Introduction
Phil Cohen
LANGHAM AVENUE is in Parkside, running south from Walnut Street to Baird Avenue, two blocks east of Haddon Avenue. In the years following World War I, many prominent members of Camden’s Jewish community lived on Langham, although the street was never, as popular rumor states, entirely Jewish. This pretty much had ceased to be the case by the end of the 1950s.
Langham Avenue — Occupants (1000 Block)
City directory records and personal recollections, 1929–1960.
1000 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | Aronow Brothers Auto Radiator Co. |
| 1929–1933 | Alexander Aronow |
| 1947 | A.G. Bate & Company |
| 1947 | Alfred G. Bate |
1001 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | Isaac Baltsman |
| 1933 | Langham Grocery |
| 1947 | William Kline |
1002 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Alexander Aronow |
1003 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | William Kendrick |
1004 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | M&L Soda Company |
| 1947 | Morris L. Katsoff |
1005 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | James Somine |
1009 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1940s–1950s | Nathan Rudolph & Family |
| — | Nathan & Mary Rudolph |
| — | Irene Rudolph |
1021 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1945–1960 | Carmen Esposito & Family |
| 1945–1960 | Carmen Esposito & Yolanda Esposito |
| 1945–1960 | Lenora Esposito |
1022 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1930s–1947 | Louis Santosuosso |
| Private Joseph N. Santosuosso |
1025 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1932 | Benjamin Horwitz |
1029 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Dominic Zamitis |
1051 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947–early 1950s | Edward I. Rovner Family |
| 1947–early 1950s | Edward & Minnie Rovner |
| 1947–early 1950s | Arlene Rovner |
1058 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Louis Katsoff |
1065 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | Michael Greenetz |
1070 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Edward R. Smith |
1071 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1932 | Marion E. Long & Family |
| 1932 | Parker Long |
| George H. Williams |
3 Cars Stolen Found
Camden Courier-Post —
Three automobiles were stolen from parking spaces near the wrestling arena at Central Airport, Pennsauken township Monday night while wrestling matches were in progress. All were recovered.
The recovered machines, according to the Pennsauken police, were those of Benjamin Horwitz, of 1025 Langham avenue, Camden; Frank Deegler, 13 Mantua terrace, Paulsboro, and Fred Romano, of 326 York street, Camden.
1039 Langham Avenue: Lieberman Cancellation Shoes
New Jersey Bell Yellow Pages — 1955
Lieberman Cancellation Shoes, 1039 Langham Avenue — EM erson 5-5306. Nationally Advertised Brands, Hard to Fit Sizes. Open daily 10 A.M. to 9 P.M.
1041 Langham Avenue: Marty’s T V Service
New Jersey Bell Yellow Pages — 1955
Marty’s T V Service — Trained for Color Television Home & Auto, Radios Repaired. 1041 Langham Av Cam, EMersn 5-0812.
Long-Williams
Camden Courier-Post —
The Long-Williams wedding at eleven o’clock is to be followed by a reception at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Williams, 1801 Broadway. The bridegroom is the son of Mrs. Marion E. Long, of 1071 Langham avenue, and for the last few months has been making his home in New York.
Miss Williams, given in marriage by her father, is wearing a lovely peau d’ange lace gown in ivory made entrain and with long tight-fitting sleeves. With it she wears a cap of seed pearls and a brief nose veil and carries a shower bouquet of white roses, lilies of the valley and baby’s breath.
Miss Flora W. Williams is her sister’s only attendant. She has chosen a light blue crepe frock with matching jacket, ribbon hat and slippers and carries pink roses and delphinium in an arm bouquet.
William Long is best man for the bridegroom.
Mr. Long and his bride will leave following the reception for Boston and after July 15 will be at home at 3432 Ninety-first street, Jackson Heights, Long Island.
1009 Langham Avenue: The Rudolph Family
My mother lived at this address in high school, and I just came across a listing of her graduation, in a Temple University yearbook, class of 1950:
IRENE RUDOLPH 1009 Langham Avenue Camden, N. J. ACCOUNTING Honorary Accounting Society 3, 4; Beta Gamma Sigma 4; Day Dodgers 2.
The family was mixed Jewish/Polish Catholic, and had moved from 1339 Van Hook Street.
