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Mulford Street

Named after Dr. Isaac Skillman Mulford
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Mulford Street

Mulford Street runs south from Van Hook Street, east of South 10th Street to the railroad tracks at Bulson Street. It first appeared in Camden’s City Directories in 1878.

Mulford Street was named after Dr. Isaac Skillman Mulford, a prominent citizen of 19th century Camden, who had owned a great deal of land in the area and was involved in the movement that established Camden County in the 1840s. Dr. Mulford was brother-in-law to John W. Mickle, and also was a director of the Camden & Philadelphia Steamboat Ferry Company. Dr. Mulford was a highly respected civic orator at a time when public speeches were second only to newspapers as the primary means of mass communication. He also organized the city’s and county’s medical societies, and as a historian wrote a book entitled Civil and Political History of New Jersey.

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Arrested for Robbing Own Home

Philadelphia Inquirer —

1700 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1895–2011.

1703 Mulford Street

1703 Mulford Street — 1700 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
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1906Occupied
1947No occupant listed

1711 Mulford Street

1711 Mulford Street — 1700 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906Occupied
1947Occupied

1713 Mulford Street

1713 Mulford Street — 1700 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906Occupied
1916Henry Perry
1947Occupied

1715 Mulford Street

1715 Mulford Street — 1700 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
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1906Occupied
1947Occupied

1717 Mulford Street

1717 Mulford Street — 1700 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
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1906Occupied
1947Occupied

1719 Mulford Street

1719 Mulford Street — 1700 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906Occupied
1947Occupied

1727 Mulford Street

1727 Mulford Street — 1700 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1895Gilbert Hubert
1947No occupant listed

1728 Mulford Street

1728 Mulford Street — 1700 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938 Walter W. Carter
1947John J. Hainsworth
2012Occupied

1729 Mulford Street

1729 Mulford Street — 1700 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947No occupant listed

1730 Mulford Street

1730 Mulford Street — 1700 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Occupied
2012Occupied

1732 Mulford Street

1732 Mulford Street — 1700 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
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1947Occupied
2012Occupied

1734 Mulford Street

1734 Mulford Street — 1700 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
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1947Occupied
2012Occupied

1736 Mulford Street

1736 Mulford Street — 1700 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Occupied
2012Occupied

1738 Mulford Street

1738 Mulford Street — 1700 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Occupied
2012Occupied

1744 Mulford Street

1744 Mulford Street — 1700 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906Occupied
1947No occupant listed

1752 Mulford Street

1752 Mulford Street — 1700 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906Occupied
1947No occupant listed
2011Waddell A. Tidwell
Philadelphia Inquirer, April 3, 1895 — John E. Faunce Shot — 1727 Mulford Street

John E. Faunce Shot

Wounded While on a Train Bound for Atlantic City.

A Boy Fired a Rifle and the Bullet Entered the Ex-Speaker’s Neck, Barely Missing the Jugular Vein.

John E. Faunce, who was Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1883, received a painful wound in the neck yesterday afternoon by a bullet from an air rifle fired through a car window. He was riding through West Collingswood at the time, on the 4.00 o’clock Reading express train to Atlantic City.

John Richardson, 14 years old, of 661 Central avenue; Gilbert Hubert, 15 years old, of 1727 Mulford street, and Robert Swain, aged 16 years, of 1737 Kossuth street, are locked up at the Camden City Hall charged with the shooting.

Young Richardson admits having fired the bullet. He claims that he shot at the car wheels as the train was passing, but his feet slipped and the rifle flew upwards, just as he pulled the trigger. The engineer of the train, however, saw the boy point the rifle directly at the car windows.

Ex-Speaker Faunce was sitting in the smoking car when the bullet crashed through the window and buried itself in the fleshy part of his neck. At Hammonton Dr. Bieling was called in and dressed the wound, but was unable to locate the bullet. He accompanied Mr. Faunce to his cottage on Indiana avenue, near Pacific avenue, Atlantic City. The wound is painful but is not thought to be serious.

The railroad officials in Camden were notified of the shooting, and Detective Moore went to work on the case. Accompanied by Policeman Laird, who had seen Richardson returning home with the rifle, they went to the lad’s house and placed him under arrest. He confessed to firing the shot and gave the names of the other boys that were with him.

A dispatch from Atlantic City last night stated that ex-Speaker Faunce was resting quietly. The ball entered within an eighth of an inch of the jugular vein, and the physician was afraid of irritating the wound by probing for it.

1800 Block of Mulford Street, 1805–1848

1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)

City directory records, 1900–2012.

