Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-08
GORDON CONFESSES TAKING
PART IN SCH0ESSEL MURDER

but that Hamilton planned the
burglary of the house He stated that
the suggestion came up suddenly and
as all were in need of money they IA
vored the suggestion.
Gordon's confession. of course. gave
the police something more to work
! upon. They Immediately set out on
the trail of Hamilton. Detective Cox.
Captain Lawrence Kramer and Off
! Ger Charles Ginnane were the officers
who made the arrest.
Gordon Identifies Men.
After Hamilton was arrested. to
make sure that they were on the
right track in the matter. Hamilton
was brought before Gordon and he
identified him as the third party to
the crime.
Then to further assure them that
they were making no mistake. the Of
/ ficers brought Mccoy before Gordon
and the latter stated that Mccoy had
been with them when Schoessel was
murdered.
Mccoy. short time before had been
given a grilling but he did not break
down at all and he made no statements
considering a confession.
With one of the accomplices con-
fessed and the other two in custody,
the clever work of the police depart
ment which has marked every move
made by the officials since Sunday
when the tip was first secured. places
the officers in a position to gain more
success in unearthing information
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courts.
According to the plans now being
considered. when the coroner's jury
meets Monday afternoon. the testt-
mony of Mr. and Mrs. Daley and the
police officials working on the case
will be all which will be introduced.
OF course Gordon could be placed
on the stand but it is thought that this
will not be necessary since the state
nents of the Daileys. it is believed. /
will be sufficient 10 hold the men TO
the grand jury. and the state does not
wish to show its hand.
The three men are types of those |
WHO lounged about certain places in
the city during the time last fall when |
Rock Island was visited by a crime I
wave. and who through a cleanup !
campaign were prevented from carry /
ing out their plans of lawlessness-
The fact that only one Of the three
left the city seems surprising TO many
but the police believe that the men .
thought that they had so cleverly es- /
capped at the time that they had little /
fear that the murder mystery would |
be solved.
No Leads Left
Not having left lead at the time
of the murder. and the only clew given |
the police. that OF the dying words OF /
the murdered man in which he said: /
-Four men at the bottom of the
stairs" they probably felt that the
police would be unable 10 sift the case /
TO the bottom and get at the cul-
prits.
II may have been. too. that they had .
Intended remaining here to watch the
progress the police made in solv-
ing the mystery, so that they would
know how close the officials were at
any time to apprehending them, and
then when matters became too warm
for them they would leave the city.
The police were correct in their t1e-
orv Immediately following the murder
that novices were responsible for the
crime At the time following the muir
der the officers stated that the perpe-
traitors of the crime were probably
new at the game. and that in the scuf
fe that ensued after they accosted
SchoesseI one of the number shot
him.
Finding of Revolver.
Detective Cox stated on the witness
stand at the inquest that the revolver
which was found in the school yard
across the street was not the one used
in commission OF the crime, and while
one of the men may have had the gun,
throwing ii as he ran. il was later
learned that the bullet was from a re
yoIver other than the one found.
At the time OF the murder rumOrs I
Of trouble at the Rock Island arsenal,
Were Dir. Schaessel was employed as
Q foreman. were also discredited. These
stories. too. have proven without foun-
dation.
The police are looking mp the rec
Drds Of the three men under arrest. !
and thus far have learned that Hanil- {
ION has been arrested in Davenport on '
> charge Of forgery. he having lived
about the tri-cities for some time past. t
As far as the officers have progress !
ID into the past of tae other two men. I
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