Pat Snyder, October 16, 2013
1000 & 1100 Block Memories
Joe Santosuosso [1022 Langham] was one of my playmates. We used to sneak drinks of his Dad’s sour red wine. Marvin Ruttenberg’s father’s ceremonial wine was delicious, and we would sneak down his cellar [1417 Park Boulevard] and take a swig. It tasted better than anything Manischevitz ever made!
Johnny Furer [1124 Langham] was my classmate in Parkside School. He was a nice gentle fellow. I think of them often on Memorial Day.
I knew a lot of people in the 1000 block of Langham, but not the house numbers. Eddie Saline [1044 Langham], Frankie Conover, Betty Zeidman, and many more. Mr. Holtzman had the grocery store at 1001 when I was small, and my grandmother would give me a note and handful of change to walk down and buy something she needed.
My Rabbi friend, who is a Chaplain at our VA hospital down here, had a copy of a recent JWV news that I read. He was touched when I showed him the Furer-Barag post news and told him about John. Small world.
Bob Stanton, December 2008
Langham Avenue — Occupants (1100 Block)
City directory records, 1919–1995.
1108 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Abraham M. Sklaroff |
1110 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | Morris Koplin |
| 1937–1938 | Angelos Magalas |
1115 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1919–1920 | Herbert P. McAdams |
| 1959 | Alexander DiSalvio |
1117 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Abraham Lewis |
1118 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1919 | Russell Anthony Hart |
1124 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920s–1947 | Jacob L. Furer |
| Private John Falk Furer |
1126 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1961–1995 | Clarence Hawkins |
1129 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929–1930s | Robert Rosengarten & Family |
| 1929–1930s | Robert & Fannie Rosengarten |
| 1929–1930s | Nathan Rosengarten |
| 1929–1930s | Laura Rosengarten |
| 1929–1930s | Rosalie Rosengarten |
| 1929–1930s | Lillian Rosengarten |
1130 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1938 | Arthur R. Dorsey |
1134 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1940s | Edward Fuhrman & Family |
| 1940s | Edward & Hannah Fuhrman |
| 1940s | Leonard Fuhrman |
| Private First Class Charles J. Fuhrman |
1135 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1930–1940s | Robert Rosengarten & Family |
| 1930–1940s | Robert & Fannie Rosengarten |
| 1930–1940s | Nathan Rosengarten |
| 1930–1940s | Laura Rosengarten |
| 1930–1940s | Rosalie Rosengarten |
| 1930–1940s | Lillian Rosengarten |
1138 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1930s–1940s | The Tarter Family |
| Private First Class Herbert H. Tarter | |
| 1935–1940 | Morris Finkelstein & Family |
| 1935–1940 | Morris & Sarah Finkelstein |
| 1935–1940 | Norman Finkelstein |
| 1935–1940 | Herbert Finkelstein |
| 1935–1940 | Edward Finkelstein |
1143 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910s–1920s | Frank W. Garrison |
| — | Frank W. & Pearl Day Garrison |
| 1921–1935 | T. Harry Rowland & Family |
| 1921–1935 | T. Harry & Veda Rowlad |
| 1921–1935 | Thomas Rowland |
1147 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920s–1930s | Herman Z. Cutler |
| 1971 | Alton W. Baker & Family |
| 1971 | Alton & Annie Mae BAker |
| 1971 | Beatrice Baker Henry |
1150 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1941 | Edward Ward |
1156 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929–1947 | Burt Reed Family |
1164 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1938 | Neil Zeidman |
Notable Residents — 1100 Block
Frank W. Garrison, 1143 Langham Avenue — 1910s–1920s.
Jacob L. Furer, 1124 Langham Avenue — 1920s–1947.
Private John Falk Furer, 1124 Langham Avenue — World War II.
Private First Class Charles J. Fuhrman, 1134 Langham Avenue — World War II.
Private First Class Herbert H. Tarter, 1138 Langham Avenue — World War II.
Herman Z. Cutler, 1147 Langham Avenue — 1920s–1930s.
Herbert P. McAdams, 1115 Langham Avenue — 1919 Camden High School Yearbook.
Russell Anthony Hart, 1118 Langham Avenue — 1919 Camden High School Yearbook.
