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Camden, N.J., April 18.— The charge of suspicion of murder under which H.H. Hyghcock , alleged "Voodoo doctor" was held by the police for more than a week was dropped today and he was held in $2500 bail on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses and illegally practicing medicine.
Police Learn Hyghcock Ran Another Underground Hotel Years Ago Driven Out of Town Came to Philadelphia Excavation of Cellar Here for Bodies Starts as Owner Gives Consent Mayor King to Direct Armed with picks, axes, and shovels a detail of police and firemen started this afternoon to tear up the underground voodoo den of E.H.H. Hyghcock , 413-15 Liberty Street .
Doc Hyghcock Brought Maids from Florida Got Them Jobs as Domestics at Eight Dollars Each—Used Half Dozen Cars P.O.
Helena Independent, Helena, Montana - April 11, 1925 Kept Data on People Slated "To Go" Camden, N. J., April 10.
Camden Courier - April 10, 1925 Cops Discover Secret Vault, Baby Skeleton Police investigating the "voodoo den" of H.H. Hyghcock , 413-15 Liberty Street , whose arrest on suspicion of murder made several important discoveries today.
'Cures' Told in Old Recipe Book A weird "library" of "voodoo literature" was discovered by the police in the strangely under-tunneled and unusually equipped home and offices of "Doctor" H.H.
"Black Bird Pounced on My Head and I was Breathless,' She Says After Tour of 'Doc' Hyghcock's Former Domain By M. IRENE FROST, Society Editor of The Courier Touching in the highlights of my tour of the "Voodoo" house the thing that impressed me most, perhaps, was the black bird, which pounced on my head and fanned my face with its wings just as I entered the tunnel of utter darkness.
Camden police tear apart "Dr." H.H. Hyghcock's Liberty Street "voodoo den," finding a bloodstained hatchet, a hidden vault, and infant remains, as Director Tempest and the detective captains interrogate the self-styled medicine man.
Helena Independent, Helena Montana, April 10, 1925 By Associated Press.
Police held "Doctor" H. H. Hyghcock without bail after discovering a maze of tunnels, "witch caves," and gruesome remains beneath 413 and 415 Liberty Street; Police Judge Cleary first held him on lesser charges.
Three boys arrested on suspicion of robbing the home of Esther Mills at 1220 South Fourth Street were discharged from custody when no evidence was produced against them.
George Willingmire terrorised South Camden with a shotgun and a bull terrier, wounding four people before plunging into the Eighth Street swamp. Captain Stanley pursued him to within twenty feet before Willingmire loaded his gun and threatened to fire.
Mrs. Josephine E. Miller of 3 French's Court was awarded a $121.65 U.S. government claim as the only surviving heir of John Metz, a "powder monkey" aboard the brig General Armstrong in the War of 1812.