Blue Beard Hanged in Chicago for Serial Bigamy Murders
Johann Hoch the polygamist was hanged in Cook County Jail for the murder of his wife Marie Welcker Hoch. The execution was delayed by a writ petition, denied by Judge Landis, as Hoch’s religious adviser led prayers and guards recalled his final hours. Hoch preyed on widows, marrying them to seize their property, with estimates of up to 50 victims.
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Chicago
Johann Hoch
Marie Welcker Hoch
Hoch
Frank D. Comerford
J. J. Neiger
United States Circuit Court
Landis
Johann
Marie Fischer Hoch
Schletche
Jesus
Hoeh
Whitman
America
Chemist Arrested After Embalming Fluid Poison Plot
A chemist and undertaker used embalming fluid laced with arsenic to mislead investigators. His expertise in mixing drugs failed to mask the crime, and an overdose of his own concoction led to his arrest.
Police traced 31 wives of Johann Hoch names listed
Police traced Hoch’s marriages revealing 31 wives, with 15 dying soon after ceremonies. Names include Anna Kassel Vienna 1886 Mrs C A Mayer Chicago 1892 Mrs H Dick Chicago 1892 and many others across Chicago Wheeling Batavia Peoria Milwaukee Cincinnati Argus St Louis San Francisco Philadelphia Baltimore Cleveland Philadelphia and more, spanning 1886 to 1905.
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Johann Hoch
Anna Kassel
Vienna
C. A. Mayer
Chicago
H. Dick
Martha Herfeldt
Charlotte Hoyle
John Hicks
Wheeling
W. Va
Emma Rebeck
Julia Palinka
Batavia
Ill
Fink
Aurora
Natalie Irgang
Peoria
Hulda Stevens
S. Hauck
Julia Steinbrecher
Janet Spencer
Jane Schwartzman
Milwaukee
Martin Detz
Henry Bartel
Cincinnati
Frederick Doess
Mary Shultz
Argus
Ind
Mary Becker
St. Louis
Amelia Longken
San Francisco
Marie Goerck
Hulda Nagel
Cleveland
Emma J. Kiencke
Baltimore
Anna Hendrickson
Lena Norman
Sanitation Worker Dennis Crow Falls From Vehicle
Dennis Crow aged 46 of 118 Marcella Street, a sanitary department employee, fell from his team yesterday and sustained a concussion of the brain. He was taken to City Hospital.
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Dennis Crow
Marcella Street
Sanitary Department
City Hospital
Newborn Violet Tauchette Bears Red Letter T
Violet Tauchette, three months old of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Tauchette of Cambridge, was found to have a blood red letter T marked on the first joint of her left little finger. The mark appeared after birth and was noticed by the mother during baths, surprising the family as they verified the unusual feature. Violet is described as large and healthy.
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Violet Tauchette
Charles A. Tauchette
Harvard Street
Cambridge
Violet
Peoria Club Honors Lawson After Midnight Speech
Boston financier Thomas W. Lawson faces sharp Peoria ire over a late night speaking plan. Creve Coeur Club officials and Peoria Star criticize the banquet lineup and defend Lawson saying his address carried valuable messages for the audience.
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Cleveland
Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
Lawson
Creve Coeur Club of
Peoria
H. M. Pindell
Ill
Riva
Creve Coeur Club
Mr. Pindell
Country Club
Peoria Club
Peoria Star
Cherry Tree Party at St John School
The Children of Mary Sodality at St John School held a cherry tree party with a real Washington hatchet as the centerpiece. A long list of participating girls names the attendees from the school community.
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ST. John School
Children of Mary Sodality
Washington
JL. Carr
A. Crosby
C. Mahony
M. Bent
M. Gillis
T. Boyce
H. and
C. Buckley
M. Barthell
A. Campbell
H. Askin
M. Crosby
E. Crowley
Alleged Holton Train Wrecker Eludes Police
Patrick F. McCabe, charged with derailing the New England States express at Holton on January 26 and who crossed into Canada, again eluded officers and vanished from St. Armand Vermont. Police say he did not appear at his lodging and may have moved inland.
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Windsor
Patrick F. McCabe
Holton
St. Armand
McCabe
Army Man to Wed St. Louis Brewer's Daughter
Lieutenant Edward Scharrer obtained a marriage license to wed Wilhelmina Busch daughter of Adolphus Busch of St. Louis. The wedding date was not set and the Busch family is staying in Pasadena California.
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ST. Louis
Los Angeles
Cal
Edward Scharrer
Wilhelmina Busch
Adolphus Busch
Busch
Pasadena
W. S. Rick
Main St
Adams, N. Y
Attacked by Reid on Professionalism in Football
Reid condemns the rise of professional coaches and methods in football. He argues the game has become a business focused on winning, eroding ethical standards and the role of college athletics in life work.
Vermont Alumni Dinner Debates Football Ethics
The 14th annual New England Alumni dinner at Hotel Westminster featured remarks by Matthew Buckham Harvard coach William Reid and J P Monroe. Buckham praised Reids views on collegiate athletics while Monroe warned of growing university sizes and fading inspiration in small colleges. Reid argued football should cultivate sportsmanship and noted current coaches face pressure to win, urging reforms to restore the sport to its rightful level.
