The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1905-02-17
HocR REACHES CHICAGO.
Great TIlrone Went TO Receive the
Numerously Welded Man.


Chicago. Feb, l3.-Johann itocll. in
dicted for bigamy. suspected of murder.
aud II man of man aliases, arrived in
Chicago II for several hour was in
~terrogated by the police. The train
bearing Hoch and officer Lotus was
late and a large crowd had gathered
to see the famous prisoner. but none of
his alleged wives We're among the num-
Der.
Heck had evidently expected n mum
Der of wives to meet aim. and he was
plainly disappointed.
Where are those fotrteen wives you
talked so much about" he asked of Of
ficer Lotus. II guess you have been
Joking me about that part of the bust
ness. Anyway, there could not be four.
teen. for ] never had that many. There
seems To be II lot of women who think
that ] am The only man in the world
who could marry them and get their
money"
When f.och and Lotus alighted from
the train the detail OF six policemen,
which had been sent 10 the depot tc
meet them. was able TO control he
crowd With great difficulty. The people
pushed and showed in an excited man
ner as they StroNe to get close enough
TO the prisoner to get Il good look at
him. When he was recognized Il num-
Der OF people jeered and hooted him.
~ 0hiN@ ~ iAT'NA1 'aN pun
station had To be called before the side
walk could be cleared and the prisoner
taken to the Office of Police Inspector
George S. Shippy,
Wives Call on Him.
An Interrogation of Hoch was com
menced shortly after 1870 o'clock and
was still in operation three hours later.
Hoch at the outset admitted that he
had married Mrs. Marie Goerk Koch.
mud thut-thn tIo.1I.viu or. was il1ppD1 JJn
would admit nothing else.
During the evening five women. who
claimed to be wives OF Koch. called at
the police station. one of them. Mrs.
Emile Fische!-Hoch. saw the prisoner for
n minut and saluted him with the ex-
clamation: You old hog, YOU got my
$50. didn't you?"
Hoch made no reply to this, but smiled
as though he considered the affair of $3.50
rather n joke than otherwise.
Later the five women We're, one at a
time, admitted into the office of the in
spector and all of them identified Hoch
as the man to whom they We're married.
Mrs. Ellen Hoppe at iirst declared that
she had married floch, but later said she
was not sure about il.
Inspector Shippy asked: "IIoch, did you
marry this woman?"
No" replied Hoch, but maybe I will
If you don't hustle her ouc OF here pretty
ANlliitf.
t;och Rcrudiates Them.
Mrs. Mary Rankin Hoeh. who admitted
last week tina she had committed bigamy
when she married Hoch. was repudiatcd
in strong terms by the prisoner. He de-
clared that he had not married her, and
had never seen he before.
When Mrs. Marie Goerk uoch was ad.
United into the room, IIoch for the second
time declared that he married her, but
that the marriage was Illegal. He also
confessed to having married Mrs. Emily
Fischer Hoch when she was shown into
the room.
a physician who had attended Mrs
Walker Hoch, the last wife of Iloch, idcn.
dtied him as the husband of Mrs. Walker
and showed him 4 bill for s100 for attend.
ance upon the woman.
oh, yes" said Hoch, II remember
something about that. Bring it around il
the morning. ] will still. be here" and he
laughed heartily at his joke.
AT midnight Hoch was still being ques.
toned by the police. but had confessed
nothing of any murder.