Arizona republican., 1919-08-20
MID MURDERED GAMBLER CREME
 STILL MYSTERY
Police No Step Nearer to So- lution of Crime-Unable to Trace Ownership of Hat Found in Hall Near Body

The fate that protected Harry Creme, gambler, during his life is ap- parently protecting his murderer, for yesterday found the authorities not one step closer to the crimnal than they had been the day before. To all intent and purposes the man who shot down the gambler at the entrance to the 'joint' on Wall street has vanished into thin air.
 No new developments were brought into the case yesterday. One slight clue is practically all the officers have to work on-the black well-worn hat found beside Creme's body Monday morning just after the shooting. The failure to hit upon a motive for the murder is the really puzzling feature of the affair. There were many men In Phoenix who bore Creme i'll will, but to find one who would have carried his resentment so far as to shoot the gam bier down in cold blood is almost im- possible.
 Slayer Vanished
 The man who was seen emerging from the southern end of Wall street soon after the fatal shot was fired was undoubtedly the slayer, in the opinion of many officers. But he vanished so quickly and so completely that he might almost as well have never been seen at all
 The fact that this man was limping and that his clothing was disordered indicated struggle before the shoot Ing. The theory Of a struggle is strengthened by the nature of Creme's wound and the bullets sharp range up ward, While it is generally accepted that the shooting took place at the head of the stairs, as there was blood on the landing. Creme's cry for mercy might indicate also a struggle in which he was being severely punished.
 Hat Is Only Clue
 The only material clue in the entire case is the black hat found by Cremes body. with the. gamblers cap below it. The hat was purchased in Miami. but officers see small chance of tracing 1t down. What seemed a promising clue developed when two laundry, or clear CTS, numbers were found on the inside of the hat, but investigation found that the numbers bore no names on the cleaners books, thus leaving no record of the owner.
 Even a grain of doubt appeared yes terday in whether the hat found was really the murderer's. Three young men who were standing near the Hotel Je11erson when the supposed murderer came out Of the southern end of Wall street, passing them across the street were inclined to think the man was wearing no hat. On the other hand Jack Shields, who was standing nearby and who followed the man, was positive that the man wore soft hat creased on top.
 Feared One Man
 One ruEnor in general circulation. terday was to the effect that Creme had told friends he was afraid of a certain man who was a frequenter of Creme's gambling resort, the Athenian club. Creme. according to the story often said he wished the man wouid not come there, as he could not stand losses and always looked after losing as If he would like to commit murder. The story failed to hold anything ma terial, however.
 The 20 or more men, mostly Greeks who were held as suspects and released after the inquest. received their various armaments back yesterday. Most of the men had revolvers, but were not wearing them when they were taken into custody. The weapons were found Tn the trunks or rooms of their various owners.
 The verdict on the case returned by the coroner's jury was death by gum shot wound inflicted by some unknown party" And the party is remaining unknown
 Don't Shoot Me-
 A. V. Hepherington. proprietor of the Lunch Palace a restaurant adjoin- ing the Hardwick hotel, 24 West Jack son street, mistaken for the murderer by a member of the local police force in the chase, had narrow escape from being shot during the hunt Monday morning.
 Mir. Hepherington. who sleeps on a cot outside, was awakened at about 3 o'clock by shouts of the pursuers.
 T thought somebody was chasing a hydrophobia cat" stated Mir Hepher-