room of the Camden County Courthouse. He was fired from the job, which he had held for less than a year, for failure to report to work, according to personnel records in the county administrator’s office.

Lewis said that the county wanted him to shift from night work to day work, and that such a schedule would have interfered with his work for the mission.

OTHER incorporators of the United Mission, which was originally incorporated under the name Christian Salvation Mission Army, Rescue Workers (not to be confused with the Salvation Mission Army Rescue Workers of Peter Candelori) are Lewis’s wife Betty Lou; William J. Weyman, a parking meter officer in Camden; Lewis Sr., Lewis’s deceased father, and James L. Piliro of Camden.

United Mission solicitors, according to Lewis, were usually poor, elderly men who received as payment 15 per cent of their collections in Philadelphia and 15 to 25 per cent of their collections in New Jersey. Lewis employed four men in Philadelphia and one in New Jersey.

Lewis recently abandoned the practice of using paid solicitors and now uses only volunteers instead. “I think people kind of resent paid solicitors,” he explained.

LAST August 8, Lewis was convicted in Camden County court on a charge of carnal abuse. He was sentenced to New Jersey state prison for not less than one or more than two years. The sentence was suspended. He was placed on five years’ probation and is paying off a $1,000 fine at $7 a week.

Eight years earlier, Lewis was convicted for the same offense in the same court and was sentenced to an indefinite term in the Allendale state prison. That sentence was suspended.

IN Runnemede on Feb. 18, one of Lewis’s solicitors, Robert Lalli, was found guilty in municipal court of soliciting without a permit. He was fined $50 and $10 court costs.

Lewis said he fired Lalli, but believes that Lalli was confused as to where he was allowed to solicit. Lalli, a resident of Runnemede, was given a United Mission certificate to solicit in Philadelphia, not in New Jersey, Lewis claimed.

United Mission Army solicitors are banned in Bellmawr. Police there say one of Lewis’s solicitors misrepresented himself while collecting door-to-door in October, 1970.

According to police chief Edward Garrity, “The solicitor was saying ‘rescue workers’ and didn’t give the organization’s full name. I don’t think the people understood him.”

LEWIS’ method of fund distribution is haphazard at best. Sometimes, Lewis said, he will read about fire victims in a newspaper and volunteer his services.

Other claims are referred to him by the Camden police and fire departments and governmental agencies such as the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Governor’s Branch Office in Philadelphia.

Lewis says, in the case of disaster, his standard donation is $10 for each child involved, but the figure varies according to need. Such arbitrary dispersion of funds is common to all three charities.

Lewis, who says he has always been interested in helping people, has been known to Camden citizens previously as director of REACT, the now-defunct citizens band radio road emergency club.

2500 Block of Federal Street

2500 Block of Federal Street

2500 Federal Street

2500 Federal Street — 2500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1935–1940FINKELSTEIN "King of Shoe Bargains" Morris Finkelstein
1938–1941Hilda's Beauty Shoppe
East End Building

2501 Federal Street

2501 Federal Street — 2500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906–1922Dr. Joseph W. Martindale & Family
1906–1922Dr. Joseph W. & Charlotte Martindale
1906–1922Gertrude Martindale

2501-2509 Federal Street

2501-2509 Federal Street — 2500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
The former kotlikoff's Store February 22, 2004

2502 Federal Street

2502 Federal Street — 2500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1958–1959American Finance Company
Thomas McGrory Edward J. Rowan

2503-2505 Federal Street

2503-2505 Federal Street — 2500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
kotlikoff's October 8, 1936
The kotlikoff store later expanded to include 2501 Federal. The business remained open until early 1982.

2504 Federal Street

2504 Federal Street — 2500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1934John Studinger

2508 Federal Street

2508 Federal Street — 2500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1906Twelfth Ward Republican Club
1918The Crystal Place motion picture theater
1924 Lewis Liberman
1941Betty's Beauty Salon
1941–1969Murphy Sales & Service Appliances1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
East Camden Auto Top Shop
Destroyed by Fire on April 16, 1969

2510 Federal Street

2510 Federal Street — 2500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Michael Pietrafesa Shoemaker 1930s Victoria Barber Shop Pietrafesa Brothers 1947 Victoria Barber Shop Roy Snider
1950s–1970sBarbershop

2511 Federal Street

2511 Federal Street — 2500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1923–1925 David A. Laibow Family restaurant David & Mary Laibow Rose Laibow Louis Laibow Ann Laibow Julius Laibow Esther Laibow Martin Laibow
1941–1970sEarles Shoe Stores1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

2512 Federal Street

2512 Federal Street — 2500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1943Victoria Bar & Grill Dorothy Del Duca 1947 Victoria Bar & Grill Thomas Walter

2513 Federal Street

2513 Federal Street — 2500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1898–1923 George J. Bingemann Sr. bakery George J. & Maria Bingemann Karl Bingemann Ernest Bingemann Frederick Bingemann Ralph Bingemann George Bingemann Jr. Laura Bingemann Arthurt Bingemann
1898–1923 Ralph Bingemann
1941Gold Seal Self Service Market
1941–1955Ceal's women's clothing1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

2515 Federal Street

2515 Federal Street — 2500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Built in 1928 by realtor leon todd, this building was designed by the Camden architectural firm of lackey & hettel. The
Photographed March 14, 2004

2516 Federal Street

2516 Federal Street — 2500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
The Victoria Theater 1941 Samuel Varbalow Joseph A. Varbalow
1941 Joseph A. Varbalow
franchot tone in TRAIL OF THE VIGILANTES with Peggy Moran
Federal Street — fed 2500 031404 1b

Fed 2500 031404 1B.

Federal Street — 2500 2506 1941 001

2500 2506 1941 001.

Federal Street — fed 2500 2610 031404 1

Fed 2500 2610 031404 1.

2600 Block of Federal Street

2600 Block of Federal Street

2600-2606 Federal Street

2600-2606 Federal Street — 2600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938–1930United Cigar Sales Agency Harry Bachman, proprietor
Elwood Antrim hardware & house furnishing 1919
Antrim's hardware & house furnishing

2600-1/2 Federal Street

2600-1/2 Federal Street — 2600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955Beauty Nook

2602 Federal Street

2602 Federal Street — 2600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Merit Drugs1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

2604 Federal Street

2604 Federal Street — 2600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890–1911 John Laib & Family (butcher)
1890–1911John & Caroline Laib
1890–1911John Laib Jr.
1890–1911Carrie Laib
1890–1911 Charles Laib

2606 Federal Street

2606 Federal Street — 2600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890–1918 Charles Laib Policeman
World War I Draft Card

2610 Federal Street

2610 Federal Street — 2600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Joseph Keefe john toomey Paul Thompson south 33rd street North 26th Street

2612 Federal Street

2612 Federal Street — 2600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1917Mary J. Price
Helen Kirpick - South 7th Feet Oliver Brown - Sycamore Street Robert Reese - George Fisher North 25th Street

2614 Federal Street

2614 Federal Street — 2600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1914–1920 Fredrick Garbrecht & Family
1914–1920Frederick & Annie Garbrecht
1914–1920Eulalia Garbrecht
1914–1920Frederick Garbrecht Jr.
1914–1920 Leonard Garbrecht
1914–1920Edwin T. Mills

2620 Federal Street

2620 Federal Street — 2600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1915George Tomlinson

2622 Federal Street

2622 Federal Street — 2600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1915William F. Kay

2624 Federal Street

2624 Federal Street — 2600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1933–1935New York Beauty Salon
1935New York Beauty Salon
1941Jule's Fairfax Beauty Salon
1961Lucy's Sportswear Tommy Dundee, proprietorVeterans Boxing Association Ring 6 1961 Banquet Program
1961Lucy's SportswearBanquet Program

2626 Federal Street

2626 Federal Street — 2600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1905Mrs. Anna Costello
1955Keystone Builders & Contractors1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

2628 Federal Street

2628 Federal Street — 2600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1920s–1930 Charles Piper & Family
1920s–1930Charles & Farabell Piper
1924–1930george w. garner & Family George W. & Farabell Piper Garner Joan Garner Mrs. Farabell Piper
1961F.N. Bruno Realtor-InsuranceVeterans Boxing Association Ring 6 1961 Banquet Program
1961F.N. BrunoBanquet Program

2630 Federal Street

2630 Federal Street — 2600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1941Estelle Beauty Shoppe

2632 Federal Street

2632 Federal Street — 2600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1921 Warren H. Rich & Family
1921Warren H. & Cora Rich
1921Thelma Rich
1921Vera Rich

2640 Federal Street

2640 Federal Street — 2600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1930s–1950sLynch's Cleaners1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

2642 Federal Street

2642 Federal Street — 2600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1902–1937 Charles C. Piper & Family
1902–1937George & Farabell Vandegrift Piper
1902–1937Farabell Piper Garner
1902–1937Elsie Piper
1902–1937 George W. Garner (son-in-law)
USS Hannibal AG-1

2648 Federal Street

2648 Federal Street — 2600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1902–1903Isaac A. Stillings Sr. & Family
1902–1903Isaac A. & Maggie Campbell Stillings
1902–1903Isaac A. Stillings Jr.
1902–1903Frank H. Stillings
Federal Street — fed 2601 antrim 26 fed 1890 1

Fed 2601 Antrim 26 Fed 1890 1.

Federal Street — 2600 antrim 1919chs

Elwood Antrim — Camden High School Purple & Gold yearbook ad, 1919.

HARDWARE
HOUSEFUR[?]

26th and Federal Sts.

CAMDEN, N. J.

Notes — 2600 Block of Federal Street

2628 Federal Street. February 1942 Advertisement for Bigler's Flower Shop

Cash and Goods Stolen from 2 Cigar Stores

Camden Courier-Post —

Cash and Goods Stolen from 2 Cigar Stores - Camden Courier-Post, May 6, 1930

Two cigar stores were robbed last night, money and merchandise being taken from each. At the home of Mary Meksa, 1453 South Tenth street, a would-be thief who attempted to enter by a back window early today was frightened off by the barking of a dog.

Twenty dollars in cash and goods valued at $45 were taken from the store of Harry Bachman 2600 Federal street. Entrance was made through a rear window.

Several dollars in change and articles were taken from the register in the store of E. A. Lipkin, 1046 Line street. Entrance was made through a cellar window.

4 Cops, 4 Firemen, Widow of One Win City Pensions

Camden Courier-Post —

4 Cops, 4 Firemen, Widow of One Win City Pensions - Camden Courier-Post, July 7, 1950 4 Cops, 4 Firemen, Widow of One Win City Pensions - Camden Courier-Post, July 7, 1950 4 Cops, 4 Firemen, Widow of One Win City Pensions - Camden Courier-Post, July 7, 1950 4 Cops, 4 Firemen, Widow of One Win City Pensions - Camden Courier-Post, July 7, 1950 4 Cops, 4 Firemen, Widow of One Win City Pensions - Camden Courier-Post, July 7, 1950 4 Cops, 4 Firemen, Widow of One Win City Pensions - Camden Courier-Post, July 7, 1950

Johnson, Garrity, Crawford, Stahl Retire Aug. 31

Four police officers and four firemen applied for pensions under the mandatory 65-year-old retirement law today.

The applications, all approved by the police-firemen pension board, are in line with Commissioner Aaron’s order in December, 1948, advising chiefs of the respective services that state law requires retirement of all personnel who have reached 65.

Police officers to be pensioned are Detective Capt. Samuel E. Johnson, 71, Capt. John T. Garrity, 65, Detective Frank Crawford, 69, and Patrolman Harry Stahl, 68.

Fire department members include Deputy Chief Clarence Madden, 67, and Firemen John Prucella, 75; Spencer Smith Sr., 68, and Frank L’Esperance, 66.

The eight men will retire Aug. 31, with each receiving one-half of the average annual salary of the last three years.

Also approved today was an application for a widow’s pension by Mrs. Carrie Bean, 1103 North Twenty-sixth street. Her husband, Patrolman Howard Bean, died June 8, eight days after being pensioned. She will receive $1000 annually.

Captain Johnson, of 211 Elm street, is considered the dean of the police department, having served 40 years.

Johnson, who will receive $2019 annually, was appointed in April, 1910, and was made a detective 10 years later. He was elevated to sergeant in November, 1928, and to lieutenant in 1930. One year after he was cited in 1942 by former Public Safety Director Mary Kobus, Johnson was raised to captain. He served as acting police chief from December, 1947, to December, 1949.

Captain Garrity will receive $1601 annually. He served as commander in each of the three city districts. Garrity was appointed in January, 1920; made sergeant July, 1930; lieutenant in 1940, and captain on June 30, 1944. He lives at 2515 Morgan boulevard.

Following a “pep” meeting with city detectives Thursday, Aaron announced he had transferred Captain Garrity to his office for “special assignments.” Sgt. William Schultz was named acting captain to head the third police district to replace Garrity.

Crawford, of 578 Chestnut street, will draw $1501. He was named to the force in 1912 and resigned eight years later. In 1931 he was reinstated and received a promotion to detective status in 1942. He was cited by former Chief John Golden.

Stahl Appointed in 1917

Stahl lives at 1513 Baird avenue. After his appointment in 1917, he saw service in most departments of the bureau. He will receive an annual pension of $1401.

Chief Madden, 2760 Mickle street, is serving as fire commander for the second fire district at Twenty-seventh and Federal streets. He was appointed July 1, 1910 and assigned to Engine Co. 5, Fifth and Arch streets.

In 1922 he was raised to lieutenant, and six years later became senior captain. Madden was named battalion chief Nov. 21, 1944 and deputy chief on Dec. 16, 1949.

Madden will receive about $2000, with the others drawing approximately $1358 annually.

Prucella, 919 Penn street, was sworn in on Nov. 1, 1911 and joined Engine Co. 5. Since 1933 he has been serving at No. 6 Engine Co., Front and Linden streets.

Smith was appointed May 1, 1914 and assigned to No. 1 Engine Co., Fourth and Pine streets. He has been attached to No. 10 Engine Co., Ninth street and Morgan boulevard, since 1920.

Frank L’Esperance, 604 Clinton street, is also a member of No. 10 Engine Co., where he has been attached since 1938. He was appointed June 6, 1918 and served with No. 5 and No. 3 engine companies.

2700 Block of Federal Street

2700 Block of Federal Street

2700 Federal Street

2700 Federal Street — 2700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Pasquale's Italian Kitchen 1950s-1960s

2704 Federal Street

2707 Federal Street

2707 Federal Street — 2700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Dr. Warren B. Mangel D.P.M. Podiatrist
Destroyed by fire October 2012

2709-2715 Federal Street

2709-2727 Federal Street

2709-2727 Federal Street — 2700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
July 2004

2711-2717 Federal Street

2711-2717 Federal Street — 2700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
February 1979

2713 Federal Street

2713 Federal Street — 2700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1949–late 1960sFEDERAL HAT CLEANING
1949–late 1960s Biagio 'Benny' Acquaro & Family
1949–late 1960sBiagio & Frances Acquaro
1949–late 1960sJoseph "Joe" Acquaro
1949–late 1960sAnna Acquaro
late 1990s–2004Camden Community Services Alliance Adult Day Care

2715 Federal Street

2715 Federal Street — 2700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955Pearl's Beauty Salon
1955East Side Decorating Company
1955Federal Moving & Storage
Pearl Gross, Proprietress

2723-2733 Federal Street

2723-2733 Federal Street — 2700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
July 2004

2733 Federal Street

2733 Federal Street — 2700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938Anne Doris Beauty Shop

2737 Federal Street

2737 Federal Street — 2700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955M. Barbel1955 New Jersey Bell Yellow Pages Ad

2748 Federal Street

2748 Federal Street — 2700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1924No Listing
1929Mrs. Marie Gause confectionary
1929Mrs. Marie Gause
1955Fair Variety Hobby & Toy Shop1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Late 1930s–1943Joseph Petzitello & Family
Late 1930s–1943barber shop
Late 1930s–1943Joseph & Anna Petzitello
Late 1930s–1943Dominick J. Petzitello
early 1940s Herman Clark Tribolet roomed here

2752 Federal Street

2752 Federal Street — 2700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
March 1, 1939 to June 1970 Lang's Bakery
John H. Lang preparing cakes early 1950s

2758 Federal Street

2758 Federal Street — 2700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1937Mrs. Elizabeth Jones

2762 Federal Street

2762 Federal Street — 2700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947–1960sJoseph Petzitello & Family (barber shop)
1947–1960sJoseph & Anna Petzitello
1947–1960sDominick J. Petzitello

2764 Federal Street

2764 Federal Street — 2700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955P. F. Ellis1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

2772 Federal Street

2772 Federal Street — 2700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Ardin Realty Co.1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
1962Peter J. Catello

In the mid 1970s this building became the home of one of East Camden's first Hispanic owned businesses, Elsie's Gift Shop. Around 1990 the business was sold, and operated until 2004 as the Fernandez Gift Shop.

After the war, 2748 Federal housed a business called Fair Variety, selling toys, trains and other hobby items. In 2003 the building was the home of Costa Verde Travel. By 2011 it was once again a barber shop as a new business, the VIP Barber Shop, had opened.

My grandparents (Joe and Ann Petzitello) lived at 2762 Federal where the shop was until approximately 1981. At age 81, my grandfather closed the shop, sold the house and moved to an apartment in Somerdale in 1981. I didn't know the year the barber shop was opened. My dad told me before they bought 2762, they rented a house and shop a few doors down on Federal - where Carl's Hardware was in the 1960's early 1970's.

— Roxann Briggs, February 15, 2012

Federal Street — 27thfederal 1950s

27Thfederal 1950S.

Federal Street — freddies 052307 1b

Freddies 052307 1B.

Federal Street — freddies 052307 2b

Freddies 052307 2B.

Notes — 2700 Block of Federal Street

2713 Federal Street. Biagio 'Benny' Acquaro with wife Frances (at right) and daughter Anna. Photo from about 1959.

Camden Fire Alarms

Camden Courier-Post —

Camden Fire Alarms - Camden Courier-Post, February 15, 1956

Midnight Monday Until Midnight Tuesday

10.50 a. m., 2nd and Beckett sts., grass.

12.52 p. m., 2709 Federal st., grass.

1.40 p. m., 31st and Pleasant sts., grass.

4.35 p. m., 1245 Mechanic st., rubbish.

6.29 p. m., 322 Pine st., part of flooring and joists.

2800 Block of Federal Street

2800 Block of Federal Street

2800 Federal Street

2800 Federal Street — 2800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947–1955Federal Cleaners & Dyers Angelo Macchia

2808-2810 Federal Street

2808-2810 Federal Street — 2800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
The Former Home Of Post 705 Veterans of Foreign Wars July 2003 Burned down and razed December 29, 2005
Burned down and razed December 29, 2005

2848 Federal Street

2848 Federal Street — 2800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
April 2004

2850 Federal Street

2850 Federal Street — 2800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
The Former harry l. leonard Funeral Home
July 2003
Federal Street — fed 2800 2404 082211 1b

Fed 2800 2404 082211 1B.

Federal Street — fed 2800 2806 040104 1b

Fed 2800 2806 040104 1B.

Federal Street — fed 2808 vfw705 0703b

Fed 2808 Vfw705 0703B.

VFW Post Accepts Son of Sgt. Smith

Camden Courier-Post —

VFW Post Accepts Son of Sgt. Smith - Camden Courier-Post, February 21, 1944

Pvt. Charles A. B. Smith, of 212 North Twenty-seventh street, now serving in England, was accepted last night as a member of East Camden Post, No. 705, VFW. His father, Sgt. Ray Smith, a veteran of World War I, is commander of the post and presided.

Also accepted into membership was David Ross, of 2724 Cramer street, now serving in the South Pacific. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ross and nephew of William Reeve, Jr., quartermaster of the post.

Samuel A. Dickson, chaplain and service officer, paid high tribute to Brig. Gen. H. M. Gilbert, director of dependency benefits, and the post directed a letter of commendation be forwarded.

Martin Bjeorklund was appointed by Smith as chairman of the installation committee which will install officers at the next meeting to be held in the newly purchased quarters of the post at 2808 Federal street.

Mrs. Anna E. McDermott

Camden Courier-Post —

Mrs. Anna E. McDermott - Camden Courier-Post, October 7, 1943

Mrs. Anna E. McDermott, 80, wife of retired city fireman James H. McDermott, of 23 North Twenty-eighth street, died Tuesday after a long illness. Also surviving is one son, David, of Camden. Funeral services will be held at 9 a. m. Saturday at the Harry Leonard Funeral Home, 2850 Federal street. Solemn requiem mass will be celebrated at 10 a. m. at St. Joseph’s Church, Twenty-ninth street and Westfield avenue.

2900 Block of Federal Street

2900 Block of Federal Street

2907 Federal Street

2907 Federal Street — 2900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
April 2004
The Bishop's Rectory, headquarters of the Catholic Church in Camden and South Jersey.

2912 Federal Street

2912 Federal Street — 2900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Fisler & Cassidy Inc. Originally William H. Fisler Co. Industrial Belting 1960s - 2005April 2004
—Originally William H. Fisler Co.

2922 Federal Street

2922 Federal Street — 2900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955Custom Furniture Company

2924 Federal Street

2924 Federal Street — 2900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
July 2003
In the late 1930s and early 1940s, 2924 Federal Street was the home of Mrs. Evelyn Van Gemert. Her son, First Lieutenant Peter C. Van Gemert Jr., was killed in action on May 6, 1944 on the Anzio Beachhead in Italy.

2931 Federal Street

2931 Federal Street — 2900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1972Alvin Burk & Family
1972Alvin M. & Anna H. Sutkus Burk
1972Christine Burk Brett
1972Patricia R. Burk Schmidt

2935 Federal Street

2935 Federal Street — 2900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Champion Motors - April 2004
Federal Street — fed 2907 040104 1

Fed 2907 040104 1.

Federal Street — fed 2921 041804 1b

Fed 2921 041804 1B.

Federal Street — fed 2912 1991

Fisler & Cassidy Inc. — Fisler & Cassidy Inc. business card.

2912 Federal St.
Camden, NJ 08105

3000 Block of Federal Street

3000 Block of Federal Street

3020 Federal Street

3020 Federal Street — 3000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930sEast End Shade Company

3022 Federal Street

3022 Federal Street — 3000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938William Callingham
1967Robert Shaffer & Family
1967Joseph Bryan Shaffer

3024 Federal Street

3024 Federal Street — 3000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890s–1904 Joseph Fisher & Family Joseph & Sarah Fisher Emma Fisher Elsie Fisher Morris Fisher Carlton Fisher
Rev. George T. Harris Jennie Craig - Albert Read Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church

3034 Federal Street

3034 Federal Street — 3000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1980s–2000sMcCollum Insurance Abstract & Title Agency

3038 Federal Street

3038 Federal Street — 3000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
2009–2010Restaurant 2011 Out of Business
2009–2010Restaurant
2011Out of Business

3048 Federal Street

3048 Federal Street — 3000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933Beatrice Speer "Miss Walt Whitman" contestant
3048 Federal Street

3070 Federal Street

3070 Federal Street — 3000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955J. Walker Pierson1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad

3074 Federal Street

3074 Federal Street — 3000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938 Asa Cross & Family
1938Asa & Anna Cross
1938Lorraine Cross
1938Leona Cross

3082 Federal Street

3082 Federal Street — 3000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
late 1920s–1933 Dr. Dowling Benjamin

3092 Federal Street

3092 Federal Street — 3000 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1932 John J. Spellman
Dorothy Imhoff Enderwood Garfield S. Pancoast

Births

Camden Courier-Post —

Births - Camden Courier-Post, November 9, 1967

Marion Mae to Mr. and Mrs. William Marlow of 307 N. 2nd Street.

Orlando to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Martinez of 224 Clinton Street.

Donna Lynn to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mullen of 334 State Street.

Michael Joseph to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pedicone of Canterbury Apartments.

James Earl to Mr. and Mrs. James Perrigen of 601 Walnut Street.

Joseph Bryan to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shaffer of 3022 Federal Street.

Sandra Lavern to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Singleton of 231 Erie Street.

Window Shades

Window Shades

EASTEND SHADE CO

Shades Made to Order

WE TURN SHADES

Best Quality Materials
LOWEST PRICES IN CAMDEN

3020 Federal St. Camden 5842

Craig-Fisher

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Craig-Fisher - Philadelphia Inquirer, June 24, 1904

Miss Elsie M. Fisher and William B. Craig, both of East Camden, were united in marriage last night at the home of the bride, 3024 Federal street, by Rev. George T. Harris, of the Asbury M. E. Church. Miss Jennie Craig was bridesmaid and Albert Reed best man.

East Side Police Take the Census

Camden Post-Telegram —

East Side Police Take the Census - Camden Post-Telegram, November 3, 1906

The East Side police started yesterday to take the census of the Eleventh and Twelfth wards. As this requires a great amount of work, the residents of the East Side are requested to give the officers the prompt and correct answers and thus aid them in their work. Policemen Abbott, Joseph Palmer and Ridgley have been selected for this duty.

The funeral of Albert Fish, father-in-law of Joseph Fisher, of 3024 Federal street, will take place this afternoon from Mr. Fisher’s residence. Interment at Bethel Cemetery in charge of Undertaker Crawford.

Mrs. Lizzie Horner, of Twenty-third and Carman streets, fell down stairs and severely injured herself.

64 Plead Not Guilty to Dry Charges Here

Camden Courier-Post —

64 Plead Not Guilty to Dry Charges Here - Camden Courier-Post, December 1, 1930 64 Plead Not Guilty to Dry Charges Here - Camden Courier-Post, December 1, 1930

Bench Warrants Issued for 10 Others When They Fail to Appear

Sixty-four men and women charged with violations of the national prohibition act entered pleas of not guilty today before U. S. District Judge John Boyd Avis at the courthouse here.

Bench warrants for 10 additional defendants who failed to appear were granted by Judge Avis on application of Assistant U. S. Attorney Isadore Worth.

Horace L. Brewer, of 3080 Federal street, owner of Brewer’s restaurant at 531-533 Market street, and Miss Lillian S. Turner, an employe, of 1108 Federal street, were among those who entered not guilty pleas to possession and sale of intoxicating liquor. They are at liberty under $1000 ball [sic] each pending trial.

Neil F. Deighan, 38, of 101 Narberth terrace, Collingswood, owner of the Old Mill Inn, Burlington pike near Pennsauken Creek, also pleaded not guilty to possession and sale.

John L. Durkin, alleged owner, and Thomas J. Boland, bartender, of 205 Arch street, entered pleas of not guilty to indictments charging sale and possession of liquor at the Bronx Cafe, 29 North Third street.

Joseph Regan, 38, of Mt. Ephraim; Robert Shaw, 37, of Philadelphia; and Charles Hendrickson, 30, of Haddon Heights, also pleaded not guilty to possession and sale at the Northmont Inn, Black Horse pike and Fourth avenue, Mt. Ephraim.

3100 Block of Federal Street

3100 Block of Federal Street

3197 Federal Street

3197 Federal Street — 3100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
The home of Mayor Victor S. King
3197 Federal Street
The home of Mayor Victor S. King June 21, 2003

3199 Federal Street

3199 Federal Street — 3100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
3199 Federal Street
1947Lawrence Bleichnen
1984–1987The Montes Family
Federal Street — dudleygrange 1928 1b

Dudleygrange 1928 1B.

Federal Street — dudleypark 1926 1b

Dudleypark 1926 1B.

Federal Street — cfd l1 010373 01b

Cfd L1 010373 01B.

3200 Block of Federal Street

3200 Block of Federal Street

3203 Federal Street

3203 Federal Street — 3200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
by 1910–1947Fridolin & Mathilda Spuhler & Family
1956–1980sMason Bradley & Family

3204 Federal Street

3204 Federal Street — 3200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1953 John Blair
Ann Blair - Elmert Bertman Benjamin Dzick

3221-3223 Federal Street

3221-3223 Federal Street — 3200 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
3221-3223 Federal Street

Floyd Miller in front of 3203 Federal Street. This was the home of the Bradley Funeral Home from the 1850s well past the late 1970s.

3203 Federal Street: This was the home of Fridolin and Mathilda Spuhler and family. His father, Frederick Spuhler, was born in Switzerland, and had come to what is now East Camden from Philadelphia around the beginning of 1862 and operated a grocery store near 27th and Thompson Streets, retiring around 1890. Fridolin Spuhler kept the business and operated with great success. It is likely that he had this house built for his family, possibly in the 1890s. The Spuhlers were living there by 1910.

The home remained in the family as late as 1947. By 1956 It had been sold Mason Bradley, who operated a funeral parlor there into the 1980s.

Fridolin Spuhler was one of the original members of St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, which originally stood at North 25th and Howell Street.

Son Harry Spuhler operated Spuhler’s Cafe on Federal Street from the 1930s through the early 1960s.

Federal Street — fed 3303 1983

Fed 3303 1983.

Federal Street — fed 3201 031304 1b

Fed 3201 031304 1B.

Federal Street — fed 3201 031304 3b

Fed 3201 031304 3B.

3300 Block of Federal Street

3300 Block of Federal Street

3300-3306 Federal Street

3300-3306 Federal Street — 3300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1897–1916Jacob Oscar Grear & Family
1897–1916Jacob & Eva Grear
1897–1916William T Grear
1897–1916Howard M Grear
1897–1916Clarence M Grear
1897–1916Harry E Grear
1897–1916Jacob O Grear
1897–1916Joseph E Grear
1897–1916Philadelphia Inquirer

3303 Federal Street

3303 Federal Street — 3300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1936E.S. Mason Funeral Service
1940s–1950sMason E. Bradley & Family
1940s–1950sMason & Anne Gardner Bradley
1940s–1950sMason E. Bradley Jr.
1940s–1950sAddison G. Bradley
late 1980s–early 1990sRazed after a fire

3311 Federal Street

3311 Federal Street — 3300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890s–1930s Joseph Cramer & Family
1890s–1930sJoseph & Elizabeth Cramer
1890s–1930sJoseph Mason Cramer
1890s–1930s Wayland Post Cramer
1946–1949Charles Fean Sr. & Family
1946–1949Charles & Alberta Fean Sr.
1946–1949Charles Fean Jr.
1946–1949Rosemary Fean
Left: Joseph Cramer
Left: Joseph Mason Cramer
Daner Real Estate
Spring 2008Razed

3312 Federal Street

3312 Federal Street — 3300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1921–1952Charles Leddy & Family
1921–1952D. Ruth Leddy
1921–1952Margaret Leddy
1921–1952Rose Leddy Kofoet
1921–1952Charles P. Leddy

3320 Federal Street

3320 Federal Street — 3300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1906Dr. C.F. Hadley
1955Karl T. Bittner
1955Standard Supply & Construction Company1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

3322 Federal Street

3322 Federal Street — 3300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920s–1930s John R. Kaighn
1932The Treasure Chest
John R. Kaighn

3324 Federal Street

3324 Federal Street — 3300 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
L.R. Hawk Paint & Wallpaper
Standard Supply & Construction Company

The Mason Bradley Funeral Home, stood at 3303 Federal Street in the 1940s and early 1950s. He had moved his business to 3203 Federal Street by 1956.

3311 Federal Street: The empty lot was where the Mason Bradley Funeral Home was located. For many years 3311 Federal Street was the home of Daner Real Estate.

This is a photo of Charles Fean, Sr. (my father), Rosemary Fean (me) and my brother, Charles Fean Jr. It was taken at 3311 Federal Street, circa 1949, which was a home converted to an apartment house with four apartments which was owned by my Grandmother, Blanche Wallace.

— Rosemary Fan Detskas, December 6, 2011

Federal Street — federal 3300 031304

Federal 3300 031304.

Nothing Neglected

Camden Courier-Post —

Nothing Neglected - Camden Courier-Post, October 14, 1936

The Mason Funeral Service takes care of everything to the smallest detail and will furnish a complete funeral with solid mahogany casket and air-sealed vault for ..... $275

E. S. MASON

3303 Federal St., Camden 5493

Not Connected With Any Other Establishment

East Camden Youth Missing

Philadelphia Inquirer —

East Camden Youth Missing - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 23, 1906

Mr. and Mrs. Jacob O. Grear, of Thirty-third and Federal streets, East Camden, are much worried over the fact that their son, Howard, aged 19 years, has been missing ten days and they can find no trace of him. They fear he has met with an accident.

3400 Block of Federal Street

3400 Block of Federal Street

3400 Federal Street

3400 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Dr. Joseph Skyer, Physician 1947

3401 Federal Street

3401 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1941Gray Service
1946Sylvia Mae Millinery and Doll House (also 2404 Federal Street)
1946Sylvia Mae Millinery
1955Barron's Rug Mart1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

3402 Federal Street

3402 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1950s–1960sRose's Beauty Shop aka Rose's for Beauty Rose Cangelosi Sweeten owner/operator

3404 Federal Street

3404 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Dr. Frank L. Reiter, Dentist

3405 Federal Street

3405 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
2000s–2011Buddhist Temple

3406 Federal Street

3406 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Harris Department Store1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Rosedale Department Store David G. Kotlikoff 1947

3408 Federal Street

3408 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933Mrs. Elizabeth Agnew Paul Agnew
1933Mrs. Elizabeth Agnew

3410 Federal Street

3410 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Private First Class Gustav A. Barricelli

3412 Federal Street

3412 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Michael Barricelli Shoe Repair
1947Michael Barricelli

3415 Federal Street

3415 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1921–1923Oswin D. Kline & Family (real estate)
1921–1923Oswin D. & Mary Kline
1921–1923Albert Conover (stepson)
1921–1923Marian Kline
1921–1923William D. Conover (stepson)

3416 Federal Street

3416 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1939Dr. Richard Cranmer
1955Ed-Mar Flooring1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Cramer School

3418-3420 Federal Street

3418-3420 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1904–1950 Nicola Saccomano
1955Kessel's Delicatessen1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Federal Street — fed 3401 njb 1955

Barron's Rug Mart — New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages, 1955.

NATIONALLY ADVERTISED
RUGS - CARPETS
BROADLOOM

"More Value For Your Money"

Free Estimates - Easy Terms

CAMDEN

3401 Federal.......... WOodlawn 3-515[?]

Federal Street — fed 3401 080211 1b

Fed 3401 080211 1B.

Before You Buy... See the only Refrigerator with No Defrosting

Camden Courier-Post —

Before You Buy... See the only Refrigerator with No Defrosting - Camden Courier-Post, July 1, 1941

BEFORE YOU BUY..

SEE the only REFRIGERATOR WITH NO DEFROSTING

. . and all these features

FREEZING LOCKER

Holds 50 pounds of food (meat, game or fish) or a bushel of ice cubes at 22 degrees below freezing.

STERILAMP

Retards bacteria, mold and stops icebox odor.

MOIST COLD

No covered dishes needed. Foods do not dry out, and celery and lettuce stay crisp without covering.

1941 Stewart-Warner DUAL-TEMP

TERMS as low as $4.50 MONTHLY

5-Year Warranty

[?]eral Trade-in Allowance on Your Old Refrigerator

GRAY SERVICE

REPAIRS - SERVICE ON ALL MAKES OF REFRIGERATORS

3401 FEDERAL STREET CAMDEN 8320 - OPEN EVES.

Checked and Double-Checked

Camden Courier-Post —

Checked and Double-Checked - Camden Courier-Post, February 4, 1939 Checked and Double-Checked - Camden Courier-Post, February 4, 1939 Checked and Double-Checked - Camden Courier-Post, February 4, 1939 Checked and Double-Checked - Camden Courier-Post, February 4, 1939

By JIMINY

Politix: The question mark of the budding city commission campaign is, of course, Commissioner Frank J. Hartmann. The latter was apparently defeated on the face of election day returns four years ago, but the organizations of Mayor George Brunner and Commissioner Mary Kobus put up the money to finance a recount. The result was that Hartmann was declared the winner, and the Brunner-Kobus-Hartmann majority ran the city’s affairs.

The results accomplished by the Brunner-Kobus-Hartmann administration have caused numerous persons, political and otherwise, to express the wish that the three commisioners [sic] run on the same ticket at the May election. Mayor Brunner and Mrs. Kobus are committed to run together, but to date Hartmann has made absolutely no move to join them. In fact, it appears that he has gone out of his way in an effort to antagonize them.

Moreover, his actions of the last week or so have created doubt in the minds of some observers as to whether he intends to run on any ticket, as a lone wolf, or not al [sic] all. The last point is easily answered. Hartmann himself declared this week: “I’m GOING to be re-elected!” Furthermore, he has been busy buliding [sic] up an organization of his own. Employes in his department have been ordered to form “Hartmann for Commissioner” Clubs in their wards. A campaign fund is being raised among his employes for his election expenses. He has been having conferences with County Treasurer Ed Kelleher, Democrat, and Irving Levinsky, a Verga Republican, among others.

But some of the things that Hartmann has done or attempted during the last few days has caused a goodly portion of our citizenry to wonder whether someone hasn’t been misleading Hartmann with a great deal of very bad advice.

For instance, this week Hartmann offered a departmental budget that exceeded his last year’s budget by approximately $90,000, which would have meant about a seven-cent increase in the city tax rate for 1939. That is just about political suicide before a city election, and is not at all in line with Hartmann’s past pledges and performances. As head of the finance department Mayor Brunner cut out the greater part of this unusual increase, and was justified in doing so to protect the taxpayers.

There were a few other unusual little affairs this week. Hartmann shouted “Liar!” at City Comptroller Sid McCord this week, but apologized later. “Sid” is probably the best liked city employe and certainly one of the most efficient public servants these last ten decades. One of Hartmann’s employes went to the comptroller’s office Monday—the city payday—and asked for all the salary checks for highway department employes.

