Hoch hanged after failed appeals to federal court
Johann Hoch, famed bigamist and alleged killer, was executed at Cook County jail at 1 34 PM after weeks of legal fighting. His lawyers sought a federal writ of habeas corpus while Landis ruled against, delaying the hanging by hours. Hoch professed innocence in German, ate a dinner, and faced the scaffold with soldierly calm, denying last words and confessing only that he was a wicked man in a brief, decisive end.
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Chicago
Johann Hoch
Cook County
Hoch
United States Supreme Court
Landis
Peters
Whitman
Schlecter
J. R. Burkland
McNamara
Burkland
Hock
Hoche
State Supreme Court
Federal
Finally Pays Extreme For Remarkable Crimes
A brief report notes revival of halted execution preparations as authorities revisit extraordinary crimes and legal actions. The piece highlights emergency adjustments in procedure and official statements on the case status.
Series of Marriages Contracted by Hoch Reveals Dark Tale
A German origin man Hoch is linked to a string of marriages in the United States from 1895 to 1905. He allegedly obtained money from each wife, with several dying of nephritis or under suspicious circumstances. He faced arrest in 1898 for selling mortgaged furniture and later disappeared after taking funds from his last known wife.
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Hoch
United States
Martha Steinbrecher
Mary Rankin
Martha Hertzfield
Mary Hoch
Wheeling
W. Va
Clara Bartell
Cincinnati
Janary
Julia Dose
Hamilton
Ohio
House of Correction
Anna Geehrke
Chicago
St. Louis
Mary Becker
Marie Welcker
Emilie Fischer
Year of Grace extension ties tariff war risk in Germany
Berlin reports Reichstag approved extending reciprocal tariff rates to the United States to June 30, 1907, averting a possible tariff war. Chancellor von Beulow said Germany would suffer less than the U S, while opposition leader Posadowsky-Wehner urged caution. In a separate case Hoch is implicated in the arsenic death of his wife with a July execution date reset by the governor.
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Hoch
Horrweiler
Germany
Bingen-on the-Rhine
Jacob Schmitt
Berlin
Reichstage
United States
Reichstag
von Beulow
Count von Posadowsky-Wehner
America
Lawson Fails To Speak At Peoria Washington Banquet
Thomas Lawson did not speak at the Creve Coeur club Washington banquet in Peoria Il. The event drew a large audience disappointed by his silence as four other nationally known speakers took the program. Lawson explained he would not deliver a three hour speech at that hour and offered the press his prepared message.
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Peoria
Thomas Lawson
Washington
Creve Coeur Club
Lawson
Bostonian
A. B. Stickney
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Winfield Scott Schley
Navy
J. Adam Bede
Charles A. Towne
United States
Laws Like Bay State Uniform Divorce Act Adopted
Washington reports Congress approved a resolution urging states to adopt a Massachusetts style divorce rule. It declares a divorce obtained in another state or country for a cause not permitted here shall have no force in this commonwealth. A second resolution makes fraud or collusion in obtaining divorces a statutory crime.
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Washington
Congress On
Torpedo Boat Winslow in Trouble Off Cape Henry
Norfolk Va February 23 A message to the commandant stated the torpedo boat Winslow was broken down southeast of Cape Henry and required immediate assistance. Admiral Harrington sent the tug Mohawk to aid the vessel.
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Winslow
Cape Henry
Mohawk
Norfolk
Navy Yard
Harrington
Epitome of Doings in Congress Yesterday
Washington reports summarize yesterday's congressional actions in both houses. In the Senate Mr Knox's railroad bill received reading and debate. a hazing bill passed after amendments. petitions from Independent Oil Refiners association of Tuneville and Ol City were presented. bills on coal lands purchase and Philippine tariff adjustment advanced. Washington's farewell read. executive session and adjournment followed. In the House the army appropriation bill faced prolonged debate and possible amendment. George Washington honors shaped discussions. Mr Gilbert of Kentucky opposed the ship subsidy. urgent deficiency conference report approved. adjournment planned for today.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Enate
Knox
Senate
Independent Oil Refiners’ Association of
Tuneville
Ol City
New York Harbor
Clapp
Committee On
Indian Affairs
Ba P. L
Washington
McCrenary
HOUSE
George Washington
Mgr
Gilbert Tucky
Democrats Attempt Rate Bill On Senate Floor
In Tiffin Ohio on February 23 Mrs Dora Carpenter and Grover Bachman are under arrest for causing a Pennsylvania freight train wreck. Bachman claims Carpenter directed the act to wreck a passenger train for a large reward, planning to feign insanity after arrest. Bachman faces a year in prison, while Carpenter denies involvement. Washington reports quiet in China with no outbreak signals.
