Johann Hoch

Johann Hoch was hanged at the Cook County Jail in Chicago in 1906, in a judicial execution. After his death, other cemeteries refused to accept his body, and it was buried anonymously on the Dunning grounds in a box made at the jail. His name and the date of his death are the only details of his life the sources give.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Cook County Jail (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

Source

• The Story Of Dunning, A 'Tomb For The Living' WBEZ Chicago, April 30, 2013