The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-28
WOMAN RESPITES
BLUEBEARD HOCH /
in DEATH SHADOW
Within Two Hours Of Time Set
for Execution She Secures
an Appeal.
WIFE SLAYER Is
SAVED BY WOMAN.
Lacking the Money for Court Ac-
tion, Hoch Would Otherwise
Have Been Hanged.

Chicago, July 2s.-A woman with
tween SBluebeaTd" 'J johann snn H Heaas and
the hangman. Almost on the steps of
the scaffold the combination of femin-
Unity and finance that has been potent
turnout the. remarkable career of the
multi blgamlst and wife murderer de-
veloped anew, and secured him re-
prleye OF four weeks.
pleted and death faced Hoeh within
two hours, a woman went to his rescue
with the needed $500. So earnest did
| she appear in an offer to furnish money
necessary to allow Hoch to appeal his
| case, that there was hurried consulta-
ton between officials.
The upshot was that the execution
planned to take place at noon was post
poned until pm, the last minute al
lowed by law, unless the governor
should grant further reprieve.
Humanitarian Motives.
The woman who interviewed to save
Hoch is Miss Cora Wilson, said to be
wealthy and to be an acquaintance of
Governor Deneen. She professed to have
become interested in the case from hui
in her aid DR.. Liston II. Montgomery
one of the most prominent physicians
in the city. Dr. Montgomery acted ass
her intermediary in the negotiations.
At O'Clock this morning Jailer
Whitman was aroused from his sleep to
answer telephone call. Some person
who refused to give his name announced
that he would appear at the Jail at 10
am. prepared to furnish money, the lack
of which prevented Hoch from complete
ing the legal records required by the
4 Illinois supreme court in case of an APP
peal.
Because no name was given on the.
telephone, Jailer Whitman attached
little Importance to the notifications.
But at the hour named DR.. Montgomery
with Miss Wilson appeared at the jail.
Their talk with. Whitman convinced
him they were in, earnest, and steps
were at once taken for new appeal to
. stood ready to advance portion Of the
money necessary to enable Hoch to
!. carry his case to the supreme court.
Hoch Cheers Up.
Meanwhile Hoch, who had about
given up all hope, paced his cell nerv-
} Whitman while negotiations were pend
: ing went to Hoch's cell and told the
, prisoner Of the situation. Hochg
. chuckled and laughed like a schoolboy.
} ~ knew my chance would come, =
, he cried
After DR.. Montgomery and Mrs. Will.
) son left the jail, States Attorney Heas
ly talked over the telephone with Gov.
ernor Deneen, who is at Springfield
Z and who was made acquainted with the
!: latest phase Of the situation. The gov
certain Hh sai the op Was
fide to make sure Of the money and
then to call the governors office again:
: The governor thereupon instructed
! Sheriff Barrett to delay the execution
: until 1850 pm.
Another Fateful Moment. q
: Mrs. Wilson returned to the states
7 attorneys office, where they were
{ closeted with the states attorney and:
J, Hoch' s attorney. After a long con-
: ference Hoch's lawyer emerged and
: announced that DR.. Montgomery and
Mrs. Wilson had failed to convince the,
), state attorney that the woman would
said, however, that a telephone mes
. . sage from an attorney known to Hoch g
. lawyer had been received, stating that
! the sender Of the. message had $500 to-
i give toward saving Hoch. The offer
Ila for Fl Hoch $ ATTORNEY ne aeh
= representative had replied that the
:, money, to satisfy the state attorney.
. and Governor Deneen, must be either
y in cash or certified check.
IS Back in Nick of Time.
e Covered with perspiration and
e breathless, the attorney mentioned by,
. Hoch's lawyer arrived at the state s
3 attorneys office in short time and
showed bank check for $500. The.
d states attorney insisted that he ought
IS to have the money. but promised that.
o with that amount of cash he would rec.
/, ommend to the cove governor that rep 2r
d upon departed post haste, cashed the
a check and called up the governor, who
n thereup4n replied that he would re-
sheriff Immediately.
States Attorney Healy announced
few moments subsequently that the
at governor had telephoned information
ID of reprieve for four weeks to enable
r. Hoch to present for examination the
A record in the case to one Of the Justices
rs of the Illinois supreme court.
I'd Remarkable Criminal
10 10 Johaan Hoch, convicted murderer
a. a. and confessed bigamist, who was con-
" " demned to die today for killing one of
- his many wives, was in some respects
~ most remarkable criminal.
" The exact number of women he mar.
- ried will probably never be known, but
,st he is reported to have had more than a
ID IA. score Of wives in the last ten years.
he Seven of this number he welded in this
ar city, some of whom are said to have
~ died under suspicious circumstances.
ct. Mrs. Marie Welcker Hoch, for
dy whose murder Hoch was sentenced to
he hang today, died of arsenical poison
MS ing after short illness, Dec. 10, OF
lr- last year. Preceding her death he had
lal obtained from the woman all her money,
He as he had done in most of his previ-
Die Gus marriages.
He Five days after her death he married
sor her sister, Mrs. Emelia Fisher, his last
COR wife as far as the record shows, and
Ike the day following the wedding he OBJ.
art tanned from her $3.50 to be used, hl
he said, in paying the mortgage on the
in furniture and house where he lived.
it'll
ion Search by Police.
a is4 A day or two later he disappeared
fer and Mrs. Fisher Hoch told the police
~. ~ A search for Hoch extending to Mil
-. waukee, Cincinnati, Pittsburg and New