Moreover, since his own extra-high budget was trimmed, Hartmann has had an employe going over the Brunner and Kobus payrolls to see how many were hired since 1936. His own payroll might be scrutinized in the same manner.

And his attitude at the budget hearing was not in line with his previous policies. While he and Brunner were arguing over Hartmann’s request for $7000 for playgrounds, Hartmann finally said: “If you want to cross it out, it’s okay by me.”

Then remembering a reporter was at the hearing, Hartmann asked the scribe whether he had jotted down that remark, and whether he intended printing it. The reporter replied he would print whatever he considered news.

“I thought this was a meeting to go over my budget,” commented Hartmann.

“It’s a public meeting to go over your budget, the sort of thing you always yelled for before you were elected,” the newspaperman reminded Hartmann.

“Well,” retorted Hartmann, doing an about-face, “see if you consider this news: I’m going to get up at the commission meeting and fight for $7000 for playgrounds.”

Personals: Charlie Swing, majordomo of the Farragut Yacht Club in East Camden, has bought himself a boat...The vessel is the “Helma,” which has been lying off Twenty-fifth street...It was sold by the U. S. marshal in admiralty and Charlie, with the legal aid of former Senator Al Woodruff, bought it in for $100...In its heyday, this little ship was worth about $20,000, and it has quite a history...For it was the ship you often saw in that old hair-raising thriller, “The Perils of Pauline”...Pearl White fell off it or was thrown off it quite consistently...Incidentally, Al Woodruff is off to the Virgin Islands to brush up on his Shakespeare and on his game fishing...Speaking of vacationing, E. Heulings Antrim, Merchantville’s director of public works, is in Florida...So is Bill Lehman, of the election bureau...And Funnies Fitz sent us a card from North Carolina a week ago, probably his last clarified mome[?]t...

Frank Van Never, a Camden Bridge policeman, and former Secret Service man during the war, is very ill at the Veterans Hospital in Philadelphia...”Red” Holder, the strongest man in the Campbell Soup A. A., is wearing a bearskin coat these days...He wrestled the bear for it...Hoseman Herbert Baxter, of No. 8 Engine Company, 619 Kaighn avenue, rounded out 20 years of service in the fire department this week...He has an unusual record...Another firefighter, John Peterson, of the Twenty-seventh street and Hayes avenue station, was operated on at West Jersey Hospital this week...The engagement of Miss Alberta M. Beaumont and Dale W. Petross (well known outdoor showman) was announced at Dempsey’s place in New York Saturday...Frank Donio, Republican member of the Winslow township committee, probably wasn’t any too pleased when C. P. Van Winkle and the Democrats begain [sic] calling his “Boss” Donio, but now he can laugh at it...He even gave out cigars with a wrapper bearing the legend “Compliments of Little Boss Hague Donio”...Incidentally, we haven’t heard from Van Winkle since he claimed to have affidavits from a dozen people charging relief irregularities...That was several months ago...Elmer Lee Hettrick, 16, former Wilson High student, has had three poems accepted for publication in the Crown Anthology of Verse...Walter J. Beer, of York street, Camden, probably believes, like the Bard of Avon, there can be something to a name...He works for a bottling concern.

Extry: Sam Orlando’s term as prosecutor expires tonight...Attorney General Wilentz will probably name Sam as a special assistant attorney general while the office is vacant...Wilentz may also permit Ike Eason and Pat Harding to continue as assistant prosecutors or may name Tom Madden as Orlando’s assistant...Incidentally, the governor intends to submit Orlando’s name to the Senate over the objections of Vince Gallaher, state committeeman...But Moore will have to wait until Senator Al Driscoll returns to the job, as Al is still ill of the grippe...Moreover, opposition to Orlando’s reappointment is now developing among the Republicans in the Senate...And while we’re on the subject, Prosecutor Loveland, Cape May Democrat, will NOT be confirmed, according to our best information from Trenton...Senator I. Grant Scott won’t sponsor Loveland’s nomination.

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Here and There: The Dugan-Buck dart feud is now at a deadlock...The feather merchants from Dave Buck’s emporium (Cove road and Westfield avenue) defeated the Joe Dugan (Forty-fifth street and Crescent boulevard) sharpshooters in the first clash, but the Dugan team won out in last Monday’s test, the scores being 140-120, 160-183, and 161-158...The playoff will be on Tuesday night at Dugan’s...Jack McDougall, Ninth and Market streets saloonkeeper, has ordered 20 pounds of corned beef and cabbage...Getting ready for his St. Patrick’s affair...The Front Page is hitting the front pages these days...Joe DeLucca is putting on some nifty floor shows at his Red Hill Inn these evenings...

Don’t forget the Mary Kobus party for children at the Savar[words missing between crops] on Feb. 18...The now famous baseball film will be shown...The All Ireland Ball will be at Turner’s Hall, Broad and Columbia, Philadelphia, next Friday...The new storms have made Merchantville streets, particularly Maple avenue, look like Swiss cheese...The Public Service Drum and Bugle Corp, Post No. 231, was invited to participate in the Fortieth Annual Military Ball and Drum Corp Contest at the Arcadia Ballroom, Brooklyn, today...A red car was running around with one light an evening or so ago...

Peter McGlade, Gloucester City treasurer, is disappointed in the small number of old shoes he received for the WPA shoe-mending project for schoolchildren...A hot school election is brewing in Haddon Heights...Aside to Carl Christians: Joe Dugan has returned from the hospital sans operation; does that change Tuesday’s Battle of the Century?...Hank Collins’ cafe at Thirteenth and Samson is a popular nightspot with the local gentry...

The Feb. 23 reunion of the Cranmer School graduates of 15 or 20 years ago is gaining impetus...In addition to the “contact men” announced in this column last Saturday, Mrs. William Reed, the former Grace Cummings, 3006 Mickle street, is trying to locate members of the ‘20 and ‘21 classes...Dr. Richard Cranmer, 3416 Federal street, is handling general arrangements...Another aside...To Boots Pinner: How about getting our crew together and joining in on the festivities?

3500 Block of Federal Street

3500 Block of Federal Street

3500 Federal Street

3500 Federal Street — 3500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Federal Pharmacy 1947

3501 Federal Street

3501 Federal Street — 3500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Kessell's Luncheonette Walter E. Kessell 1947

3502-3506 Federal Street

3502-3506 Federal Street — 3500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Sprengel's Bakery 1947
Lynn's Bakery

3507 Federal Street

3507 Federal Street — 3500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Rosedale Fire Company No. 4
Cartun Hardware operated out of this building in the 1930s before moving to their present building across the street
1938Cartun Hardware

3510 Federal Street

3510 Federal Street — 3500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Driscoll's Luncheonette 1947

3511 Federal Street

3511 Federal Street — 3500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Modern Shoe Rebuilders Charles Scoglio 1947

3512 Federal Street

3512 Federal Street — 3500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Esterman Tailor Shop 1947

3513 Federal Street

3513 Federal Street — 3500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
April 29, 1968 Louis Toll (L. Toll Tailors-Cleaners)

3514-3516 Federal Street

3514-3516 Federal Street — 3500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955Cartun Hardware
1960Cartun Hardware
1980Cartun Hardware
Brothers Dave and Ray Garrison bought the business in the late 1970s and have operated here ever since.

3517 Federal Street

3517 Federal Street — 3500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
April 29, 1968 Rosedale Building & Loan Association 1947-1977

3519 Federal Street

3519 Federal Street — 3500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
James J. Manifesta Barbershop 1947

3521 Federal Street

3521 Federal Street — 3500 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
The Moorestown Toll Gate
About 1900
ABC Cleaners 1957
Mr G's
Mexico Lindo Restaurant
July 2003

The Rosedale Fire Company was organized in the 1890s, when what is now East Camden was part of Stockton Township. This is the only known picture of the building during its Fire Department days.

Irving Cartun later acquired the building and founded his hardware store there. He operated at this address through at least 1936. By 1947 he had moved his store across the street to 3514-3516 Federal, and also utilized 3512 in later years. This building was used as a warehouse for many years before its was demolished.

3513 Federal Street: Louis & Minnie Toll moved here from 326 Federal Street with sons Irvin and Herbert some time after April of 1930. The business is not listed in the 1970 NJ Bell Telephone Directory.

Federal Street — fed lynns bakery

Fed Lynns Bakery.

Federal Street — rosedaleno4 001b

Rosedaleno4 001B.

Enough Wall Paper

Enough Wall Paper

Enough WALL PAPER For 9x12 Room Complete 98¢

ONE COAT ENAMEL Value $2.75 Gal. $1.69

CARTUN

3507 Federal St.
CAMden 9150

Open Evenings

3600 Block of Federal Street

3600 Block of Federal Street

3600 Federal Street

3600 Federal Street — 3600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947National Home Furnishings Company

3601 Federal Street

3601 Federal Street — 3600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
The Rosedale Tavern
1955Rosedale Inn
The Rosedale Inn

3606 Federal Street

3606 Federal Street — 3600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1962Asa Sands & Family
1962Bertha M. Sands
1962Asa M. Sands
1962Florence Sands
1962Elsie Sands

3622 Federal Street

3622 Federal Street — 3600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
Atlantic Service Station (gas station) 1947
7-11 Convenience Store 1970s-2011

3627 Federal Street

3627 Federal Street — 3600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955Kirby Distributing Corporation

3635 Federal Street

3635 Federal Street — 3600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933Adele Garbarino

3652 Federal Street

3652 Federal Street — 3600 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
3652 Federal Street
1890s–1920sJames P. Johnson
Federal Street — rosedale 1904

Rosedale 1904.

Federal Street — fed 3601 njb 1955

Rosedale Inn — New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages, 1955.

CHINESE FOOD
ORDERS TO TAKE OUT

3601 Federal ...... MErchantville 8-9464

Federal Street — rosedale 092203 1

Rosedale 092203 1.

3700 Block of Federal Street

3700 Block of Federal Street

3700-3702 Federal Street

3700-3702 Federal Street — 3700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930sHoward J. Dudley Furniture
3700-3702 Federal Street June 1943

3710 Federal Street

3710 Federal Street — 3700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1947–2004Jarvis Electric Co.1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

3713 Federal Street

3713 Federal Street — 3700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1937–1938Howard J. Stone

3722 Federal Street

3722 Federal Street — 3700 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947–2004Seal-Tite Roofing & Siding Company
Federal Street — fed 3700 lnw 43

A young Fred Dunajek standing on the north side of the 3700 Block of Federal Street. The photographer is facing southwest. The three story building at upper left has been a laundromat since at least the 1970s. Visible just to the left of the telephone pole are the gas pumps from the Atlantic gas station which stood at the corner of Federal Street and Terrace Avenue. A 7-11 convenience store has been at that site since the 1970s. Visible at upper right is the roof of 3606 Federal Street.

Federal Street — fed 3700 000030s 10b

Howard J. Dudley — Howard J. Dudley furniture advertisement.

Furniture
Rugs
Bedding
Venetian
Blinds

Complete Home Furnishings

Saving To You

Howard J. Dudley

3700 Federal at Terrace
CAMDEN 640
Open Fri. and Sat. Eves.

Federal Street — fed 3710 njb 1955

Jarvis Electric — New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages, 1955.

NEW & USED MOTORS

MOTOR REWINDING REPAIRING BUILDING

PARTS
BRUSHES
BEARINGS

PORTER-CABLE TOOLS
WAGNER MOTORS
DIEHL MOTORS
BALDOR MOTORS
FANS & GRINDERS

SALES - SERVICE REPAIRS

EMerson 5-0513
IF NO ANSWER CALL WOodlawn 3-1667

3710 FEDERAL ST. CAM

3800 Block of Federal Street

3800 Block of Federal Street

3804 Federal Street

3804 Federal Street — 3800 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
3804 Federal Street
Johnson Cemetery
1920s–1938James P. Johnson
Federal Street — jamespjohnston 032138 0

Jamespjohnston 032138 0.

Federal Street — fed 3801 110204 b

Fed 3801 110204 B.

3900 Block of Federal Street

3900 Block of Federal Street

3905 Federal Street

3905 Federal Street — 3900 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
3905 Federal Street
O'Donnell's Restaurant and Cafe
Early 1950sRainbow Grille
Ernie Ventura Bonnie Miller Gene-O-Trio Frank Croge
Federal Street — fed 3905 rainbowgrille early1950s 1b

Rainbow Grille — Camden Courier-Post advertisement, early 1950s.

39th & FEDERAL STS., CAMDEN

EVERY NITE EXCEPT MONDAY

ERNIE VENTURA
BONNIE MILLER
Plus GENE-O-TRIO

Open Daily 7 A. M.

FRANK CROGE at the Taps (formerly of LaMaina's)

KING SIZE SANDWICHES

SUNDAY JAZZ CONCERT 3 to 7
FRIDAY JAZZ CONCERT EVENINGS 12 to 2

NO COVER. NO MINIMUM

Open Sunday 1 P. M. to 2 A. M.
Make New Year's Reservations Now!

Federal Street — dios 092203

Many Bars were here, including o’donnell’s, the Rainbow Grille, the ron day voo, dio’s supper club, Dr. Jekyll’s High Times, and g. whilikers.

O'Donnell's Restaurant and Cafe

Camden Courier-Post —

O'Donnell's Restaurant and Cafe - Camden Courier-Post, February 20, 1936

The Newest Place in Camden Area

O'DONNELL'S

Restaurant and Cafe

3905 Federal St., Pennsauken

STEAKS CHOPS SEA FOOD

4100 Block of Federal Street

4100 Block of Federal Street

4100 Federal Street

4100 Federal Street — 4100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
4100 Federal Street
The Waldorf Tavern

4102 Federal Street

4102 Federal Street — 4100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
4102 Federal Street
H.F. Harrop Real Estate Listing

4108 Federal Street

4108 Federal Street — 4100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
4108 Federal Street
1928–2018Harding Villa Apartments
Harding Villa Apartments 1928-2018
Naomi Staley
Henry R. Kline

4111 Federal Street

4111 Federal Street — 4100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
4111 Federal Street Pennsauken, N.J.
1955Federal Motors Company
A few years later, this car dealership was destroyed in a spectacular fire

4114 Federal Street

4114 Federal Street — 4100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
4114 Federal Street
Al's Mobile Service Station 1947

4170 Federal Street

4170 Federal Street — 4100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
4170 Federal Street
Mrs. Emma Blumenthal 1947

4172 Federal Street

4172 Federal Street — 4100 Block of Federal Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
4172 Federal Street
David Tattersdill 1929
Dr. Martin N. Kravitz, Dentist Dr. Harry E. Fridrich, Physician 1947
Federal Street — waldorf 092103

Waldorf 092103.

Federal Street — fed 4102 c1928 b

Fed 4102 C1928 B.

Federal Street — fed 4102 listing 1930s 01b

Residence, 4102 Federal St. — H. F. Harrop real estate listing card, circa 1928.

Residence.
4102 Federal St. Camden.

4681-D.
Price $8500- [struck through]
2 [?],000. [handwritten]

Lot 100 x 100 Frame, single. Corner.
Rms. 1st. F-5 and shed. 2nd. F.--3:, 3rd. F--2:
Painted finish.
Porch/gas range, shades, dirt celaar, water, gas/elect.
sidewalk, curb and sewer. Paved street. Cond. Fair.
Heat: Stoves. Owner occupies:
1st. Mtg. $2300 reduced to $1800. East Side B&L.
Terms $2500 cash: Owner will take $6000 1st. mtg.
Owner H.F. Harrop:
Suitable for stores. Room for 5 stores on lot.

4681-D 4102 Federal Street $8500-D [struck through]

Murderer and Forger Escape Jail After Shooting Keepers, Killing One

Camden Post-Telegram —

Wilson Ashbridge, Who Shot and Killed Mrs. Elizabeth Dunbar and George E. Thompson, Check Swindler, Trap Jailor Hibbs by a Ruse and After Slaying Him Shoot Joe Ellis Who Intercepted Them in Flight.

Used Revolver Smuggled Into Prison by Confederates and Leave Jail Wide Open in Their Flight, a General Delivery Being Averted by Police Who Were Summoned by the Wounded Men.

Murdering one jailor and wounding another with a revolver that had been smuggled into them by outside confederates, Wilson T. Ashbridge, slayer of Mrs. Elizabeth Dunbar, and Francis Murphy, alias George E. Thompson, a check forger, made their escape from the county jail a few minutes before seven o’clock last night.

Ashbridge with his wife was caught at noon in the Keystone Hotel in Chester PA where they registered at one o’clock this morning.

Thompson is still at liberty but from the confident manner of Prosecutor Kraft his early arrest seems assured.

The murdered jailor was Isaac Hibbs, aged 65 years of 913 South 8th Street. The wounded keeper is Joseph Ellis, aged 45 years, of 416 Carteret Street. Shot twice, he is in Cooper Hospital. His condition today is very satisfactory.

Thompson, who is 41 years old, forged a check for $650 which he gave to V.M. Fulton as part of the purchase price of an automobile. The forgery was discovered before the deal was completed and his arrest followed on June 8. he also passed a forged check for $15 on State Motor Vehicle Agent Kraft. He, too, was awaiting trial. In spite of the positive evidence against him Thompson had spurned all efforts to have him plead guilty and it is now believed that he was sparring for time while hatching a plan to escape. He is no doubt the master mind.

R.L. Hunter, a farmer of Bensalem Township, Bucks County PA, about four miles above Torresdale, reported to the Philadelphia police the morning that he had seen a man answering Ashbridge’s description on the Bucks Road at daylight. The man asked the way to Riegelsville.

According to Hunter, the man was dressed in a dark suit, and had no hat. His clothing was wet. Hunter did not see anything suspicious in his actions, and after giving him directions, they parted.

Upon seeing the paper with a picture of Ashbridge, the farmer was struck by its resemblance to the man with whom he had talked. He hurried to Tacony and notified the police.

The State police, who patrol that section of the county, and who have an office at Langhorne, were immediately notified as were the surrounding towns.

The shootings took place in different parts of the jail. Hibbs was murdered in the exercise room just outside the cell room on the Sixth and Arch corner of the building. Ellis was shot down in the corridor just outside the Market Street end of the building when he heroically grappled with Ashbridge after the latter had pointed a gun at his head. In spite of his wounds Ellis dragged himself to a telephone and after notifying Police Headquarters of what had happened he collapsed.

Only one of the two bullets is still in Ellis. It entered the groin on the right side and is buried in the muscles of the leg, having taken a downward course for seven or eight inches. The other bullet struck Ellis in the right breast and came out in the left breast, traversing the upper fleshy parts of the body.

Hibbs was almost instantaneously killed by a bullet that went within an inch of his heart, producing a hemorrhage. The bullet was extracted this morning from the body early this morning in an autopsy performed at the morgue by County Physician Stem. In spite of the fact that it is pretty well established that three shots were fires in the attack on Hibbs, only one of the bullets took effect.

“But it makes little difference which of the two men handled the gun” said Prosecutor Kraft this morning. “Both are equally guilty of this murder and what we are concerned about now is the recapture of the gunmen.” Mr. Kraft added that it his purpose to examine all of the prisoners in that part of the jail where Hibbs was murdered to determine fully who fired the fatal shot.

The escape had been carefully planned and timed to the minute. Of course the desperate prisoners were aided by confederates on the outside and it is the general belief that a high powered motor car was in waiting for them not far from the jail. They are known to have been in possession of money and openly boasted yesterday that it was their intention to leave the prison last night. These boasts were made to two young ladies connected with a religious organization who called on the two men yesterday to offer spiritual reconciliation. The girls are frequent visitors to the jail and naturally their efforts at evangelization were directed in the main toward Ashbridge, because of the fact that he was accused of murder. These girls, whose identity officials will not disclose, were closeted with Prosecutor Kraft until one o’clock this morning. Both declared that on their visit yesterday they were told by Ashbridge and Thompson that it was the last day they expected to spend in jail.

“We are going to get away from here tonight and we’ve got money to help us after we are out ” said Ashbridge, who further told the girls he had considerable cash sewed up in the waistband of his trousers. The girls begged the prisoners not to do anything that would cause them more trouble and they told the Prosecutor that Ashbridge and Thompson promised them that they would not make any effort to escape. In their talks with the girls neither of the prisoners said a word that would indicate that they would kill if necessary to escape. The full force of their boast did not dawn on the religious workers and for this reason it never occurred to them to inform the Sheriff of what the prisoners had in said.

A general jail delivery of at least all the men confined in what is known as the untried department, where the two were held, was only averted by the prompt arrival of the police on their beat, which was made easy by means of the keys taken from the prostrate body of Hibbs. Ashbridge and Thompson left all of the doors open and the vanguard of the inrushing police found the prisoners swarming all over the corridors on the east side of the prison. In the wild excitement following the double shooting and escape none else thought of freedom and a checking up of the inmates after they had been herded in the exercise room of the untried department accounted for all but the fugitive slayers.

The department, in which the two men were confined is the same one which William Brown and Charles Berger made their sensational escape several years ago by sawing away the bars on the Federal Street front of the jail. Thrilling as it was, the former escape was insignificant in comparison with last night’s tragic event.

With the full force of the keepers out of the way— one dead and the other suffering from gunshot wounds at first supposed to have been fatal— Ashbridge and Thompson had nothing between them and freedom but the door entering from the spiral stairway leading to the narrow entrance of the Sixth and Market Streets end of the Court House. With the keys taken from Hibbs they opened the door and in a few seconds were breathing the free air. It was still daylight when the daring murderers walked from the building and although they were no doubt seen by some of the scores of persons passing it is certain that they managed to control themselves to such an extent as not to arouse any undue suspicion. The exit they used to escape is that used by the general public and therefore persons passing calmly in and out of the door would not in any manner be thought to have been connected with a jail delivery. However the shots which had laid low the keepers had been plainly heard on all four sides of the building and it is strange that no one has yet been found who can give positive information as to what course the fleeing men took and whether they were aided in their flight by an automobile.

While the police and detectives of Camden and all other cities in the East are watching railroad terminals, steamship lines, and all other avenues of travel in response to the general alarm sent out last night, Prosecutor Kraft is bending all his energies to learn who smuggled in the revolver which the fugitives used. Thus far this feature of the case is as complete a mystery as it was last night. Mr. Kraft and Sheriff Haines are satisfied, however, that only one gun was used for both shootings. It was at first thought that each man had a pistol when they left the jail; that one of them armed himself with the gun that Hibbs was supposed to have carried, but it was determined that Hibbs was not armed when he went into the jail last night. There was no occasion for him to come in contact with any of the prisoners and for that reason he left his revolver in his desk in the office. Even had he carried it he would have little chance to use it, so cold-bloodedly was he slain as he unsuspectingly fell into the trap laid for him by the desperate gunmen. There is also some conflict as to how at least one of the fugitives was dressed. Alfred Williams, who witnessed the murder of Hibbs, said that Ashbridge was without coat or hat when he dashed out of the cell-room, and that Thompson carried his coat and hat under his arm. However in a description of the two men given at the Prosecutor’s office it was set forth that Ashbridge wore a blue serge suit and a checkered cap. The coat that he is supposed to have taken bore the mark of “Tull— the Tailor,” of Jacksonville, Florida, and had been borrowed by him from another prisoner. He wore tan shoes. Ashbridge is 27 years old, 5 feet 7-1/2 inches in height and weighs 137 pounds. He has brown hair, smooth face and is of light complexion.

Thompson wore a brown suit and a Panama hat. He is 41 years old 5 feet seven inches in height, and weighs 175 pounds. He has brown bushy hair, is minus one of the fingers on his left hand, and is light complexioned.

The tan shoes worn by Ashbridge were also borrowed from one of the prisoners. He got them on Saturday and remarked that he wanted to look neat.

Keepers Ellis and Hibbs were reading in the prison office last evening when Hibbs glanced up at the clock and noticed that it was a few minutes of seven. “Joe, I’m going back and put the boys in their cells,” he said to Ellis and with his keys in his hand he started for the cell room in the untried department. A thirty foot long corridor runs from the office to the barred and grated door opening into the department in which the cells are situated. This department is about the size of three ordinary school rooms and in the southeastern corner of the jail are the cells, in two tiers.

Around the cells is a three foot corridor into which all the cells doors open and in which all the prisoners are permitted to walk when they are not allowed out in the main room. When the inmates are ordered into their cells and their doors closed the doors are locked from the outside of the steel cage by means of a lever worked by the jailor. Thus every cell door can be made secure without the keepers coming into actual contact with the prisoners. In addition to the bars around the corridor fronting on the double tier of cells there is a fine mesh heavy wire screening.

As Hibbs approached the lever which is operated to shut the cell doors after the prisoners have retired from the corridors, Ashbridge was leaning against the grating of his cell, Number 18. Thompson was lounging a few feet away.

“Daddy, open the door, I want you to see this note,” said Ashbridge to the keeper, at the same time displaying a piece of paper which he had in his hand. Never giving a thought that he was about to perform an act that which was absolutely necessary for the carrying-out of the well laid plot, or that he was going to his doom, or was even in danger, “Daddy,” as the aged keeper was known to all the prisoners, opened the door without hesitation.

As he swung wide the big steel frame, Ashbridge quickly stepped out and the next instant was pressing a gun against the abdomen of the jailor.

“Throw up your hands, you ___ ___ ___” he commanded.

“What are you up to, what’s this mean,” asked the keeper, apparently not realizing he had been trapped.

For reply Thompson jumped out the door, wrenched the gun from Ashbridge’s grasp and with an oath began firing at Hibbs, who sank to the floor at the first shot. Only a few feet away and the only other person in the exercise room, although the shooting could have been seen by any other prisoners who had not retired to their cells, Alfred Williams, trusty, is emphatic in his assertion that Thompson fired the shot that killed Hibbs and that he fired three times.

“It’s a wonder they did not get me,” said Williams. “Ashbridge and I could not hit it and in his desperate mood I am surprised he didn’t kill me, too.” Williams, who has just completed a six months’ sentence for obtaining money from Italian grocers by falsely representing himself as an agent for a wholesale house in Chicago and who is wanted in the Windy City for the same offense, says the whole transaction took less than a minute and that the moves came so fast he and the other prisoners were powerless to aid.

“It was like a flash of lightning” said Williams, “and before I could fully understand what had happened Ashbridge had grabbed Daddy’s keys’ which had fallen to the floor, and was off like a deer for the barred door. Ashbridge had taken the smoking gun from Thompson, who had his hat and coat under his arm and who was right behind the other one.

“As they hurried through the door after Ashbridge had opened it with Daddy’s keys Daddy called to me to raise him. I put my arm under his head and lifted him slightly from the floor. ‘Hold my hands’ he said to me. I took hold of his hands and the next minute he died in my arms. Then I heard two more shots and I knew they got Joe Ellis.”

Startled by the shots, and he is emphatic there were three in rapid succession, Ellis leaped to his feet and without taking the time to arm himself ran from the office and turned into the corridor just as Ashbridge, wild-eyed and gun in his hand, came running toward him. Halting three yards away Ashbridge pointed the revolver at Ellis’ head and ordered him to throw up his hands.

For reply and without fear of himself the keeper dashed at the murderer and the next instant they were locked in each others’ embrace. Working loose the hand which held the gun, Ashbridge pulled the trigger. The bullet struck Ellis in the breast, but the wound was not sufficient to render him helpless. However, before he could grip the pistol arm, Ashbridge fired again and the keeper fell back with a bullet in his groin.

“The second shot got me,” said Ellis to Prosecutor Kraft and Assistant Prosecutor Butler at the hospital. “The first one wasn’t bad but my strength left me when the second bullet struck. Ashbridge was the only one I saw. I did not see Thompson.”

Dragging himself to the office Ellis managed to reach a telephone and called up the police.

“This is Ellis at the county jail; come quick. Ashbridge has shot me” he weakly said over the phone to Captain Hyde. Then the receiver fell from his hand and he dropped to the floor, but after a minute or two managed to climb into chair.

While patrol loads of policemen were being hurried to the Court House from the First and Second District station houses, Reserve Officer Charles Hose, on duty at Broadway and Federal Street, who had heard the shots, ran to the Court House and from the office of Assistant Custodian John Lack phoned up to the jail. Ellis managed to answer and in a few words told what had happened. They ran up to the jail and were admitted by Ellis, who was rapidly growing weaker from loss of blood, the trail of which plainly showed just where the injured keeper had moved.

“I guess Ashbridge got away and the jail is all open, you had better take care of the rest of the prisoners,” said Ellis to Hose and Lack. The fugitive-murderers had left all doors open and the other occupants of the untried department were swarming through the corridors. Their curses and yells and the shrieks and cries of the female prisoners had turned the place into a perfect bedlam. With the aid of other policemen who swarmed into the Court House like bees, the prisoners were soon herded into the exercise room, where Trusty Williams checked them up and accounted for all but Ashbridge and Thompson.

With the faint hope that the missing pair had not risked leaving the building but had secreted themselves in the structure, the courthouse was searched from pit to dome, but no trace of the men were found.

Detective Doran was the first of the Prosecutor’s staff to reach the scene. Mr. Kraft and the balance of the staff soon followed. In the lower end of the county, on official business, Sheriff Haines was reached by phone and Under Sheriff Hewitt was summoned from Pitman and until an early hour this morning the officials were in conference and examining numerous prisoners.

State Detective Walter Le Torneau furnished Prosecutor Kraft with a promising “tip” this morning when he learned that Thompson gave a letter to Freeholder Howard Marshall, of the Eighth Ward, to mail on Sunday. Mr. Marshall states that the letter was addressed to a woman by the name of Mrs. Shelton, in Baltimore MD.

Marshall was attending religious service in the jail when Thompson approached him.

“Put this in your pocket and mail it for me when you go out,” said Thompson to Mr. Marshall, who agreed to carry out the request. Dropping the letter in the mail box Marshall allowed the incident to pass without further notice.

Detective Le Torneau learned this morning that Marshall had spoken to the incident to a friend and the sleuth notified the Prosecutor. The tip will be run down the Prosecutor stated.

Funeral services for Hibbs will be held on Thursday from his late residence. The body will be taken to Langhorne PA where interment will be made in the Friends’ Cemetery under the direction of the Schroeder-Kephart Company. Services will be conducted Wednesday evening by Reverend Henry Bradway, pastor of the Eighth Street Methodist Episcopal Church.

POLICE QUICKLY AT WORK

Although the murderous prisoners made their escape, it was no fault of the local police department, which threw out a “dragnet system” that covered practically every outlet from the city. As soon as the call reached headquarters the red lights were flashing and every officer and detective who could be reached was sent out on the “man hunt” which was pursued with vigor.

Passing automobiles were pressed into service by the detectives and officers and all haste was made for the ferries, railroad yards, terminals, and trolley points. Citizens cooperated with the police in their efforts to run down the escaping prisoners.

Assistant Chief Hyde received the call from Jailor Ellis, who though wounded himself summoned strength enough to reach the phone.

“This is Jailor Ellis. Hibbs and me have been shot by that man Ashbridge and help quick!” was the startling message which came over the phone to Chief Hyde about one minute past seven.

It was just at the time the shifts were going on and off at the local station houses. Chief Hyde lost no time. He called to Machine Operator “Eddie” King to send the message to the station houses and flash the red lights. This was done and as fast as the men could run they covered the various points.

The auto patrols were dispatched with all hands to the Court House and the wounded men hurried to the hospital. Coroner Robert G. Schroeder reached the hospital as Hibbs and Ellis were being admitted and he took charge of the situation and got in touch with Prosecutor Kraft and County Physician Stem.

Detective Captain Schregler was hurriedly summoned, and his men were sent in all directions. Detective Brothers boarded a waiting automobile and a record run was made for the Federal Street ferry. Sergeant Humes was picked up and in four minutes after the call was received from Ellis Detective Brothers had the ferry covered.

Detectives Troncone, Painter and Murry and captain Schregler covered the Kaighn Avenue, Vine Street, and Cramer Hill ferry lines.

Detective Brothers got in touch with the Pennsylvania Railroad officials who put their detective force to work searching freight and passenger cars. The orders were sent out from the railroad office to stop and search every freight train. Dispatches were also sent to Trenton, Mount Holly, and Burlington and it was not long before the news of the atrocious deed had spread throughout the country and many distant places.

Trolley cars were stopped and searched by the police, but not the slightest trace could be found of the escaped prisoners. The police left nothing undone in the “man-hunt.”

When news of the affair spread through the city phone calls began to come in to headquarters. Over fifty persons called up to tell the police that they had seen the two men at various places. The “tips” were all run down but none materialized.

Officers Arthur Colsey and Theodore Guthrie, who were on their vacations, lent their aid to Chief Hyde. Policeman Colsey pressed his automobile into service and carried the police to various parts of the city.

Co-operating closely with Prosecutor Kraft’s detectives the city officials formed a combination which in nine times out of ten would have been successful, but the escaped men cleverly eluded their pursuers.

Assisted by Coroner Schroeder, County Physician Stem held a post mortem examination on Hibbs’ body. The bullet which caused the death was located in the region of the heart, It passed through the victim’s lung, causing a hemorrhage, which resulted in death. Following the examination the body was taken by the Schroeder-Kephart Company at the family’s orders to be prepared for burial.

ASHBRIDGE’S FIRST CRIME

The brutal crime for which Ashbridge stood indicted but untried was committed on the night of January 22 at Ninth and Market Streets. It developed that the murderer had followed his intended victim from the morning hours. He trailed her to the home of her sister, a Mrs. Meredith, of 911 Market Street, and laid in wait in the darkness of a building that fatal Saturday night.

Mrs. Dunbar came out of the house and stood on the northeast corner while waiting for a ferry-bound trolley car. She intended going to Sicklerville that night to visit her relatives. With her at the time was her 7-year-old daughter, Eleanor, and her father, Charles Dunbar. Ashbridge advanced toward the woman, who was startled when she saw him. She called to her father that she “didn’t want anything to do with Ashbridge.”

Before the father could interfere the young murderer whipped out a revolver and covered the father and the woman. He then struck the woman violently in the face with his fist and as she was reeling under the force of the brutal blow Ashbridge fired, the first bullet taking effect in the woman’s chest. The brutal murderer then stood over his prostrate victim and holding the revolver less than five inches from his victim’s body he pumped four more shots into her.

Policeman Howard Smith and Policeman Taylor were a square distant. Smith saw the entire proceedings and screamed at Ashbridge to stop shooting. A crowd quickly gathered and Dr. Maldeis, who lives nearby, came running to the scene to aid the stricken woman.

Officer Taylor espied Ashbridge in the crowd. The murderer made no effort to run, but stood his ground. Detecting the murderer trying to slip something up his sleeve, Taylor pounced upon him and bore him to the ground, at the same time taking the gun away from him and slipping the handcuffs over the murderer’s wrists. Policeman Taylor had to draw his revolver to keep back the large crowd that was threatening. Showing no concern whatever, Ashbridge calmly waited until the police auto arrived. In the meantime the murdered woman’s still warm body was placed in a “jitney” and with Officer Smith and Dr. Maldeis a hurry run was made for Cooper Hospital but when the institution was reached, Mrs. Dunbar was pronounced dead.

Ashbridge was taken to the hospital by Policeman Taylor in the police auto. He asked “how she is.” Informed that he had accomplished his purpose, the young murderer asked to see the woman. When the white sheet covering the still form of the murdered woman was drawn from the face Ashbridge leaned over and kissed the forehead of the woman. He was then taken to the County jail and locked up. Before Recorder Stackhouse on the following Monday Ashbridge pleaded guilty.

Ashbridge was infatuated with the woman, who was a member of the Temple Theater chorus. Because of Ashbridge’s persistent attentions she was compelled to give up her position. Mrs. Dunbar had previously accepted Ashbridge’s attentions, thinking that he was unmarried, but upon learning that he had a wife and child she informed him that it would be best for them not to see each other, but the young man refused to discontinue his attentions.

On the day of the shooting Ashbridge was seen in various places. He is said to have followed the woman to the Federal Street ferry, but lost track of her. Around noon he was seen at Front and Pearl Streets by Policeman Boyd, who ordered him to move on. Boyd was about to arrest him as a suspicious character, but Ashbridge pleaded that he was looking for a friend. All that day Ashbridge followed the woman until night, when he cruelly murdered her.

The murderer came from a respectable family. Dissipation is thought to have caused the young man to lose his sense of reasoning. Rather good-looking, Ashbridge had tender baby-like eyes and his case excited sympathy among the more tender-hearted people.

Sweetmeats, tasty sandwiches, and other small luxuries were said to have been given the young murderer while he languished in his cell. He had many visitors. Recently Ashbridge was taken violently ill after eating some crabs which were given him by a friend. He and Jailor Hibbs were very friendly.

THOMPSON A CLEVER FORGER

Thompson, or Murphy, was a self-styled lawyer and was committed by Recorder Stackhouse in June for forging checks to the amount of $1,055. The worthless checks were “worked” on the McClelland-Fulton Auto Company and Motor Vehicle Agent A.C. Kraft.

When a check for $150 presented to the automobile company by Thompson and drawn to the order of “G.E. Thompson” on the Harrisonburg, Virginia National Bank came back from the home office of the Studebaker Company as worthless, Mr. Fulton called in the police.

Thompson had previously presented a check for $890 as payment on an automobile. This check was drawn on Thompson’s favor on the Coatesville National Bank and was purported to have been signed by Louis L. Gibney, a hotel man of Downington PA. This check was still in the possession of Mr. Fulton when Thompson was arrested after the first check was returned marked “no funds.”

The clever swindler also presented a bad check to Agent Kraft for $15 for which he received the license to operate the automobile which he proposed buying.

Detective Troncone arrested Thompson at Fifth and Market Streets on June 2. The defendant had been living in a room at 220 North Fifth Street.