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New England
University of Vermont
Hotel Westminster
Matthew H. Buckham
William T. Reid
Harvard
James P. Monroe
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Buckham
Reid
J. P. Munroe
Yale
Institute of Technology
Soft coal strike eyed in Pittsburg district
Mine workers at Ashland House forecast an inevitable strike in the Pittsburg district as Francis L. Robbins and about 60 soft coal operators refuse miners demands. President Mitchell acknowledged a Waldorf meeting with Robbins but said coal talks were not discussed. The anthracite situation remains unchanged.
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New York
Ashland House
Pittsburg
Francis L. Robbins
Mitchell
Robbins
Waldorf
Gov Pattison in frail health cited as unable to study
Columbus report states Governor Pattison is mentally and physically weakened, though sane, making sustained attention to any subject impossible. Doctor F J Wilson, Pattison’s physician, issue the diagnosis on February 23 in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus, O
F. J. Wilson
Pattison
Eb and Flo Sail Through Witty Tide of Love in Verse
A sequence of humorous poems from various papers recount Eb and Flo, a couple whose seaside adventures include marriage, children, sailing metaphors, and financial squalls. The verses chronicle affection, family beginnings, triplets, and Flo’s widowhood, all framed with playful nautical imagery and regional newspaper tonalities.
Loot in Daytime Loot in Daytime
Flat workers looted the home of Louis Baer at 468 Audubon Road in Back Bay yesterday afternoon. Jewelry valued at 265 dollars was stolen through a rear window, including a gold scarf pin, two pearl shirt studs, a jewelry case, and multiple gold cuff buttons and a watch chain. Desks and bureaus were ransacked as officers from Station 16 began an investigation.
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Back Bay
Louis Baer
Audubon Road
Station 16
Woman reports burglary at Massachusetts Avenue apartment
Mary J. McAuliffe of 9 Massachusetts Avenue told police last night that someone entered her apartment yesterday, ransacked it, and stole a gold watch engraved with M. J. McA. and 25 cents in change.
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Mary J. McAuliffe
Massachusetts Avenue
M. J. McA
Burglary at Hyde Park Flat Steals Watch and Cash
Yesterday afternoon Richard Cartwright reported entry by burglars at his Hyde Park avenue flat. The thieves used skeleton keys to enter and seized a small silver watch and a small sum of money.
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Richard Cartwright
Hyde Park Avenue
New Thought Is Very Old
A speaker rejects the label new thought er and dislikes the expression new thought. The speaker argues that what is called new thought is really an old idea. The quote emphasizes skepticism toward the term and its meaning.
Metaphysical League Opens New Thought Convention in Chickering Hall
Charles Brodie Patterson chaired a New Thought convention closing at Chickering Hall last night. Rev. Henry Frank of New York challenged optimism as practiced by earlier speakers and offered a view of both good and bad optimism.
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Charles Brodie Patterson
The
Metaphysical League
New Thought
Chickering Hall
Henry Frank
New York
Frank
Metropolitan Liberal Church
New York City
Man in Kennebunkport Attempts Suicide by Shooting
Kennebunkport Me February 23 1920 John Mc Govern wounded himself in a suicide attempt after illness. A doctor said the man could not recover.
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Kennebunkport
John McGovern
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Bluebeard
John “Bluebeard” Hoch
Roxbury
Munyon
Mr. Lawson
Flo
Ebenezer
Cesar
Cornell
Yonkers Statesman
Chicago Record-Herald
Springfield
Mass.) Union
Floretta
Boston Post
Grafton
Allen
Rex
H. Lampman
Brooklyn Eagle
New York Commercial
Josephine Varlage
Paradise
George D. Ricker
National
W.l.douglas
Lougl
W.L. Douglas
Iworld
Brockton
Mass
W. L. Douglas
W.L Douglas
Washington Street
Summer
Cor, Lincoln
Washington St
Cor
Court Street
Howard
Hanover Street
Heidelberg Eye Institute
Mt. Auburn
Huron Avenue
Rowe's Wharf
Boylston Street
Huntington Avenue
Summer Streets
Everett
City Point
Sullivan Square
Washington and
Wey
His
Oklahoma
P. S
Chickasha Express
Meier
Sacred Heart Church
Concord
N. H
Charles Meier
Hotel & Railroad News Company
O’ Marion Welcome
Fisher Avenue
W. Grovdp
White Dental Parlors
Opp
Rep. White
United States
New England Mutual Life Insurance Co
Milk St
Benjamin F. Stevens
Alfred D. Foster
D. FF. Appel
William B. Turner
Warren Sawyer
Thomas Sherwin
Nathaniel J. Rust
Henry Parkman
Wallace L. Pierce
Charles EF. Cotting
Gordon Abbott
Reginald Foster
Massachusetts
Charles H. Flood
Milk Street
A. H. Curtis
Federal Street
West D. Eldredge
Tel. Rox
Frederic J. Crosby
Warren
Bourke
Roslindale
Mary A. Bourke
Bullen
Philip Bourke
West End
Funers
Church of the Sacred Eart
Harvard Colony
Pilgrim Fathers
Gow
Jennie Gow
Frederick W
Otis Street
Medford
Gba
Ad Malden
John J
Elizabeth Gilrain
Nesidy
Lebanon Street
Johnson
Lawrence A. Johnson
Grand Army Club OF
James B. Cherry
Thomas J. Tate
George D. Kellum
J. Newman & Sons Corpn
Tremont St
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