Laura J. Rosengarten
Camden High School Purple & Gold —
1129 Langham Avenue
South Philadelphia High School for Girls
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Women’s White SHOES $1.29
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“KING OF SHOE BARGAINS”
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Baker
Alton W. of 1148 Langham Ave., Camden. Died Nov. 26, 1971. Age 65 years. Employed at Campbell Soup for 43 years. Survived by wife Annie Mae, daughter Mrs. Beatrice Ellen Henry, 5 grandchildren, brother Sheraman. Relatives and friends are invited to attend funeral services on Thursday, 8 p.m. in the Kaighn Avenue Baptist Church, 9th and Kaighn Avenue, Camden, where friends may call after 6 p.m. Interment Sunset Memorial Park, Pennsauken. Services under the direction of the Carl Miller Funeral Home.
Notes — 1100 Block
Laura Rosengarten, 1129 Langham Avenue — June 1932 Camden High School Purple & Gold yearbook.
Morris Finkelstein & Family, 1138 Langham Avenue — 1935–1940.
Alton W. Baker, 1148 Langham Avenue — died November 26, 1971.
Mrs. T. Harry Rowland Entertains
Camden Courier-Post —
Mrs. T. Harry Rowland, 1143 Langham avenue, this city, entertained at her home on Thursday at a small luncheon followed by bridge.
5 Camden Draftees to Train in South
Camden Courier-Post —
The public relations office at Camp Lee, Va., announced yesterday five Camden young men, inducted into the Army recently as selectees, have been assigned to Company A, Sixth Medical Training Battalion, at the Virginia camp.
They are Privates Herman Gottfried, of 2629 Westfield avenue; Private James Lloyd, of 637 Pine street; Private Edward Shaen, of 624 Kaighn avenue; Edward Ward, of 1150 Langham avenue, and Milton Kahn, of 257 South Twenty-seventh street. The men will receive 13-weeks’ training as medical soldiers. Their courses include anatomy, physiology, pharmacy, first aid and other basic medical subjects.
11 Nabbed by Police in Gambling Raids
Camden Courier-Post —
7 Arrested in Bingo Numbers Racket; 4 Seized in Betting Place
Ten men and a woman were arrested in gambling raids over the weekend by Camden city and county authorities.
Seven were arrested for operating a “bingo numbers” racket. A warrant also was issued for Frank Palese, 400 Spruce street, a member of a widely known South Camden family, as the “big shot” of the racket, according to Chief Lawrence T. Doran, of county detectives. Doran said last night Palese is still a fugitive.
In another raid by Camden police, three men and a woman were arrested in an alleged horse racing betting establishment at 1149 Lansdowne avenue. The place was on the second floor over a grocery store, according to Sergeant Gus Koerner, City Detective Thomas Murphy, Jr., and Patrolman James McLaughlin, who made the raid. Koerner and Murphy also figured in the second raid.
Several racing forms and four telephones with two direct wires to tracks now in operation were seized, according to Koerner and Murphy. The police first arrested Roland Flynn, 36, of 589 Carman street; Neil Zeidman, 43, of 1064 Langham avenue, and James O’Donal, 27, of 1119 Empire avenue, and held them in $1000 bail for violating the State crimes act.
Langham Avenue — Occupants (1200 Block)
City directory records and photographs, 1920s–2011.
1211 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | William Bryen |
1213 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1941 | Cecil W. Davis |
1217 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1941 | Zellie Ellis |
| 1941 | Charles E. Thompson |
1221 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1956 | John H. Fooks Sr. |
| John H. Fooks Jr. |
1222 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1931 | Barney Brown |
1226 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920s | Dr. Samuel M. Rubinstein & Family |
| David M. Rubinstein |
1227 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1940s | Alter Barbel & Family |
| — | Alter & Dora Barbel |
| — | Elmer Barbel |
| — | Rose Barbel |
1230 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | Carl Kisselman |
1231 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1950s | Walter Gordon & Family |
| Bruce Gordon |
1233 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1938 | J. Blaxland Jr. |
1240 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1955 | Robert B. Williams |
1242 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1955 | Marian's Dressmaking Shop |
1248 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929–1933 | Mark Blaker |
1253 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Mrs. Rebecca Bertman |
1254 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1931 | Rabbi Nachman Arnoff |
| 1931 | Congregation Beth El |
1260 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Rabbi Philip Lipis |
| — | Congregation Beth El |
1261 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Benjamin Stone |
1262 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Daniel Toll |
1264 Langham Avenue
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Benjamin L. Phillips |
Notable Residents — 1200 Block
Bruce Gordon, 1231 Langham Avenue — 1950s.
