Paul
Woodward

PAUL A. WOODWARD, of 221 Benson Street, murdered two young boys by giving the poison on October 1, 1902. The son of Thomas and Bella Woodward, he was arrested, tried, convicted of the first degree murder of one of his victims, and was executed for his crime at the Camden County Jail on January 7, 1903. He was buried in Philadelphia.

The complete coverage of this incident from the Philadelphia Inquirer and other newspapers is presented below. Many leading figures in Camden's legal, medical, law-enforcement, medical, political and police circles were involved in this case to one extent or another.

Then as now, the media also sought to exploit the story beyond the mere reporting of the events of the day, and three articles from the Inquirer, one published just before the trial, and two publish in February and March of 1903 are presented below as well. Perhaps, as one article speculated, Paul Woodward was a "degenerate". Then again, maybe it was the cigarettes.

 

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Joseph Jennings - Jennings' Third Regiment Band - Frank T. Lloyd 
Dr. William S. Jones - William D. Hart - Dr. Paul N. Litchfield - F. Morse Archer
John Foster - John Painter - John Cherry - Isaac Toone - Paul Woodward
George M. Beringer - Charles G. Garrison - J. Wesley Sell
Christopher J. Mines Jr. - Frederick A. Rex - J. Frederick Voigt
George F. Kappel - Isaac Toy - Harry S. Scovel - Francis Ford Patterson Jr.
John S. Smith - O. Glen Stackhouse - Hugh Boyle - Charles D. Ridgley
 Francis Abbatto - Eli Shaw - Lafayette Gruff - Annie Irving Keeler
David Kaighn - George Leathwhite - George J. Pechin - Elmer E. Cox - T.L. Bear
Patrick Harding - Frank S. Albright - William J. Paul - Thomas Walton
David E. Barry - Edward Wilcox - Dr. WIlliam H. Iszard - Dr. J.F. Leavitt
Dr. WIlliam H. Knowlton - Dr. William Miles - Dr. George H. Chapman

Other people involved in this case:

John Coffin - W. Price Jennings
Mrs. Edith Barber - Rev. C.A. Adams - Rev. John Lyell
Rev. William H. Fishburn -  - Rev. Gilbert Underhill - Rev. John Warnock
Harry Bowen - Joseph Simpkins - Ann Somers - William May - Lillian Martin
James Sheiding - Harry H. Robinson - Edwin Hillman - William Robinson
George Asay - William Powell - William Anderson - Charles Eiley
Thomas J. Atkinson - Wilson English - Harry Avis - George H. Stineford Sr.
John M. Hyde - William Heggan - John St. Clair - Charles S. Hess - William Rex
Daniel J. Horgan - Isaac Siebert - W. Wilmer Collins, Druggist - Major Edward Coffin 
William Coffin - William Coffin Jr.  - Kingston Coffin -  - Fayetta Jennings
Charles May - Mary Eiler - William F. Smith - Lee Hubert - Maurice Daniels
Thomas Woodward - Bella Woodward - James Bland - James Morrisey
Samuel Paul - Fred George

Philadelphia Inquirer
October 3, 1902

John Coffin
William Coffin
W. Price Jennings
Joseph Jennings
Jennings' Third Regiment Band

 
Philadelphia Inquirer - October 4, 1902
 
Philadelphia Inquirer - October 5, 1902

     
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Frank T. Lloyd - Dr. William S. Jones - William D. Hart - Dr. Paul N. Litchfield
F. Morse Archer - John Foster - John Painter - John Cherry - Charles May
David Kaighn - George Leathwhite - Isaac Toone - George J. Pechin
Elmer E. Cox - T.L. Bear - Paul Woodward - Joseph Jennings
Benson Street - North 3rd Street - Kingston Coffin
Philadelphia Inquirer - October 6, 1902
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Trinity Baptist Church - John S. Smith - George M. Beringer
Philadelphia Inquirer - October 7, 1902

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O. Glen Stackhouse - Hugh Boyle - George F. Kappel - Isaac Toy
Charles D. Ridgley - Paul Woodward - Rev. C.A. Adams
Rev. John Lyell - Rev. William H. Fishburn - Cooper School
Philadelphia Inquirer - October 8, 1902
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Harry Bowen - Joseph Simpkins - Harry S. Scovel - Eli Shaw - Mrs. Edith Baker
Philadelphia Inquirer - October 9, 1902

PAUL WOODWARD
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Philadelphia Inquirer - October 10, 1902
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Lafayette Gruff - Anna Somers - Royden Street
Philadelphia Inquirer - October 11, 1902

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Annie Irving Keeler - William May - Charles May
Philadelphia Inquirer - October 12, 1902
William D. Hart - John Painter - Frank T. Lloyd - Dr. Paul N. Litchfield
George M. Beringer - Francis Abbatto - John S. Smith
  Annie Irving Keeler - John Houseman Coffin
Walter Price Jennings - Miss Lillian Martin
Mrs. Edith Barber - Paul Woodward

