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Walnut Street

Walnut Street runs east–west through Camden, New Jersey, from the Delaware River waterfront into the residential neighborhoods of North Camden. The street takes its name from the walnut trees that once lined its route. Like much of Camden’s grid, it was laid out in the eighteenth century and developed steadily through the industrial era, housing workers, tradespeople, churches, saloons, and small businesses alongside family residences. This page documents residents and businesses from the 100 block near the waterfront through the 1300 block at the city’s outer limits.

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100 Block of Walnut Street

100 Block of Walnut Street

146 Walnut Street

146 Walnut Street — 100 Block of Walnut Street
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1932Rudolph Spicer

Camden News Notes

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Camden News Notes - Philadelphia Inquirer, August 11, 1901

—Thomas Briscoe, aged 22 years, of 727 Chestnut street, while at work at Seventh and Walnut streets, yesterday, had his right foot badly crushed.

—Ella Riley, the East Side incorrigible, was transferred to the County Jail yesterday. She will be committed to the Girls’ Industrial School at Trenton.

—Police Captain Stanley was in a head-on trolley collision on Brigantine Beach on Friday. A number of passengers were injured, but the captain escaped with a bad shaking up.

—Mrs Emma Ferguson, aged 63 years, wife of the lighthouse keeper at Peansgrove [sic], died suddenly from heart failure at her sister’s home, 811 South Ninth street, Camden, while on a visit.

—Isaac Warwick, colored, was committed in default of $300 bail by Acting Recorder Baldwin, of Camden, yesterday, on the charge of breaking and entering the stable of the Wilson Coal and Ice Company at Eighth and Spruce streets, Camden, and stealing a horse on Friday night.

Woman Held for Jury After Fatal Stabbing

Camden Courier-Post —

Woman Held for Jury After Fatal Stabbing - Camden Courier-Post, June 15, 1932

Declaring she was “just playing with a knife” when Rudolph Spicer, 28, colored, of 146 Walnut street, was stabbed to death Sunday night in her home, Mrs. Emma Pollard, 32, of 1065 Ivins street, was held without bail for the grand jury yesterday on a murder charge.

Police Judge Garfield Pancoast also held without bail, as a material witness, William Epps, 44, colored, of 203 Pine street, at the request of Detective Edward Mills. Mills said Epps was present when Spicer was stabbed in the chest.

200 Block of Walnut Street

214 Walnut Street — 1918 Newspaper Clippings

214 Walnut Street newspaper clipping, March 17, 1918 214 Walnut Street newspaper clipping, March 20, 1918

Seek Possession of Daughter — Mr. and Mrs. Basil Yoppollo, who live just outside Hammonton, have obtained from Vice Chancellor Leaming in Camden, under habeas corpus proceedings, a rule to show cause why Mrs. Catherine Pancoast, of Walnut street, Camden, should not be compelled to give them the custody of their 7-year-old daughter, Rosie. A hearing on the rule is scheduled tomorrow.

According to the allegations of the parents, Mrs. Pancoast visited them some months ago and she took home with her the little girl. Since then they aver they have made unavailing efforts to obtain possession of Rosie, the defendant alleging that another relative of the Yoppollos had let her have the child for an indefinite period. Philadelphia Inquirer, March 17, 1918.

Ask Case Be Reopened — Counsel for Mrs. Catherine Pancoast, of Second and Walnut streets, Camden, from whose custody Vice Chancellor Leaming ordered taken 7-year-old Rosie Poppollo, who was turned over to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Basile Poppollo, of Hammonton, yesterday asked for the right to reopen the habeas corpus proceedings. It was alleged that the parents are not proper persons to retain possession of the little girl, who had been in the custody of Mrs. Pancoast since the child was 3 years old. It was averred further that the Poppollos abuse their daughter. Philadelphia Inquirer, March 20, 1918.

Stewart Says Laxity on Vice Will Be Probed

Camden Evening Courier —

Stewart Says Laxity on Vice Will Be Probed - Camden Evening Courier, September 4, 1934 Stewart Says Laxity on Vice Will Be Probed - Camden Evening Courier, September 4, 1934 Stewart Says Laxity on Vice Will Be Probed - Camden Evening Courier, September 4, 1934 Stewart Says Laxity on Vice Will Be Probed - Camden Evening Courier, September 4, 1934 Stewart Says Laxity on Vice Will Be Probed - Camden Evening Courier, September 4, 1934 Stewart Says Laxity on Vice Will Be Probed - Camden Evening Courier, September 4, 1934 Stewart Says Laxity on Vice Will Be Probed - Camden Evening Courier, September 4, 1934 Stewart Says Laxity on Vice Will Be Probed - Camden Evening Courier, September 4, 1934 Stewart Says Laxity on Vice Will Be Probed - Camden Evening Courier, September 4, 1934

Pushes Inquiry in Killing With Chief Colsey Lending Co-operation

WHOLESALE CHANGES LIKELY IN DEPARTMENT

Chief Executive Refers to Official Who Scored Lashing of Cops

A wholesale shakeup of police officials, patrolmen and detectives in the Camden police department is expected to follow the slaying of District Detective William T. Feitz, in a South Camden disorderly house.

That was indicated strongly today by Mayor Roy R. Stewart, director of the department of public safety, after his return from a weekend vacation at Ocean City.

“I intend to get at the bottom of this matter and punish the guilty person or persons,” Mayor Stewart declared upon his arrival at city hall.

“There is something wrong in the police department when no action is taken against a disorderly house which I ordered closed on numerous occasions.

Blames Police

“If the police in the department had followed my instructions we wouldn’t have a dead detective as a consequence of their laxity.

“Chief Colsey and myself are going into the investigation very thooughly [sic] to find out who was responsible for failing to close this place.”

Questioned as to whether the killing of Detective Feitz would bring shifts in district commanders, sergeants, patrolmen and detectives, Mayor Stewart said:

“Yes—anything can happen—for I’m not satisfied with the actions of the department.”

Mayor Stewart also disclosed that since his charge of laxity against the police department, he has been criticized by at least one city official—whose name he would not make public.

“I’ve been told that as head of the department of public safety I shouldn’t make such a statement as I did yesterday because of the effect it would have on the morale of the police department.

Will Shield None

“Well, I want it to be known that I am not guilty of shielding anyone in the operation of this disorderly house. I have a right to protect anyone in the department who is not involved in this violation of my orders and that is what I intend to do in my investigation.”

Mayor Stewart’s first move when he reached his offices was to call Chief Colsey into conference to discuss the events leading up to the death of Detective Feitz early Sunday in the disorderly house allegedly operated by Mrs. Emma Heisler, 38, at 243 Sycamore street.

Later, he announced, he would confer with the district and detective lieutenants and sergeants to find out why his orders issued a number of times to close up Mrs. Heisler’s establishment, were not carried out. The conference, Mayor Stewart indicated, would take place this afternoon.

To Quiz Demoted Pair

Two district detectives who were demoted and returned to beats a few days before Detective Feitz was killed, who covered the neighborhood of Second and Sycamore streets, are also to be grilled by Mayor Stewart. One of the detectives, according to police, is a relative of Mrs. Heisler.

While Mayor Stewart and Chief Colsey were conferring, police and detectives still were engaged in running down clues to the identity of the slayers of the detective who was shot when he walked in on a holdup of 20 persons in the disorderly house.

Three bandits who shot Feitz then rushed out the door and directly past District Detective Joseph H. Leonhardt who was bending over Feitz’s body which had hurtled through the front door and dropped down the steps to the street.

The two detectives in a police radio car had been trailing a suspicious car containing the bandits for some time prior to the shooting [text between crops not shown]

Colsey Speaks Freely

Chief Colsey unlike Detective Lieutenant Ward who has persistently refused to talk to newspapermen or give them any information, spoke freely about the police investigation of Feitz’s death.

“I feel confident that within a few days we will have the killer or killers of Feitz under arrest,” Chief Colsey said.

He admitted that all of the suspects arrested here, in Philadelphia and Atlantic City to date had not been identified as members of the bandit mob.

A suspect who was arrested last night by Chief Colsey and a detective in cruising about the city was released after being questioned.

Another suspect arrested early today was still being held by the police, who refused to reveal his identity. Chief Colsey stated that he did not think the man was involved in the killing of Feitz.

8 Still Held

However, four men and four women are being held in cells at police headquarters as material witnesses.

Only seven are listed on the police blotter, the name of Mrs. Heisler being omitted. The others are Thomas Bonelli, 27, of 207 Walnut street; Cornelius Murphy, 50, of 239 Sycamore street, said by police to have been the doorman of Mrs. Heisler’s establishment; Edward Grapatin, 32, of 246 Kaighn avenue; Joseph McKenna, 31, of 1404 Broadway; Edith Miller, 28, colored, of 205 Sycamore street, and Edna Butler, 33, colored, of 1122 South Second street, domestics in Mrs. Heisler’s place; Catherine Lougheed, 32, of 626 Pine street, an alleged inmate.

Released after being held as material witnesses were Edward Gorba, 20, and his brother, Henry, 19, of 17 North Twenty-first street; Frank Adams, 21, of 938 Atlantic avenue, and Joseph McDonald, 20, of 1605 South Ninth street. All were released in their own recognizance to appear tomorrow.

All of the persons taken into custody after the shooting, were in the disorderly house at the time, police said.

Police disclosed that Ed Gorba was the only eye-witness to the killing who was proving of any value in remembering the description of the killers or in attempting to identify suspects arrested.

Judge Neutze Decrees Prison Sentences to Replace Fines

Camden Courier-Post —

Judge Neutze Decrees Prison Sentences to Replace Fines - Camden Courier-Post, September 19, 1934 Judge Neutze Decrees Prison Sentences to Replace Fines - Camden Courier-Post, September 19, 1934 Judge Neutze Decrees Prison Sentences to Replace Fines - Camden Courier-Post, September 19, 1934 Judge Neutze Decrees Prison Sentences to Replace Fines - Camden Courier-Post, September 19, 1934

GRAND JURY QUIZ OPENS TOMORROW

Alleged Writer Arrested Near City Hall; Held By Switzer

Long prison terms instead of fines will be given number barons and operators who are convicted in the Camden County Criminal Court.

That was the promise made today by Judge Frank F. Neutze to “lottery lords”, who may appear in his court as he sentenced Austin “Shamus” Maguire, former pugilist, to serve 30 days in the county jail and to pay a fine of $200.

“Yours is the last case in which a fine will be imposed,” Judge Neutze told Maguire. “In the future every numbers baron and operator convicted in this court will serve jail sentences and those who are second offenders will go to Trenton for long prison terms.”

Maguire, indicted for a year-old offense as a numbers bank operator, pleaded non vult to the charge before Judge Neutze, who seized upon the occasion to warn racketeers he “was going to do his part to rid the city of vice and crime.”

“In sentencing you, I am taking into consideration the fact that you are an intelligent youth, now willing to do what is right,” the judge said. “This charge, I am informed, is a year old and I am told you are now not in this business.

Grand Jury to Meet

“I am also taking into consideration the fact that you were an honor student at Camden Catholic High school. However, I am serving notice that in the future I am going to step down and send number barons to prison. There will be no more fines. They tell me this number business cannot be broken up, however I will do my part to break it up. Fines do not seem to do a bit of good, so it will be jail sentences from now on.”

Judge Neutze “cracked down” on the number barons just one day before the Camden county grand jury is to consider indicting more than a half dozen alleged “barons.”

Prosecutor Samuel P. Orlando, warring on vice and crime, will present these cases at the first session of the new September jury tomorrow.

Although unconfirmed, it is rumored several score Camden policemen have been subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury to give evidence in the numbers drive. The police have been served with subpoenas citing the “State versus John Doe, et al.” and not for any specific case.

Alleged Writer Held

One of those whose case will be heard by the grand jury tomorrow will be that of Samuel Kane, 51, of 211 Walnut street, Philadelphia, who was held in $2000 bail today in Camden police court by Judge J. Harry Switzer.

Detective Harry Kyler, who arrested Kane yesterday near the City Hall, testified that the defendant “did most of his writing right in the city hall and court house.”

“We never have been able to catch this man with a numbers book on him and we believe he has a place to secret it in the city hall. I personally have seen him writing numbers in the city hall and court house.”

15 Cases Are Listed

Orlando said today he has 15 numbers cases listed to be heard by the Grand Jury tomorrow.

“It is time we drive this racket from the city and county,” he declared. “It is taking too much money from persons who are unemployed and others who can ill afford to gamble. I am sure the fine body of men and women comprising our present Grand Jury will return indictments in all of the cases.”

Orlando pointed out the maximum penalty for a numbers violation was five years in the state prison.

Others whose cases will be presented tomorrow include those of Fred and Joseph Klosterman, Marshall Howard and John Studinger. Orlando has classed all of these men as “Lottery Lords” or “big shots” in the racket.

Blair Indicted by Grand Jury for Threat to Blow Up Home

Camden Courier-Post —

Blair Indicted by Grand Jury for Threat to Blow Up Home - Camden Courier-Post, June 16, 1932 Blair Indicted by Grand Jury for Threat to Blow Up Home - Camden Courier-Post, June 16, 1932

Boxer Must Stand Trial With Pal on Pennsauken Man’s Charge

DRY RAIDERS CLEARED IN COOK’S GRILL CASE

Two Agents and 4 Truckmen Absolved of Mischief in Bar-Wrecking Episode

The April grand jury yesterday returned a true bill against Mickey Blair, Camden pugilist, on a charge of threatening to kill a Pennsauken man by bombing his home.

It was the first time Blair has ever been indicted, although his police record shows he has been arrested 10 times for various offenses.

In addition the grand jury “no billed” a malicious mischief charge made by Basil Cook, owner of Cook’s Grill, 939 South Fifth street, against two prohibition agents and four employes of a trucking firm who tore out the bar and fixtures of the cafe in a raid several weeks ago.

Dismissal of the charges against the federal men and their collaborators had been forecast by Prosecutor Clifford A. Baldwin. The agents are Nelson Snedecor, 38, of 138 North Tenth street, Allentown, N. J.; and John J. Stokes, 41, of 6100 North Seventeenth street, Philadelphia, both of the Philadelphia prohibition office.

Controversy Ends

The Grand Jury’s action, taken in a first partial presentment made to Justice Frank T. Lloyd while Judge Samuel M. Shay was busy in Criminal Court, officially concludes a case that attracted wide attention and brought stormy conferences between Prohibition Administrator John D. Pennington, Mayor Roy R. Stewart and United States Attorney Philip Forman.

Police Judge Garfield Pancoast, who issued the warrant for the agents’ arrest, freed them on their own recognizance at the request of federal authorities. Cook contended the agents unlawfully destroyed his property after leaving the place following a raid, and entering it again without a warrant. The agents said they stayed in the hotel all night following the raid, excepting for the time they were forcefully taken out by police.

The workman [sic] are Floyd E. Slamp, 20, of 148 Marne avenue, Haddonfield, son of the secretary and treasurer of the Troth Warehouse and Trucking Company, Fifth and Byron streets; Robert McKee, 45, of 4837 Duffield street, Philadelphia; John Shrom, 19, of Moorisville, Pa., and John Adams, 20, of 542 Erie street.

Pal Accused With Blair

Blair, whose true name is Michael Tenerelli, was indicted on charges made by Calvin Bell, 45, of 7349 Remington avenue, Pennsauken. Thomas Bonelli was indicted with Tenerelli on the same charge. Tenerelli is 23 and lives at 833 South Fourth street. Bonelli is also 23 and lives at 270 Walnut street. Bell, who is colored, had them held in $2500 bail each by Police Recorder George W. Yost, of Pennsauken, last May 6. Bell charged they threatened to bomb his home unless he paid them $100 to make good for 100 gallons of liquor they allegedly purchased from one of his sons and found it worthless. The defendants were arrested in Bell’s home.

Tenerelli and Bonelli were released on bail a week ago in connection with the alleged holdup of Mrs. Barbara Lehman in her cigar store at 1209 Arctic avenue, Atlantic City. Although Tenerelli has figured in police records since he was 12 this is the first indictment to be returned against him, police say.

Other indictments returned yesterday are:

Desertion and non-support: John Councellor, John Morgan, Joseph Casini, Raymond Sykes, August Remler, Thomas Early, Isadore Kramer, Martin O’Toole, Harry Gallagher, William Johnson, Charles Krown, Curtis Myers, Clarence Brinning, George Price, William Slaughter, Grover C. Bennett.

Breaking, entering and larceny: Elisha and Anna Coleman, Theodore Ruteski and Anton Zakrewski, Patrick Williams and Louis Thomas, Henry Parzewicz, Tony Renczykowski and Stanley Kidzierski.

Robbery—John Duboski, John H. Linicky; assault and battery—John Barr, Louigi Celeni, Fred D. Coleman, Benjamin Wallace, Zack McGriff, John Collins, Max Platkin, Joseph Panacola, Albert Pickering, Adolph Smith, Millard Wallace.

Larceny and receiving stolen goods—Warren Cormulewicz, Harold Wolf, William Mitchell, Stanley Kramer and Frank Gymuszuk.

Possession of liquor—Herman Fleisher, Gene Geffner, David Gold.

Statutory charge—Robert J. Sutters.

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1904May Barber

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1918Nelson Graham

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1940–1943Frank M. Robino & Family
1940–1943Frank M. & Antoinette G. Robino

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1879William Morris
1880–1885James Kennedy
1880–1885James & Emma Kennedy
1880–1885Thomas Kennedy

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1910s–1956Pietro & Antonia Pizzutillo

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1888–1890sWilliam C. Du Bell
1888–1890sCharles G. Du Bell
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272 Walnut Street — 200–214 Walnut Street
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1962Vito Belfiore

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1933–1942Louis Penn & Family
1933–1942Louis & Rose Giordano Penn
1933–1942Dominic Penn
1933–1942Thomas Penn
1933–1942Joseph Penn
1933–1942Mamie Penn
1933–1942Sophie Penn
1933–1942Rose Penn
1933–1942Carmella Penn
—Louis & Nettie Burgo Family
— Rocco Burgo

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278 Walnut Street — 200–214 Walnut Street
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1895Eli Garwood & Family
1895Eli & Catherine Hogan Garwood

Intersection of Locust Street & Walnut Street

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Locust Street and Walnut Street street sign

Locust Street & Walnut Street sign

Locust and Walnut Streets newspaper clipping, August 12, 2004

Police Guard Gas Tank

More Men Put to Work and No Trouble Occurs

Thirty men were put at work yesterday on the big gas holder being constructed at Locust and Walnut streets, Camden, in place of the striking riveters. Eighty men from the Camden Iron Works assisted them in lowering the base of the tank.

It was expected trouble would ensue between the workmen and the strikers, but Chief of Police John Foster had a large squad of officers at the scene all day preventing any disturbance.

George Daly, one of the strikers, was held in $600 bail by Recorder Stackhouse, charged with assaulting Edward S. Strang and Charles F. Watkins. Philadelphia Inquirer, August 12, 2004.

244–283 Walnut Street — Sanborn Map

Sanborn fire insurance map showing 244-283 Walnut Street

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map — 244–283 Walnut Street

244 Walnut Street newspaper clipping, July 22, 1918

Inspectors Arrest Autoists

Impeachment proceedings are to be instituted against Justices of the Peace who refuse to accept complaints from motor vehicle inspectors against alleged violators of the laws regulating the use of motor vehicles. An inspector of the State Department made that declaration in Camden yesterday. He declared that the State had decided to act promptly in the future. He spoke in reply to a question as to what would be done if all the Justices of the Peace having jurisdiction along the White Horse pike refused to accept any more complaints. Justice Hibbs, a week ago, declined to act until he was told what would happen. More alleged violators of the laws regulating headlights on automobiles were stopped on the White Horse pike last night and warned. Justice Jackson, at Magnolia, imposed a fine of $25 on Frank Sadkan, of 12 South Sixty-first street, Philadelphia, who was charged with operating an automobile without a license. Nelson Graham, 17 years old, of 244 Walnut street, Camden, was arrested by Policeman Walter Mattison at Haddon avenue and Federal street on a charge of reckless driving, but the complaint was later withdrawn. John Williams, 21 years old, of Mantua, was arrested on a charge of violating the traffic laws and left $15 security for his appearance before Recorder Stackhouse.

251 Walnut Street, PSE&G gas plant site, June 30, 2011 251 Walnut Street, PSE&G gas plant site, second view, June 30, 2011

251 Walnut Street — PSE&G Gas Plant site, June 30, 2011

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274 Walnut Street — Pennsylvania newspaper, January 9, 1942

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278 Walnut Street newspaper clipping, May 24, 1895

HOGAN. — Suddenly, on the 20th inst., Count De Grasse Hogan, aged 76. The relatives and friends of the family, also William B. Hatch Post, No. 37, and Reformed Men’s Home, all of Camden, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Sunday, the 26th inst., at 12 o’clock, from the residence of his son-in-law, E. Garwood, 278 Walnut street, Camden. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Camden. Philadelphia Inquirer, May 24, 1895.

279 Walnut Street, June 30, 2011

279 Walnut Street — June 30, 2011

281 Walnut Street, June 30, 2011 Henry P. Canzano WWII compensation document, 281 Walnut Street

281 Walnut Street — Henry P. Canzano, WWII compensation document

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

WORLD WAR II VETERANS' COMPENSATION BUREAU

APPLICATION FOR WORLD WAR II COMPENSATION—TO BE USED BY HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERAN OR PERSON STILL IN SERVICE

1—Name of Applicant: Canzano, Henry, Peter

2—Address to which CHECK and MAIL is to be Sent: 281 Walnut St., Camden, Camden, New Jersey

3—Date and Place of Birth: Dec. 4, 1917, Philadelphia, Phila., Penna.

4—Name Under Which Applicant Served in World War II: Canzano, Henry, Peter

5—Date of Beginning and Date of Ending of Each Period of Service Between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946 During Which Applicant Was in DOMESTIC SERVICE: 31 Dec. 1942 to 12 Dec. 1945

6—FOREIGN SERVICE: N.A.S. Sanford Fla. Dec. 31-1942; Lakehurst N.J.; Tadgen, Shoemaker, Calif.; Hedron F.A.W.-2 [handwritten, struck through in red]

7—Date and Place Applicant Entered Active Service: Dec. 31, 1942, Philadelphia, Penna.