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Tiffin
Ohio
Dora Carpenter
Augustus Hoke
Pleasant Township
Grover Bachman
Pennsylvania
Bachman
Carpenter
Bachmann
Return of Mexican War dead urged by veterans
At the National Association of Mexican War Veterans session Brig. Gen. George B. Davis urged bringing back soldiers who died in Mexico as was done with Spain war dead. The suggestion drew applause and the group planned resolutions to push the policy.
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Washington
National Association of Mexican War Veterans Today
George B. Davis
Mexico
Spain
Lieut Edward Scharrar and Wilhelmina Busch Granted License
A marriage license was issued yesterday to Lieut Edward Scharrar and Miss Wilhelmina Busch daughter of Adolphus Busch of St Louis. It is not known when the wedding will take place.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Edward Scharrer
Wilhelmina Busch
Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
Broad reforms in sight for Austria in parliament
Vienna February 23 five bills proposing universal suffrage and electoral changes were introduced in the lower house by Premier Frankenthurn. Pan German interruptions marked the session though most deputies applauded his plan. Also reported a Dawson Wisconsin fire destroying the business district, two blocks burned, loss $70,000.
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Vienna
Frankenthurn
Dawson
Wis
Jokes About Town Actress Shot In Illinois Theatre
Miss Pearl E Elwy n a Chicago actress was shot in the leg after insulting remarks about the town during a performance in Linton Indiana A man in the rear fired a revolver then fled The doctor said the wound to the calf was not serious A conspiracy claim by Watson against the company was mentioned in a letter defending the accusations.
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Linton
Ind
Pearl E. Elwyyn
Chicago
Junic Patlows
Insurance Firm Sues for Alleged Slander
Galesburg Illinois February 23 The National Life Insurance company of Chicago has filed in circuit court two suits for 50 000 each alleging conspiracy and slander against Dr Watson and Attorney W H Atwood both of Galesburg The action follows a failure to obtain a temporary injunction to stop their distribution of a libelous letter to the company bondholders urging them to join a Des Moines suit The charges will allege Atwood and Watson acted together in the libelous campaign
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Galesburg
National Life Insurance Company of Chicago
Watson
W. H. Atwood
Siege at Fort Bishop in Jacksonville lasts fourth day
In Jacksonville Illinois Fort Bishop remains besieged four days into a anti vice crusade. Belle Bishop proprietor of the only disorderly resort in town wanders the floor while inmates endure cold. Five policemen guard the house as mail food and water are sent in. Chief Davis vows to press warrants and keep the siege until surrender.
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Jacksonville
Ill
Fort Bishop
Belle Bishop
Davis
YATES MUST AGAIN TAKE REST
Ex-Gav Yates after an address at Monmouth Illinois was forced to cancel all engagements this week due to sore throat. He attacked the Cullom machine noting a 1894 pledge of $70 000 for four years as ambassador to Mexico if his delegates would back him. He praised President Roosevelt and pledged to vote for the people if elected senator. Changes Inheritance Tax Law. The Supreme Court ruled residuary legacies must pay the inheritance tax immediately after the testator dies, not at the end of a trust.
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Chicago
Hoch
Monmouth
Gav
Yates
Mexico
Roosevelt
Springfield
Supreme Court
Hepburn Rate Bill Advances in Senate Committee
Democratic members of the senate committee on interstate commerce caucused and voted to report the Hepburn rate bill to the senate without amendment and move the contest to the senate floor. The action does not bind on court review. The bill was ordered reported favorably by the committee. The House then passed the Tillman-Gillepsie resolution directing an inquiry into railroad discriminations and monopoly with a prompt report timeline.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Senate
Hepburn BM
House
Tillman-Gilleaple
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ume
Morocco to Have Gold Standard, Conference Optimistic
Ambassador White cables from Algeciras that the conference adjourned to Saturday with a conciliatory mood and no immediate hostilities between France and Germany on the bank issue. Paris reports Rouvier gave no status change. France to seek three new battleships. At Algeciras the bank question sees the gold basis adopted and Italian discussions consider appointing arbitrators if a majority deal emerges.
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Washington
White
State Department
Algeciras
France
Germany
Paris
Rouvier
Marine
Thompson
Ambassador White
Coal strike cannot be averted says operator leader
Pittsburg February 24 Francis L Robbins head of the bituminous coal operators arrived from New York and said there is no possibility of averting a coal strike in the bituminous regions Springfield Illinois February 23 The United Mine Workers of Illinois endorsed the wage scale stance adopted by the national convention
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Francis L. Robbins
Pittsburg
New York
Springfield
United Mine Workers of Illinois
Fears for J W Alexander in serious condition after operation
New York February 23. Physicians attending James W Alexander former president of the Equitable Life Assurance society expressed fears today over his condition after the operation performed yesterday.
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Equitable
New York
James W. Alexander
Equitable Life Assurance Society
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