Giving his home address as Daytona, Florida, Thompson represented himself as a lawyer. Well dressed and wearing nose glasses, Thompson was an intelligent appearing man, he had a bushy pompadour which was streaked with gray and talked in a persuasive manner. His forgeries on Mr. Gibney’s signature were so clever that Gibney himself could not tell the difference.

After Thompson’s arrest Detective Captain Schregler sent out notices to several southern cities. He received responses from Harrisonburg, Norfolk, and Petersburg Virginia and that Thompson was wanted in all three cities for check forgeries.

Bert Hibbs, a city foreman and a son of the slain jailor, was murdered early Sunday morning, December 25, 1910 when his throat was cut by Clement Ridgway, a negro, aged 22 years, of Seventh and Sycamore Streets. It was about 12:20 on Christmas morning that Hibbs while crossing the lots at Seventh and Sycamore was accosted by Ridgeway, who wanted to shake hands with Hibbs. The latter refused, a quarrel ensued and Ridgeway whipped out a razor and slashed Hibbs across the throat with such violence that his head was nearly severed. Hibbs died while on the way to the hospital. Ridgway was arrested after a battle by Detectives Schregler, Painter and Brothers and several officers at his home, 1207 Lilly Row.

Indicted for murder Ridgway pleaded non vult. On April 24, 1911, to a charge of murder in the second degree, he was sentenced to 25 years in state Prison at hard labor.

SECOND MURDER IN JAIL

This is the second murder and second escape from the present jail. The first murder took place in November, 1907, when George Stewart, a young negro, stabbed to death John Snell, who was awaiting trial for carrying in the business of fortune telling. Stewart was in jail on a charge of dealing in opium and cocaine. He had a complete opium layout in his cell. He and Snell had a quarrel and he stabbed Snell to death in his cell. He was tried and convicted and sentenced to be electrocuted during the week of February 8, 1908. He was electrocuted on February 4, being the first man to suffer the death penalty by electrocution.

On July 13, 1910 William T. Brown, alias Gillespie, who had been sentenced to seven years on a charge of forgery, and Charles Berger, who was under sentence for picking pockets, made their escape from jail after sawing the bars on the Federal Street front. They climbed over the balustrade to the roof, descended through a trapdoor, climbed down stairs and walked leisurely through the Court House building and out into the street unnoticed. They entered an automobile and were driven away. They crossed to Philadelphia on a North Cramer Hill Ferry boat.

Several weeks later Brown was arrested in New York City and was sentenced to Auburn Prison on an old charge. His term will expire shortly and he has also applied to the Court of Pardons of this State for a parole. A detainer has been lodged against him at the State prison where he is located and he will be brought back and resentenced. Berger was captured in Chicago and was brought back and served a term at Trenton.

Camden Courier-Post —

Promoted Firemen Take Posts Today - Camden Courier-Post, April 4, 1928 Promoted Firemen Take Posts Today - Camden Courier-Post, April 4, 1928, part 2 Promoted Firemen Take Posts Today - Camden Courier-Post, April 4, 1928, part 3 Promoted Firemen Take Posts Today - Camden Courier-Post, April 4, 1928, part 4

Lennox Deputy Chief; Eight Others Elevated as Captains Here

A new deputy chief, a battalion chief and eight new senior and junior captains will assume their posts today in the fire department. The men were promoted yesterday afternoon, along with the announcement of eleven new appointments of firemen, who will go into service April 15.

The new deputy chief, John H. Lennox, now is second in command when his platoon is on duty. He was acting deputy since the naming of Thomas Nicholas as chief two years ago.

The new battalion chief is Rollo Jones. Jones succeeds George B. Wade, who retired January 1.

Junior captains advanced to senior captains, with salaries increased to $2,400, are William H. Harring, Truck Company No. 1, Clarence Madden, Engine Company No. 6, and George Hunt, Engine Company No. 7. The new junior captains advanced from the ranks, with new salaries of $2,280 a year, are David Ellis, driver for Chief Nicholas for nine years, George Saunders, hoseman of Engine Company No. 9; Eli Hunt, driver of Engine Company No. 3, and William Van Pfefferle, hoseman, Engine Company No. 1.

All the promotions were from the civil service eligible list. The captains will be assigned tomorrow.

The new firemen, also civil service eligibles, will start with salaries of $1,500. Each year of service brings an increase, until five years in the department pays $2040 annually. The new men are Thomas F. Gibbons, Byron M. Davis, John S. Anderson, William H. Toy, Leo J. Tompkins, Horace T. Molan, Lawrence Bolton, George W. Garner, Felix E. Bendzyn, Harry H. Hess and Charles Jones.

Chief Lennox is one of the most popular firefighters in the organization. “Chappie” is the nickname by which he has been known for years. He was appointed a fireman January 1, 1908. He was promoted to a captainship October 1, 1915, and was assigned to Engine Company No. 8.

His promotion to deputy chief gives the department two men in that standing, one in command of each platoon on duty. His new salary will be $2,8[8]0 a year. He will be stationed at headquarters, Fifth and Arch streets. He lives at 633 Clinton street. William W. Patterson is the other deputy chief.

Battalion Chief Jones will receive $2,520 a year. He has been in command of Engine Company No. 9, Twenty-seventh and Federal streets. He will be sent to command Engine Company No. 3, Broadway and Ferry avenue.

He was a former senior captain of Engine Company No. 4. For a number of years he was an instructor in fire school methods of life saving. He lives at 536 York street.

Taps Sound for Jack Airedale, Canine Mascot of Fire Laddies

Camden Courier-Post —

Taps Sound for Jack Airedale, Canine Mascot of Fire Laddies - Camden Courier-Post, November 7, 1934

By BOB COLLINS

Camden firemen and policemen paid their final respects to stout-hearted Jack Airedale yesterday.

The beloved mascot of Headquarters Fire Company, Fifth and Arch streets, whose life was crushed out under the wheels of truck No. 2, his own wagon, Monday, was accorded a hero’s funeral. His body was interred in the cemetery at the rear of St. Paul’s and the First Baptist churches, close by his fire station home, and taps were sounded at 5 p. m., just as the sun was setting in the west.

People from every station of life visited the fire station to pay homage to the doughty fire-fighter, who was killed answering his last call. Senator Albert S. Woodruff, City Commissioner Harold W. Bennett, Miss Florence Hughes, chairman of the Camden County Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Fire Chief John S. [sic] Lennox and Deputy Chief William Hearn were among the estimated throng of 3500 who passed his bier.

Letters and telegrams of sympathy poured into the headquarters company throughout the day. There were more than 10 offers of dogs to serve as mascots and take Jack’s place. These were kindly but firmly rejected by members of the headquarters company. “There will only be one Jack,” they said. “We appreciate all these offers, but we don’t want another mascot right now.”

The funeral rites for the dog were impressive.

Active bearers included Raymond Stark, John K. Taylor and Everett Joslin, members of the Camden police department; William Spencer and John Strouss, of fire truck No. 1; John McKay, Lester Anderson and Chester Andrews, of truck No. 2.

The honorary members were Captain Van Phefferts, Russell Anderson, Harry Haines and Charles Edwards, of truck No. 1; Nelson Andrews, Christopher Moll, Arthur Batten, George Boone and Rox Abbott, of truck No. 2.

At the appointed hour a dummy alarm was sounded. Jack Airedale was carried to his favorite place on fire truck No. 2. The vehicle moved slowly along Fifth street to Federal, then to Fourth and back to Arch street. When it passed the fire station the bells in the tower tolled.

At the cemetery Jack was placed alongside his predecessors, Alva and Gimp, dogs, and Skibby and Old Black Bill, cats, who were at one time mascots at the fire station.

Life Hereabouts

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Life Hereabouts - Camden Courier-Post, March 19, 1949

BY CHARLEY HUMES

DOWN MEMORY LANE with that Old Gang of Yours . . . in a few of the years when Our Town was as good a sport town as any in the land . . . from the time that Taylor and Gunnis promoted fights through the years to Roxey Allen . . . Mickey Blair . . . Eddie Chaney . . . Shamus Maguire . . . Pee Wee Ross . . . Jackie Hindle . . . Watson Finch . . . Georgie Abner . . . Nick Nicholas . . . Dixie Allen . . .

The days when Camden was the Mecca for Philly fight fans . . . with champions like Mike O’Dowd . . . Benny Leonard . . . Pete Herman . . . Jimmy Wilde . . . Gene Tunney . . . fighting in the Armory on Haddon avenue . . . for One, Two and Three . . . tax included . . . the days of John Smith . . . whose son, Lee, became one of our great friends . . . the days when Philly came to Camden to see the best fighters in the land . . .

AND THEN DOWN through the years with Lou McFarland . . . Higgins and Kaplan . . . Tommy James . . . the man named Doyle who always gave us a smile when we called him “Mister” because he was so kind . . . When Sergeant Ray Smith became a referee . . . “Pose” Robinson . . . the days of Willie Davis . . . Harry Smith . . . Jim Kelly . . .

Fights in the ball park at Twelfth and Federal streets . . . at the Fairview Ball Park . . . in the Temple Theatre . . . the Star Theatre . . . Newt Blanchard, the only promoter who gave us MORE money than we asked for . . . The Broadway Theatre . . . the early days of Convention Hall . . .

THE TIME they opened the Plaza Hotel Gym and all the fine lads on the program . . . with the late Mayor Stewart in the audience . . . and many other dignitaries . . . and being “dared” into a match with Ray Smith, because his opponent failed to show . . . the same guy who fought Tunney . . . Mike Brennan . . . Gibbons . . . Martin . . . Dempsey . . . Loughran . . . and seeing the Sergeant’s body covered with blood in the second round . . . our very own blood . . .

THE YEARS when Gloucester city was the fightenest town in the nation . . .

The days of K. O. Joey O’Donnell . . . who fought them all. . . Of Frankie Conway . . . who never took a backward step . . . and still has the same courage today. . . . Of Willie Spencer . . . who headlined show after show. . . . Charlie Daggert . . . now a referee in Philly. . . . Jimmy Rafferty . . . Eddie (Kid) Wagner . . . Young Sherlock . . . Abe Wustbond, later an instructor of boxing at Herman’s gym in Philly . . . Eddie Forrest . . . and his brother, who fought Battling Nelson . . . the crowd-pleasing Willie Fuller . . . Joey O’Connor.

Back when “Chick” Hunt fought under the name of Eddie Melson . . . and later, in professional ranks, the night he fought Joe “Kid” Fisher at the Apollo theatre in Gloucester. . . . Chick is our friend today . . . but we don’t believe he ever will forgive us for that night when we yelled at Joe to . . . well, we yelled at Joe . . . The days of Harry “Dick” Donohue, trainer and manager of Nick Nichols.

AND THE BEST, learning the business under the incomparable Eddie Prince . . . who knows how to condition fighters . . . then and now . . . with the best in the nation. . . . The days when they called Mister Georgano “Lemons” . . . but affectionately . . . not because he was ever sour.

When Johnny Sapio . . . who only days ago was honored at a banquet at Weber’s Hof Brau by so many people the walls bulged . . . fought under the name of Young Joe Grim.

HOW MANY will remember when our own Eddie Garrity, now the sedate deputy director of public safety in Our Town, was a boxer . . . with plenty on the ball? . . . When George Murphy boxed around here . . . and the Tighe brothers, Eddie and Jimmy . . . Remember Richie Hoehner? . . . Jimmie Jordan? . . . Eddie Douglas? . . . Bobby Graham, then a soldier stationed in Gloucester? . . . Steve Jackson? . . . Frankie McLaughlin (whose brother Neil WAS on Retreat with us, Mrs. McLaughlin, and gave us much of this information)?

Recall Johnny “Homo” Bryan? . . . Duncan Carswell, Jimmy and Jack Dean, referees, all three? . . . Theo Ellick, the matchmaker. . . . And who could forget Joe Spearing, afraid of nobody then and now . . . he fought our boy Fisher three times to our knowledge . . . once in Atlantic City . . . another at one of the ball parks here and the third (the windup, no less) in Gloucester. . . . Who won . . . who cares?

THE DAYS when a Cook was a promoter . . . and a Politician(?) got the gravy. . . . The time “Red” Haines fought Roxey Allen over top the old Standard movies at Second and Vine streets . . . amateur against a near-champ . . . and what a battle . . . when Everett Joslin and Johnny Taylor were on the First district wagon and backed it up to the door leading to the second floor, and all the people gathering around because they thought it was a raid . . . and all they came to see was a round or two of the fights.

Back when Joey Powell had an iron fist . . . and Soldier Freedman an iron jaw. . . . When Mayor Victor King was always in the front row at the bouts . . . when Augie Oswald “worked” the river in his boat for shad and other fish . . . when a dollar was a dollar and not 27 cents . . . when the downtown fight gym was operated by Charley Mack . . . whose brother Battling Mack was a great drawing card and a great fighter . . . and Charley was no softie, either.

THE SUMMER BOUTS in the ball park when you could get a swell bleacher seat for half a buck—and be closer to the bouts than $50 seats at some of the big clubs now . . . and see better fights, too.

When Camden had growing pains . . . and its people started moving to the suburbs . . . when a guy who made 40 slugs a week was a “big executive.” . . . When copy boys on the papers got $4 a week . . . and had enough left over from their salary to lend money to reporters who made the tremendous sum of $25 a week. . . . Great days, say you . . . great days, say us. . . . Nostalgia.

Over in Camden.

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Over in Camden. - Philadelphia Inquirer, December 22, 1898

Articles of incorporation were filed yesterday by the American Metal Edge Box Company.

The police were notified yesterday that William Ilgenfritz, 14 years old, of 1121 Mickle street, was missing.

Jacob N. Wise, 65 years old, fell from a step at Delaware and Market streets yesterday and broke his hip. He was taken to the Cooper Hospital.

A number of church people have filed a remonstrance with the excise Commission against granting a liquor license to Charles Gorden, of Ninth street and Ferry avenue.

Mrs. Victor Kline, of 526 Vine street, discovered a burglar in the house early Tuesday morning, but the thief fled at her approach, leaving a lot of clothing and silverware which he had bundled up, ready to take away.

Charles E. Wilson was committed by Recorder Mowrey [sic] last night, charged with stealing two overcoats from the Camden Turning Mill, at Front and Arch streets. He was captured at the Federal Street Ferry by Policemen [sic] Hartman.

Bessie Hughes was held by Justice Schmitz yesterday for a further hearing on a charge of stealing household goods from the boarding house of Mrs. Marshall, at 121 Market street. Some of the missing goods were found at the defendant’s home.

Among the latest victims of the grip in Camden are Mayor Hatch, Chief of Police Foster, City Clerk Harry Kramer, former City Counsel J. Willard Morgan, Charles R. Baron, New Jersey editor of the Philadelphia Record, and Policemen George Cooper, Harry Miller, James Ware and George Anderson.

Drop-a-Buck Club Organizes Drive To Aid Needy Families at Christmas

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Drop-a-Buck Club Organizes Drive To Aid Needy Families at Christmas - Camden Courier-Post, November 6, 1953 Drop-a-Buck Club Organizes Drive To Aid Needy Families at Christmas - Camden Courier-Post, November 6, 1953 Drop-a-Buck Club Organizes Drive To Aid Needy Families at Christmas - Camden Courier-Post, November 6, 1953 Drop-a-Buck Club Organizes Drive To Aid Needy Families at Christmas - Camden Courier-Post, November 6, 1953 Drop-a-Buck Club Organizes Drive To Aid Needy Families at Christmas - Camden Courier-Post, November 6, 1953

Santa Gets Early Start:

The first phase of the program to raise Christmas funds for needy families of the city through the Drop-a-Buck Club went into operation Thursday when a group of volunteers started distribution of collection containers to the taverns of the city.

The Drop-a-Buck Club, which has been caring for the Christmas needs of under-privileged families of the city since 1949, plans to distribute similar containers to business houses, factories and other public buildings in the area.

Distribution of the containers to the taverns has been backed by the Camden Beverage and Restaurant Association.

The association has volunteered to sponsor a dinner for officers and charter members of the Drop-a-Buck Club to form a kickoff for the 1953 fund campaign. The dinner will be held Dec. 1 at Kenney’s Restaurant.

Everything Donated

Distribution of the containers is being carried out by a group of volunteers headed by Walter N. Carley, Leon B. Niewinski, Jules Kornberger, Thomas Kenney Sr. and Albert Kornberger.

The jar containers, printing and decorations were all donated. Taking part in the donations were Police Capt. Anthony Skolski, Patrolman Joseph Lack, Carter Paper Co., Walter Heim and Samuel Payne.

Deputy Mayor Angelo Malandra, chairman of the Drop-a-Buck Club drive committee, announced today that William Rohrer, Chevrolet auto dealer and a member of the board of trustees for the club, has volunteered space for campaign headquarters. Rohrer has offered the club the use of a new showroom on Federal st. at 15th.

“This generous offer by Bill Rohrer,” Malandra said, “is typical of the volunteer support given by citizens of the community from all walks of life to the Drop-a-Buck Club drive.”

More Families in Need

“From all indications, this year will reveal more families in need of help for Christmas since the club started in 1949.

“We are prepared to do our job, but we need the entire support of the community.”

Malandra said a special meeting of the officers and trustees of the club will be held at the drive headquarters next Friday to launch the fund drive.

Officers of the Drop-a-Buck Club for the 1953 campaign, in addition to Malandra, are Joseph J. McComb, chairman of the Central Labor Union, vice chairman, and Lawrence J. Wisely, of The Courier-Post, secretary-treasurer.

Frank H. Ryan, editor of The Courier-Post, is chairman of the board of trustees, which is composed of William A. Stretch, general manager and treasurer of The Courier-Post; Director of Public Safety Aaron, Deputy Director of Public Affairs Garrity, William Rohrer, mayor of Haddon Township; Edward Goldsmith, manager of Yellow Cab Co.; Welfare Director Logan, Police Inspector Willard Schriver, John McCloskey and Dominic Sasso, labor leaders; William J. Myles, Edward Brewer, Julian Masso and Thomas Kenney Sr.

Transfer Okayed For Bar License

Camden Courier-Post —

Transfer Okayed For Bar License - Camden Courier-Post, March 8, 1966

The transfer of the liquor license of Seigle’s Bar, 1990 Federal Street, was approved last night by the Camden Alcoholic Beverage Commission. The license was transferred from Joseph Seigle to Hyman Karpowitz of Pennsauken.

4 Firemen Suspended By Melleby

Camden Courier-Post —

4 Firemen Suspended By Melleby - Camden Courier-Post, October 14, 1969

Four veteran members of the Camden Fire Department have been suspended by Harold Melleby, public safety director, on charges stemming from a fight July 21 at Engine Company 9, 27th and Federal Streets.

John Kolessar, an acting captain who was involved in the fight with fireman Peter Carbone, has been suspended for 15 days. He is currently on a three-month leave of absence without pay.

Kolessar pleaded guilty during a departmental disciplinary hearing to charges of conduct unbecoming a public employe, disorderly conduct and assault. No charges were lodged against Carbone.

Deputy Chief Frank Deal, who was acting in the position of Chief Edward V. Michalak who was on vacation when the incident occurred, was suspended for four days, beginning tomorrow. He was cited for neglect of duty, failure to report the fight to Melleby and failure to suspend one or both of the men involved.

Battalion Chief John Giuliano, who was acting deputy chief the day of the fight, and Capt. Robert Briggs, who was acting battalion chief, each received one-day suspensions which end at midnight tonight. They were disciplined for failure to enforce the rules, regulations and orders of the department.

Former Mayor Alfred R. Pierce, counsel for Deal, Giuliano and Briggs, said they have 20 days to file an appeal through Civil Service.

Garage Watchman Foils Whiskey Theft

Camden Courier-Post —

Garage Watchman Foils Whiskey Theft - Camden Courier-Post, February 27, 1928 Garage Watchman Foils Whiskey Theft - Camden Courier-Post, February 27, 1928

Tells Police of Man With Box; Liquor From Drugstore Found

A second attempt within ten days by thieves to steal whisky valued at several thousands of dollars from the drug store of George Beringer, Fifth and Federal streets, was frustrated over the week-end by the alertness of a night attendant at a garage at Fifth and Arch streets.

It was about 2 o’clock Sunday morning when James Robertson, night attendant at the garage of Herman Z. Cutler, Fifth and Arch streets, saw a man carrying a box up an alley almost directly opposite the garage. Robertson, suspicious, telephoned police headquarters at city hall.

“Come to Fifth and Arch streets right away,” Robertson urged the police sergeant on duty. “A man is acting suspiciously in this neighborhood. He looks like a thief.”

Policemen Joslin, Cattel, Reese, Jones, Petit and Carroll were dispatched to the scene. When they arrived, the mysterious stranger sighted by Robertson had disappeared.

Further search proving unavailing, the police sought the box the man had carried into the alleyway. They found it in the establishment at 503 Federal street, occupied by a washing machine company. The thief had entered the place by forcing a side window, and left the box, a case of whisky, inside.

Further investigation revealed that the thief and possible accomplices had entered the drug establishment by climbing a shed in the rear to the second floor. They then lifted themselves to the third floor. There they broke open a shutter on one of the windows and entered. Going to the cellar, the thieves broke open a closet where the whisky was stored. They apparently aimed to remove one case of liquor at a time.

Ten days ago both the Beringer establishment and the washing machine firm’s headquarters adjoining were broken into and robbed.

Normal Middleton, 308 Penn street, manager of the place next to the Beringer store, said nothing was stolen from there in the weekend robbery. A check-up is being made by Beringer employees today to determine what was taken at that establishment.

TAYLOR SHOT TO KILL HIM

Camden Daily Telegram —

TAYLOR SHOT TO KILL HIM - Camden Daily Telegram, October 19, 1897 TAYLOR SHOT TO KILL HIM - Camden Daily Telegram, October 19, 1897 TAYLOR SHOT TO KILL HIM - Camden Daily Telegram, October 19, 1897

EXTRA!

Sumner Derrickson Dangerously Wounded During a Row.

THEY FOUGHT OVER A WOMAN

The Participants All Had Their Guns and Knives Ready to Murder.

CAPTURED AFTER A HARD CHASE

The Man Who Did the Shooting Ran from Seventh and Sycamore Streets to the Federal Street Ferry With an Excited, Yelling Mob at His Heels—A Ferryboat Held Until the Police Arrived and Took the Fleeing Man Into Custody—The Wounded Man and His Brother Known as Bad Men.

Robert, alias Charles Taylor, colored, made a desperate attempt last night to murder Sumner Derrickson. Taylor is locked up at the City Hall and Derrickson is at the Cooper Hospital with a bullet wound in his abdomen. The doctors there say that Derrickson is resting easily to-day and that he is in no immediate danger of dying. Taylor claims that he shot Derrickson in self defense.

ROW OVER A WOMAN.

The shooting was the outcome of jealousy. Taylor and Charles Derrickson and the latter’s brother, Sweeney Derrickson, were gambling in a house on Baxter street, between Ann and Seventh streets. A dispute arose and Taylor says that the Derricksons, who are known as bad men, chased him from the house. Sumner Derrickson, Taylor says, had a gun, and Sweeney Derrickson had a knife. At Seventh and Sycamore streets Taylor states that he found his pursuers were pressing him too closely. He turned as he ran and drawing his pistol fired at the two men. The bullet struck Sumner Derrickson in the abdomen and he fell to the ground with a groan. Sweeney stopped to look after his wounded brother and Taylor continued his flight.

SURGEONS FOUND THE BALL.

The wounded man was taken to the Cooper Hospital where the surgeons found the bullet had taken an upward course and lodged beneath the skin in Derrickson’s chest. The ball was extracted and Derrickson was made as comfortable as possible for the night.

The news of the attempted murder spread rapidly and the police were notified at once. An alarm was sent throughout the city and every effort was exerted to capture Taylor who had fled from the scene of the shooting as fast as his legs would carry him. He ran down to Kaighn avenue with the evident intention of taking a ferryboat to Philadelphia where he lives. The crowd that followed him, however, prevented Taylor making his escape in that direction. Like a hunted animal he turned up Second street toward the northern section of the city. The crowd increased each moment and the excitement of the chase became intense.

EXCITEMENT WAS INTENSE.

Policeman Fitzsimmons joined the throng which by this time was yelling “Catch the murderer” and “Lynch him.” People who were retiring threw up their windows in alarm thinking that the police and the crowd were in pursuit of another man suspected of the double murder of Mrs. Zane and Mrs. Shaw of week ago. The chase grew hot along Second street, but Taylor proved himself fleet of foot and reached the Federal street ferry in time to catch the 10.45 p. m. boat.

POLICE CAPTURE TAYLOR.

Collector Andrew Frazee had been notified of the attempted murder and recognized Taylor as the man wanted. He instructed Gateman William Barnard to hold the boat while he sent word to the police that Taylor was at the ferry. The patrol wagon was sent there in a hurry.

In the meantime Policemen Al. Myers and George Cable had arrived and Policeman Fitzsimmons arrived a second later almost winded by his long run. Two respectable colored porters were taken into custody at first, but the policemen soon discovered their mistake and found Taylor crouched up in one corner of the boat. Policeman Fitzsimmons recognized Taylor by a scar on his neck and quickly grabbed him by the throat. The fellow made no resistance and was taken to the waiting patrol wagon by the three officers. Here he was hustled into the vehicle and sent to the City Hall. When arrested the revolver with which the shooting was done was found in Taylor’s pocket, but that individual had cutely reloaded the empty chambers as he ran so as to destroy what evidence there was against him.

Derrickson, brother of Sumner, was formerly of the firm of Reed & Derrickson who several years ago ran the notorious negro resort known as Olive Park where John Hill, a colored youth, shot Joseph Dodson, also colored. Hill afterwards was hanged for his crime and the police broke up the den where the tragedy occurred.

TAYLOR GIVEN A HEARING.

Taylor was given a hearing this morning by Mayor Westcott. The complaint was made by Lieutenant John Foster and accused Taylor of assaulting, shooting and attempting to kill Derrickson. Lawyer Jackson appeared for the defendant.

Edward Fortie, one of the men who was with Derrickson when the shooting occurred, stated that he did not see the first shot, but when the second and third shots were fired Taylor was starting down Kaighn avenue. Fortie and Jordon, with Derrickson, then started to run.

Ida Burton said she saw Taylor and Lawrence Anderson talking at Seventh and Baxter streets. Taylor went slowly toward Derrickson and suddenly pulled a revolver from his pocket and fired point blank at his victim. When questioned by the Mayor she said she saw all of the shots, but when cross-examined by Lawyer Jackson she denied having seen the firing of the first shot.

Aubrey Thompson, who was about fifteen yards distant, said he saw the first shot fired at some one setting back of the station at Seventh and Kaighn avenue. He then saw Taylor go down Kaighn avenue.

Several other witnesses were heard who said they saw the shots fired, but who were not positive as to whom they were directed at.

Policemen Al Myers and George Cable, who made the arrest, said they found the man on a Federal street ferryboat hiding behind an ash cart. Taylor said he had no revolver, but on the way to the City Hall Patrolman Golden found a 32-calibre revolver with three loaded chambers.

Mayor Westcott held Taylor to await the result of Derrickson’s injuries.

Taylor hails from Washington, D. C., and it was stated on good authority that he is wanted in Philadelphia and his native city for misdemeanors.

Hill Faced Death with Firmness

Philadelphia Inquirer —

HILL FACED DEATH WITH FIRMNESS - Philadelphia Inquirer, April 15, 1893

NEW JERSEY NEWS

The Youthful Colored Murderer Hanged in the Camden Jail.

Religion Braced His Nerves and He Felt No Fear.

A Quiet, Speedy Execution, and Death Was Quick and Apparently Painless—The Murder of Joseph Dodson Avenged Without the Usual Delay in Such Cases.

Camden county’s new gallows scored its first victim to-day when John Hill was hanged for the murder of Joseph Dodson. The execution took place at the County Jail. It was successfully conducted and was devoid of sensational incidents.

The gallows had been erected in a room with a lofty ceiling in the southeast corner of the jail building. Tall windows looked out on Federal street and Broadway, but they were veiled with dark curtains, which gave a sombre hue to the room. The instrument of death had been built on plans furnished by the Sheriff, modeled after the gallows used in the Philadelphia County Prison. There were two trap doors, which fell down when a lever was pulled, allowing the condemned man to fall about seven feet.

John Hill, the murderer, was a small, slender youth, in his 18th year. He had professed conversion after his conviction and walked firmly to the gallows, having overcome the terror of death by his religious faith.

AROUSED FROM HIS LAST SLEEP.

Hill was awakened from a sound slumber at 6.30 o’clock by Constable Renner, one of the death watch. He dressed himself in a new suit of black diagonal striped goods purchased by the Sheriff for the execution.

A gray mist hung like a veil before the jail windows, and Hill said he regretted this for he had hoped to see the sun shine once more before he died.

He displayed no fear of death, and when his lawyer, Frederick A. Rex, came at 8 o’clock to bid him good-bye the condemned lad said:

“I am not afraid to die, for I love Jesus.”

Hill ate sparingly of the breakfast of beefsteak and potatoes sent in from a neighboring restaurant, and satisfied his longing for pie by eating a big piece of the pastry. Then he lit a cigar and paced up and down the corridor until the arrival of his spiritual adviser, Rev. J. H. Scott, a colored Methodist minister. The last hour preceding the execution was spent in prayer and reading the Bible.

WORE A ROSE TO THE GALLOWS.

Before going to the gallows Constable Hunt handed the lad a white rose, which he pinned on his coat. When Hill’s body fell the rose broke from its stem.

At twenty minutes past 10 o’clock, County Clerk Barber called the roll of the Sheriff’s jury in the jailor’s office. They all responded and took the oath to see that the death penalty was carried into effect. Then the spectators were drawn up two by two, in a line at the left of the door from which the prisoner would emerge as he passed from the jail to the place of execution.

It was half-past 10 when these preparations were made and the condemned man sent for.

His hands had been secured behind his back with handcuffs and he walked with unfaltering steps down the iron stairways of the jail, through a dark passage way and into the corridor, where the Sheriff stood, with the black cap in his hand.

The minister walked by Hill’s side. In front were Deputy Sheriff Sell and ex-Deputy Joseph Porter. Constables Hunt and Renner, the death watch, brought up the rear. There was a shuffling of feet in the line of spectators and the procession moved along the corridor and into the dimly-lighted room, where the gallows stood.

FACED DEATH WITHOUT FLINCHING.

Hill looked at the instrument of death without flinching. He constantly repeated, in a whisper, “Jesus, save me.”

With firm tread he mounted the steps to the scaffold. The work of death was quickly done. There was no prayer or final speech. The minister whispered a last word of cheer and stepped back.

It took but a minute for the Sheriff to drop the noose over the lad’s head, for ex-Deputy Porter to pull down the black cap, and then both men stepped back from the drop. Hill did not waver.

The Sheriff reached for the cord attached to the lever under the drop, gave a short, quick pull, and as the doors fell with a crash the murderer’s body dropped, whirled once around, and then hung motionless.

A PAINLESS DEATH.

There were no convulsive movements of the body, although the legs were not pinioned. County Physician Iszard, assisted by Coroner’s Physician Mattern, of Philadelphia, and Drs. Tomlinson, Jones and Levis, of Camden, timed the fleeting spark of life.

In four minutes and fourteen seconds the pulse stopped beating and at the end of six minutes and fifty-seven seconds the action of the heart ceased. The body had been shaken slightly by a few tremors, but there was no death struggle.

After the body had been hanging for twenty minutes the noose was unloosened and the corpse carried into a room adjoining the jailor’s office. The eyes were closed and the face bore no evidence of a violent death.

The silent spectators formed a group around the corpse, while Rev. Mr. Scott read the Methodist service for the dead. Four hours later the physicians made an autopsy and late in the afternoon Coroner Jefferis conveyed the remains in his dead wagon to the New Camden Cemetery where they were interred in a grave paid for by the county.

SWIFT JERSEY JUSTICE.

Jersey justice has not been leaden-heeled in Hill’s case. It is less than six months since he committed the crime for which the law took his life. At 1 o’clock on Sunday morning, October 16, 1892, John Hill, secreted in the bushes near Reed & Derrickson’s saloon, at Seventh and Sycamore streets, fired a bullet into Joseph Dodson’s brain.

The latter was a young colored man who had beaten Hill during a row, a few days previously, in the dance hall attached to the saloon. Hill had threatened to get even with Dodson. He took a revolver from a drawer in the saloon, drank liquor to nerve himself for the deed, and then fired the fatal shot.

At the trial, early in February last, Hill swore that Reed & Derrickson, the proprietors of the saloon, had hired him to kill Dodson. The two men were tried as accessories and acquitted. Three weeks ago Hill confessed that his charge against these two men was false.

Sewellites Coming to Trenton

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Sewellites Coming to Trenton - Philadelphia Inquirer, January 13, 1895

Eight Special Cars to Bring Up the Camden Cohorts To-Morrow.

CAMDEN, N. J., Jan. 12—Should the weather prove favorable Camden county will pay deserved honor to General William J. Sewell on Monday night at Trenton, after the caucus has decided upon him as the next United States Senator from New Jersey to succeed John R. McPherson. Camden is proud to have the mantle of high position placed upon the shoulders of one of her sons and will recognize it in a fitting manner by sending an organization that will reflect great credit upon the city and upon the gentleman whose name they bear. Eight special cars will leave Federal street depot Monday afternoon loaded down with members of the Sewell Association. They will be accompanied by Winkler’s celebrated Seventh Regiment and the City Bands. Upon both sides of each car long streamers bearing the name of the “W. J. Sewell Association, Camden, N. J.,” will be placed.

It is confidently expected to take at least 400 men, and this number may be increased before the start is made from the City Hall. Following are the members of the Executive Committee: W. J. Browning, George S. West, Harry C. Sharp, Walter Phillips, C. J. Mines, Jr., T. P. Varney, Charles Sayrs, J. O. Smith and Jesse Carey.

The special train will leave Camden at 3:20 P. M., and will return the same night, probably, leaving Trenton about 11:30, after the session is over.

The handsome banner presented to the association will be carried by Chief Standard-bearer Joseph Bromley, while William White, of the Fifth ward, will carry the handsome silk flag.

Aged Man’s Sanity Debated as Nephew Contests His Will

Camden Courier-Post —

Aged Man’s Sanity Debated as Nephew Contests His Will - Camden Courier-Post, September 21, 1928 Aged Man’s Sanity Debated as Nephew Contests His Will - Camden Courier-Post, September 21, 1928 Aged Man’s Sanity Debated as Nephew Contests His Will - Camden Courier-Post, September 21, 1928 Aged Man’s Sanity Debated as Nephew Contests His Will - Camden Courier-Post, September 21, 1928 Aged Man’s Sanity Debated as Nephew Contests His Will - Camden Courier-Post, September 21, 1928

‘Kidnap’ Case Recalled as Islanders Declare E. Camden Cafe Owner Normal

LEFT $40,000 ESTATE

Attempts to prove that Nicholas Joseph Donahue, former East Camden restaurant proprietor, who died Sept. 12, 1927, was of unsound mind and was unduly influenced when he made his last will are expected to be made at a continuance of the hearing in which a nephew is contesting the will.

The hearing was scheduled to be resumed at 1.30 p. m. today in the Camden County Orphans Court, with Judge Samuel M. Shay presiding. Testimony was presented all day yesterday by Raymond Donges, prominent Camden attorney and executor of the will. Because Donahue was declared mentally deficient by a lunacy commission shortly before his death, the burden of proof fell upon Donges as executor to show that the wealthy restaurateur was of sound mind when he wrote the will. The latter disposed of an estate valued between $40,000 and $50,000.

Donges had a few more witnesses to present today, among them Mrs. Elizabeth S. Fernan, under whose care Donahue was placed on Chincoteague Island, off the coast of Virginia. Mrs. Fernan is a former Camden woman.

The nephew contesting the case is John Donahue, of 2411 East Boston avenue, Philadelphia. He is represented by Carlton B. Webb, of Haddonfield, while Donges is represented by Wilbert V. Pike, of this city.

Owned Shore Hotel

Donahue, who had no immediate family, originally owned a hotel at Townsend’s Inlet, but about 1896, a heavy storm drove the sea up on his property and ruined the building. He then opened an oyster saloon in East Camden, and later bought an old fire hall and opened a restaurant on Federal street near Twenty-fourth.

Donahue sold the restaurant and other properties during the 1925-26 real estate boom, and amassed his small fortune. He roomed in East Camden for a short time, and then went to live with his nephew, John.

The latter later claimed that Raymond Donges spirited Nicholas Donahue away from the Philadelphia home on a ruse and took him to Chincoteague Island. With another nephew, Edward Donahue, and a third man, John went to the island, according to previous allegations, and placed the elder Donahue in an automobile and started back for Philadelphia. Mrs. Fernan telephoned Raymond Donges of the alleged kidnaping attempt, and the two nephews were arrested at Dover, Del., on their way back to Philadelphia February, 1927. They were later released, while Nicholas Donahue was taken back to the island.

In September, 1927, John Donahue started habeas corpus proceedings in Virginia courts, and secured temporary custody of his uncle. After a lunacy commission quizzed Nicholas Donahue and declared him unsound of mind, the Orphans Court named the Haddonfield Safe Deposit and Trust Company guardian. After Donahue died and the will was filed here for probate, John Donahue filed a caveat against the will. The present hearing is a result of the caveat.

Will Made on Island

The will, a typewritten document, was executed on the island on May 19, 1927. Provision is made that if any legatee or beneficiary “attempt to have me declared of unsound mind or incompetent to manage my own affairs, to have guardian appointed to care for my estate, the legacy or bequest shall lapse and be void and shall revert to the estate.” Raymond Donges was named executor to serve without bond, and was given full power to sell or dispose of the estate, which according to the will, must be converted into cash.

