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Van Hook Street

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Van Hook Street

VAN HOOK STREET runs from the Delaware River to Fourth Street east across Broadway and Mount Ephraim Avenue to its end at Hallowell Lane, where it ended at where the former Municipal Hospital for Contagious Diseases for the City of Camden stood.

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A. J. VANZANT
Van Hook and Ferry Ave.
Camden, N. J.

400 Block of Van Hook Street

400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants

City directory and newspaper records for the 400 block of Van Hook Street.

407 Van Hook Street

407 Van Hook Street — 400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929(house standing)
1935Margaret Lloyd
1935Etta Pfrommer
1935Pauline Caperoon
1935 Emma Hyland
2011Gone

413 Van Hook Street

413 Van Hook Street — 400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910 Thomas J. Nicholas Jr. & Family
1920s–1930sJoseph Schneider
1929(house standing)

415 Van Hook Street

415 Van Hook Street — 400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1913–1914Charles Bingley & Family
1913–1914Charles & Susan Bingley
1913–1914Eva Bingley
1913–1914William Bingley
1913–1914Frank Bingley
1929(house standing)
1947Sawa Gubensky
1953 George Torgun

417 Van Hook Street

417 Van Hook Street — 400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929(house standing)

419 Van Hook Street

419 Van Hook Street — 400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929(house standing)

420–424 Van Hook Street

420–424 Van Hook Street — 400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1950–1955Fred W. Schorpp Inc.1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
2000Gone

421 Van Hook Street

421 Van Hook Street — 400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929(house standing)

423 & 425 Van Hook Street

423 & 425 Van Hook Street — 400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929Leo Morton

423 Van Hook Street

423 Van Hook Street — 400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1914Walter J. Walker Family
1914Walter J. & Mary Walker
1929Leo Morton

424 Van Hook Street

424 Van Hook Street — 400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1935George S. Dilmore Sr.
2000Gone

425 Van Hook Street

425 Van Hook Street — 400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929Leo Morton

426 Van Hook Street

426 Van Hook Street — 400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1901 Alfred S. Snow & Family (policeman)
1901Alfred S. & Anna Snow
1901Linda Snow
1901Alfred S. Snow Jr.
1901Emma Snow
1901George Snow

428 Van Hook Street

428 Van Hook Street — 400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
c.1940sWilliam Braaksma Jr.

429 Van Hook Street

429 Van Hook Street — 400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1876–2000s T.C. Tiedeken & Brother Auto Body Works / Tiedeken Brothers Auto, Truck & Trailer Bodies

430 Van Hook Street

430 Van Hook Street — 400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1903–1914Jacob A. Rock & Family
1903–1914Jacob & Emily Smith Rock
1903–1914Albert Rock
1903–1914William H. Rock
1903–1914Harry Rock
1903–1914Emily Rock
1903–1914Raymond Rock
1904–1908 A.B. Cooley Smith Sr.
1929(house standing)
2011Gone

435 Van Hook Street

435 Van Hook Street — 400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1883–1950Theodore C. Tiedeken

437 Van Hook Street

437 Van Hook Street — 400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929Thomas J. Moore
2011Gone

439 Van Hook Street

439 Van Hook Street — 400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1912–1923Joseph Steelman & Family
1912–1923Joseph & Eva Steelman
1929Walter C. Woodruff
2011Gone

500 Block of Van Hook Street

500 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants

City directory and newspaper records for the 500 block of Van Hook Street.

513 Van Hook Street

513 Van Hook Street — 500 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

515 Van Hook Street

515 Van Hook Street — 500 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1902–1928Elwood C. Bunting & Family
1901–1928Elwood & Maud Bunting
1901–1928William J. Bunting
1901–1928Raymond J. Bunting
1902–1928Walter M. Bunting
1902–1928Elwood & Maud Hess Bunting
1902–1928William Jacob Bunting
1902–1928 Walter Mills Bunting
1902–1928Raymond James Bunting
1902–1928Marguerite Bunting

516 Van Hook Street

516 Van Hook Street — 500 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

517 Van Hook Street

517 Van Hook Street — 500 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1914George L. Walker & Family
1914George L. & Susan Walker

518 Van Hook Street

518 Van Hook Street — 500 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

519 Van Hook Street

519 Van Hook Street — 500 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1901Walter J. Walker Family
1901Walter J. & Mary Walker
1906–1910George L. Walker & Family
1906–1910George L. & Susan Walker

553 Van Hook Street

553 Van Hook Street — 500 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

555 Van Hook Street

555 Van Hook Street — 500 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1894Albert E. James & Family (Camden Fire Department)
1894Albert E. & Katherine James

557 Van Hook Street

557 Van Hook Street — 500 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1909Edward Ford

559 Van Hook Street

559 Van Hook Street — 500 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(house standing)

561 Van Hook Street

561 Van Hook Street — 500 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

562 Van Hook Street

562 Van Hook Street — 500 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1901–1906Samuel Booth (policeman)

563 Van Hook Street

563 Van Hook Street — 500 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

565 Van Hook Street

565 Van Hook Street — 500 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
2011(photographed)

566 Van Hook Street

566 Van Hook Street — 500 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890George W. Lutts & Family
1890George W. & Anna Lutts
1890 John H. Lutts
1894Lizzie Haverkampf & Family
1894Emma Haverkampf
1894 August F. Haverkampf

567 Van Hook Street

567 Van Hook Street — 500 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

569 Van Hook Street

569 Van Hook Street — 500 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1894–1895 William H. Corson
1946–1970sFrancis 'Frank' Ollek & Family
1946–1970sFrank & Ruth Ollek
1946–1970s Edward W. Ollek

571 Van Hook Street

571 Van Hook Street — 500 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

573 Van Hook Street

573 Van Hook Street — 500 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1894August Haverkampf & Family
1894August & Lizzie Haverkampf
1894Emma Haverkampf
1894 August F. Haverkampf
1917 August F. Haverkampf
1962Robert Nickens & Family
1962Robert & Lydia S. Nickens
1967George Jennings

575 Van Hook Street

575 Van Hook Street — 500 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1898–1914Lizzie Haverkampf & Family
1898–1914Emma Haverkampf
1898–1914 August F. Haverkampf
1918–1921Harry Friedenberg
1924Eva Friedenberg
1926–1931Edward J. Whalen
1936–1947Samuel Rosenberg / Sam's Cafe
1954–1959Van Hook Tavern
1964MDM Bar
1990Vacant
2003Razed
515, 517, and 519 Van Hook Street — August 24, 2011 515 Van Hook Street — August 24, 2011

515–519 Van Hook Street — Photograph taken August 24, 2011

Elwood C. Bunting — 515 Van Hook Street, 1920s

Elwood C. Bunting, 515 Van Hook Street

Elwood and Maud Hess Bunting — 515 Van Hook Street, c.1918

Elwood and Maud Hess Bunting, 515 Van Hook Street, c.1918

Elwood C. Bunting — 515 Van Hook Street, c.1918 Maud Hess Bunting — 515 Van Hook Street

Elwood C. Bunting and Maud Hess Bunting, 515 Van Hook Street

Maud Bunting, Raymond W. Duke Bunting, and Raymond James Bunting — 515 Van Hook Street

From left: Maud Bunting, Raymond W. “Duke” Bunting, Raymond James Bunting — 515 Van Hook Street

Licenses Transferred

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Licenses Transferred - Philadelphia Inquirer, January 14, 1897

The following transfers were granted: Caroline Hoelzle, of Front and Vine streets, to John S. Smith; William C. Miller, from 524 Liberty street, to [?]74 Vanhook street; Moses Hughes, 1157 Federal street, to Peter Petrick.

Commissioner Cooper called the attention of the board to the fact that Xavier Schnurr, of Third and Spruce streets, had been before Mayor Westcott, charged with selling liquor to minors and that sentence was suspended. About ten days later Schnurr, he said, was fined by the Mayor for disorderly conduct. Colonel Cooper said something should be done by the board, but no action was taken.

The board will meet again next Wednesday evening.

Intersection of Broadway & Van Hook Street

Northeast corner of Broadway and Van Hook Street — August 24, 2011

Northeast corner — Photograph taken August 24, 2011

Van Hook Street east of Broadway — August 24, 2011

Van Hook Street east of Broadway — Photograph taken August 24, 2011

Southeast corner of Broadway and Van Hook Street — August 24, 2011

Southeast corner — Photograph taken August 24, 2011

Southwest corner of Broadway and Van Hook Street — August 24, 2011

Southwest corner — Photograph taken August 24, 2011

Northwest corner of Broadway and Van Hook Street — August 24, 2011

Northwest corner — Photograph taken August 24, 2011

600 Block of Van Hook Street

600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants

City directory and newspaper records for the 600 block of Van Hook Street. Many addresses in the upper 600 block were razed to make way for Interstate Route 676 in the 1970s.

612 Van Hook Street

612 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
2011Gone

614 Van Hook Street

614 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
2011Gone

615 Van Hook Street

615 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1880s–1899Cottrell & Wolfenden Hosiery Manufactory
1904–1909Rudolph A. Leon Company (leather tanning)
1912–1996Clement Coverall Company (paint & varnish manufacturer)
2011-07-05 Building destroyed by fire

618 Van Hook Street

618 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
2011Gone

620 Van Hook Street

620 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947(listed)
1969(listed)
1980(listed)
2011(photographed)

621–625 Van Hook Street

621–625 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1919(photograph)

622 Van Hook Street

622 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947(listed)
1969(listed)
1980(listed)
2011(photographed)

624 Van Hook Street

624 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947(listed)
1969(listed)
1980(listed)
2011(photographed)

630 Van Hook Street

630 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947Walter Jones
1947Tillie Hardwick
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

632 Van Hook Street

632 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947Mrs. Carrie Smith
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

634 Van Hook Street

634 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929(listed)
1947Samuel Davis
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

635 Van Hook Street

635 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947Mrs. Martha Young
1962Gone

635-1/2Van Hook Street

635-1/2Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Manzie Tutt
1962Gone

635½ Van Hook Street

635½ Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Manzie Tutt

636 Van Hook Street

636 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947Travis Reeves
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

637 Van Hook Street

637 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947Charles Smith
1962Gone

637-1/2 Van Hook Street

637-1/2 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933Mitchell Brooks
1933Charlotte Carter
1933Clarence Canzater
1947Mrs. Lola M. WIlliams
1962Gone

637½ Van Hook Street

637½ Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933Mitchell Brooks
1933Charlotte Carter
1933Clarence Canzater
1947Mrs. Lola M. Williams

638 Van Hook Street

638 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947Dorothy Coleman
1962(listed)
1969Famous Rogers / Ida Rogers
1969Famous Rogers
1969Ida Rogers
1980Gone

639 Van Hook Street

639 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
c.1943–1945 Technician Fourth Class George H. Pruitt Jr.
1947Mrs. Isabella Pruitt
1947Martina Pruitt
1962Gone

639-1/2 Van Hook Street

639-1/2 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Ollie WIlliams
1962Gone

639½ Van Hook Street

639½ Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947Ollie Williams

640 Van Hook Street

640 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947Frances Sears
1962(listed)
1969B.V. Jenkins
1980Gone

642 Van Hook Street

642 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947Mrs. Alma Hollie
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listing
1980Gone

642-1/2 Van Hook Street

642-1/2 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Vacant
1969Mrs. Roberta Hardwick
1980Gone

642½ Van Hook Street

642½ Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Vacant
1962(listed)
1969Mrs. Roberta Hardwick

643-1/2 Van Hook Street

643-1/2 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1969No Telephone Listing
1980Gone

643½ Van Hook Street

643½ Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listing

644 Van Hook Street

644 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1944Clarence Bowman
1962(listed)
1969Mrs. Alice A. Ford
1980Gone

