The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-31

dozen 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
round Slips from a Chicago firm bear
ing date of Dec. last
Detective Sergeant Fogarty went to
the Forty-seventh street station with a
telegram just received from Chicago
saying that Hoch had often used the
name Henry Bartel." Fogarty took the
man to headquarters and Hoch ad-
mitted that he was the husband of
Mary Fischer. He also told the police
that he was willing to go back to Chi
cago without extradition proceedings
and that he had goods stored there
worth $4,000. He said he had married
but one woman other than Mary
Fischer, but refused to give the wom-
ans name.
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 Jan. II. 1t says you had other
wives living when you married her and
that you are guilty of bigamy."
I married Mary Fischer replied
Hoch, .but had nothing to do with
her death. I only had one other wife
living
A revolver was found on Hoch.
Twenty five Wives Now
CHICAGO, Jan. 30 The Chicago
police We're elated tonight over the re-
port that Hoch had been arrested in
New York. For over a week they
have hoped to hear of his arrest at
some Eastern seaport, as they had in
formation that he would attempt to
leave the country and return to Ger
many.
Although the police hope to convict
him of murder, the only specific
charges they have against him at pres
ent are bigamy and wife abandonment.
From all accounts Hoch has been mar
ried to twenty-five different women,
and six of these have died under cir
cumstances which the police declare to
be suspicious. These women were:
Mrs. Mary Schultz Hoch, disappeared
from Argus. Ind, with Hoch in 1900.
Mrs. Hoyle Hoch, died in Chicago,
1892.
Mrs. Mary Steinbrecher Hoch, died
in Chicago, 1892
Mrs. Lena Hoch, died in Milwaukee,
1898.
Mrs. Mary Becker Hoch, died in st.
LOUIS 1902.
Mrs. Marie Welker Hoch, died in
Chicago, Jan. II, 1905.
A diploma stating that Jacob
Schmitt, said to be Hoch, as a qualified
hypnotist, was found today in trunk
left by a man who in 1902 married Mrs.
Marie Goerk, of this city, and is al
legged to have deserted her after an at
tempt to have her insure her life in his
favor.
Account for Missing Girl
ELKHART, Ind, Jan. 30.-Relatives
of Justina Loefler, who disappeared
mysteriOusly from Chicago two years
ago, believe she was a victim of Johann
Hoch. Three years ago Miss Loef1er
went to Chicago, where she remained
one year before returning to this city.
On her visit here she announced her en-
gagement to man named Jacob
Schmidt, bookkeeper in chemical
laboratory. incidentally she told of g.
strange resemblance between her in
tended husband and his companion.
After Miss Loefler went to Chicago her
relatives received but one letter and all
efforts to find some trace of the girl
have proved futile.
Johann Hoch; twenty times bigamist
and alleged wife murderer, for whom
| the police of Chicago are searching, is
believed to have operated in Mime
| apolis and to have married one Of his
many wives in that city, but unlike
| the others she did not die, although
she alleged shortly after her marriage
that he attempted to chloroform her
and make away with her diamonds
| He disappeared, but the woman re-
covered.
This incident supplies missing
link in the long list Of marriages
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contracted. In 1901 he is said to have
married Mrs. Mary Becker in ST.
Louis, and under the name of Joseph
Schultz. She died a few months later
| The next record is that of January,
| 1904, when he married Anna Hen
Erickson in Chicago, and after secur-
| ing $1,000 departed with the money.
| Welded in Minneapolis
| 1t was in June, 1903, when he met
| Miss Mabel Leischman in Minneapolis,
| if the stories that are told are correct.
AT that time he was a dentist, and
stopped at the Hotel Allen on Second
avenue south, where he is well remem-
bered as being most affable gentle
man.
/ Miss Leischman was member of a
| company playing at the Dewey the
| ater. She wore diamonds-not of the
stage variety, for they were worth
coin or the realm. 1t was a case Of
love at first sight. At that time he was
known as DR.. G. l.. Hart, a dentist. The
honeymoon lasted three days and then
| there was another story.
Tried to chloroform Her
The young woman woke the people
in the hotel with her screams at 4
o'clock in the morning and her hus-
band,S when the alarmed guests ap-
peared. fastened from the room and
said he would call a doctor. He never
returned, nor did the $500 worth of
/ diamonds or the 5000 in money which
! the young woman had.
j When she recovered consciousness she
said her husband had tried to smother
/ her with a pillow, and the odor of chloro-
| form filed the room. She resisted him
and her outcries alarmed the guests.
/ After a period in the hospital the
young woman concluded to make the best
of a bad bargain and she returned to the
tinsel and the footlights, although her
diamonds which she wore in her part
were no longer of the first water.
4 Some months later she appeared on the
stage of the same theater in which she
| met her husband but she had no plant
to make, for she said it was good rid
dance to bad rubbish.
/ Hoch on Hart, is described as being a
most pleasant gentleman. He had no
! trouble making friends with the wait
reses employed in the hotels and he had
the best table and most palatable viands