 

Philadelphia Inquirer
October 13, 1902

James Sheiding
Philadelphia Inquirer - October 14, 1902
Edwin Hillman
Philadelphia Inquirer - October 15, 1902
Harry H. Robinson
Philadelphia Inquirer - October 16, 1902
 
Philadelphia Inquirer - October 19, 1902
George M. Beringer - Frank T. Lloyd - Paul Woodward
Philadelphia Inquirer - October 22, 1902
Charles G. Garrison - Frank T. Lloyd - Paul Woodward
Philadelphia Inquirer - October 24, 1902
Charles G. Garrison - Frank T. Lloyd - Paul Woodward
Philadelphia Inquirer - October 25, 1902
Charles G. Garrison - Frank T. Lloyd - Paul Woodward

Philadelphia Inquirer - October 26, 1902




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Philadelphia Inquirer - October 26, 1902


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Philadelphia Inquirer - October 31, 1902
Charles G. Garrison - J. Wesley Sell - Paul Woodward
Philadelphia Inquirer - October 31, 1902
Charles G. Garrison - Frank T. Lloyd - Paul Woodward
Philadelphia Inquirer - November 12, 1902
Charles G. Garrison - Frank T. Lloyd - Paul Woodward
 

Trenton
Evening Times

November 12, 1902
 

Philadelphia Inquirer
November 13, 1902
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William Robinson  - George Asay - William Powell - William Anderson
Charles Eiley - Thomas J. Atkinson - Wilson English - Harry Avis
George H. Stineford Sr. - John M. Hyde - William Heggan - John St. Clair
Charles S. Hess - William Rex - Linden School
Philadelphia Inquirer - November 14, 1902
 
Philadelphia Inquirer - November 15, 1902















 

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Daniel J. Horgan - Isaac Siebert - W. Wilmer Collins, Druggist - Major Edward Coffin
Coffin's Corner, Ashland - William Coffin - William Coffin Jr.  - Mary Eiler
William F. Smith - James Sheiding - Fayetta Jennings - Lee Hubert
Philadelphia Inquirer - November 16, 1902


 
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Maurice Daniels - Thomas Woodward - Bella Woodward
 

Philadelphia Inquirer
November 17, 1902

 

 
Philadelphia Inquirer - November 18, 1902


 
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Philadelphia Inquirer - November 19, 1902
James Bland - James Morrisey
Philadelphia Inquirer - November 21, 1902
 
Philadelphia Inquirer - November 22, 1902
 
 

 

 

 

Philadelphia Inquirer
November 23, 1902

Patrick Harding
Frank S. Albright
William J. Paul
Thomas Walton
David E. Barry
Edward Wilcox
Dr. WIlliam H. Iszard
Dr. J.F. Leavitt
Dr. WIlliam H. Knowlton
Dr. William Miles
Dr. George H. Chapman
Charles G. Garrison
Paul Woodward

 

 

 
 
Philadelphia Inquirer - November 26, 1902
 
Philadelphia Inquirer - November 29, 1902
 
Kalamazoo Gazette - November 29, 1902
Salt Lake Telegram - December 2, 1902
 
Philadelphia Inquirer - December 4, 1902
 
Philadelphia Inquirer - December 7, 1902
Rev. Gilbert Underhill - St. John's Episcopal Church
Philadelphia Inquirer - December 9, 1902
 
Philadelphia Inquirer - December 12, 1902
J. Frederick Voigt
 

Philadelphia Inquirer
December 14, 1902
 
Philadelphia Inquirer - December 15, 1902
 
Philadelphia Inquirer - December 17, 1902
Frederick A. Rex
 

 

 

 

Philadelphia Inquirer
December 21, 1902

 

 

 

 


 
Philadelphia Inquirer - December 25, 1902
 
Philadelphia Inquirer - December 26, 1902
 
Philadelphia Inquirer - December 30, 1902
 
Philadelphia Inquirer - December 31, 1902
 
Philadelphia Inquirer - January 1, 1903
 
Philadelphia Inquirer - January 3, 1903
Christopher J. Mines Jr. -  Rev. John Warnock
 

 

Philadelphia Inquirer
January 5, 1903

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

 

Philadelphia Inquirer
January 6, 1903

 

 

 

 

 
 
Philadelphia Inquirer - January 7, 1903

 

 

Wilkes Barre Times
January 7, 1903

 

 

 

 
Philadelphia Inquirer - January 8, 1903

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Samuel Paul - Fred George
Philadelphia Inquirer - January 17, 1903
 

Philadelphia Inquirer - January 17, 1903
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Philadelphia Inquirer - January 17, 1903
Is The Cigarette
Responsible For Crime?

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