Introduction
Stanley Street ran west from South 2nd Street for about half a block until it came to a dead end, roughly opposite Sycamore Street. The land bounded by Kaighn Avenue, Chestnut, South 2nd, and Front Streets was consolidated after World War II for industrial development. By 1963 no homes were left on Stanley Street. Shortly afterwards, Stanley Street, Boyer Street, Nelson Street, and the 100 block of Sycamore Street (formerly Cox Street) were erased.
Stanley Street, 1946
1946 Map of Camden — Stanley Street area.
Sanborn Map, North Side of Kaighn Avenue at South 2nd Street
Sanborn Map — North Side of Kaighn Avenue at South 2nd Street. Last edited 1963.
100 Block of Stanley Street — Occupants
City directory records, 1902–1947.
130 Stanley Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1944 | Charles Harris & Emma Pollard |
| 1944 | Charles Harris |
| 1944 | Emma Pollard |
131 Stanley Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929 | Vacant |
| 1947 | Gone |
132 Stanley Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1920 | John Flanagan & Family (John & Jessie Chew Flanagan, George Flanagan) |
| 1920 | John & Jessica Chew "Jessie" Flanagan |
| 1920 | George Flanagan |
| 1929 | Vacant |
| 1931–1935 | William Veddiman & Family |
133 Stanley Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Gone |
134 Stanley Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1910 | Felix (Philip) Gentlesk & Family (Felix & Mary Gentlesk; Joseph, Charles, Annie, Nettie, Rocco 'Roxie', Michael, Daniel Gentlesk) — laborer at Howland Croft & Son |
| 1929 | Vacant |
| 1930 | Mrs. Emma Riddell Greenwood & Family (Rosanna, Richard, Katherine Greenwood; Mrs. Rose Riddell) |
135 Stanley Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Gone |
137 Stanley Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1909 | Annie Befina |
| 1914 | William Taylor |
| 1947 | Gone |
138 Stanley Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1929–1947 | Frank C. Hill |
139 Stanley Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Gone |
140 Stanley Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1902 | Charles Elwell |
141 Stanley Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Gone |
143 Stanley Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Gone |
145 Stanley Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1907 | Raphael Demigo |
| 1907 | Raphael Domigo |
| 1929 | Vacant |
| 1947 | Gone |
Related: Charles Harris — 130 Stanley Street, 1944.
Related: William Veddiman — 132 Stanley Street, 1935.
Related: Annie Befina — 137 Stanley Street, 1909.
Related: William Taylor — 137 Stanley Street, 1914.
Related: Charles Elwell — 140 Stanley Street, 1902.
Related: Camden Stabbing Affrays — 145 Stanley Street, 1907.
Charles Harris
Camden Courier-Post —
Harris Trial Set to Start Monday on Murder Charge
Man Who Surrendered and Led Cops to Woman’s Body Faces Court
Charles Harris, 44, of 130 Stanley street, a former employe of the Camden highway department, will go on trial Monday in Criminal Court on the charge of beating Emma Pollard, 42, his commonlaw wife, to death on Feb. 29 last.
On the morning of March 8 Harris walked into the city detective bureau and nonchalantly asked the detectives on duty there if they “would like to find a body of a woman.” The detectives thought the man was a mental case and ignored him, but he persisted that he knew where there was a body hidden.
When questioned he said the body was in the cellar of his home and that he had killed the woman in a fight because she had spent his wages for liquor. Finally Detectives Harry Kyler, Clarence Arthur and a Courier-Post reporter took Harris to his home and there in the cellar, hidden under a pile of trash in a corner, they found the battered body of the woman. Harris was immediately arrested.
While in the county jail Harris was examined by Dr. H. E. Yaskin, who said he was sane. It is expected the trial will last several days before Judge Sheehan and a jury.
To Sentence Woman
Judge Sheehan will hold Special Sessions of Criminal Court Thursday at which time he will sentence Margaret Henry, of 602 Cherry street. The woman was convicted by a jury this week on a charge of voluntary manslaughter in causing the death of Earl Keller, 632 Vine street, last Feb. 5. Keller died on Feb. 10 in Cooper hospital from a fractured skull.
Judge Sheehan will also sit on Friday hearing matters in the Orphans Court.
William Veddiman
Camden Courier-Post —
Hit-Run Car Victim Critically Injured
Victim of a hit-run motorist, William Veddiman, 56, of 122 Stanley street, was admitted to Cooper Hospital yesterday afternoon with a possible fracture of the pelvis. He is in a serious condition.
The man was struck at Second and Sycamore streets by an automobile proceeding north on Second street at high speed, according to witnesses. The driver, they told police, turned into Chestnut street, one block north, and continued east on Chestnut street.
The witnesses were Matthew Erich, of 2005 Fillmore street, and Jesse Murphy, of 129 Boyer court. They picked up Veddiman from the street and placed him in the car of Orol Ledden, Jr., of Sewell, who drove to the hospital. They told Detective John Opfer they had seen another car in pursuit of the hit-run driver.
Annie Befina
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Ralph Carada, of 1819 South Fourth street, was arrested by Officer Orens last night, charged by Annie Befina, of 737 Stanley street, with disorderly conduct. This morning in the absence of the complainant, the Recorder postponed the hearing in the case until to-morrow.
William Taylor
Camden Post-Telegram —
Death this morning claimed the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. William Taylor, of 137 Stanley street. Coroner Schroeder issued a certificate of death by natural causes. The baby was but a few hours old.
Charles Elwell
Bridgeton Evening News —
Charles Elwell, aged 59 years, of 140 Stanley street, employed at the C. B. Cole’s Sons’ Company, Camden, fell down a flight of stairs and fractured a leg.
Camden City Council Thursday night passed ordinances authorizing the issuing of $104,000 refunding bonds $34,000 of which is due December 1, 1902, and $70,000 January 1, 1903.
Mrs. Myrtle C. Magrath, wife of Captain C. S. Magrath, editor of Camden Democrat, was stricken with paralysis and is lying dangerously ill at her home, on Penn street.
Mary Yardo, the Italian child whose skull was fractured at the time her grandmother was killed by an Atlantic City express train, at Winslow Junction on Tuesday, has so far recovered as to be able to leave the hospital at Camden.
The Camden police are investigating the mysterious theft of 1200 trading stamps from the establishment of Sperry & Hutchinson, on Federal street near Fourth. The stamps disappeared while the store was open, and no trace of them can be found.
Camden Stabbing Affrays
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Camden Stabbing Affrays
Italians Sent to Jail, the Result of Two Fights
Andrew Treial, an Italian, of 210 Mickle street, Camden, was yesterday held to await the result of the injuries of Harold Haagenson, a Scandinavian, who was stuck in the back at Second and Mickle streets, Friday. Haagenson is in the Cooper Hospital in a serious condition.
Vincenzo De Millo, another Italian, aged 30 years, of Third and Spruce streets, Camden, was committed to the county jail yesterday by Recorder Knight on the charge of having stabbed Raphael Demigo, of 145 Stanley street, with an ice pick. Demigo refused to stay at the Cooper Hospital. He was so weak he could scarcely stand when testifying that De Millo stabbed him without provocation. De Millo claims that Demigo attacked him and that he only acted in self-defense.