8—Service or Serial Numbers Assigned to Applicant: N-245-43-89

9—Date and Place Where Applicant Was Separated from Active Service: December 12, 1945, Bainbridge, Maryland

10—Is Applicant Now Serving in Armed Forces on Active Duty? No

11—Mark "X" Above Name to Indicate Sex and Branch of Service: Male, Navy

12—Applicant's Residence at Time of Entry into Active Service: 1325 So. Opal St., Philadelphia, Phila., Penna.

13—Applicant Was Registered Under Selective Service as Follows: 50, Philadelphia, Phila., Pennsylvania

[Official stamps and notes: 40348; MAR 30 1950; Batch Control Number 10903, 30401; Total Amt. Due $350.00]

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Mrs. Rose Penn

Mrs. Rose Penn - January 9, 1942

Mrs. Rose Penn, 64, died yesterday at her home, 274 Walnut street, Camden. She was the widow of Louis Penn and is survived by her mother, Mrs. Felice Giordano, three sons and four daughters, all of Camden. They are Mrs. Mamie Papa, Mrs. Sophie Biserri, Mrs. Rose Rhodes, Mrs. Carmeela Pusotere, Dominic, Joseph and Thomas Penn. There are 20 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 9.30 a. m. Monday in Mt. Carmel Church where Solemn Requiem High Mass will be celebrated. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.

Intersection of 3rd Street & Walnut Street

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Isaac Mulford School at 301-309 Walnut Street, c.1922

Isaac Mulford School (Richard Fetters School), 301–309 Walnut Street — c.1922

12 Questioned, 2 Men Held in Murder Probe

Camden Evening Courier —

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COLSEY LEADS CITY-WIDE HUNT FOR BANDIT KILLERS OF COP

Comrades Eager to Avenge Feitz, Shot 4 Times in Back at Holdup

ORLANDO CONDUCTS OWN INVESTIGATION

Mad Scramble of 20 to Escape Tragedy Scene Described by Sleuth

The greatest man-hunt in the history of the Camden police department was under way today to apprehend the murderers of Detective William T. Feitz, slain early yesterday when he surprised bandits holding up 20 persons in a South Camden disorderly house.

Feitz, recently promoted from a patrolman, was shot four times in the back as he attempted to reach the front door of the establishment at 243 Sycamore street to summon aid.

Police today said they “had a pretty good idea” as to the identity of his slayers, although none has been charged with the crime.

A “mystery blonde” was arrested in the case early today in Atlantic City by Detective Stanley Wertz [sic]. Police refused to reveal her name and will not allow anyone to talk to her.

A man, first believed to have been the trigger-man, arrested in Philadelphia early today, was released by police after a few minutes’ questioning.

Two men are being held “incommunicado” in connection with the case, while a dozen material witnesses were being questioned at detective headquarters.

Probe Rushed

The investigation into the shooting, begun within a few minutes of the slaying continued throughout the day and night without a break.

Police Chief Arthur Colsey took personal command of the probe with Detective Lieut. George Ward and Detective Sergeant Gus Koerner.

Prosecutor Samuel P. Orlando, who “sat in” yesterday as police questioned a score of witnesses, stated this morning he will open his own investigation today. He intimated “new developments” may throw a startling light on the case.

Feitz’ slayers escaped as 20 inmates and frequenters of the alleged disorderly house scrambled mainly for freedom beneath the eyes of Detective Joseph H. Leonhardt, who sat outside the place in a police radio car.

Leonhardt told his superiors he was so startled by the shooting he failed to act until after the slayers had escaped.

Feitz and Leonhardt had driven to the scene in the radio car, after trailing a suspicious sedan for 15 minutes through a maze of South Camden streets.

Followed 3 Men

The sedan had stopped near the Sycamore street place and three of the men had entered the dwelling. Feitz followed and Leonhardt remained in the car.

Mrs. Emma Heisler, 38, alleged proprietress of the house, and Cornelius Murphy, 50, doorkeeper, headed a list of 14 witnesses held by police for questioning or as material witnesses.

Murphy was booked early today as a material witness, with Thomas Bonelli, 27, of 207 Walnut street; Edward Grapatin, 32, of 246 Kaighn avenue; Joseph McKenna, 30, and Catherine Lougheed, 32, an inmate, and Edith Miller and Edna Butler, colored domestics employed by Mrs. Heisler.

Joseph Powell, 25, former Camden boxer, and Stanley, his brother, were the two men held incommunicado. Police refused to reveal what connection either had with the murder, although stating they were merely being held pending investigation.

Feitz died five minutes after being admitted to West Jersey Homeopathic hospital, where he was taken by Leonardt [sic] and McKenna, who stopped in his flight from the house to assist the wounded policeman. Three .32-calibre slugs were buried in his back and a fourth had pierced his wrist.

Lieutenant Ward today clamped down on news of the investigation, ordering all detectives and police to refuse information to news reporters.

Orlando said he would make known facts in the case known to him later today.

The Heisler woman, said by police to be the sister-in-law of Patrolman Thomas Cheeseman, recently demoted city detective, was not booked on the police docket this morning, but Ward declared he was not through questioning her and that she would be “booked” later in the day.

Several of the witnesses made their escape from the vicinity of the shooting in Powell’s car, police stated, one of whom was the mysterious woman arrested early today in Atlantic City.

Supreme Court Justice Frank T. Lloyd last night declared the case would be investigated by the September Grand Jury. It will not, he said, assume more importance in that body’s deliberations than the numbers racket.

Note Lack of Noise

Investigators were at a loss to understand why Feitz and Leonhardt, seated in an automobile on a quiet side street within 20 feet of where a holdup was taking place, did not hear any accompanying sounds. The belief was expressed that 20 men and women, being robbed, would become hysterical and noisy. The Sycamore street house is a ramshackle, two-story structure, with no vestibule leading into the parlor. There is no porch.

Powell drove first to the Lougheed woman’s home, where Mrs. Heisler, the Lougheed woman and Grapatin alighted. He then drove to Atlantic City with the unidentified girl, he said.

Police, advised of Powell’s presence in the house, dispatched the license number of his green sedan over the police teletype system.

Powell was apprehended at Folsom, 40 miles from Camden, as he was returning to Camden from Atlantic City. Sergeant Albert T. Varreiman of the Mt. Ephraim state police barracks stopped Powell’s machine and took him into custody. Powell was alone.

Feitz’s murder was a climax to half an hour’s scrutiny by him and Leonhardt into the suspicious actions of the four bandits. A car in which they were riding was sighted in the neighborhood by the two detectives at 2 a. m.

Trailed Car Fifteen Minutes

They trailed it in their police car for 15 minutes, as it wound through the narrow streets, repeatedly passing the Sycamore street house. Finally, the detectives saw the bandits park their machine on Locust street. Three of them emerged, walked down Sycamore street, and entered the house.

According to Leonhardt, neither he nor Feitz obtained the license number of the bandit car.

Upon seeing them enter the place, Leonhardt drove the police car around the block and stopped in front of the house.

Feitz and Leonhardt sat outside in their machine for 15 minutes. Finally, Leonhardt said, Feitz opened the door and stepped to the sidewalk.

“I’m going in there and see what’s going on,” he said.

Turning, he walked up the steps and rang the doorbell. Leonhardt said the door was opened after a short pause, and Feitz entered. The door was closed.

Hears Bandits’ Guns

Almost immediately, Leonhardt heard the muffled roar of the bandits’ revolvers. Feitz’s body came flying through the door. Pandemonium followed. As the persons in the house fled, neighbors came to doors and windows. Almost immediately, the street was filled.

Leonhardt was so shocked he was unable to drive. An unnamed witness drove the police car with Feitz’s body in it to the hospital.

Prosecutor Orlando indicated his office will step into the probe today.

Shooting Reconstructed

With the aid of witnesses, police yesterday were able to reconstruct the shooting.

“Feitz walked into the house just as the three bandits were holding up the inmates,” Detective Gus Koerner said.

“Witnesses say that when the doorbell rang, the three bandits conferred briefly and decided to admit whoever was at the door. They thought it was another frequenter.

“’Let him in; we’ll take his money too,’ one of the witnesses said a bandit ordered.

One of the bandits went to the door, opened it and admitted Feitz. The detective took five steps into the living room, pausing at the door of the dining room, where he was recognized by a bandit who was frisking the inmates.

“This bandit shouted: ‘It’s a dick; let ‘im have it!’”

Shot in Back

As Feitz reached for his revolver, the man who had admitted him shot him in the back. Feitz attempted to reach the front door, apparently to call Leonhardt, and three more slugs tore into his body.

“It is not known whether the shooting was done by only one of the bandits, or whether all three fired. We do not know whether Feitz opened the front door himself and fell to the street; whether he fell through the glass, or whether the bandits opened the door and pushed him to the street.

“The glass in the front door was broken later by police, who struck it with their blackjacks in order to gain admittance. Leonhardt told me he is unable to clear up this point as everything happened too quickly.

“He said he suddenly heard shots, and a moment later, saw Feitz’ body on the pavement.”

One of the bandit’s bullets went wild, imbedding itself in the wall near the front door. It was fired from the dining room. Ballistics tests will be made of the bullet.

City-wide Raids Follow

Under the direction of Detective Lieut. George Ward, Camden was subjected yesterday and last night to a fine tooth-combing for suspects. All police leaves were cancelled, and all patrolmen volunteered to do active duty until some results of the probe are forthcoming.

A series of raids on known disorderly houses resulted last night in the arrests of more than 20 persons all of whom were taken to police headquarters and lined up for the perusal of witnesses. It was not known whether this scrutiny brought results.

Chief Colsey declared last night the murder will be the signal for an intensive “cleanup” of the city. Policemen in patrol cars were dispatched on prowl duty, ordered to pick up everyone of a suspicious nature.

City officials and citizens voiced their regrets at the killing. Feitz was the father of two children, a boy and a girl. Their names could not be obtained last night. He was estranged from his wife, who resides in Cape May with the children.

Woman Questioned

Mrs. Heisler, regarded by police as a key witness, was questioned several hours in detective headquarters by Chief Colsey, Ward, Orlando and Koerner. The officers refused to disclose the results of the quiz.

No adequate description of the bandits could be furnished by any of the witnesses, Koerner said. Two were described as being of average height, one taller. Two were dark, the third blond.

None of the three was masked. Each was armed.

Mrs. Heisler and Murphy were held without bail as material witnesses. Powell, accompanied by Camden detectives, left for Atlantic City to show them where he dropped off the unidentified girl inmate of the house. They had not returned at a late hour last night.

According to Murphy, two of the bandits previously had visited the house as patrons, and at one time attempted to “shake down” Mrs. Heisler. She resisted their demands, Murphy declared.

Other persons arrested as material witnesses who, after hours of questioning were released in their own recognizance, include:

Frank Adams, 21, of 938 Atlantic avenue; Joseph MacDonald, 20, of 1605 South Sixth street; Henry Gorba, 19, of 17 North Twenty-first street and Edward McKenna, 31, of 1304 Broadway.

Edith Miller, 28, colored, of 205 Sycamore street, and Edna Butler, 32, also colored, 1122 South Second street, also were arrested and held as witnesses. They are inmates of the house, Koerner said.

Police said the bandits, in their search for booty, forced their victims to remove their shoes during the holdup to ascertain whether they were concealing any money. Only $8 was taken.

An autopsy performed on Feitz’ body yesterday by Coroner Arthur H. Holl and County Physician Edward B. Rogers showed that two of the bullets had penetrated the detective’s body. Coroner Holl, in whose undertaking establishment the detective’s body lay last night, declared death was virtually instant.

Chief Colsey last night denied Feitz and Leonhardt were acting under orders to watch the Sycamore street house.

“There have been general orders out to clean up all disorderly houses for a long time,” Colsey said. “I imagine the detectives were more interested in what the four men were doing than they were in the house. I talked at great length with Leonhardt and he told me neither he nor Feitz knew the place was a disorderly house.”

Leonhardt could not be reached last night to give his version of the affair. Colsey said Leonhardt was taking an active part in police efforts to solve the crime.

“If I had known the house in Sycamore street was a disorderly house,” Colsey said, “I would of course have ordered it raided long ago.”

Feitz and Leonhardt were assigned to detective duty from the uniformed ranks last week, replacing former Detectives Thomas Cheeseman and Vernon Jones, who are now reduced to rank of patrolmen.

Chief Colsey said the reason Cheeseman and Jones were reduced was “merely for the good of the department.” He would not amplify that statement.

According to Detective Rox Saponare, Cheeseman is the brother-in-law of Mrs. Heisler, charged with operating the house. Cheeseman, also active in the investigation of the killing, could not be reached last night to comment.

Commended for Bravery

Feitz was appointed to the police force March 1, 1928. He was appointed to the detective bureau last week by Mayor Roy R. Stewart. In 1931, Feitz was commended for bravery in arresting three men in a holdup at a chain grocery store at Locust street and Kaighn avenue.

Last week, the same store was robbed, and Feitz arrested three other men for the theft.

Leonhardt, 39, resides at 512 Division street. The last arrest he made in company with Feitz was at 12.45 a. m. the morning of Feitz’ death. The officers nabbed Cecilia Spencer, 28, colored, at 806 Locust street, a block from the Sycamore street house, on charges of soliciting.

Chief Colsey and other city officials reached Feitz’ bedside in the hospital too late to see him alive. The officer died without regaining consciousness. Funeral arrangements were not completed last night.

Before the estrangement from his wife two years ago, Feitz lived with her and their children at 1062 Langham avenue. He resided recently at the Liberty street address with his widowed mother, Mrs. Pauline Feitz, who last night was prostrated at the news of her son’s death.

Chief Colsey last night absolved Leonhardt of any negligence in not chasing the killers. The police chief declared Leonhardt’s first duty was to look to the condition of Feitz.

Chief Colsey said Mayor Stewart, vacationing in Ocean City, will not return until tomorrow morning. Any investigation into possible negligence on the part of police in permitting the Sycamore street house to operate will be conducted after the mayor returns, Colsey said.

“I consider it more important at this time to lend all our efforts toward solving the crime rather than in conducting any side-bar probe into the question of negligence by any policemen,” Colsey said.

300 Block of Walnut Street

302 Walnut Street, June 30, 2011 306-308 Walnut Street, June 30, 2011

302–308 Walnut Street — June 30, 2011

311 Walnut Street — February 20, 1946

337 Walnut Street, New Jersey Bell Yellow Pages ad, 1955 — Central Ice and Coal

337 Walnut Street — Central Ice & Coal, 1955 NJ Bell Yellow Pages Ad

CENTRAL EST. 1925

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340 Walnut Street, Harry Gowie, Philadelphia Inquirer, June 19, 1902

GOWIE. — On June 16, 1902, Mary Ann, wife of Harry Gowie, Sr., aged 46 years. Funeral on Thursday afternoon, June 19, at 2 o’clock, from 340 Walnut street, Camden, N. J. Interment at Arlington Cemetery. Philadelphia Inquirer, June 19, 1902.

344 Walnut Street, Thomas Kelly family photo, 1914

344 Walnut Street — Thomas Kelly Family, 1914

300 Block of Walnut Street

302 Walnut Street

302 Walnut Street — 300 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1933Dora Perry

304 Walnut Street

304 Walnut Street — 300 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
2011Gonee

308 Walnut Street

308 Walnut Street — 300 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
2011Vacant
1870s–1880sWilliam Harvey

310 Walnut Street

310 Walnut Street — 300 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
2011Vacant
1870s–1880sSamuel M. Gaul

325 Walnut Street

325 Walnut Street — 300 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1916–1920George R. Thompson Sr. & Family (policeman)
1916–1920George R. & Harriet I. Thompson
1916–1920George R. Thompson Jr.
1916–1920John Thompson
1916–1920Martha Thompson
1916–1920Helen Thompson
1916–1920Margaret W. Thompson
1916–1920Robert Thompson
1916–1920Myrtle Thompson
1916–1920Mary Thompson.
1927–1928George Bongiono & Family

334 Walnut Street

334 Walnut Street — 300 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Pietro DiMattia & Family (Camden Fire Department)
1947Pietro & Maria DiMattia
1947Joseph D. DiMattia
1947Mary DiMattia

336 Walnut Street

336 Walnut Street — 300 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938Joseph Carbone

337 Walnut Street

337 Walnut Street — 300 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1880s–1890sThomas Daley (blacksmith)
1880s–1890s Thomas J. Daley (city engineer)
1955Central Ice & Coal Service1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
1955Albert Barbieri

338 Walnut Street

338 Walnut Street — 300 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1879William A. White & Family
1879William A. & Henrietta Wible Whiite
1879Isabella White
1879Madge White
1879Joseph White
1879Ola White
1914James D. Chambers & Family (carpenter)
1914James d. & Ruth Chambers
1914Clara Chambers candymaker
1914Jennie Chammbers

340 Walnut Street

340 Walnut Street — 300 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1902Harry Gowie Sr. & Family
1902Harry & Mary Ann Gowie
1902Frances Gowie
1902William Gowie
1902Harry Gowie Jr.
1902Anna Gowie

342 Walnut Street

342 Walnut Street — 300 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1880–1899William A. White & Family
1880–1899William A. & Henrietta Wible Whiite
1880–1899Isabella White
1880–1899Madge White
1880–1899Joseph White
1880–1899Ola White

344 Walnut Street

344 Walnut Street — 300 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1913–1914Thomas Kelly & Family
1913–1914Thomas & Sarah Sefton Kelly
1913George Kelly & Family (brassworker)
1913George & Elsie Kelly

Mrs. Maria Schiavo

Mrs. Maria Schiavo - February 20, 1946

Mrs. Maria Schiavo, 53, died Monday at her home, 311 Walnut street, after an illness of several days.

Friends will meet Saturday at 8 a. m. in her home. There will be requiem high mass at 9.30 a. m. at Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic church.

She is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Rose Locantore, Mrs. Maryanne Pace, Antoinette, Madeline, Angelina and Margaret Schiavo; four sons, Robert, Peter, Rocco and Dominic; four brothers, Dominic, John, Augustine and Lawrence DiVietro, and nine grandchildren.

335 & 337 Walnut Street

Dolores Fazi,

I grew up at 335 Walnut Street and lived there with my parents, grandparents, aunts, and an uncle next door at 337 Walnut Street! My Uncle Al & Uncle John were twin brothers! Uncle Al owned his own Ice and Coal business for many many years.

Hatred Between Cousins Culminates in Slashing

Camden Courier-Post —

Hatred Between Cousins Culminates in Slashing - Camden Courier-Post, January 9, 1928 Hatred Between Cousins Culminates in Slashing - Camden Courier-Post, January 9, 1928 Hatred Between Cousins Culminates in Slashing - Camden Courier-Post, January 9, 1928

A hatred between cousins that began six months ago culminated last night in a knife battle that may cost the life of Peter Di Pise 35 years old, 325 Walnut street. The man is in Cooper Hospital with his throat slashed. His cousin, George Bongoino, 46 years old, with whom he lived, is held by police.

The hatred of the cousins, according to police, lay in the fear of Di Pise that his cousin would have him deported from this country. It flared up anew last night, police said, in an argument over the Christmas gifts of a woman.

On Christmas Day Mrs. Emma Meincke, 37 years old, 823 Fern street, housekeeper for Bongoino, presented the victim of the attack with a silk shirt and necktie. Police said Mrs. Meincke told them that Di Pise came home intoxicated on Christmas Day and threw the presents in her face telling her he did not want any gifts from her. Yesterday, police said, he again came home intoxicated and Mrs. Meincke told him of the incident on Christmas Day. Di Pise denied he threw the presents in the woman’s face, police said she told them, and she called Antoinette, Bongoino’s eight-year-old daughter, to corroborate her tale.

When the girl derided Di Pise’s actions, police allege he called her a liar. The girl’s father then entered the kitchen. Angry, he started for Di Pise who pushed him on a stove where he was burned by hot water, police said.

Di Pise held Bongoino on the stove a moment and then tried to run, but Bongoino grabbed a potato knife and slashed Di Pise from ear to ear, the woman asserted.

Mrs. Meinke notified police who took Bongoino and Di Pise to Cooper hospital. The former was treated for burns and then taken to police headquarters where he was questioned by Detectives Caputi and Truax.

Detectives said Bongoino had had his cousin arrested six months ago and had threatened to have him deported. It was Di Pise’s fear that his cousin would carry out the threat, according to detectives, that was responsible for the hatred they shared. The woman and the girl were held under $500 bail each as material witnesses and Bongoino is held without bail to await the outcome of his cousin’s injuries.

Youth Stabbed in Face During Row on Street

Camden Courier-Post —

Joseph Carbone, 18, of 336 Walnut street, was stabbed in the face by a Negro wielding a penknife at Ninth street and Kaighn avenue early yesterday. Carbone was walking with Vincent Zippilli, 1498 South Ninth street, when they met the man, he said. An argument started, he told police, and the man stabbed him and ran away. Carbone was treated at Cooper Hospital. He gave police a description of his assailant.

400 Block of Walnut Street

402 Walnut Street newspaper clipping, October 2, 1915

Prosecutor Kraft yesterday discharged from custody Charles Eckard, driver of the motor truck which on Thursday night ran over and killed David F. Campbell aged 12, of 402 Walnut street, an investigation tending to show that the accident was caused by the skidding of the boy’s bicycle. Philadelphia Inquirer, October 2, 1915.

417 Walnut Street — H.C. Perkins (1938) and Licata Italian Restaurant

419 Walnut Street, William T. Walker, trolley conductor

419 Walnut Street — William T. Walker, trolley conductor

419-421 Walnut Street, Gaetano Licata, license plate

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421 Walnut Street, 1991

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424 Walnut Street newspaper clipping, July 5, 1962

Carmelo Olivo

Carmelo (Charles) Olivo, 73, of 424 Walnut st., died Wednesday in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. Born in Camden, he lived there 54 years and was employed by the city’s highway department for 15 years. Mr. Olivo was a member of the Naso-Capo D’Orlando Society of Philadelphia and Civil Service Council 10.

Surviving are his wife, Millie; seven sons, Basil of Stratford, Anthony of Woodbury, Frank of Waterford, and Joseph, Charles Jr., Albert and Thomas, all of Camden; two daughters, Mrs. Sadie Galm of Camden, and Mrs. Margaret Cerri of Mount Ephraim; a sister, Nunziata Olivo of Italy, and fourteen grandchildren. Camden Courier-Post, July 5, 1962.

430 Walnut Street, Frank Pippett, November 8, 1958

Hospital Cases

COOPER

Frank Pippett, 13, of 430 Walnut st., injured hip.

Joseph Kelly, 15, of 67 S. 28th st., cut scalp.

Dolores Smith, 8, of 2163 Westminster ave., cut ankle.

