The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-31
"BLUEBEARD" HOCB IS
 CAUGHT IN NEW YORK
ACCUSED OF BIGAMY AND MAR
 RING MANR TIMES.

Admits He is Hoch but Declares He Is Much Abused Ian-Captured in a Boarding House-Bad Been in the Place but Twenty Minutes When he Wanted to Marry the LandIady-she Became Suspicious and Informed the Police-Has Plenty of Money.
 New York, Jan. sO.-Johann Hoch, charged with bigamy in Chicago, and who, it is alleged, married twenty women, was arrested in Mrs. Kim merle's boarding house on West Forty seventh street tonight by central office detectives. He admitted his identity, although when first arrested he gave the name of Henry Bartels. At the Forty-seventh street station, where he was taken, he said: "I'rn Hoch, and d much-abused man -
 How abused?' he ewaes asked. He had nothing to say. He gave his
 
 he is forty five years old, machinist, living at 6430 Union avenue, Chicago. He is arrested on charge of murder and bigamy. Hoch is known under the names of Alfred Hecht, Albert Buset- berg, Joseph Hoch, Jacob Hoch and Adolph Brulnn. 'Naa.. Hoch denied murdering Marie Fisher on January F. He said that after she died he came to New York at once, and has been here ever since. Hoch went to Mrs. Kimmerle's on Wednesday last. He was locked up in police headquar- ters. .ss Hoch stated that he had not been married twenty times. He said that he had been married only twice, and that his first wife is still alive. @
 Catherine Kimmerle the landlady, says Hoch engaged board on Saturday and had not been in the house twenty minutes when he asked to be allowed to peel some potatoes for her. To-day he proposed marriage and she then told the police.
 Mrs. Kimmerle said the man talked a good deal to her yesterday and became much interested in her, she thought.
 '.He was so anxious to talk that did not know what he was after" said Mrs. Kinnmerle, .tiH all of a sudden he told me he wanted to marry me. l remen- bered reading in the papers about that awful man, and it suddenly flashed across my mind that this man, who wanted to peel potatoes after being twenty minutes ir my house and want ed to marry me after knowing me a day Or so, was the same man they wanted in Chicago, and I ran to the station house as quickly as I could"
 Four detectives hurried to the house and waited for Hoch, who came in at 10 o'clock.
 Hello, Hocll.. was Detective O'Neil's greeting. s.FIow dye do?" replied the man, and Then quickly added: My name ain't Hoch.' s4s, The prisoner, made no resistance and was taken to the West Forty-seventh street station, where he described him self as Henry Bartels, forty-fve years old of 546 West Forty seventh street. Everything the man had on him or in his possession was new. He had a new suit of clothes, six new handkerchiefs, one razor, a new trunk and other arti-
  and change in every pocket of his cloth ing.
 In one pocket was newspaper con- tairling a record of Johann Hoch and a description of him. a..r~ The Chicago police were at once mo- fified of the capture. ..i.. .s..g ..+ Tn his room were found nearly doz- en new suits of clothing. In most cases the tags had been torn from these, but those that had not showed that the garments had been bought in western cities, among them Chicago, Peoria and Seattle. In his hat were found slips of Chicago firm bearing date of December 4 last.
 Detective Sergeant Fogerty went to the Forty-seventh street station with a telegram just received from Chicago saying that Hoch had often used the name Henry Bartel.' Fogerty took the man to headquarters and Hoch ad- lnftted that he was the husband of Mary Fischer. He also told the police that he was willing to go back to Chicago without extradition proceed ings and that he had goods stored there worth s2,000. He said that he had married one woman other than Mary Fischer, but refused to give the woman's name. a-f-
 Fogarty read the circular sent out by the Chicago police, to Hoch, and said: 'This circular charges you with the murder of Mary Fischer, whom you . married in Chicago and who died sud- denly on January 12.
 f.It says you had other wives living when you married her and that you are guilty of bigamy."
 1T married Mary Fischer" replied H4och, .ebut I had nothing to do with her death. I only had one other wife living"
 A revolver was found on Hoch when searched.