644-1/2 Van Hook Street

644-1/2 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Russell King
1969Edward M. Bell Sr
1969Louise M. Bell
1980Gone

644½ Van Hook Street

644½ Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Russell King
1962(listed)
1969Edward M. Bell Sr.
1969Louise M. Bell

645 Van Hook Street

645 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1891Effie Morgan
1947Albert King
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

645-1/2 Van Hook Street

645-1/2 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Rev. James R. Hirst
1969No Telephone Listed
1980Gone
1893–1895Hugh McTaggart & Family
1893–1895Hugh & Mary McTaggart
1893–1895Hugh McTaggart Jr.
1893–1895John McTaggart
1893–1895Isabelle McTaggart
1893–1895Esther McTaggart
1893–1895Mary McTaggart
1893–1895 James McTaggart

645½ Van Hook Street

645½ Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1893–1895Hugh McTaggart & Family
1893–1895Hugh & Mary McTaggart
1893–1895Hugh McTaggart Jr.
1893–1895John McTaggart
1893–1895Isabelle McTaggart
1893–1895Esther McTaggart
1893–1895Mary McTaggart
1893–1895 James McTaggart
1947Rev. James R. Hirst
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed

646 Van Hook Street

646 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947(listed)
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

646-1/2 Van Hook Street

646-1/2 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1969No Telephone Listed
1980Gone

646½ Van Hook Street

646½ Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed

647 Van Hook Street

647 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947No listing
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

647-1/2 Van Hook Street

647-1/2 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947No Listing
1969No Telephone Listed
1980Gone
1898–1910Pierce Brown
1898–1910Pierce & Araminta Brown

647½ Van Hook Street

647½ Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1898–1910 Pierce Brown
1898–1910Pierce & Araminta Brown
1947No listing
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed

648 Van Hook Street

648 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1919Mike Burten (meats and groceries)1919 Banquet Program Ad
1947Rev. Charles C. Cradle
1962GONE

658 Van Hook Street

658 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947Joseph Lakin (blacksmith)
1947Joseph Lakin
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

659 Van Hook Street

659 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947Preston Fountain
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

661 Van Hook Street

661 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933Sidney Lewis
1933 Samuel M. Shay
1947Jesse Roberts
1962(listed)
1965Paul H. Wilson Sr.
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

663 Van Hook Street

663 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929(listed)
1947Honorio Lopez
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

665 Van Hook Street

665 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947Marcus Cooper
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

667 Van Hook Street

667 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1914Mrs. Hattie Fisher & Family
1914 William E. Craig
1921 Thomas Pine
1933(listed)
1947Gilbert Payton
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

669 Van Hook Street

669 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947Herbert Hicks
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

671 Van Hook Street

671 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947Tony Patterson
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

673 Van Hook Street

673 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947George Morris
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

675 Van Hook Street

675 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947Edward Goodman
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

677 Van Hook Street

677 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947William Moore
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

679 Van Hook Street

679 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933Pasquale Cirillo
1947Eugene Clark (coal)
1947Eugene Clark
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

681 Van Hook Street

681 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910–1914Mrs. Mary McTaggart & Family
1910–1914Hugh McTaggart Jr.
1910–1914 John McTaggart
1910–1914Isabelle McTaggart
1910–1914Esther McTaggart
1910–1914Mary McTaggart
1910–1914 James McTaggart
1928Minnie Burmelo
1933Willie Ross
1947Ira Adkins
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

683 Van Hook Street

683 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947Thomas Blair
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

684 Van Hook Street

684 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947No listing
1962Gone

685 Van Hook Street

685 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947Michael Mosciak
1947Michale Mosciak
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

686 Van Hook Street

686 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929(listed)
1947Edgar P. Smith
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

688 Van Hook Street

688 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947Frank Lyle
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

690 Van Hook Street

690 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947Augustus Fisher
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

691 Van Hook Street

691 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

692 Van Hook Street

692 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1919Lillian Jenkins
1947Mrs. Louise Gross
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

693 Van Hook Street

693 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929South Camden Nursery / William E. Booth Jr.
1930–1939Booth's Flowers
1947Vito Magliano
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

694 Van Hook Street

694 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947Mrs. Clara Thomas
1956Lester Fuller
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

695 Van Hook Street

695 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947Lester Coles
1949Felder L. Wilson
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

696 Van Hook Street

696 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1918–1919Gaetano D'Annunzio (bar)
1918–1919Gaetano D'Annunzio
1924Lewis C. Moore (saloon)
1924Lewis C. Moore
1941Eighth Ward Democratic Club / Cleophas Hood / John Gilyard
1947Cleophus Hood (candy store)
1947Cleophus Hood
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

697 Van Hook Street

697 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1938Marie Birsch
1947David Stokes
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

699 Van Hook Street

699 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1947Mrs. Ola Best
1962(listed)
1969No telephone listed
1980Gone

699-1/2 Van Hook Street

699-1/2 Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933John Baronkin
1939Peter Szyszkoski
1947Fred Johnson
1969Young Gray
1980Gone

699½ Van Hook Street

699½ Van Hook Street — 600 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933John Baronkin
1939Peter Szyszkoski
1947Fred Johnson
1962(listed)
1969Young Gray
615–619 Van Hook Street — 1912 Sanborn Map showing Clement Coverall Company

615–619 Van Hook Street — Sanborn Map; Clement Coverall Company occupied the site 1912–1996; the building was destroyed by fire July 5, 2011.

615 Van Hook Street fire — July 5, 2011

615 Van Hook Street — July 5, 2011

600 Block — 1962 Sanborn Maps

Much of the upper 600 block was razed to make way for Interstate Route 676. The last houses were cleared in the 1970s.

635 to 699½ Van Hook Street — 1962 Sanborn Map

1962 Sanborn Map — 635 to 699½ Van Hook Street. By 1969 only 699 had a listed telephone; all others were vacant or razed.

630 to 696 Van Hook Street — 1962 Sanborn Map

1962 Sanborn Map — 630 to 696 Van Hook Street. By 1969 only 636 to 644½ had listed telephones.

2 Youths Are Caught In Padlocked Cafe

Camden Courier-Post —

2 Youths Are Caught In Padlocked Cafe - Camden Courier-Post, June 13, 1932 2 Youths Are Caught In Padlocked Cafe - Camden Courier-Post, June 13, 1932

Two Whitman Park youths who were arrested by a special officer as they were emerging from the cellar of a padlocked saloon were held without bail Saturday to await grand jury disposal of charges of breaking and entering.

The prisoners gave their names as Thomas Hines, 21, of 1264 Decatur street, and Leon Gentek, 18, of 1219 Van Hook street. They were arrested by former Policeman Oscar Probst, now a special watchman guarding stores on Mt. Ephraim avenue.

Probst said he saw them coming from the basement of Purdy’s Cafe, southeast corner of Van Hook street and Mt. Ephraim avenue. They had forced their way in, Probst stated.

The two pleaded not guilty.

Man Stabbed; Woman Held

Camden Courier-Post —

Mitchell Brooks, 37, of 637½ Van Hook Street, was admitted to West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital late night suffering from knife wounds in the left side and right arm. Charlotte Carter, 26, of the same address was arrested as his assailant and Clarence Canzater, also of that address, was held as a material witness. All are colored.

Willie Ross Sent to Prison

Camden Courier-Post —

Willie Ross, 30, colored, of 681 Van Hook Street, was sent to Trenton prison to from one to three years on a charge of carrying a concealed deadly weapon. He fired four shots at Sidney Lewis, 661 Van Hook Street, during an altercation over a debt, and when his aim proved too poor, resorted to a more simple expedient. He felled Lewis by striking him over the head with the revolver.

693 Van Hook Street — Booth's Flowers

Booth’s Flowers (South Camden Nursery), 693 Van Hook Street — advertisements from 1930, 1933, 1936, and 1939

Booth's Flowers — 693 Van Hook Street, March 12, 1930

Booth’s Flowers (South Camden Nursery), 693 Van Hook Street — advertisement, 1930

SAY IT WITH
BOOTH'S FLOWERS
FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS

Wm. E. Booth, Jr.
693 Van Hook St. Bell 976-W

Booth's Flowers — 693 Van Hook Street, June 16, 1933

Booth’s Flowers, 693 Van Hook Street — advertisement, 1933

FLOWERS FOR
GRADUATION
JUNE BRIDES
and all
Occasions

Wm. E. Booth, Jr.
693
VAN HOOK ST.
Established 1898
Phone Camden 976-W

Booth's Flowers — 693 Van Hook Street, February 20, 1936

Booth’s Flowers, 693 Van Hook Street — advertisement, 1936

BOOTH FLOWERS
All the Year
Any Occasion

WM. E. BOOTH, JR.
693 Van Hook St. Bell Phone 976

Booth's Flowers — 693 Van Hook Street, January 27, 1939 banquet program

Booth’s Flowers, 693 Van Hook Street — advertisement, 1939 banquet program

Established 1898

William E. Booth, Jr.
Prop.

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Funeral Designs
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Bell Phone
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693 VAN HOOK STREET

Hospital Cases

Camden Courier-Post —

Cooper

Lewis Raupp, 53, 833 North 6th Street, dog bite of right index finger
Anna Veroline, 34, 318 Walnut Street, sprained ankle
Albert Passarella, 15, 433 Spruce Street, sprained ankle
Thomas J. Owens, 35, 420 Taylor Ave., bruised wrist and knee
Joseph Manfredi, 14, 335 Chestnut Street, infected palm.
Margaret Cramer, 9, 323 Erie Street, infected finger
Laurence Wiggle, 5, 505 South 6th Street, cut hand
Joseph Carbone, 18, 336 Walnut Street, cut chin
Thomas DiRenzo, 13, 522 Clinton St., splinter in left foot.
Cecelia Homan, 32, 511 Ray Avenue, foreign body in eye
Mary DiVincenzo, 10, 311 Beckett St., foreign body in eye

West Jersey

Theresa Marolda, 59, 1713 South 4th Street, cut finger
Benjamin Druasowictz, 34, 1282 Van Hook St., cut finger
Charles Mangold, 52, 3 North 4th Street, cut finger
Stanley Kaminski, 25, 1119 Liberty Street, cut hand
Marie Birsch, 15, 697 Van Hook St., foreign particle in eye
Willard Dickson, 3, 1739 Railroad Ave., puncture wound of thigh

27 Mild Padlocks Provided In U.S. Court Rules by Avis

Camden Courier-Post —

John Baronkin, 669½ Van Hook Street, Camden, was given a suspended sentence upon pleading guilty to possession of liquor, after his attorney pleaded he was keeping a wife, child and an ill mother.

Intersection of Railroad Avenue & Van Hook Street

Intersection of Railroad Avenue and Van Hook Street, as seen from Route 676 — 2011

Intersection of Railroad Avenue and Van Hook Street, as seen from Route 676 — 2011. Railroad Avenue, barely detectable in 2011, runs parallel to the tracks on their east side. Photo by Gabriel Angemi.

700 Block of Van Hook Street

700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants

City directory and newspaper records for the 700 block of Van Hook Street.