Rabbi Philip Lipis, 1260 Langham Avenue — 1947. Congregation Beth El.
Board No. 11 Calls 7 Men for Draft
Camden Courier-Post —
Local Board No. 11, Wildwood and Princess avenues, announced it has ordered seven youths to appear for induction into the Army July 30. They are:
Paul Lightman, 24, of 1176 Haddon avenue; Joseph B. Kujawa, 26, of 1202 Everett street; Alfred Zanwood, 23, of 1195 Thurman street; John E. Wiley, 27, of 1061 Diamond street; Cecil W. Davis, 21, of 1213 Langham avenue; William J. Sbariscia, 23, of 1329 Decatur street, and Leonard Auslander, 22, of 1237 Magnolia avenue.
Legal Intelligence: Camden County Transfers
Camden Courier-Post —
LEGAL INTELLIGENCE
CAMDEN COUNTY TRANSFERS
Camden — 712 Haddon avenue; Harry J. Weaver, et ux, to Alwin L. Newman, et ux. $1.
Camden — 1217 Langham avenue: Zellie Ellis to Charles E. Thompson. $1.
John H. Fooks Sr.
Camden Courier-Post —
John H. Fooks Sr., 82, of 1221 Langham ave., died Sunday in a convalescent home in Philadelphia.
Surviving are a son, John Jr., with whom he lived, and one grandchild.
Services will be held Wednesday at 1 p. m. in the Hosanna A. M. E. Church, 30th and Mitchell sts., where friends may call tonight. Burial will be in Mt. Peace Cemetery, Lawnside.
1240 Langham Avenue: Robert B. Williams Notary Public
New Jersey Bell Yellow Pages — 1955
Robert B. Williams, Notary Public — Taxmaster Service. 1240 Langham Av, Camden — WO odlawn 3-0406.
1233 Langham Avenue: J. Blaxland Jr.
Camden Courier-Post —
Building & Contracting
REPAIR WORK — Alterations, additions, new construction. J. Blaxland, Jr., 1233 Langham, Camden 7094-W.
Street Photographs, 2008 & 2011
1109 Langham Avenue, 2008.
1211–1213 Langham Avenue, July 2, 2011.
1215–1217 Langham Avenue, July 2, 2011.
1221–1223 Langham Avenue, July 2, 2011.
1221–1223 Langham Avenue, July 2, 2011.
1225–1227 Langham Avenue, July 2, 2011.
1229–1231 Langham Avenue, July 2, 2011.
Man Shot in Holdup of Card Game Dies
Camden Courier-Post —
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.
2 Girls, Youth Held in Probe of Fatal Card Game Holdup
Camden Courier-Post —
Arrests in Delair and Here Follow 14-Day Hunt for Dum-Dum Bandit
Two girls and a man are held incommunicado by the Camden city and county police, pending an official examination of the brain of Angelos Malagas, a restaurant cook. Malagas died in the Cooper Hospital on Sunday, 13 days after he had been the victim of a holdup and alleged assault.
Malagas was one of the victims held up in a card game at 725 Penn street on January 11 and died after making a valiant fight for life.
The three prisoners are Luigi Tortu, 21, of 426 Line street, Camden; Pearl Wills, 18, of 7900 Day street, Delair, and Evelyn Buffa, 18, of 810 Florence street, Camden. Tortu was arrested yesterday in Delair as he was keeping a “date” with the Wills girl. He was seized by Detectives Harry Kyler and Thomas Murphy, of the city detective bureau, and James Mulligan of the county staff.
Second Girl Arrested
The Wills girl also was arrested and after the pair were questioned the sleuths came to Camden where they picked up Miss Buffa.
None of the detectives last night would give an inkling as to the reason for holding the prisoners “on ice,” or if any charges would be preferred against them.
Meanwhile Coroner Franklin P. Jackson III refused to give a certificate of death until the chemical test of Malagas’ brain is made by Philadelphia experts. Dr. David S. Rhone, county physician, sent the organ away yesterday, after Dr. Rhone had performed an autopsy. Dr. Rhone refused to disclose result of the post-mortem at this time.
Malagas’ funeral will be held from his home, 1110 Langham avenue, at 3 p.m. tomorrow, and from the Schroeder home, 715 Cooper street. Burial will be in Locustwood Memorial Park.
