Escaped animals · Camden
The North Camden monkey search
Contemporary source summarized
Camden police searched for a presumed escaped pet after several children reported monkey bites over roughly two weeks.
The reported bites
The search began after Mary Williams, 8, of 220 Burns Street received treatment at Cooper Hospital for a bite on her arm. Esther Shoemaker, 11, of 724 Elm Street had been treated there for a similar injury several days earlier. The newspaper said other children had been treated at home by physicians. Police believed the young animal was an escaped pet; the saved clipping does not name an owner or report its capture.
Source note
The surviving newspaper crop does not show a reliable masthead, complete issue date, or page number. Names and damaged words are identified as uncertain in the text; researchers should verify them against a full newspaper image before citation.