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Arthur Colsey
Arthur Colsey, born in Kidderminster, England, in December 1872, embarked on a remarkable journey of public service and professional achievements.
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Reyouque E. H. H. Hyghcock
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George S. Tempest
GEORGE S. TEMPEST was born in Pennsylvania in March of 1869. He lived in Philadelphia virtually his entire life. As a boy, he went to Girard College, a boarding school for poor orphaned and fatherless boys.
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Dr. Reyouque E. H. H. Hyghcock
Looking at the newspaper articles about Dr. Hyghcock, we have the advantage of looking at this from the perspective of today, instead of "as it was happening.
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Dr. Hyghcock Dies, Voodoo Exponent
Camden Courier-Post - May 15, 1942 His Liberty Street House Atop Tunnels Set Camden Agog in 1925 Dr. Eryquew C. H. Hyghcock , South Camden mystery man and self-styled voodoo exponent, died Wednesday in the county hospital at Lakeland.
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Old Doc Hyghhat Hyghcock
Camden Courier-Post - January 9, 1928 Old Doc Hyghcock comes back into the news, wearing hip boots and a high hat. The hip boots and the high hat and the crazy old car he drove are funny.
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Old Doc Hyghcock Nabbed with Ancient Sedan, Gun
Camden Courier-Post - January 7, 1928 "Doctor" Reyouque E.H.H. Hyghcock , whose underground "House of Terror" at 415 Liberty Street brought him much publicity and a prison cell two years ago, was arrested today in Collingswood.
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Sorcerer Held on New Charge
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.
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Camden Voodo Man Once Kept Den in Norfolk, VA
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 .
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Den of Voodoo Doctor Is to be Destroyed
In April 1925, Camden police and firemen prepared to demolish the tunnels and mystery chambers found beneath the home of E. H. H. Hyghcock, an undertaker and self-styled healer under arrest on suspicion of murder and practicing medicine without a license.
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'Girl Farm' At Voodoo Cavern
Doc Hyghcock Brought Maids from Florida Got Them Jobs as Domestics at Eight Dollars Each—Used Half Dozen Cars P.O.
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Voodoo Doctor's List Of Murders
Helena Independent, Helena, Montana - April 11, 1925 Kept Data on People Slated "To Go" Camden, N. J., April 10.
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Voodoo Man Confesses Bigamy
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.
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Mystic's 'Library' is Full of Weird Jargon
'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.
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Voodoo's Raven Room Shocks Society Editor
"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.
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Negro Voodoo Dug In Toils of Police
Helena Independent, Helena Montana, April 10, 1925 By Associated Press.
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'Voodoo' Is Held for Murder
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.