1805 Mulford Street

1805 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Joseph Pinckney

1810 Mulford Street

1810 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906Occupied
1932James Hinson
1947No occupant listed

1812 Mulford Street

1812 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906Occupied
1932Hobart White
1947No occupant listed

1814 Mulford Street

1814 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900George Marple

1822 Mulford Street

1822 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947No occupant listed
2012Vacant

1828 Mulford Street

1828 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Occupied
2011Vacant

1834 Mulford Street

1834 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
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1947Occupied

1841 Mulford Street

1841 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
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1947Occupied

1843 Mulford Street

1843 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
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1947Occupied

1845 Mulford Street

1845 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
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1906Occupied

1847 Mulford Street

1847 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
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1947Occupied

1848 Mulford Street

1848 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Clifford Cole

1852 Mulford Street

1852 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Felix Shoe Repair / Pancrazio DeFazio

1854 Mulford Street

1854 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947No occupant listed
1955Meo's Rug Cleaners (A. Di Fazio, Prop.)

1859 Mulford Street

1859 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Anthony Kendzierski

1861 Mulford Street

1861 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Occupied

1863 Mulford Street

1863 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929–1931William B. Cunningham & Family
1929–1931William B. & Carrie Cunningham
1929–1931Edward Cunningham
1929–1931John Cunningham
1929–1931Florence Cunningham
1929–1931Joseph Cunningham
1929–1931William Cunningham

1865 Mulford Street

1865 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
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1935–1962William B. & Carrie Clark Cunningham & Family
1943Edward Cunningham (U.S. Army)
1949John C. Cunningham (died in truck crash, Route 25, Pennsauken)

1867 Mulford Street

1867 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
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1947–1952Henry & Alberta Land & Family
1947–1952Henry Land & Family
1947–1952Margaret Land
1947–1952Henry Land Jr.
1947–1952Charles Land
1947–1952Berniece Land
1947–1952Mrs. Carrie Land Maddred
1947–1952Louis Maddred
1947–1952Robert Maddred

1869 Mulford Street

1869 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
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1947–1974Jonathan & Floretta Cropper Austin & Family
1947–1974Jonathan Austin & Family

1873 Mulford Street

1873 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Occupied

1875 Mulford Street

1875 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
Year ↕ Name ↕
1918Lucius Thomas
1947Occupied

1877 Mulford Street

1877 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Occupied

1890 Mulford Street

1890 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938Mrs. Mary Joslin
1947Occupied

1891 Mulford Street

1891 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
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1938 Razed in February 1938

1892 Mulford Street

1892 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Occupied

1896 Mulford Street

1896 Mulford Street — 1800 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants (1805–1848)
Year ↕ Name ↕
1903–1909William 'Tin Can Billy' Bade (junk dealer)
1903–1909William Bade
1805 Mulford Street, March 19, 2012 1805 Mulford Street, March 19, 2012 1805 Mulford Street, March 19, 2012

1805 Mulford Street — Photographs taken March 19, 2012.

2 Young Coal Thieves Get 30-Day Sentence

Two youths who pleaded guilty to stealing coal were sentenced to 30 days, and two others were sent to the detention home by Police Judge Pancoast Saturday. Frank Carroll, 16, of 750 Pine street, and James Hinson, 16, of 1810 Mulford Street, got the jail sentences and Percy Jones, 14, of 808 Kaighn avenue, and William Carroll, 15, brother of Frank, were sent to the home.

They were arrested by Patrolman William Taylor who said they had been stealing coal from a yard at Seventh and Pine Streets. The boys admitted taking two sacks of coal.

Camden Evening Courier — March 28, 1932

26 Men and 6 Women Are Arrested in Raid

Lieutenant Herbert Anderson and patrolmen of the Fourth district, raided a house at 1812 Mulford Street early yesterday, held Hobart White, 27, colored, of that address, as the alleged proprietor, and 25 men and 6 women as material witnesses for hearing today.

White was released in $500 bail and the others in $100 bail, which was furnished by Mikey Brown and Jake Foos.

Camden Evening Courier — March 28, 1932

1822 Mulford Street, March 19, 2012

1822 Mulford Street — Photograph taken March 19, 2012.

1828 Mulford Street, March 19, 2012

1828 Mulford Street — Photograph taken March 19, 2012.

1843 Mulford Street, March 19, 2012 1843 Mulford Street, March 19, 2012 1843 Mulford Street, March 19, 2012

1843 Mulford Street — Photographs taken March 19, 2012.

1848 Mulford Street, March 19, 2012 1848 Mulford Street, March 19, 2012 1848 Mulford Street, March 19, 2012

1848 Mulford Street — Photographs taken March 19, 2012.

Over in Camden

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Over in Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, August 2, 1900

The police made 297 arrests during July, which is 89 less than last month, and 79 less than July of last year.

