THE CHICAGO BLUEBEARD.
REPRIEVED WHEN NEAR THE SCAFFOLD. i HELPED BY LADY FRIENDS. By Telegraph—Press Association Copyright.' (HeceiTefl July 30, 4.10 p.m.) New York, July 29. Johann Hoch, the Chicago wifemurderer, who is under sentence of death, was actually on. his way to the scaffold for execution yesterday when a reprieve for a month arrived. His lady friends and sympathisers had guaranteed the funds necessary for securing him a new trial, hence the reprieve. Koch was condemned to death recently for murdering one of his many wives by administering poison. .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12932, 31 July 1905, Page 5
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90THE CHICAGO BLUEBEARD. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12932, 31 July 1905, Page 5
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