Raymond Ross, 19, of 1223 N. 28th st., cut arm.

Richard Mortorano, 14, of 14 Leonard ave., fractured arm.

Leon Cunningham, 27, of 217 Mt. Vernon st., injured ankle.

Charles Sherman, 6, of 812 Bailey st., cut under eye.

Ida Mae Jorden, 45, of 619 S. 3rd st., hot grease burn of arm and leg.

WEST JERSEY

Carl Schindle, 29, of 1528 W. Moreland st., Philadelphia, multiple cuts of face.

Cheri Herbert, 53, of 1116 Mechanic st., cut finger.

Carmeh Capric, 30, of Sunnyside ave., Bellmawr, eye condition.

Larry Cox, 8, of 2725 Gadfield ave., cut hand.

R. Wayne Morton, 5, of 227 Shisler circle, Runnemede, cut forehead.

Willie Howard, 26, of 280 Liberty st., injured hand.

Alfred Numella, 36, of 1575 Louis st., cut face.

Jo Anne Venezelia, 5 1/2, of Grant ave., Mt. Ephraim, injured leg.

Walter Matyasik, 48, of Richmond ave., Hilltop, bruised leg.

Martin Pagan, 45, of 913 Howard st., bruised forehead and chest.

Richard Olsen, 22, of 615 Hunter st., Gloucester, cut eyebrow.

Camden Courier-Post — November 8, 1958

434 Walnut Street, Artcraft Wire Works, 1955 NJ Bell Yellow Pages ad

434 Walnut Street — Artcraft Wire Works, 1955 NJ Bell Yellow Pages Ad

Mfrs of Plastic Coated Housewares

434 Walnt Cam . . . . . . . . . . . WOodlwn 4-7420

436–438 Walnut Street — Auto Repair / Brakes Service

441 Walnut Street — Camden Collegians A.C., August 29, 1935

400 Block of Walnut Street

402 Walnut Street

402 Walnut Street — 400 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1915David F. Campbell
1947Dr. Roberto Principato

409 Walnut Street

409 Walnut Street — 400 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1870–1872Charles H. Hart & Family
1870–1872Charles H. & Anna Harvey Hart
1870–1872Harry Hart
1870–1872Mrs. Mary Hart
1870–1872George B. Hart
1870–1872Ida Hart
1870–1872Maggie Hart
1870–1872Elizabeth Hart

413 Walnut Street

413 Walnut Street — 400 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900David D. Helm & Family
1900David & Barbara Helm
1900David D. Helm Jr.
1900Harry Helm
1900Elizabeth Helm

419 Walnut Street

419 Walnut Street — 400 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1899–1900William T. Walker & Family
1899–1900William T. & Elizabeth W. Walker
1899–1900William Walker

420 Walnut Street

420 Walnut Street — 400 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938Michael Narciso
1898–1903Mrs. Mary Emma Moore & Family
1898–1903Mrs. Mary Emma Platt Moore
1898–1903Floyd Moore
1898–1903Berry Moore
1898–1903Florence Moore
1898–1903Elmer Moore
1898–1903John Franklin & Miriam Moore

424 Walnut Street

424 Walnut Street — 400 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923–1962Carmelo {Charles} Olivo & Family
1923–1962Carmelo & Millie Olivo
1923–1962Basil Olivo
1923–1962Anthony Olivo
1923–1962Frank Olivo
1923–1962Joseph Olivo
1923–1962Charles Olivo Jr.
1923–1962Albert Olivo
1923–1962Thomas Olivo
1923–1962Sadie Olivo Galm
1923–1962Margaret Olivo Cerri

425 Walnut Street

425 Walnut Street — 400 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1880Daniel Bromley & Family
1880Daniel & Emma Bromley
1880Charles Bromley

426 Walnut Street

426 Walnut Street — 400 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1876–1877William Jeffreys & Family

427 Walnut Street

427 Walnut Street — 400 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
—John Guthridge & Family

430 Walnut Street

430 Walnut Street — 400 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1958Frank Pippett

434 Walnut Street

434 Walnut Street — 400 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Artcraft Wire Works1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

441 Walnut Street

441 Walnut Street — 400 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1969B.L. Curtis

Police Pallbearers at Charlotte Guthridge Funeral

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Police Pallbearers at Charlotte Guthridge Funeral - Philadelphia Inquirer, March 28, 1913

At the funeral of Mrs. Charlotte Guthride [sic] from her home at 422 Walnut street yesterday, the pall bearers were all policemen, including Captain Edward Hyde, John Brothers, Thomas Brothers, and Thomas Guthridge, a nephew of the deceased.

Licata Italian Restaurant

Licata Italian Restaurant - February 10, 1938

9 A. M. to 1 A. M.

LICATA ITALIAN RESTAURANT

417 Walnut St. CAMDEN

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A LA CARTE SERVICE

Special Arrangements for Banquets, Weddings, Birthdays. 300 persons seating capacity. Stage. Phone Camden 5149-R.

Birds and Goldfish for Xmas Presents

Camden Evening Courier —

Birds and Goldfish for Xmas Presents - December 10, 1904

Birds and Goldfish

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XMAS PRESENTS

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An Aquarium with 1 Gold Fish, Plant and Pebbles 10 cents.

A 6-in. Aquarium with 2 Gold Fish, Plant and Pebbles, 25 cents.

Gold Fish, 5 cents each.

Fish Globes, 6 cents up.

Canaries (guar. extra fine) Singers, $2.00 and $2.50 each.

We have the largest stock of Fish, Globes, Square Aquariums, Birds, Cages, etc., in this city, at the lowest prices possible.

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417 Walnut St. CAMDEN

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Henry Ford's Transmission Problems Solved (Hudco-Ford)

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Henry Ford's Transmission Problems Solved (Hudco-Ford) - June 4, 1922

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Football Meetings

Football Meetings - August 29, 1935

The Camden Trojans will hold a meeting on Sunday morning, at 572 Walnut street, and all members of the team and new candidates are requested to report at 9:30 o'clock.

The Camden Collegians will go into a huddle tonight to formulate plans for the forthcoming football season. The confab will be held at 8 o'clock at the clubhouse, 441 Walnut street, and all members are urged to attend.

500 Block of Walnut Street

504 Walnut Street, Blank Brothers, 1919

504 Walnut Street — Blank Brothers, 1919

Practical Tailors AND Designers

S. E. Cor. 5th and Walnut Sts.

502-504 Walnut Street, August 23, 2011 502-504 Walnut Street, second view, August 23, 2011 502 Walnut Street, August 23, 2011 502 Walnut Street, third view, August 23, 2011 502 Walnut Street, fourth view, August 23, 2011 504 Walnut Street, August 23, 2011

502–504 Walnut Street — August 23, 2011

506-508 Walnut Street, August 23, 2011 506 Walnut Street, August 23, 2011 508 Walnut Street, August 23, 2011

506–508 Walnut Street — August 23, 2011

510 Walnut Street, portrait, Philadelphia Inquirer, September 25, 1909

Portrait photograph published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, September 25, 1909, listed at 510 Walnut Street, Camden. The legacy page names John Riley; an earlier caption of this page named Arthur Stanley. The crop prints no name.

514-516 Walnut Street, August 23, 2011 514 Walnut Street, August 23, 2011 514 Walnut Street, second view, August 23, 2011

514–516 Walnut Street — August 23, 2011

516-518 Walnut Street, August 23, 2011 516 Walnut Street, second view, August 23, 2011 518 Walnut Street, August 23, 2011

516–518 Walnut Street — August 23, 2011

500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants

504 Walnut Street

504 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1919Jefferson A.A
1928Mrs. Anna Brennan

508 Walnut Street

508 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1951Thomas Colafrancesco

509 Walnut Street

509 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1863–1869Samuel Butcher & Family
1863–1869Samuel & Jane Butcher
1863–1869Elizabeth Butcher
1863–1869Samuel Butcher
1863–1869Joseph Butcher
1863–1869William A. Butcher

510 Walnut Street

510 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1909John Riley

512 Walnut Street

512 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1917Harry Haas
1870William A. Butcher
1870William A. & Amanda H. Butcher
1870Amanda Butcher

514 Walnut Street

514 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1928Westwood Perrine

518 Walnut Street

518 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1928Mrs. Elizabeth Tiedeken

522 Walnut Street

522 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1904Independent Fireworks Company
1967A. Mastrangelo

546 Walnut Street

546 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1905–1913Bernard Pelicoff & Family (coal dealer)
1905–1913Bernard & Dora Pelicoff
1905–1913Fannie Pelicoff
1905–1913Ethel Pelicoff
1905–1913Abraham Pelicoff

548 Walnut Street

548 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1939–1940John J. McNally
1942–1943Charles Skabicki
1947Benjamin Barsky

550 Walnut Street

550 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1939–1940Harry Goldman
1942–1943Philip Lynn

554 Walnut Street

554 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1939–1940Mrs. Sarah Kirkbride
1942–1943John A. Kirkbride

556 Walnut Street

556 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1939–1940Albert Mulford
1942–1943Roney

558 Walnut Street

558 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1939–1940Edward Corbett
1942–1943Faust Burns

560 Walnut Street

560 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1939–1943James Narciso

561 Walnut Street

561 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1939–1943Mrs. Ida Anderson

562 Walnut Street

562 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1939–1943William A. Hawker

564 Walnut Street

564 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1887Jesse C. Lord
1887John R. Walters
1888Ivans Smaulbury
1890Daniel H. Cohill
1929New Tire Repair Company
1940Mrs. Agnes H. Hunter
1969M.L. Phelps
1980D.D. Phelps

565 Walnut Street

565 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940No Listing
1943No Listing

566 Walnut Street

566 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1887–1891Richard J. Richardson & Family
1887–1891Richard J. & Roxanne Richardson
1887–1891Herbert Richardson
1939–1940John G. Knowles
1942–1943Margaret Dunkin
1893–1924Jesse Eastlack & Family
1893–1924Jesse & Emma Shinn Eastlack
1893–1924Mary Eastlack
1893–1924Forrest M. Eastlack
1893–1924James Earl "Earl" Eastlack
1930Elmer Johnson Sr. & Family
1930Elmer & Helen Johnson
1930 Elmer Johnson Jr.

567 Walnut Street

567 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1939–1943Vacant

568 Walnut Street

568 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1939–1940Raymond Van Dexter

569 Walnut Street

569 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1939–1943William Holland

570-572-574 Walnut Street

570-572-574 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938–1947Calvary Tabernacle
1938Rev. E. C. Sikes
1917–1928YMHA & YWHA

571 Walnut Street

571 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1939–1943Lester Payton

573 Walnut Street

573 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940No Listing
1943Harry R. Kramer

574 Walnut Street

574 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940Jules C. Bigot
1943No Listing

576 Walnut Street

576 Walnut Street — 500 Block of Walnut Street — Occupants
Year ↕ Name ↕
1939–1943Alexander Locantore & Family
1939–1943Alexander & Theresa Locantore

566 Walnut Street — Jesse Eastlack

Jesse Eastlack lived at 804 and 802 Pine Street as a youngster. He married Emma Shinn, then moved to 566 Walnut Street.

Hebrews Start Drive

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Hebrews Start Drive - Philadelphia Inquirer, June 8, 1919

Camden Organization Seeks $10,000 Building Fund

Under the direction of Louis Brenner, Camden Hebrews will tomorrow start a drive to raise $10,000 with which to complete the home of the Y. M. H. A. and Y. W. H. A. at 572 Walnut street.

In a drive underway when America entered the war $10,000 was raised. Many of the members were called into the service, and when they left the promise was made that on their return a fine club home would be awaiting them.

It is to keep this promise that the campaign about to open was planned. Not a few of the members who fought overseas are listed on the teams that will make the drive.

Marriage Licenses

Camden Courier-Post —

Marriage Licenses - Camden Courier-Post, September 26, 1951

Camden

Thomas Colafrancesco, 27, of 508 Walnut street, and Grace C. De Marco, 24, of 606 Clinton street.

Lorenzo C. Colangelo, 24, of 526 Newton avenue, and Olga M. Di Ciano, 21, of 1343 Morton street.

Eddie F. Nixon, 23, of Johnday [sic], Oregon, and Ruth Prucella, 22, of 3072 Waldorf avenue.

Hospital Cases

Camden Courier-Post —

Hospital Cases - Camden Courier-Post, April 6, 1940

West Jersey

George Rice, 63, of 1143 North Fawn street, Philadelphia, contusion of abdomen. Joe Brancho, 12, of 334 Sycamore street, fracture of arm. Jennie Falknoll, 31, of 601 North Third street, fishbone in throat. Harry Goff, 40, of 1229 Sheridan street, cut of arm. Edward Chase, 8, of 106 Jasper street, cut of scalp. Carmen J. Ante, 18, of 410 Spruce street, crushing contusion of toe. Ruth Whiteman, 43, of 218 York street, cut of lip. Clifton Fublman, 40, of 1017 Bulson street, cut of arm. Dave Pronchick, 27, of 317 Jasper street, cut of chin.

Cooper

Alexander Locantore, 65, of 576 Walnut street, fractured ribs. Howard Kenny, 46, of 514 Mickle street, infection of hand. Charles Neff, 59, of 39 North Thirty-third street, sprained wrist. Florence Cicchini, 20, of 2253 North Forty-first street, sprained ankle. Anna Fitch, 50, of 744 Cherry street, swallowed a fish bone. Jennie Fargnoli, 31, of 601 North Third street, swallowed a fish bone. William Geitz, 36, Mantua, injury to eye. Mary Healey, 32, of 408 Haddon avenue, eye injury. Maybelle Vanderslice, 8, of 506 Beideman avenue, scalp injury. Paul Mastraianni, 24, of 413 Benson street, cut of hand. Robert Yarnell, 2, of 2022 Broadway, cut of hand. May Davis, 25, of 1146 Clover street, cut of mouth.

Man injured, home destroyed in city fire

Camden Courier-Post —

Man injured, home destroyed in city fire - Camden Courier-Post, December 21, 1989 Man injured, home destroyed in city fire - Camden Courier-Post, December 21, 1989

By KAREN KOFOED MULDOON Courier-Post Staff

CAMDEN — One man was critically injured last night in a two-alarm fire that destroyed a row house at 1143 Sheridan St. and caused extensive damage to a vacant house next door.

The man, a boarder in the house, apparently jumped from a second-floor window to escape. He suffered burns and smoke inhalation in addition to any injuries he may have suffered in the jump.

His condition was evaluated at Cooper Hospital-University Medical Center before he was transferred to Crozer-Chester Medical Center, in Upland, Pa., but his name was being withheld because his family had not been contacted.

The 6:59 p.m. fire burned out of control for an hour and 15 minutes. Battalion Chief John Giuliano said the entire building was “almost totally consumed” and the adjoining vacant house was heavily damaged.

Sheila Carney, who lived at 1143 Sheridan St., said she had just taken her 16-month-old baby to visit a neighbor when someone told her a house was on fire and it looked like hers.

She said she had been renting the house since last summer.

“Everything I own is gone,” she said. “Everything was burned. I believe somebody set my house on fire.”

Guiliano [sic] said fire officials had not yet determined the cause of the blaze.

The fire was one of several that have plagued the city in recent days.

A two-alarm fire, that has been ruled arson, broke out in a row house at 827 Elm St. late Tuesday, burned throughout the morning early yesterday, spread to the Bible Tabernacle Church at 823-825 Elm St., destroyed the church and damaged another house at 821 Elm St.

A seven-alarm fire on Sunday ravaged four businesses on Westfield Avenue in East Camden.

And a three-alarm fire on Saturday night destroyed St. Rosa’s Primitive Baptist Church at 576 Walnut Street.

Courier-Post photo by Richard Borys

Raiders Seize 4 Women 5 Men and Homebrew

Camden Courier-Post —

Raiders Seize 4 Women 5 Men and Homebrew - Camden Courier-Post, June 18, 1932

Four women, five men and 500 bottles of homebrew were seized last night when police raided an alleged speakeasy at 1067 Thurman street.

Marie Fort, 34, of that address, was held as the proprietress. The following were released in cash security as material witnesses: Helen Furhan, 29, of 300 Jersey avenue, Gloucester; Dora Gallagher, 24, of 723 North American street, Philadelphia; Betty Anderson, 19, of 5947 Trinity place, Philadelphia; George Powell, 23, of 546 Division street; Harry Wilson, 24, of 413 Pine street, Audubon; Edward Mellon, 25, of 316 Elm street; George Devon, 34, of 504 Walnut street, and George Philip, 29, of 1100 South Third street.

The radiers [sic] were Lieut. Herbert Anderson, Sergt. Edward Carroll, Detective William Wheland and Acting Detective William Schultz.

Children of Vets, Gold Star Wives Given Yule Party

Camden Courier-Post —

Children of Vets, Gold Star Wives Given Yule Party - Camden Courier-Post, December 24, 1951 Children of Vets, Gold Star Wives Given Yule Party - Camden Courier-Post, December 24, 1951

More than 30 children of War II veterans and Gold Star Wives were feted Saturday at a Christmas party sponsored by South Jersey Unit 26, Military Order of the Purple Heart Auxiliary.

The affair was held in the post home, 565 Walnut street, with Mrs. Beatrice Hoover, president, and Mrs. Mary Vogel, vice president, in charge.

Fred Vogel, post welfare officer, acted as Santa Claus and distributed gifts and stockings filled with candy to the children. The guests were treated to ice cream, cake, soft drinks and cookies.

Among those present were Mrs. Pauline Bartsch, of Collingswood, president of the Gold Star Wives, with her son, Albert Thompson, 9, and Mrs. Jennie Mlynarezyk [sic], of 1333 Princess avenue, recording secretary, with her son, John, 9.

Mrs. Tish Dougherty, of 304 Lincoln avenue, Bellmawr, a Gold Star mother, was presented with her son, William, 6.

Intersection of Broadway & Walnut Street

Broadway crosses Walnut Street in the heart of the 500 block. The southeast corner at 939–943 Broadway was once home to the Oscar and Charles Eastlack store. The northeast corner was occupied by the George Dunlap grocery and later the Charles Abrahamson Business College.

546–578 Walnut Street

Bernard and Dora Pellicoff, 546 Walnut Street

Bernard & Dora Pellicoff, 546 Walnut Street

546 Walnut Street, Isadore Plotnick, 1919 Camden High School record

546 Walnut Street — Isadore Plotnick, 1919

WHY WORRY THESE HOT DAYS ABOUT YOUR CLOTHES?

WEAR

PLOTNICK'S SMART, SNAPPY and SERVICEABLE CLOTHES

And you will be well dressed and happy

I. PLOTNICK

Up-to-date Merchant Tailor

Eastern Phone 49-75A

546 WALNUT STREET, Near Broadway

CAMDEN, N. J.

546-552 Walnut Street, December 22, 2005 552-560 Walnut Street, December 22, 2005

546–560 Walnut Street — December 22, 2005

556 Walnut Street, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 3, 1883

A workman named Samuel C. Paul was seriously injured on Wednesday afternoon, at the foot of Pine street, Camden, by the falling of a pile-driving weight, which forced a piece of broken iron pin against his back and head. He was removed to No. 556 Walnut street, where he is lying in a critical condition. Philadelphia Inquirer, August 3, 1883.

566 Walnut Street, Eastlack family photo, c.1900 566 Walnut Street, Forrest Eastlack, March 1896 Jesse Eastlack family record, 566 Walnut Street

566 Walnut Street — Jesse Eastlack (1859–1924) and family, 1893–1924

570–574 Walnut Street — YMHA/YWHA (1917–1928) / Calvary Tabernacle, February 12, 1938

576 Walnut Street, Philadelphia Inquirer, June 23, 1910

VOLL. — On June 21, 1910, MICHAEL N. VOLL, aged 61 years. Relatives and friends of family are respectfully invited to attend funeral, on Saturday morning, June 25, at 8 o’clock, from his late residence, 576 Walnut st., Camden, N. J. Solemn high mass at the Church of the Sacred Heart at 9.30 o’clock. Interment Calvary Cemetery. Philadelphia Inquirer, June 23, 1910.

579 Walnut Street — October 24, 1994

Police, Fire Tests Take Heavy Toll

Camden Courier-Post —

Police, Fire Tests Take Heavy Toll - Camden Courier-Post, June 28, 1968

Courier-Post Bureau

TRENTON — The high rate of failures on police and fire examinations was repeated yesterday in the Civil Service Department’s announcement of the results of tests for fire captain and patrolman in Camden City.

In the captain’s test, 23 passed, 64 failed and two did not show up for the test. In the test for patrolman, 10 passed, 32 failed and 14 failed to show. In the non-residents’ test for Camden patrolman, six passed, eight failed and five did not appear.

In the fire captain’s test, Kenneth M. Clark of 111 North 26th St., Camden, a veteran, qualified with a score of 92.6, highest for the seven veterans who qualified. Joseph R. Gfrorer of 3040 N. Constitution Road, Camden, was highest of applicants with a score of 96.5.

In the residents’ patrolman test, Robert D. Craig of 817 Vine Street was high with 78. In the non resident’s test, Edwin B. Hoffman of 514 Walnut Street, Audubon, a veteran qualified with 72.2 and Flem J. Hopkins Jr. of 113 Estates Ave., Pine Hill, was high with 78.

Others who passed the fire captain’s test were:

George D. Getty of 1111 N. 34 St., 95.4; John DiMaggio of 319 Beckett St., 94; Joseph J. Anderson of 2406 Denfield St., 92.96; Phillip A. Maycott of 2836 Lincoln Ave., 90.5; James McMaster of 402 N. 37th St., 90.2; William D. Hillman of 3071 Constitution Rd., 89.4; Joseph Arensberg of 1041 N. 32nd St., 88.3; Robert E. Briggs of 2861 Congress Road, veteran, 86.3; John S. Brzozowski of 371 N. 34th St., 86.2; Edmund F. Gorczynski of 272 N. 33rd St., veteran, 85.4; Anthony F. Orme of 3317 River Ave., veteran, 82.4; William B. Young of 1126 N. 33rd St., 80.5; William D. Ayers of 2846 Pierce Ave., veteran, 79.1; Joseph Dowhy Sr., of 866 Beideman Ave., veteran, 78.9; James O. Jones of 3214 Mitchell St., 78.3; Joseph Chelhowski of 1324 Sheridan St., veteran, 75.8; James T. Robinson of 504 Trenton Ave., 75.5; Anthony D. Moffa of 23 Leonard Ave., 73.3; Robert E. Davenport of 1026 Reeves Ave., 73; John F. Gaffney Jr., of 78 S. Dudley St., 72.8, and Albert E. Collum Jr., of 2409 Howell St., 72.6.

