The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-08-03
NO REWARD
FOR CAbEL
MuRDERERS
Police Say Solution of
Murder Remains a
Mystery. ;

No reward for the capture
of the murderers of William
C. Gabel will be offered by |
the city of Rock Island, Off
cials agreed this morning.
Questioned by Mayor Har- |
ry M. Schriver as to the ad-
visibility of offering such a
reward, Chief Thomas Cox
of the police department
stated that such an action
would probably not facilitate
the clearing up of the mys-
terry.
It was agreed that a de-
parture from the precedent
established in murders of the
past, when no rewards were
offered from the city treas
ury,' is not warranted in this
case.
Police were no nearer So
luton of the killing and ap-
prehension of the slayers to-
day. Nothing has as yet oc-
CURED to change police the
ories advanced yesterday,
that the crime was commit
ted by assassins brought
here for that purpose by
members of the alleged vice
ring who, reused by rumor
that Gabel was telling all he
knew, determined to quiet
him.
Il called the chief into confer
ence upon this reward plan," said
Mayor Schriver this morning, "but
he advised against it. He pointed
out that such rewards were not u.s.
ual-not even recently when a
county sheriff was murdered"
Sheriff John G. Miller and his
deputies are assisting in the in
vestigation. There will be no re-
ward offered by the county for ap-
prehension of the slayers.
Sheriff Miller this afternoon said
that such reward would have to
be authorized by the board of sup
ervisors. Such a step is unlikely
to be taken, he said.
Widow Promises Sensation,
Mrs. Gabel and the other rela-
tives Of the dead man left last night
for Marshalltown, Iowa, where the
funeral will take place tomorrow
Before leaving, the widow renewed
her statements that she would re-
veal what she knows of the affair
to her attorney upon her return.
There was doubt expressed in
some quarters today that Mrs
Gabel's story would have a mater
ial effect on the investigation OF
the case. Il can put my hand on
the men responsible" she is re-
ported to have said, "and l am
ready to 60 to the bottom of this
thing"
With the police and county Of
ficers admitting that they are at a
loss to trace the gunner who shot
down Gabel, investigation of ever,
angle of the case was going ahead
i Says "The Gang"
William Dittman, bartender al
Gabel's place, said to have been il
the murdered mans confidence, has
learned nothing that will indicate
who shot down his employer at the
saloon doorstep at midnight Mon
day night.
1T was that gang" he has sait
several times, referring to the gun
men,
Lesson Of Sudden Death.
No reference to the manner O.
the motive Of the murder wa
made by Rev. J. L. Vance, pasto
of the Oak Grove United Presby
, terrain church, at funeral service
which were held at 2:30 o'clocl
yesterday afternoon in the Gabe
residence, 1923 Twenty-fifth street
Rev. Mr.. Vance delivered his ser
: mon beside the casket which wa
resting in the front room Of tn
, home and was surrounded by flow
, ers. The pastor emphasized "pre
, paredness" at the obsequies-no
merely the leaving Of the house o
} personal affairs in perfect orde
: for the survivors or friends-bu