Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-02-15
JOHANN HOCH
NOT WORRIED
Large Crowd Gathers to Witness the
Arrival of the Much Married
Man at Chicago.
is HooTED BY THE PEOPLE
Some Of His Wives Call at the Jail
to See Hm-Hoch Laughs
at Them.

chicago, FeD. LID nann HOch, in
dicted for bigamy. suspected of muir.
der and man of many aliases, arriv-
ed in Chicago tonight and for several
hours after reaching here he was in
terrogated by the police, with little
result. The train bearing Hoch and
Officer Lotus, who held him in Gus
tody, was due in Chicago at $50, but
it was o'clock before it arrived. A
large crowd had gathered. but none
OF the wives was amohs the number.
Hoch had evidently expected a num-
station and he was plainly disappoint-
ed that they did not come.
Where are these IA wives you talk
ed so much about?" he asked Mr.. Lof-
tuS.
Il guess you have been joking me
about that part of the business, 9th
erwise there could not be A. for nev-
er had that many. There seems a lot
of women who seem to think that
am the only man in the world who
could marry them and get away with
some of their money"
Jeered by the Crowd.
When Hoch and Lotus alighted
from the train the detail of six po-
licemen stationed to meet them was
able to control the crowd only with
great difficulty. The people pushed
and showed in aycltai
they strOve to get close enough to
the prisoner to get look at him.
When he was recognized number OF
people jeered and hOOted him.
The police hurried HOch through
the station and on the sidewalk out
side had another crowd to deal with.
but they quickly hustled Hoch into
patrol wagon and started for the
East Chicago Avenue police station.
Outside of the station. a third crowd
gathered and it was larger than the
others. 1t was found necessary to call
officers from the inside of the station
before the walks could be cleared SUI
ficiently to allow the prisoner to be
taken into the station. He was taken
at once to the office of the Police In
spector, George Shipp!.
The interrogation of HOch was COM
menced at few minutes after 1916
O'Clock and was still in operation at
midnight Hoch at the outset admit
ted that he had married Mrs. Marie
Goerk Hoch and that the marriage
was illegal He would admit nothing
else.
wives Call to See Him.
During the evening. five women,
who claimed to be wives Of Hoch. call
nd ~ fho ,tn Evr,1i
Fischer HOch saw the prisoner TOR a
minute and saluted him with the en-
clamation:
"You old hog, you got my $3.50, didn'
you?"
Hoch made no reply to this, but
smiled, as though he considered the
affair of $3.50 rather joke than other
wise.
Later the five women were. one al
a time. admitted into the office of tho
inspector and all of them identified
Foch as the man to whom they were
married Mrs. Ellen Hoppe at fiis
declared that she had married Hoci,
but later said she was not sure aocG,
it. Inspector Shippy asked:
"Ho,h, did you marry MS woman"
mo. replied Hoch. "but maybe
will if you don't hustle her out Ut hero
pretty Quick"
Mrs. Mary Rankin huch, who al
mitted last week that she had com
mitted bigamy when she married
Hoch. was repudiated in strong terms
by the prisoner. TTe declared that he
had not married her and had never
seen her before.
When Mrs. Marie GOerk Hoch was
admitted into the room. Hoch declar'
81 that - married her. but that the
marriage was illegal. We also con-
fessed, to having married Mrs. Emily
Fischer Hoch when she was shown in
to the room.
A Physician who had attended Mrs
Waller Hoch, the last wife of Hoch,
identified him as the husband of Mrs
Walker, and showed him bill TO,
500, for attendance upon the woman:
"Oh, yes" said Hoch 81 remember
something about that. Bring it around
in the morning. I'll still be here
AAd he laughed heartily at his joke.
,, Piatt and the Parcels Post.
Washington. Feb. 1O.-C. w. Post