The will provides for:

Setting aside of $1000 for masses on the souls of relatives of the deceased; replacing of an old monument in Calvary Cemetery with a new one and $2000 provided.

An original “tpyewritten” [sic] bequest of $1000 to a niece, Mrs. Katherine Cavanaugh, 295 Cedar street, Philadelphia, later was changed in ink to $3000.

Various sums of from $500 to $2000 are left to relatives. John Donahue, the nephew, is bequeathed $2000. Dr. Clarence Donges is left $1000. An amount of $5000 is to be divided equally between John W. Donges, Katherine M. Donges, and Raymond R. Donges, Jr., children of, and Marry [sic] Hanna, ward of Raymond R. Donges.

To the woman who cared for him on Chincoteague Island, Mrs. Elizabeth S. Ferman [sic], is left $2000.

Educational Fund

One-half of the entire estate is set aside and to be held in trust by Dr. Donges, Walter T. Pratt and Katherine Donges, and they are allowed to advance such moneys from the fund as they see fit to young men and women under 25 years of age to be used in obtaining an education. The three are not held responsible for any losses incurred by failure of students to repay loans.

The residue of the estate is to be divided among the legatees in proportion to the amount already willed them.

At yesterday’s hearing testimony indicated that Donahue was unsound of mind only during occasional periods, when excitement or commotion would upset him. Dr. Clarence B. Donges, his physician and adviser, testified he had been a close friend of Donahue for 35 years and had prevailed on the former hotel proprietor to come to Camden and start again in business. The prominent physician further stated that he frequently advised Donahue in real estate deals, and all of them were profitable to Donahue.

The physician further said that Donahue did not suffer from any ailment which would incapacitate him mentally, although physically he was ill during the latter days of his life. A number of witnesses from Chincoteague Island testified that they thought him entirely normal.

Clarence Derrickson and his wife, Lottie, witnesses to the will, testified, through depositions, that when they saw Donahue sign the will he was entirely aware of what he was doing.

Called Easily Persuaded

In cross-interrogatories the Derricksons concluded that Donahue was a self-willed man and could not be easily persuaded. Both Dr. Donges and Raymond Donges stated that following the sale of his restaurant he lived in a room, and they told him he should have a more healthy environment. They arranged with his nephew, John, for the latter to take care of the elderly man, it was alleged.

Finally, Raymond Donges said, John Donahue said that he did not wish to take care of Nicholas any longer, and the Donges then told Donahue about the island where Mrs. Fernan lived. The attorney said that Donahue had known Mrs. Fernan’s husband when the latter was alive and resided in Camden and agreed to the change. So did the nephew agree, said Donges. There was no ruse or secrecy about taking the semi-invalid to the island, where he could get the proper food and surroundings, the Donges said.

Donges also introduced a letter purported to have been written by Donahue on the island and addressed to Raymond Donges a short time before the will was made. In the letter Donahue urged his attorney to complete the will. Donges said that for nearly a year before May of 1927 the former restauranteur discussed various terms of the will.

In the present will a bequest of $1000 to a niece was changed by pen to $3,000. Donges said that in a former will Donahue gave the woman $3000, then wrote to Donges asking him to change it to $1000. However, when the drafted testament was ready to be signed Donahue himself increased the bequest to its original figure, it was stated.

5 Hurt as Bus Skids Into Fire Engine at River Road and Federal Street

Camden Courier-Post —

5 Hurt as Bus Skids Into Fire Engine at River Road and Federal Street - Camden Courier-Post, October 27, 1934 5 Hurt as Bus Skids Into Fire Engine at River Road and Federal Street - Camden Courier-Post, October 27, 1934

SLIPPERY PAVEMENT BLAMED FOR FREAK HIGHWAY COLLISION

P.S. Vehicle Was Trying to Pull to One Side to Allow Engine to Pass

INVESTIGATION ORDERED

A city fireman and four bus passengers were injured yesterday in a collision between a fire engine, enroute to a training school, and a bus at River road and Federal street.

The fireman, Harry Hess, 32, of 2733 Sherman avenue, attached to Engine Company No. 11, at Twenty-seventh street and Hayes avenue, suffered cuts of the ear, scalp and wrist and bruises of the chest. He is in West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital.

The riders injured, all of whom were treated at Cooper Hospital, are Miss Alice Messmer, 24, of Bedford avenue, Merchantville, who suffered bruises of the left arm; Miss Lillian Foster, 20, of 3313 Highland avenue, treated for shock; Mrs. Edith McCrea, 48, of 2647 Westfield avenue, bruises of the back, and Mabel Stark, 15, of 29 South Thirty-fourth street, cuts of the cheek and bruises of the face and forehead.

Later, a man who said he was Horace S. Gerrick, 60, of 54 West Chestnut avenue, Merchantville, entered Cooper Hospital and said he had been injured while riding on the bus. He was treated for rib contusions and sent home.

Wet streets were blamed by police for the accident. The bus skidded into the fire truck, they said.

Fire Chief John Lennox, who went to the scene, said an investigation would be made in an effort to fix responsibility.

“The collision took place this morning at 10.30 o’clock, at the intersection of Federal street and River road,” he explained.

“The fire engine was making a right turn onto Federal street, off River road. The bus, owned and operated by Public Service Coordinated Transport Company, was traveling west on Federal street. It had come from Merchantville, and was en route to the ferries.

“From what I have learned so far by talking to witnesses to the accident, the bus pulled over to the left side of the street. As it did, the rear end skidded into the truck.

“As matters appear now, we do not intend to arrest the bus driver, but an investigation will be made to place responsibility for the crash.”

The fire apparatus was headed for the fire training school at Ninth street and Morgan boulevard. It was driven by Herman Dreas, 43, of 1241 North Twenty-sixth street, who said the siren was sounding as the engine approached Federal street.

Michael Mungioli, 34, of 798 North Thirtieth street, one of the firemen on the truck, said the bus driver, hearing the siren, attempted to swerve his vehicle quickly, and the collision resulted.

Neither machine overturned. A score of passengers in the bus were shaken up. The girl and three women who were more seriously injured were taken to Cooper hospital in automobiles.

The engine, a combination pumper, hose and chemical truck, valued at $10,000, was in charge of Captain Herman Kreher, 51, of 1003 North Twenty-sixth street, commander of Engine Company No. 1. He escaped injury, as also did Mungioli, Dreas, John Morefield, 43, of 2914 Cramer street, and Harry Curry, 54, of 1035 Beideman avenue, other firemen on the vehicle.

The driver of the bus, K. J. Chard, 27, of 1188 Haddon avenue, also was uninjured.

Neither vehicle was badly damaged, although it was necessary to tow the truck back to its station. No estimate of the damage done either machine has been made.

The bus driver stated he saw the fire apparatus in the middle of the street at a distance of 100 feet. As he approached he applied his brakes but the rear wheels skidded and struck the engine on the right side.

Man and Wife Saved by Passing Firemen

Camden Courier-Post —

Man and Wife Saved by Passing Firemen - Camden Courier-Post, April 2, 1928 Man and Wife Saved by Passing Firemen - Camden Courier-Post, April 2, 1928 Man and Wife Saved by Passing Firemen - Camden Courier-Post, April 2, 1928 Man and Wife Saved by Passing Firemen - Camden Courier-Post, April 2, 1928 Man and Wife Saved by Passing Firemen - Camden Courier-Post, April 2, 1928 Man and Wife Saved by Passing Firemen - Camden Courier-Post, April 2, 1928 Man and Wife Saved by Passing Firemen - Camden Courier-Post, April 2, 1928

Watchman Meets Engines Returning From Another Blaze; 4 Sunday Fires

Trapped in their home over a blazing butcher shop on Kaighn avenue, a man and wife were carried down a ladder by firemen who were returning from one of four serious fires which called out every piece of apparatus in Camden yesterday.

Total damage in the four fires was estimated at $23,000.

Furniture and stationery were ruined, and several automobiles were damaged by flames which gutted the warehouse of Bleakly Brothers, stationers, at 405 Mickle street.

Five trucks were destroyed in a blaze in the rear of the Terminal Garage, Ferry and Atlantic avenues.

The butcher shop of Samuel Yentis, and the building owned by M. D. Cornish at 741 Kaighn avenue were wrecked by fire.

Fire burned through the roof of the home of Dominic Sgariglio, 1271 Kaighn avenue; flames and water destroyed the entire contents of the house.

At 3.25 a. m. firemen who had extinguished the garage blaze were returning to their station at Twenty-seventh and Federal streets. Driving east on Kaighn avenue, near Seventh street, they were attracted by a man who suddenly ran into the middle of the street, shouting “Fire, Fire!” He pointed to the blazing butcher shop at 741 Kaighn avenue.

The man was George Whitehead, 55 years old, a watchman for the Congoleum Nairn Inc., Seventh street and Kaighn avenue. He had discovered the fire as he sat in his watchman’s shack across the street. He ran to the store, pounded on the door until Yentis came to the window of his bedroom.

Telling Yentis, who is 35 years old, and his wife, Anna, 33 years old, to dress, Whitehead said he would call firemen. He was on his way to the Sixth street and Kaighn avenue fire station when he met the apparatus returning from the garage fire.

Allen Palmer and Clarence Pursglove, both of Engine Company No. 9, carried Yentis and his wife down the ladder. The fire had burned through a wall to the stairway leading to the living quarters of the Yentis family, cutting off escape. Neighbors cared for the butcher and his wife as the firemen extinguished the blaze.

Damage was estimated at $1,500 by Cornish, who owns the building, and who lives at 739 Kaighn avenue.

The first of the series of Sunday fires sent six engine companies dashing to the Bleakly Brothers warehouse after three alarms had been sounded. Spontaneous combustion was blamed for this, the most serious of the day’s fires.

Flames shooting from second-floor windows attracted a passerby who turned in the first alarm at 1.30 a. m. Firemen found that the blaze had spread beyond their control and another crew was summoned. Twelve minutes later, a third alarm brought additional men and apparatus.

Lack of space, caused by furniture and stationery being piled high on warehouse floors, hampered firemen who fought the flames more than two hours before they were under control.

Fred Hutchinson, secretary of the firm, whose store is at 532 Federal street, said today that the company would not be able to estimate the damage until after a check-up of the storehouse inventory had been made.

Water Damages Autos.

The first floor of the warehouse is occupied by the Plaza Garage, operated by H. R. Dixon, 733 Spruce street. Several automobiles parked there were damaged by water. The two story building is owned by Louis Tarter, Camden real estate man.

The Terminal Garage fire was discovered at 2.45 a. m. by Nathan Benson, manager. Three engine companies answered two alarms.

Firemen said that an explosion preceded the fire which destroyed five trucks at a loss estimated by Benson at approximately $8,000. J. L. Weiner of 6000 Carpenter street, Philadelphia, owner of the building, estimated his loss at $3,500.

Despite the efforts of two men who fought the flames with extinguishers until firemen arrived, the two-story summer home of Charles A. Dilliam, Philadelphia real estate broker, located on White Horse pike, Laurel Springs, was gutted yesterday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Dilliam had gone to the house for the weekend and had built a fire in the fireplace. Smoke was noticed creeping through the clapboards by C. R. Miller, an attendant at a gas filling station across the street. Calling firemen, Miller, assisted by Edward C. Vanderbilt, 1137 Lawrence street, Camden, who was driving by, held the flames in check until Laurel Springs Fire Companies No. 1 and 2, under Chief Edward L. Condon, arrived.

Firemen said the blaze caught in the rear of the fireplace.

Silver Lake Home Burns

A frame home at Silver Lake, near the Casino Inn, was destroyed by fire Saturday. The house formerly was occupied by John B. Weber, proprietor of Silver Lake Inn.

Slight damage was done by a chimney fire in the home of Frank Dalton, Gloucester, last night. Firemen put out the flames soon after they arrived. Smoke from the Dalton dwelling seeped into the adjoining home of Mrs. John McGonigle. Mrs. McGonigle carried her cat to safety and waited until firemen extinguished the flames before re-entering her house.

Fred Bushall, of Woodbury, barely had time to hurry his two small children from his automobile when it burst into flames on Delaware street near Starr Ditch.

Faulty ignition was blamed as the cause of the fire. Firemen arrived too late to save it from the flames.

Over the River

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Over the River - Philadelphia Inquirer, June 1, 1880

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.

Flames Rake Warehouse in East Camden

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Flames Rake Warehouse in East Camden - Camden Courier-Post, December 22, 1961 Flames Rake Warehouse in East Camden - Camden Courier-Post, December 22, 1961 Flames Rake Warehouse in East Camden - Camden Courier-Post, December 22, 1961

—Courier-Post Photo

SMOKE BILLOWS through the roof of Cartun Hardware Store’s warehouse as two groups of firemen bring hoses to bear on the blaze which was fed by an estimated 10,000 to 12,000 gallons of paint.

A two-alarm fire raged out of control in an East Camden warehouse for an hour Thursday night.

The warehouse, at 14 S. 35th st., an L-shaped annex to the Cartun Hardware Store, 36th and Federal sts., was formerly a feed store and is now used to store paints, plumbing supplies and other merchandise.

Irving Cartun of 2601 Parkway, Philadelphia, proprietor, reported that the warehouse inventory was valued at an estimated $15,000. Cartun said he had not yet determined the extent of his loss.

According to Cartun, there were 10,000 to 12,000 gallons of paint stored in one-gallon cans in the warehouse.

Fireman Injured

Joseph H. Arensberg, 25, of 1041 N. 32nd st., a hoseman with Engine Company 11, was injured slightly when a door in the flaming warehouse fell on his leg. He was treated at Cooper Hospital.

Robert D. Halsey, 23, of 41 N. 36th st., a clerk in the store, and Capt. Otto Kaiser of Engine Company 11 assisted Arensberg from the scene.

The fire was discovered because of an experiment linking traditional Christmas caroling with electronic gadgetry.

James E. Wright of 17 S. 35th st., his son James Jr., 14, Mrs. Coleman Rosenberg of 16 S. 35th st., and her daughter, Merle, 12, were standing outside their homes listening to recorded Christmas carols through an outdoor amplifier system that the elder Wright had rigged.

They saw smoke billowing from the one and a half story frame and shingle warehouse and the younger Wright sounded a box alarm at about 8 p.m.

Second Alarm Sounded

Engine Companies 9 and 11 and Truck Company 3 answered the call. At 8:28 p.m., a second alarm was sounded bringing Deputy Fire Chief Harry Wagner, Engine Companies 2 and 7, Truck Company 1, and Rescue Squad 1 to the scene.

The fire was declared under control at 9 p.m. and extinguished at 9:15 p.m.

Firemen were hampered in reaching the blaze by a corrugated tin ceiling which separated the main floor of the warehouse from the half floor or attic section, where the fire raged at its worst.

Flames burst through the outside wall and roof of the warehouse, when firemen chopped holes there in order to get a hose into the blazing attic.

Sparks Shower Roofs

Sparks showered the rooftops of the homes of Mrs. Rosenberg and her sister Mrs. Calvin Miller of 18 S. 35th st.

Police had already evacuated Mrs. Miller and her three children Robin, 9, Wendy, 7, and Elyse, 5.

According to police Robin refused to leave her house until her pet cat “Snoozy” was found. “Snoozy” was located hiding under a sofa.

The fire was confined, however, to the warehouse.

Wall Blocks Flames

A fire door between the warehouse and the store prevented the fire from spreading into the store. However the intense smoke drove several customers into the street.

Pennsauken residents reported that smoke from the blaze penetrated their homes, almost a mile away.

A major traffic tie-up was averted when cars were detoured off Federal st. at 34th and 37th sts.

Major William Gwynne of the Volunteers of America was at the scene serving coffee and doughnuts to the firefighters.

Veteran Fire Captain Honored At Retirement Ceremonies

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Veteran Fire Captain Honored At Retirement Ceremonies - Camden Courier-Post, March 8, 1937

Eli Hunt Bids Farewell to Fellow Members of City Force

Officials Laud Term of Service

Quits Chasing Fires

Capt. Eli Hunt

The sound of a fire alarm means nothing except fond memories to Junior Capt. Eli Hunt, now, as he sits in his chair at home and lives over the many experiences he has gone through while a fireman with Engine Company No. 3, 1813 Broadway.

Captain Hunt took formal leave Saturday from his comrades, the smoke-eaters of one of the busiest fire houses in the city. The 55-year-old veteran was retired March 1 for disability, and the lads he led in many a fierce battle with flames, decided to show their old skipper that their hearts were with him now that he would respond to no more alarms.

Captain Hunt, his face seamed and lined with years of activity as a fire-fighter, sat silent while Battalion Chief Charles Erickson [sic] told the old smoke-eater that he was only retired, but that in spirit he was still a member of the Camden fire department.

The captain smiled with satisfaction as Commissioner Mary W. Kobus, director of public safety, told Captain Hunt that he was a gallant old fire-fighter, and had fought along the traditions that had made the Camden department one of the best.

Flowers Presented

Satisfaction and smiles still rode the captain’s face as Acting Capt. Edward MacDowell presented him with a bouquet of flowers. He was still grinning in glee when Acting Captain Rich gave him another gift. He still retained that smiling face as Commissioner Kobus presented him with a beautiful smoking set, the gift of his old comrades.

Then, as he sat silently in his chair, the fact that he was no longer a fire-fighter of Camden save in memory and spirit, rolled down upon him and the pent emotion gave way, it could not longer be dammed.

Tears ran like rivulets down the grizzled face of the retired captain, and he didn’t attempt to stop them either, as one handkerchief against that torrent of weeping would have been as effective as trying to stop a hole in a levee with a toothpick.

Standing in formation, too, were his old boys, and everyone of them had a suspicious moisture in his eye, as they gazed upon the old skipper, now ready to retire to a merited if not entirely welcome retirement.

It was 8 a. m. when the ceremonies started down in the ancient camp of the firefighters on Broadway. Battalion Chief Erickson [sic] made a neat and effective speech.

Remains In Spirit

“You are not retiring from the department,” he said, “you are still a member though no longer active. Don’t figure that you are done as a fireman because you are not.

“You’ve earned your rest and you can feel assured now that you have retired that you owe the city of Camden nothing, you have given her the best that was in you, the finest ability you commanded and the loyalty which you know.

“Your boys are sorry to see you depart, but when you go they know that you go to a rest you have merited and an ease that rightfully belongs to you.”

Commissioner Kobus followed in like strain, expressing her delight as being able to have a part in the ceremonies.

“We have to hurry this up,” said the commissioner laughingly, “for I never come down to this firehouse that an alarm does not sound.”

“You are not retiring from the department,” said the director, “you have come up from the ranks and will remain an inspiration to these young firemen, even if you be away from them.

Set Good Example

“You have given them a splendid example to follow by your own loyal, splendid service to Camden. You are something of an ideal for these men to follow, and so long as they stand by the ideals of yourself and the gallant old firefighters of the department, Camden will still have the best department of any city in the United States.

“You are getting a rest period and you earned it. You don’t want to feel that you have retired, you just want to remember that the boys in the department will be with you as you take the rest that you have earned.

“You retire with the respect of everybody in the department, and no higher honor could be paid to any member of the fire department than to merit and hold such respect.”

Captain Hunt was compelled to retire as the result of injuries received in an automobile accident on Oct. 20, 1935. He had been to National Park where he has a kennel of hounds, the captain having been an ardent hunter when physically sound.

Hurt Severely

It was his usual 24-hours off day and as he drove through Woodbury on the way to Camden his car was struck by another at Thorofare. Captain Hunt was injured so badly that he was in the hospital for two months, with concussion of the brain, his injuries leaving a lesion that has made locomotion a mite difficult, although Captain Hunt is able to stand without the aid of his cane.

“I’m going to take life easy,” he said, after he had gathered his presents and been photographed numerous times.” [sic] I have many relatives living around whom I haven’t seen for some time, so I guess I spend a good bit of leisure going around and getting acquainted with them.

“But don’t forget, retired or not, I’m still a fireman and will probably jump out of bed as usual when I hear the alarm.”

Junior Captain Hunt joined the department on August 1, 1918, as a hoseman in Engine 3, where he was honored today. He was promoted to junior captain and assigned to Engine 9, Twenty-seventh and Federal streets in April, 1928. He returned to his old company, however, as a junior captain in March, 1932, and retired on a pension last Monday.

Captain Hunt battled against some of the worst fires in Camden’s history.

For five and one-half hours he was on duty when flames attacked the plant of the Eavenson Soap Works on Delaware avenue and Penn street on Jan. 21, 1919. He worked straight through for 28 hours when Sitley & Sons’ grain and feed plant, burned at Chelten avenue and the Pennsylvania railroad.

In connection with the latter fire it started on Hunt’s day off, and he was compelled to forego his leisure, as the department had but a single platoon in those days. He was in the fight against the fire at the U. S. Naval aircraft factory in Gloucester, June 8, 1920, the Baker-Flick blaze on Dec. 21, 1921 and another fire in the Eavenson Soap Works on Oct. 20, 1922.

Col. Felton Committed Suicide in His Office

Camden Daily Courier —

Col. Felton Committed Suicide in His Office - Camden Daily Courier, July 7, 1902 Col. Felton Committed Suicide in His Office - Camden Daily Courier, July 7, 1902

Closed the Place Up Tightly and Turned on Gas Jet.

His Family at Stone Harbor

The Real Estate Operator’s Confidential Clerk Made a Startling Discovery When He Opened the Office This Morning—He Had Been Acting Strangely for Weeks.

Colonel George G. Felton, the well known real estate dealer, former City Treasurer and Deputy Quartermaster of the National Guards, committed suicide sometime last night or early this morning by asphyxiating himself in the Felton building, northeast corner of Second and eFderal [sic] streets.

The suicide caused a great sensation when it became generally known and a large crowd of people surrounded the building all morning until the removal of the body by Funeral Director Fithian Simmons to his office on Market street. Mr. Felton resided at 413 Washington street, but his family has been summering at Stone Harbor.

The death of Col. Felton was not discovered until half-past 7 o’clock this morning, when Confidential Clerk Smith on opening the doors of the office detected the smell of gas. Col. Felton had been absent from the office for several days and Clerk Smith’s suspicions were aroused, knowing that County Colector [sic] Mahlon F. Ivins was a bosom friend and business confidante of Col. Felton, he hastened across the street to his office and informing him of his misgivings, asked him to assist him in making an investigation. Before accompanying Mr. Smith to the Felton building, Collector Ivins ‘phoned to the City Hall and the police in turn notified Coroners Robinson and Litchfield. The Central station also directed Policeman George Kappel to take charge of the premises and when he arrived there was joined by Policeman Harry Hiller. Chief Foster and Captain Boyle were also soon on the scene.

Accompanied by Mr. Ivins, Clerk Smith returned to the Felton building. Passing through the main office they treaded their way down a dim, narrow corridor to the private examining room of the U. S. Pension physicians. Opening the door the stench of gas was so overpowering that it nearly knocked them down. They, however, bravely ventured into the room and threw open the windows, the gas escaping into the street and enabling them to pursue their gruesome search. They found it on a sofa in a corner of the room, a small but high ceilinged apartment. On the sofa lay the dead body of Col. Felton, disrobed of his outer garments and wearing a calm, peaceful expression in sad discord with his worldly troubles. Overhead the gas stove connection was on full tilt, graphically explaining the mode of death. On a chair nearby were found his trousers and vest, while his hat, coat and watch were found in his own main office.

Coroners Litchfield and Robinson gave a certificate of death of heart failure, superinduced by inhaling gas. From the pink discoloration about the wrists where the blood was leaving the veins, Dr. Litchfield said that the body had been dead at least six hours, though he may have been dead ten or twelve.

Col. Felton was seen to enter his building at exactly 12.10 o’clock this morning. A citizen, whose name is withheld at his own request, had been talking with Night Watchman Clarence Hires on Federal street. He bade Hires good night and when he reached Second street saw the Colonel come around the corner. He came as though to enter his office by the front door, but turned and going back up Second street entered the side-door. Mr. Hires says the light was burning in the Colonel’s front office from 7 o’clock last night to 5 o’clock this morning, when he went off duty and Mr. Smith found it still burning when he arrived.

Colonel Felton has been acting strangely for several weeks and had not been at his office for two or three days.

When asked by anxious friends what the trouble was, he would put his hands to the side of his head and complain that it was in bad shape. He was seen in the hotel at Haddon avenue station on Saturday afternoon. He carried a grip and appeared very cheerful. Asked if he had been to the shore he replied no, he had been down the country, Bridgeton.

Grocer Charles F. Eastlack, by whom Col. Felton was at one time employed, went to Stone Harbor this morning to notify the family of his death. Col. Felton leaves a widow and adopted daughter, Miss Leona Felton.

Col. George G. Felton was born at Westville, Mass., and was fifty-six years of age. He had been a resident of this city for about quarter of a century. Previous to that he was engaged in the grocery business at Burlington. On coming to Camden, he entered the employ of Grocer Charles F. Eastlack, at Third and Washington streets, but later entered the employ of his brother, Charles H. Felton, who had an extensive real estate business. On the death of the latter the Colonel went into the same business for himself, his brother’s widow continuing the old business under the name of Charles H. Felton & Co. It is not known, however, whether business troubles impelled him to end his life.

Col. Felton was prominent in political, military and society circles. In 1892 he was appointed by Mayor Wescott a member of the Board of Public Works.

In 1896 he was appointed City Treasurer to fill the unexpired term of the late F. F. Michellon. In 1897 he was elected City Treasurer for two years, his election being contested by his Democratic rival, Freedom C. Lippincott, but was confirmed by the County Board of Elections.

He was Deputy Quartermaster on the Governor’s staff and a member of the Masonic order and A. O. U. W.

Colonel Felton was active in building and loan association circles. He was treasurer of the Mechanics’ and Workingmen’s Building and Loan Association and was former secretary of the People’s. He was also a director of the Security Trust Company. He had also been a director in the Central Trust.

Mrs. Felton will arrive from Stone Harbor this evening, when arrangements for the funeral will be made. The flag at Post 5 Hall is flying at half-mast in Col. Felton’s memory, for he was a Grand Army veteran, having gone to the front when a mere boy.

Notable Growth of Labor Unions

Membership of the Telegraphers Union Increasing in the West.

By “The Courier’s” Own Wire.

Chicago, July 7.—President Samuel Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, was in Chicago yesterday on his way to San Francisco, and while here addressed a meeting of the Commercial Telegraphers’ Union. President Gompers expressed himself as pleased with the action of the telegraphers in organizing, and with the condition of labor organizations throughout the country. He stated that there were more unions and larger memberships of the same than at any time in the history of labor. President MacDonald, of the Telegraphers’ Union, said that the membership was increasing, and that there were similar unions now established at Milwaukee and Kansas City. About five hundred telegraphers were present at the meeting.

Florist Fish Dies Suddenly

Expired Yesterday Morning at Pleasantville Where He Was Visiting Friends.

Walter C. Fish, a well known florist of Broadway and Spruce streets, this city, died suddenly early yesterday morning at Pleasantville, N. J., where he had been visiting friends since the Fourth. For some months past he has not been well and complained frequently of pains in his head.

Yesterday morning he arose as usual, and at about half-past 6 o’clock was taken with severe pains in the head. He continued to grow worse and two physicians were summoned. They ministered to the sick man, but without any apparent success, and at twenty minutes after 7 o’clock he died.

A member of the family could not state this morning just what Mr. Fish’s malady was. It was thought probably that he suffered from brain trouble.

The body was brought to this city yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock, and the funeral will be held on Wednesday afternoon next at 2 o’clock. Mr. Fish was a member of Fidelity Lodge, No. 3, A. O. U. W., Improved Order of Heptasophs; Camden Conclave, No. 215; Witherspoon Circle, No. 1, Brotherhood of the Union.

“Just a Gentle Touch.”

That Was All, But Joseph’s Watch and Money Went With It.

Annie McAntee, alias Hayes, twenty-four years old, of Philadelphia, and Joseph Costello, thirty years old, also of Philadelphia, were arraigned before Recorder Stackhouse this morning on a charge of being drunk and disorderly. The twain were picked up by Policeman Matlack on Sunday morning about 3 o’clock at Third and Walnut streets, very much the worse for liquor.

The aimless wanderings of the couple and their suspicious actions first caught the attention of the policeman and he followed them. Costello became tired of walking and went to sleep on a convenient door step. At this stage of the game the Hayes woman was seen by the officer to abstract something from the clothes of the sleeping man, and then to slip away and hide behind a tree on the opposite side of the street. In a few moments the man awoke and not seeing the woman started off down Walnut street. As soon as he was out of sight the woman skipped down Third

Thieves Foiled in Attempt to Rob Sears, Roebuck Store

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Thieves Foiled in Attempt to Rob Sears, Roebuck Store - Camden Courier-Post, November 3, 1932

Two Youths Believed to Have Plunged in River to Escape Police; Shots Fired as They Elude Pursuers

Surprised in the act of forcing their way into the Sears-Roebuck store at Bridge boulevard and Federal street, two youths escaped last night amid a burst of bullets.

Chased by an attendant of a nearby service station, the pair fled across the boulevard and were lost in the swamp along the Cooper river. Police believe they swam the river to escape.

Humphrey Toomey, 60, of 1640 South Sixth street, outside watchman of the Sears store, discovered the youths attempting to pry open a window on the north side of the building—the same window through which entrance was gained several months ago when several hundred dollars worth of merchandise was stolen.

The window is ten feet above ground. One youth was standing on the shoulders of the other, and had succeeded in removing the wire screen.

Toomey blew his police whistle, attracting the attention of Frank McClernan, of Clementon, a gas station attendant, who ran to the scene as Toomey fired one shot after the disappearing marauders.

Handing his revolver to McClernan, Toomey asked him to chase the youths. McClernan fired all four remaining bullets in the weapon after the rapidly disappearing pair, and chased them to the bank of the river where he lost them.

Meanwhile, an alarm had been sounded by Toomey, and a detail of police, headed by Lieut. Herbert Anderson, arrived and joined McClernan in the search.

McClernan said he did not think he had wounded either of the youths, who were described by Toomey as being between 16 and 20 years old. Darkness, Toomey added, made it impossible for him to describe them any further.

Although there is no electrically operated burglar alarm system in the Sear’s [sic] store, there are two watchmen—one inside and the other outside.

The detectives who aided in the vain search are Robert Ashenfelter, Walter Smith, John Trout and Harry Kyler.

Abbatto Hanged in Camden Jail

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Abbatto Hanged in Camden Jail - Philadelphia Inquirer, May 11, 1900 Abbatto Hanged in Camden Jail - Philadelphia Inquirer, May 11, 1900 Abbatto Hanged in Camden Jail - Philadelphia Inquirer, May 11, 1900

Quick Work by Sheriff Sell in Executing the Murderer of Genaro De Feo

Condemned Man Died Without a Struggle, and Was Buried in Potters’ Field

FRANCISCO ABBATTO.

John Wesley Sell, Sheriff of Camden county, had his first hanging yesterday, and he made a record for celerity in launching Francisco Abbatto into eternity. The earliest moment that the hanging could take place, under the order of the court, was 10 o’clock. Within 6 minutes after the hour struck Abbatto was standing on the gallows. A minute later the trap was sprung, and five minutes later the man was dead.

Abbatto slept soundly during his last night on earth. He was up betimes yesterday morning, and dressed himself in the black suit of clothes which he knew would be his death garments. He declined to eat any breakfast, but drank a cup of coffee. At 8 o’clock the priests came to prepare the condemned man for the end. They were Father Pozzi, of East Vineland, and Father Caruso, of the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, of Philadelphia.

FINAL PREPARATIONS.

The persons authorized by law to witness the execution, about forty in number, gathered in the Sheriff’s office by half past 9 o’clock. County Clerk Barber administered the oath to the twelve citizens appointed by Judge Garrison to see that the sentence of death was carried out. They were County Physician W. S. Jones, Dr. Alexander McAlister, Dr. S. Ramsdell, Dr. E. A. Y. Schellinger, Dr. A. H. Lippincott, Dr. Joseph Nicholson, Dr. Paul N. Mecray, Upton S. Jeffreys, Harry B. Paul, Charles R. Bacon, William H. Cole and County Detective John S. Smith.

The death jury were taken through the jail to the loft at the Broadway and Federal streets corner of the building, where the gallows awaited its victim.

A few minutes before 10 o’clock the Sheriff led his deputies and the newspaper men across the “Bridge of Sighs” to the jail, and they joined the group in the death chamber. The clock struck 10, and all was ready to execute the mandate of the law. Five minutes later a door at the foot of the gallows, leading into the jail opened, and the condemned man was seen walking to his doom.

QUICK EXECUTION.

The two priests were in the lead. They were silent, for they had finished their ministrations in the jail. Abbatto was supported on either side by Constable Voight, of the death watch, and County Detective Smith. He was pale, but he walked with a firm step. He paused an instant at the foot of the gallows, cast a furtive glance at the dangling rope, and then mounted the thirteen steps to the platform. The officers stepped back when they had placed the condemned man at the centre of the trap. An instant Abbatto stood gazing at a ray of sunlight on the floor, and then the black cap shut the light from his eyes. Quickly but carefully Sheriff Sell adjusted the noose, and then, at 10 07, as the murderer swayed like a reed in the wind the silence was broken by the crash of the falling trap doors and the body fell a distance of six feet.

Abbatto’s hands were manacled behind his back, but his legs were not pinioned. He did not struggle and only a few tremors shook his body. In five minutes the doctors found that the heart had ceased to beat, but the body was allowed to hang for twenty-eight minutes. Then it was taken in charge by Morgue Keeper O’Brien, and after the doctors had gotten through with it, it was buried in potter’s field. Death was due to strangulation, and the face of the dead man was not distorted.

ABBATTO’S CRIME.

Francisco Abbatto was hanged for the murder of Genaro DeFeo. The crime was committed on the night of April 22, 1899, in the woods near Blue Anchor, Camden county. After stabbing DeFeo to death, Abbatto hacked his victim’s head off. Both body and head were found in the woods by searchers eight days later. Abbatto boarded with DeFeo, and was enamoured of his wife. He induced Mrs. DeFeo to go to New York with him to search for her husband. When they returned Abbatto was arrested. At his trial he claimed that he had killed DeFeo during a quarrel. The Court of Errors and Appeals sustained the conviction and Governor Voorhees refused to grant a reprieve.

New Year’s Day Over in Camden

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New Year’s Day Over in Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, January 2, 1897

Mummers Were Out in Strong Force to Give Fantastic Greeting to ‘97.

POOR NOT FORGOTTEN

Jersey Fun-Makers Crossed the River to Compete for Prizes in Philadelphia—Features of the Day.

New Year’s Day was more generally observed in Camden yesterday than for many years. The mummers were out in greater force than ever before. Three local New Year’s associations contested for prizes offered by social organizations and business houses. The George S. Dilmore and the Fireside New Year’s associations made their initial bow to the public yesterday, and each carried handsome banners presented by their female friends. Both organizations belong in South Camden. North Camden was represented by the J. H. Trainer New Year’s Association.

COMPETING FOR PRIZES.

The friendly rivalry between the organizations resulted in some handsome costumes being displayed in their efforts to outdo each other. The Dilmore Association has a membership of 267, and turned out a large number of mummers. Clement H. Haines is captain. After parading through the principal streets of Camden they crossed the river to Philadelphia. A wagon, that brought up the rear of their parade, was filled with cakes that had been won. An amusing feature of the display was the “Dilmore Guards.” They were dressed in green suits, wore football hair and carried tin toy guns. A football team was represented with one of their number carried on a stretcher.

The Fireside Association was led by Captain John Dangleman and about 200 members fantastically dressed were in line. A Cuban flag, about twenty-five feet wide by fifty feet in length, was carried by twenty boys. They had the Sixth Regiment band and the Ivy Fife and Drum Corps. They crossed the river to Philadelphia and captured a number of prizes.

The J. H. Trainer Association also made a creditable display, and won several prizes. Walter J. Stanton was captain.

THE POOR REMEMBERED.

The young Men’s Christian Association kept open house all day at their headquarters, on Federal street, above Broadway. The building was prettily decorated with greens. An interesting program, consisting of vocal and instrumental music, volley ball, gymnastics and games of all kinds, was rendered. An interesting lot of relics was displayed in the library by Haydon West. Refreshments were served by the Ladies’ Auxiliary all day.

The poor in the southern section of Camden were not forgotten during the day’s festivities. “Long John” Gallagher, a practical philanthropist, who has a restaurant and lodging house at 330 Atlantic avenue, distributed 500 fish cakes, 50 gallons of coffee, a like quantity of soup and several hundred loaves of bread to the needy.

In North Camden 200 loaves of bread were given out at Sixth and Elm streets to the poor in that section of the city.

Nearly all the political and social organizations kept open house.

Camden Bank, Business Bldg. Targets of Two Firebombings

Camden Courier-Post —

Camden Bank, Business Bldg. Targets of Two Firebombings - Camden Courier-Post, December 22, 1971 Camden Bank, Business Bldg. Targets of Two Firebombings - Camden Courier-Post, December 22, 1971 Camden Bank, Business Bldg. Targets of Two Firebombings - Camden Courier-Post, December 22, 1971

Volkswagen Impounded By Police

—Courier-Post Photo by Sam Kushner

SCATTERED GLASS and ripped blinds are evidence of first of two firebombings in Camden today. This bombing was at 333 Arch St., home of several businesses. There were no injuries.

By JOSEPH R. McCARTHY and DOUGLAS CAMPBELL Courier-Post Staff

There was a loud bang from the back room of the Third National Bank of New Jersey, Camden at 7:34 a.m. today, just after Miss Sara Matthews, head bookkeeper, had left and shut the door.