The Woman’s Park Association has offered $50 towards a fund for the establishment of public baths this summer.

Joseph Lewis of Sewell, was fined $1.75 by Recorder Nowrey yesterday for bicycle “scorching.”

The body of the unknown man, found drowned in Cooper’s Creek last Sunday, was buried in the Potter’s field yesterday.

George Marple, of 1814 Mulford street, was held in ball [sic] by Justice Chester on a charge of receiving a bridle stolen from Freeholder Rhoads.

Chief of Police Foster declares that while Sunday liquor selling still continues the fourteen persons arraigned for drunkenness before Recorder Nowrey last Monday morning were nearly all arrested on Saturday night.

George Thomas, of Rudderow avenue, East Side, a blacksmith, employed at the Pavonia car shops, was forging a piece of iron yesterday when the iron slipped from the anvil and falling on his arm broke his wrist.

While at work at the Keystone Leather Works, at Seventeenth and Carman streets, East Side, yesterday afternoon, Frederick Myers, of 2630 Federal street, had his arm caught in the machinery and severely lacerated.

Ella Riley, seventeen years old, of the East Side, who was recently committed to the House of the Good Shepherd, in Philadelphia, has been reported to Overseer of the Poor Jefferis as being mentally afflicted. The overseer will investigate the report to-day, and if necessary, have the girl removed to Camden and examined as to her sanity.

1800 Block of Mulford Street, 1852–1896

Meo's Rug Cleaners — 1854 Mulford Street — 1955 New Jersey Bell Yellow Pages ad

Meo’s Rug Cleaners, 1854 Mulford Street — 1955 New Jersey Bell Yellow Pages advertisement. A. Di Fazio, Proprietor.

Edward Cunningham, Camden — 1865 Mulford Street — Camden Courier-Post, August 3, 1943 1865 Mulford Street, Camden Courier-Post, August 3, 1943

Edward Cunningham Camden

[Portrait photograph of Edward Cunningham in military uniform, with caption:]

Edward Cunningham Camden

1865 Mulford Street — Camden Courier-Post, September 16, 1949

1865 Mulford Street — see Camden Courier-Post, September 16, 1949.

Philadelphia Inquirer, June 17, 1906 — William Bade — 1896 Mulford Street Philadelphia Inquirer, August 4, 1906 — William Bade — 1896 Mulford Street Camden Post-Telegram, December 27, 1909 — William Bade Dies in the Hospital — 1896 Mulford Street

Philadelphia Inquirer — June 17, 1906

While William Bade, alias “Tin Can Billy,” of 1896 Mulford street, was driving down Broadway yesterday, a wheel came off his wagon and he was thrown headlong into the street. He was taken to Cooper Hospital.

Philadelphia Inquirer — August 4, 1906

All the downtown fire companies were called out yesterday because William, alias “Tin Can Billy” Bade, of Mulford street, Camden, thought his pile of tin cans was in danger of being burned. After the engines, the hose wagons and other apparatus had responded, causing intense excitement, it was found the only evidence of any fire was in the chicken coop of one of Billy’s neighbors, who was smoking out insects.

William Bade Dies in the Hospital

Death on last Friday night removed an eccentric character of Centreville in the person of William Bade, better known as “Tin Can Billy,” a rag and junk dealer of 1896 Mulford street, who passed away on Christmas Eve, at Homeopathic Hospital from exhaustion due to violent attacks of convulsions. He had only been in the hospital for two days previous to his demise and was practically dying when the ambulance took him there.

Intersection of Mulford Street & Ferry Avenue

Mulford Street and Ferry Avenue intersection sign, July 20, 2011 1051–1053 Ferry Avenue, northeast corner of Mulford Street, July 20, 2011 1046 Ferry Avenue, southwest corner of Mulford Street, July 20, 2011

Intersection of Mulford Street and Ferry Avenue — Photographs taken July 20, 2011. Northeast corner: 1051 & 1053 Ferry Avenue. Southwest corner: 1046 Ferry Avenue.

2100 Block of Mulford Street

2100 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1947–2012.

2101 Mulford Street

2101 Mulford Street — 2100 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Occupied

2103 Mulford Street

2103 Mulford Street — 2100 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Occupied

2105 Mulford Street

2105 Mulford Street — 2100 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Occupied
2011Vacant

2107 Mulford Street

2107 Mulford Street — 2100 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Occupied
2011Vacant

2109 Mulford Street

2109 Mulford Street — 2100 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Beatrice Burch
2011Vacant

2111 Mulford Street

2111 Mulford Street — 2100 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Susie Roberts
1954–1959James & Laura B. Germany & Family

2137 Mulford Street

2137 Mulford Street — 2100 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947–1953 Samuel E. Greene & Family
1947–1953Samuel E. & Florence Greene
1947–1953Ethel Greene Smith
1947–1953Samuel Greene
1947–1953Edward Greene
1947–1953Isaac Greene
1947–1953Elmer Greene
1947–1953Theodore Greene
1947–1953Oscar Greene
1990sHarris Auto Repair
1990sHarris Washington
2105–2107 Mulford Street, March 19, 2012 2105–2109 Mulford Street, March 19, 2012 2107–2109 Mulford Street, March 19, 2012

2105–2109 Mulford Street — Photographs taken March 19, 2012.

