The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-02-10
HOCH IS RIGHTEOUS
JOKES OFFICER WHO CARRIES HIM
 TO CHICAGO.
Alleged Mmchly Married Individual and Wske sEurdercr Asks as to Whefeabeuaa of Those Four
 teen Sw0usea.

ChAcNE9g Feb 9 9.--Johanu Hoch, who Hls ausper Il Of murder. and man Of raanS sss. arrived in Chicago to- night and for several hours he was in- terrosated by the police with small re- suits. The train bearing Hoch ana ohicer Loftus. who held him in cus- tody, was due in Chicago at 5:2O but 1t was o'clock before 1t rolled into the LaSalle Street station. 4 large crowd had gathered to see the famous prison CT but contrary to general expecta- tions there were none of his alleged wives among the number. Mrs. Fische S. Hoch declared that she would not come to the station under the circum- stances.
 Hoch had evidently expected a num- her of his wives to meet him ae the station and he was plainly disappoint- ed that they did not come.
 ''where are these fourteen wives you talked so much about?' he asked of Officer Loftus.
 q don't see any of them," replied the officer as he looked through the wins dow out of which Hoeh had been peer ing. 'There Is nobody waving hand kerchiefs at us."
 T guess you have been kidding me about that part of the business" said Hoch. Anyway there would not be fourteen of them, for never had that many"
 when Hoch and Loftus alighted from the train the detail of six po- Iicemen who had been sent to the de- pot to meet them was able to control the crowd with great difneulty. When Hoch was recognized a number of peo- nle ieered and hooted him. The inter roration of Hoch was commenced st 7.SO o'clock and was still in progress three hours later Hoch admitted at inc outset that he had married Mrs. Marie Goerk-H -Hoch and that the mar rIage was illegal. He would admit nothing else.
 olaimed to be wives of Hoch, called at tha police station and were placed in a room under a guard of several po- licemen. One of them, Mrs. Emile FIscher-Hoch. saw him for a minute and saluted him with the exclamation: FYou old hog, you got my $7bO, didn't
 Hooh made no reply to this but smiled aa though he considered the affair of s7sO rather a joke than otherwise.
 Later the i've women were one at q time allowed into the offlee of the in- Sneotor and ali of them identified Hoch as the man tO WHSlh tttNS "SAS HiSe '
 Mrs. Ellen Hoppe at first declared that she had married Hoch. but later said she was not sure about 1t.
 Inspector Shippy asked:
 "Hoch. did you marry this womanT'
 ''NJo.' replied Hoch. but maybe will if you don't hustle her out of here pretty quick"
 Mrs. Mary Rankin-Hoch, who admit ted last week that she had committed bIRamy when she married Hoch, was repudiated in strong terms by the pTis- oner. He declared that he had not married her and had never seen her
 when Mrs Marie Goerk- -Hoch was admitted into the room, Hoch for the second time declared that he married her. but that the marriage was ille- gal. He also confessed to having mar ried Mrs Emily FiScher-Hoch, when she was shown into the room.
 A physician who had attended Mrs. |. Walcker-Hoch, the last wife of Hoeh, Identified him as the husband of Mrs. Walcker and showed him bill for S1O0 for attendance upon the woman.
 "oh, yes," said Hoch. T remember something about that. Bring 1t around in the morning I'll still be here,T and he laughed heartily at his joke At midnight Hoeh was still being questioned by the police. but had con- Fa..aa nofhfnQ of any murder