Patrolman (residents) who passed:

Joseph A. Fox of 2117 Mount Ephraim Ave., 77.1; Charles W. Cahilly 2d of 2015 Westminster Ave., 75.; Edward B. Bush of 3210 Mitchell St., 78.9; John F. Oppmann of 550 N. 30th St., 77.7; Gary E. Miller of 486-A Rand St., 77.4; Donald J. Tymusczuk of 2737 Concord Ave., 75.1; Joseph A. Broccoli of 1467 Pershing St., 74.2; Richard W. Merta of 1641 Pulaski St., 72.9, and Robert G. Gibson of 572 Clinton St., 72.6.

Patrolman (nonresidents) who passed:

Flem J. Hopkins Jr., 78; Elwood L. Ridge, 75.4; Joseph E. Benton, 74.7; David Vautier Jr., 74.1, and Frank R. Pedano, 73.8.

Jesse C. Eastlack Dies from Asthma

1924

Jesse C. Eastlack Dies from Asthma - 1924

Jesse C. Eastlack, 65 years old, died early this morning at his home, 566 Walnut street, after an attack of asthma.

For twenty years, he was a driver for the C. C. Chew's department store, which was conducted at the present location of the Baker-Flick department store. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Shinn Eastlack. He was a member of the Lincoln Council No. 1, Jr. O. U. A. M.

Funeral services will be conducted Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, by the Rev. Walter H. Hunt, of the Tabernacle Baptist Church, at the Walnut street address. Interment will be in the New Camden Cemetery.

Special Revival Campaign, Calvary Tabernacle Church

Special Revival Campaign, Calvary Tabernacle Church - February 12, 1938

Special Revival Campaign

By EVANGELIST and Mrs. F. EWALD

February 13 to March 6

at

Calvary Tabernacle Church

570-74 Walnut Street

Meetings nightly except Monday, 7:30 P. M. Sundays 10.30 A. M. and 7.30 P. M.

Sun., Feb. 13th, Subjects:

"How to Get a Revival"—10.30

"Will the Deal Live?"—7.30

Sixth Ward Republican Club

Sixth Ward Republican Club - October 24, 1894

The Sixth Ward Republican Club held a ratification meeting last evening at the headquarters, 579 Walnut street. The Republican Assembly candidates made speeches. The club rooms were handsomely decorated.

600 Block of Walnut Street

600 Walnut Street, Three Brothers Markets, 1955 NJ Bell Yellow Pages ad

600 Walnut Street — Three Brothers Markets, 1955 NJ Bell Yellow Pages Ad

Fried Sea Food Our Specialty

600 Walnut Cam . . . . . . . . . . . WOodlwn 3-9779

603 Walnut Street, James Warren Drummond, Philadelphia Inquirer, February 15, 1999

Chief Elfreth, of the Camden Fire Department, had the firemen at work digging an opening to all fire plugs in the city. In case of a fire four horses will be used to each apparatus. The storm has added to the number of cases of destitution reported to the authorities. A particularly distressing case is that of Samuel Ludwig, of 603 Walnut street. Ludwig is out of work, both his wife and daughter are ill and he has been ordered to vacate his house because he cannot pay the rent due. Philadelphia Inquirer, February 15, 1999.

604 Walnut Street, George Pfau Jr. trade card

604 Walnut Street — George Pfau Jr. trade card

610 Walnut Street, Albert Collum, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 28, 1899

Camden — FOR SALE — CHEAP, NO REASONABLE OFFER refused; 8-room house, store front, suitable for dry goods or ice cream saloon; bath, gas and all improvements, 610 Walnut st., Camden. Inquire Charles M. Baldwin, 1025 Newton ave., Camden, N. J. Philadelphia Inquirer, May 28, 1899.

Albert Collum, 610 Walnut Street, firebook photo

Albert Collum, 610 Walnut Street

Jewish community at Walnut Street, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 4, 1918

Plan New Hebrew Club

Spurred on by the announcement that at the close of the drive, work will be started on a new $20,000 home for the two organizations, at 570-72-74 Walnut street, Camden, the ten teams campaigning for members for the Young Women’s Hebrew Association and the Young Men’s Hebrew Association went at their task yesterday with renewed vigor. They aim to add 500 names to the roll and Chairman Natal said last night they are confident of success. Every convenience for club life will be found in the new home, and among the features will be an auditorium seating 500 persons. Philadelphia Inquirer, May 4, 1918.

Miss Walnut Street 1933, June 19, 1933

Miss Walnut Street — June 19, 1933

614 Walnut Street, T. Frank Boardman, Philadelphia Inquirer, January 13, 1919

BOARDMAN. — Jan. 10, FRANK T., husband of Addie S. Boardman. Relatives and friends, also Fidelity Lodge, No. 3, A. D. U. W., are invited to attend funeral services, Wed., 2 P. M., at his late residence, 614 Walnut st., Camden, N. J. Int. private, Evergreen Cem. Friends may view remains Tues., 7 to 9 P. M. Philadelphia Inquirer, January 13, 1919.

621 Walnut Street, Herbert Smith, Philadelphia Inquirer, July 22, 1997

By the careless handling of a revolver Herbert Smith, 20 years old, of 621 Walnut street, shot himself in the right hand. He was treated at the Cooper Hospital. Philadelphia Inquirer, July 22, 1997.

639 Walnut Street — April 24, 1992

643 Walnut Street — Adam Baskin, July 29, 1941

600 Block of Walnut Street

600 Walnut Street

600 Walnut Street — 600 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1918–1921William E. Barr Saloon
1929George B. Hovis Cafe
1933Alice Goodhead "Miss Walt Whitman" contestant
1955Joe's Fish Market1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

601 Walnut Street

601 Walnut Street — 600 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1967James Perrigen & Family
1967James Earl Perrigen

603 Walnut Street

603 Walnut Street — 600 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1899Samuel Ludwig & Family

605 Walnut Street

605 Walnut Street — 600 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1919–1920Augustus Allaband & Family
1919–1920Augustus & Helen Allaband
1919–1920David Smith Allaband

611 Walnut Street

611 Walnut Street — 600 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906Samuel M. Bates

612 Walnut Street

612 Walnut Street — 600 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930Herman J. Baker & Family

614 Walnut Street

614 Walnut Street — 600 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1878–1929T. Frank Boardman & Family
1878–1929Thomas Franklin & Adalaide Boardman
1878–1929Oscar Boardman
1878–1929Elsie Boardman

621 Walnut Street

621 Walnut Street — 600 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1897Herbert Smith

628 Walnut Street

628 Walnut Street — 600 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1929William Wescott
1900–1947William H. Wescott & Family1899 Camden City Directory Ad
1900–1947William H. & Frances B. Haines Wescott

631 Walnut Street

631 Walnut Street — 600 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1917–1923Adam Baskin & Family
1917–1923Adam & Barbara Baskin
1917–1923Daniel Baskin

639 Walnut Street

639 Walnut Street — 600 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1892Fred E. Moore

643 Walnut Street

643 Walnut Street — 600 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1927–1943Adam Baskin & Family
1927–1943Adam & Barbara Baskin
1927–1943Daniel Baskin

Cops Are Checking On Movements of Garrote Suspect

Camden Courier-Post —

Cops Are Checking On Movements of Garrote Suspect - Camden Courier-Post, December 17, 1949

LEROY SNYDER

Investigators of the murder of Richard H. Thompson, 36-year-old churchworker, today were checking the whereabouts and movements of a South Camden youth prior to and after the discovery of the crime.

Leroy Snyder, 18, of 736 Cherry street, arrested Thursday night for allegedly attempting to strangle a 16-year-old girl with a piece of clothesline, is under examination in the county jail by City Detectives Ellis and Simon and County Detective McLaughlin.

The probers said they were particularly interested in the piece of clothesline the girl said she wrested from Snyder’s grasp when he tossed it about her neck and pulled her to the sidewalk at Sixth and Walnut streets.

Detectives said the clothesline will be compared with a four-foot length clothesline found tightly knotted about Thompson’s neck when he was discovered Oct. 15 in a small areaway behind a row of garages at Fifth and Mickle streets.

Youth Held in Attempt To Strangle Girl, 16, Quizzed on Murder

Camden Courier-Post —

Youth Held in Attempt To Strangle Girl, 16, Quizzed on Murder - Camden Courier-Post, December 16, 1949

Police Grill Suspect About Garroting of Church Worker

A South Camden youth is under questioning today in the garrote slaying of Richard H. Thompson, 36-year-old churchworker, after his arrest Thursday night for attempting to strangle a girl with a length of clothesline.

Leroy Snyder, 18, of 736 Cherry street, was arrested on complaint of Gertrude Jones, 16, of 536 Liberty street.

The girl told police she was walking along Walnut street near Sixth about 11 p. m. when she was attacked by a youth who looped a piece of clothesline about her neck and tossed her to the ground.

The girl said she screamed and began to struggle. Her shouts were heard by a minister, the Rev. Isaac Foulkes, pastor of the New Union Baptist Church, 608 Walnut street, of which the girl is a member. The Rev. Mr. Foulkes was looking at books in the church and ran outside. Seeing him, the suspect fled.

District Detective John Opfer responded to the alarm and with the girl in his car began a tour of the neighborhood. About a block from the scene, Opfer said, the girl pointed to Snyder and he was arrested. At police headquarters Miss Jones identified Snyder as the one who attacked her.

Detective George Ellis and County Detective James McLaughlin, who are investigating the Thompson murder, were notified.

Ellis said Snyder would be questioned and the clothesline would be checked against the one found knotted tightly around Thompson’s neck when he was discovered Oct. 15 in an areaway behind a row of garages at Fifth and Mickle streets.

The Unique, Jr., of Camden

The Unique, Jr., of Camden - April 24, 1892

The Unique, Jr., of Camden, has organized with the following players: Snyder, catcher; Huskey, pitcher; Clayton, first base; Fennimore, second base; Smith, third base; Moore, shortstop; Klump, right field; Artell, centre field; Cottrell, left field. Unique, Jr., would like to hear from all clubs composed of players under 16 years of age. Address Fred E. Moore, 639 Walnut street, Camden.

A Voice from the 'Dust Bowl'

A Voice from the 'Dust Bowl' - July 29, 1941

To the Editor:

Tax bills received; and note the increase. While the value of our properties is going down, down, down.

Three petitions have been signed by property owners and presented to our Honorable Commissioners, but to date they have not been heard from.

For six years we have lived in this dirt and mud. Is there a city of Camden's size in the state that has a street in the condition of South Seventh street?

We do not ask for a boulevard, paving, to eliminate the dirt and mud we have after a rain is all we ask.

North of Pine street is a credit, but they never had the dirt we have below.

The railroad was clean compared with this condition.

I extend an invitation to any of our commissioners to spend a few hours in my home, and give them a taste of the dirt we actually eat day after day.

ONE OF THE "THREE-TIME SIGNERS."

BARBARA BASKIN.

643 Walnut street.

700 Block of Walnut Street

700–701 Walnut Street — 1940 Census, July 4, 1941

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708 Walnut Street — October 3, 2011 and 1955 NJ Bell Yellow Pages Ad

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712 Walnut Street, John Weber, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 31, 1890

A Baby Run Over and Killed.

A sad accident occurred at Seventh and Walnut streets yesterday morning when the 9-months-old baby of John and Mary Weber, of 712 Walnut street, was run over and killed by a farm wagon driven by Joseph Rusk, of Westville. The accident was caused by the carelessness of another child, who was pushing the coach containing the little one. The child took its hands off the coach when the latter ran into the gutter, upset and threw the infant under the feet of Farmer Rusk’s team. One of the horses planted its foot on the child’s head. The unfortunate baby died before medical aid could be summoned.

Rusk was taken to the City Hall, but was released when the case was explained. Philadelphia Inquirer, August 31, 1890.

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714 Walnut Street, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 6, 1917 714 Walnut Street, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 23, 1917

Bullet in Fire Hits Woman

When Mrs. Morris Mench, wife of Policeman Mench, of 714 Walnut street, Camden, threw waste paper in a stove yesterday there was a sudden report. She found two fingers and her wrist had been lacerated, and an investigation showed that a loaded cartridge had evidently been picked up with the paper. Mrs. Mench had her injuries dressed at Cooper Hospital. Philadelphia Inquirer, March–April 1917.

715 Walnut Street, Camden Daily Courier, February 18, 1905

William H. Robinson Died This Morning

William H. Robinson, father of Foreman Charles H. Robinson, of the fire department, died shortly after noon today of a complication of grip and pleurisy, at his late home, 715 Walnut street.

Deceased was the oldest resident of the Seventh ward, being in his 66th year, and was a molder by trade. He had been bedfast several weeks and for some time before his death his mind had been affected by his sufferings. Camden Daily Courier, February 18, 1905.

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727 Walnut Street, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 7, 1900

The 2-year-old daughter of Assistant Postmaster Sayrs had her finger so badly crushed by a washing machine that amputation was necessary. Philadelphia Inquirer, August 7, 1900.

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736 Walnut Street, Philadelphia Inquirer, December 30, 1994

CLAYPOOL. — On December 28, 1894, Ward M., son of the late Captain Abram and Sallie Claypool, aged 47 years. The relatives and friends of the family, Nonpariel Lodge, No. 20, K. of P., and employes of Boston Steamship Company, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Sunday afternoon, at 2 o’clock, from the residence of his brother-in-law, Henry H. Richardson, 736 Walnut street, Camden, N. J. Interment at Evergreen Cemetery. Philadelphia Inquirer, December 30, 1894.

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749 Walnut Street, John Reader, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 7, 1915

Takes Creosote by Mistake

Suffering from creosote poisoning, Elsie Schmidt, aged 21 years, of 749 Walnut street, Camden, was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital last night. The young woman was in apparent good humor, as she was joking with the members of her family shortly before she went upstairs, when she was found to have taken the poison. Her condition was reported as not being serious. Philadelphia Inquirer, March 7, 1915.

751 Walnut Street, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 10, 1903

Camden News

The second floor of the home of William Rogers, 751 Walnut street, was damaged by fire to the extent of $200 yesterday. The blaze originated in a closet and is supposed to have been caused by mice gnawing matches. Philadelphia Inquirer, August 10, 1903.

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755 Walnut Street, Philadelphia Inquirer, November 24, 1914

Camden Woman Martyr for Sake of Husband

Wife Contracted Fatal Illness While Nursing Spouse, Whose Death Followed Hers

While her husband lay at the point of death, Mrs. Mary Emma Sayers, mother of Street Commissioner Alfred Sayers, passed away at her home, at 755 Walnut street. Her husband, Jacob Sayers, passed away, twelve hours after his wife died. The latter was taken ill with pneumonia about a week ago and his wife contracted the disease while nursing him.

Both were ill in adjoining rooms and when Mrs. Sayers died her partner for nearly half a century seemed cognizant of that fact, although efforts were made to prevent him from learning of it. Mrs. Sayers was an aunt to Assistant Postmaster Charles P. Sayers and City Draughtman William Sayers. Philadelphia Inquirer, November 24, 1914.

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782 Walnut Street, Philadelphia Inquirer, August 7, 1900

William Crispin, aged 14 years, of 782 Walnut street, has been reported to the police as missing from his home. Philadelphia Inquirer, August 7, 1900.

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700 Block of Walnut Street

701 Walnut Street

701 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1940Ida M. Robison

708 Walnut Street

708 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955J.E. Bethea1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone

709 Walnut Street

709 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1906–1910David Ellis & Family
1906–1910David & Bertha Ellis
1906–1910Howard Ellis
1906–1910David R. Ellis

712 Walnut Street

712 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1884–1914John Weber & Family
1884–1914John & Barbara Weber
1884–1914George Weber

714 Walnut Street

714 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1961Albert Harkless
1912–1917Maurice S. Mensch & Family
1912–1917Maurice S. & Emma Fleming Mensch
1912–1917Ruth Mensch
1912–1917Clyde Mensch
1912–1917George Mensch
1912–1917Robert Mensch

716 Walnut Street

716 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938Wilmer Blake
1959Arthur Cole

717 Walnut Street

717 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1882–1910William H. Whaland & Family
1882–1910William H. & Mary Whaland
1882–1910Lillian Whaland
1882–1910Charles Whaland
1882–1910William K. Whaland
1882–1910Harry Whaland

721 Walnut Street

721 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1881William H. Whaland & Family
1881William H. & Mary Whaland
1881Lillian Whaland
1881Charles Whaland
1881William K. Whaland
1881Harry Whaland

727 Walnut Street

727 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890s–1900sCharles P. Sayres & Family

736 Walnut Street

736 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1894Henry H. Richardson & Family
1894Henry H. & Annie Richardson

741 Walnut Street

741 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1900John Reader & Family (policeman)
1900John & Lillia Reader
1900Bayard Reader
1900Lawrence John Reader

742 Walnut Street

742 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1956David Taylor
1887–1892Andrew Miller & Family
1917–1918 Frank G. Sapp

743 Walnut Street

743 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930Oliver Miller & Family
1930Oliver & Bertha Miller
1930Reginald Miller
1930Warren P. Miller

744 Walnut Street

744 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1887–1888Charles H. Robinson Sr. & Family

748 Walnut Street

748 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1898–1901Henry H. Richardson & Family
1898–1901Henry H. & Annie Richardson

749 Walnut Street

749 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890–1906John Reader & Family
1890–1906John & Lillia Reader
1890–1906Addison Reader
1890–1906Aaron Bryant Reader
1890–1906Lawrence Burton Reader

751 Walnut Street

751 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890s–1920William H. Rogers Sr. & Family
1890s–1920William H. & Ellen Rogers Sr.
1890s–1920William H. Rogers Jr. & Family
1890s–1920William H. & Maud Rogers Jr.
1890s–1920Russell Rogers
1890s–1920Earl Rogers
1890s–1920Edwin Rogers
1890s–1920Leona Rogers
1890s–1920William Rogers III

753 Walnut Street

753 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947–1960sBenjamin Hunt & Family
1947–1960sBenjamin & Ella Hunt
1947–1960sJesthroe Hunt
1947–1960sJoseph Hunt
1947–1960sMary Hunt
1947–1960sSarah Hunt
1947–1960sElizabeth Hunt

755 Walnut Street

755 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1947Earl Bundy
1887–1894John Kennedy
1887–1894John & Wilhelmina Kennedy
1896–1914Jacob T. Sayers & Family
1896–1914Jacob T. & Mary Sayers
1896–1914 Alfred Sayers
1920s Rebecca Somerville-Wortham
1900David S. Rhone (boarder)

761 Walnut Street

761 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938Seventh Ward Men's Republican Club
1955Five Star Club of Oriental Lodge No. 1, F. & A.M

767 Walnut Street

767 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1920s–1930s Walter H. Simpson
1947Carter & Holland Real Estate

768 Walnut Street

768 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1930Orville Goldsboro Sr, & Family
1930Orville & Pauline Goldsboro
1930Orville Goldsboro Jr.

780 Walnut Street

780 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1929–1931John F. McGowan & Family
1929–1931John F. & Estella Clark McGowan
1929–1931Charles McGowan

782 Walnut Street

782 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1890s–1900sLizzie Crispin & Family
1890s–1900sWilliam Crispin

784 Walnut Street

784 Walnut Street — 700 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1923E.W. Howell

Mrs. Rosa M. Ross Dies Suddenly

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Mrs. Rosa M. Ross Dies Suddenly - Philadelphia Inquirer, December 12, 1909

Stricken suddenly ill early yesterday, Mrs. Rosa M. Ross, widow of former Councilman Joseph Ross, died at her home, 707 Walnut street. Coroner Litchfield said death was due to heart disease.

2 Drivers Held in Bail in Crash Killing Man

Camden Courier-Post —

2 Drivers Held in Bail in Crash Killing Man - Camden Courier-Post, January 7, 1939

Two drivers in an automobile accident which resulted Sunday in the death of Robert Bumbrey, 57, of 735 Walnut street, were held in $1000 bail each for the grand jury yesterday by Judge Mariano in police court.

The drivers are Augustus Fisher, 25, of 1839 South Eighth street, and Ralph Deubel, 31, of 115 South Poplar avenue, Maple Shade, both of whom pleaded not guilty to charges of “manslaughter by automobile.”

One of the cars crossed the sidewalk at Eighth street and Kaighn avenue and pinned Bumbrey against the steps of a store on the southwest corner. Bumbrey died in West Jersey Hospital.

The Pursuit of a Murderer

Camden Courier-Post —

The Pursuit of a Murderer - Camden Courier-Post, August 15, 1970 The Pursuit of a Murderer - Camden Courier-Post, August 15, 1970

By Joe Happ and Joseph R. McCarthy

The announcement, when it came, burst in City Hall like a grenade. A Camden man — in jail nearly a year awaiting trial for murder — was being charged with six additional killings.

The disclosure was made July 2 by the Camden County Prosecutor’s office as a short, stocky man was being led from his sixth-floor jail cell to an arraignment before Camden Municipal Court Judge William M. Rosenblatt.

Until then it had been one of the best-kept secrets in the city in recent memory. The press corps, usually well informed in advance about all such goings-on was caught by surprise.

When the hour-long court procedure was over, newsmen, armed with little more than the name of the prisoner and a list of victims’ names, went to work.

The old newspaper clippings from which they frantically culled information had a grim tale to tell. Six women and a man had been beaten, slashed or shot to death between February and September 1969. The clippings suggested grotesque pictures of battered, butchered human beings.

The suspect was 38-year-old Leroy Snyder, an ex-convict who had spent most of his adult life in prison for acts of violence.

Fresh details fo [sic] the killings were scarce, as County Prosecutor A. Donald Bigley, not wanting to jeopardize his case, clamped down hard on information released to the press. The July 2 stories were mostly a rehash of the earlier murder stories.

The victims:

Mrs. Lula Crawley, bound, gagged and stabbed 13 times, was found Feb. 14, 1969 in a room behind her S. 6th Street antique shop.

Mrs. Mary Freeman, found stabbed to death April 12, 1969, floating in two feet of water in an abandoned house.

Mrs. Shirley Brittingham and Warren Wells, discovered April 25 in the basement of a vacant house. The woman, seven months pregnant, had been stabbed repeatedly and shot in the chest several times. The man had a shotgun wound three inches in diameter in his back, had been stabbed several times and beaten with a blunt instrument. Both bodies had lain there three weeks before being discovered and were badly decomposed and partially eaten by rats.