Camden Courier-Post, January 8, 1958 — Mrs. Laura B. Germany — 2111 Mulford Street

Mrs. Laura B. Germany

Mrs. Laura B. Germany, 42, of 2111 Mulford st., died Sunday in Cooper Hospital. A native of Pickens County, Ala., she was a Camden resident 12 years.

Surviving are her husband, James, and a stepson, George, at home.

Services will be held in Allisville, Ala. Friends may call Thursday night in a funeral home at 831 Van Hook st.

2137 Mulford Street — Harris Auto Repair, 1990s

2137 Mulford Street — Harris Auto Repair (Harris Washington), 1990s.

Camden Youth, Driver Trapped in Wreckage

Camden Courier-Post —

Camden Courier-Post front page banner, September 16, 1949 Camden Youth, Driver Trapped in Wreckage — article text, Camden Courier-Post, September 16, 1949 Two men died in this truck cab — crash scene photograph, Pennsauken, September 16, 1949 The wreckage was still hot — crash scene photograph, Pennsauken, September 16, 1949 Flames finished the job — truck wreckage, Route 25, Pennsauken, September 16, 1949 Article divider, Camden Courier-Post, September 16, 1949 Trucks — continued from page one — Camden Courier-Post, September 16, 1949 Man Slightly Injured — Camden Courier-Post, September 16, 1949 Traffic details — Camden Courier-Post, September 16, 1949 Coroner Spares Relatives — Camden Courier-Post, September 16, 1949

2 BURN TO DEATH IN CRASH OF 6 TRUCKS IN PENNSAUKEN

CAMDEN YOUTH, DRIVER TRAPPED IN WRECKAGE

A Camden man and a youth perished in the cab of a blazing truck shortly before 11 a.m. today, after a collision with another vehicle on Route 25, Pennsauken, underneath the S-41 overpass.

The crash, which occurred on the rather steep grade approaching the underpass, was followed by a series of minor collisions involving in all, six trucks and a passenger auto.

The victims were:
John C. Cunningham, 22, of 1865 Mulford street, the driver.
Allen L. Todd, 17, of 817 Penn street.

Todd suffered a crushed chest and skull and Cunningham a crushed skull and compound fracture of the left leg. Both bodies were burned beyond recognition in the fire which followed the crash. Coroner Inglesby said both apparently were unconscious when they were burned.

TRUCK CARRIED SCRAP IRON

The truck in which the two perished was traveling north on Route 25 with a load of scrap iron, when it collided with a huge flat deck trailer-truck carrying a 20-ton ship propeller.

The death truck was spun around, facing south by the impact, while the vehicle carrying the propeller was split in two by the crash. The cab of the second truck struck one of the concrete overpass supports and burst into flames. The propeller dropped to the road, and the flat section on which it had been mounted came to rest against several other of the concrete pillars.

The only witness to the fatal crash was Willie G. Babington, 30, Hagerstown, Md., driver of one of the six trucks involved in the pile-up.

TRIED TO TURN LEFT

Babington, who is employed by the Associated Transport Co., New York City, was traveling north on Route 25 with a cargo of rayon goods.

“The truck in which the two men died,” Babington told police, “passed me just north of Haddonfield road in the center lane. When the vehicle reached the second of the two ramps leading up onto Route S-41, he attempted to make a left turn. That’s when the truck collided with the flat trailer carrying the propeller and going south.

“I think the truck hit the propeller and caused the crash.”

The truck carrying the propeller was owned by the Ferguson Reconditioning Co., Hoboken. The death truck was owned by Kendzierski Bros., 1829 Tioga street, junk yard operators. The vehicle was carrying a load of scrap iron and auto parts.

ANOTHER DRIVER HURT

Oliver Goins, 28, driver of the propeller truck, is a resident of Baltimore, and was treated at Cooper hospital for burns and cuts on the face, shoulders and arm. He described his escape from the burning cab as miraculous.

He said the death truck swerved against his vehicle and they struck headon. Goins, who was alone, was thrown against the right side of the overpass and his cab caught fire immediately. Both doors were jammed and as the flames started to lick at the cab he slid over to the

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right, punched a hole in the windshield and climbed out.