701 Van Hook Street

701 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

703 Van Hook Street

703 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

705 Van Hook Street

705 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929(listed)

706 Van Hook Street

706 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

707 Van Hook Street

707 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

708 Van Hook Street

708 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

709 Van Hook Street

709 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

710 Van Hook Street

710 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)
1941Ernestine Herman

711 Van Hook Street

711 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

712 Van Hook Street

712 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

713 Van Hook Street

713 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

714 Van Hook Street

714 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929(listed)

715 Van Hook Street

715 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

716 Van Hook Street

716 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1931Andrew Collins & Family
1931Andrew & Anna Collins

717 Van Hook Street

717 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1918–1929Andrew Collins & Family
1918–1929Andrew & Ruth Collins
1918–1929Benjamin Callahan (step-son)
1918–1929Stella Callahan (step-daughter)
1937Henry Wells
1937 Frank F. Neutze
1937William Nelson

718 Van Hook Street

718 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

719 Van Hook Street

719 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1902Kate Pollard
1902O. Glen Stackhouse
1902Ardelia Miller

720 Van Hook Street

720 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

721 Van Hook Street

721 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

722 Van Hook Street

722 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

723 Van Hook Street

723 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1884–1890Isaac Purnell

724 Van Hook Street

724 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

725 Van Hook Street

725 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

726 Van Hook Street

726 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

727 Van Hook Street

727 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

729 Van Hook Street

729 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

731 Van Hook Street

731 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929(listed)

733 Van Hook Street

733 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1926Louis Gibson (cafe)
1924–1926Louis Gibson

735 Van Hook Street

735 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

737 Van Hook Street

737 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933(listed)

760 Van Hook Street

760 Van Hook Street — 700 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910s–1918 Edward Dorsey
1910s–1929Benjamin Dorsey
1940s–1954Fred Menoken / Menoken's Oil Service
1941 John J. Crean
1954–2006Roosevelt Manor (public housing project)
1954–2006Roosevelt Manor

Here and There in Camden

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Here and There in Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, January 20, 1919

In a fall from a trolley car, Emma Steck, 19 years old, of 905 Point street, was injured about the side, arms and head yesterday and was taken to the Cooper Hospital.

Stumbling down-stairs, Ruth Collins, 39 years old, of 717 VanHook street, sustained a lacerated scalp and was cared for at the Cooper Hospital.

Sustaining a fracture of the ankle in a fall yesterday, 4-year-old Mary Carvins, of 324 Division street, was taken to the Cooper Hospital for treatment.

Struck by an automobile belonging to Henry Garrison near the home of the boy yesterday afternoon, 7-year-old Charles O’Neil, of 1248 Locust street, was injured about the head and was taken to the Cooper Hospital.

City Property Sale Authorized

Camden Courier-Post —

City Property Sale Authorized - Camden Courier-Post, July 25, 1941

Public sale of 11 city-owned tax title lien properties and lots by Acting City Counsel John J. Crean, was authorized.

The properties and lots, their locations and minimum prices acceptable are: 325 Mickle street, $50; one lot, Ninth and Everett streets, $50; 3015 Saunders street, $300; 821 South Ninth street, $200; 504-06 North Fifth street, $750; 428 South Second street, $250; one lot, South Collings and Alabama roads, $300; 430 South Second street, $250; 760 Vanhook street, $100; 210-12-14-16 Channing terrace, $150, and one lot, Broadway near Lester terrace, $1000.

800 Block of Van Hook Street

800 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants

City directory and newspaper records for the 800 block of Van Hook Street.

800 Van Hook Street

800 Van Hook Street — 800 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1956John Henry Hamlett

802 Van Hook Street

802 Van Hook Street — 800 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1956John Henry Hamlett

803 Van Hook Street

803 Van Hook Street — 800 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1980Young's Cleaners

831 Van Hook Street

831 Van Hook Street — 800 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
2012Carl Miller Funeral Home

838 Van Hook Street

838 Van Hook Street — 800 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1970Sarah Landers

851 Van Hook Street

851 Van Hook Street — 800 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933 Marino Brandemarte

855 Van Hook Street

855 Van Hook Street — 800 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1953Mrs. Jennie Berry

871 Van Hook Street

871 Van Hook Street — 800 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1980B. Thomas
2012Gone

Motorist Is Robbed By Two Youths

Camden Courier-Post —

Motorist Is Robbed By Two Youths - Camden Courier-Post, December 3, 1956

Police are seeking two youths who allegedly robbed a motorist Saturday night while his car was halted for a red traffic light on Mt. Ephraim ave. at Line st.

John Hamlett, of the 800 block Van Hook, told Ptl. Anthony DeVello a young man opened his car door and got in while he was waiting for the light to change. Hamlett said the thug had an automatic in his hand and ordered him to drive to Princess ave. and Line st. There another bandit met them and demanded his money.

802 Van Hook Street — 1956 John Henry Hamlett. Camden Courier-Post — December 3, 1956

Armed Robber ‘Changes Mind’

Camden Courier-Post —

John Hamlett, of 800 Van Hook Street, reported to police Monday night a “friendly” robber attempted an armed holdup in the intended victim’s car parked at 6th and Sycamore Streets.

Patrolman Edward Yeager said Hamlett reported the robbery try after holding a conversation with the holdup man before he fled. Hamlett said he entered his automobile about 10.30 p. m. and saw a man sitting inside. He had a revolver in his hand, and a handkerchief covered part of his face, Hamlett said.

As Hamlett attempted to get out of the car again, the man pulled him back inside. Hamlett said he struggled to get the gun from the would-be robber when suddenly the man pulled the handkerchief from his face and laughed. “I’m just kidding. This isn’t a holdup.”

After talking with the man, described as a Negro, about 33 years old, 5 feet, 8 inches and 185 pounds, Hamlett went to a telephone and called police.

900 Block of Van Hook Street

900 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants

City directory and newspaper records for the 900 block of Van Hook Street, much of which became Clement T. Branch Village public housing.

962 Van Hook Street

962 Van Hook Street — 900 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929Theodore Johnson

964 Van Hook Street

964 Van Hook Street — 900 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929William Vincent

900–964 Van Hook Street

900–964 Van Hook Street — 900 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940–present Clement T. Branch Village (public housing project)

1000 Block of Van Hook Street

1000 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants

City directory and newspaper records for the 1000 block of Van Hook Street.

1029 Van Hook Street

1029 Van Hook Street — 1000 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1929–2000sSouth Camden Iron & Steel Company1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

1077 Van Hook Street

1077 Van Hook Street — 1000 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938Steffie Krystanovicz

1079 Van Hook Street

1079 Van Hook Street — 1000 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929George & Annie Graszyk (grocery)
1929George & Annie Graszyk
1931 Josef Groczyk
1931 Helen Groczyk
1947William Creato
1947Mrs. Heen Creato (beauty shop)
1947Mrs. Heen Creato

1101 Van Hook Street

1101 Van Hook Street — 1000 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1939 Camden County Polish-American Republican Club
1939Bayard Sullivan
1939Roscoe Lockwood
1947Isaac W. Cherry (barrel dealer)

1107 Van Hook Street

1107 Van Hook Street — 1000 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1956–1974 Lester E. Honey (Camden Fire Department)
1956–1974Lester E. Honey

1108 Van Hook Street

1108 Van Hook Street — 1000 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933Mary Krystanowicz

1112 Van Hook Street

1112 Van Hook Street — 1000 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1959John M. Gray

1119–1139 Van Hook Street

1119–1139 Van Hook Street — 1000 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1915No such address — dwellings were never built

1130 Van Hook Street

1130 Van Hook Street — 1000 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1935Grace Daniels
1935Neil McLaughlin

1141 Van Hook Street

1141 Van Hook Street — 1000 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1928–1930Michael Miskiewicz
1961Barbara Daley
1961Dennis Daley
1961 Theodore Primas

1143 Van Hook Street

1143 Van Hook Street — 1000 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924(listed)

1146 Van Hook Street

1146 Van Hook Street — 1000 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1943–1947Anthony Kon & Family
1943–1947Anthony & Joan Kon

1147 Van Hook Street

1147 Van Hook Street — 1000 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1921–1922William T. Gordon & Family
1921–1922William T. & Estelle Daisy Gordon
1921–1922O. Glen Stackhouse
1921–1922Ulysses G. Andres

1149 Van Hook Street

1149 Van Hook Street — 1000 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1953Anthony Kon & Family
1953Anthony & Joan Kon

1156 Van Hook Street

1156 Van Hook Street — 1000 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924(listed)
1931Mrs. Juzefa Rogowski
1931–1932Alex Rogowski & Family
1931–1932Alex & Franczyska Rogowski

1161 Van Hook Street

1161 Van Hook Street — 1000 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924(listed)

1164 Van Hook Street

1164 Van Hook Street — 1000 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924(listed)

1169 Van Hook Street

1169 Van Hook Street — 1000 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923–1940s Andrew Miller & Family
1928–1930s Specialty Wire Works / John Glazer

1176 Van Hook Street

1176 Van Hook Street — 1000 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1956H W J Tavern
1959–1982 Avalon Bar
1990sClosed
South Camden Iron & Steel Company — 1029 Van Hook Street, 1955 NJ Bell Yellow Pages

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GUILTY PLEAS MADE BY 2 CLUBS HERE IN SUNDAY RUM CASES

Camden Courier-Post —

GUILTY PLEAS MADE BY 2 CLUBS HERE IN SUNDAY RUM CASES - Camden Courier-Post, January 24, 1939

Officers of Six Other Organizations Deny Charges; Decisions Reserved

Officers of two clubs pleaded guilty last night to charges of selling liquor on Sunday and six others entered not guilty pleas to similar and other charges before Camden Excise Board.

Complaints were made by agents of the state commissioner of alcoholic control. They testified they visited most of the clubs on July 10 last and made purchases. Decision was reserved in each case.

The Fourth Ward Italian Republican Club, 464 Royden street, was cited for Sunday sales on August 14. Norman Myers and J. Lloyd Wright, state agents, testified they were recognized when they entered the premises but saw 10 men drinking at a bar.

It was testified during the preliminary hearing that the club rented its club house to the Societa Operia Di Muta Assisstenza Cittadina Di Camden, of 410 Line street, on that date.

John L. Morrissey, chairman of the board, pointed out the society should have obtained a special permit to sell beer but the organization could not obtain such a permit for Sunday sales, which are prohibited under the Camden ordinances. He said the club violated the law by renting the club house for sales of liquor without a special permit. The agents said Bector Corsello, 620 West street, was tending bar at the time of their visit and David Angelo claimed to be chairman of the house committee.

Non-Member Charge Made

Officers of the Thirteenth Ward Italian-American Citizens Democratic Club, 1334 Decatur street, declared they did not know whether the law had been violated at the club as they were absent when Agents Bayard M. Sullivan and Roscoe Lockwood visited the club on July 10. Morrissey notified them to bring those in charge at that time before the board at the next meeting. They also are charged with sales to non-members.

Russian Workers Mutual Aid Society of America, 612 Ferry avenue, and the Camden County Polish-American Republican Club, 1101 Van Hook street, entered pleas of guilty through officers. Sullivan and Lockwood testified they visited those clubs on July 10.

Brunner Club Denies Guilt

Officers of the George E. Brunner Third Ward Democratic Club, 438 South Third street, pleaded not guilty to selling to non-members on July 30. Two agents said they joined the Relief Truckers Association of Camden County to obtain entrance to the club. They testified you had to join the relief association to get into the bar room on the second floor. William Brooks, Norman Myers and Lockwood testified they obtained drinks in the club house.

The Woodrow Wilson Democratic Club, 1181 Liberty street, pleaded not guilty to Sunday sales on July 10. Brooks testified he played a five-cent slot machine in the place. Albert Riggins and Thomas Barrett declared they gave some beer away but did not sell any. They said they were cleaning up the place when the agents entered.

The board voted a transfer to the Stag Cafe, 318 Market street, to be removed to 320 Market street. The board also granted a transfer of a retail license from Joseph S. Tirpe to Helen Levy at 2512 Federal street. Joseph Fimiani, northwest corner of Third and Washington streets, was granted a permit to install a service bar on the second floor of his place.

Camden County Polish-American Republican Club, 1101 Van Hook Street — Camden Courier-Post, January 24, 1939

Widow Asks $10,000 for Love Swindle

Camden Courier-Post —

Charges She Found Fiancé Had Wife Who Wanted Her to Buy Divorce

Mrs. Mary Krystanowicz — Sues Wedded Wooer, Camden Courier-Post, June 16, 1933

Mrs. Mary Krystanowicz — Sues Wedded Wooer

She promised to marry him—then discovered he was married. That, with certain other elements of humiliation, is worth $10,000 to Mrs. Mary Krystanowicz. Her suit opened in circuit court yesterday and will be resumed today.

