The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-01

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S:Iudging from the position in
xlcA Gabsi Was found. be had got
t6ksout Of his machine on the lsft
~. the drivSr's side, and walled
atSqnd the back Of his car. Just
q he emerged from the rear. pre-
pagptory TO stepping onto the SIDE
V2lk. he was shot,
gTfom the position Of . bullet
at Vas found lodged in the side
a his machine, near the back. the
rnen had evidently been on the
sidewalk It the corner OF the build
IN. and shot in . southeastsriy d.
svOtion-
II heard the shots fred. There
ware about fiva, I think. I rushed
ont In front There were two 9TH
er men In the bar at the time.
~During the day there were no
suspicious men around the place.
No one came in to inquire for Mr.
0abel and there IL no circumstance
a the saloon with which to connect
tlp the shooting. The only out OF
the ordinary occurrence WAS q tele-
phone call he made to the Como
hotel shortly before he left at 10
o'clock"
Saw Car Arrive.
The death car drew up in front
Of the home Of Mrs. Elizabeth
Thorpe. 1909 Fourth avenue, shortly
after midnight, coming from the
west and turning around In front
Of her house. Mrs. Thorpe. who
was expecting her husband home
from work, was in the front part Of
the house, and upon hearing the car
arrive she looked out the window.
II was fairly light at that point.
she said, and she could see the car
Z clearly. 1t was . big machine: she
could not make out the type Of car
but said it was apparently new.
highly polished and cfean. There
were six men in 1t, two in front and
four in the rear.
She saw two men leap from the
rear seat and run up the sidewalk
eastward. toward Gabers place.
Her house 10 the third door west
She watched, curious about their
actions, from behind the shade OF
her front window.
She heard q half-dozen cracking
shots, like string Of firecrackers
going or" she said. and the two
men came running down the street,
back into the car, and it leaped
away from the curb and sped down
Fourth avenue westward.
She could not describe the ap-
pearance of the two gunner, ex-
cept that they wore dark suits Of
clothes, both having on coats.
No Farley.
From the statements of those IN
the vicinity when the assassination
took place, Gabal was shot down
without warning and without q
word spoken hy him or by the as
sassins.
Two man probably stood Jus,
around the west front corner oil
GAbel's building and emptied theil
guns at him as he walked around
the rear Of his car.
AL shots entered his right side
One struck just below the pit Of hi
right arm and plowed its way cleal
through his chest, emerging on tn,
left side after passing through hi
heart Another struck just owe
the right hip and passed through
his abdomen A third hit Just be
low the hip and lodged in his alb
domen and the fourth struck tn
outside Of his right calf, moved up
ward and emerged on the inside o
the leg Just below the kneecap.
The bullets were all of .38 calibre
Two types Of bullets, brass jack
eted and lead. we're picked up afte
the shooting, indicating that tw
guns were used, probably by bot
men. The lead bullets inflicted tn
wounds fand the others struck tn
0abel automobile.
Born In Iowa
William C. Gabei was born Il
Lovden. Iowa, Aug. q, 1886, an,
received his education IN tn
schools OF Glenham, s. D. He cam
here is years ago and married
Vivian Hays, Dec. s, 1912. He be
came interested in the saloon bust
ness three years ago, when h
opened the place in front Of whicl
he was murdered last night.
He was a member OF the Eagles
Surviving him are his widow, thre
brothers. Otto. Fred and Henry Il
Glenham. S. D., and two sisters
Mrs. Anna Kindt, Glenham, an,
Mra. Mary Endorf. Sanborn, lows
Tho inquest will be conducte,
this evening in the Wheelan par
lofs, $50 Eighteenth street. Fun
eral services will be held at "a
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon in tn
family residence. 1898 Twenty
fifth street. Rev. ]. L. Vance, mas
tor Of the Oak Grove United Pres
byterian church, conducting tn
eeE1ices. Tho body will be sent /
Aarshalltown, Iowa, at So
O'Clock Thursday morning for bur
ial In Riverside cemetery. Service
In Marshalltown will be held /
the home Of Mrs. H. 8. Stump, 100
East Main street. . sister OF Mr.,
0abel.
Formerly Peliceaan.
Gabel was . pAtrolman ON tn
Rock Island police force during tn
1cCaskrin administration, 1867.
He was making ready to retiY
mum the saloon business, havin
purchased land and started pou
IN farm in the vicinity Of hi
homo
Yesterday be took out $35, on
M Insurance policy. This ID b,
11nxed by some to point to the q,
tenk he was apprehenstve OF poss
& b1o attack upon him. The polio
Wne not yet effective, q he had n,