When she rushed back into the room, a walk-up window teller’s booth, she saw flames leaping at the window.

“We panicked,” admitted Miss Matthews who, with Mrs. Ellen Egbert, head teller, had been in the bank at 27th and Federal Streets 10 or 15 minutes.

The fire was the result of one of two firebombings perpetrated today within 16 minutes and three miles of each other. The first bombing was at 333 Arch St., Camden, a building housing several businesses and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Labor Department office.

Car Impounded

Police impounded a red Volkswagen following the bombings. They said the car fits a description given by witnesses at both scenes of a car seen speeding from the bombings. Police were questioning several men about the incidents, according to Det. Capt. Donald McGlensey.

According to Harold Pike, city fire marshal, there was little damage at the Arch Street bombing, committed at 7:18 a.m. He said there were no persons in the office building. Witnesses told firemen they saw a red Volkswagen speeding from the scene following the explosion of the bomb at the front of the building, he said.

Fireman George Merriweather, on his way to work at No. 9 Engine Co., 27th and Federal Streets, saw smoke coming from the bank, across the street from the station, and alerted his fellow firemen. By the time firemen arrived at the bank, however, the fire was out.

$500 Damage

Acting battalion chief Harry Scholz said witnesses told him they saw a man driving a red Volkswagen toss a bottle against the building. The bottle struck the outdoor walk-up window and then exploded, he said, causing about $500 damage to the cage.

About ten minutes after the bank bombing, police, alerted to the description of the car, impounded a red Volkswagen at Dudley and Federal Streets, six blocks from the bank.

According to Miss Matthews, she didn’t attempt to extinguish the fire, on the Westfield Avenue side of the bank. Instead, she and Mrs. Egbert decided to run to the fire department across the street. However, firemen were already on the way.

No Injury

Miss Matthews said she saw no one when she looked into the burning tellers cage. Neither she nor Mrs. Egbert was injured.

Robert Harrison, a bank vice president, said a few items near the window were burned. He noted the teller’s cage is usually open from 3 to 6 p.m.

Fire marshal Pike said he had assigned men to investigate at both bombing sites. It was unknown if police had a suspect in the bombings.

—Courier-Post Photo by Sam Kushner

WATER and soot damage are evident in office of Puerto Rican Labor Department office at 333 Arch St., Camden, site of firebombing earlier today.

—Courier-Post Photo by Sam Kushner

SOOT marks the spot where firebomb struck the Third National Bank of New Jersey in Camden today. The bombing was the second of two in the city within 16 minutes and three miles.

K. of C. to Hold Ball on Washington Day

Camden Courier-Post —

K. of C. to Hold Ball on Washington Day - Camden Courier-Post, February 21, 1938

Military Pageant to Start Birthday Celebration at Walt Whitman

The Knights of Columbus will pay tribute to George Washington by giving a pre-Lenten ball in commemorating his birthday tomorrow night at the Walt Whitman Hotel. The ball will start at 9.30 p. m. with a military pageant. Officers of the New Jersey Officers Reserve Corps and the United States Naval Reserve together with detachments of Veterans of Foreign Wars of the Mathew Purnell Post and the Fairview Post of Legionnaires will escort Miss Alice Dolly, of Moorestown, who will lay a bouquet of red, white and blue flowers at the statue of Washington at Broadway and Federal street.

Decorations of the ball rooms will be in keeping with the patriotic aspects of the occasion. The center of the east wing of the grand ball room will contain a life-size bust of Washington on a pedestal, surrounded by flags of the United States, palms and flood-light. In both the grand and junior ball rooms the national colors will predominate. Clusters of flags and shields will alternate in the scheme of decorations.

Walt Leopold and his orchestra will render patriotic airs preceeding [sic] the military parade and following this ceremony the ballet headed by Miss Patricia Kochersperger and a floor show will entertain.

Mayor George E. Brunner, of Camden, Mayor John F. Gorman, of Gloucester, Mayor Patrick Courtney, of Barrington, and Mayor Neil Dempsey, of Paulsboro, head the list of public officials of Camden and Gloucester counties.

Checked and Double-Checked

Camden Courier-Post —

Checked and Double-Checked - Camden Courier-Post, February 19, 1938

By JIMINY

THE week’s prize story, as it is being told around the courthouse, concerns the new “bingo” numbers racket in which a half dozen or more suspects were arrested. Prosecutor Orlando was questioning the prisoners when there came this repartee:

PROSECUTOR: “What’s the matter with you? Don’t you read the papers? Didn’t you read where we had banned bingo?”

PRISONER: “Yeah, I read that—but I thought you meant churches!”

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Alleviating the daily burden of digesting news comes an occasional missive like this:

“Dear Sir:

“I am writing you to request a part time job writing column consisting of notes obtained from bartenders and waiters who work in cafes or inns and who advertise in the Courier-Post. I am married, 28 years old, have one child and good reference. If interested, call —— or write.

“B. R. McLaughlin.”

If there were such a job, it wouldn’t be open.

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THE plan of David Baird to throw Harry Ecky out of his job for Bill Lehman is a shining example of how the Camden county Republican party is disintegrating because one man refuses to substitute gas-electric buses for horsecars. . . . The appointment of Harry Ecky was one of the few creditible [sic] appointments the Gentleman Farmer has had a hand in for some years. . . . Ecky is not only a straight, efficient registrar; he is a credit to his party, a popular man in North Camden and, until this political assassination, has been a loyal Baird follower in the face of endless adverse criticism. . . . The fact that Baird hopes to dump one of his most loyal workers merely to make room for his headquarters errand boy, doesn’t sit well with the uptown Republicans. . . . It is a good break for the New Deal Republicans, for such a flagrant case of double-cross brings sharply to the understanding of Old Guard Republicans why the New Deal Republicans seceded and struck out for themselves. . . . You can safely bet that regardless of whether Baird is successful in ousting Ecky, the First ward will henceforth be New Deal. . . .

One of the surprising features of yesterday’s recall election at Wildwood was the fact that William “Dutch” Kinsler was very active as a district leader. . . . For the Democrats. . . . “Dutch” was a guard at the Camden county jail for many years. . . . And was a vehement Bairdite. . . .

Social Notes: Prosecutor Sam Orlando is Florida-bound. . . . Al Woodruff is back from the West Indies. . . . Mrs. Emma Hyland and Mrs. Marie (Kelley) Verdiglione visited Gov. Moore at Trenton on Wednesday. . . .

In recent weeks we have been enjoying a joust with the editor (?) of a weakly paper and very probably he has been enjoying it too from behind the eight ball. . . Now, a political chameleon who issues a throw-away folder in the suburbs, is trying to muscle in to draw some comment from us. . . We can’t joust there, being under a handicap, as we cleave to facts and truth. . . Whereas no such restriction hinders or worries the suburban pensman. . . That can be attested by the fact that the Camden County Grand Jury once preseented [sic] him with a diploma. . . In recognition of his expertness. . . At criminal libel. . . He pleaded non vult (guilty) to the indictment, throwing himself upon the mercy of the court. . . The grand jury’s too busy these days with bingo and bagatelle.

Out in one of the suburbs the ABC agents are investigating a councilman who is a bartender in one of the taprooms in his community, which they say is illegal, since the governing body of which he is a member is also the issuing authority for liquor licensees. . . The taproom recently was told to close on time. . . It must be Spring . . . Mrs. Roy Lehman, of Lucaston, writes in this year’s first letter about having seen a robin. . . And some boys were playing marbles under the bridge around Third street the other day.

Some more social notes: Corporal Sol Polkowitz, of the Malaga state police barracks, is on a 36-day leave in order to tour England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Czecho-Slovakia and Roumania. . . Is Chief John Branin about to leave Delaware township? . . . Mrs. Kathryn Sheeran’s friends threw her a surprise birthday party the other night. . . Walter Fallon, who told us, wouldn’t say what birthday.

Charley Humes and Chinny Weber will battle it out for last place in the ping-pong league tonight. . . Mrs. Beatrice Di Guiseppe, of 425 Pine street, has a dracena plant which has just burst into rare bloom. . . She got it seven years ago from Pasquale Iannuzzi . . . One of the staff found an old photograph near Broadway and Federal, and it may have some sentimental value for the loser. . . On the back are some notations, among them this: “Don’t you think Robert James some boy—don’t you think you could love your little grandson”. . . It is torn in half, though, and maybe that’s a story in itself. . . Aside to Mrs. M. R. of Gloucester: Have you heard favorable word from the Westville authorities?

New City Police Must Be ‘Clean’ Is Order of Mayor

Camden Courier —

New City Police Must Be ‘Clean’ Is Order of Mayor - Camden Courier, January 13, 1922 New City Police Must Be ‘Clean’ Is Order of Mayor - Camden Courier, January 13, 1922 New City Police Must Be ‘Clean’ Is Order of Mayor - Camden Courier, January 13, 1922 New City Police Must Be ‘Clean’ Is Order of Mayor - Camden Courier, January 13, 1922

Expose of Cops’ Connection With Vice Protection Causes Sweeping Move

THREE VACANCIES EXIST

The clean-up of the personnel of the Police Department is the next move following the expose of graft and vice protection in the so-called tenderloin section of the downtown wards.

Three nominations have been made of men to fill the vacancies created by the separation of three policemen from their positions as guardians of citizens’ life and property. Before these men are named to the force they must be proven to have clean personal records which will stand the closest scrutiny.

Mayor Ellis today said that every precaution will be taken to ensure the appointment of men who are beyond reproach. Recommendations of friends of former employers or political backers will not be sufficient to obtain police jobs for applicants.

City detectives today are investigating the past lives of the three men who have been nominated from the Third Ward to fill the places made vacant by the resignations of William Draper and Tony Latorre and the discharge of Ira Hall, all First District policemen, accused of complicity in underworld affairs. Detective George Murry also resigned rather than fight the charges preferred against him by City Solicitor Bleakly and presented to the police committee of Council.

The question of a successor to the place of Murry on the detective force is now under consideration.

The evidence against the accused men is in the form of lengthy sworn statements gathered in an investigation fostered by City Solicitor Bleakly and joined in by Chief of Police Gravenor and county detectives.

Prosecutor Gets Evidence

This has been turned over to Assistant Prosecutor Burling in the absence of Prosecutor Wolverton. It has not been decided when the evidence will be given to the Grand Jury.

The name of Traffic Policeman Archer, who is stationed at Haddon avenue and Federal street, was mentioned in the report of evidence or policemen’s connection with vice affairs and principals in the tenderloin. The name should have been that of Policeman Fisher, who had a warrant to serve for the arrest of a woman of the underworld. Archer never was on duty in the downtown section, and as he said today, “I never even saw any of those people.”

‘Victims’ of Sniper Held for Explosion

Camden Courier-Post —

'Victims' of Sniper Held for Explosion - Camden Courier-Post, February 13, 1928 'Victims' of Sniper Held for Explosion - Camden Courier-Post, February 13, 1928

Detective Testifies Pair Were Injured in Mystery Blast at Home

Early on the morning of February 3, when two young men arrived at Cooper Hospital and said they had been wounded by South Jersey’s “phantom sniper,” there was a mysterious explosion at the home of one of them.

This was disclosed today by City Detective McGrath, when he testified against George Zimmerman, 22 years old, 2252 Mickle street, and John Connors, 23, 541 Grant street, in Police court.

Charged with having explosives in their possession, the men were held for grand jury action. Zimmerman’s bail was fixed at $[?],000 and Connors’ at $2,000.

Zimmerman’s home is not far from the spot where 20 sticks of dynamite and a quantity of glycerin were found on February 7.

Detective McGrath testified Connors admitted the explosion had occurred in Zimmerman’s home. McGrath said he went to Zimmerman’s home, found most of the windows in the house had been broken and learned from neighbors that an explosion had been heard on February 3.

Zimmerman denied having had any explosives and Connors denied making the statement attributed to him by the detective.

At the hospital, where Zimmerman was treated for a wound on his left leg, and Connors for an injury to his forehead, the men said they had been walking along the entrance road near the Federal street bridge when they heard an explosion, saw a flash and noticed an automobile which had passed them turn into Newton avenue. Then they discovered they had been wounded, they asserted, and blamed the “phantom sniper.”

Fire at the Home of Allan Palmer

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Fire at the Home of Allan Palmer - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 19, 1914

Responding to an alarm of fire at the home of Allan Palmer, 2205 Sewell avenue, the East Side truck company yesterday collided with the team of George Dunlap at Twenty-fourth and Federal streets. The fire, caused by a match being thrown into a hamper, caused damage of about $400.

Here and There in Camden

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Here and There in Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 19, 1917

The police raided the place kept by Oliver Brown, 710 Sycamore street, late Saturday night. The allegation is made that a crap game was in progress.

Helen Kirnick, two years old, of 928 South Seventh street, was badly burned by the upsetting of a kettle of hot water.

The home of George Fisher, 1529 Federal street, was broken into by thieves yesterday, the intruders taking $15 in cash, three stickpins and a pair of gold cuff buttons.

Robert Reese, twenty years old, of 104 North Twenty-fifth street, recently paroled by Judge Bovie, in the Criminal Court where he was charged with petty larceny, was arrested yesterday on the accusation of Mrs. Mary J. Price, 2612 Federal street, who says her chickens were taken.

Exciting Scenes Feature Big Fire

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Exciting Scenes Feature Big Fire - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1908 Exciting Scenes Feature Big Fire - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1908 Exciting Scenes Feature Big Fire - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1908 Exciting Scenes Feature Big Fire - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1908 Exciting Scenes Feature Big Fire - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1908 Exciting Scenes Feature Big Fire - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1908 Exciting Scenes Feature Big Fire - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1908 Exciting Scenes Feature Big Fire - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1908 Exciting Scenes Feature Big Fire - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1908 Exciting Scenes Feature Big Fire - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1908 Exciting Scenes Feature Big Fire - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1908 Exciting Scenes Feature Big Fire - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1908 Exciting Scenes Feature Big Fire - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1908 Exciting Scenes Feature Big Fire - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1908 Exciting Scenes Feature Big Fire - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1908 Exciting Scenes Feature Big Fire - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1908 Exciting Scenes Feature Big Fire - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1908

Camden’s Spectacular Fire and Incidents Attending the Conflagration Which Licked Up Valuable Property

Conflagration in Paint and Varnish Works, in Camden, Resulted in Destruction of Much Valuable Property

Panoramic Scene of the Fire.

Moved Out as a Precaution.

Lowering Their Effects from Window.

More than five hundred thousand dollars-worth of property destroyed, three persons seriously injured and half a score of families forced to flee from their homes were a few of the effects of a disastrous fire which yesterday swept its way through the big plant of the N. Z. Graves Paint and Varnish Company, on Twelfth street, Camden, between Linden and Federal streets.

It was the explosion of a mixing tank that caused the blaze, but no reason has yet been assigned for the explosion, and the only workman who was near the vat at the time is now lying in a critical condition at the Cooper Hospital.

Explosion followed explosion with the same deafening roar as that made by opposing batteries in a battle, and during the three hours when the fire raged its fiercest more than two hundred tanks blew up.

Spectacular Blaze

From the spectacular viewpoint the blaze was one of the greatest in years, owing to the chemical nature of the varnishes and paints which were destroyed. Flames mounted as high as two hundred feet in the air and could be plainly seen from Twenty-first and Market streets in this city.

Often as a vat exploded a dense mass of black smoke would mount high towards the heavens and then suddenly burst open like a huge pyrotechnic and out would come a large ball of flame. Then suddenly the whole building would seem to send up a solid square of flame that, after becoming lost in the clouds of smoke which hid the sky, would suddenly veer to the east or west and set fire to some small building.

Not the least of the curious sights was the throwing by the sun of a beautiful rainbow whose arch was easily one hundred feet long across a background of smoke. The sun had caught the spray from a fire hose and reflected it across the smoke. Another time, from one of the small buildings which had caught fire, but from which no flames came, there issued a dense cloud of red smoke which gradually changed to purple, then became white and finally black.

Tanks Intact

While all these explosions occurred and while the heat of the flames was so great that it singed the hair of persons on the opposite side of the street, thirty large tanks containing from five to ten thousand gallons of gasoline and benzine and located almost directly in the rear of the blazing buildings, remained unharmed, although it was momentarily feared that they, too, would explode.

All but one of the eight buildings of the Graves Company were either totally destroyed or so badly damaged that they will have to be rebuilt. Three houses were badly damaged and half a score of other houses scorched.

The persons injured were Joseph Pease, of 941 Kimball street, this city; George Ward, foreman of Fire Company No. 2, and Peter Gray, a fireman.

Pease was the workman who was near the vat at the time the first explosion occurred, and he was thrown high in the air and had his face, arms and body burned by the flames.

Ward was injured while leading his men in an attack upon the flames. He was mounting a ladder leading to the room of a dwelling at 316 Twelfth street when the cornice of the roof came off, fell and struck him on the head and caused an ugly wound of the scalp. Ward kept his hold upon the ladder and managed to descend. He was immediately hurried to the hospital.

Fireman Peter Gray was burned by the flaming benzine from a small tank which exploded.

Attacked Flames With Vim

Although one of the largest buildings resembled an enormous cauldron when they arrived upon the scene the Camden firemen, nothing discouraged, attacked the fire with vim, and while they could not confine it to the one building, they did splendid work in saving a number of small houses of workmen which surround the plant. They also saved one of the large buildings of the plant.

The police boats Ashbridge and Visitor, from this city, were sent to the fire, but were unable to get up Cooper Creek, which is in the rear of the plant, owing to the ice and mud. The Pennsylvania Railroad’s fire tug Jamestown, however, got to the plant and did effectual service.

Mayor Ellis was early upon the scene and had his hair singed while directing the firemen.

In Philadelphia great interest was taken in the fire, and at one time it looked as though all Camden were ablaze.

It was about half-past eleven yesterday morning that Pease, while working in what is known as building No. 1, at the Greaves plant, a large three-story brick structure, fifty by one hundred and twenty-five feet, was suddenly hurled from his feet by the explosion in a vat. Accounts differ as to what really occurred, but it is certain that there was an explosion. This building is used partly as an office building and partly to mix paints and varnishes.

General Alarm Sounded

For a minute the flames did not spread rapidly and a call was sent to the police headquarters for a chemical engine. By the time this apparatus arrived the whole building was on fire and a general alarm was sent in.

In the few moments elapsing between the call for the chemical engine and its arrival upon the scene several other explosions occurred and caused the employes to flee for their lives. There were only about fifty men, or one-third the regular force, working yesterday.

As soon as the firemen all arrived they tried to save building No. 3, which is of the same size and structure as the No. 1 building, but in which were stored one hundred and eight large vats of various kinds of varnish and paint, and all of them combustible.

Between the two buildings was a narrow archway, and over this the flames crept and defeated the efforts of the fire fighters. Then began the series of explosions that not only lit up the skies, but carried the fire to half a dozen dwelling houses.

These buildings are double houses and are two and one-half stories high. When the house at 306 Twelfth street caught fire all the other occupants of the row started to throw their household goods in the street, and in several cases the sparks set fire to bed clothing. Later in the day the residents, still fearful of their homes, secured wagons and carted their belongings away.

Thought of His Hens’ Eggs

One man, James Demsey, when he found his house afire, thought only for a dozen of Plymouth Rock hens’ eggs which he had secured for the purpose of raising some chickens. Regardless of his danger he dashed into the burning building, secured the eggs, and then made his escape.

Prompt work by the firemen soon put an end to the flames which had attacked the dwellings, but against the blaze which raged in the two buildings of the paint works the fire fighters were helpless. It seemed that the more water was poured upon the buildings the wickeder the flames arose. Not until all the floors had fallen and everything burnable had been consumed did the flames cease their work of destruction, and the walls had been so scorched that half of them fell crashing into the interior of the buildings.

Besides the two large buildings the stable of the works caught fire, but the employes of the plant were able to get all the horses and wagons out safely.

A. Graves, a son of the proprietor of the plant, stated that he did not know how great the loss would be nor could he tell exactly how the fire started. There is about $265,000 insurance upon the plant.

Bucket Brigade at Work

Later the residence at 1194 Linden street, where lives George Brown, was ignited. A bucket brigade did yeoman service there. To add to the excitement word reached the firemen that the plant of the R. F. South Lumber Company, Federal street and Cooper Creek, had been fired by sparks. An engine company was withdrawn and sent to the scene of the new blaze, which was extinguished with a trifling loss.

When the walls of No. 3 building fell, forcing the firemen to abandon their post, one of the recently purchased engines was left under the ruins. It wasn’t there long, however, a rope being attached and the steamer being pulled out by a hundred or so volunteers.

The first two dwellings to take fire were those of C. W. Sleighs, 306, and John Taylor, 304 North Twelfth street. The other houses in the row are tenanted as folows [sic]:

In 302 is Harry Smith; 300, vacant; 224, Frank Pullinger; 222, Mary Rass; 220, Joseph Eccles; 218, Charles Sibert; 216, Fred Exler; 214, Henry Palmer; 212, Charles Mills; 210, Samuel Ivins.

Police Roundup at 817 Clare Street

Camden Daily Courier —

Police Roundup at 817 Clare Street - Camden Daily Courier, May 13, 1918

Captain Stehr and a detail of officers made a successful roundup of men and women at 817 Clair [sic] street. Edward Brown, 25 years old, who lives at that address, was charged with keeping a disorderly house. Seven cases of beer, a quart of gin and a quart of whisky were taken in the raid. Henry Butler, [?]2, of 214 South Second street, was listed as a witness as were also Carrie Washington, 30[?] Federal street; Rhoda Montgomery, [?]4, 644 South Second street; Marie Gibbs, 811 Locust street; and Hazel Shipman, 307 Washington street.

The Grim Shadow of Death Stalks Firemen’s Family

Camden Courier-Post —

By Martin DiCarlo

FRANK IANNELLI came to this country in 1904 from the sleepy little mountain village of San Bartolomeo, Italy. He settled first in Boston with friends and went straight to work as a helper at construction sites. He was 13 years old. A few years later he moved to Camden, where he worked at a number of jobs before joining the Army to fight in World War I.

He came back to Camden after the war and in 1921 he had himself a very good year, the kind of year that marks a turning point in a man’s life.

First he landed a job as a hoseman with the Camden Fire Department, a job that would keep him working during the Depression. Then he met Rosina Carlone, who, as fate would have it, was also a native of San Bartolomeo. Rose, as she was called, had only recently come to America and was living in Newark. When word reached Frank through the grapevine that a young girl from his village was living only a few hours away, he made arrangements to meet her so that he might learn the latest news about his family and friends back in the old country. Hoping to make a good impression, he made it a point to call on Rose in his fireman’s uniform.

The visit went very well. So well, in fact, that six months later Frank Iannelli and Rosina Carlone were married. They moved into a rowhouse at 3rd and Berkley streets in Camden, and in short order two sons, Leonard and Carmen, were born. Years later, in 1937, a third son, Frankie, arrived.

Like most Italian-American families, the Iannellis were very close. Rose would often take the boys down to the firehouse to see their father. Then, on an April night in 1942, tragedy struck. After fighting a dump fire in the city, Frank Iannelli collapsed in the firehouse at 27th and Federal streets and died of a heart attack. It happened as he was climbing the firehouse stairs. He was 51 years old.

TRAGEDY spares no family. Sooner or later all of us will have to pick up a telephone in the middle of the night. The death of Frank Iannelli hit Rose and the boys hard, but the family closed ranks around Leonard, who followed in his father’s footsteps by joining the fire department in 1948. Five years later Carmen followed suit.

It was not until a bitterly cold night in January 1964, a night on which the temperature dropped to one degree above zero, that the Iannelli family began to think that fate had singled them out for more than their share of heartache.

On that night, Leonard, 41 years old and by then a captain in the department, toppled over in the ice and snow at a two-alarm fire in a men’s clothing store at Broadway and Chestnut Street. He died before he reached the hospital, of heart failure brought on by smoke inhalation.

THE IRONY of Leonard’s death left the family shattered and bewildered. The pain was keener because neither Leonard nor his father had a history of heart trouble. They had been strong vibrant men, full of life. In neither case was there a warning, a hint of danger. Their deaths were the hardest kind to accept—totally unexpected, as arbitrary, it seemed, as the death of someone struck by lightning.

If there was a consolation for the Iannellis, it was only the thought that certainly now no greater tragedy could befall them. The worst had happened; only better days could lie ahead.

Carmen was now the head of the family and the only Iannelli left in the Camden Fire Department since Frankie, unlike his father and brothers, had not been caught up by the mystique of the fireman’s life and had broken with tradition by going to work for RCA.

Carmen was a quiet, sensitive man who preferred to spend his idle hours around the firehouse working crossword puzzles and solving riddles rather than taking part in the practical jokes and locker room humor for which firemen are notorious. He was broad-shouldered and balding, with a homely but honest face, and as he approached 50 the resemblance to his father became almost uncanny.

To his wife, Jean, and the rest of the family, he did not appear to brood about what had happened to his father and brother, nor did he seem to worry about falling victim to a similar fate. But there were times at the firehouse at 27th and Federal, where he had been stationed since shortly after his marriage in 1960, when it was clearly very much on his mind.

One day, climbing the firehouse stairs with Vince Orme, who is now the city fire marshal, Carmen pointed to the second floor landing and said: “That’s where it happened. That’s where my father died. That’s where I’ll probably die too.”

He was wrong. He was not destined to die on the landing where his father died. He was destined to die about 50 feet away, out on the sidewalk, unravelling five-inch hose after a fire in the storage yard of a wastepaper warehouse on Pine Street.

He was destined to die last Thursday, not only at the same firehouse in which his father died, but at just about the same time of day—two o’clock in the morning—and at just about the same age—50.

THREE MEN, a father and two sons, all firemen, all killed on the job by heart attacks. The irony is almost too awful for the mind to fully grasp and comprehend. In the 100-year history of the Camden Fire Department, it has never happened before. It will probably never happen again.

With Carmen’s death, the grief of the surviving members of the Iannelli family can no longer be measured. It can only be sensed.

It can be heard in the nervous, high-pitched voice of Frankie Iannelli, who is now 38 and who stated very matter-of-factly the other day, sitting in a car outside the RCA buildings in Camden, that he does not expect to live much past 50 either.

And it can be seen in the eyes of the widows. Terribly sad eyes, like those of children who, having been punished unfairly, cringe in expectation of still more punishment. In the eyes of Jean Iannelli and Leonard’s widow, Olga, but most of all in the old careworn eyes of Rose Iannelli, who has lost the most, and who alone has seen the haunting tragedies of the Iannelli family unfold from their very beginnings, from the seeds sown long ago in the mountains of San Bartolomeo.

Isaac Shreve Dies, Veteran Policeman

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Isaac Shreve Dies, Veteran Policeman - Camden Courier-Post, June 19, 1926

The Day’s Deaths

Fatally Stricken With Apoplexy in Responding to ‘False Alarm’

Nearly forty years a policeman, Isaac M. Shreve died last night “with his boots on.” He was fatally stricken while on duty. He was 6[?] years old.

The veteran bluecoat was stricken with apoplexy as he was about to step into the Third District auto patrol after a false-alarm call to Thirty-sixth and Federal streets, a short distance from his home.

With Policeman George Clark, driver of the machine, Shreve answered the call. When the officers arrived with the “wagon” they were informed that their services were not needed because the complainant had decided not to make a charge.

Shreve started to walk back to the machine when he suddenly toppled over unconscious. He was placed in the police auto and taken to Cooper Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Coroner Charles T. Murray issued a death certificate.

Shreve is survived by his wife, Jennie, and a son, Joseph, who is a policeman attached to the Third District. He lived at 17 South Thirty-sixth street.

Previous to being appointed a policeman Shreve served three years in the fire department. He was appointed a policeman by Mayor Pratt in 1886. In a political shakeup in 1886 he resigned from the force but was reappointed by the late Cooper B. Hatch in the “Committee of One Hundred” campaign days.

Although small in size, Shreve had a reputation for having “nerve.” He patrolled “beats” in South Camden for many years, but for the last eighteen years he was on duty in East Camden.

Twelve years ago he engaged in a pistol battle with a robber and was shot in the abdomen. For weeks he hovered between life and death but finally recovered.

Many years ago Shreve drove the old horse-drawn “ding-ding” in the First District. Previous to being assigned to the Third District auto patrol he served for several years as acting house sergeant at the East Camden station house.

Lambert at Last Pays the Penalty

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THE MURDERER OF BAKER KAIRER HANGED IN THE CAMDEN COUNTY JAIL

PROTESTED INNOCENCE TO THE END

HE SAID STEVENS FIRED THE FATAL SHOT

The Execution Devoid of Sensational Features—Lambert Walked Firmly to the Gallows—History of His Remarkable Case.

The Murderer.

Nicholas Theodore Lambert died on the gallows in the Camden county jail yesterday. He was hanged for the murder of William G. Kairer, a well-to-do cracker baker, of Camden. His death closes a case that was remarkable chiefly for the extraordinary efforts to save the condemned man from the gallows. Lambert was a bad man. From his youth up he had been a criminal. He had served time in prison for burglary and admitted while awaiting trial for murder that he had robbed a score or more of houses in and around Camden. But he denied that he had fired the shot that killed Kairer. He went to the gallows with this denial upon his lips. He claimed that Josiah Stevens, who was associated with him in the Kairer robbery, was the real murderer.

Yesterday was the fourth date that had been fixed for Lambert’s execution. Once he was reprieved by Governor Werts. Twice the United States Supreme Court interfered and postponed the hanging. The law finally claimed its victim after every ordinary and several extraordinary procedures had been resorted to to avert the death penalty.

Firm in the Face of Death.

Lambert’s death was devoid of sensation, as executions go. He walked to the scaffold without assistance. He did not flunk in the face of death. There was barely time for a whispered good-bye to the Sheriff and he was launched into eternity. He was hanged on the gallows that ended John Hill’s life about three years ago. It was erected in an unused and half-finished room on the top floor of the county jail building at the northwest corner of Broadway and Federal streets. The death chamber is directly over a part of the jail that is being fitted up for the use of female prisoners.

The scaffold stood over against a blank wall. On the other side windows let a flood of light into the bare room. Overhead were the gaunt rafters supporting the roof.

The heart-rending farewells between the condemned man and his mother and other relatives and friends had been uttered the night before. As the time drew on toward midnight the condemned seemed to realize for the first time that there was no further hope of escaping the death penalty.

“I can’t sleep,” he said to Constable Hunter, one of his death watch. “I feel oppressed, as if there was a heavy weight inside. I hope I will be able to walk to the gallows.”

At 1 o’clock Lambert sat down at a little table in his cell and for three hours he was busy with his pen writing farewell letters. There were six of these missives. The longest one was to his counsel, Lawyer John G. [sic] Semple, who had made such a gallant fight to save him. He thanked his lawyer and reiterated his assertion that he did not fire the shot that killed Kairer. One of the letters was to Mrs. Isabella Shipley, a resident of South Camden, who had displayed great interest in his case. The others were to personal friends. In all these missives Lambert gave expression to his religious faith and the belief that he had divine forgiveness of his sins.

Ready for the Rope.

About 6 o’clock the spiritual advisers of the condemned man entered his cell. They were colored ministers, Revs. W. H. Yocum, Thomas Als and H. C. Ashley. Under the soothing influence of prayer Lambert grew calmer, and when his breakfast, which consisted of half a dozen fried eggs, potatoes and coffee, was sent in from a restaurant opposite the jail, he ate heartily.

At 9 o’clock the suit of black clothing that had been ordered for his execution a year ago, was brought in and he dressed himself for the gallows. A barber had shaved him and trimmed his hair the previous night. He did not put on a collar.

The persons who were to witness the execution, in all less than forty, gathered in the sheriff’s office shortly before 10 o’clock. There was a jury of twelve appointed by the court, a similar number of special deputies, the sheriff’s regular assistants, Sheriffs Wriggins, of Salem county, and Townsend, of Burlington county, and a few newspaper men. At 10 o’clock Sheriff Barrett led the way into the jail and piloted the witnesses to the death chamber. They walked through an iron-lined passageway in the jail proper, then through a door into the corridor on the Federal street side, and up three flights of stairs to the place of execution.

This was the route that Lambert took a few minutes later when he walked to his doom. Chairs had been placed at each landing and there was one on the scaffold, for use in case the condemned man collapsed, but they were not needed. At five minutes after 10 Sheriff Barrett started down the stairs to fetch the victim, and the audience in the death chamber talked in whispers while they waited.

Lambert was awaiting the summons. His hands were manacled behind his back, and with the ministers in front, the Sheriff at his side and Constables Hunter and Gardner, of the death watch at his back, he started on the walk to the gallows.

On the Scaffold.

It was but a step from the doorway of the execution room to the foot of the flight of steps leading to the platform of the gallows. Lambert did not halt or look up. He and the Sheriff walked with firm tread up the steps. The Sheriff had declined assistance. He was cool and knew just what to do, although it was his first execution.

Lambert took his station on the trap-doors directly under the cross-beam. His gaze was fixed on the blank wall directly in front and his back was toward the spectators. He wavered slightly as the Sheriff slipped the noose over his neck. Then, just as the black cap was drawn over his face, he whispered:

“Good-bye, Sheriff. God bless you.”

“Good-bye, Dory,” was the response, and the next instant the Sheriff took a step to one side, pulled a lever, the big trap-doors fell with a crash, and the colored murderer was dangling in midair.

The fall was about eight feet. It is not probable that Lambert’s neck was broken, but the convulsions were slight. His legs had not been pinioned, but they were not drawn up in the death agony. It was 10.13 when the drop fell. Five minutes later Under Sheriff Sell unlocked the handcuffs and the arms hung listless at the side of the dangling body. At intervals a convulsive tremor shook the body, but these soon ceased, and at 10.27¾ physicians pronounced life extinct.

Borne to the Grave.

The body was allowed to hang for ten minutes longer before it was taken down. In an adjoining room an undertaker was waiting with the casket that, like the death suit, had been ordered a year ago. On the lid was a silver plate bearing the inscription, “Nicholas T. Lambert. Died December 19, 1895. Aged 24 years, 2 months, 19 days.”

Lambert had requested that the doctors should not mutilate his body, and Sheriff Barrett saw that his wishes in that respect were carried out. In the afternoon the corpse was taken to the Johnson Colored Burying Ground, on the road to Merchantville, and interred in a grave that had been prepared for it.

The crowd of several hundred people that had gathered about the jail melted away soon after it became known that Lambert had paid the penalty of his crime. None of the relatives of the murderer or his victim were present at the execution.

LAMBERT’S CRIME

A Remarkable Fight to Stave Off the Death Penalty.

William G. Kairer was murdered about 5 o’clock on the morning of December 5, 1893, at his residence, 429 Beckett street, Camden. Previous to this there had been a score or more of burglaries in Camden and vicinity; and the police seemed unable to catch the bold burglars.

Mr. Kairer’s eldest son, William G. Kairer, who with his wife occupied the second story front room of the house, was awakened by the noise of some one trying to force open his door. The young man leaped out of bed and rushing into the entry saw and struck at a man hastening down the stairs. Then he aroused his father and they made a search of the lower part of the house.

As they stood under a gas jet in the parlor the wooden blinds of the front window were dashed open and three shots were fired. The elder Kairer was shot through the heart and fell dead in his son’s arms.

For weeks mystery shrouded the murder. In this time many suspects had been arrested by the police and all but one had been released. That one was Theodore Lambert, well known as a crook and known to be a desperate burglar.

The first evidence directly connecting him with the crime came through a confession made by Josiah Stevens. He told a Philadelphia detective that he was concerned with Lambert in the robbery, but that Lambert had the revolver and fired the fatal shot. This led Lambert to make a partial confession, in which he blamed the shooting on Stevens. He insisted up to the last that Stevens borrowed his revolver and fired the fatal shot.

Both were indicted. Lambert was tried on June 1[?], 1894, and was convicted on the 13th. Sentence was deferred until after the trial of Stevens, which took place on September 26. He was acquitted.

Lawyer John L. Semple, who had been assigned by the court to defend Lambert, applied to Chancellor McGill for a writ of error. This was refused. The Governor granted a reprieve from Decembe [sic] 13 to January 3, 1895, on December 4, just one year from the date of the murder. On December 13—the day Lambert was to have been hanged—the Board of Pardons heard the case and refused to interfere.

Supreme Court Justice Garrison was asked for a writ of habeas corpus. This was peremptorily refused. Next Chief Justice Beasley was appealed to. He likewise refused. To Judge Dallas, of the United States Court, in Philadelphia, Semple now went. He referred the case to Judge Green, of the United States District Court at Trenton.

The hearing was set down for January 2, the day before Lambert was to be hanged. Lawyer Semple went to Trenton to find Judge Green, but the latter had gone away.

Lawyer Semple at once jumped a train for Washington, hunted up Justice Shiras, and induced him to issue a stay pending an appeal to his Court. Lambert’t [sic] lawyer got back to Camden in time to serve Justice Shiras’ order on the Sheriff an hour before the time fixed for the execution.

The next move in the remarkable case was the dismissal of the appeal by the United States Supreme Court. Governor Werts at once issued a second death warrant fixing the execution for June 27.

A writ of habeas corpus was refused [cut off at the crop edge]

Blair and Chaney Get Return Shots

Camden Courier-Post —

Blair and Chaney Get Return Shots - Camden Courier-Post, July 31, 1926

Meet Moffo and Spearing in Feature Bouts at Ball Park Friday

Mickey Blair, Camden’s promising featherweight, will get an opportunity to wipe away the only stain on an otherwise spotless career next Friday when he meets his only conqueror, Billy Moffo, the Bristol bearcat, in the feature bout at the Public Service Ball Park, Twelfth and Federal streets.