Traveling north, not far behind the death vehicle, was a Parcel Service delivery truck operated by Harry Diehl, 62, of 8050 Fairview street, Philadelphia. Behind Diehl’s truck was a gasoline tanker driven by Frank A. Duffield, 24, of 57 East Collingswood avenue, Oaklyn.

Diehl, observing the inferno a few hundred feet in front of him, jammed on his brakes. Duffield resisted an impulse to pull out of the lane to pass the parcel truck and tock [sic] his chances on a rear-end collision, thus preventing his load of gasoline feeding the flames. He pushed the parcel truck safely past the two burning vehicles.

MAN SLIGHTLY INJURED

The trailer-truck driven by Babington was also headed north and was slowed by its driver as it neared the crash scene, and was hit in the rear by a similar vehicle carrying a load of pecans and driven by M. C. Wells, 40, of Macon, Ga.

Wells was also treated at Cooper hospital for head injuries and released.

The first fire company to reach the scene was a volunteer group from Parry. The firemen could see the two men trapped in the cab, but they were powerless to remove them but bent their efforts toward extinguishing the flames.

Other fire companies which fought the blaze were Delaview 5, of Delair, and the East Pennsauken Company.

Police departments functioning at the scene were Pennsauken, commanded by Chief Thomas Thorpe; Merchantville, Chief Edward Hare; Palmyra, Capt. Lawrence Betty; Cinnaminson township, and state troopers of the Riverton barracks.

Flames shot 50 feet into the air at the crash scene, and traffic on the overpass was halted by dense clouds of smoke.

The passenger car involved in the series of collisions was driven by Edward Shapiro, 39, of 4817 North Hutchinson street, Philadelphia. His auto was wedged against the curbing by the truck driven by Wells when he pulled to the right in a vain attempt to avoid hitting Babington’s truck.

Shortly after the crash, traffic on Route 25 was jammed for two miles in each direction. Pennsauken and state police swung into action and designated detours to ease the congestion.

Northbound traffic was detoured east on Haddonfield road to Maple avenue, then back to Route 25 clear of the wreck scene. Southbound vehicles were detoured west over the S-41 cloverleaf, then back to Route 25 south of the crash area.

CORONOR [sic] SPARES RELATIVES

Coroner Inglesby refused to allow relatives of the two victims to see the bodies because they were so badly charred.

Cunningham attended Bonsall School and the Camden County Vocational School. He served in the navy two years during War II, and was stationed at Pensacola, Fla., and Norfolk, Va. Surviving are his parents, William and Carrie Cunningham; three brothers, Edward, 24; William Jr., 17, and Joseph, 10, and a sister, Florence, 20.

Todd attended Burrough Junior High School and had been working only a few months. He is survived by his father, Joseph; a stepmother, Doris; five brothers, Joseph, Herbert, Albert, Robert and William, and three sisters, Evelyn, Florence and Anna.

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[Photo] TWO MEN DIED IN THIS TRUCK CAB as the result of a crash on Route 25, Pennsauken, today. The body of one of the victims is on the stretcher, while Coroner Inglesby is shown on the truck step in preparation for removal of the second. Six trucks and one passenger car were involved at the crash scene. —Courier-Post Photo

[Photo] THE WRECKAGE WAS STILL HOT when Coroner Inglesby, shown inside the truck cab, and his aides prepared to remove the bodies of the men trapped inside the vehicle. —Courier-Post Photo

[Photo] FLAMES FINISHED THE JOB of wrecking this truck after it was demolished in a crash on Route 25, Pennsauken, underneath the S-41 overpass today. Two men perished in the cab of the vehicle. The wreck, still smoking, contains the body of one victim. A workman is shown preparing to help remove the second body, while Coroner Inglesby, extreme left, examines the other body on stretcher in road. —Courier-Post Photo

[Photo] JOHN C. CUNNINGHAM — Of 1865 Mulford street, who perished in the cab of the truck he was driving when it collided with another and burned on Route 25, underneath the S-41 overpass today. A fellow employe, Allen L. Todd, 17, of 817 Penn streets [sic], also died in the accident.

Samuel E. Greene

Camden Courier-Post —

Samuel E. Greene - Camden Courier-Post, May 21, 1953

Samuel E. Greene, 71, died Wednesday in his home, 2137 Mulford st., after a long illness. He was born in Philadelphia and resided in Camden more than 50 years. He was a retired cement contractor and had been in business for himself more than 50 years.

Mr. Greene was a member of St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church. With his wife, Florence, who survives, he celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last year.

