Highland Avenue
Highland Avenue is in the East Camden section of Camden. It runs northeast from Marlton Avenue until it intersects with Myrtle Avenue. It serves as a border street with Pennsauken, with all homes on the northwest side of Highland Avenue being in Camden, while all lying on the southeast side are in Pennsauken.
3000–3100 Block of Highland Avenue
3000–3100 Block of Highland Avenue — Occupants
City directory records, 1931–1980s.
3063 Highland Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
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| 1959 | Anthony Rago & Family |
| 1959 | Anthony & Lena Rago |
3067 Highland Avenue
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| 1931–1947 | Frank H. Holm & Family |
| 1931–1947 | Florence Holm |
3071 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3087 Highland Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ | Source ↕ |
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| 1947 | (no info) | |
| 1950s | B & D Plumbing & Heating Company Inc. | |
| 1950s | Louis 'Blackie' Bottino & Family — Louis & Betty Bottino | 1956 New Jersey Bell Telephone — Yellow Pages advertisement; 1956 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
3095 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3099 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3105 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3115 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3131 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3135 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3145 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3151 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3161 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3171 Highland Avenue
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| 1914–1930 | Edward J. Weston & Family (Camden Fire Department) |
| 1914–1930 | Edward J. & Etta Weston |
| 1947 | (no info) |
3185 Highland Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
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| 1947 | (no info) |
B & D Plumbing & Heating Co Inc — 3087 Highland Avenue
New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages — 1955
ELECTRIC SEWEROOTER Clears CLOGGED PIPES, DRAINS, SEWERS NO DIGGING NO DAMAGE. Call B & D Plumbing & Heating Co Inc, 3087 Highland Av Camden. WOodlawn 3-3671. Air Conditioning — Oil Burner Sales & Service. HEATING CONTRACTORS. Time Payments — Estimates Given. New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages advertisement, 1955.
3300 Block of Highland Avenue
3300 Block of Highland Avenue — Occupants
City directory records, 1942–1947.
3301 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3303 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3305 Highland Avenue
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| 1934 | Thomas E. Davis |
| 1947 | (no info) |
3307 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3309 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3311 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3313 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3313–3317 Highland Avenue
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| circa 1928 | Photograph |
3315 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3317 Highland Avenue
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| 1942 | Marion C. O'Brien |
| 1947 | (no info) |
3319 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3321 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3323 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3325 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3327 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3329 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3331 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3313–3317 Highland Avenue — Photograph circa 1928
3313–3317 Highland Avenue, circa 1928.
3400 Block of Highland Avenue
3400 Block of Highland Avenue — Occupants
City directory records, 1926–1947.
3401 Highland Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
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| 1926 | Kathryn Hiler |
| 1947 | (no info) |
3421 Highland Avenue
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| 1930–1947 | Charles E. Snow & Family — Charles & Lillian Snow; Edward R. Snow, Charles R. Snow |
| 1930–1947 | Charles R. Snow |
3423 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3435 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
Edward R. Snow — 3421 Highland Avenue
Technician Fifth Class Edward R. Snow, 3421 Highland Avenue. Charles E. Snow & Family, 1930–1947.
3500 Block of Highland Avenue
3500 Block of Highland Avenue — Occupants
City directory records, 1950s–1987.
3507 Highland Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910–1957 | John S.V. Hunter & Family |
| 1910–1957 | John S.V. & Emily Hunter |
| 1910–1957 | Emily Hunter |
| 1910–1957 | Ann Hunter |
| 1980 | G.A. Parker |
| 1986 | Occupied |
| 1987 | Vacant |
| 2018 | Gone |
3513 Highland Avenue
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| built 1950 | (no info) |
3515 Highland Avenue
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| built 1950 | (no info) |
3517 Highland Avenue
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| built 1950 | (no info) |
3519 Highland Avenue
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| built 1950 | (no info) |
3521 Highland Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
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| built 1950 | (no info) |
| 1959–1980 | Ernest C. Abelson Sr. & Family — Ernest C. & Elizabeth Abelson, Ernest Abelson Jr. |
3523 Highland Avenue
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| built 1950 | (no info) |
3525 Highland Avenue
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| built 1950 | (no info) |
Emily Hunter — 3507 Highland Avenue
Camden Courier-Post —
HUNTER—On Sept. 16, 1957, Emily (nee Pomas), wife of the late John S. Hunter, of 3507 Highland Ave., Camden, N. J., age 76 years. Funeral services on Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock, in Brooklyn, New York, under the direction of Davies Funeral Chapel, 4522 Westfield Ave., Pennsauken, N. J. Interment at Linden Hill Cemetery, Brooklyn. No viewing Wednesday evening. In lieu of flowers please make donation to the Cooper and West Jersey Hospitals Heart Fund.
