The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-18

Strange as it may seem, no clear cases
nf Johann Hoch's work had come to the
knowledge Of the police anywhere in the
United States until the present dis
closure, although his marriage business,
it is. declared, has been carried on ever
since 1881 This fact may be due to the
desire of many sensitive women who
have been duped by this man to keep
their assertion from the public.
Worked from Town to Town.
Hoeh,s policy, it seems, was always
to extract as much money as his intend
s ed victim could summon without waste
I of time, and, after begging leave Of alb
sence on some pretext, would disappear
as il the earth had completely swallowed
him up Then the tale of a wife in Z
nearby town, who would pitifully de-
clare that she had given her newly &C
duired husband all her money, and that
he had not been home for several days
and some accident must have befallen
him, would bring to light the fact that,
Id all probability. Mr. Hoeh was carry
ing on operations in the neighborhood.
Hoeh,s method was to advertise in
the daily papers. preferably the German
publications, saying that his loneliness
had forced him to seek a life companion
who could tend his wants Some women
answered out of curiosity, others who
4 felt the same absence Of some person
~ share their condolences, would COM
7nunieate with him. Then the German
would select what he considered the best
for his purpose and devote his whole
energies lii that direction. Hoch never,
according to reports, sought out those
xvomen whose beauty or other charms
1vo,,ld make them the target for other
mems affections, but women whom, by
his superior will, he might find easy to
persuade. These women, mostly German,
nod had little sympathy expressed for
4beir welfare during their lives, and the
4ander passion which Johann Hoch ex-
rrossea in his letters seldom failed to
execute its aim
Samples of His Courtship.
Ali through his missiFes to his in
4an5ed victims runs strain OF feeling
.es,;c,, would do credit to the most high
III. ...earnpli shed Beau Drummer OF
d. 4 ald DAYS Of chivalry. One repre-
ea,taffve epistle that came to a Chi
s - woman, supposedly from Hoeh
10, he was in San Francisco, simply
\ , l.ssI love to the woman who read
4 4 portion Of 1t follows:
..1aear child, you took my heart by
.tarn,. / cant get over it, my dear Jo-
,ssnna How is. It with you. dear child,
n1-. IRE ~ spend the rest Of your life
slape? If you only feel toward me as
49, = eaa1and could bring one-half your
= -, * M as I to you, how lucky would
y ao' r. van could wed your heart to mine
~. tse rest Of our days would be the
Is,eaiest man in the world, The in
ended victim. who had almost sue
Il ss s.,,a,ad I'd the tender passion Of Hoch,
49, che read letter sent to him III
~. care from another one OF the fair
~ ~, ending with love and kisses" be-
-. q s,isnicious and upon Hoch's arTlV-
81 chicago refused him
s Fourteen Thought Murdered.
t,enorts state that the following Il
-t s,ae have been murdered BY Hoeh IN
furthering his pans: eo.o 80.
~ Mrs re emily Welker Hoeh, 5000 Union
avenue died suddenly January IT, lsoo.
/ 2 sq,,r, physician found large guam 1
IN 81 arsenic il her stomach &C.
~ Mr : Tulia slefnbrecher. ss3 Belmont
avenue. died suddenly
MS Mrs Lena Hoch, died in Milwaukee,
1897