Hunted for 13 Days
Thirteen days’ hunt for Tortu came to a climax yesterday when the detectives learned that the young man was calling frequently on the Wills girl at her home. Armed with this information they went to Delair, posted themselves in the vicinity of the Wills’ home and waited for their quarry.
They were there a short time when Tortu appeared and was arrested immediately. The Wills girl and her friend, Miss Buffa, are said to be held as material witnesses, but the detectives refused last night to tell where they were detained.
Two men were identified with the holdup, according to the victims’ story told to the police. A search by the police of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware for the fugitive, who is believed to have severed Malagas’ arm with a “dum dum bullet” has been in progress since the crime was committed.
Also wounded in the holdup was Ross Pandeladia, 37, owner of a restaurant at 6846 Market street, Philadelphia.
Police do not have the identity of the bandit who accompanied Malagas’ assailant. The fugitive suffered a beating about the head with the pistol which was said to have been used on Malagas. Police recovered the weapon at the holdup scene.
The occupant of the place, Samuel Ermlios told police he had merely invited friends to the house for a friendly game, and that when the bandits entered shortly after midnight he and his guests were ordered to line up against the wall and throw their money on the table. More than $600 was taken.
As one of the bandits reached for the money the players struck him over the head with a chair and a struggle for the weapon ensued. The pistol was discharged during the struggle.
Eight material witnesses arrested after the holdup will be recalled to the office of Prosecutor Samuel P. Orlando and re-examined. They are Pandeladia, George Summers, 46, of 2592 Baird avenue; Samuel Bosco, proprietor of a Broadway barber shop; George Caras, 45, of 581 Mickle street; Michael Dandrea, 47, of 1667 Norris street; George Matros, and his wife, Annie, living at the Penn street address, and Mrs. Ermlios.
Tortu was arrested late in December, 1937, when detectives took four suspects whom the police sought to identify with various holdups committed in South Jersey during the latter part of last year.
Tortu then gave his address as 426 Line street. Arrested at the same time was a girl who said she was Evelyn Buffalo, and who gave the address, 322 Penn street, as her home. It was at the Penn street house that the suspects were arrested.
Others captured at the time were Frank Luggi, 21, 322 Penn street; Nicholas Dandrea, 27, of 529 Line street, and Frederick Gasperone, who gave a false address when he was booked.
Justice of the Peace George Wilkinson, of Stratford, held Luggi, Gasperone and Dandrea for the grand jury, on the charge of breaking into the garage of Albert Weston at Stratford on Thanksgiving. Tortu was discharged.
Two Players Wounded As 2 Bandits Hold Up Card Game on Penn St.
Camden Courier-Post —
Robber Fires as Victims Attack Him with Chairs; One Player Reports $487 Loss
Dum-Dum Bullet Hits Both Injured
Two men were shot and one of them seriously wounded last night in a holdup of a card game in which two masked and armed bandits escaped with more than $600, taken from five players in the game, police said.
The robbery was at the home of Samuel Ermelious, 46, and his wife, Mabel, at 725 Penn street. The men shot were Angelo Naglas, 38, of 1110 Langham avenue, a restaurant worker and father of 13 children, and Ross Pandeladis, proprietor of a restaurant at 6846 Market street, Philadelphia.
Both were wounded by a single “dum-dum” bullet—soft-nosed and built to spatter in contact with a target—fired from a six-chamber .38 calibre revolver. The gun was recovered at the scene.
Man Badly Injured
Naglas was reported in dangerous condition at Cooper Hospital from los [sic] of blood. A portion of the soft bullet severed large blood vessels in his upper left arm. Pandeladis fled to Philadelphia and was admitted to Jefferson Hospital. The extent of his wounds could not be determined immediately by police.
Several business men were in the game and admitted playing poker, according to Detective Sergeant Joseph Carpani. The shot was fired while the group of men in the Penn street house were swinging chairs at the head of one of the bandits.
Victims Deny Gambling
Naglas, Ermelious and Mrs. Ermelious are restaurant workers. Also victimized in the hold-up were several business men.
The hold-up victims said they had dropped in for a sandwich, but later admitted they were playing poker, Carpani said. About midnight, they
Coroner’s Quiz Ordered In Holdup Victim’s Death
Camden Courier-Post —
Rhone Calls Inquest in Fatality Linked to Card Game Shooting,
SUSPECT NAMED IN $600 ROBBERY
A coroner’s jury will decide the cause of the death of Angelos Malagas, restaurant cook, who was shot during the holdup of a Penn street card game January 11.
