Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-25

not right" said Mr.. Stetnbecker. Il
asked DIR. Grimme what allied my
mother. He said gastritis.
Once Anna Ebert. the maid, met
me at the door and told me my mother
did not wish me to call to see her
any more during her illness. ! asked
my mother if she had made any such
request, and she said no. | suspected
Hoch had planned this trick to keep
me out OF the sick chamber.
After my mothers death | asked
Dr. Grimme If there was nothing pecu-
liar about her death. He said there
was, but he could not make anything
but gastrts out of it"
Warrants charging Hook with big
amy, wife abandonment, and swindling
have been taken out before Justice Ma
yer at the Chicago avenue station by
Mrs. Emelie Fischer Hoch.
The warrants are in the hands OF
detectives working on the case.
when the time comes" said In
spector Shippy, II shall be able to Sc
cure any number of warrants against
this man."
DIX Oh lI1e women JoIiatIiIl IION ~ mo-
ried died mysteriously.
Relatives of these unfortunates have
told Inspector Shippy they believed
Hoch poisoned them.
This is the definite list of murders
attributed to the fugitive who. the po-
lice believe, is the most fiendish GRIM
inal in Chicagos history since the days
when Holmes operated IN his mousse
of secret death at SiXty-thlrd street
and Stewart avenue.
The list of murders credited to the
modern Bluebeard. so far as KNOWN
follows:
Mrs. Marie welker Hoch, died jan
uary II, 1905.
Mrs. Mary Steinbecker, died 1891.
Mrs. Mary Schultz. Argus, Ind, died
1900. Child also disappeared.
Mrs. Mary Becker, st. Louis, died
1902.
Mrs. Lena Hoch. Milwaukee.
Mrs. Sophia Hoch, Milwaukee.
Married Woman in st. LOUIS.
Henry Schwangara, ll4 biiiins
street, a, waiter in the Auditorium no
tel. recognized Hoch from puphsneu
photograph, as the man Who' uhuei
the name of John Schultz, married MS
mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary Becker IN
st. Louis, three years ago.
schwangara said Hoch worked as a
machinsist in st. Louis.
He met Mrs. Becker at lodge meet
ing, proposed and was accepleo lne
same night.
After the marriage Hochs lived with
his wife year, when the woman
sickened and died within a week.
There were rumors at the time that
the wife had been poisoned. Two days
after her death the husband disappear
ed with $500 insurance on her life and
$500 which he had borrowed from her
relatives with which to defray the fun
era, EXPENSES, which he left unpaid
John tricks told Inspector Shippy
that Hoch married his sister, MIS-.
Harry Schultz in Argus, Ind. In lsoo.
Hoch represented himself as wealthy
Chicago druggist. He took MS wlle
and her 5-year-old daughter to 4ooo
Halsted street.
After her arrival in Chicago the
woman's Indiana relatives never heard
of her again.
Tricks attempted to locate her, but
could find no trace Of her or her chllo.
Hoch also had disappeared.
At the time of her disappearance
the woman carried $4,000 life insur-
ance.
Hoch,s methods with his wives were
illustrated by Mrs. Anna Schmidt Hen
erickson Hoch, one of the women ne
deserted. He married her IN HAM
mond. Ind, in 1908, and took her TO
live at II Watt street. Two days later
he fled with $500 which she had saved.
Brings Fake Cablegram.
"The day after the wedding" Mrs.
Hendrickson told Inspector Shippy,
my husband told me he was heir to
vast estates in Germany. A few hours
later he hurried in from downtown
with a fake cablegram, which read:
Father is dead. Come at once. Your
brother, William
"He told me $4,000 was coming to
him from his fathers estate and must
prepare to leave for Germany with him
the next night. He said he had no
money for the voyage and asked how
much I had. I told him $500 in the
Illinois Tust and Savings bank.
"He asked me to draw 1T and give
it to him for our trip to Germany.
Just to show me he was on the square
with me, he said, he made out his will
in my favor.
'"Then we went to the bank. I drew
the money and gave it to him. At the
same time he handed me the will he
had made out. Then he hurried away
to buy the tickets.
"As he went he waved his hand and
sail. 'ta-ta.' 1t was the last I ever saw
Of him.
"The will and that ta-ta' were all
[ got for my $780,"
Sickening. shiverIng Fits
Of ague and malaria can be relieved
md cured with Electric Ritters This