The woman is 35, a widow, mother of five children and lives at 1108 Van Hook Street. The man she accused of obtaining her love under false pretense is Anton Trzaskowski, 45, of Red Hill, Pennsylvania. He boarded with her in Philadelphia and Camden after her husband died, she testified, proposed to her February 1, 1932, received her consent, postponed the ceremony several times, got $1650 from her to buy a car and a $60 suit and hat as the “wedding day” neared.

Then he tried to borrow $2000 from her to buy a farm. This deal hadn’t gone through, however, when she visited her admirer’s Red Hill farm and asserts she discovered his wife there. But the “last straw,” she said, was when the man’s wife hit on the idea of obtaining a divorce with cash advanced by Mrs. Krystanowicz.

Woman Given $3,000 Heart Balm Verdict

Camden Courier-Post —

Camden Plaintiff Charges Penna. Farmer Said He Was Widower

A jury of 12 men after five hours and 15 minutes of deliberation yesterday awarded in Camden Circuit Court heart balm of $3000 to Mrs. Mary Krystanowich, 35, of 1108 Van Hook Street, against Anton Trzaskowski, 45, Red Hill, Pa. farmer.

The trial began on June 15 before Judge Henry H. Eldredge. Mrs. Krystanowich declared Trzaskowskl was already married and the father of several children, but had represented himself to her as a widower. She said he boarded with her in Philadelphia and Camden after her husband died and that he proposed to her on February 1 of last year. After her acceptance, she said he kept postponing the ceremony and obtained a total of $1710 from her.

1200 Block of Van Hook Street

1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants

City directory and newspaper records for the 1200 block of Van Hook Street.

1200 Van Hook Street

1200 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920Antonio Pannetta
1947Mrs. Mary Pannetta

1204 Van Hook Street

1204 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947–1949Joseph Paradise & Family
1947–1949Joseph & Marie Paradise
1947–1949Bart Paradise

1206 Van Hook Street

1206 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947–1968Santos Alayon & Family
1947–1968Santos & Aida Alayon
1947–1968Alicia Alayon

1207 Van Hook Street

1207 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1941Frank Paradise

1212 Van Hook Street

1212 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1941Frank Sattler Sr.

1219 Van Hook Street

1219 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1932Leon Gentek
1932Thomas Hines
1932Oscar Probst

1224 Van Hook Street

1224 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1918Jay E. Stanger & Family
1918Mr. & Mrs. Jay E. Stanger
1918Mrs. Emma D. Scott

1228 Van Hook Street

1228 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1950s–1977Nicholas Conway & Family (wharf builder)
1950s–1977Nicholas & Bertha Conway
1950s–1977Mary Conway
1950s–1977William Conway
1950s–1977Agnes R. Conway
1950s–1977Theresa J. Conway
1950s–1977Claire D. Conway
1950s–1977Nicholas Jr. Conway
1950s–1977 Frank J. Conway
1950s–1977Bertha J. Conway
1950s–1977Carole Conway

1231 Van Hook Street

1231 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910s–1920s William P. Cotter
1936Clarence Franchetti

1237 Van Hook Street

1237 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1959Anna Del Rossi

1238 Van Hook Street

1238 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1917Joseph Ragan & Family
1972Patrick F. Kelly
1972Russell F. Tribett
1972Marie Watkins

1242 Van Hook Street

1242 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933Vincent Hadarzznska
1933Paul Sulewski & Son

1243 Van Hook Street

1243 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933Clayton Stormfeltz
1933Joseph Ruttenberg

1245 Van Hook Street

1245 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924(listed)

1246 Van Hook Street

1246 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1939Stanley Norkus

1247 Van Hook Street

1247 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924(listed)
1933Herbert Cox

1249 Van Hook Street

1249 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
2012Razed

1251 Van Hook Street

1251 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1910s–1920s Edward & Catherine Corbett

1264 Van Hook Street

1264 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1940Vincent Visceglia

1266 Van Hook Street

1266 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924Benjamin Barber
1929Antonio Cuisante
1940William J. Stuhl

1268 Van Hook Street

1268 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924–1929Frank Dimrowski
1940Frank Domrocki
1940Frank Dom3rocki

1273 Van Hook Street

1273 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing
1929Vacant
1940John Wemas

1275 Van Hook Street

1275 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing
1929Vacant
1940John J. Mazur

1276 Van Hook Street

1276 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing
1929Louis Buck
1932Leon Roginski
1940Allie Girard

1278 Van Hook Street

1278 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing
1929Stephen Morris

1280 Van Hook Street

1280 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing
1929–1940Michael Palazzo
1929-1040Michael Palazzo

1282 Van Hook Street

1282 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing
1929Charles E. Zanders
1938Benjamin Druasowictz
1940Mrs. Antoinette Chimanti
2012-02-04Damaged by fire

1284 Van Hook Street

1284 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing
1929–1940Antonio Amato

1285 Van Hook Street

1285 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing
1929John Miller
1940James Vincent (produce)
1940James Vincent

1286 Van Hook Street

1286 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing
1929–1940Frank Pisa

1287 Van Hook Street

1287 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing
1929–1940Mrs. Mary Dacchill
1959–1960Canio R. Abate & Family
1959–1960Canio & Elizabeth Abate
1959–1960Canio Abate Jr.
1959–1960Catherine Abate
1959–1960Joseph Abate
1959–1960Arlene Abate
1959–1960Robert Abate

1288 Van Hook Street

1288 Van Hook Street — 1200 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1924No listing
1929Mrs. Alice Ryan
1933Julius Carter
1940Frank Catando

Camden Coal Hauler Robbed of $50 in Pa.

Camden Courier-Post —

A Camden coal hauler and his helper were held up and robbed of $50 early yesterday by two bandits on Ridge pike near Butler pike, Barren Hill, near Conshohocken, Pa.

Clarence Franchetti, of 1231 Van Hook Street, this city, and his helper, Alexander Cherry, whose address was not revealed, were forced by the bandits to drive their truck to the side of the road.

Alighting from a sedan, the bandits poked pistols in the faces of Franchetti and Cherry, then searched and robbed them. The holdup men returned to their automobile and speeded toward Philadelphia.

Franchetti was returning to the mines upstate for a truckload of coal when the holdup occurred, it was reported by police. He said the robbers were two young men.

Boy Found Drunk Gets 30-Day Term

Camden Courier-Post —

A 16-year-old youth who was found unconscious in a vacant house from the effects of drinking liquor was sentenced to 30 days in jail yesterday by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast.

He is Julius Carter, 1288 Van Hook Street, who was discovered Monday night in a house at 534 Ray Street by Motorcycle Patrolman Earl Wright.

“You are certainly starting out well,” Judge Pancoast told the boy. “Where did you get the liquor?”

“Some fellows gave it to me,” was the reply.

“Well, I am going to stop you from starting that habit,” was Judge Pancoast’s answer.

Suspected Numbers Runner

Camden Courier-Post —

Suspected Numbers Runner - Camden Courier-Post, February 2, 1952 Suspected Numbers Runner - Camden Courier-Post, February 2, 1952

Thomas Lauria, of 1296 Van Hook street, arrested on the Camden bridge plaza with 9800 numbers slips indicating a total play of $2122, is shown here being escorted by Detective Edward Shapiro, one of his captors, to the office of Police Chief Koerner for questioning.

Numbers Suspect With 9800 Plays Caught at Span

Camden Courier-Post —

Numbers Suspect With 9800 Plays Caught at Span - Camden Courier-Post, February 2, 1952 Numbers Suspect With 9800 Plays Caught at Span - Camden Courier-Post, February 2, 1952

On Way From Phila.; $2122 Bets Indicated; Previously Arrested

A suspected runner for a numbers ring was arrested Friday at the Camden bridge toll gates by Camden detectives who said the suspect was carrying 9800 numbers plays.

Held in city jail on a charge of maintaining a lottery in violation of the state crimes act is Thomas Lauria, 34, of 1296 Van Hook street.

District Detective Edward Shapiro and John Moffa, who seized Lauria as his automobile was approaching from Philadelphia, said the slips indicated a total play of $2122.

Shapiro said the slips were in a briefcase alongside Lauria in the front seat of the car. Some of the slips were for plays as high as $20, but most were for 10 to 25 cents, Shapiro said.

Sought for Week

Lauria was booked at 5 p. m. after he was taken to detective headquarters and then to the office of Police Chief Koerner, where he was questioned by Koerner and Detective Capt. Thomas Murphy. When booked in police headquarters, Lauria listed his occupation as laborer.

According to Shapiro, police have been seeking Lauria for more than a week as a suspected runner for a South Philadelphia ring. Learning that Lauria usually returned from Philadelphia in mid-afternoon, Shapiro and Moffa stationed themselves at the tollgates at 1.45 p. m. and nabbed Lauria as he drove up at 2.30 p. m.

Shapiro indicated Lauria escaped arrest earlier this week during an 80-mile-an-hour car chase in which the suspect eluded police after the pursuit led to Delaware township.

Previous Arrests

A total of $92.43 in cash was found on Lauria when he was searched in detective headquarters. However, it was not determined if the money was a part of the numbers play collections. Murphy said it is believed the slips were being brought here for tabulation after the money had been turned in to other members of the ring in Philadelphia.

Murphy said Lauria was arrested last week in Philadelphia on a similar charge. In addition, Lauria was arrested here in 1937 and again in 1947, according to detectives.

Police said the suspect formerly boxed in Philadelphia and Camden under the name of Tommy Ricco.

Wilkie Exonerated of Strike Assault

Camden Courier-Post —

Wilkie Exonerated of Strike Assault - Camden Courier-Post, August 12, 1936 Wilkie Exonerated of Strike Assault - Camden Courier-Post, August 12, 1936 Wilkie Exonerated of Strike Assault - Camden Courier-Post, August 12, 1936

Complainant Fails to Appear for Eleventh Time; Girl Gives Testimony

Charges of assault and battery made against Inspector John V. Wilkie by a man arrested on July 7, during a riot in the RCA strike, were dismissed yesterday by Police Judge Lewis Liberman.

A striker also charged with assault and battery by a girl worker who was injured when a brick broke the glass in a bus window, also was freed when Judge Liberman said there was no evidence to prove he threw the brick.

The Wilkie case had been postponed 10 times previously, because the complaining witness, Martin Merriman, of 2015 Ogden street, Philadelphia, had not appeared in court.

When Merriman’s name was called today he again was not present, but was represented by Alfred P. Morwitz, a Camden attorney. Morwitz said his client’s appearance was not necessary, as he could not identify Wilkie as the policeman who struck him over the head with a club, [cut off at the crop edge]

Girl Testified

Morwitz, however, placed Miss Sue Voytovich, of 2727 Westfield avenue, on the witness stand to testify against Wilkie.

Miss Voytovich said she was arrested on July 7 and was seated in a patrol wagon at the Market street ferry entrance when she saw Wilkie walk up and hit Merriman over the head with his club.

“Four policemen were trying to put Merriman into the patrol,” she testified under direct examination by Morwitz,” when Wilkie walked up in back and hit Merriman with his club. Merriman had done nothing to warrant being struck.”

John R. DiMona, assistant city solicitor, represented Wilkie and began cross-examining Miss Voytovich.

“Were there only four policemen around the patrol, or were there 10 or 12 policemen there?” DiMona asked.

“There may have been that many policemen there.”

“How many people were around?”

“Not many.”

“What are the names of the other policemen?”

“I don’t know.”

“How do you know it was Wilkie that struck Merriman?”