County Physician David S. Rhone yesterday ordered Coroner Franklin P. Jackson, 3rd, to conduct an autopsy, and the coroner’s inquest will be held as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, Luigi Tortu, 21, of 426 Line street, one of three persons arrested Monday for questioning concerning the holdup, was released.
Coroner Jackson will confer with the prosecutor’s office today in regard to the inquest, it was learned, and an effort will be made to start the procedure at once. The last coroner’s inquest held in Camden county was in 1933, in the death of Thomas Timothy Sullivan, and previous to that none had been held in 25 years.
Choice of Jury Allowed
Under state law, the county physician may order an inquest, with 12 persons on the jury of the coroner’s choosing. The jurymen may be taken from the present panel or be picked at random. Material and police witnesses will be called to testify. The grand jury does not have to indict on the basis of the inquest.
The funeral of Malagas, father of 13 children, was to be held at 3 p.m. today at his home, 1110 Langham avenue, and at the Schroeder home, 715 Cooper street. However, Coroner Jackson said that if it is found necessary, the body will be held.
Coroner Jackson refused to give a certificate of death until the chemical test of Malagas’ brain is made by Philadelphia experts. Dr. Rhone sent the organ away Monday after performing an autopsy, and said a report may not be ready for 10 days. He refused to disclose result of the post-mortem at this time.
Assistant Prosecutor Isaac W.
Board No. 11 Calls 7 Men for Draft
Camden Courier-Post —
Local Board No. 11, Wildwood and Princess avenues, announced it has ordered seven youths to appear for induction into the Army July 30. They are:
Paul Lightman, 24, of 1176 Haddon avenue; Joseph B. Kujawa, 26, of 1202 Everett street; Alfred Zanwood, 23, of 1195 Thurman street; John E. Wiley, 27, of 1061 Diamond street; Cecil W. Davis, 21, of 1213 Langham avenue; William J. Sbariscia, 23, of 1329 Decatur street, and Leonard Auslander, 22, of 1237 Magnolia avenue.
Cops Find No Trace of Man Identified as One of Bandits
Camden Courier-Post —
One of Pair Shot During Robbery Struggle in Serious Condition
8 HELD AS WITNESSES
Camden detectives and police of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware, are hunting for a suspect in the holdup of a card game at 725 Penn street, early yesterday, in which two men were wounded, one seriously. The identity of the suspect is known and local detectives who visited his haunts yesterday found the man had disappeared.
With him at the time of the hold-up was another bandit, whose identity police do not know. While this search is in progress, Angelo Margolis, 38, of 1110 Langham avenue, is in Cooper Hospital, shot through the arm, and in a serious condition from loss of blood, received in a battle with the robbers.
Ross Pandeladia, 37, owner of a restaurant at 6846 Market street, Philadelphia, slightly wounded during the battle that followed the “stickup,” had his burns treated at the Jefferson Hospital and was held as a material witness in $500 bail for a hearing on the case January 18.
Other card players, all held in the same sureties as material witnesses include George Summers, 46, 2592 Baird avenue, known as a “sportsman;” Samuel Bosco, barber shop proprietor on Broadway, whose home is at 811 South Fifth street, while Samuel Ermlios, cook in a restaurant, at whose home the card party was held, was held in $500 ball [sic] as a material witness and also $1000 bonds on the charge of maintaining a disorderly house.
George Caras, 45, of 581 Mickle street; Michael Dandrea, 47, 1667 Norris street; George Matros and his wife, Annie, living at the Penn street house, also were held as material witnesses.
Scarduzio Jailed by Orlando After Gun Play in Restaurant
Camden Courier-Post —
Action Follows Police Failure to Report On Shooting
PROBE ORDERED BY MRS. KOBUS
Nick Scarduzio, 39, former Summer policeman, was held last night without bail for grand jury action on a charge of atrocious assault and battery and intent to kill as a sequel to a gun-play row at 3 a. m. Saturday in a South Camden restaurant.
Scarduzio was taken into custody by County Detective Wilfred Dube on orders of Prosecutor Samuel P. Orlando.
Investigation of police failure to report immediately the shooting affray was promised by Commissioner Mary W. Kobus, director of public safety.
