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« . CHICAGO'S BLUEBEARD. HKNTKXL'HI) TO DEATH. tWIKSS ASSOCIATION.! NEW YORK, 21sl May. John mi Ilooh Ims been MiiU-noeJ to death for wife-inuuleis at Chicago. When Hoch was firsl arrested ho was charged with marrying twenty-live wiven, six of whom died under suspicious circumstances. Ho Mas arrestetl on tho Ist Febrnaiy nb a> New Yoik boardinghousc, where ho hud shown himself veiy obliging, helping the landlady to ])cel potatoes^ make the beds, and finally piopoxing mainuge. Struck by her lodger's likeness to (lie published portraits of IToch, the landlady informed Iho police, who arrested him. Prisoner admitted his identity. Hoch invariably selected willows loplying to his ndveitisemcnls. He is forty-live yeais of age, and a machinist. According to the published reports, the accused's journey from New York to Chicago was a veritable triumphal progress. At all tho stations en roiito crow ds wore assembled to catch a gHmp»o of tho man whose matrimonial exploits had caused co much excitement, Women wci'iv in a vast majoiity. When Hoch arrived at Chicago nearly three thousand peisons assembled ;ii tho station to greet him They were grievously disappointed bccauso the pohco smuggled 11ic prisoner out by a private entrance to the police station, where another crowd had assembled. Hundreds of men and boys ran after the van which conveyed the uxorious Hoch and his custodians. Some threats were used, bn.\ most people hfcmcd to bo more ainustd tlinn angry. "Wood boy, Koch," said one; "you ought to have it medal instead of handcuffs." Hoch rather enjoyed the noisy demonstration. Pending his arrival, the police had Rent out for us many of IToch'n wiws as were within eat-y reach . Four came, and threeiilontifipil the prisoner. One culled him "an old pig," and another "a Gorman pickpocket." Between the three prisoner lmd a lively time. Subsequently he is reported to hnro admitted his marruigo to ten women. "Aftei all Umh fuss had boen kicked up," he added, "I planned to commit suicido by taking the white powder which I kept in my fountain-pen. It's not my fault my wives died. I didn't marry them for their money. Wo all married for love." At the inquest on his latest Chicago wife, Mario Hoch, tho prisoner admitted tJuit his fountain-pen contained arsenic, whereupon tho Assistant State Attorney, Mr. Olson, inteipolated, " Yos. it was with arsenic somo of your wives met their death."
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Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 119, 22 May 1905, Page 5
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