“I know Wilkie, I saw his picture in the Courier many times and he was pointed out to me by a friend.”

Jury Hearing Denied

“Who arrested you that day?”

“Wilkie.”

“You don’t like Wilkie, do you?”

“I haven’t anything against him.”

“Didn’t you make some remarks that you were out to get Wilkie?”

“I certainly did not, no indeed.”

“Was Merriman hit hard by the policeman?”

“There was blood all over his face when he got into the patrol.”

“Wasn’t it possible someone else could have hit him?”

“I don’t think so.”

At the conclusion of Miss Voytovich’ [sic] testimony, Morwitz asked that Wilkie be held for the grand jury.

DiMona advised the court that the police inspector desired to waive his rights before the grand jury and have the case decided in police court.

Wilkie on Stand

Wilkie took the stand and denied that he struck Merriman. Under direct examination by Di Mona, Wilkie said:

“On July 7, I was informed by Sergeant Carroll that some Philadelphia workers were coming to Camden to sympathize with the strikers. I was instructed to wait at the ferries, with other policemen, and send these people back to Philadelphia.

“We sent about 75 or 100 back, but one man refused to go and threw himself on the floor of the waiting room and I arrested him. I took him to the wagon outside and there was a terrible time there. Bricks and clubs were flying. I put my man in the patrol.

“Merriman had kicked Detective Louis Schlamm in the stomach and Patrolman Earl Wright had arrested him. Wright asked me to help him put Merriman in the wagon. His head was bloody at that time. Somebody had hit him, but I didn’t do it. In fact, I had him taken to the hospital to get 30 stitches in his head.”

Under cross-examination by Morwitz, Wilkie testified that he “couldn’t see how this lady could see out of the patrol wagon, because of the angle it was parked and because the windows are so dirty nobody can see out of them.”

Freed on Brick Charge

Samuel Burns, of 903 Fisher avenue, Audubon, was charged with assault and battery by Miss Grace Palezzo, of 1280 Van Hook street. She said a brick broke a bus window and the glass went into her eye. She was riding on the bus, between Third and Fourth street, on Federal, on July 15.

Ralph Teears, of 401 Marne road, Brooklawn, a passenger on the bus, said he saw Burns pass in his car just before the brick struck the window.

Burns denied he threw the brick, and the charge against him was dismissed for lack of evidence.

Man Fined $1000, Jailed 2 Mo. in Numbers Case

Camden Courier-Post —

Man Fined $1000, Jailed 2 Mo. in Numbers Case - Camden Courier-Post, February 26, 1952 Man Fined $1000, Jailed 2 Mo. in Numbers Case - Camden Courier-Post, February 26, 1952 Man Fined $1000, Jailed 2 Mo. in Numbers Case - Camden Courier-Post, February 26, 1952

So. Camden Resident Gets Heaviest Penalty For Such Offense

A South Camden man was fined $1000 and jailed for two months after Municipal Judge Dzick found him guilty today on charges of possessing numbers slips.

Court attaches said the penalty was the severest ever meted out to a defendant on such charges in the history of the city court.

The defendant, who pleaded not guilty, but offered no defense, is Thomas Lauria, 35, of 1296 Van Hook street. He was arrested at the Camden bridge plaza Feb. 1, by Detectives Edward Shapiro and John Moffa, who said he was coming to this city from Philadelphia.

The arresting officers testified that a briefcase in Lauria’s auto contained slips denoting 9800 numbers plays which represented bets totaling $2800.

Following testimony by the police, Anthony Marino, counsel for Lauria, moved for dismissal of the charges on grounds the ownership of the briefcase which contained the numbers slips and ownership of the automobile had not been proved.

After Judge Dzick pronounced sentence, Marino pleaded for a lesser penalty, pointing out that the court had not dealt so severely with others convicted on similar charges.

Brings Crime Here

Replying to Marino, Judge Dzick declared:

“It’s bad enough when people in our city evade the law. But here is an intelligent individual who apparently goes to another city and brings the crime here. I feel he deliberately got the slips from another city and brought them here for some purpose known to himself.

“Apparently he is a pickup man for numbers slips and not money, and he takes the slips to some place and tabulates them.”

Detective Shapiro, in his testimony, said:

“We tried to talk to Lauria but he refused to give us any information. He said he was his own boss and was not doing anything in this city.”

Hearing Postponed In Numbers Case

Camden Courier-Post —

Hearing Postponed In Numbers Case - Camden Courier-Post, February 22, 1952

Municipal Judge Dzick today postponed to Feb. 26 a hearing in the case of Thomas Lauria, 34, of 1296 Van Hook street, charged with possession of numbers.

Police arrested Lauria Feb. 1 at Camden bridge plaza. Lauria asked for a continuance until his attorney returned from vacation.

1300–1400 Block of Van Hook Street

1300–1400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants

City directory and newspaper records for the 1300–1400 block of Van Hook Street.

1300 Van Hook Street

1300 Van Hook Street — 1300–1400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1928–1929Michael Marinacci & Family (meats and groceries)
1928–1929Michael & Sadie Marinacci
1928–1929Frank Marinacci
1928–1929Ralph Marinacci
1928–1929Esmeralda Marinacci
1928–1929Emanuel Marinacci
1933–1940Samuel Petarra (grocery)

1302 Van Hook Street

1302 Van Hook Street — 1300–1400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1954Domonic Ciccotelli
1954Marianna Struglia
1954Vincent Struglia
1954Order of Brotherly Love / Marconi Sporting Club No. 24
1954 James J. Scarduzio
1954Raymond Pitatella
1954Mary K. MacLennan

1330 Van Hook Street

1330 Van Hook Street — 1300–1400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933–1940Anthony Tenerelli (produce)

1335 Van Hook Street

1335 Van Hook Street — 1300–1400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929Reverend Walter Dworeck
1929 Clifford Carr
1929Franklin Jackson
1940Mrs. Olive Glemser

1337 Van Hook Street

1337 Van Hook Street — 1300–1400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1918(listed)

1339 Van Hook Street

1339 Van Hook Street — 1300–1400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929–1930s Stanley Wirtz & Family
1929–1930sStanley & Emma Wirtz
1929–1930sEdwin S. Wirtz
1930s–1940sNathan Rudolph & Family
1930s–1940sNathan & Mary Rudolph
1930s–1940sIrene Rudolph

1349 Van Hook Street

1349 Van Hook Street — 1300–1400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933Joseph Fiume
1967James V. Fuviano (VFW Post 980 Commander)
1967James V. Fuviano

1351 Van Hook Street

1351 Van Hook Street — 1300–1400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929(listed)
1933Charles Casale
1938–1940sFrank DelRossi & Family
1938–1940sMichael Del Rossi
1940Frank Del Rossi

1352 Van Hook Street

1352 Van Hook Street — 1300–1400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929(listed)

1353 Van Hook Street

1353 Van Hook Street — 1300–1400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929(listed)

1354 Van Hook Street

1354 Van Hook Street — 1300–1400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929(listed)

1355 Van Hook Street

1355 Van Hook Street — 1300–1400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940Clifford Del Rossi

1400 Van Hook Street

1400 Van Hook Street — 1300–1400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929Charles Dovi (contractor)
1929Charles Dovi
1933Charles S.S. Dorr

1402 Van Hook Street

1402 Van Hook Street — 1300–1400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929James Quatrocchi

1411 Van Hook Street

1411 Van Hook Street — 1300–1400 Block of Van Hook Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1955Attilio Di Renzo (cement work)
1300 Van Hook Street — Michael Marinacci meats and groceries, 1928–1929

1300 Van Hook Street — Michael Marinacci & Family (meats and groceries), 1928–1929

[M]IKE MARINACCI,
[M]EATS AND GROCERIES
1300 VAN HOOK ST
CAMDEN, N.J.

Stanley R. Wirtz — 1339 Van Hook Street, March 18, 1936

Stanley R. Wirtz — 1339 Van Hook Street, 1929–1930s

Youths Peddling Radio Arrested on Suspicion

Camden Courier-Post —

Two youths were arrested late last night on suspicion of stealing a radio when one of them was interrupted by detectives while attempting to sell it.

Detectives Benjamin Simon, Clifford Del Rossi and Robert Ashenfelter became suspicious of a car parked at Norris and Sheridan Streets. The occupant, Stephen Stanziak, 19, of 1279 Sheridan Street, said he was waiting for a companion who was in the store of Michael Gucik, northeast corner of Norris and Sheridan Streets. The detectives entered the store and found Joseph Fiume, 16, of 1349 Van Hook Street, attempting to sell a radio to Gucik. The youths said it had been given to them by a man they did not know.

2 Men Sent to Jail in Theft of Auto

Camden Courier-Post —

Found guilty of stealing an automobile which has not yet been recovered, two Whitman Park men were given six months in the county jail by Police Judge Pancoast yesterday.

Identified by the owner of the machine who said he saw them drive away in it, Herbert Cox, 25, of 1247 Van Hook Street, and Charles Casale, 26, of 1351 Van Hook Street, were sentenced in spite of their denial of the theft. John Harwan, of 1311 Sheridan Street, the owner of the car, testified that Cox and Casale took his machine from Mt. Ephraim Avenue and Van Hook Street where it was parked in front of his soft drink establishment. He tried to jump on the running board, he said, but could not reach it. He called the police and ordered the men arrested, he said.

Cox and Casale said they did not know anything about Harwan’s automobile. They were in a speakeasy drinking all night, they said, and left the place intoxicated. In answer to Judge Pancoast’s questions the men said they did not remember where the speakeasy was.

Levy to Build New Apartment House

Camden Courier-Post —

Will Erect $20,000 Structure at Eighth and Kaighn Avenue

Levy to Build New Apartment House

Camden Courier-Post —

Levy to Build New Apartment House - Camden Courier-Post, January 9, 1928 Levy to Build New Apartment House - Camden Courier-Post, January 9, 1928

Will Erect $20,000 Structure at Eighth and Kaighn Avenue

A contract for the erection of a $20,000 apartment house to be built on Eighth street near Kaighn avenue, has been awarded to S. Levy, building contractor, 1214 Kaighn avenue.

The structure will be of brick, two stories, 17 by 85 feet, with slag roof, and pine and composition floors, metal lathing, hot water heating and the latest plumbing and electrical fixtures. Harry Franks is the owner.

The same builder is also erecting a two-story office and apartment building at 410 Kaighn avenue. This building will be of brick, with a copper front. Both the offices and the two apartments will be equipped with the latest conveniences.

Two weeks ago Levy completed an operation of eight houses at 632-646 Van Hook street. The dwellings, which have six rooms and a porch with all modern conveniences, are all occupied.

Levy is now completing an extensive alteration job on a store property at 528-30 North Third street, which will cost $5,000.

Levy is now seeking a building job in Woodbury, which will keep him busy for a long time to come, if he lands the contract, which is very likely. He is also doing extensive repair and alteration work in stores, offices and homes in and around Camden. During the past few months he has rebuilt several store fronts for local establishments.

The business outlook for the new year is excellent says Levy, who had a good year in 1927. Levy, who has been in business here since 1911, has done work throughout South Jersey.

Fire Hydrant Vandalism Cited

Camden Courier-Post —

Fire Hydrant Vandalism Cited - Camden Courier-Post, October 5, 1966 Fire Hydrant Vandalism Cited - Camden Courier-Post, October 5, 1966

3-Alarm Blaze in S. Camden

Camden’s director of public works today cited vandalism and improper equipment as reasons for yesterday’s fire hydrant problem at the scene of a three-alarm fire at 1729 Railroad Avenue.

Angelo Errichetti said the hydrant at 7th and Van Hook Streets, had been repaired Sept. 19 and charged vandals with damaging it again. The director also said that water department employes removed the cap on the hydrant opposite 614 Van Hook Street following the fire. Firemen charged they were unable to remove the cap at the time of the fire.