Mrs. Lovie Williams, found May 19 in her West Street apartment by her 12-year-old son. She had been slashed to death.

Mrs. Vera Stevens, beaten to death Aug. 9 on a vacant lot.

Mrs. Gertrude Friedman, raped, beaten and slashed about the throat Sept. 8 in her combination apartment-linoleum store on Kaighns Avenue.

In city hall, quick comparisons were made between this case and the Sept. 6, 1949 rampage in which a Bible-quoting war veteran, Howard Unruh, shot 13 persons to death in about 20 minutes.

“This one looks worse,” commented one veteran reporter as he scanned the year-old stories.

Following the arraignment, events in the case of Leroy Snyder moved quickly. In less than a week, indictments were handed up by the Camden County grand jury. The following day, Snyder’s signed confessions to all seven killings were presented in Superior Court along with his pleas of no defense.

A week later, he was sentenced to three consecutive life terms in the New Jersey State Prison at Trenton. Within the hour, Snyder was en route to Trenton.

The story of Leroy Snyder was ended. This week, however, the two men most responsible for the capture of Snyder revealed some of the details of the exhausting eight-month investigation which led to his arrest. It is a story laced with ironies and improbabilities.

“It was a real jig-saw puzzle,” said veteran city Det. Earl Smith, who along with Det. Nate Jones, logged more than 1,200 hours of overtime and traveled from New England to South Carolina, interviewing more than 150 persons and taking statements from about 75 material witnesses.

Before the case was solved, Jones would have trouble convincing his wife that all the hours away from home were actually spent working. “Not only that, I developed a case of high blood pressure during the investigation,” he added.

Smith would only shrug when asked about the effects of the chase on his home life. He indicated that they were “about the same as Nate’s.”

The two detectives, relaxing in their office in City Hall, explained that the keys to cracking the case were the investigations of the Brittingham-Wells double murder and the rape-slaying of Mrs. Friedman.

“We didn’t turn up much on the other murders at all,” Smith said. “In fact, we weren’t even sure they were related until Shirley and Warren were found.”

At that point, Jones explained, police officials began to fear that a psychopath was loose in the city and ordered efforts in solving the case intensified.

Few clues had been left in the abandoned house where Shirley and Warren were found. “We even had trouble identifying them,” said Smith. “They were horribly decomposed and it looked like rats had eaten away most of their faces.”

Identification had to be made by the use of dental records and fingerprints. Even Mrs. Brittingham’s estranged husband was unable to make a positive identification, the detective said.

Frank Brittingham was located the day after the bodies were discovered. He was in a bar at Broadway and Division Streets where Shirley had worked as a barmaid. He could only tell police that he knew his wife was pregnant by a boyfriend whose name he gave the detectives.

A barmaid in the establishment told the three detectives she last saw Shirley leaving the bar with a man on April 5 (the day she died, according to the medical examiner). She also identified an egg-shaped gold locket found by police at the murder scene as one she sold to Shirley for $10.

Smith said Shirley’s boyfriend was located two days later living at the YMCA in New Brunswick. Police in that city had run a check and told Smith the man had registered in his own name but had listed a non-existent firm as his place of employment.

“We wanted to get more on him,” Smith said, “so we waited a while before picking him up.”

Meanwhile, the identity of the man seen leaving the bar with Shirley was learned after police had interviewed several persons in South Camden. They told police the man had gone to see his wife in Seaford, Del.

Smith and City Det. Isaiah Pitts went to Delaware and, after following the trail of the man’s family through several small towns, learned he had been there a few days before and continued south to visit his father in Traveler’s Rest, S.C.

Smith and Pitts returned to Camden and notified police in the small South Carolina town. A week later, the man was arrested as a material witness and was returned to Camden for interrogation.

He told police he had gone to Delaware in order to cash an Internal Revenue Service check and leave part of the money with his wife. His story checked out with what had been learned in Delaware, and he was released.

On July 19 police in Franklin Township, Sussex County, picked up Shirley’s boyfriend as a material witness. In Camden a lie detector test was administered. The man failed, Smith said.

“We asked him if he was withholding information about the murders,” the detective said. “He answered ‘No.’ The machine indicated he lied. We got the same response when we asked if he knew who killed Warren and Shirley.”

Police, however, had nothing to connect him with the murder and released him.

The probe into the death of Warren Wells was a painfully slow process, Smith said. “We knew absolutely nothing about the man when we started.”

An intensive interview campaign was launched in South Camden, but little was learned. On May 19, however, police learned that Wells’ brother-in-law, a suspect in the case, was living in the 400 block of Sycamore Street. Police placed the house under surveillance, but the suspect failed to show up.

Two women living in the house were unable to give any information about the suspect’s whereabouts. The women, both in their early 20’s accompanied the detectives to police headquarters and were arrested and charged with being under the influence of narcotics.

A separate inquiry into the suspect’s background revealed him to be wanted by the U.S. Army for desertion.

The search spread throughout Camden County and on June 12, nearly a month later, he was picked up by State Police from the Toms River barracks.

Brought back to Camden, the suspect failed a lie detector test, Smith said. Yet nothing was established to connect him directly with either murder and he was held pending the arrival of federal authorities.

The suspect’s wife was arrested a few days later while visiting him in Camden County jail. Smith said he recognized the woman from a police photo shown to him earlier by Williamstown police. He said a federal warrant had been issued for her arrest on a charge of mail theft. She was turned over to the U.S. Marshal’s office in Camden.

The search for information in South Camden continued. Detectives began to check through vacant houses in the area. They found a man crouching behind the heater in the basement of one abandoned house. He claimed to be an acquaintance of Wells. An identification check on the man revealed he was wanted on a charge of possession of stolen property. He was arrested.

Under interrogation, the man told detectives he did not know where Wells had been living before his death but said he knew several persons who might know.

One of his tips paid off. A woman living on Kaighns Avenue told detectives that Wells had been living in the 700 block of Walnut Street in the apartment of a man named Leroy Snyder.

Smith and Jones set up a stake-out at the apartment, but Snyder did not return home that night. The following day, the two detectives canvassed the neighborhood and learned that Snyder had a job in a junkyard on Division Street.

“We went to the junkyard and talked with Snyder,” Jones said. “He told us Wells had been living in his apartment since the latter part of March.”

Snyder told police that Wells received a phone call at the apartment on April 4. He said Wells appeared quite shaken by the call and left, saying he would return shortly. Snyder said that was the last he had seen of Warren Wells.

“Snyder even volunteered to come to police headquarters that night to give us a statement and deliver some clothes he said were left behind by Wells,” Smith said. Snyder dictated a four-page statement for police that night, but the information shed no further light on the killing.

“We had checked on Snyder’s background and knew about his prison record,” Smith said. “But we didn’t have enough evidence to hold him. Besides, he seemed to be cooperating with us.” Snyder was released.

That was on May 23. Four days earlier, Lovie Williams was found slashed to death. On Aug. 9, Vera Stevens, her head battered by a rock, was found. No leads were turned up in those investigations.

The Wells probe produced one more lead, however. Police learned that a man believed to operate a house of prostitution in North Camden had been a friend of Wells. Checking at the address, Smith was told the man had recently departed on a trip through New England and Canada.

Police in several states as well as Canada were notified and, on May 28, Wells’ friend was arrested by a Royal Canadian Mounted Police vice squad as he attempted to cross the border in a stolen car.

A joint investigation by the Mounties and police in Camden revealed the names of several women, allegedly involved in prostitution, who were in this country illegally. The women were later deported to Canada, Smith said.

The police investigation of the murders, now numbering six, continued until Sept. 8, when the nude, mutilated body of Gertrude Friedman was discovered in the living room of her apartment on Kaighns Avenue by a neighbor.

Police swarmed into the area that night and found with a woman who said she had seen a man leaving the Friedman apartment that afternoon. She told police he was carrying two suitcases and a brown paper bag filled with clothing.

A state police artist, Tpr. George Homa of the West Trenton barracks, was called in and drew a sketch based on the woman’s description.

Armed with copies of the sketch, police teams again hit the streets in the area around Kaighns Avenue.

A man, when shown the drawing, told police, “This looks like the guy who tried to rape a woman a few weeks ago on 4th Street.” He did not know the assailant’s name, but he gave police the woman’s name and address.

Smith and Jones checked it out.

The woman, who had not reported the incident because she feared reprisals, said the man depicted in the sketch had knocked on her apartment door one night a few weeks earlier saying he was looking for friends who lived in the apartment below hers. Then he forced his way in and tried to assault her, she said. She did not know his name.

The occupants of the downstairs apartment identified the drawing. They said it seemed to be Leroy Snyder.

“The first thing we did after hearing that, was to check on where Snyder was living,” Smith said. “We knew he had moved from the apartment on Walnut Street, but we didn’t know his new address. Later, we learned he was living in the 700 block of Cherry Street.”

A warrant was obtained and, on the evening of Sept. 11, Smith and Jones arrested Snyder at home.

“He was lying on the couch in the living room when we made the arrest,” Smith recalled. “He didn’t offer any resistance.”

Searching the house, detectives found the bags of clothing and other items taken from the Friedman apartment. Positive identification of the articles later was supplied by Mrs. Friedman’s husband.

“He was wearing Mr. Friedman’s wristwatch,” Smith added.

With Snyder in custody, charged with the murder of Mrs. Friedman, larceny, possession of stolen property and assault with intent to rape in the case of the woman on 4th Street, Smith and Jones began a detailed investigation into Snyder’s possible relationship with the other murders.

Since there was no trial, it will never be known just how much evidence the detectives had piled up against Snyder. But apparently, it was enough to convince Snyder and his attorney that a defense against the charges in court would have been futile. Snyder later signed confessions to all seven slayings, but the confessions alone would not be sufficient basis for sentencing.

The contents of those confessions have not been made public, but one unconfirmed report out of the prosecutor’s office had it that a stenographer became ill while transcribing Snyder’s detailed accounts of the killings.

The future holds nothing for Leroy Snyder except prison. Under present New Jersey parole laws, Snyder, with three consecutive life sentences facing him, will not even be eligible for parole for another 43½ years.

Prosecutor Bigley, who sought seven consecutive life sentences for Snyder, summed it up in the courtroom moments after sentence was passed: “There’s a good chance he’ll die in prison.”

Detective Nate Jones

Detective Earl Smith

The psychiatric section of the pre-sentencing report described Leroy Snyder as a “malignant sociopath and a threat to society.” Little is known about Snyder except that he has spent 19 of the past 21 years in prison for assorted acts of violence. His prison record began when he was 17.

Arrested June 1949 on charge of assault. Convicted, sentenced to two years in Annandale Reformatory. Released May 1951.

Arrested July 1951 on charges of attempted armed robbery and threats to kill. Convicted, sentenced to four years in Bordentown Reformatory. Released June 1955.

Arrested December 1955 on charges of assault and battery and assault with intent to rob. Convicted, sentenced to three to five years in New Jersey State Prison at Trenton. Released January 1959.

Arrested August 1959 for attempted armed robbery and threats to do bodily harm. Convicted, sentenced to 10 years in New Jersey State Prison. Paroled January 1969 after serving nine years.

Arrested September, 1969, for murder of Mrs. Gertrude Friedman.

Nine Safety Aides Sworn by Aaron

Camden Courier-Post —

Nine Safety Aides Sworn by Aaron - Camden Courier-Post, August 12, 1950

Five recently-appointed policemen and four firemen were sworn in today by Public Safety Commissioner Aaron in his City Hall office.

The nine men, all veterans of War II, will report for duty in the $2400-a-year posts on Sept. 1. Four of the rookie policemen replace men retired on pension and the fifth fills the job of a department member who resigned to take another position. All four new firemen replace pensioners.

The policemen are James R. Styles, 27, 3013 Essex street; William B. Reeves Jr., 24, 431 Chestnut street; Louis E. Walls Jr., 29, 777 Spruce street; Edward Fulton, 29, 342 N. Tenth street, and Joseph A. Snajkowski, 29, 1334 Dayton street.

The firemen are August L. Johnson, 31, 916½ Chestnut street; Owen D. Gale, 29, 312 Marlton avenue; Albert A. Stinger, 25, 47 North Twenty-fifth street, and Jestroe Hunt, 29, 753 Walnut street.

5 Cops, 4 Firemen, All War 2 Vets Named by Aaron

Camden Courier-Post —

5 Cops, 4 Firemen, All War 2 Vets Named by Aaron - Camden Courier-Post, August 1, 1950

Replacements Listed For 8 on Pensions, One Resignation

Director of Public Safety Aaron this faternoon [sic] announced the appointment of five new patrolmen and four new firemen. All are War II veterans.

The police are:

James R. Styles, 27, of 3013 Essex street; William B. Reeves Jr., 24, of 431 Chestnut street; Louis E. Walls Jr., 29, of 777 Spruce street; Edward Fulton, 29, of 342 North Tenth street; and Joseph A. Snajkowski, 29, of 1334 Dayton street.

The firemen are:

August L. Johnson, 31, of 916½ Chestnut street; Owen D. Gale, 29, of 312 Marlton avenue; Albert A. Stinger, 25, of 47 North Twenty-fifth street, and Jestroe Hunt, 29, of 753 Walnut street.

All the men will receive $2400 a year and will report for duty September 1. The new firemen will replace four men who have been retired on pension. Four of the new patrolmen will replace men who have been retired on pension, and the fifth replaces a member of the department who has resigned to accept another position.

In Memoriam: Ida M. Robison

In Memoriam: Ida M. Robison - July 4, 1941

ROBISON—In loving memory of a dearly beloved mother, Ida M. Robison, who died July 4, 1940.

No one knows how much we miss you.
No one knows the bitter pain
We have suffered. Since we lost you
Life has never been the same.
In our hearts your memory lingers,
Sweetly tender, fond and true.
There is not a day, dear mother,
That we do not think of you.

Sadly missed by Son and Family.

Gilbert McLain fined

Gilbert McLain fined - January 21, 1959

Gilbert McLain, 28, of the 2000 block Sherwood st., Philadelphia, was fined $55 on a charge of theft of an overcoat. Arthur Cole, of 1716 Walnut st., charged McLain stole the coat from his home Friday night.

Notice of Transfer (Five Star Club of Oriental Lodge #1)

Notice of Transfer (Five Star Club of Oriental Lodge #1) - November 25, 1955

NOTICE OF TRANSFER

Take notice that application has been made to the Municipal Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control of Camden, N. J., to transfer to Five Star Club of Oriental Lodge #1 F. and A. M. for premises situated at 1473 So. 8th St., Camden, N. J. The Club license number CB-31 heretofore issued to Five Star Club or Oriental Lodge #1 F. and A. M. for premises situated at 761 Walnut St., Camden, N. J.

The names and addresses of the officers of this club and the offices they hold are:

Saunders T. Spence, 931 So. 7th St., Camden, N. J., President.

James Woolfolk, 630 Walnut St., Camden, N. J., Secretary.

Elvey T. Williams, 650 Locust St., Camden, N. J., Treasurer.

The names and addresses of the trustees of this club are:

Saunders T. Spence, 931 So. 7th St., Camden, N. J.

Elvey T. Williams, 650 Locust St., Camden, N. J.

Charles Butler, 972 Ferry Ave., Camden, N. J.

James Woolfolk, 630 Walnut St., Camden, N. J.

John Davis, 1036 Federal St., Camden, N. J.

Frank Harding, 816 South 9th St., Camden, N. J.

Objections, if any, should be made immediately in writing to John T. Odorisio city clerk of Camden, N. J.

FIVE STAR CLUB OF ORIENTAL LODGE #1 F. and A. M., SAUNDERS T. SPENCE, President, 931 So. 7th St., Camden, N. J. ($13.80)

Oscar Welsh held for embezzlement

Oscar Welsh held for embezzlement - October 24, 1894

Oscar Welsh, a drug clerk in the employ of Dr. George W. Henry, at Eighth and Walnut streets, Camden, was held in $1000 bail by Recorder Braker yesterday on a charge of embezzlement. Dr. Henry charges Welsh with appropriating $1000 worth of drugs, medicines and money.

Intersection of 8th Street & Walnut Street

Northwest corner of 8th Street and Walnut Street, July 16, 2011

Northwest corner, 8th Street & Walnut Street — July 16, 2011

Thirty Stitches in His Scalp

Philadelphia Inquirer —

806 Walnut Street, Joseph Baker, Philadelphia Inquirer, January 11, 1903

In attempting to board a trolley car at Haddon avenue and Pear street, Camden, last night, Joseph Baker, aged 52 years, of 802 Walnut street, missed his footing and was dragged about thirty feet. His scalp was so badly lacerated that a Cooper Hospital surgeon had to put thirty stitches in it to close the wounds. Philadelphia Inquirer, January 11, 1903.

811 Walnut Street, Rabon L. Mosley Sr. and Family 811 Walnut Street, Beatrice Mosley and Rabon Mosely Jr.

811 Walnut Street — Rabon L. Mosley Sr. & Family, 1938–2005. Left: Beatrice Mosley & Rabon Mosely Jr.

815 Walnut Street, Julius Snyder, Camden Courier-Post, September 12, 1946

Youth Held for Jury For Embezzlement

Julius Snyder, 18, of 815 Walnut street, was held without bail for grand jury action by Police Judge Cohen today, on charges of embezzlement.

Alexander Wallace, 1031 South Ninth street, said from February to August he had sent checks to a bank with his granddaughter, Esther, 17, who lived with him. He charged she and Snyder cashed the checks and faked deposit entries in his book.

Miss Wallace is also in police custody as a material witness but has not been arraigned. Wallace placed the amount of his loss at $1150.52.

When Judge Cohen asked Snyder what they did with the money, the defendant replied: “Oh, lots of things.” Camden Courier-Post, September 12, 1946.

820 Walnut Street — Dubois Family, Camden Courier, October 23, 1894

800 Block of Walnut Street

806 Walnut Street

806 Walnut Street — 800 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1903Joseph Baker
1890Charles Lederman Sr
1888–1890sAlfred L. Sayers
1894–1895Isaac J. Hibbs & Family
1894–1895Isaac and Margaret Hibbs
1894–1895Harry Hibbs
1894–1895Katie Hibbs
1894–1895 Herbert Hibbs

811 Walnut Street

811 Walnut Street — 800 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1938–2005Rabon L. Mosley Sr. & Family
1938–2005Rabon L. & WIlla M. Mosley
1938–2005Beatrice Mosley
1938–2005Rabon L. Mosely Jr.

820 Walnut Street

820 Walnut Street — 800 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1894Dubois Family
1910s–1960sRaymond T. Amos

825 Walnut Street

825 Walnut Street — 800 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1901John M. Kelley
1901John H. Carmany
1901John H. Carmany Jr

826 Walnut Street

826 Walnut Street — 800 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1887–1888Joseph M. Dole Saloon
1947Robert Bloodsworth Grocery

830 Walnut Street

830 Walnut Street — 800 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1948John E. Sturges

Murphy and Pedigree To End Long Service With Camden Police

Camden Courier-Post —

Murphy and Pedigree To End Long Service With Camden Police - Camden Courier-Post, October 8, 1932

Veterans at City Hall, Lauded by Superiors, Will Be Among 13 Cops and Firemen to Go on Pension Before First of Year

By William A. Gaffney

Sergeant Thomas J. Murphy, one of Camden’s best known and most efficient policemen, and Joseph “Si” Pedigree, police switchboard operator, are among the 13 members of the police and fire departments who have already retired from active duty on pension, or are to accept half-salary on retirement before the first of the year.

Nine men have turned in their “tools” within the past month and four other applications have been approved and will become effective in the next two months. Two other vacancies left by the deaths of Deputy Chief William W. Patterson and Policeman Fred Schaar, will make the entire number of the two departments 15 men less on January 1, 1933. None of the vacancies will be filled, according to Mayor Roy R. Stewart.

Although the actual reasons for the large number of men retiring is not known, it is reported through the police and fire departments that the men are anxious to have their applications approved before a rumored 5 percent pay cut is ordered.

Murphy Praised

Sergeant Murphy’s pension will become effective December 30. Both Acting Chief of Police John W. Golden and Captain Arthur Colsey, chief clerk of the police department, expressed regret at the veteran officer’s decision.

“Sergeant Murphy is one of the most efficient officers we have ever had in the police department,” the two officials said. “He is well-versed in the law and for many years has handled his position as desk sergeant at police headquarters with unerring judgment.”

He is 65 years old and resides at 545 Vine street. He was appointed on August 13, 1902. His son, Thomas J. Murphy, Jr., is also a policeman and is now covering the “beat” his father “worked” years ago.

Pedigree entered the city service as a fireman in 1900 and served in that department. He is also 65 and lives at 49 South Twenty-seventh street. He has worked on Sergeant Murphy’s shift as operator for the past 10 years.

Chief Pensioned

The pensioners’ list is headed by Thomas J. Nichols, chief of the fire department, whose application to retire will become effective on Dec. 1. He was appointed a fireman on Dec. 1, 1900, and will receive $163.30 each month.

Capt. Daniel W. Leach, also of the fire department, was pensioned on Sept. 15 at a monthly salary of $93.10. He is 68 and lives at 624 Bailey street. He was appointed Jan. 1, 1908.

Enginemen Harry V. Hankins and James McDermott also recently accepted pensions and will receive $83.30 each month. Hankins is 56 and lives at 424 Taylor avenue. He was appointed Jan. 1, 1908. McDermott is 64 and lives at 23 North Twenty-eighth street. He was appointed in 1906. Both men left the fire department Oct. 1.

Fireman Joseph T. Johnson, 60, of 1433 South Tenth street, who was appointed March 1, 1900, will retire on Dec. 1 at $83.30 a month.

Horner to Retire

Sergeant William C. Horner, of the police department, a member for 33 years, tops the list of veterans to bid adieu to the trials and troubles of a policeman. He will receive $90.65 a month.

Horner is well known in East Camden. He has worked nearly all of his 33 years as an officer in the third district and commanded that section for several years. He recently was made desk-sergeant at police headquarters and decided to “take the pension” after spending several months “booking” prisoners. He is 6[?] and lives at 2129 Forty-third street. His pension was granted and made effective Sept. 15.

Policeman Harry Bakely, 60, of 918 State street, a policeman for 24 years; Irving Varley, 56, of 1703 South Fourth street, a policeman for 25 years, and James M. Ellis, 52, of 776 Walnut street, a fireman for four years and a policeman for 17, all have accepted pensions effective Oct. 1.