Also surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Smith; six sons, Samuel, Edward, Isaac, Elmer, Theodore and Oscar, all of Camden; and seven grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in the residence where friends may call Friday night. Burial will be in Mt. Peace Cemetery, Lawnside.

3 Businesses, Homes Looted On Weekend

Camden Courier-Post —

3 Businesses, Homes Looted On Weekend - Camden Courier-Post, December 14, 1957 3 Businesses, Homes Looted On Weekend - Camden Courier-Post, December 14, 1957

Burlars [sic] broke into three Camden business establishments and three Pennsauken homes over the weekend and netted nearly $600 in loot, police said.

Liquor valued at $120 by Richard D. Grayson, 603 Chestnut st., was taken early Sunday from his 705 Bar, 705 Chestnut st., Ptl. Peter N. Paul and Edward Troutman said. An undetermined amount of money was taken from a juke box which was broken open. Police said entry was gained through a rear window.

An estimated $103 was taken from candy, cigaret, pinball and soda pop machines broken open at Paramount Billiards, 16 S. Broadway, according to Ptl. Nathan Kline. George Watson, 410 Carteret st., who opened the billiard parlor Sunday morning, called police.

Two Men Held

Two men are being held on charges of breaking and entering Martini’s Service Station, 4th and Main sts., Saturday night. Ptl. William Haines said 14 cents was missing.

Joseph Knox, 26, of the 1800 block Mulford st., and John Kenney, 24, of the 600 block N. 4th st., were arrested at 5th and Main sts. after a passerby told police she recognized them as the men she saw running from the service station.

Hugo J. Martini, owner of the service station, said the place was looted and 80 pennies taken. Sixty-six of the pennies were found on the floor and pavement.

2000 Block of Mulford Street

2000 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants

City directory records, 1907–2011.

2009 Mulford Street

2009 Mulford Street — 2000 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Occupied

2011 Mulford Street

2011 Mulford Street — 2000 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Occupied

2012 Mulford Street

2012 Mulford Street — 2000 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Occupied

2023 Mulford Street

2023 Mulford Street — 2000 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Occupied

2025 Mulford Street

2025 Mulford Street — 2000 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Occupied

2027 Mulford Street

2027 Mulford Street — 2000 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Occupied

2029 Mulford Street

2029 Mulford Street — 2000 Block of Mulford Street — Occupants
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Brained With Ax, Women Lie Dead

Philadelphia Inquirer —

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Fiend Fires Barn and While Owner Fights Flames Brutally Murders Aged Wife and Domestic—Suspects Arrested

CHAS. GIBSON STEPHEN DORSEY

Suspects held in Camden for the Horner and Natoli crimes.

Brained with an ax in the hands of a thief detected in the act of robbing, two women were foully murdered shortly after 4 o’clock yesterday morning in the farm house of Edward Horner, located along the banks of the Cooper Creek, about half a mile below the Browning road and a short distance from Camden. Mrs. Frances Horner, 63 years old, wife of the farmer, was instantly killed, while Victoria Natoli, 22 years old, of 82[?] Catharine street, Philadelphia, employed as a domestic, died two hours after her admission to the Cooper Hospital in Camden.

Less than four hours after he had worked on the apparent mystery, County Detective John S. Smith had taken into custody Charles Gibson and Stephen Dorsey, negroes, both of 2029 Mulford street, Camden. The evidence against the prisoners is such that Prosecutor Harry Scovel declared there is little doubt that they are the murderers. To attract the attention of the men folks about the house, the thieves set fire to a large frame barn about three hundred feet from the house, and it was while the farmer and his help were endeavoring to check the flames that the crime was committed.

Found Barn Ablaze

It was not until about 10 o’clock Monday night that Horner, who had been to market in Philadelphia with a load of hay, returned to his home. When he and his wife retired they planned to arise early this morning. They were unable to sleep well because of the incessant barking of a small fox terrier that was chained just outside of the kitchen. When the dog had been quieted at 2 o’clock in the morning the farmer and his wife fell into a deep sleep. They were again awakened at 4 o’clock by the terrier’s barking, when the farmer arose to go down to the creature he was startled to see the reflection of a fire on the window pane of his sleeping room. In an instant he had learned that the large barn, containing three horses and farming implements, was burning fiercely.

Without waiting to put on his clothes he ran down stairs, with his aged wife at his heels. Into the summer garden and down a pathway he hurried, calling for his farm hands, three Italians and a negro, who had sleeping quarters in a small frame structure to the south of the barn. These rushed out in their night clothes, among them being the Italian domestic.

“You go and help Mrs. Horner,” said he to the woman as he hurried past her, and Mrs. Natoli ran to the house in compliance.

