Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1910 — CLEW IN MYSTERIOUS DEATHS [ARTICLE]

CLEW IN MYSTERIOUS DEATHS

Arrest of William Gohl Is Believed Will Solve Mystery. Tacoma, Wash., Fob. 4. —In the arrest of William Gohl, agent of the Sailors’ union at Aberdeen, charged wish the murder of Charles Halberg, the police believe that they have begun to unravel the mystery surrounding the deaths of over forty men whose lifeless bodies have been found in sloughs and nearby streams at Aberdeen during the past five years. Gohl is known as an agent supplyingships with workmen. The theory of the police is that Gohl robbed returning sailors of their money, murdering them in an attempt to hide his crime. Since Gohls’ arrest he has refused to talk.