Errichetti said he will have the fire department equipped with heavier wrenches in preparation for a similar incident.

The fire, which destroyed an unoccupied house before it was brought under control, apparently was caused by vandals, according to Fire Capt. Philip A. Stinger. He added that the blaze is under investigation.

The blaze also sparked a double probe when Fire Chief Edward V. Michalak charged the two hydrants were “faulty.” The chief requested an explanation from the water department.

Errichetti explained that the city’s 1750 hydrants are inspected continually as often as manpower provides. He called vandalism the department’s biggest problem.

“Vandals break off fittings for the brass content,” he said. “Then they fill the hydrant with dirt, stones and debris which clog the fire pumpers.”

Errichetti also said he has notified all city junk dealers to report to police anyone attempting to sell the hydrant parts. He further cited the failure of motorists to report damaged hydrants following accidents. He said five were damaged during the past weekend.

The fire, which broke out at 1:28 p.m., destroyed the unoccupied house before it was brought under control at 2 p.m. A nearby home at 1727 Railroad Avenue suffered extensive damage on its roof and wooden window frames, but other neighborhood dwellings were unharmed.

Third Battalion Chief Theodore (Ted) Primas said, however, at its height, the blaze threatened to jump a 10-foot alleyway and burn nearby homes.

2 Firemen Hurt

At one point, the entire rear of the building collapsed and fell inside the walls. Firemen used the roof at 1731 Railroad Avenue to train water into the blazing building.

A fireman, Albert Jones, 26, of 1146 Kenwood Avenue, a member of No. 2 Ladder Company, was treated for a cut left eye at West Jersey Hospital after he was hit by flying glass during “cleanup operations.”

Jones and Thomas Robinson of 1727 Railroad Avenue, who suffered a sprained left ankle while fleeing the intense heat, were the only known victims of the fire.

Unconfirmed reports yesterday claimed one of two vagrants, known by neighbors to have been sleeping in the vacant building, may have been inside when the fire started, but no confirmation was made today.

Thieves Took to the Swamp

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Thieves Took to the Swamp - Philadelphia Inquirer, July 19, 1903

Early yesterday morning four colored men were discovered trying to rob the bottling place of William Rudolph, at Van Buren and Vanhook streets, Camden. Neighbors awakened the proprietor and he notified the police. The men fled in the direction of Lane Ditch Swamp. Policemen Harvey, Snow, Pooley, Fitzsimmons, Cornog and Sergeant Hyde surrounded the swamp, but after an hour’s fruitless search the policemen gave up the hunt.

2 Seized in Thefts From Freight Cars

Camden Courier-Post —

2 Seized in Thefts From Freight Cars - Camden Courier-Post, October 7, 1936 2 Seized in Thefts From Freight Cars - Camden Courier-Post, October 7, 1936

Companion Held for Failure to Obey Criminal Registration Act

Two men, arrested for breaking into and robbing boxcars in Camden, will be arraigned today before Police Judge Lewis Liberman, as will a third man arrested at the same time charged with failing to comply with a city ordinance requiring criminals to register with police.

Clyde Thomas, 23, of 117 New street, Philadelphia, and Daniel Paulk, 21, 1828 Salem street, both Negroes, were picked up in the city freight yards by Sergt. Joseph Tully and George Smith, railroad detectives, and turned over to Detective Gus Fortune at headquarters.

Fortune said both admitted breaking the seal on a car on the Van Hook street cutoff on September 15 and stealing two mattresses valued at $60 and selling them to a second-hand store for $6 and taking a 700-bale of rags from a car yesterday worth $21.

Arrested with them was Lucius Robinson, 21, 983 Ferry avenue, who has failed to register with police, Fortune declared.

Railroad Car Looters Get Stiff Jail Terms

Camden Courier-Post —

Railroad Car Looters Get Stiff Jail Terms - Camden Courier-Post, October 9, 1936

Police Judge Lewis Liberman yesterday handed out two of the stiffest terms since he went on the bench when he sentenced two thieves to a total of one year each in jail.

The prisoners are Daniel Paulk, 21, of 1828 Salem street, and Clyde Thomas, 23, of 117 New street, Philadelphia. After their arrest by railroad detectives for loitering, they admitted stealing and selling two bundles of mattresses and several bales of rags from a railroad freight car on Van Hook street near Seventh, Sept. 17.

Judge Liberman sentenced them to six months on each count, the sentences to run consecutively.

Lucius Robinson, 21, of 903 Ferry avenue, arrested with Paulk and Thomas, was exonerated of the thefts, but despite a record of 18 arrests he had not listed himself with the bureau of criminal registration and was sentenced to six months for that.

Detective Gus Fortune, who obtained the confessions from Paulk and Thomas, said he will arrest the person who purchased the stolen goods from them.

‘Poets’ Hand Polish Sound Beating, 9-4

Camden Courier-Post —

‘Poets’ Hand Polish Sound Beating, 9-4 - Camden Courier-Post, August 10, 1933 ‘Poets’ Hand Polish Sound Beating, 9-4 - Camden Courier-Post, August 10, 1933 ‘Poets’ Hand Polish Sound Beating, 9-4 - Camden Courier-Post, August 10, 1933

Homers Aid Walt Whitman in Rhone Loop Tilt; White Stars for Losers

RHONE TWILIGHT LEAGUEW.L.P.C.
Sixth Ward 701.000
Fairview Ind. 52.714
Central Camden 53.625
Polish-Americans 33.500
Walt Whitman 44.500
Tenth Ward 45.444
Campbell’s Soup 23.400
Colored Citizens 25.286
Abbott’s Dairies 06.000

Last Night’s Score

Walt Whitman, 9; Polish A. C. C., 4.

This Week’s Schedule

Tonight—Polish Citizens vs. Tenth Ward, at Pyne Poynt Park; Colored Citizens vs. Campbell’s Soup, at Dudley Grange Park. Friday—Central Camden vs. Fairview, at Ninth and Morgan streets.

Walt Whitman turned in somewhat of an upset in the Rhone Twilight League last evening when it handed the Polish American Citizens Club, first half champions, a 9 to 4 pasting at Ninth and Van Hook streets.

As a result of the game the two clubs are now in a deadlock for fourth place, the Polish having split even in eight games and the “Poets” dividing six combats.

Art Watson and Jim McGinnis worked on the hill for the champs and gave up six hits, but walks and an error played a big part in the Walt Whitman triumph. However, Reynolds was in splendid shape for the “Poets” permitting the Whitman Park aggregation but three hits.

Johnny White, captain of the Polish outfit, was responsible for his team’s markers, getting two hits in three times, both having a hand in the scoring. One of his clouts went for a home run with men aboard the sacks, while his other was a two-bagger. The other Polish hit was garnered by Watson.

Frank Kulesa and Von Richie led the attack for the “Poets” with two hits apiece, both of the latter’s going for home runs, while the former had a double and a single.

WALT WHITMANabrhoaPOLISH A. C. C.abrhoa
Kulesa, 3b42202White, 3b31211
Cuneo, 1b31140Rhemus, cf30010
Rey’lds, p40000Gart’nd, 2b30021
Slovick, rf41110Klopp, 1b20020
McManee, lf21020Pusey, 1b10020
Gorski, ss31010Wat’n, p-rf20100
VonR’hie, 2b32233McGi’s, p-lf31002
McCurdy, cf30010Dunn, ss21010
Fingers, c21061S. Pawela, c30090
Murtha, lf01000
Matera, rf10000
Totals2896186Totals2343184

Walt Whitman .................. 5 0 2 1 0 1—9 Polish A. C. C. ................ 1 3 0 0 0 0—4

Error—Pusey. Two-base hits—Kulesa, White, Cuneo. Three-base hit—Slovick. Home runs—White, Von Reichie, 2. Struck out—By Reynolds, 6; McGinnis, 7; Watson, 2. Bases on balls—Off Reynolds, 2; McGinnis, 3; Watson, 2. Umpires—Simon and Carries.

Suspected Sniper Charges Frameup by ‘Real Phantom’

Camden Courier-Post —

Suspected Sniper Charges Frameup by 'Real Phantom' - Camden Courier-Post, February 13, 1928 Suspected Sniper Charges Frameup by 'Real Phantom' - Camden Courier-Post, February 13, 1928 Suspected Sniper Charges Frameup by 'Real Phantom' - Camden Courier-Post, February 13, 1928 Suspected Sniper Charges Frameup by 'Real Phantom' - Camden Courier-Post, February 13, 1928 Suspected Sniper Charges Frameup by 'Real Phantom' - Camden Courier-Post, February 13, 1928

Police Letter Written by His Enemy, Downtown Youth Insists

NEW SHOTS HIT AUTO AND FIRE ALARM BOX

Courier Reporter Locates Most Sought By Police At Jasper Street Home

Admitting that he is the man for whom Camden police searched for four days after receipt of an anonymous letter declaring him to be South Jersey’s “phantom sniper,” Eugene Marshall, 21 years old, of 404 Jasper street, today charged that he was the victim of a plot by an enemy he suspects as being the real “ghost gunner.”

Young Marshall, a former taxicab driver, was found by an Evening Courier reporter to whom he voiced his suspicions regarding the writer of the “tip-off note” now in possession of Detective Captain John Golden.

“I want to see that letter,” Marshall declared. “I understand that it’s printed, but just the same I think I’d recognize who did it. If it’s the man I think it is, I’ll tell his name and they can question him.”

Thinks Enemy Is Sniper

The letter, which Captain Golden received ten days ago, was signed “A Gunman.”

“That’s just what this fellow is,” was Marshall’s assertion. “and I think he’s the sniper and is trying to put the blame on me.”

It was after Captain Golden received the anonymous letter, purporting to be a “tip” on the identity of the sniper, that city detectives watched vainly for four days in the vicinity of Fourth and Jasper streets.

“If you want to catch him,” the letter stated, “follow this letter and see the sniper come out of a house on Jasper street at 7 o’clock Wednesday night near a saloon corner. He will have on a dark coat and light pants and is about 5 feet 11 inches tall with a cap pulled over his eyes.”

The description exactly fits Marshall.

“Sure, I’m the fellow that letter meant,” Marshall said. “But I’m no more the sniper than you are. I’m pretty sure I know who wrote the letter, though, and I think he’s the sniper. According to the paper, the letter ended up with the words ‘Till we meet again.’ Well, those are the same words this fellow used to me when I left him the last time we were together.”

Shot Hits Fire-Alarm Box

Perhaps the “sniper” or perhaps some imitator of his activities today fired a bullet or some similar missile through the glass key-window of a fire-alarm box at Kaighn avenue and Hyde Park. It was the twenty-seventh incident of the sort since Thanksgiving Day, bullets and other missiles having been flung previously through auto windshields, and windows of doors of stores and dwellings in Camden, Collingswood, Audubon, Gloucester and Delair.

Police Sergeant Walter Mattison was notified of the drilling of the fire alarm box glass at 11:30 o’clock this morning. The hole in the glass was described by police as being one which appeared to have been caused by a .22 calibre bullet. No bullet or other missile was found and no one in the neighborhood, among those questioned had heard the report of a gun.

If the “sniper” or other mischief maker fired at the box with the intention of setting off the alarm, he failed. No alarm sounded and the incident was not discovered until a patrolman passed and happened to notice that the box had been damaged.

Hits Battered Sedan

Meanwhile, the twenty-sixth shot attributed to the “phantom sniper” was added to the long list of similar incidents during the weekend. Forsaking the main thoroughfares, the mysterious marksman—if, indeed, the same person is responsible—stalked his game through side streets of South Camden, where two other silent shots were fired last week.

A battered old sedan was the twenty-sixth target of the “sniper” or snipers. A bullet-like missile, which vanished just as have most of the others, drilled a hole in a rear window of the ancient car, narrowly missing Joseph Carone, 20 years old, of 30 Morris street, Gloucester.