Work of Incendiary

With the Italians and the negro the farmer turned his attention to the fire, which he found had consumed the lower part of the structure with the exception of the stalls where the three horses were confined. These were hastily taken out, but there was no time to save any of the implements. It seemed as though the blaze came from the central part of the structure where nothing of an inflammable character had been placed, and which proved that the barn had been deliberately fired. When Horner realized that the building could not be saved he concluded to return to the house and don his clothing.

Not more than twenty minutes had elapsed when he went to the side door leading to the kitchen. On trying to open the door he was surprised to find it securely fastened. He thought it had stuck at the bottom, and on looking down he saw two pools of blood, one of which had overrun, and crimson drops were falling to the ground a foot below. With superhuman force he smashed in the door, when he nearly fainted from the terrible scene that met his gaze.

Near the end of a long kitchen table lay his wife, her head resting in an ever-widening pool of blood. He stooped and placed his hand over her heart, but it had been stilled in death. Her face was almost unrecognizable because of the great gush of blood that had flowed from two horrible wounds on her head. He was about to go out and call for help when in the dim light he saw the form of the Italian woman. He found she was still alive and then he gave the alarm.

In an inconceivably short space of time farmers from miles around had flocked to the stricken house. One of these, John Thomas, who has a place across from the Horner farm, about half a mile distant, hastily procured a horse and team and drove at a mad pace into Camden with the dying Italian domestic. He arrived at the Cooper Hospital at 7 o’clock and two hours later, almost to the minute, Mrs. Natoli breathed her last without regaining consciousness. She was about to become a mother.

In the meantime the various county officials arrived. County Physician W. S. Jones. Coroner J. W. Fithian. County Detectives Smith and Cherry. Chief of Police Gravenor and others.

An autopsy was held on the body of Mrs. Horner by Drs. Jones and Fithian.

They found that her skull had been crushed in two places. The wound on the front of the head was shaped like a spearhead and was about three and one-half inches long. An examination showed that the blow that had inflicted this injury had been of such force as to split the skull in twain. The other wound, of a similar character, was at the base of the skull, the bones being crushed like an egg-shell. A subsequent examination made of the body of Mrs. Natoli at the hospital showed that the left side of her skull had been crushed with one terrible blow.

When a search was instituted for the weapon with which the crime had been committed it could not at first be located. It was subsequently found at the rear of the house. It was an old axe that had been used to cut wire from bales of hay, and the butt end was covered with blood and hair, showing that it was in that wise the victims had been struck by the murderer.

Horner, the stricken husband, a man 65 years old, threw the first light on the mystery and he gave a clue that finally resulted in the arrest of the negro Gibson and later of Dorsey. He said he had been having considerable trouble with his help this year. One of the men, who proved to be Gibson, was discharged about three weeks ago after a violent quarrel. At that time the negro left with the remark:

The Threat

“All right. I’ll get even. I’ll burn your barn.”

No more was seen of the man until just before Horner left for his trip to Philadelphia on Monday night. Then the farmer was surprised to see the man enter the farm yard and he appeared to be in a repentant mood. He pleaded with Horner to give him work, but as the farmer had little time to spare he told him to return in the morning. Then Gibson asked for permission to sleep in the barn and this was given him. The last seen of the negro, until his subsequent arrest, was when he left the house to go to the barn. That was about 11 o’clock Monday night, after Horner had returned from Philadelphia.

Armed with this information, County Detective Smith, who had been on the scene since 6 o’clock in the morning, began a search for Gibson. His quest led him into the southern section of Camden, known as Centreville.

In company with Policeman Valentine the detective found Gibson at 1831 South Eighth street. He was immediately placed under arrest and taken to the office of Prosecutor Scovel. He wore a defiant mien and sought to throw off any suspicion connecting him with the crime by declaring his entire ignorance of it.

Stripped of his clothing, he was carefully examined, but no blood marks were found on his body. When his pockets were searched, however, a pawn ticket, on which the ink was hardly dry, was found. It was issued by a Philadelphia pawnbroker at 125 Market street, and was given in exchange for a watch. A handkerchief literally soaked with blood, was also found in one of his pockets, together with a revolver. As to the handkerchief, he said the blood came from his nose.

Meanwhile a “flyer” had been sent out to all of the pawnbrokers at 9 o’clock, and just after Gibson had been taken into custody, Reader, the Market street broker, entered the office of Prosecutor Scovel and excitedly said that a negro had been in his place just twenty minutes before he was apprised of the crime and had pawned two watches. Reader had the watches with him. One bore the name of “Edward Horner.” The other was a woman’s watch, with long pendant chain. The pawnbroker was given a view of Gibson, and he exclaimed:

“That is the man that pawned these watches this morning, just exactly at ten minutes past nine o’clock. There is not the least question but what it is he.”

