the country stands aghast at the nature of the charges which have been made and which in all probability be proven against chann hobb ahe alleged wife murderer cochs operating first came to light in an accusation made against hajn by the last ot his women duties this Is mrs emilia either who lives hi chicago on dec 10 of last year after at brief courtship resulting from an advertisement placed in a german newspaper hoch married mrs marie welker another chicago widow who lived at william and larrance Larra bce streets beho bhe conducted a confectionery store and who WAS a slater of mrs fisher she bad disposed 0 for 75 and had this am oual together with her savings amounting to the day following her marriage to hoch it is alleged by lira that her slater turned over all her cash to her husband the following day sha tell on jan 12 while she was alono with her husband mr hoch died hoch went downstairs and d fisher after cleaning up the death chamber mrs fisher went downstairs and was approached with a proposition that she tao the place of hia dead wife after corae heal tation sho consented and they were married sho gave him and ne disappeared mrs emella fisher hoch went to inspector of ahe baet chicago avenue police station and told him all tho details of the relations of her sister and herself with hoch she told of his swindling her and her bister and then declared that bho believed the man and caused the death of her sister the progress of the investigation developed many startling discoveries tending to connect hoch with similar operations with many women the police believe he has had no 15 wives during the past 10 years and among that number there la evidence that t least six of them have died under circumstances which are now looked upon as suspicious the man did not always succeed in disposing of his wives without attracting suspicion but he waa such a smooth talker and covered his tracks so thoroughly that he escaped investigation the police have fifty bigamy cases against hoch but have been unable to obtain one clear case of murder him method was to have a flat furnished and then to advertise for a wife he managed to get their consent to a marriage by showing them a well famished flat and as soon aa he got possession of their wealth be would to get them out of the way by some means the disclosures which have followed thickly upon the discovery of hocks swindling operations the positive identifications that have beau made and the evidence tending to point to the deith of at least six persons within a period of seven years convince the police that they have in the case of hoch it not a continuation at a revival of the lass of criminal of the holics type it 11 holmead whose real name was herman webster it will be remembered furnished the most sensational example of the criminal classes known in years the number of victims of his murderous passion Is still unknown he confessed to twenty beven mur deib but whether this Is a larger or smaller number than the actual ono is indeterminable because the multi murderer lied so in all his statements that no credence could be placed on anything which he said it Is known that his victims did not number less than fifteen people mostly women and children like hoch he had a passion for wo men and money he became a notorious swindler of life insurance companies he married women under assumed names and when he of hem or wished to secure possession of their money he killed them by poison smothering by brutal blows elih lead cipu and other weapons and burned their bodies in quicklime or disposed of them in other ways he admitted that he enticed bis enamored victims to the secret vaults ot his castle in sixty third street with words while holding out to them promises of future happiness in this horld he plotted their destruction As be kissed his women victims he pushed them inside the vaults which were to become their tombs and with a seraphic smile upon hia enigmatical countenance and a soothing tone in hla fascinating voice he locked the doors and turned on the deadly gases which ushered many a victim to her final reckoning his lust did not stop with men and women he appeared to have no heart with consummate cunning and amazing recklessness he did to death innocent trusting children that he might two financial profit by their disappearance pe arance he waa unquestionably the archfiend arch fiend ot the century his castle in Is still believed by many to have been the crematory of scores of victims who disappeared during worlds fair time and choso whoso disposition has never been satisfactorily solved he went to his death with a smile on hl attractive features that bad been the snare of many many women that biad lured them to their death his persuasive tongue pleaded for forgiveness from the divine father while with his last breath he persisted in proved falsehoods