Carone had sold the car to Donato Aceto, 32 years old, of 681 Van Hook street, a watchman at the Reading railroad crossing at Broadway and Salem street, Gloucester. The young man was steering the old machine which was being towed by Aceto’s car. At Seventh street and Woodland avenue the mysterious missile tore through the rear window of the sedan, whistled past Carone’s head and vanished.

Too startled at first to realize what had happened. Carone waited until the two cars had crawled along for a hundred yards before he thought of the “phantom sniper.” Then, a search for the missile began but to no avail. He reported the incident to William Booth, a florist, of 692 Van Hook street, who notified police. Detective Samuel Johnson investigated and heard Carone’s story.

Street Ends Sought for City

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Street Ends Sought for City - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 4, 1912

Further action was taken yesterday by City Solicitor Bleakly toward acquiring street ends, now occupied by corporations or individuals. He recently won for the city in connection with the Jefferson street wharf against an electric company. In the suits begun yesterday in the Supreme Court the ends of Jackson, Vanhook, Jasper, Emerald, Viola and Winslow are sought. This is all in the same locality as Jefferson street and takes in the river front south of Line Ditch.

Suspect in Holdup Identified at Trial

Camden Evening Courier —

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Hotel Night Clerk Not Certain of 2 Others in Robbery

Positive identification was made of one of three bandit suspects who went on trial today in Criminal Court on charges of holding up and robbing the night clerk and elevator operator of the Hotel Camden on the morning of November 21.

The defendants, all of whom deny the charges, are Rollie Waterhouse, 19, of 422 Mechanic street; Joseph McKenna, 29, of 550 Lansdowne avenue; and Ralph Endt, 23, of 1161 Van Hook street. They are named in one joint indictment charging robbery.

They were arrested less than an hour after the holdup when they were crossing the Camden Bridge in a taxicab. Under the seat was $76.83, just 40 cents more than the bandits took from Harry A. Auman, the night clerk, and Jacob Davis, the elevator operator.

Auman, the first witness called by the state today, walked over to the defense table and dramatically identified Endt as the bandit who leaped over a desk and commanded him to throw up his hands. Endt nervously rubbed his lips but stared steadily at his accuser during the brief ordeal.

But when he was asked to identify Waterhouse and McKenna as the other bandits, Auman could not do so, although he testified that a second bandit had run behind the desk and poked something against his ribs. The lobby was dark, the clerk averred, and he couldn’t distinguish the features of the other two men. He further declared that Endt had no weapon in his hands, but had sharply commanded him to open the safe.

The trial opened before Judge Samuel M. Shay shortly after 10 a. m., and a panel of 24 veniremen was summoned. The prisoners were handcuffed together when they were escorted into the court room by Constable Vernon Lyons, William Gaskill and William Sawyer. However, Prosecutor Baldwin later ordered the handcuffs removed.

When the panel was called, the prosecutor asked if any of the prospective jurors knew the defendants, and there was no response. Samuel P. Orlando, defense attorney, then asked the veniremen if they had read newspaper accounts of the holdup, if they knew the complainants or had any connection with the hotel, if they were clients of the prosecutor or his aides and if they had cases or friends who had cases in the prosecutor’s office. Again there was no response, and the selection of the jury began.

All three defendants were held as material witnesses in the murder of Angelo Solury, sailor killed in the “Little Club,” a Mt. Vernon street speakeasy, June 6. Later, Albert Saunders, who was tried for Solury’s murder, named Waterhouse as the actual slayer, as did two other defense witnesses. Saunders was acquitted. [sic] and Prosecutor Baldwin, when asked if Waterhouse would be charged with the murder, announced that the case was closed.

Waterhouse has, since his arrest in the hotel holdup, been identified as the “gunman” in the holdup of a Paulsboro gasoline filling station, which occurred about six hours before the hotel robbery.

The three were arrested, arraigned in police court and indicted on the same day of the holdup. They were to have gone on trial last Monday, but the case was postponed until today on Orlando’s request.

The jury was completed in one hour at 11.20 a. m. Eight women and four men were chosen from a total of 48 veniremen. The state used 10 of its 12 preemptory challenges, while the defense used 18 of its 20 challenges. The first juror drawn, as is customary, was named forelady.

The jury follows:

Mrs. Mary L. Klein, housewife, 127 North Thirty-second street; Mrs. Mary J. Sayre, housewife, Brooklawn; John Quirk, clerk, 859 North Thirty-second street; Cecilia Cahill, saleslady, 116 North Sussex street, Gloucester; Mrs. Minnie Hines, housewife, 2729 Lincoln avenue; Mrs. Elizabeth S. Sharp, housewife, Blackwood; Russell Kleaman, mechanic, 228 Hampshire avenue, Audubon; Mrs. Nellie Powell, housewife, 613 Market street, Gloucester; George James, retired, 428 Middlesex street, Gloucester; Mrs. Ida M. Palme, housewife, 13 West Wayne terrace, Collingswood; Mrs. Mary Cantwell, housewife, 1030 North Twenty-first street; and Thomas Haggerty, mechanic, Stratford.

2 Get 30-Day Terms for Stealing Coal

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2 Get 30-Day Terms for Stealing Coal - Camden Courier-Post, January 17, 1934

Two men were sentenced to 20 days each in police court yesterday on charges of stealing coal from the Cooper Point yards of the Pennsylvania railroad.

The men who gave their names as Lorenzo Taggart, 43, no home, Frank Mitchell, 27, of 49 North street, were arrested by Detectives Sergeant John Snyder and George Baitzel, of the railroad police department. The men said they were preparing to sell the coal.

William Antinuk, 13, of 682 Ferry avenue, is being held pending investigation of the theft of six coils of copper wire from a freight car on the Pennsylvania—Reading Seashore lines, near Van Hook street.

George Smith, a railroad detective, said he captured the boy as two companions fled from the car. Smith said the boy related that the loot was sold to a South Camden man whom the police are seeking.

Camden Drys Cut Holiday Rum Supply

Camden Courier-Post —

Camden Drys Cut Holiday Rum Supply - Camden Courier-Post, December 4, 1928

Two Held for Grand Jury After Howe Street Seizure

At least part of the holiday liquor supply has been stopped, it was revealed yesterday when Mikoloy Miskiewicz, 34, of 1141 Van Hook street, and Paul Starzynski, 1272 Decatur street, were arraigned before United States Commissioner Wynn Armstrong on charges of manufacturing liquor, possession and transportation. They pleaded not guilty and waived hearings and were held in $1000 bail for the grand jury.

The men were arrested Saturday night by Federal agents under Schuyler Adams, newly-appointed prohibition head in this section, after the agents had watched a house at 907 Howe street all day.

Towards evening an automobile drove up and two men began piling cans into the back seat. The cans, on investigation, proved to be 18 five-gallon tins filled with moonshine whisky.

In the cellar of the house the agents found a 150-gallon still in operation, two cookers, a coil and cooler, 36 50-gallon barrels of mash, 15 empty 50-gallon barrels, 25 gallons of alleged moonshine whisky and some empty cans. Miskiewicz, the agents say, is the owner and driver of the automobile, and his partner is charged with being employed as a helper.

Store Robber Given 10 Years in Prison

Camden Morning Post —

Store Robber Given 10 Years in Prison - Camden Morning Post, December 12, 1930 Store Robber Given 10 Years in Prison - Camden Morning Post, December 12, 1930

Case of Companion Will Be Put Before Grand Jury This Wek [sic]

Floyd Alter Bell, 36, alias “Twenty,” of 1719 Van Buren street, Philadelphia, was sentenced to 10 years in state’s prison yesterday by Judge Shay in Criminal Court on charges of robbery and carrying a gun.

Bell pleaded guilty to robbing the Star Beef Company, Sixth street and Kaighn avenue, on September 12, the charge on which he was sentenced to seven years. According to Prosecutor Clifford A. Baldwin, Bell and Frank M. Bank, 19, of 717 Baxter street, Camden, robbed the store of sausages, ham and other food stuffs, loaded them on a truck and escaped.

Both were arrested December 1 by Policemen Rheim and Feitz after the car they are alleged to have stolen from Railroad avenue and Van Hook street struck a pole at Sixth street and Kaighn avenue.

The case of Bank will be presented to the grand jury this week, Baldwin said. Bell, according to the prosecutor, confessed to committing several holdups in Camden and vicinity since July 1. Hams stolen from the beef concern were sold at $1 each in the Eighth Ward, $23 being collected.

Hotel Holdup Denied By 3 On Witness Stand

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Alleged Bandits Tell Jury They Were Gambling at Time of Robbery

Waterhouse in Clash With State’s Attorney

Defendant Says Money Found in Taxi Had Been Won in Gloucester

Three Camden men on trial on charges of holding up the night clerk and elevator operator of the Hotel Camden November 21, and robbing them of $67.43, went on the stand in their own defense today and made a complete denial.

They are Rollie Waterhouse, 19, of 422 Mechanic street; Joseph McKenna, 29, of 550 Lansdowne avenue; and Ralph Endt, 23, of 1161 Van Hook street. Under direct examination by their counsel, Samuel P. Orlando, and in cross examination by Prosecutor Baldwin, they presented an alibi in which they said they had been gambling in Gloucester at or about the time of the holdup.

Waterhouse and the prosecutor clashed while the former took the stand as the first defense witness. It was after Waterhouse had retraced his movements of the morning of the holdup that Prosecutor Baldwin started to delve further into Waterhouse’s affairs.

Under cross examination, Waterhouse admitted that he hasn’t worked for a year. He stated he lived with a sister.

“Where do you get the money with which to gamble?” asked Baldwin.

“From my brother.”

Then, after Waterhouse averred he had left Gloucester for Camden between 5 and 5.30 a.m., “just at dawn,” Baldwin asked him if he knew that on that particular morning the sun rose at 6.51 a.m.

“I don’t know anything about the sun rising,” replied Waterhouse. “It was just beginning to become daylight.”

Then Baldwin questioned him closely about a gambling den which Waterhouse said he had visited with McKenna and Endt early that morning.

He averred he did not know the name of the proprietor nor its exact address, except that it was on Jersey avenue between Seventh and Eighth streets, Gloucester. He didn’t know the names of any of the other men there, except there was an “Ed,” “Quirt” and “John.”

“Would you be willing to point out this house to the prosecutor if he went down there with you this afternoon?” asked Orlando.

“Yes.”

Refuses to Make Complaint

“If you showed it to me, would you be willing to sign a complaint against the proprietor?” pressed Baldwin.

“No. Why should I?” asked Waterhouse.

Waterhouse, in direct examination, testified that he and his two companions had gone to the private house in Gloucester and played dice. He said he won some money, and the three walked to Broadway at about 5.30 a.m., where they got a “hop” to Camden with a motorist whom they did not know. They alighted at Broadway and Federal streets, and decided to go to a Turkish bathhouse at Twelfth and Federal streets in Philadelphia. They went to Broadway and Cooper street, where they called a cab.

In the cab, Waterhouse said, he took out his winnings and started to count them in order to split with his companions. He referred to his friends as “Mr. Endt” and “Mr. McKenna.” He had the money in his hands when the cab was stopped by bridge police. He placed it on the seat. Under cross-examination, he said he did not know how the money came to be found under the seat. He said he might have had a P.R.T. token, as he sometimes used the tokens in Philadelphia. A token was in the loot stolen from the hotel.

He then told how the night clerk could not identify him or McKenna, and hesitated before identifying Endt, finally saying to the latter that “if it wasn’t you, it was your twin brother.” When questioned how he had happened to have a paper roll of five-cent pieces, Waterhouse said some of the money he had won was paid to him in that form. His winnings, he said, comprised one-dollar bills and change, and he had counted up to $50 when the bridge cops appeared.