Policemen William Bryant, 51, of 228 Cedar avenue, Woodlynne, and Samuel Hibbert, 55, of 730 Market street, will cease their official duties on Dec. 1 and Dec. 31, respectively. Bryant was appointed Jan. 1, 1908, and Hibbert July 10, 1911. All of the policemen retiring will receive $83.30 a month.

May Not Be Replaced

When asked if the men leaving the service would be replaced, Mayor Stewart said they would not.

“I don’t know what I will do later on,” the mayor said, “but as far as I know now, these men’s places in the police and fire departments will not be filled.

“I feel that under present conditions, the men now policing the city can do it almost as efficiently as with the added number, that is if we do not have any outbreaks of crime.

“Chief Nicholas will be replaced by an acting chief whose salary will not be advanced.”

37 Camden Men Pass Tests for City Firemen

Camden Courier-Post —

37 Camden Men Pass Tests for City Firemen - Camden Courier-Post, December 9, 1949

Thirty-seven candidates have passed the Civil Service test for fireman in the Camden City fire department. Thirty-two of those who qualified are former service men and three of them, disabled veterans, were placed at the top of the list under the preference given by law.

Joseph T. Hackett, of 158 Branch Village, is listed first, Owen D. Gale, 320 Marlton avenue, second and August L. Johnson, 916½ Chestnut street, third.

The salary on Jan. 1 will begin at $2400 and reach a maximum of $3160 after four years.

Following is the complete list of those who qualified in the test:

Joseph T. Hackett, 158 Branch Village; Owen D. Gale, 320 Marlton avenue; August L. Johnson, 916 Chestnut street; Harry Sterling, 112 Ablett Village; Albert A. Stinger, 1423 Bradley avenue; Jesthroe Hunt, 753 Walnut street; Harold H. Pike, 429 Penn street; Roy R. Moffa, 216 Morse street; Allen F. Hess, 2733 Sherman avenue; Franklin W. Whylings, 602 North Thirty-second street; William L. Gosnell, 3303 Crescent drive; David W. Humphries, 3017 Mickle street; William G. Winstanley, 510 Penn street; Joshua H. Robinson, 1934 Kossuth street; Henry S. Keubler, 936 Broadway; Adolph S. Zubrzycki, 1223 South Tenth street; Ralph H. Palmer, 585 Mickle street; Alexander P. Matis, 903 Haddon avenue; Earl G. Robinson, 1036 Penn street; Anthony J. DiMaggio, 530 South Eighth street; Earl A. Smith Sr., 201 Biedeman avenue; Philip J. MacDonald, 123 North Eleventh street; Robert P. Olesiewicz, 321 Mt. Vernon street; Eugene E. Demers, 2034 High street; Chester J. Gedrich, 1154 Thurman street; John F. Chudzinski, 1043 Thurman street; Samuel D. Siniscalki, 803 Line street; Santo DiMaggio, 319 Beckett street; Ludwig Polniak, 471 Pfeiffer street; George P. Baxter, 817 Howard street; Ralph F. Schaffer, Canterbury apartments; Joseph J. McTaggart, 3135 Waldorf avenue; Louis J. Monahan, Canterbury apartments; John DiMaggio, 319 Beckett street; William N. Stone Jr., 950 Vine street; Casper J. Martelli, 220 Mt. Vernon street; and H. Raymond Dixon, 439 Trenton avenue.

Harrison M. DuBois funeral

Camden Courier —

Harrison M. DuBois funeral - October 23, 1894

The funeral of Harrison M. DuBois, six years old, who died yesterday of diphtheria, will take place tomorrow from his parents' residence, 320 Walnut street.

900 Block of Walnut Street

Private Bernard Rose, 901 Walnut Street, WWII

901 Walnut Street — Private Bernard Rose, U.S. Army, WWII

918 Walnut Street, Calvin Brown, Camden Courier-Post, February 2, 1956

Calvin Brown

Calvin Brown, 59, of 921 Walnut st., died Monday in Cooper Hospital.

A member of the Kaighn Avenue Baptist Church, he had been treasurer of the church for 39 years and a trustee 30 years.

He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Gerthel Jenkins, of Camden.

Services will be held at 8 p. m. Friday in the church. Burial will be Saturday in Mt. Peace Cemetery, Lawnside. Camden Courier-Post, February 2, 1956.

900 Block of Walnut Street

900 Walnut Street

900 Walnut Street — 900 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1901–1902William Sultzbach Saloon
1918–1926John Kirk Saloon
1927–1928Joseph Jans Cafe
1929Anthony Egidi Cafe

904 Walnut Street

904 Walnut Street — 900 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1915–1920Frank Fell & Family
1915–1920Frank & Gertrude McBride Fell
1915–1920Paul Fell
1915–1920Lenora Fell Frederick (daughter)
1915–1920John A. Frederick (son-in-law)
1940Marshall Beale & Family
1940Marshall & Lillian Beale

914 Walnut Street

914 Walnut Street — 900 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1917–1920Frank Clark Sr. & Family
1917–1920Frank & Mabel Clark
1917–1920Frank Clark Jr.
1917–1920George W. Clark
1917–1920Mabel Dorothy Clark

918 Walnut Street

918 Walnut Street — 900 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1956Calvin Brown
1931Reverend William Robinson

Store, Three Homes Entered By Thieves

Camden Courier-Post —

Store, Three Homes Entered By Thieves - Camden Courier-Post, February 11, 1928 Store, Three Homes Entered By Thieves - Camden Courier-Post, February 11, 1928 Store, Three Homes Entered By Thieves - Camden Courier-Post, February 11, 1928 Store, Three Homes Entered By Thieves - Camden Courier-Post, February 11, 1928

Robbers Get Cash in East Camden Market; Jewelry Taken at Residence

Thieves looted an East Camden chain store and three North Camden residences of more than $400 in cash and jewelry worth nearly $500 during the night.

Gaining entrance into a vacant house at 2703 Westfield avenue, the thieves chopped a hole through the plaster-wall to reach the Atlantic and Pacific store at Twenty-seventh street and Westfield avenue. The loot consisted of $218.52 in cash hidden on a shelf behind some groceries. The robbery was discovered by the store manager, Robert McKenna, who reported it to the police. The thieves had worked quietly, shielded from sight of motorists by a closet in which the hole was cut.

The home of John H. Kramer, 525 North Fourth street, was robbed last night during the absence of the family. Thieves jimmied a side window and gained entrance. A wallet containing $200, which was left in a pair of trousers, was stolen, along with a diamond ring valued at $125 and a gold watch and chain valued at $90.

Jewelry and silk hosiery valued at $250 was stolen last night from the home of Samuel J. Edwards, Tenth Ward Republican leader, 539 State street, during the absence of the family. The theft was discovered by Mrs. Edwards when she returned with her husband and daughter. Every drawer in the house was pulled out and the contents dumped on the floor. The thieves overlooked some family heirlooms, a small wrist watch and all the silverware. They forced a rear window and broke open a door to the kitchen. Detectives believe the intruders were frightened away. Two pairs of silk stockings were found near the kitchen door. Neighbors reported seeing a suspicious character walking past the Edwards home.

When Mrs. Grace Warner returned to her home at 203 State street yesterday afternoon she discovered that thieves had entered by jimmying a rear window. A portable electric sewing machine was missing. Detective Frank Truax was assigned to the case and declared today that he believed that somebody knowing where the machine was located in the Warner home was the guilty party.

Three Held in Theft

Charged with theft at 462 Berkley street, three boys were being held by police today. They gave their names as William Eldridge, 18 years old, of 819 Locust street; Sherman Draper, 19 years old, of 221 Benson street, and Omry Perry, 19 years old, of 902 Walnut street.

With two others, they were found in the house, the property of William Leonard, 62 South New York avenue, Atlantic City, by members of the First District patrol crew.

After questioning the boys, two were released. Police did not divulge their names. The youths in custody are said by police to have admitted the theft of the pipe. All denied damaging the house, as claimed by Leonard, detectives said today.

1000 Block of Walnut Street

Intersection of Robinson Place & Walnut Street

Robinson Place (formerly Robinson Street) intersects Walnut Street in the 1000 block area. See the Robinson Place page for more details on this cross street.

Intersection of Mt. Ephraim Avenue & Walnut Street

Looking west at Walnut Street from Mt. Ephraim Avenue, January 1, 2006

Looking West from Mt. Ephraim Avenue — January 1, 2006. 2000s–2013: UMDNJ Ambulance garage

Intersection of Haddon Avenue & Walnut Street

Southeast corner of Haddon Avenue and Walnut Street, 1000 Haddon Avenue, Haddon Tavern, March 16, 2003

Southeast Corner — 1000 Haddon Avenue, March 16, 2003. 1933–1936: Sloan’s Cafe; 1939–1970s: Haddon Tavern; 1990s–2000s: Vacant; mid 2000s: Razed

Walnut Street east of Haddon Avenue, July 5, 2011

Walnut Street east of Haddon Avenue — July 5, 2011

Walnut Street east of Haddon Avenue, second view, July 5, 2011

Walnut Street east of Haddon Avenue — July 5, 2011

1200 Block of Walnut Street

1300 Block of Walnut Street

1300 Walnut Street, Himmelein and Bailey Inc., 1930

1300 Walnut Street — Himmelein & Bailey, Inc., 1930

"Home of Dependable Products"

300 WALNUT ST.

HIMMELEIN & BAILEY, INC.

TANNERS, CURRIERS AND BELTING MANUFACTURERS

CAMDEN, N. J.

1300 Walnut Street, Himmelein and Bailey Inc., Camden Courier-Post ad, March 12, 1930

When in Need of TRANSMISSION BELTING — Why Not Specify “DEPENDABLE” BRAND? HIMMELEIN & BAILEY, INC., 1300 Walnut Street, Camden, N. J. Camden Courier-Post, March 12, 1930.

1300 Walnut Street, Shingle Leather Company, 1955 NJ Bell Yellow Pages ad 1300 Walnut Street, Shingle and Gibb Company shingle, 1955

1300 Walnut Street — Shingle Leather Company / Shingle & Gibb Company, 1955 NJ Bell Yellow Pages Ad

MFG LEATHER BELTING

FLAT, ROUND & VEE

REPAIRING INSTALLING ETC

1300 Walnut Cam . . . . . . . WOodlawn 3-5981

Power Transmission Equipment

Conveyors

Complete Boston Gear Stock

1300 Walnut Camden . . . . . EMerson 5-2505

1368 Walnut Street, Service Inc. Motor Freight, 1955 NJ Bell Yellow Pages ad

1368 Walnut Street — Service Inc. Motor Freight, 1955 NJ Bell Yellow Pages Ad

Single Line Service Daily to & from Charleston, Huntington, W. Va., Lexington, Louisville, Ky. & intermediate Points. Reliable Connecting Lines for St. Louis & Kansas City, Mo. & other Midwest Points.

SERVICE INCORPORATED

"FOR SERVICE CALL"

SERVICE INC

1368 Walnut Cam . . . . . . WOodlwn 4-0880

1372 Walnut Street, Am-Finn Sauna Manufacturing Co., Camden Courier-Post, June 26, 1968

600 Tools Stolen

Police are investigating the theft of 600 assorted tools from the Am-Finn Sauna Manufacturing Co. at 1372 Walnut St., Camden, reported early today by Paul Fluck, a company representative. Police said a set of keys, some of which fit the plant doors, were found near the company’s offices. Camden Courier-Post, June 26, 1968.

Himmelein and Bailey Inc. ink blotter

Himmelein & Bailey, Inc. — Ink blotter

Believe it or Not!

TRADE MARK REG. U. S. PAT. OFF.

—this Blotter Was Printed Especially For

A. L. HANSON

KING JOHN of Leyden LIVED WITH HIS 18 MOTHERS-IN-LAW UNDER THE SAME ROOF! Munster, Ger., 1534-36.

Careful research in collaboration with manufacturers of Carding Machines and Woolen Yarn Spinners, has enabled us to bring our APRONS to a high quality plane and insures you lowest ultimate cost and efficient operation.

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1300 Block of Walnut Street

1300 Walnut Street

1300 Walnut Street — 1300 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1947–1955Shingle Leather Company1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad
1955Shingle & Gibb Company1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad
1922–1926C.A. Reynolds Leather Co
1926–1940sHimmelein & Bailey, Inc
1926–1940s Frederick Himmelein Jr.

1368 Walnut Street

1368 Walnut Street — 1300 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕ Source ↕
1955Service Inc. Motor Freight1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone Yellow Pages Ad

1372 Walnut Street

1372 Walnut Street — 1300 Block of Walnut Street
Year ↕ Name ↕
1980No Phone Listed

Camden Evening Courier — September 26, 1928

Camden Evening Courier —

Camden Evening Courier, September 26, 1928, page 1 Camden Evening Courier, September 26, 1928, page 2 Camden Evening Courier, September 26, 1928, page 3 Camden Evening Courier, September 26, 1928, page 4 Camden Evening Courier, September 26, 1928, page 5 Camden Evening Courier, September 26, 1928, page 6

CAMDEN IS FACING BIG VICE CLEAN-UP

Shake-up in Force Rumored as Mott Hints Case May Investigate Here

Camden is due for its most thorough house-cleaning in years, with wholesale shake-ups impending in several departments at City Hall and state Republican leaders preparing to investigate political conditions here, and with Mayor Price gradually assuming command of an allegedly lax police department.

Indications of the impending clean-up of crime and vice came today with a review of developments that have followed the murder of Joseph “Mose” Flannery last week at a saloon at Front street and Kaighn avenue. The saloon had been ordered closed by Commissioner Rhone, director of public safety, but had remained open, police ignoring Rhone’s orders.

The changes following the murder are these:

First:—Commissioner Rhone and Police Chief Stehr were instructed at a conference of Republican organization leaders at the home of David Baird, Jr., Monday, to sweep the city and to leave no dirt.

Second:—E. Bertram Mott, chairman of the Republican State Committee, said following a conference of state Republican leaders in Trenton that the Case Investigating Committee may come to Camden to investigate political conditions.

Third:—Shake-up in the police department, from top to bottom, was reported throughout City Hall.

Fourth:—Increasing complaints to Mayor Price of alleged vice conditions in various sections, giving specific instances of alleged disorderly houses, law-breaking saloons, speakeasies and the like. Police laxity indicated in the complaints, no action having been taken, it was said, after complaints had been made.

(Continued on Page Ten)

Organization Here Orders Clean-Up

(Continued From Page One)

Fifth:—Gradual assumption by Mayor Price of part of the work of Rhone’s department, with the mayor in the role of teacher and Rhone, the pupil.

Rhone Checking Up on Cops

Commissioner Rhone, following the clean-up orders of the Republican organization leaders Monday, has been attempting to check up on captains and sergeants in the three city police districts. Rhone, it is reported, is touring the city night and day, something he is not known to have done before. He has been making these calls even at four and five a. m., it was said.

Rhone is not trusting members of the force as formerly. He has told his friends that he has been “knifed” from behind too many times in his short career as public safety director, and by the men in whom he had placed implicit faith. He has given orders to close disorderly places and the orders were ignored. In two instances, murder followed. Now he has been told by organization leaders that if he gives an order it is to be obeyed. If not, the subordinate must be dismissed.

Rhone refused to discuss these reports, but they are common knowledge at City Hall.

Among other things, Rhone has been ambarrassed [sic] by complaints being made by residents to Mayor Price after they had gone unheeded when reported to the department of public safety. At least one complaint was followed by a raid, and others are expected.

First indication that the complaints were being made to the mayor and not to Rhone came with the raid Sunday morning at 514 Walnut street. Although Police Judge Bertman said he had complained about the place to Rhone, it was said at the mayor’s office the complaint acted on was that received from Mrs. Elizabeth Tiedeken, 518 Walnut street. Mrs. Tiedeken told newspapermen she telephoned the mayor’s office about 9.30 a. m., Saturday about the alleged disorderly house after police repeatedly ignored complaints.

The place was raided early Sunday morning. Westwood Perrine, 50, who lives at the Walnut street address, was fined $100 and held under $500 bail on additional charges of possession of alleged high powered beer at a hearing yesterday before Judge Bertman in police court.

Perrine will be held until the stuff, confiscated by City Detective Thomas Cheesman and Camden police during the raid, has been analyzed to determine whether it contains more than one-half of one percent alcohol.

Appearing against Perrine in police court was Mrs. Tiedeken, who testified that on many occasions men had knocked at her door and asked for admittance, mistaking it for Perrine’s residence. Several times, she said, policemen had entered Perrine’s house where they sat for hours in the front room.

Another witness was Mrs. Anna Brennan, 504 Walnut street, who testified she had seen men and women visiting the home of Perrine at various times during the day and night.

Perrine admitted he had conducted “parties” but denied they had been disorderly. Asked about the beer, he told the judge he had manufactured it himself.

Two Men Shot in a Race Riot in Camden

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Two Men Shot in a Race Riot in Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, July 6, 1897 Two Men Shot in a Race Riot in Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, July 6, 1897 Two Men Shot in a Race Riot in Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, July 6, 1897 Two Men Shot in a Race Riot in Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, July 6, 1897

Both Victims Are Colored and One Is Probably Fatally Wounded.

POLICE USED PISTOLS

They Were Fired at When They Tried to Arrest the Fighters. “Crap” Game Started the Trouble.

In a race riot between white and colored men in South Camden last evening two colored men were shot. One of the two is seriously injured. When the police appeared upon the scene the white men turned their pistols against the officers, and their fire was returned. Arrests were made, however, without loss of life.

The night force were reporting at police headquarters for roll call at 6 o’clock last evening, when word was received that a race riot was in progress in the Seventh ward. Policemen Sayrs, George Anderson, Butts and Sage, the Seventh ward detail, were hastily dispatched to the scene.

They found a fierce fight in progress between a number of white and colored men, in which the former were using revolvers and the latter razors and clubs. As soon as they caught sight of the policemen the white men scattered.

Policeman Sayrs chased Thomas Glenn down Seventh street, near Walnut. The fugitive suddenly turned and fired his revolver at the officer. Policeman Sayrs dodged behind a freight car on Seventh street and emptied his revolver at Glenn. Howard Ever came to the officer’s assistance and Policemen Hyde and McClung joined in the chase. Glenn was finally captured in a house in which he had taken refuge.

One of the other fugitives fired at Policeman Butts, and that officer returned the fire, but neither was wounded.

The officers foun [sic] that Harry Cooper, of 706 Pine street, had been shot in the knee, and James Carter, of 332 Joint alley, had been shot in the stomach and hip during the riot. Both men are colored. They were sent to the Cooper Hospital. Carter is in a critical condition, as it is thought the bullet pierced his bladder. An operation will be necessary.

The officers arrested Henry Peters, son of Policeman Peters; John McDonald, Frank Whitaker and Thomas Glenn as the supposed assailants of the colored men. The prisoners claim that the fight started in the morning over a game of “crap,” and that the colored men left and returned in the evening with re-enforcements to “do up” the white men.

When searched at the City Hall Peters had a revolver and ball cartridges in his pocket. McDonald had a pair of brass knuckles. The police found a revolver at the scene of the fight.

Camden Gang Fighters Are Held for Trial

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Camden Gang Fighters Are Held for Trial - Philadelphia Inquirer, August 3, 1913

Rival gangs created a stir at Lewis and Sycamore streets, Camden, early yesterday morning, resulting in several arrests. John Kowalch, aged 21 years, of 1049 Mechanic street, and Harry McCaffrey, aged 28 years, of 708 Mt. Vernon street, were held in $500 bail by Recorder Stackhouse on a charge of beating Albert Dudeck, of 1154 Mt. Vernon street. John Skulski, aged 37 years, of 818 Walnut street; Frank Kabinski, aged 37 years, of 1253 Sycamore street; William Jordan, aged 31 years, of 1117 Haddon avenue, and McCaffrey were given ten days by the Recorder for disorderly conduct.

When Policeman Cornog arrived on the scene there was a general riot, and he found himself in the midst of the fighters. In the melee he lost his badge, but he succeeded in corraling four of the belligerents, while Policeman Appley arrested Kowalch. About half a hundred engaged in the fight.

Col. Felton Committed Suicide in His Office

Camden Daily Courier —

Col. Felton Committed Suicide in His Office - Camden Daily Courier, July 7, 1902 Col. Felton Committed Suicide in His Office - Camden Daily Courier, July 7, 1902

Closed the Place Up Tightly and Turned on Gas Jet.

His Family at Stone Harbor

The Real Estate Operator’s Confidential Clerk Made a Startling Discovery When He Opened the Office This Morning—He Had Been Acting Strangely for Weeks.

Colonel George G. Felton, the well known real estate dealer, former City Treasurer and Deputy Quartermaster of the National Guards, committed suicide sometime last night or early this morning by asphyxiating himself in the Felton building, northeast corner of Second and eFderal [sic] streets.

The suicide caused a great sensation when it became generally known and a large crowd of people surrounded the building all morning until the removal of the body by Funeral Director Fithian Simmons to his office on Market street. Mr. Felton resided at 413 Washington street, but his family has been summering at Stone Harbor.

The death of Col. Felton was not discovered until half-past 7 o’clock this morning, when Confidential Clerk Smith on opening the doors of the office detected the smell of gas. Col. Felton had been absent from the office for several days and Clerk Smith’s suspicions were aroused, knowing that County Colector [sic] Mahlon F. Ivins was a bosom friend and business confidante of Col. Felton, he hastened across the street to his office and informing him of his misgivings, asked him to assist him in making an investigation. Before accompanying Mr. Smith to the Felton building, Collector Ivins ‘phoned to the City Hall and the police in turn notified Coroners Robinson and Litchfield. The Central station also directed Policeman George Kappel to take charge of the premises and when he arrived there was joined by Policeman Harry Hiller. Chief Foster and Captain Boyle were also soon on the scene.

Accompanied by Mr. Ivins, Clerk Smith returned to the Felton building. Passing through the main office they treaded their way down a dim, narrow corridor to the private examining room of the U. S. Pension physicians. Opening the door the stench of gas was so overpowering that it nearly knocked them down. They, however, bravely ventured into the room and threw open the windows, the gas escaping into the street and enabling them to pursue their gruesome search. They found it on a sofa in a corner of the room, a small but high ceilinged apartment. On the sofa lay the dead body of Col. Felton, disrobed of his outer garments and wearing a calm, peaceful expression in sad discord with his worldly troubles. Overhead the gas stove connection was on full tilt, graphically explaining the mode of death. On a chair nearby were found his trousers and vest, while his hat, coat and watch were found in his own main office.