Moffo is the lad who halted Blair’s winning streak in a hard-fought battle last month, and Mickey is training hard to try and avenge that setback. If successful against the Pennsylvanian, the Camden youth will go after bigger game.

Joe Spearing, the rugged Camden lightweight, and Eddie Chaney, Whitman Park star, appear in another return engagement in the semi-windup. Spearing first leaped into fistic prominence by beating Chaney at the Temple Theatre last winter. While Eddie is anxious to turn the tables this time, Spearing is planning an active campaign, and he will try hard to repeat his impressive victory.

Tommy Boylan, the scrappy Beverly bantamweight, faces Ray Weigand, of Philadelphia, in the second setto. Weigand was originally booked to meet Boylan at the last show, but an injury prevented the Philadelphian from going through with the bout.

Kid Bevo, the elongated Trentonian who knocked out Boylan at the Convention Hall last winter, returns to Camden and faces Tommy Lyons, of Gloucester, in the opening bout.

All four fights are slated for eight rounds.

Holdup Victim Held in Speakeasy Raid

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Holdup Victim Held in Speakeasy Raid - Camden Courier-Post, August 5, 1936 Holdup Victim Held in Speakeasy Raid - Camden Courier-Post, August 5, 1936 Holdup Victim Held in Speakeasy Raid - Camden Courier-Post, August 5, 1936 Holdup Victim Held in Speakeasy Raid - Camden Courier-Post, August 5, 1936

Man Robbed for ‘Thrill’ Arrested as Proprietor of Illegal Liquor Den

The victim of a “thrill” holdup in Camden last March was arrested yesterday as the proprietor of a “speakeasy.”

He is Jesse Seybold, 44, of 923 St. John street, who was held in $2000 bail for police court today on charges of possessing untaxed liquor and violation of the city ordinance allowing disorderly persons to congregate.

Seybold was held up March 3 by a youthful “two-gun” bandit and his 16-year-old sweetheart and robbed of $19. They were Harvey Arnold, 22, of 314 Arch street and Edith Gaylord, who roomed at the Arnold home.

They were captured after a short chase in which Seybold took part. Arnold was sentenced to Rahway for his part in the crime, while the girl obtained a suspended sentence. At their trial they testified they staged the holdup for a “thrill.”

Seybold was arrested yesterday in a raid staged by police on information obtained when two men and a woman were arrested Monday night after an automobile collision.

The raid was made by Patrolman John V. Wilkie, inspector of rooming houses, together with Sergt. Richard Cornog, Acting Sergt. Edward Leonard and Patrolman Nathan Wine.

A quantity of untaxed liquor was found on the premises, Wilkie said, including two gallons of purported “moonshine.”

According to Wilkie, Seybold has been arrested on seven different occasions between May 29, 1924, and Jan. 17, 1936, and twice has been fined $100 for operating a disorderly house.

Information that led to the raid was obtained, Wilkie said, from William Smith, 34, of 739 Mickle street, who was arraigned in police court yesterday on a charge of possessing unlicensed liquor and fined $100.

Arraigned at the same time was Mrs. Theresa Anderson, 31, of 211 Byron street, and Raymond Doughty, 30, of 329 Richey avenue, Collingswood. Each was fined $25, the woman on a drunk and disorderly charge, and Doughty for driving an automobile without a registration card.

The three were arrested by Wilkie late Monday at Seventh and Federal streets when the car in which they were riding bumped another machine while waiting for a traffic light to change.

A half-pint bottle of liquor found in the car, Wilkie said, was claimed by Smith. It bore no tax stamps of any kind, according to the patrolman.

After questioning Smith, Wilkie said he bought the liquor at Seybold’s place. After Smith made an affidavit to that effect, Wilkie obtained the warrant that led to the raid and arrest of Seybold.

Wilkie Exonerated of Strike Assault

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Wilkie Exonerated of Strike Assault - Camden Courier-Post, August 12, 1936 Wilkie Exonerated of Strike Assault - Camden Courier-Post, August 12, 1936 Wilkie Exonerated of Strike Assault - Camden Courier-Post, August 12, 1936

Complainant Fails to Appear for Eleventh Time; Girl Gives Testimony

Charges of assault and battery made against Inspector John V. Wilkie by a man arrested on July 7, during a riot in the RCA strike, were dismissed yesterday by Police Judge Lewis Liberman.

A striker also charged with assault and battery by a girl worker who was injured when a brick broke the glass in a bus window, also was freed when Judge Liberman said there was no evidence to prove he threw the brick.

The Wilkie case had been postponed 10 times previously, because the complaining witness, Martin Merriman, of 2015 Ogden street, Philadelphia, had not appeared in court.

When Merriman’s name was called today he again was not present, but was represented by Alfred P. Morwitz, a Camden attorney. Morwitz said his client’s appearance was not necessary, as he could not identify Wilkie as the policeman who struck him over the head with a club, [cut off at the crop edge]

Girl Testified

Morwitz, however, placed Miss Sue Voytovich, of 2727 Westfield avenue, on the witness stand to testify against Wilkie.

Miss Voytovich said she was arrested on July 7 and was seated in a patrol wagon at the Market street ferry entrance when she saw Wilkie walk up and hit Merriman over the head with his club.

“Four policemen were trying to put Merriman into the patrol,” she testified under direct examination by Morwitz,” when Wilkie walked up in back and hit Merriman with his club. Merriman had done nothing to warrant being struck.”

John R. DiMona, assistant city solicitor, represented Wilkie and began cross-examining Miss Voytovich.

“Were there only four policemen around the patrol, or were there 10 or 12 policemen there?” DiMona asked.

“There may have been that many policemen there.”

“How many people were around?”

“Not many.”

“What are the names of the other policemen?”

“I don’t know.”

“How do you know it was Wilkie that struck Merriman?”

“I know Wilkie, I saw his picture in the Courier many times and he was pointed out to me by a friend.”

Jury Hearing Denied

“Who arrested you that day?”

“Wilkie.”

“You don’t like Wilkie, do you?”

“I haven’t anything against him.”

“Didn’t you make some remarks that you were out to get Wilkie?”

“I certainly did not, no indeed.”

“Was Merriman hit hard by the policeman?”

“There was blood all over his face when he got into the patrol.”

“Wasn’t it possible someone else could have hit him?”

“I don’t think so.”

At the conclusion of Miss Voytovich’ [sic] testimony, Morwitz asked that Wilkie be held for the grand jury.

DiMona advised the court that the police inspector desired to waive his rights before the grand jury and have the case decided in police court.

Wilkie on Stand

Wilkie took the stand and denied that he struck Merriman. Under direct examination by Di Mona, Wilkie said:

“On July 7, I was informed by Sergeant Carroll that some Philadelphia workers were coming to Camden to sympathize with the strikers. I was instructed to wait at the ferries, with other policemen, and send these people back to Philadelphia.

“We sent about 75 or 100 back, but one man refused to go and threw himself on the floor of the waiting room and I arrested him. I took him to the wagon outside and there was a terrible time there. Bricks and clubs were flying. I put my man in the patrol.

“Merriman had kicked Detective Louis Schlamm in the stomach and Patrolman Earl Wright had arrested him. Wright asked me to help him put Merriman in the wagon. His head was bloody at that time. Somebody had hit him, but I didn’t do it. In fact, I had him taken to the hospital to get 30 stitches in his head.”

Under cross-examination by Morwitz, Wilkie testified that he “couldn’t see how this lady could see out of the patrol wagon, because of the angle it was parked and because the windows are so dirty nobody can see out of them.”

Freed on Brick Charge

Samuel Burns, of 903 Fisher avenue, Audubon, was charged with assault and battery by Miss Grace Palezzo, of 1280 Van Hook street. She said a brick broke a bus window and the glass went into her eye. She was riding on the bus, between Third and Fourth street, on Federal, on July 15.

Ralph Teears, of 401 Marne road, Brooklawn, a passenger on the bus, said he saw Burns pass in his car just before the brick struck the window.

Burns denied he threw the brick, and the charge against him was dismissed for lack of evidence.

Paper Packing Force Gets More Recruits

Camden Post-Telegram —

Paper Packing Force Gets More Recruits - Camden Post-Telegram, November 30, 1910

Boilermaker Crawford Smith late yesterday afternoon received a call from a belled-up namesake, Andy Smith, a leather worker, at his home, 729 Carman street, and had Policeman Ulie Andrews lock him up.

When Ulie got to the house the rum-crazed fellow had already put a brick through a front window of Crawford’s home and had one in each hand for further bombardment.

Andrews gripped with the brick heaver and soon subdued him despite his threats to do him up, too. In Police Court to-day the rough-house raiser was sentenced by Recorder Stackhouse to two months at the paper picking plant.

James Davis, aged 34 years, also had his checks cashed for the Crematory for one month. Policeman Wright Cox took him in tow last night for fighting on Federal street after he had once sent him on his way.

Another recruit for a month at the garbage factory was James Carter, a Philadelphia hobo. Yesterday morning Carter was found sleeping off a “souse” in the vestibule of Mrs. Grumby’s boarding house at 121 Market street, by a boarder who was unable to get in because of the intruder’s doubled-up form barring the way. The boarder summoned Policeman Murphy, who sent the drunken and insolent tramp to Police Headquarters.

Widow Routed by Blaze

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Widow Routed by Blaze - Camden Courier-Post, June 8, 1968

A Camden woman whose husband was killed seven weeks ago in a traffic mishap today was routed from her home when fire broke out in the upstairs bedroom for the second time within six hours.

Mrs. Edith McDevitt, 45, of 916 Front St. was aroused while sleeping on the living room couch about 8 a.m. as she heard what appeared to be stones hitting a window.

As Mrs. McDevitt investigated she discovered the noise was fire crackling in the bedroom upstairs. She then ran to the rear door where she called for neighbors’ aid. One of the neighbors notified the fire department.

Two Overcome

Responding to the alarm were Engine Companies 2 and 6 and Ladder Company 1.

According to Fire Capt. Joseph Wolfinger, flames had engulfed the bedroom and flames shot from windows as firemen arrived at the scene. The fire was quickly extinguished although two firemen — Acting Capt. John Brzozowski of Engine Company 2 and Fireman Samuel Fisher of Ladder No. 1 — were overcome by smoke. Both were treated at the scene.

According to authorities, Mrs. McDevitt reported she had taken medication before retiring about 11 o’clock last night. She apparently fell asleep before finishing a cigarette which ignited the mattress.

Doused Mattress Fire

However, she doused the mattress fire—about 2 a.m.—with a bucket of water. Believing the fire out, she went downstairs and slept on the couch.

Mrs. McDevitt told firemen she has been prescribed a depressant medication since the death of her husband, James, who was killed last April 22 when the car he was driving crashed into a viaduct overpass on Admiral Wilson Boulevard near Federal Street.

Authorities said Mrs. McDevitt’s bedroom had extensive fire damage but was contained to that area. More than $300 in coins also was recovered for the widow after she informed firemen that a pitcher broken during the fire contained many coins.

Along Memory Lane

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Along Memory Lane - Camden Courier-Post, February 22, 1928 Along Memory Lane - Camden Courier-Post, February 22, 1928 Along Memory Lane - Camden Courier-Post, February 22, 1928 Along Memory Lane - Camden Courier-Post, February 22, 1928

By Ben Courter

Tinkle, tinkle!

Clippety clip! Clippety clip!

And the old one-horse dinkey ambled along South Second street years and years ago, the wheels frequently striking comparatively large spaces between the rails with bumps and bangs. The iron shod hoofs of the nag more frequently struck the big and little cobbles that decorated that thoroughfare, at night drawing many a spark as from flint and steel.

Doggone, we used to feel sorry for those poor old hosses of the Camden Horse Railroad Company. They stood patiently enough around Second and Kaighn avenue for changing as the cars made round trips from Kaighn Point to Federal street—patient and docile and evidently without a bit of spunk left.

But the recent death of “Joe” Hackney recalls at least one old hoss that evidently concluded he was young and spruce and full of the pep of yesteryear. Hackney, long before he was in the oyster business, was a “horse car driver” on the old Second street dinkey line.

* * *

A herd of long horn steers were being driven from the Kaighn Point ferry to the old abbatoir at Sixth and Kaighn avenue one dismal night in the ‘90s. The fitful glare of gas lamps threw an uncertain light over the long lane of cobbles so that when Second street was reached one of the steers was invested with the spirit of adventure.

With a roar and a prodigious leap it left its fellows moving along to sinister fate. It bounded into Second street, clattered along and the few belated citizens yelled and shouted and scampered in terror.

Since it was about the midnight hour and Camden, then provincial enough, snugly tucked away in bed, it may be imagined the bellowing bull and the shouts of the frightened citizens developed enough commotion to bring a brigade of night-capped curious ones to the windows.

Yells of advice were given, but all from those safe inside. Those on the outside were not so certain.

Since the steer became more frenzied with the increased racket, occasionally narrowly escaping a dodging wayfarer a posse was formed. And then appeared in the picture the game old hoss of the Second street car line with Hackney at the end of the reins.

Rifles, muskets, revolvers of all vintages were displayed by a dozen doughty Kaighn Point citizens who boarded the car and proceeded to chase the steer.

They stood at the doors on either end of the car, at every window while old faithful jogged along in quest of the fiery bovine. Up and down Second street Hackney drove his equine charge and the hoss seemed to take as much enjoyment out of it as the hunters. Not for a moment did he stop even with the load, even with the reverberation of guns and the shouts of the citizenry.

A dozen such trips along the cobbled way and finally, under a fusillade, the bovine expatriate from Texas was bowled over.

It sure was one exciting night and perhaps there are some old-timers who recall Hackney and that episode of the faithful old nag that was young again, just for a night.

Over the River.

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Over the River. - Philadelphia Inquirer, December 3, 1881

Military.

Post No. 37, G. A. R., held an annual election on Thursday evening, and selected the following officers for the ensuing year: Post Commander—W. B. E. Miller. Senior Vice Commander—Samuel S. Venner. Junior Vice Commander—Robert Crawford. Chaplain—P. B. Hughes. Quartermaster—Christopher J. Mines, Jr. Surgeon—Dr. J. N. Hugg. Officer of the Day—J. L. Markey. Officer of the Guard—Richard J. Robertson. Past Commander for the Year—John Dall.

To Be Rebuilt.

Proposals have been advertised for by the Bridge Committee of the Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders for the construction of a bridge across Cooper’s creek, on State street. The present bridge has been condemned, and a new one is necessary for the safety of travel.

The Military Prize.

Major Joseph C. Lee, with a guard of honor, received on Thursday afternoon the trophy awarded to the New Jersey Battalion at the Yorktown Centennial anniversary, and it will be in custody at the headquarters of Company C, Sixth Regiment, N. G., Camden, on the 7th instant.

Paving Material.

The work of paving Federal street with Belgian blocks has been delayed for several days, because the contractor, Thomas A. Wilson, has been unable to procure material. Only half a square remains to be finished, but the stone has now arrived, and work will be resumed at once.

Died.

William Bassett, a small lad, who was severely burned on Saturday last from his clothing taking fire, died from the effects of the injuries on Thursday night, at Third street and Kaign’s avenue.

Robberies

During the past week a number of robberies have taken place near Marlton. Among the places robbed were the Baptist Church, Kaighn’s wagon shop, Brown’s shop, Allen M. Evans’ tailor shop and Felix McCarthy’s store.

Larceny of Poultry.

William Morris was yesterday committed to the Camden county jail for the larceny of poultry by Justice Atkinson, of Blackwoodtown.

Pinkeye.

The disease known as “pinkeye” has broken out among the horses in Moorestown, and is quite prevalent.

New Ferry Boat.

On Monday next the West Jersey Ferry Company intend bringing to Camden their new ferry boat Baltic, which is said to be of superior build.

The Logue Assault.

Camden Post —

The Logue Assault. - Camden Post, June 1, 1888

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.

Captain Mortica M. Clark Retires After 30 Years as City Fireman

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Captain Mortica M. Clark Retires After 30 Years as City Fireman - Camden Courier-Post, May 17, 1941

Oldest Member of Department in Point of Service Honored by Fellow Workers, Officers and School Children in Exercises at Station House

Camden’s oldest fire captain in point of service retired yesterday after more than 30 years of answering alarms.

He is Captain Mortica M. Clark, who was honored at a gathering of fellow firemen and officers.

The exercises, which included the presentation of a fishing rod and reel, a ring, smoking utensils and flowers, took place at his home company’s headquarters, Ninth and Morgan streets. The presentations were made by Fire Chief John H. Lennox.

The gifts were from his staff, other captains, the Three-fifteen Association, local school children and his family. Captain Clark expects to pass considerable of his time fishing and boating near his home at Palermo.

“He is one of the best firemen and one of the best leaders I have known,” was Safety Director Mary W. Kobus’ tribute to him.

Captain Clark served as senior captain for 21 years and during his years with the department was never late for duty. He never reported any of his men for any violation of the rules. Many times he was cited for heroic acts.

During the State Street church fire he dragged Chief Peter N. [sic] Carter from the flaming building as the roof collapsed. He rescued four children from the burning Mary J. Ball Home and worked 49 consecutive hours during the Hollingshed fire last July. He was responsible also for efficient work at the Kaighn avenue ferry blaze and the fire at the Graves Varnish works, Twelfth and Federal streets.

In addition to his wife, Emma, Captain Clark’s family includes four children, Mrs. Florence Kolman, Catherine, George and Archie.

Shot Her Husband.

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Shot Her Husband. - Camden Post, November 10, 1897

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.

Authority Acquires 1st Parcel Toward Housing Project

Camden Courier-Post —

Authority Acquires 1st Parcel Toward Housing Project - Camden Courier-Post, June 3, 1951

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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.

Blaze destroys business

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Blaze destroys business - Camden Courier-Post, August 30, 1981 Blaze destroys business - Camden Courier-Post, August 30, 1981

By JUDY PETSONK Of the Courier-Post

Courier-Post photo by Evangelos Dousmanis

Battling blaze A five-alarm fire destroyed the Du Bell Lumber Co. in the 1800 block of Federal Street last night. The blaze also damaged the adjacent Concrete Steel Co.

CAMDEN — A spectacular fire which burned out of control for several hours last night destroyed the Du Bell Lumber Co. and damaged the adjacent Concrete Steel Co. on Federal Street here.

The cause of the fire was under investigation. Arson was thought to be “a possibility,” according to Camden Patrolman John Hale.

The fire was reported around 8:40 p.m. and the buildings of the lumber company were engulfed when firefighters arrived.

There were no serious injuries reported. One fireman, Robert Williams, 37, of the Eleventh Engine Co. suffered heat exhaustion and was taken from the scene by ambulance.

“It’s just too hot,” he said, his face bubbled with sweat.

The lumber company in the 1800 block of Federal Street is a division of the DiMedio Lime Co., which is the next property on Federal Street and was threatened by the fire. Officials of the firms could not be reached last night, and no estimates of damage were available.

Fire destroys lumber firm

All of Camden’s fire-fighting equipment was pressed into service, and off-duty firemen were called in. Fire equipment was called in from Oaklyn, Haddon Heights, Mount Ephraim, Brooklawn, Gloucester City, Woodlynne, Gloucester Township and Pennsauken to help fight the fire and cover the city.

Flames from the fire leaped more than a hundred feet in the air as an estimated 300 persons from the neighborhood watched. The intense heat blistered the siding of Pooch’s Pub across the street.

Gloria Plymire, 17, of 452 Stockton Station, Camden, said she saw smoke coming from the upper windows of the main building and ran into the pub to call the firemen. By the time her father, Nelson, 47, parked and locked the car, the building was engulfed in flames, she said. “Then it started to blow up.”

By the time the first fire engines arrived a few minutes later, the fire was through the roof, a Camden fireman said.

Explosions could be heard a block away and within minutes, only the outline of a building frame could be seen against the brilliant flames.

“It’s like the atom bomb,” said Donald Anderson, of 1426 Dayton St., Camden, who was shooting pool in Cherry Hill when he saw the orange flames searing the horizon.

As flames nibbled the roof of the adjacent Concrete Steel Co., firemen struggled to find a way to get an engine into the locked yard. They feared the intense heat might cause the steel beams of the building to buckle.

The fire came in the midst of a city work dispute over the planned layoff of 30 police officers and 17 firefighters. Some ambulances at the scene of the fire carried signs with a skull saying “Welcome to Fear City.” Among the spectators in the roped-off area across the street from the fire were several off-duty Camden firemen.

Camden firefighter William Kamman was at a birthday in Runnemede when he saw the flames and piled his family into the car to go watch.

“This is the group that’s going to be laid off that’s fighting this fire,” he said. “There’s a kid out there (pointing to a group spraying the flames from close in) that’s not even supposed to be here. He’s on his own time.”

Mrs. Marie E. Simon Dies at 68; Beloved ‘Mayor of Fogarty Ave.’

Camden Courier-Post —

Mrs. Marie E. Simon Dies at 68; Beloved ‘Mayor of Fogarty Ave.’ - Camden Courier-Post, February 25, 1959

‘Mame’ Always Good for Handout

By ALEX WATSON

Friend of an earlier generation of newspapermen, Mrs. Marie E. Simon, 68, of 20 Fogarty ave., died Tuesday in West Jersey Hospital.

To the survivors of that generation, Mrs. Simon was known as “Mame Kenney,” her maiden name. And the neighbors had dubbed her the “Mayor of Fogarty Ave.”

There wasn’t any wrong in her domain that Mame didn’t try to set right, either by arbitration, a call to City Hall, or to a newspaper. And Mame’s heart was as big as her voice which boomed in no uncertain terminology when things didn’t go right.

Mame in the Middle

Fogarty ave. is a block of brick row houses running from Federal to Carman st. between 9th and 10th sts. The residents can shake hands across the street and it’s strictly one-way traffic — either way. Everybody knows everybody else’s troubles and Mame stood right in the middle of them.

Mame liked newspapermen, she said, because they “could give me a slant on what’s going on.” It was a red letter day when she could invite them in for coffee and a sandwich, or a drink, and get the latest gossip on City Hall. She had decided views on politics and the reporters found grist for copy in her shrewd observations.

Generous Heart

Mame’s generous heart extended to the down-and-outer and the bottle-ganger. A knock on her door always brought a hand-out of food, a piece of clothing and perhaps the price of a drink.

Mrs. Simon was a lifelong resident of Camden. She was a member of Women’s Order of the Moose, Chapter 385; Saranac Council, 79, Order of Pocahontas, IORM; and American Legion Post 231 Auxiliary.

Surviving are a son, Thomas J., of Laurel Springs; three brothers, Thomas P., and James J. Kenney, of Camden and Martin F. Kenney, of Moorestown, and two grandchildren.

Relatives and friends will meet at 8:30 a. m. Friday in the Robert J. Blake Funeral Home, Haddon ave. and Division st. Requiem high Mass will be celebrated at 9:30 o’clock in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. A viewing will be held Thursday night at the funeral home. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.

Arrest Follows Luring of Girl

Camden Daily Courier —

Arrest Follows Luring of Girl - Camden Daily Courier, August 22, 1910

A Nineteen-Year-Old Youth Taken Into Custody on a Serious Charge

HE TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY

Charged with the rape of a 14-year-old girl, Louis Mayer, 19 years old, who lives near Twelfth and Federal streets, was held without bail by Recorder Stackhouse in Police Court this morning, to await extradition papers from the Pennsylvania authorities, where the alleged crime was committed.

The girl in the case, as exclusively told in Saturday’s “Courier,” is Katherine Corkhill, of 90 Alberta street. The girl disappeared from her home nearly two weeks ago. Word was received that she was seen in the company of three men on several occasions. On Friday night, a letter was received by the parents that the girl was being detained in a house in Philadelphia against her will and to keep her from leaving the house, her clothes had been taken away from her by her jailers.

The Philadelphia police were notified and the girl was released. The names of her capturers were turned over to the police of both Philadelphia and Camden.

On Saturday afternoon Policeman Howard Smith accompanied by Special Policeman Russell, of the Twenty-third and Brown streets station, Philadelphia, saw Mayer, whose name ‘had been’ furnished them by the girl, at Eleventh and Market streets, Camden, and placed him under arrest.

The boy tells an entirely different story from the girl. He declares that the girl came to him and told him that she had been “fired out of the house” and asked him if he wouldn’t take her away from Camden. He says that he took her to a house on Brown street near Eighth and that she was at liberty to come and go as she pleased. Their actions, he declared, had been agreed to by both.

Wright Cox Held for Assault

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Wright Cox Held for Assault - Philadelphia Inquirer, August 3, 1902

Wright Cox, an ex-fireman, of Camden, was held in $600 bail yesterday by Justice Schmitz on the charge of assaulting Robert Colkett, a fireman under suspension, near Second and Federal streets, early yesterday morning. The fight grew out of an argument on the street on the result of the recent primary elections in the Third ward.

Attendance Record

Camden Courier-Post —

Attendance Record - Camden Courier-Post, March 27, 1952

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ATTENDANCE RECORD for firemen to aim at is one set by Edward E. Peraria Sr., right, of 2927 Mickle street, who retired from the fire department March 1 after missing only 62 days work in 30 years. Peraria was a chief’s aide having driven for former Fire Chief Walter Mertz and the late Chief John Lennox. Chief William V. Pfefferle, left, presents cash token to him Wednesday at Twenty-seventh and Federal streets.

Brave Fire-Fighter Heads New Company

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Brave Fire-Fighter Heads New Company - Philadelphia Inquirer, May 22, 1905 Brave Fire-Fighter Heads New Company - Philadelphia Inquirer, May 22, 1905 Brave Fire-Fighter Heads New Company - Philadelphia Inquirer, May 22, 1905

EDGAR BOLTON

Who has been chosen foreman of the new fire company in Camden

The new fire house on Federal street above Twelfth, in the heart of the mill, factory, foundry, textile and lumber district of Camden, is rapidly nearing completion and will soon be ready for occupancy.

Edgar Bolton, of the Second ward, at present a member of the company at Fifth and Arch streets, who has been elected foreman of the new company, was chosen by the Foreign [sic] Commissioners because of his ability and bravery shown at some of Camden’s recent big fires.

One of the institutions of which Camden is proud is its paid fire department, made up of trained fire-fighters, among them Foreman Bolton, who doesn’t know the meaning of the word fear.

First Ward Republicans

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First Ward Republicans - Camden Post, December 28, 1894

Election of Officers, Ball, and New Year’s Presentation.

The First Ward Republican Club elected the following officers last night: President, Harry T. Walker; vice presidents, John H. Tway, James Elbertson, Wm. C. Ford, J. W. Kinsey, John Leeds; treasurer, Albert E. Keyser; recording secretary, D. P. Williams; assistant sec., J. J. Lindrod; corresponding secretary, H. H. Bissby; Financial Secretary, Wm. Hand; Assistant, John Tway; Board of Trustees, Jacob Gnang, Charles Tway, David Simpson, George Tash, Wm. Mattix, J. Lindroy, Jacob Leon, John Offer, Robert Brice.

The club will hold their regular meeting of next week on Thursday evening instead of Monday (New Year’s Eve), on which their first annual masquerade ball takes place. On New Year’s Day the club will present to the best dressed New Year’s club passing their club rooms, Keyser’s Hall, Point and Yerk [sic] streets, a handsome silver pitcher, which is now on exhibition in the window of Roberts’ hat store, at Third and Federal streets. The contest will take place from 10 a. m. until 5 p. m.

Camden News Notes

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Camden News Notes - Philadelphia Inquirer, September 2, 1904 Camden News Notes - Philadelphia Inquirer, September 2, 1904

Annie Smith, aged 67 years; of 308 Mechanic street, dropped dead at her home yesterday. Coroner Lippincott gave a certificate of death from heart disease.

Daniel Bromley, aged 50 years, for many years transfer mail agent at the Pennsylvania Railroad terminal, died yesterday at his home, 1500 South Tenth street.

A. G. McCausland, superintendent of the Atlantic City Railroad, has purchased the residence of the late David M. Chambers, at 521 Cooper street.

Benjamin Eppinger, aged 12 years, of 1159 Federal street, met with serious injuries yesterday by being jolted from a brewery wagon at Twelfth and Federal streets. The wheels of the wagon passed over the boy’s legs, fracturing them.

BROMLEY.—On September 1, 1904, DANIEL N BROMLEY, aged 49 years. The relatives and friends of the family and Sioux Tribe, No. 25, Imp O R M, of Camden, N J; Camden Mutual Association, Fraternal Order of Eagles, and U S R M S M B Association, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Sunday afternoon, September 4, at 2 o’clock, from the residence of his brother-in-law, Alvin Wilke, 1503 S 10th st, Camden, N J.

Remains can be viewed on Saturday evening, from 7.30 to 9.30.

Interment at Evergreen Cemetery.

Camden’s Own ‘Miss Chips’

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Camden’s Own ‘Miss Chips’ - Camden Courier-Post, April 7, 1950 Camden’s Own ‘Miss Chips’ - Camden Courier-Post, April 7, 1950 Camden’s Own ‘Miss Chips’ - Camden Courier-Post, April 7, 1950 Camden’s Own ‘Miss Chips’ - Camden Courier-Post, April 7, 1950 Camden’s Own ‘Miss Chips’ - Camden Courier-Post, April 7, 1950

Mentor to City’s ‘First Names’ Thrills at Recounting Work

Former Pupils to Join in Fete for Lucy Dean Wilson

Lucy Dean Wilson says that if she had stayed in Camden High school any longer than her 37 years, she would have earned the right to be called “Miss Chips.” And it’s a sure thing that the thousands of pupils she taught during that span of time would heartily corroborate her opinion. Several hundreds of them are going to pay tribute to the veteran teacher—now retired—with a testimonial dinner at the Walt Whitman hotel on April 22. And the chief speakers will be two of her most distinguished pupils—State Supreme Court Justice Albert E. Burling and Congressman Wolverton.

“As I walk along Camden streets and see the dozens and dozens of names of people that I taught, it never fails to give me a thrill,” said the blue-eyed 75-year-old “Miss Chips.” “It seems as though I taught all the doctors and lawyers in town.”

Started Teaching in ‘96

Miss Wilson started teaching music and dramatics at the school in September, 1896. It then was located in the old “Post-Telegram” building on Federal street, between Front and Second streets. “How well I remember the little wooden ferry house and the greasy approach to Federal street,” said Miss Wilson, interviewed in her home at 408 Fourth avenue, Haddon Heights. “In those days, the school rooms were heated by big stoves,” she said. “And we could hear the presses rolling when the newspaper went into an edition.”

Horatio Draper was principal then, she said, adding that from the very beginning she taught the music public-speaking and dramatic classes. Logically enough, it was in the latter that Miss Wilson found the greatest drama—usually unintentional, of course.

Recalls Near-Tragedy

It was in 1936 that she experienced a near-tragedy while rehearsing a Christmas pantomime, which required not only a Santa Claus, enacted by a pupil named Ambrose Evens, but also a number of younger children taking roles as gnomes and fairies. “Late one afternoon, we were practising,” said Miss Wilson. “Suddenly, I heard the voice of some of the little boys calling. But to save my life, I couldn’t see where they were.” At that, young Evens told Miss Wilson he knew where the voices were coming from. It turned out that there was a considerable space between the ceiling and the roof, and Ambrose climbed up there to find out what the boys were doing.

Rafter Hopping

Actually, they were hopping from rafter to rafter, with nothing between them and the floor but a thin layer of plaster and lathe. As Miss Wilson stood holding her breath, she saw the Evens boy fall through, his legs kicking wildly. “Somehow, he had the presence of mind to throw his arms around the rafter,” said the teacher. “And then, by a terrific effort, he managed to pull himself up over the beam.” But for months after that, Miss Wilson sighed, every time she glanced up at the ceiling, she saw those helpless, kicking legs.

A happier incident occurred during the performance of a play called “The Elixir of Life,” which involved a scene showing the transition of a grandmother into an infant. That feat was arranged by having several actresses—starting with the grandmother—enter the stage, take a swig of the “elixir” and then return unmistakably 20 years younger.

My Grandmother

The climax, of course, was the appearance of a baby, enacted by Dorothea Pratt, herself a teacher now. Young Miss Pratt was carried onto the stage by her uncle, the late Thomas Pratt, who held her out to the audience, shouting: “This is my grandmother!”

“I think I was born to be a teacher, and I loved it,” said Miss Wilson. But much as she loved her profession, she says she enjoys her retirement more. “I always liked an extended vacation, and the more extended it was, the better I liked it,” she chuckled. “Retirement is my idea of the way a vacation ought to be extended.”

Miss Wilson was born and reared in Philadelphia, and for many years she daily crossed to Camden on the ferry. In 1928, she otok [sic] an apartment adjacent to the school, and has been living in New Jersey ever since. “I knew I was a Jerseyite at heart,” she said. “I love New Jersey.” Miss Wilson retired in 1933.

City Boy, 15, Crashes Car, Flees, Caught

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City Boy, 15, Crashes Car, Flees, Caught - Camden Courier-Post, June 15, 1959

A 15-year-old boy was caught by firemen when he tried to flee after crashing an automobile into a large overhangin [sic] door on No. 9 Firehouse on 27th st. near Federal shortly after 5 p. m. Sunday.

Ptl. John Troutman identified the young motorist as Thomas Sepicato, of the 1300 block Morton st.

According to Troutman, Sepicato was driving south on 27th st. when the car door opposite the driver’s side opened. In trying to close the door, Sepicato lost control of the car and it crashed into the firehouse door, breaking several panes of glass in the door and narrowly missed plowing into a hugh [sic] hook and ladder truck parked inside the firehouse.

After the crash, the boy jumped out of the car and fled, according to police, but was captured a half-block away by Laddermen Phillip B. Stinger and Edward DeHart and an unidentified taxi driver.

William F. Bosset, 19, of the 1200 block Chase st., owner of the car, said he had asked Sepicato to get some steak sandwiches and had “jokingly” tossed him the keys to the car but did not “expect” the boy to drive.

Sepicato, who was turned over to the custody of his parents, was given a ticket for careless driving and driving without a license. Bosset was given a ticket for allowing an unlicensed driver to operate his car.

Death Lurked on a Camden Street

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Death Lurked on a Camden Street - Philadelphia Inquirer, January 7, 1898 Death Lurked on a Camden Street - Philadelphia Inquirer, January 7, 1898 Death Lurked on a Camden Street - Philadelphia Inquirer, January 7, 1898 Death Lurked on a Camden Street - Philadelphia Inquirer, January 7, 1898

HARRY J. SCHAEFER STEPPED ON A LIVE WIRE AND DIED IN AWFUL AGONY.

WERE AFRAID TO AID HIM

Policemen Stood Near, But No One Warned the Pedestrian of His Danger—The Broken Wire Had Been Shooting Out Sparks for Half an Hour.

Deadly electric wires claimed a victim in Camden last evening. Harry J. Schaefer, a silk spinner, 22 years old, of 60[?] Vine street, in that city, was shocked to death by a live wire on Tenth street above Market about 6 o’clock. Schaefer was crossing Tenth street, laughing and talking with a friend named Long, when his foot came in contact with the wire. He fell to the ground and cried:

“Won’t some one hold me up?”

AFRAID TO HELP HIM.

These were the unfortunate man’s last words. As he writhed in agony his hands clutched a tangle of copper wire, part of the debris from the recent storm. The current ran through his body and shot from his burning hands in sparks and flashes of blue flame. Long and several other spectators standing on the corner were afraid to risk death in an effort to release Schaefer.

Finally some one secured a hatchet and, mounting a chair, severed the wire through which the deadly current was passing. Immediately Schaefer’s convulsive movements ceased and a policeman, who put a lantern near his face, found he was dead. The body was removed to the young man’s home.

The dead man’s hands were burned to the bone and a ghastly streak on one side of his face showed where the live wire had touched the flesh. The bottoms of his shoes were burned through, the deadly current having passed through the full length of the body.

A DEATH TRAP.

According to the statement of Policeman McClung, who was an eye witness of the tragedy, Schaefer’s death could have been avoided. He says the wire extended from a pole on Tenth street to the south side of Federal, and it parted about half an hour before Schaefer’s death. Federal and Market streets run together at Tenth, and the broken wire fell across the Market street trolley wire. There are no guard wires on Camden’s trolley system, consequently the fallen wire received the trolley current and sparks shot from it, making a display that soon drew a crowd.

Policeman Anderson went to the Camden electric light works and reported the dangerous wire. The current was shut off the Market street circuit, but the subsequent fatality seems to show that the broken wire was attached to the Cooper street circuit.

HAD NO WARNING.

A trolley car soon came along on the Market street line. The motorman put on his rubber gloves, removed the wire from the trolley and threw it up Tenth street. It laid there, and in a few minutes Schaefer came down Tenth street, and stepped on it before he could be warned of his danger.

Two officials of the Camden Electric Lighting Company arrived on the scene shortly after the accident, and claimed that Schaefer was killed by the current from a guy wire that had fallen across the trolley wire. This is denied by representatives of the Camden Horse Railroad Company, who say that it was undoubtedly an electric light wire. Coroner Hopper will hold an inquest.

Camden Protected During Big Blaze

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Camden Protected During Big Blaze - Camden Courier-Post, July 11, 1933 Camden Protected During Big Blaze - Camden Courier-Post, July 11, 1933

3 Firemen Off Duty Commandeer Truck and Wait for Any Emergency

With all available fire-fighting apparatus at the Kaighn’s Point conflagration, three members of the city fire department who were off duty nevertheless provided Camden with its only protection against other fires by breaking into an abandoned firehouse and manning a fire truck.