3600–3700 Block of Highland Avenue
3600–3700 Block of Highland Avenue — Occupants
City directory records, 1947–1980.
3605 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3607 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3633 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3635 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3715 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3717 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3719 Highland Avenue
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| 1947 | (no info) |
3721 Highland Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
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| 1947 | (no info) |
| 1980 | E. Davis |
| 1962 | Ernest C. Abelson Sr. |
New Vice Squad in 3 Raids Nabs 6 as Suspects in Bandit Gang
Camden Courier-Post —
Police Believe Prisoners Know Something of Wierman Murder
PROSECUTOR BALDWIN SEEKS SPEEDY TRIAL
Indications Point to Sextet Staging Recent Holdups Netting $25,000
Arrested by the new Camden police vice squad today in three East Camden dwellings, four men and two women are believed by county authorities to be members of a bandit gang which collected $25,000 and murdered a Camden man in a series of eight holdups during the past two months.
Prosecutor Baldwin expressed belief that the suspects were either implicated in, or know who executed the shooting of William “Big Bill” Wierman, alleged Camden beer runner, during a holdup April 28 at the Bellmawr County Club.
He announced he would ask the grand jury this afternoon to indict them on charges made against them this morning by the city police, and would probably place them on trial here next week.
Meanwhile, all victims and witnesses to the daring holdups in and near the city will be summoned to the courthouse to attempt to identify the prisoners.
He highly complimented the newly created vice squad on its efficient raids made after a week of painstaking investigation.
Firearms Seized
In each residence police seized a veritable arsenal of revolvers, sawed-off shotguns, repeating rifles and hundreds of ammunition, all hidden in closets or secret caches under the floors. An opium “layout,” hacksaw, pairs of colored eyeglasses and silverware were also confiscated.
The discovery of the tinted eyeglasses in the residence was of significance to Police Lieutenant Ralph Bakley, who pointed out that one of the armed bandits who held up the son of Freeholder Leonard Brehm at Front and Kaighn avenue two weeks before the Wierman slaying wore green glasses to escape identification.
The detectives aided by state troopers executed their raids with a precision which prevented any of the suspects from resisting or escaping. Two men attempted to slip through the ring, but one surrendered after a single shot was fired at him, and the other was captured while trying to scale a rear fence.
The suspects gave their names as:
John Fisher, 38, of 41 South Thirty-third street, Camden.
Nicholas Bartluci, 23, of 764 South Berwick street, Philadelphia.
Joseph Conti, 34, of 708 South Eighth street, Philadelphia.
Catherine Christman, 28, of 2202 Filbert street, Philadelphia.
Marco Reginelli, 32, of Apartment 2, at 143 North Thirty-fourth street, Camden.
Mrs. Mary Reginelli, 24, his wife, same address.
Committed Without Bail
All six were arraigned before Judge Pancoast in the city police court this afternoon. As they were arrested in a joint complaint charging each with carrying concealed deadly weapons was lodged against them by Detective Louis Schlam, member of the vice squad. An additional complaint charging possession of narcotics was placed against Conti and Catherine Christman.
All of the suspects pleaded not guilty to the charges and were remanded to the county jail without bail. Prosecutor Baldwin stated he did not immediately fix bail, but would hold them for further investigation. They will be finger-printed and “mugged” so that county authorities can obtain their police records.
Bartluci has been arrested four times in Philadelphia since 1926, but each time was released or exonerated. The charges were inciting a riot in 1926.
[The page-one text breaks off here; the lines joining it to the page-two text below are not in the crops.] suspicion of hold-up and robbery in 1927, 1928 and 1929.
Conti is a familiar figure in the Philadelphia underworld, according to police, and it is believed that he may be the same Joseph Conti who was arrested as a witness in a recent gang murder in that city.
All of the prisoners treated their arrest with levity. Conti, while being led from the courtroom after his hearing jocularly remarked to Patrolman Everett Joslin:
“Wait, and I’ll get a machine gun out of my shoe for you.”
All the men were handcuffed when arrested in police court.