Coroners Litchfield and Robinson gave a certificate of death of heart failure, superinduced by inhaling gas. From the pink discoloration about the wrists where the blood was leaving the veins, Dr. Litchfield said that the body had been dead at least six hours, though he may have been dead ten or twelve.

Col. Felton was seen to enter his building at exactly 12.10 o’clock this morning. A citizen, whose name is withheld at his own request, had been talking with Night Watchman Clarence Hires on Federal street. He bade Hires good night and when he reached Second street saw the Colonel come around the corner. He came as though to enter his office by the front door, but turned and going back up Second street entered the side-door. Mr. Hires says the light was burning in the Colonel’s front office from 7 o’clock last night to 5 o’clock this morning, when he went off duty and Mr. Smith found it still burning when he arrived.

Colonel Felton has been acting strangely for several weeks and had not been at his office for two or three days.

When asked by anxious friends what the trouble was, he would put his hands to the side of his head and complain that it was in bad shape. He was seen in the hotel at Haddon avenue station on Saturday afternoon. He carried a grip and appeared very cheerful. Asked if he had been to the shore he replied no, he had been down the country, Bridgeton.

Grocer Charles F. Eastlack, by whom Col. Felton was at one time employed, went to Stone Harbor this morning to notify the family of his death. Col. Felton leaves a widow and adopted daughter, Miss Leona Felton.

Col. George G. Felton was born at Westville, Mass., and was fifty-six years of age. He had been a resident of this city for about quarter of a century. Previous to that he was engaged in the grocery business at Burlington. On coming to Camden, he entered the employ of Grocer Charles F. Eastlack, at Third and Washington streets, but later entered the employ of his brother, Charles H. Felton, who had an extensive real estate business. On the death of the latter the Colonel went into the same business for himself, his brother’s widow continuing the old business under the name of Charles H. Felton & Co. It is not known, however, whether business troubles impelled him to end his life.

Col. Felton was prominent in political, military and society circles. In 1892 he was appointed by Mayor Wescott a member of the Board of Public Works.

In 1896 he was appointed City Treasurer to fill the unexpired term of the late F. F. Michellon. In 1897 he was elected City Treasurer for two years, his election being contested by his Democratic rival, Freedom C. Lippincott, but was confirmed by the County Board of Elections.

He was Deputy Quartermaster on the Governor’s staff and a member of the Masonic order and A. O. U. W.

Colonel Felton was active in building and loan association circles. He was treasurer of the Mechanics’ and Workingmen’s Building and Loan Association and was former secretary of the People’s. He was also a director of the Security Trust Company. He had also been a director in the Central Trust.

Mrs. Felton will arrive from Stone Harbor this evening, when arrangements for the funeral will be made. The flag at Post 5 Hall is flying at half-mast in Col. Felton’s memory, for he was a Grand Army veteran, having gone to the front when a mere boy.

Notable Growth of Labor Unions

Membership of the Telegraphers Union Increasing in the West.

By “The Courier’s” Own Wire.

Chicago, July 7.—President Samuel Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, was in Chicago yesterday on his way to San Francisco, and while here addressed a meeting of the Commercial Telegraphers’ Union. President Gompers expressed himself as pleased with the action of the telegraphers in organizing, and with the condition of labor organizations throughout the country. He stated that there were more unions and larger memberships of the same than at any time in the history of labor. President MacDonald, of the Telegraphers’ Union, said that the membership was increasing, and that there were similar unions now established at Milwaukee and Kansas City. About five hundred telegraphers were present at the meeting.

Florist Fish Dies Suddenly

Expired Yesterday Morning at Pleasantville Where He Was Visiting Friends.

Walter C. Fish, a well known florist of Broadway and Spruce streets, this city, died suddenly early yesterday morning at Pleasantville, N. J., where he had been visiting friends since the Fourth. For some months past he has not been well and complained frequently of pains in his head.

Yesterday morning he arose as usual, and at about half-past 6 o’clock was taken with severe pains in the head. He continued to grow worse and two physicians were summoned. They ministered to the sick man, but without any apparent success, and at twenty minutes after 7 o’clock he died.

A member of the family could not state this morning just what Mr. Fish’s malady was. It was thought probably that he suffered from brain trouble.

The body was brought to this city yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock, and the funeral will be held on Wednesday afternoon next at 2 o’clock. Mr. Fish was a member of Fidelity Lodge, No. 3, A. O. U. W., Improved Order of Heptasophs; Camden Conclave, No. 215; Witherspoon Circle, No. 1, Brotherhood of the Union.

“Just a Gentle Touch.”

That Was All, But Joseph’s Watch and Money Went With It.

Annie McAntee, alias Hayes, twenty-four years old, of Philadelphia, and Joseph Costello, thirty years old, also of Philadelphia, were arraigned before Recorder Stackhouse this morning on a charge of being drunk and disorderly. The twain were picked up by Policeman Matlack on Sunday morning about 3 o’clock at Third and Walnut streets, very much the worse for liquor.

The aimless wanderings of the couple and their suspicious actions first caught the attention of the policeman and he followed them. Costello became tired of walking and went to sleep on a convenient door step. At this stage of the game the Hayes woman was seen by the officer to abstract something from the clothes of the sleeping man, and then to slip away and hide behind a tree on the opposite side of the street. In a few moments the man awoke and not seeing the woman started off down Walnut street. As soon as he was out of sight the woman skipped down Third

Four Young Men Said to Have Confessed Thefts

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Four Young Men Said to Have Confessed Thefts - Philadelphia Inquirer, February 5, 1913

Said to have confessed to robbing their employers, the S. C. Childs Company, Charles Young, 26 years old, of 233 Beckett street; John Cross, 26 years old, of 225 Sycamore street; John Thompson, 26 years old, of 116 Mt. Vernon street, and Francis J. Bunker, 36 years old, of 1018 South Second street, were arrested in Camden yesterday by Detective Painter and held in $500 bail each by Recorder Stackhouse. A woman is also said to have been implicated, but on account of having several small children she was not prosecuted.

All four of the defendants were employed by the company in its large warehouse at the foot of Walnut street, and it is alleged by the police that they schemed to steal and dispose of provisions stored at that place. The complaint against them was made by George R. Pelouze, treasurer of the concern.

Camden News Notes

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Camden News Notes - Philadelphia Inquirer, September 4, 1913

By the bursting of a blood vessel in her leg, Mrs. May Sherlock, aged 45 years, of 1128 Penn street, nearly bled to death before the Cooper Hospital was reached.

For striking his wife when she interfered because she thought he was chastising a young son too harshly, George Lehman, of Carpenter street, was held in ball [sic] for court by the Recorder yesterday.

Supreme Court Justice Garrison yesterday ordered the release of Frank Sapp, a youth, of 206 Walnut street, who was arrested on a capias as a result of charges being made by Ethel McCormick, of Philadelphia. The decision was reached by Judge Garrison that the case had been improperly brought.

Seriously accused by 12 year-old Mary Mistral, of 1193 Sycamore street, who avers she was locked in a room and mistreated, Kostanky Ostrowski, aged 36 years, of 1142 Sycamore street, was committed to jail without bail by Justice Rudney yesterday.

Tetrachloride Fumes Sicken 3 Firemen

Camden Courier-Post —

Tetrachloride Fumes Sicken 3 Firemen - Camden Courier-Post, March 4, 1961

Three firemen were sickened Friday night when they inhaled fumes from a mattress fire after a carbon tetrachloride fire extinguisher was used on the blaze by police.

Examined at West Jersey Hospital and released were Clarence Hawkins, 30, of 1570 Park blvd.; Howard Ways, 40, of 909 Spruce st., and William Warren, 43, of 1546 Ormand [sic] st. All three are hosemen with Engine Company 8.

According to District Chief Daniel Jiannetto, the mattress was burning in the home of Albert Harkless, 33, of 714 Walnut st. Jiannetto said police had used a tetrachloride fire extinguisher before arrival of firemen and that the dangerous fumes sickened the men when they entered the room to put out the fire. Jiannetto said the blaze was caused by a careless smoker.

Life Hereabouts

Camden Courier-Post —

Life Hereabouts - Camden Courier-Post, May 14, 1949

BY CHARLEY HUMES

THIS MAY HAVE ALL THE EARMARKS of a Memory Lane story . . . and maybe it is . . . but the main theme is something that is going to happen tonight . . . right here in Our Town . . . at Kenney’s Restaurant . . . along about 7 p. m. . . . and far into the night, too . . . but we’re ahead of our story . . .

On the night of April 11, 1924 . . . just a little over 25 years ago . . . a bunch of Camden young men was very happy . . . and yours truly the happiest of them all . . . a basketball team playing under the combined names of Broadway Cycle-Union club won that night the semi-pro basketball championship of South Jersey . . . the tournament had been sponsored by the old Camden Courier . . . and the cup to the champions stood as high as “Hop” Stoddard . . .

WHEN THE TOURNEY teams were announced under a by-line story by Frank H. Ryan . . . then sports editor of the Courier . . . Broadway Cycle was not the favorite to win . . . nor were they the longest shot in the field, either . . . Mister Ryan and other sports writers put us in the category of being a “dark horse.”

There were some great ball clubs in that tourney . . . and later we will do a piece about each and every team . . . because all deserve credit and any one of them could have wound up with the championship . . . but tonight is Our Day to holler . . . and we hope you don’t get too bored with us . . .

THE TOURNEY OPENED . . . the nearest thing to a favorite we can find from the old clippings was Barney Maguire’s Immaculate Conception club . . . and the same clippings announce they were 8 to 5 to beat Broadway Cycle-Union when the two clubs met in one of the two semi-final games . . .

The night of the game a great snow-storm struck Camden . . . the drifts were six and seven feet high . . . but that didn’t keep the fans out of the old YMHA Hall on Walnut street . . . it was packed to the doors when the two clubs took the floor . . . and one of the hardest-fought basketball games ever played in this city was their reward . . . after 40 minutes of play . . . Broadway-Cycle-Union scored a one point victory . . . if memory serves us the right [sic] the final score was either 27 to 26 or 24 to 23 . . . and then we went on to the finals to meet a hustling crew of youngsters representing the YMHA . . . and we won the game . . . again by a matter of a point or two . . . and the championship.

THE NEXT YEAR this same club operated as the First Ward Club . . . with the old Republican Club up there sponsoring the outfit . . . and they went on to win 43 of 47 games played that year.

TONIGHT . . . at Kenney’s . . . those lads will get together for their first reunion . . . Red Haines . . . who has been away from Camden for 22 years will be there . . . Red works for the PRR . . . So does “Toots” Benedict . . . now living near Harrisburg . . . and away these many years . . . Charley Sheets . . . the “Babe Ruth” of the outfit . . . “Otts” Laxton . . . the first “Mighty Mite” we ever met . . . Eddie Brandt . . . the great center . . . whose elopement to Media one Saturday afternoon with lovely Harriett Schwoeri rated an eight-column line in the local papers . . . the line reading . . . “Eddie Brandt Elopes to Media with Oaklyn Girl” . . . “Ham” Hambleton . . . the ball-headed wizard who steadied the club so much.

ONE who will not be there . . . but whose praise will be sung long through the night . . . was “Udge” Quicksill . . . Udge has passed on . . . but the fighting heart he carried back in the early 20’s will sure be on the sleeves of his old pals tonight.

THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION team that went under by that one-point margin in the championship tournament was an All-Star aggregation . . . and numbered among its players were such names as “Bart” Sheehan . . . Joseph Sheehan (who later starred at Cleveland) . . . Shamus Maguire . . . Eddie Lobley . . . who captained Penn to an Eastern League basketball championship.

Bart . . . now the Honorable Judge Bartholomew A. Sheehan was always as ready to play with First Ward on nights when part of the club could not make the game . . . So was Joe . . . and Shamus . . . Eddie Lobley played several dozen games with Our Outfit . . . and because they are such fine sportsmen . . . and swell citizens . . . all of them have made reservations for tonight’s affair.

There will be others there, too, and one who could take it back in the early 20s and still can (and who undoubtedly will come in for a lot of ribbing about the old days) is Doc Housner . . . the little referee . . . Doc will be on hand to call the fouls.

THE OLD MALARKEY will start to flow along about 6.30, when the clan gathers . . . the lads who played with First Ward (which it was all the time, but a sponsor insisted on the other title in the tournament).

So if you hear a loud rumble along about 9.15 . . . say to yourself it is game time . . . First Ward and Immaculate . . . .grab your hat . . . hit the road for the playing hall at 531 Market street . . . . meet the guys you cheered back in the early 20’s . . . Nostalgia . . . Oh. [sic] Boy.

Camden Man Held In Store Beating Of Aged Widow

Camden Courier-Post —

Camden Man Held In Store Beating Of Aged Widow - Camden Courier-Post, October 9, 1952 Camden Man Held In Store Beating Of Aged Widow - Camden Courier-Post, October 9, 1952

Suspect’s Police Record Started at Age of 9 Years

A Camden man with a record of arrests since he was nine years old is being held by Camden police today charged with the near fatal beating of Mrs. Rachel Weiner on Oct. 1.

Woodley Rex Snyder, 26, of 737 Kaighn ave., was booked Wednesday night in police headquarters on a charge of atrocious assault and battery with intent to kill after he allegedly admitted the savage beating of Mrs. Weiner in a small candy store she operates at 763 Kaighn ave. Her condition remains critical at Cooper Hospital.

Snyder “surrendered meekly” and was arrested at 6.15 p. m. Wednesday at the parsonage of the Rev. George Nicholas, 823 Walnut st., pastor of the Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church, Ann and Sycamore sts. Police said Snyder lived at the parsonage until Sept. 11.

Convinced by Pastor

Detective Sgt. Vincent Conley and Detective Clifford Del Rossi, who had worked around-the-clock since the beating in an effort to capture Mrs. Weiner’s assailant, made the arrest. The detectives said the Rev. Mr. Nicholas cooperated with police and had convinced Snyder he should give himself up.

Police Chief Koerner said Snyder “admitted hitting Mrs. Weiner on the head seven or eight times” with the butt of a .25-calibre automatic pistol.

The blood-stained pistol and a blood-stained jacket and pair of pants, recovered during the investigation, are being sent to Trenton for examination at the State Police laboratory.

Lived With Brother

Detective Capt. Thomas Murphy disclosed how suspicion fell on Snyder.

“Snyder and a roommate, William Spearman, lived at the home of Snyder’s brother, Julius, on Kaighn ave., Murphy stated. “Spearman told police that some of his clothing was missing. A search of the room revealed bloodstained clothing, which Spearman said must belong to Snyder.

“Further search disclosed a .25 calibre revolver under a mattress and Spearman said this did not belong to him and must be Snyder’s. Snyder’s brother backed up Spearman on identification of the clothing.”

Conley and Del Rossi quoted Snyder as saying:

“I had no motive. I walked into the store to get something to eat and she walked toward me. A feeling came over me.”

The detectives said Snyder admitted having the gun in his possession, but denied that he entered the store planning a hold-up. Snyder was quoted as saying:

“If I needed money, I could get it this way.”

Snyder’s trail after the beating led from Camden to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Rockville Center, L. I.; back to Philadelphia, to Camden, to Philadelphia, to Washington, to Baltimore, to Philadelphia and then to Camden Wednesday when he was arrested.

Eluded Pursuers

Detectives were on Snyder’s trail continually and missed him by less than an hour in Baltimore. Conley and Del Rossi traced him to an uncle’s home in Baltimore, but Snyder at the same time was in an aunt’s home in the same city, where he allegedly stole $12, according to detectives.

According to detectives, Snyder served time continually from the time he was nine years old until he was 20. In 1942 he was sentenced to Jamesburg on five charges of breaking, entering and larceny, and served additional time for escape.

Agrees to Surrender

Detectives said Snyder returned to Camden at 4 a. m. Wednesday after telephoning the Rev. Mr. Nicholas, who pleaded with him to give himself up, from Philadelphia.

Detectives quoted the preacher as saying Snyder told him he’d “rather be shot walking down the street than return to prison.” The Rev. Mr. Nicholas fed him and after continued pleadings Snyder “told him to call police,” Conley said.

Snyder was first aware that he was wanted by police when he visited an aunt in Rockville, L. I., on Monday.

Gangland Is Blamed in Camden Shooting

Trenton Evening Times —

Gangland Is Blamed in Camden Shooting - Trenton Evening Times, November 13, 1930

(Associated Press)

CAMDEN, N. J., Nov. 13.—Joseph O’Connor, 29, of this city, was shot and seriously wounded near his home at Fifth and Walnut Streets today. His assailant, who fired from an automobile, escaped. Police believe Philadelphia gangsters did the shooting as one of three cars that drove away from the vicinity bore Pennsylvania license tags.

This was the second attempt made on O’Connor’s life within 18 months. He is a brother-in-law of Albert Sandes, who is on trial charged with the murder of a sailor in a brawl here a year ago.

On April 28, 1929, O’Connor was shot in the abdomen and chest. John Doris, brother of Frank Doris, one of the executed Philadelphia Olney bank bandits, was convicted of the shooting and sentenced to 10 years in State Prison at Trenton, where he was stabbed to death by another convict in April of this year.

Raid Rhone Ordered Costs Barman $100

Camden Evening Courier —

Raid Rhone Ordered Costs Barman $100 - Camden Evening Courier, December 8, 1930 Raid Rhone Ordered Costs Barman $100 - Camden Evening Courier, December 8, 1930 Raid Rhone Ordered Costs Barman $100 - Camden Evening Courier, December 8, 1930

Spruce Street Saloon Visited by Cop for Violation of Sunday Curfew

Arrested in a raid ordered by Dr. David S. Rhone, director of public safety, Daniel McGettigan, 60, was fined $100 in police court today.

McGettigan said he was bartender of a saloon at 783 Spruce street, raided last night, after Dr. Rhone found it open in violation of the “Sunday-closing” order.

Police Judge Pancoast ordered a warrant issued for the arrest of a man named “John McCauley,” of Pine street, after McGettigan said McCauley owned the place.

Two other men arrested in the raid, which was made shortly before midnight Sunday night, failed to appear in court and forfeited $10 security each. They gave their names and addresses last night as Jack Sands, 31, of 915 Spring Garden street, and Harry Hertsch, 47, of 5400 North Fairhill street, both of Philadelphia.

Policeman William Kiker said he was on his way to Second District police headquarters at 11:35 a. m. to start work on the midnight to 8 a. m. shift when he met Dr. Rhone at Ninth and Cherry streets.

“Dr. Rhone told me the saloon at 783 Spruce street was open and told me to close it,” Kiker related. “I saw 20 persons drinking in the back room. When I went to the telephone in the saloon to call headquarters for a patrol wagon I found the phone out of order. I had to go to Eighth and Walnut streets to telephone and when I returned all had fled except Sands and Hertsch. I found McGettigan in bed upstairs.”

McGettigan testified he hadn’t felt well yesterday and went to bed at 2 p. m.

Two automobiles found outside the place were impounded by the police. One bore the Pennsylvania license 23U38 and is said by the police to belong to William Walker, 901 North Moss street, Philadelphia. The other, with Pennsylvania license number B717 belongs to McCauley, according to Kiker. Kiker said he saw McCauley jump out of it and run after the raid.

A School Boy Mangled

Camden Courier-Post —

A School Boy Mangled - Camden Courier-Post, September 1886

John Edwards Struck by a Train and Badly Hurt.

John Edwards, a ten-year-old boy, living on Division street above Eighth, was struck by an outgoing freight train on the West Jersey railroad at Seventh and Walnut streets, about half-past eight o’clock this morning, while on his way to school. How the accident occurred is hardly known, but it is said that the boy attempted to pass in front of the approaching train, and not being quick enough was struck and thrown about ten feet from the crossing. The lad was picked up and carried into the butcher shop at Seventh and Walnut streets, and was afterwards taken home, when it was found necessary to amputate the right foot, which was horribly mangled. Besides this, the boy had several bruises about the body and one very bad one on the side of the head. It is doubtful whether or not the boy can survive. The amputation was performed by Dr. Benjamin.

Young Edwards Dies.

John Edwards, the lad who was struck by a train on the West Jersey railroad at Seventh and Walnut streets, yesterday, died from his injuries at half past seven o’clock this morning. Coroner Davis took charge of the body and will hold an inquest at the court house on Friday morning.

Young Edwards’ Sad Death

Evidence Taken in the Recent Railroad Accident.

The Employes Exonerated From All Blame, But the Company Censured for Not Providing Safety Gates At the Crossing.

At quarter past two yesterday afternoon Coroner Davis commenced calling the names of the jurors who had been summoned to hold the inquisition in the case of John C. Edwards, the lad who was killed by a train on the West Jersey railroad, at Seventh and Walnut streets, on Monday last. After this had been finished the examination of witnesses was commenced. The first one called was Dr. Warnock, who was the first physician to attend the boy. The doctor testified as follows:

“I was called about eight or nine o’clock on Monday morning to attend the boy Edwards. He was then lying on a lounge in the butcher shop at Seventh and Walnut streets. His right leg was

Nearly Cut Off,

hanging only by a few threads of skin. His collar bone, shoulder blade, and one rib on the left side were broken, and he being bruised about the head and body. The skull was not fractured, although there were several bad cuts on his head, which possibly caused the convulsions. The mangled foot was amputated two hours after the accident.”

Warned of His Danger.

The next witness was Charles Steelman, a bright, intelligent lad who warned Edwards of his danger when he attempted to cross the track. In the course of his testimony he said, “I saw the train coming down the track and called to Edwards, ‘here comes the cars, lookout,’ when he responded, ‘you mind your mush,’ and a moment later he was struck by the train.”

Thomas Gause Woodfield, a lad, and James Spence, residing at Eighth and Walnut streets, testified to seeing the boy struck.

Ex-Policeman William H. Griffin, residing at 816 Walnut street, who is in charge of the signal bells, testified that the bells were ringing all the time the accident occured [sic]. Nearly all the witnesses testified to either hearing the bells ringing or the whistle blow.

Train Men Testify.

George Baxter, engineer of train 35, engine No. 17; H. H. Hope, the fireman; J. A. Connell, conductor, all of whom were in the cab of the engine, testified that they saw the boy on the north-bound track, but as the engine was closer to the unfortunate lad than a locomotive length, it was impossible for them to see if it struck him or not. Conductor Connell said that he was almost sure that the train had run over the boy, and turning around to Engineer Baxter, said, “George, that boy is under the wheels.” He then went back on the train and asked the flag[?] if they had struck the boy. He said he thought they had. The train, which was quite a distance down the road by this time, was backed, and the conductor went in the butcher shop where the boy was, and ordered a doctor. On cross-examination Mr. Connell said the train consisted of sixteen cars, whose weight would average at least 20,000 pounds to a car, all of which passed over the boy.