Waterhouse was a state’s witness at the trial of Albert Saunders, who was acquitted of the murder of Angelo Solury, U.S. sailor slain in the Little Club, a Mount Vernon street speakeasy, last June. At that time it was not the state but the defense which brought out that Waterhouse to all appearances was a “man about town,” in that he did not work for a living.

At Saunders’ trial, Saunders and two other defense witnesses flatly accused Waterhouse of the Solury murder. When the jury exonerated Waterhouse, Prosecutor Baldwin was asked if Waterhouse would be arrested. The prosecutor averred that the “case is closed.” A short time later Waterhouse was arrested in the hotel holdup and was also identified as the “gunman” in a Paulsboro gas station holdup. McKenna and Endt had also been held as material witnesses in the Solury murder, but were not called upon to testify by the state.

Defense Motions Denied

The state rested at 10.37 a.m., and then Judge Shay denied two motions by Orlando for a directed verdict of acquittal. Orlando first moved for acquittal of McKenna and Waterhouse.

Orlando held that the state had failed to identify Waterhouse and McKenna with the holdup, and that the fact they were arrested less than an hour after the holdup with Endt in a taxicab in which $67.83 was found under the seat, was purely circumstantial evidence occurring after the holdup. Defense counsel also pointed out that while Harry A. Auman, the clerk, had identified Endt as one of three bandits, he failed to identify Waterhouse and McKenna, and had even refused to sign a complaint against them in police court.

Second Motion Denied

When Judge Shay dismissed the motion on the ground that there was enough evidence to permit the case to go to the jury, Orlando then moved for a verdict of acquittal for all three defendants. He said the joint indictment against them charges “robbery by force and putting in fear,” and that the state had failed to prove the elements of robbery, that any violence was used or that Auman was put in fear.

Judge Shay denied the second motion, averring that the hotel lobby was dark, and one of the bandits placed something, a finger or a weapon, against Auman.

“If I were in his position, I would be frightened under those circumstances regardless of whether it was a gun or not, especially since it was too dark to determine this,” stated Judge Shay.

The state today moved to spike what had appeared to be the foundation of a defense alibi. Yesterday, Edward Schreyer, 124 North Tenth street, driver of the taxicab in which the three were arrested, testified that at 5.25 p.m., he had picked up three fares at the Pennsauken police station and taken them to Camden. A short time later, he picked up Waterhouse, McKenna and Endt at Broadway and Cooper street.

This was brought out under cross-examination by Orlando, and it indicated the defense might contend that the money might have been placed under the seat by the previous fares.

Three Fares Called

Today the state called the three fares, James McGinnis, 1115 Federal street; Joseph Dent, 318 Taylor avenue, and his brother, Walter Dent. They averred they had been playing cards at a friend’s house the preceding night and were speeding on Crescent boulevard when their car overturned near Central Airport. They were either at Cooper Hospital or at the Pennsauken police headquarters between 1.30 a.m. and 5.25 a.m. They said they had not been playing for money and had little cash.

Two Pennsauken policemen, Fred Weyman and James Hoff, corroborated their testimony insofar as their whereabouts at the time of the holdup. Sergeant Michael Bachmayer, of the Camden Bridge police, the last state’s witness, described how two bridge cops chased Schreyer’s cab on the bridge and overtook it to arrest the three suspects.

3 Freed in Holdup By Jury Held for Woodbury Court

Camden Evening Courier —

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Waterhouse and Pals Cleared in Robbery at Hotel Camden

Freed by Jury

Prosecutor Hits Acquittal Verdict

Lack of Separate Indictments Said to Have Led to Verdict

ROLLIE WATERHOUSE

Exonerated last night by a jury that decreed them not guilty of holding up the Hotel Camden, Rollie Waterhouse, 19-year-old “man of leisure” and his two pals face hearings at Woodbury on charges of holding up a gas station attendant.

Detainers filed at the county jail against the three suspects prevented their release after the jury, comprising eight women and four men, returned with the verdict at 8.17 p.m. after deliberating for more than four hours.

Today, Sheriff Jacob K. Tryon, of Gloucester county, dispatched County Detective W. Clayton Apgar and deputies to this city at 11:15 a.m. to take the three men to Woodbury. There they will be given a hearing before Police Recorder Edward H. Curtis on charges of holding up Thomas Riley, 57, of Ashland, attendant at the Lincoln Service Station, Paulsboro.

Riley identified Waterhouse, who resides at 422 Mechanic street, as the “gunman” of the trio of bandits who on November 20, at about 11 p.m., or about six hours before the Camden hotel holdup, entered the station and robbed him of $27.

He could not positively identify Ralph Endt, 23, of 1161 Van Hook street, and Joseph McKenna, 29, of 550 Lansdowne avenue, as the other members of the bandit trio. McKenna and Endt were co-defendants of Waterhouse in the trial which ended yesterday.

Trial Delay Seen

A long delay in the trial of the three, if they are indicted by the Gloucester County Grand Jury, appears certain, as the next regular term of criminal court does not start until next February. Special Sessions Court is held twice a month at Woodbury for juryless trials.

The “not guilty” verdict came as a distinct shock to the state, and Prosecutor Baldwin characterized it as “a most outrageous insult to the community.” He also stated that a charge of gambling will be placed against Waterhouse based on the prisoner’s own testimony in court yesterday. Waterhouse averred that the sum of $67.83 found under the seat of the taxicab in which he and his two friends were arrested after a short chase on the Camden Bridge was won at craps in a Gloucester gambling establishment.

“In my opinion, the verdict was a most outrageous insult to the community,” declared the prosecutor. “Our jury system is such that positive identifications are not relied upon. These particular men were found with the money (the sum found in the cab was only 40 cents in excess of the amount stolen from the hotel) which, it was testified, was stolen from the hotel and was found in their possession.”

“How any jury could so far disregard its oath as to acquit these offenders against the public safety is beyond my comprehension. Any such ridiculous verdict rendered against a defendant could immediately be set aside by the trial court and a new trial granted, but it is merely another one of the criminal’s privileges that once acquitted, he cannot be retired [sic].”

State to Keep Money

It was reported that because of the acquittal the state would have to return the money to Waterhouse. When asked about this the prosecutor stated:

“No money will be returned, because a specific charge of gambling will be lodged against Waterhouse, growing out of his own testimony that the money was the fruit of that gambling. Perhaps this action will not be taken until the Gloucester county authorities have had the opportunity of convicting Waterhouse on a more serious charge pending against him in that county.”

The prosecutor appeared at the courthouse more than an hour after his customary time of arrival. He could not be located at his private law office or his home. His wife stated he had left at the usual time to take his daughter to school, and that she had not heard from him.

When questioned concerning his tardiness, the prosecutor would not reveal where he had been. He admitted it was pertaining to the case of Waterhouse, Endt and McKenna, but would divulge nothing more.

The state had based its case on positive identification made of Endt by Harry Auman, the Hotel Camden night clerk. Auman could not identify McKenna or Waterhouse. The three were arrested less than an hour after the holdup with a sum of money almost identical with that stolen from the hotel.

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As there was no Catholic cemetery nearer than Gloucester or Philadelphia in 1863, Father Byrne set about obtaining one. He found a plot of approximately 9 acres at the junction of Westfield Avenue and Federal Street, which he purchased from William B. Cooper. This plot became St. Patrick’s cemetery, the eastern end of which is now the site of St. Joseph’s Church, School, and Rectory.

A considerable number of German immigrants in Camden necessitated the erection of a German parish, which took place under Father Thurnes in 1867. The property of the Second Baptist Church at Fourth and Division Streets was secured, and became the Roman Catholic Church of Saints Peter and Paul, May 3, 1867. The church now known as Sts. Peter and Paul Church, on the corner of Spruce and St. John Streets was erected in 1888. The building at Fourth and Division was taken over in 1903 by the Italian Catholics when Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish began. St. Peter’s parish in Merchantville also began in 1903.

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Arthur M. Sitley Stricken in Camden

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Arthur M. Sitley Stricken in Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, September 21, 1902

While Dr. Francis J. Bickers, of 1701 Fillmore street, Camden, was driving in Broadway near Vanhook street yesterday he saw an elderly man reel, fall and strike his head a severe blow on the curbstone. The doctor alighted and went to the man’s assistance. Realizing that it was a stroke of apoplexy, and that the man’s condition was dangerous, the doctor had him carried to a near-by house for treatment.

Here he was recognized as Arthur M. Sitley, of 506 Broadway, Camden, and the founder of Sitley & Son’s grain elevator, in Camden, at Sixth and Chelten avenue. He was subsequently removed to his home. His condition is critical.

Grade Crossing Victims

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Two Young Men Killed on the West Jersey Railroad in Camden.

The deadly grade crossing scored two more victims in Camden last night. While driving across the West Jersey Railroad tracks at Vanhook street, Albert Beck, 25 years old, and George S. Jordon, three years younger, were struck by the Bridgeton accommodation train, which leaves the Federal street depot at 5.10. Beck was thrown under the engine and horribly mangled, death being instantaneous. His body was found 65 feet from the crossing and blood and pieces of flesh were strewn along the track for that distance. Jordon was thrown some distance and his neck was broken. He was taken to the Cooper Hospital, but died a few minutes after being placed on the operating table. The carriage was wrecked, but the horse escaped uninjured. Both bodies were taken to the Camden Morgue and Coroner Jefferis will hold an inquest.

The young men hired the team at 3 o’clock from Liveryman William S. Avis, of Sixth and Mount Vernon streets. They said they were going to Gloucester and were probably on their way home when killed. It is reported that they were both under the influence of liquor.

Beck was a baker and boarded with Josiah Jones, at Sixth and Chestnut streets. Jordon resided at 1051 Diamond street and was a teamster.

There are no safety gates at the crossing where the accident occurred.

Democrats to Hold Dinner in 8th Ward

Camden Courier-Post —

Democrats to Hold Dinner in 8th Ward - Camden Courier-Post, July 25, 1941

Members of the Eighth Ward Democratic Club will sponsor a chicken dinner tomorrow at 1741 Kossuth street under direction of John Gilyard, chairman of the ways and means committee.

Cleophas Hood is president of the club which has headquarters at 696 Van Hook street. Plans are being made to serve the dinner beginning at 2 p. m.

Pennsauken Sailor Killed in Air Crash

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Telegram From Navy Arrives While Mother Reads Letter From Him

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RAYMOND W. BUNTING

Mrs. Raymond J. Bunting, 6106 Camden avenue, Pennsauken, was in her home Saturday proudly reading a letter from her only son, Raymond Walter Bunting, 22, seaman second class.

The letter, written last Tuesday at San Diego, Calif., told of his progress toward a rating as radio operator.

Her pride turned to grief when a message arrived with a telegram from the Navy Department notifying her that Raymond had been killed the day before in a crash of two planes near his base.

Bunting, who was treasurer of the [?] class of Camden High school, enlisted in the Naval Reserve last March. Before he left his engagement was announced to Norma Jefferson, 2023 Federal street. They were to be married as soon as he obtained leave long enough to return to Camden.

The Navy Department's announcement said Bunting and Ensign Thomas Edwin Rogers, 23, of Lubbock, Texas, had been killed instantly when the plane in which they were flying was in collision in midair with another plane.

According to Bunting's father, the boy's uncle, Walter M. Bunting, 515 Van Hook street, also was killed in the crash of a mail plane at Little Rock, Ark., 20 years ago.

Bunting was employed by the RCA after his graduation from high school. On enlisting in the Naval Reserve he spent several weeks in Rhode Island and then was transferred to a radio school at Bedford Springs, Pa. After his graduation there, he was transferred to a gunnery school at Jacksonville. Five weeks ago he was sent to San Francisco and three weeks ago transferred to San Diego.

Funeral arrangements await further word from the Navy Department.

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