The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-02-24


,..r sn this man responsibility IN Eu-
r- cases OF bigamy and murder
tar.y Jay passes that some DE-
vile does not make herseA
n tie police. and. after having
llaeh's picture declare that IN
versatile German lies her long los
The number Of these cases
aehct nearly 90. and new ones are
Us coming 70 The fore.
alleged cO.ngs are. tc say me
. r.marEable in the extreme IL
sroa that he has operated in towns
parts ol the country. aud The
,, watch be assumed in his deal
as one police official puts II.
generous as Fourth-oi-Juil
The list Of cities IN which u
I. .tol Hoch operated is as follows.
Norf3lk. We
Wheeling W IA.
Elkhafr Ind
Argos IND
Aur0fa. lli.,
Evanston. lll..
- Paul MINI
WUrfrmhurg. Ger
Berlin Germany.
tnese number OF WILSON,
81 a.. Iowa towns report traces oi his
-. some q the names used b! me
Gelmar are a. follows.
-tt.l SON Kern. Healy.
Bus euberg,
Bustebergh
Adp.ph.
james
Il Lucas.
Duetz.
Doess.
Hartel
Mayer.
Brown.
Erirnf.
s hulfz
Brfsc ke
STRAINS. AS il may seem no clear cases
os Johann HOcA's WORK had come TO the
laee .dge OK the police any where in the
Ur-ed states until the present dis
,a-rrt although his marriage business.
Sc declared has been carried on ever
sl 1851 This fact may be- cue % the
ot many sensitive women who
l4 been duped by this man 20 keep
- deserlion from the public
Worked from Town to Town.
q extract a. much money as his intend
e. t.rtim could summon without a waste
y me. and. after begging leave Of abb
r on some preteNt would disappear
a- y tae earth had completely swallowed
l.M up Then the tale OF wife in
nearby town. who would pitifully &C.
clare that she had given her new y ac-
qarrd husband All her money and that
Ae had not been home FOR several days
end some accident must have befallen
t.m would bring 70 light the fact that,
a. al probability Mr. HOch was carry
ile on operations in the neighborhood.
Hochs method was to advertise in
tle DAILY papers. preferably the German
ploioations saying that his Loneliness
lad forced him 10 seek a life companion
WAC could tend his wants. Some women
answered cat Of curiosity. others who
if.' the same absence Of some person
to Snare their condolences, would com
unnicate with him Then the German
"oi'a select what he considered the best
ior lle purpose ard devote his whole
taer-ies in that direction. H0ch never
Nfaing TO reports, sought out those
men whose beauty or other charms
would make them the target for other
men affections. but women whom. by
t.s lperior will he might find easy to
persuade These women. mostly German.
ha- had little sympathy expressed for
tler welfare during their lives. and the
tender passion which Johann Hoch ex-
pressed in his letters seldom failed to
execute Us aim
Samples Of His Courtship.
Ai through his mlssives to his in
tended victims runs a strain OF feeling
which would do credit TO the most high
ls accomplished Beau Brummel" OF
tae ola days OF chivalry. One repre-
sentative epistle that came to a Chi
taso woman, supposedly from Hoch
when be was in san Francisco. simply
treafhed love to the woman who read
y a portion Of II follows
Dear child. you took my heart by
Storm can't get over Il. my dear 10
hanna How Is IL with you. dear child.
you Hhe to spend the rest Of your life
a'ene3 II sou only feel toward me as
ie,i and could bring one-half your
love % me as ! toyou. how lucky would
pe Il You could wed your neart 10 mine
ior me rest Of our days | would be the
luekiest man in the world" The in
tended victim. who had almost sue
'moed TO the tender passion OF Hoch.
wren she read letter sent to him in