Show is said to have married 27 J r i h P if chicago july 28 johann hoch convicted murderer and confessed bigamist who was condemned to die today for killing one ot his many wives was in some respects a most remarkable criminal the exact number of women he married wilt probably never bs known but he Is reported to have had more than a score of wives in the last ten years seven oi this number he wed in the city some of whom are said to have died under suspicious circumstances mrs marle hoch for whose murder hoch was sentenced to hang today died 0 arsenical poisoning after a short illness december 10 of last year preceding her death he had obtained from the woman all her money aa he had doce li most of bis previous marriages five days after her death he married her sister mrs emolia fisher his last wife as far as the record now shows and the day following the wedding he obtained from her to be used he said in paying the mortgage mort gaga on the furniture and house where he lived A day or two later he disappeared and mrs told the police A search for hoch extending to milwaukee cincinnati pittsburg and new york then began he was arrested in new york january 30 on information given by a woman at whose home he was boarding and to whom he is said to have proposed marriage after an acquaintance of scarcely 24 hours meanwhile cochs alleged marriages and crimes received wide publicity and in various parts of the country women were reported us having been his victims bigamous practice of hoch started in germany it is said chero ho was known as jacob and it is supposed that was his real name his first wife was deserted by him in vienna the list of wives as compiled by the police after his arrest numbers 27 hoch was promptly brought back to chicago the body of mrs mary welcker hoch waa exhumed A coroners jury found she had died of arsenical poisoning hoch was indicted and after a trial lasting a month and replete with features was found guilty after the trial hoch complained he bad not received fair treatment by the jury which be said did not give enough time to the consideration of the evidence having reached a verdict in two or three hours he denied the stories of bis many wives and all bs would admit was that he had committed bigamy once etue is known concerning cochs relatives aa he has steadfastly declined to tell sheriff barrett who had charge of the arrangements for the execution anything concerning himself his only has been his spiritual adviser rev auguste hoch wag recently granted a reprieve that ho might carry his case to the supreme court falling to raise alie funds however in the specified time the governor refused further to interfere vita the mandate ot the court |