Mrs. Abbott, the nurse who took care of young Edwards, said he told her he “did not hear any bells.”

The Company Censured.

The case was given to the jury, who returned the following verdict: “That John S. Edwards came to his death by an accident on the West Jersey railroad on the eighth day of September, and we, the coroner’s jury, exonerate the employes from all blame and censure the company for not having safety gates at the Walnut street crossing.”

Searching for Sunken Treasure

The tug Startle sailed down the Delaware river Wednesday night with a corps of divers provided with armor for deep-water diving. They will make an effort to locate the English sloop-of-war De Braak, which was sunk off Cape Henlopen on June 28, 1798, with a vast amount of treasure on board, which has been estimated as high as $10,000,000. The specie was taken from three Spanish galleons captured in the West Indies. When the sloop neared the shore a heavy gale was blowing, and the pilot ordered sail taken in. Captain Drew became indignant at this, and ordered the [cut off at the crop edge]

Two Sailors Convicted of Assault in Camden

Philadelphia Inquirer —

Two Sailors Convicted of Assault in Camden - Philadelphia Inquirer, December 1, 1917

Four Other Bluejackets Acquitted on Charge of Attacking Patrolman Louis Shaw

Two of six sailors, who have been in the Camden prison since November 20, were convicted yesterday by Judge Kates at a special session of Criminal Court on a charge of assault and battery on Policeman Louis Shaw. Those found guilty are Joseph A. Grainer and Thos. J. Percival. Elmer R. Bahan, Roy Smith, Harold Cummings and Harold Norstedt, acquitted, were remanded to the custody of an officer from League Island.

Shaw was attacked by a group of sailors at Second and Walnut streets when he warned a negro against buying liquor for the bluejackets. He was knocked down and repeatedly kicked about the face and head, his nose being broken and his scalp badly torn.

Shaw was positive that Grainer led in the attack. Detective Moffett testified that after being arrested Percival admitted that he punched the officer. Denying the assault, Grainer said he was drunk when he came to Camden. Percival said the only knowledge he had of the fight was when he was struck on the head by Shaw’s blackjack.

In deferring sentence until next Monday, Judge Kates told Grainer and Percival that they need not expect persons to respect their uniforms if they did not respect themselves.

O’Connor’s Slayer May Be Trapped by Delirium of Victim

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O’Connor’s Slayer May Be Trapped by Delirium of Victim - Camden Morning Post, November 27, 1930 O’Connor’s Slayer May Be Trapped by Delirium of Victim - Camden Morning Post, November 27, 1930 O’Connor’s Slayer May Be Trapped by Delirium of Victim - Camden Morning Post, November 27, 1930

Dead Man Reported to Have Dropped Hint in Muttering Before End Came

ARREST EXPECTED SOON

Joseph O’Connor’s loyalty to the code of gangland may have been in vain.

For police were more certain than ever last night that they would capture the murderer before many hours have passed.

Detective Sylvester McGrath informed newspaper men he was carrying a photo around with him of the man police believe “did the trick.”

He would not reveal the identity of the man whose photograph he has but did say he expected to arrest him shortly.

Both county and city police have been feverishly active in the O’Connor case since the death of the South Camden “man about town” on Tuesday.

O’Connor died at 4.45 p. m., in the West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital after having been shot down by unknown assailants in the early morning of November 13. He was on his way home when shot down at Fifth and Walnut streets.

For nearly two weeks the wounded man lay on a cot in the hospital without uttering one word that would give police a clue to his attackers. But he was delirious for 24 hours before his death and police would not diclose [sic] whether or not he had unwittingly dropped a clue as to the name of his slayer.

Whether the photograph that McGrath has is that of a prominent South Camden racketeer could not be learned.

A persistent rumor around the city links a recent inmate of the county jail in the slaying. The man is alleged to have been connected with the attempted jail breaks of Stephen McKiernan.

Police know the man’s name, but would not divulge it, and an order for his arrest has probably been issued to all policemen in the city and county.

Hurley Based Success in Life and in Business on Square Deal to All

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By BEN COURTER

Nearly two score years ago an earnest young man called together a handful of employees in a small store at Fifth and Pine streets.

“Boys, see that door?” he said to them.

“Well, if by any chance I should be called upon to resort to unscrupulous methods in the conduct of this business that door will be closed and this enterprise will end. Square dealing is to be the principle on which we will do business, square dealing to everybody.”

That young man was William Leonard Hurley, then but 27 years old and virile, visioning a great business which he purposed to develop. It was the pronouncement of what then was nothing less than an ideal, for it was in a period when there was a tendency to take advantage of the unsuspecting to sell inferior goods at exorbitant prices. Many operated under what was known in the trade as the “borax system,” which resulted in the public looking askance at installment buying for the home.

Based on that determination to cultivate public confidence in his own business, Hurley built slowly but securely, his small enterprise into “the big trustful store,” with branches in half a dozen cities.

It was a determination that made him a kindred spirit, in later years, with Theodore Roosevelt whose guest the Rough Rider was to become in the midst of a political campaign that stirred the country from coast to coast. It was the straight-forward characteristic that likewise prompted his subsequent activities in the interest of Camden, that was to be a factor in throwing off the provincial spirit and entering the civic stride so pronounced in the advent of the Camden bridge and the extension of Broadway. In both these he was a strenuous advocate of civic expansion, scientifically planned.

Hurley Not Born With a ‘Silver Spoon’

When Hurley was born in Chester county, Pa., 65 years ago, it was not with a “silver spoon in his mouth.” His father, William Hurley, was a railroad man, an honest, hard-working father, who, in times which were hard enough for the bread-winner, struggled to keep his family in the necessities of life.

The son, William, obtained the rudiments of education under great difficulties, for schools were scarce and far between in the sparse settlement where his boyhood was spent. It was a school of hard knocks, an environment that evidenced the difficult problem the poorer class had in obtaining the bare necessities of life. It was the experience of those early years that William L. Hurley never forgot, for afterward, when success had come, he never was deaf to an appeal from those “pulling hard against the stream.”

At the age of 12 he obtained his first job on a farm in his native Chester county. Farming in those days was hard, strenuous work, seemingly never ending labor to the boy, even then strong and possessing much of the splendid physique of later years.

“I worked from four in the morning until after dark,” Hurley once said, in a reminiscent way. “The farmer usually woke me in the morning by pounding his cane on the floor.

“My duties? Well, they included milking ten cows, feeding chickens and pigs, cleaning the horses, husking corn and doing odd chores. The farmer paid me $4 a month and board.

“In those days boys worked just as hard as grown folks. It was no cinch and when darkness came I couldn’t run fast enough to the farmhouse and to bed. I was dead tired and the bed brought supreme happiness to me. Sleeping was about the only fun I had.”

So the years went on with the hard work on the farm. The future held no great promise. The railroad was more alluring. Since his father was a railroader, young Hurley decided to try that field.

Railroading in 80’s No ‘Automatic’ Job

Back in the 80’s railroading was a far different proposition than it is now. There was none of the automatic brakes and couplings and numberless other inventions that have made it comparatively a safe job today. The old-fashioned coupling pin, for instance, was the abomination of the brakeman. What it did to Hurley he carried to his dying day in the loss of the end of one of his middle fingers.

Not only did he act as brakeman but also as fireman. As he stoked the pulsing engine he dreamed of the day when he might take the throttle. It seemed a wonderful career then, but fate had other things in store for him. He sensed it when he concluded to better his wage of $1.[?]0 a day and get “something on the side.” That was by selling sewing machines at night, often after he had worked hard on drilling freights or stoking the engine through the day.

But this selling of sewing machines impressed young Hurley that perhaps after all there was something else in life other than guiding a great locomotive over the rails. At any rate he concluded to try it out and this in 1888, the year of the “great Blizzard” in this section, he obtained a job with Edward Gately & Co. in Philadelphia as canvasser. It was not long before he had two assistants who acted as collectors, one of whom, Harry F. Jones, was to become his partner in the Atlantic City store many years later.

Gately was a wealthy man who had made his money mostly in the installment business, one who ever had an eye open for the promising young men in his organization. It was his custom to give them a chance and take them into partnership, opening stores in various cities. Young Hurley was one of these promising young men. In 1890 the business of Gately & Hurley was started. To be exact it was on February 1 of that year that a small store was opened, the corner store under old Wildey Hall at Fifth and Pine streets. It was there that he was inspired to tell his then small force of his square dealing policy.

Worked Long Hours to Make Store Success

Young Hurley worked like a Trojan. None in the ranks put in longer hours than he, sometimes 18 or 20 before he was willing to call it a day.

Not only did he direct his force in garnering business, but he went out on the street, often with rugs across his shoulders, to obtain patronage. Many recall the stalwart, earnest young man and his breezy manner which seldom failed to bring result.

Nor was Hurley, in the flush of subsequent success, averse to recalling those strenuous days, usually with a chuckle and remembrance of old timers who had stood staunch and strong with his organization through the intervening years.

Four years later the business had grown to such proportions that he concluded another location was needed. That was after all the stores under Wildey Hall had been occupied. In 1894 the Gately & Hurley store was opened at Broadway and Pine streets. It was then 33 by 90 feet.

When Hurley impressed Gately with the necessity for expanding and having a real store he prepared plans for a four-story structure. Camden then was filled with the “can’t be dones.” Toone & Hollinshed at Broadway and Kaighn avenue was the biggest place on that thoroughfare. Mrs. Varney’s place was on Kaighn avenue, the store of E. V. Story at Sycamore street, Hughes Brothers at Walnut street, Fuhrman Brothers at Chestnut and a few notion places here and there. But the Hurley enterprise seemed so outlandish that one day as George Leathwhite, then Camden’s leading plumber, was looking over the building operation a prominent business man of the period asked.

“Who is the damn fool building this place?”

Nor was he mollified in the least when informed it was “Bill” Hurley. It was regarded altogether a foolhardy undertaking, one that would spell certain disaster. It was pointed out there was nothing just like it on Broadway and that there was nothing to warrant such an outlay.

As a matter of fact that pessimistic note eventually reached Gately. He had some misgivings and Hurley’s four-story building was kept down to three. Just two months after the store had been finished it was necessary to find warehousing room by renting the old bakery of William Kairer at Line and West street. Incidentally, it may be of interest to recall it was Kairer the baker, who had been shot and killed by a burglar in 1893. Theodore Lambert was hanged in the old county jail for that murder.

In 1900 Hurley bought the Gately interests, giving him exclusive ownership, and the business continued to grow making more additions necessary. The old Field properties, two and a half story bricks, were bought, torn down and the store extended.

In 1903 a store was established at Wilkes-Barre with Daniel Loughran as Hurley’s partner. Three years later Henry J. Tobin was made his partner in another store at Trenton. Then in 1912 John J. Powell was commissioned to open the Hurley-Powell store at Wilmington. Harry F. Jones, Hurley’s collector in the very early days opened the Hurley-Jones store at Atlantic City in 1915. Five years later another Hurley store started business at Bridgeton. And in 1923 the home store was remodeled and in the meantime, old Turner Hall, where many a gay night was had by the old timers in masked balls and other festivities, was converted into a warehouse with other structures doing like service. Hurley has long since been recognized as one of South Jersey’s merchant princes.

Roosevelt Given Support in Bull Moose Campaign

Although he never consented to leave the helm of his great business enterprises, save later in life when he spent part of the winters at Hilton Head or occasionally went abroad, Mr. Hurley found time to take an active interest in the affairs of Camden. He did not seek political preferment but for more than 30 years he sought the best that might come with [blacked out]n progressive government. He ever desired to see Camden forge ahead in business in a civic way. Frequently he chafed over a tendency on the part of the political powers to let things drift along. He had no particular objection to the Republican organization as it was constituted under the late Senator David Baird, but he did believe with all possible sincerity that if the progressive spirit could be injected into it much would be accomplished, things that were left to very, very slow evolution.

It was therefore quite in keeping with that tendency that he aligned himself with the late Cooper B. Hatch in the late 90’s when the Committee of 100 was born with the Courier then under S. Conrad Ott as city editor being a potent factor in the victory. It was then that Hurley gave financial and moral aid to the movement with Hatch as the leader and with Lewis H. Moorman, [blacked out], C. Kramer and others many of whom have long since gone fostering the cause. [blacked out] its purpose perhaps although within a few years it had passed with the usual disintegration of independent movements.

When Colonel Roosevelt formed the Bull Moose party and became the Presidential candidate in 1912 with William H. Taft and Woodrow Wilson in the field, Mr. Hurley was an earnest active advocate of the Rough Rider. In fact he was one of the delegates to the Bull Moose convention that nominated Roosevelt.

In the midst of that truly hectic campaign when Wilson, Taft and Roosevelt visited Camden, Wilson’s meeting was enthusiastic enough to please any Democrat. Taft’s was a frost and hardly more than a fringe, mostly office holders greeted him, but Roosevelt’s was what the Colonel himself called a “rip snorter.”

Teddy Was Guest at Home of Hurley During Visit Here

Hurley was his host on that occasion, a hot summer night, itself suggestive of the extremely hot campaign. These meetings were held at the Third Regiment armory, no other building then being available. One may yet recall very vividly the entrance of the Colonel, Mr. Hurley and the Camden Bull Moose leaders. The great drill hall was literally jammed, with yelling enthusiasts even hanging from the top girders. Just as he arrived a terrific thunder storm broke loose, the reverberation, the vivid flashes lost in the roar of the crowd.

“Where’s your hat, Teddy?” someone yelled.

And the Colonel tossed his old black slouch hat in the ring while Hurley led the cheer that followed, a cheer that seemingly tested the strength of the expansive roof. Roosevelt had been a guest at the Hurley home at West Collingswood where the leaders, the rank and file of the Bull Moosers met him. It was one gala night and Mr. Hurley was in the zenith of his glory.

None was more disappointed when Colonel Roosevelt failed at the November election, for Mr. Hurley felt that the country needed the hero of San Juan Hill particularly at that time. He sincerely mourned the Colonel’s passing, but to the very last cherished his memory, regarding him as the Great American.

Backed Non-Partisan Move, Aided Opening of Broadway

As has been indicated, Mr. Hurley had no particular feeling against the Republican organization, but he was certain that Camden was on the threshold of big things and that there should be an awakening. There appeared to be no intention of getting out of the rut so far as the political powers were concerned and with the assurance of the bridge he regarded it necessary to be alive to the opportunities certain to come. There had been talk of certain outlets from the bridge which did not meet the situation in his judgment. For one thing, he was impressed with the extension of Broadway.

For more years than one might recall, Broadway had been Camden’s principal street. Many regarded it as the city’s most important business thoroughfare. Mr. Hurley early realized that to extend it to where the bridge plaza would eventually be located was a real civic essential, but the city administration did not consider the financial outlay that would be involved justified in the extension.

That was one of the factors that resulted in the Non-Partisan movement of 1922, of Mr. Hurley’s advocacy of its cause, of his financial and moral support. He was one of the leaders in the civic revolution that first brought the victory for commission form of government and later that ushered the Non-Partisan candidates into office.

It was the realization of a cherished dream when the new administration bought property that assured Broadway’s extension to the bridge plaza. It justified his prediction that it would be like giving a new blood stream to the city, for the Walt Whitman Hotel, the Wilson Building and others rapidly rising about Broadway and Cooper streets prove it beyond all doubt.

Camden Bridge Proposition Given Approval by Hurley

Mr. Hurley not only gave his every influence toward the Camden bridge proposition in the days when it was regarded more or less a joke, but he worked assiduously to crystalize [sic] sentiment so that the century-old dream would be a dream no longer. New Jersey did its part when Walter Edge was governor, but there was plenty of backing and filling on the part of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. There were many discouraging epochs, even after a joint commission had been created, but Mr. Hurley was among those who refused to give up hope. What was subsequently accomplished was due mainly to men of his faith, of his courage, of his energy.

After its completion the necessity for a second span was impressed upon him. Shortly after the Camden bridge was opened to the public he advocated another from Market street, Gloucester to Pattison avenue, Philadelphia. Since other sites have been suggested. A joint commission has been named to make preliminary surveys but has been at loggerheads over a proposal to build a span from Red Bank to League Island. Mr. Hurley regarded his suggestion as far more feasible and he supported it by arguments that were hard to answer.

Throughout his career Mr. Hurley had been an earnest advocate of co-operation among business interests of the city. For many years there was the Board of Trade rather an innocuous organization, usually attended by half a dozen men and voiceless so far as influence went. He concluded a rejuvenation was necessary, consented to act as president and speeded it up with the late Louis T. Derousse as secretary. Later Charles M. Curry held that position and until the present Chamber of Commerce was formed under a campaign directed by the American City Bureau. Mr. Hurley or his subordinates had given it every possible aid to make it a factor in the community.

Assessment Commissioner Was Only Political Post

Aside from his principal business, Mr. Hurley was associated for many years with the late William J. Lorigan in building homes. Their first extensive operation was the construction of two rows of dwellings in Princeton avenue. Others were constructed in various parts of Camden and the development of the district about Twenty-seventh and Federal streets was largely due to the firm. After the elder Lorigan’s death he was succeeded by his son, William H. Lorigan, who has been associated with Mr. Hurley.

While he sought no political honors, Mr. Hurley did once accept for a few years a position. It was during the Committee of 100 regime when he became a commissioner of assessment. He [?] served for many years as a delegate to the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Convention. He took a keen interest in that organization and in the work of actually having an inland waterway along the eastern seaboard. It is slowly developing with the possibility of becoming an actuality a few years hence, mainly through the effort of men of Mr. Hurley’s caliber.

When he came to Camden Mr. Hurley first resided on Stevens street, then at [?] Pine and from 1894 to 19[?]9 at 7[?]8 Broadway. In the latter year he bought the estate on White Horse pike at West Collingswood that had been used as a sanitarium. The building was virtually reconstructed, the grounds were laid out in beautiful shrubbery and there were already fine nut trees which made it a show place. He called it Dungarvan, after the county in Ireland where his father was born.

It was there at his palatial home, with the beautiful surroundings that Mr. Hurley delighted in acting the role of host, of gathering about him old friends and harking back to the times that were.

Unspoiled Good Will Befriended All in Need

Old friends cherish the memory of one outstanding characteristic of “Bill” Hurley. Increasing fortune never “spoiled” him. He remained democratic until the end, and those who had known him through the years called him “Bill” just as they had done in the days when he was forging ahead in spite of the “can’t-be-dones.”

Nor did he ever forget an old customer. It might be an old, old woman upon whom fortune had consistently refused to shine but who made her little purchases at his store. None was too lowly for him to give his personal attention under such circumstances. There was ever a real grip of the hand that spoke sincerity.

It was quite natural that he enjoyed hunting and fishing. For many years his summer home was at Sea Isle City, where his family went through the vacation period each year. There he never failed to go out to sea or to try his luck off the pier, usually with an old friend. Catching the piscatorial beauties, particularly a channel bass or a drum, was regarded with almost the same satisfaction as putting over a big business deal.

Over a dozen years ago he bought the island at Hilton Head, off the coast of South Carolina and 30 miles from Savannah. While he enjoyed all the comforts of civilization, the surroundings were kept in their primitive simplicity. Nothing delighted him more than taking an old friend along to the island estate and showing the guest the time of his life.

Men like Hurley do much that is unheralded to alleviate the suffering of the world. Creed or color meant nothing to him if aid were needed. What he gave in that respect no one knows. Those long associated with him declare it was sufficient to make happy a small army in adversity.

Aided Worthy Causes Regardless of Creeds

Charitable organizations, religious or otherwise, enjoyed his bounty. No one was aware of such aid unless it happened to be in a “campaign” to raise a specified sum. It was Hurley very often who started things going by way of a liberal contribution. It mattered not whether the cause was for Protestant, Catholic or Jew—just so it was worth while. When the vicious pogroms were sweeping Russia he was one of the most generous contributors to the Camden funds for the sufferers. In the flu epidemic of 1918 he was among the leaders who aided the stricken, who gave many a family a lift over rough places.

During the war he was active in every Liberty Loan drive, in every movement that aided ultimate victory. He was chairman of the Knights of Columbus drive, he was a potent factor in the United War Workers’ campaign, in the Red Cross and kindred movements. He took great interest in the boys who “went over there” for his own son, Jerome, was in the service.

Surely in glancing over Camden’s history in the past two-score years not an instance conducive to the city’s development may be cited without finding William L. Hurley’s name connected with it some way, some how. He was so much a part of its warp and woof that the civic fabric bears indelibly the impress of his personality.

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The Origin of St. Joseph’s Parish—Continued

Gloucester-Camden district was attended by the priests of the Cathedral. This arrangement continued until the Newark Diocese was established in 1853.

In the year 1773 Jacob Cooper, a Philadelphia merchant, and a lineal descendant of the first William Cooper who settled at Pyne Point, forseeing [sic] the possibility of a town on the east bank of the Delaware, employed a Philadelphia surveyor by the name of Thompson to lay out 40 acres into a town plot. The colonies were aroused at the time over the Grenville policy of taxing the colonies without representation in Parliament, a policy expressed in the famous Townshend Acts. In England at the time there was also opposition to this policy inaugurated by George III’s Prime Minister, and one of the most outspoken opponents of it was Charles Pratt, First Earl of Camden. Jacob Cooper therefore named the new town on the Delaware in his honor. In the new town only six streets ran north and south: King (Front), Queen (Second), Whitehall (Third), Cherry (Fourth), Cedar (Fifth), and Pine (Sixth). Cooper, Market, and Plum (Arch) intersected them. To the north was Cooper’s Point, to the south Kaighn’s Point. In 1828 Camden was incorporated and received its charter, and the three distinct sections became one community capable of framing laws for its own domestic

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Police Guard Gas Tank - Philadelphia Inquirer, August 12, 1904

More Men Put to Work and No Trouble Occurs

Thirty men were put at work yesterday on the big gas holder being constructed at Locust and Walnut streets, Camden, in place of the striking riveters. Eighty men from the Camden Iron Works assisted them in lowering the base of the tank.

It was expected trouble would ensue between the workmen and the strikers, but Chief of Police John Foster had a large squad of officers at the scene all day preventing any disturbance.

George Daly, one of the strikers, was held in $600 bail by Recorder Stackhouse, charged with assaulting Edward S. Strang and Charles F. Watkins.

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