The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-02-24

Efl care AiNNA dNNlMFI one OF the IAll
sex, ending with love and kisses. be-
came suspicious and upon HOch's arriy-
al iu cai.aso refused him
Fourteen Thought Murdered.
Reports state that the following IA
women nave laen murd1red 4, iio,.g Il
urhering lis plans
Nr. rnf, yeue- Hon e.s.I-,ion
avenue dIea suddenly January N igo5.
Coroner. nbv.frisn ronnd larse o.,ar-
ti'y cf arsenic in nor stomach
ATS Juia Hteif brecher 553 Be.mou.
avenue tiea suddenly
Alis Lena lioea cled IN Milwaukee,,
l>''
Mfs Mary Eacaer Schultz Hoch, ST.
LOUIS if'. appeared
Mf- Maria schulz. Argos, Ind. died
suddenly 1900
MIS- hoch sister Of Mrs. j. IL. H.
SeA"artzmanr Milwaukee died 1855.
Pr Hcch another sister Of NJ
ehWafizmann Milwaukee. died 1885,
Mis. g 4 Meyer Huch. died May 1872
Mrs d lrick Chicago died suddenly
lss-
MFs Jacob Hnss hoch, Wheeling "
Va died succenly 1885,
Mfs toch. Norfolk Va. -ied sudden
~ 1873
Mrs Henry Blrte. Baltimore. died
1871
MIS-. Nilne.mina Koch, cied Buffalo
i''s
Mi Jus'ina Loeiher Elkhart. Ind,
disappeared
May Have Been Hatch
Authorities from Englew ood. one OF
Chicagos suburbs. have become pos
sessed OF the most sensational stories
relating 10 the character and past life
OF Johann Hoch. II IS actually believed
there that this Hoch was a pupil OF
"B.uebeard" Holmes. the Wholesale
murderer. who. IN his famous sixty
third street castle. crushed out the
lives OF almost TWO scores OF men Won
en- and children until bis discovery trial
and COME ion finally brought him to
the galioRs The Enelewood people de-
clare that the metAods or the TWO men
are So similar and that the pictures OF
Johann Hoch 20 nearly resemble the
eil-remembered face Of Edward Hatch.
said % Defhe rieht-hand ofHolmes.
that they have little doubt bpt thai
Hatch anu Hoch are one and the same
person
Awful Methods Of Holmes.
Holmes operations we're Of an awful
character ana would have done credit
10 the accomplished Spanish inquisi-
ZIONIST whose tortures we're achieved by
means OF weapons az force. Holmes.
with honeyed words enticed his victims
10 his so-called castle" and with prom
isoof future happiness would thrust them
into a dungeon or secret vault and turn
on the deadly gases which would scoa
end their lives II Il believed that many
OF the unfortunate- Who disappeared
while attending the worlds fair u 1898
came To their end through his enigmat-
lcal lust for human lives Holmes adj
mitted doing away with nearly 80 men.
women and children. and how many
more persons were victims OF his cum
ming will probably never be known.
This Holmes has been classed as the
archdend Of history and the yery idea
that Hoch should have been connected
with his awful crimes makes one shud-
der for the realization Of the facts " hich
the near future Is likely 10 bring forth.
Holmes derived financial profit from his
ilendish acts ny GOING away WIN many
trusting innocent niue chilCfeh- Inc
bodies We're inVariaoiy burned ~ QUICK
lime and SO cunninEiy were me oeeds
accomplished mat II s niue Wohuer
that 80 many years passed before ms
crimes We're brought 70 nsht ne par
which EDWARD haicn' SUPPOSED Ds 'ne
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES y y Johalh iiocn
took. Vas mat q nancy ms 2 around 'ne