The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-11-17
A TRICK NEATLY TURNED.


IN InveiEIea Into Producing the .Luoro,
which IL Captured.
In the local columns of the HERALD Of
the morning of the 18th Of September under
the head of "Misteriously Missing" there
appeared an article concerning, what was
then believed to be the sudden disappear
ance of Henry IIcrnschrodt, German who
had been boarding with ii. Hoch German
and house painter, who protested to be
at loss to know what had become of him.
Hoch told very fine story about the miss
ing man, which was to the effect that sew
eral days previous to his mentioning it,
Hernschredt left his house, saying that he
was going to walk down town, and that was
the last he had seen of him, and failing to
return that night he grew uneasy about him
and had instituted search, as he
feared that he had been foully dealt with.
He left his trunk and clothes at Hoch's
house, on Collin street, ami among the lat
ter was found a handbook which indicated
that he had pretty fair bank account.
elapsed and nothing was heard from
Hernschrodt, though there was a Turk
ing suspicion in the minds of one
or two persons that Hoch's story
was rather unsatisfactory. Time wore
on, and some two or three weeks afterwards
Hernschrodt, the missing man, put in an
appearance, coming from Tarrant county,
back to the Windsor hotel as cook, where
he had formerly been employed in that
capacity. On going to Hoch's to look after
his trunk and clothes, on opening the
| former he discovered, to his establishment,
that sealed tin box that contained
$1,105 in gold and currency was
m pnnR S ond f that hbs sp boem hn hi
been taken out and so neatly replaced as to
| almost defy detection. II e had entrusted
his trunk and its contents to the keeping Of
Hoch, who manifested the utmost surprise
when appraised of the fact that the money
was missing. Hernschrodt charged Koch
with the theft Of his money, but he stoutly
denied it, though he was arrested on a
and lodged in Jail in default of bond in the
sum of 81 900 which he could not give. The
recent grand jury found true bill against
him, charging him with theft. In the mean
time Hernschrodt continued his avocation
as cook at the Windsor hotel and grieved
continuously over the loss of the hard
earnings he had been years in
accommodating and he aroused the sympa-
thies Of Mr., L. F. Bohny, who interested
and he visited Hoch at the Jail and en-
deavored to get him to tell what he had
done with the money. AT first Hoch
stoutly.denied any knowledge of it and it
was not until he struck upon a ruse
thatMr. Bohny met with anything
like success. Mr.. Bohny acquainted
County Attorney Seay with his plans of
procedure and then went to work. Yester-
day morning he visited Hoch and told him
that if he would tell him where the money
was buried, or give him 1000 oft, he
would go on his bond and secure his release.
Hoch declined, and Mr.. Bohny offered to go
on his bond for $500, then for 500, and so
on down until he fell to $500,
when Hoch said I'm do that; you
Mr.. Bohny then planned with Hoch that
when brought to the Sheriff's Office to make
bond that he was to get permission to guard
him while securing other signatures TO the
bond and that while they were out Hoch
was to go with him and show him
where he had buried the money.
In the meantime the officers were ac
Sheriff Miller was to shadow them and at
the proper time to take charge of Hoch and
get the money. Armed with bogus bond,
Mr.. Bohny and the unsuspecting Hoch
proceeded down Main as far as Market street
and turning north ON the latter street they
walked to A. Muellen's carpenter shop,
which Hoch entered, followed by Mr..
DOuIly, WIN uuu pDChCJ plSlOl III CuoC Ills
prisoner should attempt to run. He walked
through the shop into the small back yard,
and picking up a stick, scratched away the
dirt in one corner, exposing few inches
below the surface two tin cans which he
put into his pocket. He and Mr..
Bohny then went to his house on
Collin street, where he counted out to the
an extra $40 bill he said: "Please buy me
a ticket to st. Louis and will leave at
once" Mr.. Bohny pocketed the money and
placing the other can, which was filled with
gold and bundle of greenbacks, into his
pocket, they started back down town. 1t
was evidently Hoch's intentions
to hide the money before returning to the
sheriff7s office, but they had gone but a
short distance when Deputy Sheriff Miller
put in an appearance and took charge of
him, and at the same time Mr.. Bohny
walked off in an opposite direction, indica-
ting to the officer by nod of the head that
Hoch had the other part ofthe money in his
pockets. On arriving att Ithe sheriffs
office the officer told Hook that he wanted
the money he had on his person; At first
he denied having any, but the officer
began to search him and found the wad of
currency which he said had been sent to
his wife. The officer felt the tin can in his
off his guard, said that is nothing
but box of pepper for seasoning
INV food" hut the inquisitive
officer pulled 1t out and upon opening il
found Il full of gold. Hoch weakened now,
and fell into a chair. He had nothing to
saw, and when the officer told him he was
ready to lock him up again he followed
without word, though when near the Jail
he said with much feeling in his broken
English "Mr. Miller shoot me,
please; draw your pistol and kill
me-" He was taken on and
placed in his old quarters, and in few
minutes he burst into tears weeping like a
child The money recovered amounted al
together with what Mr.. Bohny and the off,
Ger got from him, TO 81 1852 SO, leaving
sI32.5O still missing, which be no doubt
spent prior to his arrest. Hoch is about
sixty years old, gray.headed and has a
wife and two children, little girls,
who are in very poor cir
stances. When Hernschodt was
told that his money had been found he
was wild with delight and naturally CRATE
full 10 Mr.. Bohny and the officer for their
trouble. The money is in the b ands Of tho
Sheriff, and when ordered by the court will
be turned over to the owner.