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Hoch tale of twenty marriages and poison plots unfolds
Mrs. Mary Goerk, sister of H. F. Maass, recalls Hoch who posed as a German widower and hypnotist, wooing and swindling her before vanishing with a costly overcoat. Authorities allege Hoch wed more than twenty wives and may have murdered at least a dozen. he was arrested in New York and awaits Chicago charges. Forest Kimball, 13, son of Mrs. Cora Kimball, died from lockjaw after a coast ing accident and illness. services and burial set for Quasqueton.
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Mary Goerk
H. F. Maass
Hoch
New York City
Chicago
Noch
Goerk
Mr. Maass
St. Louis
Maass
Smith
Hloch
South Side
Germany
of Illinois
Marie Welker-Hoch
O’neil
Forest Kimball
Lon Kimball
Cedar Rapids
Forest L. Kimball
Cora Kimball
Second Avenue
St. Luke's Hospital
Jlackjaw
Lockwood
Quasqueton
G. R. Wilt
Tenth Street
Forest
Jackson School
St.Luke's Hospital
Cora B. Kimball
Fillmore
N. W. Dixon
Maxwell
Quasqueton Cemetery
L. F. Kimball