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The rise and fall of Johann Hoch the bigamist
Johann Hoch faced a jury for murder in Chicago after a life of marrying and swindling many women across cities from Milwaukee to Wheeling and St. Louis. He claimed nobility and denied confessing but admitted willingness to die for guilt if found, while his elaborate matrimonial schemes spanned decades and nations. He was convicted and sentenced to death, with stays and a Supreme Court appeal shaping the final outcome.
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Hoch
Johann
Marshal Ney
St. Helene
Napoleon
Strassbourg
Toulon
N Poleon
Jesus Christ
Emelia Fischer
Marie Welker
Fisher
New York
Germany
Vienna
Anna Hoch
America
Chicago
CG. A. Meyer
H. Irick
Irick
Julia Steinbrecher
de Witt C. Cudney
Callie Charlotte Andrews
Cudney
Little Huldah Stevans
Wheeling
W. Va
Jacob Huss
Huss
Martin Dots
Bridewell
Simon Strauss
Ginchynall
Clara Bartell
Bartell-Hoch
Hooh
Julia Deess
Hamilton
Bartall
House of Correction
Milwaukee
JH. Schwartzmann
Mary Schultz
Argos
Ind
Nathalie Peterson
Peterson
Elizabeth Goark
Jacob Schmidt
Caroline Schaefer
Philadelphia
Welker
Emelia Fisher
Welker Hoch
Supreme Court