Captain Clarence Madden and Firemen John Mulligan and George Garner, attached to the fire house at Twenty-seventh and Federal streets, heard the third alarm and knowing that all the city’s companies were summoned to the fire, decided to go on duty to be ready for any other emergency.

They hurried to the fire house. The No. 5 truck has been out of commission for some time and they were unable to move it.

Jumping into Madden’s own car, they went to the Fourth and Vine streets house which has been discontinued. A truck was inside.

But they found all doors locked. Forcing a rear window they entered and broke the padlock on the front door and drove the truck to headquarters at Fifth and Arch streets, where they reported and remained on call until the return of the other companies.

They were commended by Chief John H. Lennox for their resourcefulness.

Hurley Based Success in Life and in Business on Square Deal to All

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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.

East Side Woman Hurt on Trolley

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Mrs. Charles Conner Trips Over Suit Case Standing in Aisle of Car.

DAY’S HAPPENINGS ‘CROSS THE CREEK

Mrs. Charles Conner, of 2407 Howell street, a well-known and respected resident of this section, was painfully injured last evening about 6.30 o’clock while alighting from a trolley car at Twenty-fourth and Federal streets. Mrs. Connor tripped over a suit case standing in the aisle, and was thrown heavily to the ground. She was picked up by Policemen Pedigree and Johnston and taken into the restaurant of Mr. Nicholas Donahue, at 2407 Federal street, where she was revived. She was then later taken to her home and a physician summoned, who pronounced that she was not injured seriously, but was badly bruised and shaken up. It was lucky that no bones were broken.

J. C. Penney Chain Leases Store Here

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Old Munger & Long Site Acquired by Firm Entering Camden

The J. C. Penney Company, of New York, one of America’s big chain department stores, has taken a 20-year lease on the old Munger & Long department store property at Broadway and Federal street, until recently occupied by Stecker & Sons.

This announcement, comprising one of the most far-reaching developments in Camden’s real estate and mercantile fields in recent years, was made yesterday by the Lit Company, 207 North Sixth street, who negotiated the lease with John O. Wilson and Furman A. DeMaris, attorneys for Clarence A. and Herbert N. Munger, the owners.

The Penney company will take possession and begin operation of the new store about August 1. New floors will be laid, new show windows built, and the most modern lighting and ventilating arrangements will be installed.

The terms of the Penney company lease were not disclosed, but the gross rental consideration for the 20-year period was reported to be more than $1,000,000. The new tenants will take over the entire building, four floors and basement, with nearly 50,000 feet of floor space, except for a small section on the ground floor corner occupied by a Schulte cigar store, and a portion of the first floor rear which even under the Stecker management has been used by the F. W. Woolworth Company.

The Penney organization has stores in every state of the Union, with yearly sales around $180,000,000, and the Camden unit will be the 146th store in the chain.

“The leasing of the old Munger & Long property by the Penney organization should go far toward increasing business in Camden’s entire retail shopping district,” said an official of the Lit Company.

J. C. Penney started with one store and $500 cash in a town of 900 persons in Wyoming 30 years ago, doing $29,000 in sales his first year. Operating on a partnership arrangement under which store managers have acquired common stock in the company, the organization expanded to 500 stores in 22 years, mostly in the West, which have been nearly tripled in the last eight years.

The Young Syndicate

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FROM AN OLD DIRECTORY

‘Coop’ Carman and Willard Morgan Led Movement for New Blood in G.O.P. Culminating in Bitter Battles of Race Track Days

Second in a new series of articles on Camden affairs and personalities of yesteryear inspired by a 50-year-old directory.

By BEN COURTER

Allusion to officials of Camden half a century ago has brought a flood of memories to older residents and particularly those interested in the political game—the great American game. While the directory of 1882 speaks of Richard C. Thompson holding the office of city clerk, mention of whom was made last week, it also was stated that D. Cooper Carman had held the office from 1884 until his death in 1889, at the early age of 35 years. It is Carman’s name which has revived in the minds of veteran political workers his activity and that of the “young syndicate,” which had concluded, as is the case in all organizations, it was time for old stagers to step aside for those of more youthful years.

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Carman had been elected to city council in the Spring election of 1882 from the Fourth Ward, his home then being at Broadway and Federal street, where the Munger & Long building now stands. But his election was contested by Frederick M. Bourquin and Carman did not serve. Two years later he was again elected, at the same time appointed city clerk, and this resulted in another contest in which the court laid down the dictum that a member of council could not vote for himself for public office. “Coop,” as he was known to his familiars, promptly resigned from Council and was promptly elected city clerk.

The ‘Young Syndicate’

With Carman, as former City Clerk William D. Brown recalls, was associated J. Willard Morgan and Henry M. Snyder, something of a balance between the two.

That combination carried things along pretty much as they pleased for a time and as one of the developments Maurice A. Rogers, down in the Fifth Ward and a councilman, was taken up as a Senatorial candidate against Colonel George Pfeiffer, Jr., a decade later to be the builder of Camden’s artesian water plant. The colonel, long one of Camden’s most popular men, had defeated the Republicans as a result of the factional fight between Henry L. Bonsall, editor of the Post, and Thomas Dudley, famed consul to Liverpool during Civil War days. But with the “young syndicate” back of him, Rogers won the Senate seat in 1890, taking his office January 1, 1891.

But in the meanwhile Carman suddenly died at his mother’s home, at 11.10 on the night of September 11, 1889. At the time apoplexy was given as the cause. His sudden demise caused a profound shock and at his funeral four days later leaders in business and politics paid homage, with such men as Gen. William J. Sewell, Sinnickson Chew, Howard Carrow, Wilson Jenkins, E. A. Armstrong, B. M. Braker and many others attending. The bell in the old City Hall tower tolled as the cortege passed on the way to old Camden cemetery. And even yet, after these more than four decades, “Coop” Carman is quite vividly recalled by those who were then active on the political stage.

Carman’s Death Big Loss

Carman’s death was a big loss to the “young syndicate,” but it did not halt its activity. Since Rogers had won so easily in the 1890 election it was concluded there would be nothing to it when he was renominated for another two-year term. Rogers was by no means friendly to “Billy” Thompson’s race track, then in the heyday of its popularity with the sports of Gloucester City, a period when that community had all the earmarks of a wild and wooly western city, attractive to thousands of lovers of horseflesh, touts, gamblers and the usual hangers-on.

Thompson concluded it would be far better to have someone in the Senate from Camden county who would regard his interests with more favor than Rogers.

Thus he decided on Frederick A. Rex, his personal counsel, a very able young attorney, and a Republican. Since at that time the Democratic police commission was in control of the cops it was considered easy to get possession of the polls. As Brown recalls it, the rivals of Rogers planned a “zero hour” at which cops, at the crack of a pistol, were to descend on polls considered close at the primaries, frighten off the regular voters and corral enough to elect Rex.

Particular effort was to be made to sweep the Sixth Ward, where Thad Varney, elected city clerk to succeed Carman, was “boss,” and thus give him a political black eye. In Varney’s precinct in particular when the rumpus started “Brockie” Deno and “Al” Haydon, both widely known firemen now dead, grabbed the ballot box, lowered it down a chimney, fished it out when the racket was passed, went to Avis’ livery stable, and later to Varney’s home, where the votes were counted. In these sophisticated days such counting would unquestionably not be considered “according to Hoyle,” but then anything went just so the particular faction had its bag of tricks in effective operation. Anyhow, Rogers won the primaries, but there still was the general election to hurdle and Thompson was by no means beaten. He had plenty of money and many followers, some sincere, many just sycophants.

Repeaters Foiled

It was charged a scheme was on foot to bring repeaters from Philadelphia, not an unusual procedure in the political game of Camden years ago in either party. One of the “young syndicate’s” lieutenants learned the plot, told General Sewell, who sent the informant to Dave Martin, then Philadelphia’s political boss, who heard the story. The upshot was General Sewell himself saw Martin later, who was quite willing to aid Jersey’s G.O.P. leader, flooded Camden with sleuths from over the river and such close tabs were kept on the repeating army its efforts were halted from the very dawn of that very stirring election day. Rogers was elected, was made president of the Senate and for a time loomed so large on Jersey’s political horizon he had gubernatorial aspirations, but they never were realized.

Thus out of the old yellowed book Frank Albright, city clerk of the present epoch, dug from the archives memories are revived of a very gallant young politician, “Coop” Carman, and some of the stirring incidents that make up Camden’s political history. The “young syndicate” was just one of the episodes, as the first “reform” outbreak in 1882, or the Committee of 100 scrap of 1897, or the Non-Partisan upheaval of ‘23, but such never lose interest to those who have joined those movements with enthusiasm, even though they were often not altogether satisfied with what had been accomplished.

4-Month Sentence for Number Writer

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Judge Disputes Attorney’s Statement on ‘Experience’ of Defendant

Four months in the county jail was ordered yesterday for Joseph Wallace, 27, of 5733 Rogers avenue, Merchantville, after he pleaded guilty to engaging in a lottery.

The term was imposed by Common Pleas Court Judge Clifford A. Baldwin. Wallace admitted he had a small quantity of numbers slips and $5.14 in cash derived from numbers sales in his pockets when arrested at Thirty-fourth and Federal streets by county detectives on May 17.

Carl Kisselman, Camden attorney who defended Lou Barron, Philadelphia numbers baron, recently, was counsel for Wallace. Baron was fined $750 and given a suspended sentence by Judge W. H. Sharp, of Vineland, substituting for Judge Baldwin.

Baldwin, before pronouncing sentence, asked Kisselman: “How long has this man been in the numbers business?”

Kisselman answered: “Two weeks.”

“That’s strange,” Baldwin countered, “I have a paper here which says he forfeited $50 in Pennsauken township two years ago after he had been arrested on a lotery [sic] charge.”

Kisselman answered he did not think the prisoner had jumped his bail on that charge. He asserted Wallace was arrested “on suspicion” and put up the $50 and then forfeited it. The attorney averred the township police had no evidence to substantiate the lottery charge against Wallace.

The numbers writer was arrested by County Detective Elmer Mathis who told Baldwin the prosecutor’s office had received a number of complaints that a man was engaged in a lottery business on Federal street. He and Detective Joseph Benni watched Wallace for some time before making the arrest, he said.

Starts Panic on Trolley

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Prisoner Handcuffed to Detective Gives Passengers Scare

Fighting desperately for his liberty, William C. Drew, handcuffed to County Detective John Cherry, created a furore in a trolley car on Market street, Camden, yesterday, when he bolted for the door. It was necessary to stop the car while the detective fought with his obstreperous prisoner, finally subduing him and landing him safely in the county jail. Drew was committed to prison by Justice Garrison, along with the man’s 16-year-old sister-in-law, on a serious charge preferred by Detective Lawrence Doran.

When Cherry and Doran went to Drew’s house at Twenty-third and Federal streets they captured the man as he was about to enter the house. Knowing he had a desperate man to deal with, Detective Cherry chained himself to his prisoner when they boarded the trolley car for the jail, a mile and a half distant. The car was filled with passengers. Drew bolted, dragging the detective with him. When he reached the step he tried to throw himself off the car, but Cherry held on to him. Then the car stopped and he became docile after the chains had been twisted until Drew yelled with pain.

Horses Bolt, Trample Three During School Pupils’ Parade

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Plunging Horses Injure Three in Parade Crowd

Photo by Emerson Penrose, Courier-Post Staff Photographer

Two horses drawing a float in the school children’s Flag Day parade yesterday are shown charging the crowd at Broadway and Carman street in this unusual action photograph. This plunge was the third wild dash of the frightened horses into spectators. A few minutes earlier the horses dashed into the crowd at Broadway and Federal street and injured two women and a boy. Children and spectators are seen scattering while several men are running to halt the frightened animals.

Team Pulling Float Dashes Into Crowd; Many Knocked Down

6000 Children March in Flag Day Pageant

75,000 Observe Colorful Procession Through Camden Streets

By LOUIS J. GALE

Celebrating the anniversary of the flag and the George Washington Bicentennial, more than 6000 school children yesterday provided Camden the most colorful pageant in its history.

Injuring of three persons by two horses which bolted the parade and plunged into spectators at Broadway and Federal street, caused a wild scramble at that intersection.

An estimated 75,000 persons viewed the procession from sidewalks, buildings and homes.

Two other spectators were treated at hospitals, one suffering a cut when he fell in the crowds and another fainting.

Quick action by police and bystanders prevented further casualties when they quieted the frightened horses.

Horses Pulled Float

The horses were pulling the Camden Catholic High School float depicting George Washington crossing the Delaware river. At Broadway and Market street, the horses shied at some paper and dashed across to the east sidewalk on Broadway.

The horses were partly on the sidewalk, scattering the women and children standing there, when Albert B. Archer, special bank officer; Freeholder Samuel Edwards and Motorcycle Policeman William Moll halted the animals. They were quieted and their driver said it would be all right to proceed.

But at Broadway and Federal street the horses again got out of hand and a rein broke as the driver tried to stop them. The animals plunged into the school band ahead of them and started for the sidewalk when they were stopped.

Two Women Hurt

Two women and a boy were injured when the horses trampled them. They were taken to Cooper Hospital by a police ambulance. William Lee, 15, of 32 North Ninth street, was treated for contusions of the ankle. Mrs. Charlotte Crandell, 77, of 566 Carman street, suffered bruises of the forehead and shock. Mrs. Marie Taylor, 33, of 24 Church street, was treated for bruises of the left arm.

A block farther south, at Carman street, the horses again rushed to the sidewalk. Police and bystanders checked them, but not before several spectators were knocked down.

A half hour after the horses bolted, Eugene Born, 79, of 794 Vine street, fell while standing with spectators at the courthouse. His forehead was cut above the right eye and he was treated at Cooper Hospital. A few minutes late [sic] Miss Ruth

Horses Injure 3, Stampede Crowd at Flag Parade

Near-Panic Follows Team’s Plunge at Broadway and Federal

Woman Watcher Faints

Reed, 17, of 7715 Marion avenue, Pennsauken, fainted while watching the parade. She was revived at the hospital.

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spire, completed in 1888 under Dean Fitzimmons, and is the Cathedral Church of the Diocese.

As there was no Catholic cemetery nearer than Gloucester or Philadelphia in 1863, Father Byrne set about obtaining one. He found a plot of approximately 9 acres at the junction of Westfield Avenue and Federal Street, which he purchased from William B. Cooper. This plot became St. Patrick’s cemetery, the eastern end of which is now the site of St. Joseph’s Church, School, and Rectory.

A considerable number of German immigrants in Camden necessitated the erection of a German parish, which took place under Father Thurnes in 1867. The property of the Second Baptist Church at Fourth and Division Streets was secured, and became the Roman Catholic Church of Saints Peter and Paul, May 3, 1867. The church now known as Sts. Peter and Paul Church, on the corner of Spruce and St. John Streets was erected in 1888. The building at Fourth and Division was taken over in 1903 by the Italian Catholics when Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish began. St. Peter’s parish in Merchantville also began in 1903.

In 1872 a wooden mission church was put up at Eighth and Van Hook Streets to accommodate the Catholics of South Camden. This was the beginning of the Sacred Heart parish, though the parish

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Stockton was set up within the township in 1894, and annexed to the City of Camden March 24, 1899. As constituted at present East Camden is a combination of Stockton, Pavonia, old Spicerville, later known as Wrightsville, Cramer Hill, Dudley, and the newer section of Rosedale.

After 1874 Mr. Alfred Cramer began to buy the land in the East Camden section and to develop it. He bought the old Horner farm, the holdings of the Pavonia Land Association and various other holdings of Samuel H. French, William Cooper and others.

The development of real estate north of Cooper Creek attracted a number of those who had migrated not long before from Germany, Poland, and Ireland. Quite a few of the German Catholics came from Saints Peter and Paul parish, and from Saint Boniface’s in Philadelphia. In order to get to Mass in those early days, Catholics had either to walk to Sts. Peter and Paul’s, or to the Immaculate, or else get the 8 or 9 o’clock ferry from north 28th street and go over to Philadelphia, where there were a number of churches within reasonable walking distance. This latter method was easier for those who lived in the vicinity of the ferry, and thus it came to pass that many East Camden people were baptized, confirmed, and married in one of the nearby Philadelphia Churches.

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As the number of East Camden Catholics grew, however, it became evident that a parish church and a resident priest were necessary for proper worship, instruction, and care of the people. In 1890 a meeting was held in the Boyce home on Cooper Street, now 27th, and those present approved a petition to the Right Reverend Michael J. O’Farrell, Bishop of Trenton, to aid them in building their own church. Advice was sought several times from the priests at the Immaculate Conception Church, and Staints [sic] Peter and Paul’s Church, but the Immaculate Conception parish was trying to pay for the church spire at the time, and could not afford to erect a Mission Church; and both of the Catholic Churches then in Camden were handicapped by a shortage of priests. But early in 1892 Bishop O’Farrell directed the Franciscan Fathers on Spruce Street to establish and care for the Pavonia Mission.

Joseph Schneider, Sr., Joseph Widua, and Thomas Campbell, the members of the building committee, secured Wright’s Hall at Marlton Pike and Federal Streets for services at the charge of $10.00 a Sunday. And on the fly leaf of the account book of the Pavonia Mission we read: “Said Mass in Wright’s Hall, Wrightsville, New Jersey for the first time on Sunday, February 7, 1892, and thereafter every first and second Sunday of the

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month, at 9 o’clock, A.M. Rev. Peter W. Scharoun, O.M.C.” Sunday School was conducted at the home of Mrs. Boyce, and taught by her all the rest of 1892. And thus was begun Saint Joseph’s Parish in East Camden.

On April 20, 1893, “at a special meeting of the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Corporation, the following resolution was passed:

“Whereas the spiritual welfare of Catholics living in Pavonia, Wrightsville, [sic] organize a suitable place of worship:

“Resolved that we build a church, with school rooms on the first floor, on lots purchased of Alfred Cramer, having obtained consent of the president of the corporation, the Right Reverend Michael Joseph O’Farrell, Bishop of Trenton:

“Resolved that the church be built according to the plans furnished by Architect John D’arcy of Camden. Rev. Alphonse Lehrscholl, Sec’y.”

The certificate of incorporation was filed and recorded four days later, April 24, 1893. A campaign was launched immediately for the raising of funds to buy the lots and build the church. The committee had planned to have Fridolin Spuhler buy the lots for them and pay him back later, but he happened to be in Europe at the time. It was arranged to purchase the nine lots through individuals. Joseph Schneider, Sr., agreed to buy 3, George

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Bigler, Sr., 1, Joseph Widua 3, Andrew Gabriel 1. The reason for this method of purchase was the reluctance generally prevalent at the time to refuse to sell ground to a Catholic Church corporation for the building of a church.

Suppers, subscriptions, ground cards, and other money raising devices were employed in the gallant effort to pay for the ground and building, but they were not sufficient at the time. Therefore on September 15, 1893, “a special meeting of the members of Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church Corporation was called to consider the means of obtaining money to pay for the building of Saint Joseph’s Church. A resolution was passed to execute a mortgage on the Church for $3,000.00, and one for $2,000.00 on the six adjoining lots.” On January 10, 1894 another mortgage of $3,000.00 was placed on the Church. The new structure was completed in October and dedicated December 16, 1893.

It is hard for us today to picture the little parish of less than 40 families, the scattered houses, the extensive farms west of River Road, south of Howell Street, and along 27th Street, but such was the case.

Father Alphonse was assigned to another parish in October, 1895. Four priests succeeded him before the turn of the century. Father Ambrose Rheiner arrived in December, 1895 and stayed till February, 1897. Father Hirschmeyer, a diocesan

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priest, took over March 6, 1897 and remained till September, 1899. Father Hendricks came for about one week, until the coming of the Reverend Doctor Joseph Rathner, September 17, 1899.

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.

In October, 1915, the old church at 25th and Howell Streets was badly damaged by fire, and the contract for repairs was awarded to James W. Draper at a cost of $3,987.00. While the building was being renovated, Mass was said in the old theater at 24th and Federal Streets.

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The Origin of St. Joseph’s Parish—Continued

After World War 1 [sic] a building boom started in East Camden. The congregation of Saint Joseph’s parish grew rapidly, and it became necessary to seek a new site for a Church and School.

Father Shuvlin was directed to take the site formerly occupied by Saint Patrick’s cemetery. He purchased this ground for $55,000.00. Those who had been buried there were removed principally to Calvary cemetery. Plans for a fine school building were drawn up by Mr. H. G. Dagit, and the contract for its construction was let to the Farrell and Rath Company of Philadelphia, for the sum of $186,687, which included all but heating. The heating contract was let separately for $11,461.00, the cost of furnishings about $25,000.00, which brought the debt at the time to a total of $223,148.00. The new convents and rectory were to come later.

The new building, completed in 1929, was intended primarily as a total school unit. Father Shuvlin had hoped to build a basement church facing Federal Street, but events in 1929 forestalled that step.

Early in January, 1930, the parishioners of Saint Joseph’s were shocked to hear from Father Shuvlin that he had received notification of transfer to Riverside. The new pastor, the Rev. Charles G. McCorristin, arrived in the middle of January, 1930, to take up the weighty burden of the now sizeable and deeply indebted

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Music Saturday and Sunday Nights

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BEN NIEWINSKI’S CAFE

Camden and Scheidt’s Beer from Keg

...Tempting Platters...

1898 RIVER AVE.

Camden 9796

Inter-Urban Real Estate and Insurance Offices

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Cor. 26TH ST. AND RIVER AVE., CAMDEN

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1879—J. V. SCHMID 1889—W. F. SCHMID 1924—R. L. SCHMID

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parish. The parish plant was still incomplete, so in March of 1930 plans for a new rectory were approved and the contract for its construction awarded. The auditorium was enlarged to accommodate the increasing congregation, the old church being now quite inadequate. In July of 1930 Father McCorristin purchased the house of Mrs. Anne Bendinger at 29th and Carman Streets, and the lots adjoining. On these lots in the following year a twin brick dwelling was erected, both buildings being required as a convent for the Sisters.

In September, 1930, Father McCorristin received an assistant in the person of the Rev. Raymond J. Kavanaugh, who remained until March, 1931. Father William Brennan succeeded him, and he was joined by another assistant in July of the same year. Father Brecker was stationed in Saint Joseph’s parish from July, 1931, to April, 1938. The Reverend James S. Foley came to the parish to fill the place vacated by Father Brennan in June, 1932, and he remained for more than three years. The Reverend Joseph J. Donnelly replaced him for a few months, followed by the Reverend James C. Foley, who was stationed in Saint Joseph’s from June, 1936, to April, 1938.

Father McCorristin was pastor of Saint Joseph’s until March, 1937. The Reverend Edward A. McKenna took charge of the

Phone, Merch. 9211 Mary Hinkson, Prop.

Hinkson’s Cafe

Orchestra and Floor Show Wed., Fri., Sat. and Sunday

Bob Oney and Harry Clark at the Taps

27TH ST. AND MARLTON PIKE PENNSAUKEN

Phone, Camden 900

Joseph Munger & Son

BUILDER OF HOMES

No Job Too Large or Too Small

3302 River Ave., Camden Main and Locust Sts., Marlton, N. J.

Rich Brothers, Inc.

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Camden 2896

Coal - Ice - Fuel Oil - Coke

36TH ST. AND ROSEDALE AVE.

MURPHY SERVICE

Bell Phone, 350

Sales and Service Commercial Beverage

Cooling Systems
Cases and Coolers

2508 Federal Street Camden

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parish April 22, 1937, Father James McGrath acting as administrator in the interim before Father McKenna’s arrival.

April of 1938 saw the change of Father Brecker and Father Foley and the arrival of the Reverend Francis J. Hegarty and the Reverend John Wieckowski. Father Hegarty became Superintendent of diocesan parochial schools in 1942, and was succeeded on April 4, 1942 by the Reverend George E. Sharkey. Father John became an army chaplain in November, 1942. He was replaced for a few months by the Reverend Bernard Frank, O.M.C. The Reverend Eugene P. Kerley came to the parish in April, 1943.

In December, 1938, Father McKenna installed a bell in the school tower, and not long afterwards made improvements in the interior of the auditorium, striving to remove the theatrical atmosphere and make the building more church-like. Again in 1943 further improvements have been made by tearing out the stage and remodeling the sanctuary.

1943, The Golden Jubilee Year of the parish, will be remembered by the parishioners of Saint Joseph’s for a number of reasons. Father William Regan, a native of the parish, was advanced to the priesthood and sang his First Solemn High Mass here on April 11th. A Golden Jubilee Debt Reduction Fund was set up, and a total of about $20,000.00 was collected for

INGRAM MOTOR SALES CO.

Camden 686

Service on All Makes of Cars

OLDSMOBILE SIX AND EIGHT

Products of General Motors

2008 FEDERAL ST.

John S. Ingram J. Nelson Ingram

JAMES MARTIN & SONS

Plastering Contractor

6835 HIGHLAND AVENUE

Camden 4781

South Camden Garage

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The Only One-Stop Service

539-41 S. 5th St. Camden, N. J.

Cor. 5th and Royden Sts.

Camden 4814

JOHN B. KING

Phone 927J

Wholesale Confectioner

“Distributor of Better Confectionery”

FOUNTAIN SUPPLIES,
ICE CREAM BOXES, CONES
AND PAPER BAGS, ETC.

3816 WESTFIELD AVENUE

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it. As we look back over a half a century, we see the parish to have grown from a handful of families to the great size of more than 2,600, or more than 10,000 souls. Seven hundred and five children attend our school, which is staffed by 18 Sisters of Saint Francis. The $15,000.00 plant at 25th and Howell Streets in 1893 has yielded to the spacious grounds and buildings at 29th and Westfield, worth more than $350,000.00. Through the consistent generosity of his parishioners the present pastor has been enabled to reduce the original debt by almost $200,000.00. It will not be long, let us hope, before the entire indebtedness is completely paid and further steps taken to care for the spiritual needs of our people in this rapidly growing section, fulfilling in ever more perfect ways the command of our Divine Master: “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and behold, I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.”

Soli Deo Gloria

Buy More and More War Bonds
Write Often and Let the Boys Know
Official O.P.A. Tire Inspection Station
No. 16

Esso RALPH’S Service

(Ralph R. Scian)

2706-14 FEDERAL STREET

“A World of Service Under One Roof”

Camden 9422

Sales and Service

RICE & HOLMAN

Moorestown Pike and Union Avenue
Merchantville, N. J.

WE WILL PAY HIGHEST CASH
PRICE FOR YOUR USED CAR

See Us First

Phone, 2700

Knights of Columbus

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Compliments

Camden Council

No. 439

Compliments of

MILLSIDE FARMS

RIVERSIDE, N. J.

It’s always convenient to shop at

KOTLIKOFF’S

Camden’s Most Modern

DEPARTMENT STORE

25th and Federal Sts.

Visit Our Exclusive
Men’s and Boys’ Clothing Store

Phones, 988-989

Oil Burners - Fuel Oil - Otto Coke

PAVONIA ICE AND COAL

“Blue Coal”

23RD AND HOWELL STS., CAMDEN

St. Joseph A. A.

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Compliments of

Compliments of

WM. SCHLORER & SONS

8th and Chestnut Sts.

Camden, N. J.

Headquarters for Stetson Hats

$5.00 to $20.00

KLINE & GALLIMORE

518 Federal Street

Camden 1145

JACOB NADEN—Says . . . —

All we hope for is an

ALLIED PEACE . . . —

and Buy Only What You Need in

GIFTS—FURNITURE—TOYS

at “My Only Store”

24th and Federal Sts. Camden, N. J.

Seltnab

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Compliments of

ED FLANAGAN

MOBILGAS MOBILOIL

46TH ST. AND WESTFIELD AVE.

Complete Servicing in All Its Branches Expertly Performed

Camden 9878 J. Zimmerman, Mgr.

CAMDEN BOWLING CENTER, Inc.

805 FEDERAL STREET

Camden

Phone, 10153 We Never Close

BLACK CAT DINER

Special Platters and Sandwiches

Cigars and Cigarettes

STATE AND FEDERAL STREETS
CAMDEN

Emerson 0281 Est. 1915

CAMDEN MILLWORK CO.

Manufacturers of

LUMBER AND HARDWARE

327-31 PINE STREET CAMDEN

Phone, Camden 9153

CAMDEN RECREATION CENTER

Bowl for Health

2200 FEDERAL ST. CAMDEN, N. J.

Andy Yorke, Manager

Best Wishes from

COOPER HOSIERY STORES

2635½ WESTFIELD AVE.

Camden, N. J.

KAY-MEL SHOP

Dresses—Suits—Coats—Millinery

For Every Occasion

Our Only Store

Open Mon., Thurs., Fri., Sat. Evenings

Camden 3223

Bell Phone, 10259

MAC’S CAFE

John MacDougall, Prop.

N.W. Cor. MARKET AT NINTH STREET

Camden

ROSEDALE DEPT. STORE, Inc.

3406 FEDERAL STREET

F. Kotlikoff, Mgr.

Camden 8342

Cartun

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Bell Phone

Wholesale

WALL PAPER - PAINT - HARDWARE

3507-09 Federal Street Camden

Compliments of

FEDERAL PHARMACY

H. Trautenberg, Ph.G.

S.E. Cor. 35TH AND FEDERAL STS.

Camden, N. J.

Phones, 882M, 5754M

STAR ICE AND COAL SERVICE

Fred Goehringer & Son

Top-Icer Headquarters

QUALITY COAL—PURE ICE
OIL BURNERS—FUEL OIL

126 AND 141 NORTH 26TH ST.
CAMDEN

Phone, Camden 6409J

BARRY’S CLOTHES, Inc.

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S CLOTHING

11 & 13 Marlton Pk. at 21st & Federal Sts.

(Opposite Penn-Jersey Auto Stores)

Camden, N. J.

You Can’t Wear Overhead, Why Pay for It?

Phone, Camden 4342

CAMDEN WELDING CO.

WELDERS AND MACHINISTS

1301-1307 South Sixth St., Camden, N. J.

Bell, Camden 0857 Keystone, 36182

ANTONIO MECCA

FUNERAL DIRECTOR and EMBALMER

819 South Fourth Street Camden

Camden 0899 Free Delivery

“We Keep You in Good Spirits”

FEDERAL LIQUOR CO.

IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC WINES
LIQUOR AND BEER

S.W. Cor. 24th and Federal Streets

Camden, N. J.

Merch. 9693

PARKVIEW STABLES

ROUTE 40

Just Below Garden State Race Track

Schooling Horses—Boarding Horses

Horses for Hiring—Horses for Sale

Pat Massi, Prop.

Phone, Camden 2772

Established 1876

TIEDEKEN BROS.

AUTOMOBILE

Fenders - Bodies - Repairs - Refinishing

429-31-33 VAN HOOK STREET

Compliments of

M. BARBELL, P.T.

Walen’s

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Men’s Union-Made Work Clothes

Boys’ Wear Pants and Shoes

. . . “FOR MEN” . . .

ARMY AND NAVY GOODS

2609 Westfield Ave. Camden, N. J.

Bell Phone, 0538 Keystone, 27461

DIAMOND POULTRY DEALERS

Dressers - Packers - Shippers

FANCY JERSEY POULTRY

2221 Federal Street Camden, N. J.

Bell Phone, Camden 5757
Keystone Phone, Camden 23882

M. BLOOM & CO.

WHOLESALE FRUIT AND PRODUCE

215-217 Kaighn Avenue Camden, N. J.

Compliments of

F. W. WOOLWORTH CO.

26TH AND FEDERAL STREETS

SANITARY BARBER SHOP

We Specialize in

Ladies’ and Children’s Haircutting

2709 WESTFIELD AVE. CAMDEN

Camden 5989

VICTORY DENTAL LABORATORIES

2603 Westfield Ave.

For Dental Profession Only

Camden 2553W

Ask About Joining Our Dress Club

SHIRLDINE DRESS SHOP

Leaders in Style and Price

Wear the Best for Less

2629 WESTFIELD AVE. CAMDEN

“We’re Growing on Quality”

GAUDIO BROTHERS

Wholesale Distributors of

FRUITS AND PRODUCE

Sole Distributors—Dulany Frosted Foods

Member of National League

SECOND ST. AND KAIGHN AVE.

Camden 7754

Compliments of

GUSTAV SCHWOERI

S.E. Cor. 7TH AND CHESTNUT STS.

Camden

Day Phone, 2854R Night Phone, 2599W

BIGLER’S

EAST END FLOWER SHOP

2628 Federal Street Camden

Westfield Acres Community Store

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Frosted Foods

Groceries—Delicatessen

Magazines—Newspapers

Hershey’s Ice Cream—Notions

Full Line of Fresh Meats

402 N. 32ND ST. Camden 10103

Sportswear Open Evenings

THE SELECT SHOP

DRESSES—COATS—MILLINERY

2633 Westfield Ave. 425 Kaighn Ave.

Camden

Compliments of

JOS. CAMPBELL

CIGAR STORE

129 North Eleventh Street

Phone, 9803

Harold R. Praul

SWISS WATCH SHOP

GIFTS—EXPERT WATCH REPAIRING

RELIGIOUS GOODS—JEWELER

419 Broadway

BLUE RIDGE

BARBER SHOP SERVICE

Is Second to None

Enjoy the Best and Most Skilful Service in Town

2406 FEDERAL STREET CAMDEN

BUDDY’S

Original Submarine Sandwiches

2001 FEDERAL ST. - 1010 KAIGHN AVE.

Compliments of

MARTY SEGAL

Camden 1722

DiMONA’S

FURNITURE AND JEWELRY STORE

921 Broadway, Cor. Cherry St.

Compliments of

‘EDDIES’

MEN’S AND BOYS’ STORE

2635 Westfield Avenue Camden

Buy on Budget Plan

Phone, Cam. 10162

BILL’S CAFE

Wm. C. Grams, Mgr.

2079 FEDERAL ST. CAMDEN, N. J.

Garden State Amusement Co.

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For Service, Call Camden 0978

If No Answer, Call 5720

A Complete Amusement and Vending Machine Service

338 N. 7TH ST., CAMDEN, N. J.

Joseph H. Stalbaum

Compliments of

DALY’S

. . . READY CASH . . .

Rates—2½% Per Month

BUDGET PLAN CORPORATION

BROADWAY AT CARMAN ST.

Entrance, 558 Carman St.

Phone, Camden 5302-5303 License No. 620

Charles A. Dougherty, Mgr.

Compliments of

EAST SIDE
ITALIAN DEMOCRATIC CLUB

2316 MICKLE STREET

Buy Stamps - Buy Bonds

and

Buy and Save at the

QUALITY DRUG COMPANY

PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED

In Camden: 2603 Westfield Ave.

506 Federal Street 449 Kaighn Avenue

Camden 10134 Breyer’s Ice Cream

SMALL’S

FROSTED FRESH FOODS

DELICATESSEN—SANDWICHES

2750 Federal Street

Open Sundays and Evenings

Compliments of

J. M.

Telephone, 607 Open Evenings

LOU’S FAMILY LIQUOR STORE

WINES—LIQUORS—CORDIALS

18 Popular Brands of Beer

2301 FEDERAL ST. CAMDEN, N. J.

HELLER’S PHARMACY

M. Heller, Ph.G.

3631 WESTFIELD AVENUE

Camden, N. J.

Phones, Camden 9356-9148

Camden 0673

Compliments

HALLER’S BAKERY

2940 WESTFIELD AVE. CAMDEN

M. and H. Sweet Shop

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2507 Federal Street

Known All Over Camden

SODAS - LUNCH - GREETING CARDS

Bell, 6435 Keystone, 27681

AMERICAN PLUMBING AND HEATING SUPPLIES

Full Line of Heating Supplies

Large Display of Sinks and Cabinets

at Lowest Prices

2304 FEDERAL ST. CAMDEN

Pipe Cut to Sketch

Compliments of

NEW JERSEY BOTTLING CO.

524 Liberty St., Camden

Phone, 9880

Bar

Liquor Store

Jumbo Sandwiches

Ladies’ Cocktail Room

CHOICE LIQUORS, Inc.

3512 WESTFIELD AVE. CAMDEN

Compliments of

JAMES MULLIGAN

Compliments of

12th WARD DEMOCRATIC CLUB

New Headquarters - 32 Church St.

It Pays Well to Look Well

Compliments of

VICTORIA BARBER SHOP

2510 Federal Street Camden

You Supply the Hair, We’ll Do the Rest

Compliments of

N. SACCOMANNO

Tonsorial Parlor

3418 Federal Street

KOERNER’S

For Better Pastries

931 N. 27th St. 919 N. 27th St.

Camden

Camden, 1297M

FITZPATRICK’S

Florist

“Flowers from the cradle to the grave”

1539 Mt. Ephraim Ave., Camden, N. J.

Kernan’s

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Stop at the Old Reliable

Jim—Jean—Joe

S.E. Cor. SECOND AND MARKET STS.

BILLIE’S

Popular Priced Millinery

453 KAIGHN AVENUE

Camden

SAM BOSCO

Barber

1444 HADDON AVENUE

Camden, N. J.

Bell Phone, 6133

Compliments of

HEMPEL’S MEAT MARKET

2606 FEDERAL STREET CAMDEN

Compliments of

MELVIN AND SAM

Compliments of

GOLD SEAL FOOD MARKET

2513 FEDERAL ST.

JEAN’S

Millinery—Hand Bags

1105 BROADWAY

Camden

Bell, 6044 Keystone, 22861

THE NADEN STORE

Mary Naden, Prop.

FURNITURE, CARPETS, RADIOS
ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS

773-775-779-791 Kaighn Ave., Camden, N. J.

MASSI’S SHOE REPAIRING

Specializing in Orthopedic Work

2716 FEDERAL STREET

Formerly of 2703 Westfield Ave.

