Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1905-05-25
"DLUEBEARD' HOCH
RAVES AT JURIES
Under Death Sentence For Wife
Murder, Man OF Many Wives
PLEADS THAT HI IS INNOCENT.

Claims the Newspapers Of Country
Have started the Hue and Cry
Against Him Which Will Cause HE
Death.
Chicago, May 2i.---"You talk OF jus
tlce In your great country OF the Unit
ed States. You pride yourselves up
On your courts, and yet you have
doomed me, an innocent man. 10 death.
Bah! Your Justice 10 q farce and your
courts are simply schools OF perjury"
said Johann Hoch, the convicted wife
murderer.
The newspapers have hung me.
They started the hue and cry against
me; they kept II up until no one IN
All the length and breadth OF the land
did not know OF Johann Hoch, did not
believe him to be an inhuman monster
for whom hanging was too good
do you tell me that the II men
on the jury had not made up their
minds about me from newspaper talk,
long before they came into the jury
room?
Il know better. Took at the time
in which they returned their verdict.
| do not think they took any more
time than would enable them 10 write
their names.
Then they feasted and relolced
that that they had doomed me to-
death.
"And this IN the face Of ave weeks
evidence and 90 counts of instructions.
They did not even read them over,
L. that the way they would WlAh to be
dealt with n they were on trial for
their llves7
Il do not care how quickly death
comes nov. I am an Innocent man
and am going to die game Bat
wish they would hurry up and klli me
quick do not like ia be waiting
Apparently the least unconcerned
person In the Cook county jail. Johann
HOch ~ spending the few days that
remain 20 him of life In sleeping, eat.
Ing. smoking and visiting with bis jaIl
matea.
"He appears 20 care absolutely roth.
Ing about hts sentence" said one Of
his guards. except TO be very angry
az the newspapers NhO. be declares.
are responsible for bis soaience.
"He sleeps like a top. eats heartily
and IL quite ~ Jolly and eheerfai a.
ever"
lie 81 . little curious about being lsfl
alone. however. when the other pris
onefs we're locked 10 thsir cells Fl 5
O'CLOCK this Afternoon Hoch ssksd JalE
81 Whitman ~ he might stay IN The
corridors with the guards.
I feel nsrvons." b. said "a q plssd !
Ing toae.
Jailsf Whitman Assaulted. and Hoeh
Hat n a corridor CO.. the ffth tier Of
cells and smoked While BE- listened %
the staging q ihs heEroes 10 the tier
Of cells bslos him
One negro pFiaonsf with mneh iune
poser. sang. Even iJitis NC HsiBs.
HocA lnaghcd loudly aud wngaiee
10 his chair = guess thara right
b. said. Every lius blt helped 70
bring ne ksEs"
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the druggist. BaiFnef 81 whom ~
bought ths meaieihs for ME wife. sas
revealed today Ia tho oontenis of oil
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