, 1905-01-23
FUNERAL OF
C. H.. GERBER
BODY OF THE MURDERED FIRST
STREET MERCHANT LAID TO
REST IN CEMETERY TODAY.
C~bsequies Very Simple and Body Fol-
lowed to Grave by Brother of De-
ceased-R. G. Fitch Qualities as
Administrator and Begins lnven-
tory of Stock.

The funeral Of George Gerber, tins
First street merchant murdered in
his store last Thursday night, occurred
this morning from STRIKERS undertake,
ing rooms. where the body has laid
since it was delivered to Mr.. Stryker
on Friday, shortly after the finding OF
the hideous crime. There were no re-
Iigious services and only a few were
in attendance when the body was
borne to its last resting place.
Among those gathered was John
Gerber of Cheyenne, the brother of
the dead man, who arrived Saturday
afternoon, and who has since been in
the city. AT his suggestion no relig-
ious services were held. He said his
brother was not a member of any
church, and the rites of the church
at this time would do him no good.
Sam Collins declined to serve as ad-
ministrator of the estate. and r. G.
Fitch, assistant cashier of the Albany
County National bank, was placed in
charge of the estate as administrator.
An inventory of the stock of goods is
under his direction, John Gerber being
present. 1t is believed the goods will
be sold in a lump, if possible, and the
business continued here, though this is
4 matter yet to be disposed of.
Gerber's hat was found in the store
this morning with a hole in the crown,
showing that the man had worn the
nat when he was assaulted with the
iron bar in the hands of one of the
murderers. 1t looks to the officers as
though the men were all in the
together and that Gerber was after his
pistol when assaulted. He was struck
and knocked to his knees, other blows
falling on his head as he fell to the
door, the stab wound in the neck be-
ing administered while he was down
and unconscious from the blows. This,
of course, is conjecture.
While there have beer a number of
rumors in circulation today hat the
murderer had been caught, there is
nothing in any of them, according to
Under Sheriff Knadler and Deputy
Sheriff Jones. Sheriff Reals went to
Cheyenne at 5 o'clock yesterday after
noon, and the o persistent rumor
down to the time of the arrival of
trains Nos. 3 and 5 this afternoon was
that he would bring the negro back
with him, and that Mr.. Knadler was at
the depot platform to meet him. Mr..
knadler laughed at this and said he
had heard nothing from Mr.. Reals.
The latter had gone to Cheyenne to
confer with the officers of that city,
but there were no direct clews, and no
arrests had been made, Mr.. Knadler
said, down to 1 o'clock this afternoon.
1t is almost certain that the men
concerned were the negro and two
white men who went from here to
Cheyenne on the night of the murder,
and who were seer to divide a large
sum of money on the train. From
Cheyenne the negro had gone in one
direction and the white men in anoth,
err. ard' the officers along the line of
the supposed track of the fugitives
were furnished what description the
officers have of them. So far they
have not been overhauled. All the
officers are agreed that the three will
be found to be the men who did the
deed, if they are captured, and the
probability of their capture is quite
good, in spite of the excellent start
they had and of the meager descrip
tons of them.