Conti and the Christian [sic] woman were arrested when police broke down the door of a house at 3719 Highland avenue, Camden. Fisher and Bartluci were seized at the South Thirty-third street address, while the Reginellis were captured in their apartment.
Conti made a desperate bid for freedom when he saw the detectives, armed with shotguns, repeating rifles, revolvers and tear bombs. The suspect dashed through the rear door, but came to an abrupt standstill when a member of the vice squad, Detective James Paradise, fired one shot at him.
Bartluci also attempted to escape and was clambering over a rear fence when he fell into the arms of Detectives Walter Smith and Vernon Jones.
All were arrested “on information received,” the only explanation the police would give. It was revealed that the special vice squad, organized by police heads a few days after a Camden bank messenger was robbed of $6700 in broad daylight May 23, has had the three dwellings under surveillance for the past week.
The raiders first visited the Highland avenue place at 5:15 a. m. An automobile was in front of the house, and Conti and the Christman woman were in it, according to detectives. When the suspects saw the police, they leaped from the car and ran into the house, locking the door after them.
Batter Down Door
Under the leadership of Detective Theodore Guthrie, the vice squad members quickly surrounded the place, and Detectives Smith and Jones knocked at the front door. There was no response, and the detectives then battered the door down, rushing into the dark interior with drawn revolvers.
They found Catherine Christman, but Conti had fled out the rear. Detective Paradise’s shot changed his mind about escaping.
Then a thorough search was made of the premises for weapons or possible loot. In closets, under beds, the detectives found weapons of all description. Baseboards and the floors were hammered, and several traps were found to contain weapons when floor boards were ripped up.
The raiders took their prisoners to City Hall, and then descended upon the South Thirty-third street house, at 6:30 a. m. There they had to force open the front door when their demands for entrance met no response. They arrested Fisher, who made no attempt to resist when he saw it was futile. Bartluci, however, dashed into the rear yard, but was captured.
Here, another thorough search uncovered weapons, and when the prisoners and confiscated material had been disposed of, the raiders sped to the North Thirty-fourth street apartment, forcing the front door open at 7.30 a. m., after surrounding the place.
Those who participated in the raids were the following members of the vice squad, headed by Detective Guthrie: Paradise, Jones, Walter Smith, Clarence Bunker, Louis Schlam, Clarence Arthur, Howard Smith and Joseph Mardini. With them were Sergeant Wilfred L. Dube and Detective Andrew Zopesky, of the state police.
Seized in Raid
The following is a list of what was seized in each place:
At 3719 Highland avenue: One automatic 12-gauge shotgun, serial numbers filed off to prevent tracing to the buyer; one bolt action high-powered .38-calibre rifle; one .38-calibre short-barrelled revolver, loaded; one .38-calibre long-barrelled revolver, loaded; one hacksaw and blade; one box of 50 12-gauge buckshot cartridges, one pair of green glasses, three dozen silver spoons, 10 rifle bullets, 33 .38-calibre bullets, two bunches of keys, one handbag and a complete opium layout, including an extra pipe and a quantity of opium.
At 41 South Thirty-third street: One .45-calibre Colt automatic, loaded; one .45-calibre side-break revolver, loaded; one extra clip of 20 bullets, one 12-gauge sawed-off shotgun, two barrels; four dozen 12-gauge shells, four dozen rifle bullets, 32 .38-calibre bullets and three .45-calibre long rifle bullets.
At 143 North Thirty-fourth street: One automatic .12-gauge shotgun, Remington, Model 11, serial number 324870; one sawed-off shotgun, serial number filed off; one .32-calibre Savage automatic, six dozen 12-gauge shells, 13 .38-calibre bullets for a Luger revolver, eight dozen .32-calibre bullets, one dozen .25-calibre bullets and a pair of amber-colored glasses.
Ernest C. Abelson Sr. — 3721 Highland Avenue
Camden Courier-Post —
ERNEST C. ABELSON SR.
Ernest C. Abelson Sr., 72, of 3721 Highland ave., a retired toolmaker, died Saturday in West Jersey Hospital. A former Providence, R.I., resident, he lived in Camden eight years.
Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth; a son, Ernest C. Jr., at home, and a sister, Mrs. Mae Crocker of Pawtucket, R.I.
Services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Bradley Funeral Home, 3203 Federal st., where friends may call tonight. Burial will be in Bethel Memorial Park, Pennsauken.