Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-28

that tho check had been onshed Tho
governor II was said thcroupon ic-
piled that no would reprloyo llooh.
States ATTY, lioaly announced few
moments subsequently that the COVER
nor had tclophoncd information Of a m.
prloyo Of four weeks, 20 enable lloeh 20
present Tor examination the record IN
The case, tO ono OF the justices Of the
Illinois supreme court
Newa ~ the stay VI execution was
shouted 60 Koch from the oilico OF the
plhtpe attorney 10 lloohe quarters In
the jail, II was some minutes bofnro
lloch could be convinced that no had
been granted ~ rospllo although ho had
never entirely lost hope, lie did not
believe the news uuUl the ministers
who had been with him durlng The
morning, came ana told him personals
~
When the news lIccamo generality
known around the inil, m Immense
crowd which had gathered about the
structure sent up hhout that echoed
throughout the JAN corridors ana NaH
'aktn up by the Inmates
~ am The hnpploat man IN the world
to-day" declared lloch later III the
supreme court doeidoH against ne, |
am willing "a die Hike q man, ! hrk
no mercy ana no fnYorH ] believed In
the law aud om hopeful that the
court Will finally decide IN my favor,
guilty on too slight evidence"
lioch chaiicd cordially with tho
Guards who came To visit him,
PREPARING FOR DEATH
Chicago July ag. Three hours before
ne time set for hH execution, Johann
,iooh had not giyon up hope OF elem.
'noy Although there seemed lltllr
probability Tor Interference by tho state
~ tho result of the action OF dow
poneon and The state board Of pare
done ~ refusing him further reprleye,
re believed he had yet chance for
lloch slept aoundly during the nlqht,
retiring about 10 o'clock lie awolo only
pnce, IN tho morning about o'clock
ma complained Of having a. feeling Of
nausea. After he had been relieved no
retired ogain and noon fell asleep. no
nfOeo ai hiH usual hour ana declined
the comparatively aumptuous meat civ.
rn al prisoners IN tho jail here, VIC
ilid c0ffee ana rolls were good enough
Tor him tnd this wan given 20 the con.
lcmnod man
litoh az this time appeared nv CHEEKY
NJ possible under tho circumstances
md thu'tod pleasantly with the death
watch
lloch has been a model prisoner and
mo iaIl guards have been particularly
friendly Ia him, After breakfast today
they presented him with bouquet of
llowrlh Several bouquets We're sent 10
him from outside but J0ilor whitman
and shtrin Barrett refused 10 allow
lhcm TO BE sent 10 his cell, not Wishing
10 risk possibility ot poison being
IInInllfH
II w0f raining hard aud az Iloch
heard the pNttor he bomoanod the
gloomy day,
~ fear that It ~ golng against me-"
he told IN, guard,
70 Assistant Jallor OMEN he said he
folt fino one of the night guards who
had been watching over him took leave
NJ the condemned man. AZ tho guard
bid him good bye. Hoch said whats
tho matter, I'm no, going yet, II they
hnng me today they VIII murder an In.
nocent man lot them go ahead"
lloch then changed his clothes put
ing ON n black suit ana black scarf
JIG lacked hlA few belongings, raylng
he might be able TO use them yet lie
gavo Guard sullivan photograph ~
himself and wife, Mrs, Amelia Fisher.
lloch sister OF the woman for whose
murder hu was 10 hang
Among tho few callers admitted n
too him were Roy, Augusta w. schlech.
&c. his spiritual adviser who aided him
w his futile effort 10 raise funds 10 car.
~ hih case 10 the supreme court, and
Rev. Y, r. llaericl pastor of tho
GvanRtllcnl Lutheran church, ana hlA
attorney
10 the ministers he spoke Of his re-
FRET that the necessary fund could not
he obtained AZ the time Tor the hans.
mn approached llooh grow somewhat
less buoynnl IN spirit, ana began slow.
~ 10 lose The slight hope he had held
out lie reiterated that no was lnno.
con, Of murder and would admit only
the charge OF blRamy against him,
HISTORY on uoCus GRIMES
chicago, july os.-.Johnnn lioch, con-
vctod murdered md confessed hlgam-
ut who waa condemned 10 die today
for killing ono ~ his many wives, was
IN some respects a most remarkable
criminal
The exact number " tho women no
married viii probably never BE- known,
hut he IN reported TO have had moro
than a Hooro Of wives In the Last 10
years SeYon of this number he wed.
ded IN the city, some of whom 0re
raid Ia have died under suspicious cir
cumatnnces,
Mrs Marie welcker.Iloch. Tor whose
murder lioch was sentenced 30 hNng
today, died OF nrsenioal poisoning after
u short Illness Dee, 10 OF last year,
Preceding her death he had obtained
from the woman all hor money ms ne
had done In most OF hs previous mar
rIRges.
Five days after her death no married
her sister Mrs l1mcliu Fisher his last
plfo na far aa The record now shows,
and the day following the wedding no
obtained from her $3.50 10 bc used, he
said, paying the mortgage on the flir-
nlluro and house whore ho lived A day
or two later he disappeared ana Mn,
Fisher lloch told the police
a search for lloch extending 10 Nil.
wnukoe Cincinnati, liltsburg aud Now
York then hogan lie was ARRESTED IN
Now York Jan, 10 on information given
by woman nt whose homo he was
boarding and 90 whom he IN said 10
have proposed marriage after an &C.
quNlntnnco OF scarcely "a hours,
Meanwhile llochA alleged marriages
and crimes received Wide publicity ana
IN various parts Of the country women
wero reported M hOvng been his vic'
The hIgamoue practise of llooh start.
cd IN Germany II II said, whore no
WAA known us Jacob Schmidt ana II ~
supposed iho, was hle real namc, IIh
first wifo was deserted hy him IN
Vienna Tho lltt Of wives na compiled
hy the police after his arrest numbers
az
lloch war promptly brought back TO
Chicago Tho body Of Mrs Mary
Weloher.lloch was cNhumod \ cor.
oner's jury found fhc had died " az.
ronioAl poisoning lloch Was Indicted
and after trial LASTING a month and
reploio with unlquo features was found
guilty
After the trlnl lioch complained no
had moi received fair treatment by tho
Jury which he snld, did not give
enough time to tho consideration of