Johann Otto Hoch was finally tried and convicted of only one murder and that was his second to last wife, Maria Walcker-Hoch who lived with him at 6430 Union Avenue. He supposedly married Maria Walcker on December 10, 1904 in Chicago and almost exactly one month later on January 11, 1905 she was dead of Nephritis or inflammation of the kidneys. Within five days he married Maria's sister, Emilie Fischer from Joliet. Three days later Hoch fled with $750 and Emilie reported him to the police as a swindler and bigamist. The police became suspicious and had Emilie's sister exhumed and they found 7.6 grams of arsenic in the body.
Johann Otto Hoch was finally tried and convicted of only one murder and that was his second to last wife, Maria Walcker-Hoch who lived with him at 6430 Union Avenue. He supposedly married Maria Walcker on December 10, 1904 in Chicago and almost exactly one month later on January 11, 1905 she was dead of Nephritis or inflammation of the kidneys. Within five days he married Maria's sister, Emilie Fischer from Joliet. Three days later Hoch fled with $750 and Emilie reported him to the police as a swindler and bigamist. The police became suspicious and had Emilie's sister exhumed and they found 7.6 grams of arsenic in the body.
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Oak Woods Cemetery is listed per the Cook County, Illinois Death Index.
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