Compliments of

HARRY CHU

Ray’s Garage

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Bell Phone, 1059 Brazing and Welding

REAL SERVICE

We Specialize in Chrysler, Dodge
DeSoto and Plymouth Cars

24TH AND MARLTON PK. CAMDEN

M. L. Wolf, Prop. Family Trade Solicited

THE ORIGINAL SCHWOERI

Established 1889

WINES, LIQUORS AND BEER

Open Evenings—Free Delivery

705 CHESTNUT ST., CAMDEN, N. J.

Phone, Camden 0-602

Compliments of

MR. AND MRS. N. LAMAINA

Compliments of

RODDY’S RESTAURANT

15TH AND MICKLE STREETS

Opp. Public Service Garage

Compliments of

B. F. Goodrich Silvertown Stores

2041 FEDERAL ST., CAMDEN, N. J.

Phone, 3191

Bell Phone, Emerson 0171
Keystone, Camden 24502

GENERAL PLATE GLASS CO.

Plate Glass—Window Glass—Mirrors

A. L. COHN 613-15 KAIGHN AVE.

Res. Phone, Camden 2836W Camden

CAMDEN GLASS & MIRROR CO.

Safety Glass—Mirrors Resilvered

2305 FEDERAL STREET

Camden, N. J.

Emerson 0143 Keystone, 28774

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

—Attention—

We Do Invisible Shoe Repairing

At Very Normal Prices

Work Called for and Delivered

Repaired Shoes Made the Equal of New

JOSEPH DiCIANNI

3720 WESTFIELD AVENUE

Keystone, 27261 Bell, 3270

WALTER’S

Automobile Body and Metal Work

COR. 22ND AND FEDERAL STS.

Camden, N. J.

“BEAR” FRAME & WHEEL ALINEMENT

Welding Tops Safetee Glass Radiators

Duco Painting Upholstering

KRESS’ FOOD STORE

50 South Dudley

United States Pipe Organ Co.

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121-125 N. 18TH ST. PHILADELPHIA

Manufacturers of Pipe Organs

Tuning and Yearly Pianos Tuned
Service Contracts and Repaired

Phone, Rit. 7672

Walnut 4880

ROSEN BROS.

Established 1895

Manufacturing Furriers

A. Rendelman, Mgr.

1030 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA

Open Evenings until 9 P.M.

Fridays and Saturdays, 6 P.M.

Compliments of

MR. AND MRS. WM. JOHNSON

Compliments of

MR. AND MRS. JOHN DelDUKE

Compliments of

WELLS DRUG STORES, INC.

25TH AND FEDERAL STREETS

27TH ST. AND WESTFIELD AVE.

Camden

Bell Phone, 3217

EAST END JUNK CO.

Dealer in

Scrap Iron, Rags and Metal

Paper Stock

2105 FEDERAL STREET, CAMDEN, N. J.

Office, 2182 Federal Street

Camden 957 Orders Taken by Driver

Leo’s Famous Yum Yum

Snow Flake and Sherbet Ice Cream

All Flavors—We Cater to Parties, Picnics, etc.

LEO’S MFG. CO.

1113 S. THIRD STREET CAMDEN

Compliments of

KATHARINE BYRNE

Phone, Camden 6645

SPUHLER’S GRILLE

Music Friday and Saturday Evenings

2312 FEDERAL ST. CAMDEN

LYNCH’S

Quality Dry Cleaning and Pressing

Licensed SANITONE Cleaner

523 MARKET ST. 2640 FEDERAL ST.

Phone, 1213 Camden Phone, 2812

Joe’s Barber Shop

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2748 Federal Street Camden

VOGT’S BAKERY

3504 Federal Street

LEE’S MILLINERY SHOP

2625 Westfield Ave.

TILO ROOFING CO., INC.

1801 Federal Street

Compliments of

STANDARD MARKETS

Compliments of

R. T. JERMYN

. . . MARTIN’S . . .

TOBACCO—ICE CREAM—
NEWSPAPERS—MAGAZINES

3401 Westfield Ave. Cam., 10287

DR. ROSEN

MORRIS TOMAR

DEPARTMENT STORE

2411-13 Federal Street Camden, N. J.

Bell, 2439M Keystone, 36603

. . . EARLES . . .

Shoes

1136 Broadway 2511 Federal Street

DiJULIO-LaSALA CO.

812 Broadway

LEWIS VARIETY STORE

37th Street and Westfield Avenue

C. ROSELLI

3701 Westfield Avenue

GRAY SERVICE

3401 Federal St.

BILL SHOEFFLING

McCRORY’S

Broadway and Kaighn Avenue

MOHAWK MARKET

2936 Westfield Ave.

CHARLES’

CREDIT JEWELER

Radios, G. E. Appliances

Watch and Clock Repairing

2631 Westfield Avenue . . Camden 5428W

PEERLESS RESTAURANT

22 Federal Street Camden

FLIEGELMAN’S

2417 Federal Street Camden

I. F. Huntzinger Co., Inc.

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Printers

111 FEDERAL ST., CAMDEN, N. J.

BELL PHONE, CAMDEN 1249

KEYSTONE, 22641

C. Miller

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Walnut 4556 Established 1919

FINE FURS

54 N. Ninth Street Philadelphia, Pa.

Second Floor

Compliments of

JOHN F. GORMAN

FINKELSTEIN

KING OF SHOE BARGAINS

1114 Broadway Camden 3316J

LESTER’S

2637 Westfield Avenue Camden

Amalgamated Association of Street
and Electric Railway Employees
of America

Local No. 880

BUDGET FOOD MARKET

25th and Federal Sts.

SAVITZ

24th St. and River Ave. Camden 2331

WM. PEPETA, JR.

CAFE

1101 N. 27th Street Camden 9594

Compliments of

BISMARCK TAVERN

Joseph Meehan, Prop.

10 S. 25th Street Camden

SHAPIRO’S SHOE STORE

219 Broadway Camden

KOGAN’S DRUG STORE

2403 Federal Street Camden

DANNENHOWER

SPORTS

2731 Pleasant Ave. Camden 0554J

Compliments of

A FRIEND

ANNE DORIS

Beauty Shop

2733 Federal Street Camden

DANNY’S FLORAL SHOP

717 S. 4th Street Camden 2820

Camden Lodge of Elks to Move

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Camden Lodge of Elks to Move - Philadelphia Inquirer, January 24, 1900

The Fredericks property at Broadway and Federal streets is being fitted up for Camden Lodge of Elks. The work will be completed in about a month.

Plans for Catholic Lyceum Association Building

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Plans for Catholic Lyceum Association Building - Philadelphia Inquirer, March 3, 1896

• Plans have been accepted for the new Catholic Lyceum Association Building, to be erected at Broadway and Federal streets, by the members of the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Work on the building will be commenced about May 1.

2 Runaway Horses Imperil Children

Camden Courier-Post —

2 Runaway Horses Imperil Children - Camden Courier-Post, May 17, 1934 2 Runaway Horses Imperil Children - Camden Courier-Post, May 17, 1934

Gallopers Stage Impromptu Race in South Camden Traffic

Scores of children on their way to school were endangered yesterday when two horses hitched to a bakery wagon ran away in South Camden streets, ignoring red traffic lights and shouts of pedestrians and motorists.

A horse hitched to a wagon of the Seven Brothers Bakery, 322 Pine street, broke loose from its wagon at Third and Berkley streets when it was frightened by a truck, according to Joseph Cirelli, Second and Washington streets, the wagon driver. The animal raced east in Berkley street to West street, where it collided with an automobile. Despite numerous cuts and bruises, the horse continued its dash eastward.

At the headquarters of Freihofer Bakery Company, Fifth and Berkley streets, where several bakery wagons were being loaded, the runaway animal frightened the horses of the company, and one bolted.

Both horses crossed Broadway, demoralizing traffic and sending scores of children running in all directions to escape the menace of flying hoofs and a careening wagon.

At the railroad tracks, the bakery wagon and one horse was [sic] captured.

The other horse turned north in Sixth street, pursued by Motorcycle Policeman William Thorn.

Thorn overtook the horse and brought it to a stop at Sixth and Stevens streets, opposite Cooper Hospital. The animal was taken to the city stables at Federal street and Admiral Wilson boulevard, where it was later claimed by the driver.

Many Persons Hurt While Celebrating

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A heavy downpour of rain stopped all of the morning exercises at the Pyne Point Park Fourth of July celebration, Camden, except the sunrise salute and the base ball game. In the afternoon a number of sporting events were decided.

Nearly all the political and social clubs of the city kept open house. In the evening the Eighth Ward Republican and Democratic Clubs gave an exhibition of fireworks at the foot of Jefferson avenue. There were a large number of private displays.

In the East Side a main feature of the day was a big demonstration by war veterans of Philadelphia and other places. About noon Captain Phil R. Schuyler Post, No. 51, of Philadelphia, in command of Captain William H. Buck, arrived by way of the North Cramer Hill ferry, accompanied by a band and Cushing’s Battery; Captain Schuyler Camp, No. 2, Sons of Veterans, in command of Captain Theodore Dast; Camp Guard, S. of V., in command of Lieutenant Maxwell; Camp Battery, S. of V., in command of Lieutenant Lilly, and Troop A and a company of Spanish War veterans. The Philadelphians were met by General John A. Logan Post, No. 102, of the East Side, and after parading the principal streets proceeded to Twenty-seventh and Pleasant streets, where several salutes were fired. Addresses were made by Comrade Scheibner, of Camden, and Comrade Van Vogan, of Philadelphia. The leading pyrotechnic display last night was at the fire house, Twenty-seventh and Federal streets, where the people, half of the East Side, enjoyed the fireworks for some time under the direction of the firemen in charge of Captain Amadee Middleton. The Germania Maennerchor had a balloon ascension at Pavonia and a display of fireworks.

Blank cartridges and toy cannon caused the following accidents, which were treated at Cooper Hospital: Earl Carlisle, aged 15 years, 338 North Ninth street, hole in thigh and finger blown off; Angus McDougall, aged 34 years, 813 Princeton avenue, finger lacerated; John Richardson, 11 years, 560 Mickle street, fingers burned; William Opperman, 16 years, 1130 Market street, left hand torn; Christopher Gurney, 28 years, 726 Cherry street, right hand torn; Edward Ryan, 15 years, 701 Spruce street, left hand shattered; Daniel McLaughlin, 9 years, 1190 Mt. Vernon street, cartridge shot of left leg; Max Pinto, aged 17 years, 837 South Ninth street, right hand badly lacerated; Henry Duncannon, 13 years, 1153 Baring street, left hand torn.

At Homeopathic Hospital the following were treated: Alex. Roberts, 7 years, 310 Cleveland Terrace, right hand torn; James Mutton, 38 years, 1820 South Seventh street, left hand badly burned; George Myers, 23 years, 212 Mickle street, right hand torn.

Alice Dessler, 3 years, 249 Chestnut street, run over by an ice wagon; Henry Ledger, 40 years, 519 Kaighn avenue, left hand torn by cartridge; Ellen Sharp, 12 years, 207 Chestnut street, elbow dislocated by fall, and Henry Haines, 10 years, 407 Liberty street, left hand torn by cartridge, were taken to their respective homes.

Because of the seeming prevalence of tetanus in Camden extraordinary precautions were observed by surgeons in dressing gunshot wounds.

Bent on Murder

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William Eagan, a well-known base ball player, who played second base for the Pittsburg team early in the season, tried to murder his mother [sic] in Camden yesterday. He also intended to kill himself. He was thwarted in his murderous design by the police and locked up.

Eagan entered the barber shop of Charles Riceman, on Federal street, above Second, yesterday morning, and paid Riceman 50 cents that he had borrowed. He was intoxicated and showed a 38-calibre revolver. Pointing the muzzle of the weapon at his temple, he said: “I’m going home to kill my wife and then blow my brains out. I am now clear of debt and ready to do the job.”

A local newspaper man who was getting shaved telephoned to police headquarters and an officer was sent to Mrs. Eagan’s home, at 442 West street, to prevent a possible tragedy. Eagan reached the house ahead of the policeman and began to search for his wife with the revolver in his hand.

He saw his wife entering the shed, and, taking hasty aim, fired at her. The bullet missed her head by about a foot and buried itself in the woodwork of the shed.

Mrs. Eagan turned and fled for her life, pursued into the yard by her husband, who fired another shot. Again his aim was bad and the bullet went wide of the mark.

Policeman William Schregler, who lives on the opposite side of the street, was attracted by the shooting and, getting out of bed, hurried, half dressed, to the scene. Mrs. Eagan had by this time sought safety in the house of Mrs. Mathilda J. Bray, her next-door neighbor.

Seeing that his wife had escaped, Eagan turned and pointed the revolver point-blank at Policeman Schregler’s breast. Before he could pull the trigger the weapon was knocked from his hand by Policeman Pedricks, who arrived on the scene in the nick of time.

Eagan was overpowered by the two officers, with whom he fought ferociously. He was sent to the City Hall, where he is locked up charged with assault and battery, with attempt to kill. He expressed regrets at not accomplishing his object and said he purchased the revolver yesterday solely for the purpose of killing his wife and himself.

On Friday last Eagan was arrested and sentenced to ten days by Recorder Nowrey for molesting his wife. On Saturday his fine was paid by a friend, and he was released from custody. He was also arrested last week for breaking the furniture in his wife’s house, but was released upon promise not to annoy her.

Eagan’s troubles are all due to drink. He formerly played second base with the Philadelphia and St. Louis teams, and for three seasons was with the Syracuse Club. He has been on a debauch since his release by the Pittsburg Club in the forepart of the season.

Recorder Nowrey last evening committed Eagan, in default of $1500 bail.

Camden, Now Eighty Years Old, Is Proud of Its Wonderful Growth

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City on Saint Valentine’s Day, Will Observe the Anniversary of Its Incorporation—Some Facts and Figures Concerning “Slow Town” Across the River

High School. City Hall. Mayor Charles H. Ellis. Camden Safe Deposit & Trust Co. Carnegie Library. Birds Eye View of Camden. North Baptist Church. Federal Building. Court House. Armory. N. Wayland Ayers’ Residence.

EIGHTY years will have passed on Friday, February 14, since Camden became an incorporated city, and just now the citizens are looking back over those years and recalling with a pardonable pride the epochs that have made it a community of homes, of splendid industries and of clean, progressive government. Luckily, Camden has comparatively few moss-bunkers and in consequence it has always been in the van of the modern spirit that means so much to American municipalities. With an energetic executive, with a rejuvenated Board of Trade composed of the representative business men of the city and containing residents who are anticipating an even greater Camden, the future bids well.

Although there was a settlement in what is now Camden late in the seventeenth century, it did not discard its swaddling clothes until long years after. It was in 1828 that the 1143 persons who made up the district bounded by the Delaware river and Sixth street and Cooper and Line street concluded that they should become an incorporated community. This was brought about principally as a result of the crowds that crossed the river from Philadelphia on Sundays and did pretty much as they pleased to the discomfort and anger of the townspeople. So a bill was prepared, and on February 14, of that year, the Legislature adopted it, thus making Camden the proud possessor of a charter. Samuel Laning was elected the first Mayor.

So Far, So Good

This was all very well, but Camdenites chafed over the fact of being a part of Gloucester county. There were those who thought they should have a county of their own, but Gloucester strenuously objected to having such a goodly portion sliced off for the benefit of the new city. Under the leadership of Captain John W. Mickle, however, the Camdenites carried the war into the Legislature and as a result Camden county was created. After this matters went along smoothly until 1848, when the question arose as to which community should be the county seat. Camden was opposed by Long-a-Coming, now Berlin. Matters waxed exceedingly warm, the ruralites aiding Long-a-Coming, the cities Camden.

Even yet old residents speak of the strenuous times in awesome whispers. Finally the question was decided at a special election and Camden lost. Possessed of that persistency that has made much for the success of the city, the residents did not give up by any means. They carried the fight to the Legislature and a new election was ordered. This time Camden was the victor. The farmers made all sorts of charges, but Camden remained the county seat and at present the wisdom of that selection is apparent.

Now for Town Hall

So soon as Camden became an incorporated city Mayor Laning and his counselors decided that there must be some municipal meeting place. At first the “Town Hall” was located on the second floor of Richard Fetter’s store at Third and Market streets. But in 1829 City Council voted to set aside $2500 to build a “City Hall, courthouse and jail.” This was located on Federal street, below Fifth, where stood the old market, burned down several years ago. Many exciting episodes occurred in this building, but it withstood the gibes of the residents until the early ‘70s. Then the “progressives” began agitating the question of having a new building, but it was not until 1875 that the present structure on Haddon avenue, then a corn field, was erected. And what a howl went up all over the city. “The idea of building a City Hall away out on the outskirts.”

True, it was fifteen minutes’ walk from the ferry and thirty minutes by the old Camden House Railroad Company. Well, the City Hall as it stands today, was built, and all around it and for blocks beyond are to be seen some of Camden’s most substantial residences. Now the question is being agitated for a more pretentious and modern building, the consummation of the plan not being such an idle dream as seems to be the impression.

Dark Days

Camden made steady increases in its population from the time of its incorporation until 1856. Up to that year there seemed to be every evidence that it would soon be a city of many thousands. Hundreds had moved across the river and come from distant lands to settle there, but a catastrophe occurred on March 15, 1856, which retarded its growth. While crossing the river the ferryboat New Jersey, crowded with passengers, caught fire. The river was full of ice and there was little opportunity of giving aid. In consequence sixty-one souls perished. Even yet that tragedy is often referred to by the older residents with horror.

This made many return to Philadelphia and caused others to fear going to Camden because of the fear of crossing the Delaware. Then came the panic of 1857 which also had a deterrent effect. But better times were coming for the little city and when more opportunity was given it by the revised charter of 1870, the population began increasing again. By 1880 there were over 40,000 men, women and children within the city’s confines. In two decades this had more than doubled and now there is close to 100,000 inhabitants. With increasing territory, it only being a matter of time when Merchantville, Collingswood, Woodlynne, Haddonfield, Gloucester City and other communities will be absorbed, Camden will very soon have many thousands added.

Spirit of Progress

As to the city’s government, there is everywhere in evidence a spirit of progress. Especially is this so with reference to the fire and police service. Concerning the former, Camden points with pride to the fact that last year the fire losses did not exceed $125,000. The present fire department is the outgrowth of the old volunteer organizations of nearly half a century ago. There were the Perseverance, the Niagara, the Weecacoe and other volunteer companies which did valiant service, but owing to the rivalry much valuable property was lost in sanguinary battles. In 1869 a paid fire department was created consisting of five commissioners, one fire marshal and two assistants. Thus was Camden among the first of New Jersey’s towns to have men paid to fight the flames. From that humble beginning grew the present force of nearly a hundred men under the direction of Chief Samuel Elfreth.

In the police department, under the direction of Chief Elisha A. Gravenor, there are 135 men, the outgrowth of a force of three men who protected forty years ago, the north, middle and south wards. Recently twenty-five men were added to the force, among them being several mounted men to look after the suburban sections of the city. These have already proved their value. As to crime there is little of it except of a petty nature and when the occasion arises the majesty of the law is upheld in such a manner as to give the impression that nowhere in the State is there a better exemplification of the declaration that “Jersey justice moves swiftly” than in Camden.

And Camden Water

Camden’s water is admittedly without a peer. It is drawn from artesian wells and every day over 15,000,000 gallons of it is sent through the mains. This comes from a $600,000 plant at Morris Station, which is always hailed as “Camden’s greatest asset.” Plans are under way now to augment this plant. The city’s first water plant was established after considerable controversy in 1854 at Pavonia. The Delaware River water was pumped through the mains for years. In consequence the harvest of death from typhoid fever was great. In the nineties the contagion manifested itself in such an alarming manner that the artesian plant was proposed. It was not put in operation until 1898, but the change in the water supply was at once apparent in the better health of the city. While a hundred new cases of typhoid fever within a month prior to that time was by no means unusual, subsequent to the installation of the new supply, less than half a dozen were reported within a like period. Last year there were but 38 cases of this disease and most of them were traced to other cities.

Camden has many miles of paved streets. All the principal thoroughfares are asphalted as a result of an agitation that began over a decade ago. Only lately the principal outlets of the city were ordered paved with that material—Federal street from Cooper Creek to Twenty-fifth street, Haddon avenue from Line street to Ferry avenue, and Broadway from Emerald street to Newton Creek.

The Public Schools

Then there are the schools, which are educating an army of nearly 12,000 children. Four additional modern school buildings were recently completed, making in all thirty-four, with a commodious high school. As has already been shown by The Inquirer in a previous article, Camden’s educational system is of the highest order, which has been demonstrated repeatedly by the pupils winning first prizes at contests in exhibitions of national prominence.

Camden is a city of churches. Within its confines there are close to a hundred churches and missions of all denominations. In consequence of this comparatively great church-going host, the city is peculiarly strict on Sabbatarian questions. This was evidenced a year or so ago when certain dealers sought to sell on Sunday as on other days of the week. In consequence the laws were enforced to such an extent that the Sundays, for several months, savored of the Simon Pure New England Sabbaths of Puritan days.

When Andrew Carnegie was ridding himself of his wealth some years ago, establishing libraries in many cities of the country, it was suggested that he be asked to contribute something for the benefit of the book-loving public of Camden. For months this matter hung fire, but Dr. Dowling Benjamin finally brought the subject to an issue by appealing to the Scotch ironmaster. As a result it was not long before $100,000 was sent to Camden with which to build a library with the proviso that the city expend $10,000 annually for its maintenance. This was agreed upon and a structure was erected at Broadway and Line streets that is not only pleasing to the eye because of architectural embellishments, but also on account of the thousands of volumes that are circulated to over 18,000 men, women and children.

City of Homes

Camden has approximately over 20,000 homes. These are of all kinds, from the more pretentious structures in which the wealthy reside to the humble but homelike dwellings in which the great bulk of the inhabitants live. And with the coming spring hundreds of additional dwellings will be erected in the outlying districts.

There is also a public park which is being slowly but surely developed, and if Mayor Charles H. Ellis has his way there will be several squares, a recreation pier or two and beautiful shade trees throughout the city. He proposes to have one day each year set aside to be known as the “Day of the City Beautiful” devoted to making Camden better from an artistic and orderly standpoint.

As to Camden’s business interests, they are legion. With a river front of several miles backed by the Cooper creek there is ample natural provision for industrial concerns of a varied character. A new era is heralded from the fact that the creek is to be deepened by the government so that craft of fairly deep draught may use it. Already a number of industrial manufacturing plants have signified their intention of locating along the banks of the stream and before many years there promises to be one complete chain of industries.

Just a Review

At the annual gathering of the Board of Trade last week the value of some of the city’s manufactories was expressed something in this wise: “Camden has within its border a population of nearly 100,000, and shipbuilding firms that can either supply a launch or the greatest battleship; the largest lace curtain manufactory in America; a talking machine that speaks every known language; iron works that make enough pipe to girdle the earth; leather manufactories that tan skins from all parts of the globe; the largest furniture house, whose products reach to the Philippines; banks and trust companies whose resources are not affected by panics; linoleum works, which manufacture one-half the country’s whole product; a plant whose kitchens annually make enough soup to float all the vessels built in our shipyards, a pickle works, which furnishes Uncle Sam with material for slot machines; a department store, whose experiment has proved a decided success; pen works, which produce two-thirds of the pens used in the world; an expanded metal works—the material produced there will stretch from Maine to Texas and its mills rival the largest.”

So, with the thousands of homes, its scores of industries, its charitable institutions and the manifold creations of a modern civilization, Camden is a city which is not slow, which is always in the van of progress and municipal improvement in all lines of endeavor.

Fist Duel Aboard Bus Brings Pair $25 Fines

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Fist Duel Aboard Bus Brings Pair $25 Fines - Camden Courier-Post, December 17, 1934

A fist fight in a Public Service bus on the Williamstown-Blackwood line early Saturday proved expensive for two amateur gladiators.

Humbert Mauro, 34, of 552 Pine street, and Bud Smith, 28, of 702 Carman street, were fined $25 each by Judge J. Harry Switzer in police court after being taken from the bus at Broadway and Federal street.

Nelson Gant, of Cross Keys, the bus driver, testified he picked up the two men in front of a roadhouse near Gloucester Heights. During their fistic duel, he declared, they broke a window and interfered with other passengers.

Weccacoe Company Made Camden History As Leaders of Early Volunteer Fire Fighters

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First Steam Engine Used to Stop Flames Was Purchased in 1864 for $850

1300-Pound Bell Suspended From Two Poles Served as Alarm for City

This is the second installment of a history of fire fighting in Camden from the time of the formation of the first volunteer company in 1810 to 1936. It is the first complete history of the fire department written since 1886 and links the old volunteers with the new paid motorized department. It is being published in conjunction with Fire Prevention Week, which is being sponsored by the Camden County Fire Chiefs Association and the Camden Fire Department. Yesterday’s installment told of the formation of the Perseverance Fire Company in 1810, the first in the city’s history.

The famous Weccacoe Fire Company was instituted in 1830 and incorporated in 1852. It was the parent to the Weccacoe Hose Company. The company had its fire house on Plum street, now Arch, between Fifth and Sixth streets. A marble slab between the second and third floors was a marker with its history briefly inscribed. The building, later used as The Grill, was razed for the erection of the new city hall and court house annex.

By FRANK SHERIDAN

The Fairmount Company, later known as the Niagara, was reorganized as the Weccacoe Fire Company, No. 2, in 1848. The headquarters of the company was moved to the old City Hall lot on Federal street, where the Public Service building now stands. William Hanna joined this company in 1835, James M. Cassady in 1838 and James W. Ayers in 1843. Ayers was later fire marshal.

Weccacoe Fire Company, No. 2, should not be confused with Weccacoe Hose Company, No. 2, the “Last of the Mohicans,” as far as volunteer fire companies are concerned in the city’s history. The Camden paid department succeeded this and other companies in 1869.

Richard Fetters presented the names of Edward Steer and 32 other persons to City Council on September 1, 1848, as the personnel of the new Weccacoe company. Council gave the company the use of the old “Niagara”, after giving its recognition.

Steam Engine Bought in 1864

In 1850 the company purchased a better second-hand pumper from the Southwark Commissioners, Philadelphia, for $750. It was rebuilt in 1853 by John Agnew at a cost of $850. The first steam engine was purchased by this company in 1864.

A bell weighing 1300 pounds was suspended from two poles in front of the fire house. It served as an alarm for the entire city. Several attempts by incendiaries to destroy the building finally succeeded on February 17, 1854.

Then the company established headquarters on Fifth street above Arch in a two-story brick building on the site of the old Columbia Gardens, which was originally a cemetery.

The company was incorporated in 1852 with the following as incorporators: John Lanning, James M. Cassady, James W. Ayers, Isaac Shreve, Wesley P. Murray, Joseph F. Murray, Joshua S. Porter, Daniel B. McCully, Richard G. Camp, James Doughten, Stone H. Stow, Charles H. Thorne, and Matthew Miller, Jr.

Mohawks Formed in 1849

Ayers was elected president at the time the company was organized and continued until 1854, when he was absent from the city for a year. He was president until the company was disbanded.

The Mohawk Fire Company was organized in the Spring of 1849, but its career was turbulent and short lived. The company met in a three-story brick house at the northwest corner of Third and Cherry streets. The organizers were men of reputation.

Lambert F. Beatty was president and William S. Frazier secretary. The company was strong in numbers but a lawless element got into the membership with the result there were brawls, riots and other disorder. Fearing incendiarism the company disbanded on April 23, 1851.

Independence Fire Company, No. 3, was organized to take the place of the Mohawk company and Beatty was chosen president and Frazier secretary of the new group. Joseph Wagner was named secretary. Among the early members were Claudius W. Bradshaw, later chief of the paid fire department and still later mayor; Robert S. Bender, also later a chief in the paid department; Jacob Prettyman, David Page, Thomas Stites, Andrew Stilwell, Francis E. Harper, Restore Cook, John Wallace, William H. Hawkins, Christopher J. Mines, later sheriff; Albert V. Mills, Lewis Yeager, Thomas McCowan and William W. Mines.

Fire Destroys Home

The company met in a frame building at Third and Cherry streets for a year. The building was destroyed by fire and Yeager gave the company a plot of ground near Third and Cherry streets. Charles Stockham, lumber merchant, gave lumber for the construction of a new firehouse. The company purchased another lot on Third street above Cherry street in 1853. This was occupied until 1859 when a defect in the title resulted in the property being offered for sale by the sheriff.

When the sheriff arrived on the scene the day of the sale he found the firemen and their apparatus were on an adjoining lot, and James B. Dayton, who caused the sale, was in possession of the firehouse.

In 1860 the company bought a lot on Pine street, east of Fourth, and built a three-story brick building, one of the most substantial firehouses in the city. The building was subsequently sold to the city for $4500 and now houses Engine Company No. 1.

Independence was a hose company until June 4, 1864, when an Amoskeag steam fire engine was purchased. It was the first steam engine used in the city. In 1869 the company purchased a larger engine, selling the Amoskeag to Millville. Millville sold it to the city of Camden in 1874.

Disbands in 1874

Bender served as president of the company from 1854 until October 13, 1874, when the company formally disbanded after paying all claims. It had a roster of 60 men.

Other presidents of the company were Timothy C. Moore, who was also a president of Mohawk; Beatty, William L. Frazier, Mines, John Wallace, Hawkins, J. Kelly Brown and Gilbert. Other secretaries were Mines, Mortimer C. Wilson and McCowan. Bender and Joseph Wagner served as treasurers.

The Shiffler Hose Company, No. 1, was organized March 7, 1849, and was given councilmanic recognition on August 30 that year. The charter members were George W. Thompson, president; George F. Ross, secretary; Joseph Brown, W. W. Burt, Charles Cheeseman, Robert Maguire, Samuel Brown, John G. Hutchinson, Armstrong Sapp, Richard Cheeseman, Albert Robinson, George F. Ross and William Wallace.

The company purchased a horse hose carriage from the Shiffler Hose Company, Philadelphia, for $10. That marked the introduction of horse-drawn apparatus. The apparatus was housed in a carpenter shop on Sycamore street, near Third, and remained there until a two-story brick firehouse was erected on Fourth street, below Walnut.

The company was incorporated in March, 1852, by Burt, Sapp, Thompson, Robert Maguire, James Sherman, Wallace, Hutchinson, Brown and William Harris.

Jacob C. Daubman, later a sheriff, was elected president in 1854 and served until the company was disbanded in 1869. On March 29, 1864, the company obtained a new charter as the Shiffler Hose and Steam Fire Company. A steam engine was purchased and the company maintained a high state of efficiency until it disbanded in 1869.

Charles Foulon, Ex-Baker, Dies

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Charles Foulon, Ex-Baker, Dies - Camden Courier-Post, January 11, 1950 Charles Foulon, Ex-Baker, Dies - Camden Courier-Post, January 11, 1950

Charles Foulon, 74, of 1453 Ormond avenue, died today in West Jersey hospital where he had been for two weeks. Born in Philadelphia, he came to Camden when he was a child and had resided here since.

He operated the Foulon bakery in the 500 block on the south side of Federal street for many years, and retired 25 years ago. The business was established by his father, Charles Foulon.

Surviving are his widow, Laura; two daughters, Mrs. Miriam M. Joy, Fairwater, Fla., and Mrs. Elizabeth Adams, Camden; a son, Charles P., Tooele, Utah, and two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Maguire, Haddon Heights, and Mrs. Mary F. Street, Moorestown.

Services will be held Saturday at 11 a. m. in the funeral home of Benjamin R. Denny, 453 South Sixth street. The Rev. H. W. Bland Detweiler, pastor of the Parkside Methodist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Harleigh cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday night.

Trolley Hit Detective Cherry

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Trolley Hit Detective Cherry - Philadelphia Inquirer, November 29, 1903

While crossing Federal street at Broadway, yesterday, County Detective John Cherry was struck by a westbound Haddonfield trolley car. He was hurled about a dozen feet, but escaped with a few bruises and torn clothing. He was assisted to a nearby store and was taken home shortly afterwards.

Battle Echo of Murder at Club

Camden Evening Courier —

Mrs. Rosalie and Her Rival for ‘Chick’ Hunt Describe Event in Court

Swap Punches In Street

Pretty, piquant Katherine Rosalie—for love of whom men are declared to have fought to the death in the rooms of the Sixth Ward Republican Club—today waged her own fight against her self-avowed rival for the attentions of Charles “Chick” Hunt.

In Camden Police Court this morning, Mrs. Rosalie appeared as complainant against Miss Elsie Berendt, 1901 Broadway, who, by her own assertion, was “Chick’s girl” until Katherine came along.

The court battle, moreover, was merely an aftermath to a hand-to-hand encounter which both declared to have taken place yesterday at the corner of Fourth and Arch Streets. Today’s chapter of the comedy-drama was ended when Judge Bernard Bertman sent both young women home, after chiding Miss Berendt for being “too nervy” and “talking too much.” Miss Berendt was kept in custody by Judge Bertman for about five minutes and then dismissed. Meanwhile Mrs. Rosalie had departed in triumphant possession of Mr. Hunt’s company.

Mrs. Rosalie, 22-year-old brunette, entered the official investigation of the slaying of Joseph Cimini, at the Sixth Ward Republican Club, after county detectives advanced the theory that the fight which resulted in the final shooting had been caused by an argument over “Chick’s girl.” Hunt, a former South Camden pugilist, was in the club at the time of the shooting. According to detectives, the fight had started between Joseph “Mose” Flannery and Hunt; Cimini had entered the argument on behalf of Flannery, and Joseph “Polack Joe” Deven had shot Cimini when the latter struck him with the butt of a revolver.

Both Waiting For Hunt

Mrs. Rosalie, after recounting her story of her friendship with Hunt to Assistant Prosecutor Joseph Varbalow, denied she was “Chick’s girl,” or “anybody’s girl.” But, apparently, Elsie didn’t look at it that way.

According to the testimony of the two young women and of Hunt, in Police Court today, the encounter between the girls took place late yesterday afternoon. Katherine said she was waiting for Hunt at Fourth and Arch Street. Elsie said she was waiting for Hunt at Fourth and Federal Street, a short block distant.

“Chick” arrived, it was testified, and Elsie met him first. She asked the whereabouts of Katherine. Then she saw Katherine and went there. She accused Katherine of having called her a “bum” and of using other uncomplimentary terminology. Katherine promptly denied it.

What happened then depends on whether Katherine’s story or Elsie’s is correct. Katherine said Elsie hit her. Elsie says Katherine hit her. Hunt apparently acted as peacemaker for the nonce and the match wound up in Police Court today.

Girl’s Story Is Denied

There, Elsie earned the disapproval of Judge Bertman by declaring, in great detail and in determined tones, that she had lived with Hunt for seven years as his wife; that she had gone to work as a waitress, and supported him and that he had deserted her several weeks ago when Katherine appeared on the scene.

“Chick” denied all this, declaring he lived at 1213 Broadway and not with Miss Berendt. It was then Elsie received the Court’s opprobrium for “talking too much” and evidencing “too much nerve.” And that was about all there was to it.

Meanwhile, it became increasingly evident that it was a tangled case which Prosecutor Ethan P. Wescott is to present to the Camden County grand jury in connection with the slaying of Cimini, otherwise “Joe Gannon” last Saturday morning.

“Polack Joe” Deven, held on a charge of murder, has admitted firing the shot that killed Cimini before the eyes of two Camden district detectives and nearly a score of other men.

Motive A Mystery

But just how it happened or why, or what led to the argument that seems to have preceded the shooting remained today as much of a mystery as though Cimini had been slain in some lonely DeRussey’s lane instead of in a crowded clubroom.

The investigation so far has focused definitely around the figures of Hunt and Flannery, the latter a storm-center of Eighth Ward politics and police records.

From the tangled web of evidence which county detectives have gathered, it appears only that the argument which resulted in the shooting of Cimini by Deven was caused by ill-feeling between Flannery and Hunt. Whether that ill-feeling had to do with the fading love motive that county detectives so confidently built up until yesterday, whether it was over the crap game supposed to have been in progress at the club, or whether it had a political tinge, is part of the mystery.

Clings to Love Motive

County detectives still cling to a somewhat obscure “love motive,” though it is admitted that they’re not getting very far with it.

The latest development along this line is the arrival in the prosecutor’s office, late yesterday, of John Rosalie, estranged husband of the attractive young woman, who denied that he knew either Flannery or Cimini and stated that he knew nothing whatever concerning the latter’s death.

Assistant Prosecutor Joseph Varbalow, after hearing Mrs. Rosalie’s statement the day before, had announced yesterday that the authorities were “looking for Rosalie.” Mrs. Rosalie had told of the apparent jealousy of her husband—a jealousy which she insists is unfounded—concerning Hunt. She had told how Rosalie and his brother-in-law, Howard Churchill, had set upon Hunt one day at her apartment and had beaten him. She said that she believed her husband might have been acquainted with Cimini.

The theory formed by detectives after that, was that Cimini had gone to the Sixth Ward Republican Club early last Saturday for the purpose of “getting” Hunt because of his, Cimini’s friendship for Rosalie.

Theories Break Down

This was the theory that seemingly broke down when Rosalie appeared and declared he didn’t know either Cimini or Flannery. It apparently broke down just as had a former theory, to the effect that Cimini and Hunt had been rivals for the affections of Mrs. Rosalie, for the latter also declares she knew neither Cimini nor Flannery.

It broke down just as had the city detectives’ theory that it all happened because of an attempted hold-up by Flannery and Cimini, for none of the witnesses mention a hold-up affair in their statements to Wescott. Flannery has made no statement, though apparently he holds the key to the story. His reply to all inquiries is “See my lawyer.” And no one knows who his lawyer may be.

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