Gibson never moved, but looked at the officials and the pawnbroker with a defiant glare. He was then placed in a cell in the county jail, to await trial, which Prosecutor Scovel promises will be a speedy one.

Shortly after Gibson’s arrest Detective Smith received information which resulted in him seeking Dorsey. The negro was found at his home, on Mulford street. When taken to the office of Prosecutor Scovel, he at first denied having any knowledge of the matter. In fact, he endeavored to create the impression he was not acquainted with Gibson, but seeing the absurdity of this, he finally acknowledged being out with Gibson Monday night. Then he admitted he was with Gibson when the watches were pawned.

Horner was taken to the jail, and after positively identifying Gibson as the negro who had made the threats, and who Monday night asked to be taken back as a farmhand, the farmer also identified the watches as belonging to him and his wife. The revolver found on the negro was one of two which were stolen.

With tears coursing down his cheeks the stricken husband, who is 65 years old, spoke of the tragedy in a tear-choked voice.

“It is all too terrible to talk about,” said he. “I can’t realize it all. Why, only Sunday we had a family reunion here, when I celebrated my sixty-fifth birthday. My wife then plagued me, saying I wasn’t that old by far, and with our children and grandchildren we spent one of the most pleasant of days.

“How I ever got into that room,” continued he, speaking of when he broke in the door only to find his wife and the domestic stretched on the floor and weltering in their own blood. “I cannot tell. My poor wife lay between the end of the kitchen table and the door that leads into the shed. I saw that her eyes were closed, and when I saw those terrible pools of blood I at once realized a crime had been committed. I felt of her heart to see if she was still alive, but it had stopped beating, and then I knew she was past all earthly aid. Then I found that other poor woman and knew that she was still alive. I gave the alarm, but just how I cannot tell. I cannot realize it all,” concluded he, with a choked voice.

The house in which the murder occurred is an old structure built along Colonial lines. It is part of what is known as the Michelson estate, the farm being 70 acres in extent. The Horners have been farmers all their lives, and are known throughout South Jersey. The barn that was destroyed lay about three hundred feet to the south of the dwelling, and beside it were a number of smaller frame structures. It was in one of these that the Italian woman, her husband and the other farm help lived.

The news of the tragedy spread to surrounding communities with great rapidity and a large crowd was soon gathered about the place. Had the murderers been found at the time they would undoubtedly have been given short shrift. Three daughters survive the murdered Mrs. Horner: Mrs. Anna Marter, Mrs. Edward Megargee and Mrs. Isaac Beideman.

2 Women Granted Decrees of Divorce

Camden Courier-Post —

2 Women Granted Decrees of Divorce - Camden Courier-Post, February 19, 1938

Two women who said they were forced to leave their husbands won divorce recommendations from Advisory Master William B. Knight yesterday.

Mrs. Mary Joslin, 1890 Mulford street, said that after “15 or 20 preliminary separations,” her husband, Felix, ordered her and their son out of their home in July, 1933, because she refused to go with him to Sea Isle City “and live in a tent on the beach for the July 4 holiday.”

Mrs. Joslin said she was married in July, 1907, and that her husband started quarreling with her a few months after their marriage. She testified her husband ordered their daughter, Mrs. Catherine Shaw of Camden, out of their home in 1927.

Joslin, whose address was given as 358 Atlantic avenue, had filed suit for divorce against his wife, alleging desertion. Mrs. Joslin filed a countersuit. Later Joslin dropped his suit.

Arrested for Robbing Own Home

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Arrested for Robbing Own Home - Philadelphia Inquirer, August 14, 1916

On complaint of his mother, Henry Perry, 19 years old, 1713 Mulford street was locked up in the Camden city jail yesterday for a hearing this morning on a charge of stealing articles from her home. The mother told Sergeant Stanger that her son is incorrigible [cut off at the crop edge]

Found Senseless With Gas Flowing

Camden Courier-Post —

Found Senseless With Gas Flowing - Camden Courier-Post, October 1, 1918

Found unconscious from gas in a room he occupied at 1875 Mulford street, Lucius Thomas, aged 50 years, colored, was this morning taken to Cooper Hospital where he was revived in a short time. Thomas was on his back in bed when he was found by his brother. He was placed under arrest by Motorcycle Policeman George Clayton as he was leaving the hospital on a charge of attempting suicide.

At police headquarters he told Captain Humes that he had no intention of ending his life.

“In the South where I came from,” he said to the Police Captain, “I always used an oil lamp and when I found gas in my room I was afraid to use it and kept on using an oil lamp.”

It was explained that there was a bad leak in the gas pipe but the occupants of the house were not aware of the fact until Thomas was found unconscious.

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