“I wasn’t apprised of this case until 4.30 o’clock yesterday,” Mrs. Kobus said. “Ordinarily our policemen aren’t required to report little barroom brawls. This is different. I intend to investigate thoroughly. I shall interview these policemen this afternoon and until I have talked with them, I will await developments.”
Brother Slain December 24th
Scarduzio was a brother of Andrew Scarduzio, Eighth ward political worker, who was fatally shot in a Bellmawr taproom on December 24 during a brawl in which the brothers sought to eject three men who demanded entry to the place at 5.30 a. m. after the cafe had been closed for the night. Andrew was employed as the cafe handyman.
Arrested by Dube on “information received,” Nick Scarduzio, who lives at 419 Webster street, and who has had numerous encounters with police, allegedly went berserk when requested by a patron of Mike Patsourakas’ restaurant at 1806 Broadway to refrain from profanity in the presence of several women diners.
Lawrence T. Doran, chief of county detectives, said he obtained statements of several witnesses.
Doran said he learned Scarduzio entered the restaurant after visiting a nearby taproom and was in a “disagreeable mood.”
Taking a place at the counter, Scarduzio became loud, Doran said he learned, and was accosted by Robert Wolfe, 32, of 1128 Langham avenue, another diner.
Wolfe requested Scarduzio to calm down, witnesses told Doran, whereupon Scarduzio reached across the counter and seized a knife with which he threatened Wolfe and later picked up a heavy sugar bowl and hurled it, striking Wolfe on the head.
Wolfe raised his hands in defense, Doran quoted the witnesses, and Scarduzio whipped out a gun and fired two shots. His aim was diverted when Patsourakas grabbed his arm and Wolfe dashed toward the rest of the place as the other diners scattered.
More Shots Fired
Scarduzio attempted to follow Wolfe, according to Doran, and the fleeing man hid behind a box in a rear room. Scarduzio raced past him into an alleyway where, the detective chief said, he saw another figure and fired two more shots. Wolfe later was taken to Cooper Hospital where three stitches were used to close the wound caused by the sugar bowl.
Doran said three city policemen arrived later at the scene, but that subsequent investigation revealed no account of the incident was on city police records. No report was made to the city detective bureau.
Orlando ordered the county detective bureau to investigate the case and Scarduzio’s arrest followed. Doran also related that the weapon which was taken from Scarduzio by Patsourakas and “broken” was later taken over by city police.
Chief of Police Ralph Bakley, who was taking reports from the three city officers, said there was nothing said by them about taking the gun from the restaurant owner. He will question them on that phase of the case later today, he said.
Was Special Officer
Scarduzio was employed last month by Commissioner Kobus as a special officer making a check on all-day parkers in the city business section. Doran said he learned the man is no longer employed by the city.
The city police report, made yesterday afternoon, according to Mrs. Kobus, follows:
“I have to report that about 3 a. m. Saturday, Jan. 20, we were cruising in scout car south on Broadway. We were stopped by a young man at Broadway and Ferry avenue. He told us there had been a fight in a restaurant located two doors south of Ferry avenue on the east side of Broadway. Officer (Oliver) Morgan and I entered the restaurant and we saw all the patrons sitting down. We asked if there had been any trouble and they said there had been a fight but that it was all over. So we left the place after we searched all persons in the place for a gun, not finding any. ‘One man had been hit on the head with a sugar bowl.’ He refused to make any charge and also refused to go to a hospital.”
The report was signed by Carl Fredericks and Oliver Morgan. Policeman Paul Jackson, the foot patrolman on that beat, made a similar report, Bakley said.
Certificate for West Point Appointment Examination
CHAS. A. WOLVERTON
1st Dist. New Jersey
Member of Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
Camden, New Jersey
November 19, 1936
CERTIFICATE
To Take U.S. Civil Service Examination
For Preliminary Competitive Examination
For Appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy
And the U.S. Military Academy.
To NATHAN ROSENGARTEN
1135 Langham Avenue
Camden, New Jersey
You are hereby authorized to take preliminary competitive examination for appointment to the U.S. Military Academy, to be held at the Camden Post Office, Fourth and Market Streets, Camden, New Jersey, on Saturday, December 12, 1936, at 9 a.m.
Candidates should be present by 8.30 a.m. in order to present this certificate to the Examiner in Charge preliminary to taking the examination.
Chas. A. Wolverton
Member of Congress
1st District of New Jersey
Walter J. Beer
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book — 1943
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