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Show MURDER MYSTERIES MAY NOW BE SOLVED ABERDEEN. Wash.. Feb. 3. In the arrest today of William Gohl. bus ness agent for tho Sailors' union In Aberdeen, on tho charge of murdering Charles Hal-berg Hal-berg a fisherman, whose body was fountl last 'night in a slough near Grays Harbor Har-bor tho police have uncovered what they think is an Important lead toward tho solution of many disappearance mys- tCDurlng the past five years more than forty bodies of men who were known hero as membors of the "Float fleet have boon taken from the creeks and sloughs of Gray's Harbor. In the majority ma-jority of these deaths tho police were unable to learn whether murder or accident ac-cident was the cause. At the time- Halbcrg's body was found, sunk by a stolen anchor, tho police were looking for John Hoffman, another sailor and a" member of the Aberdeen police force, both of whom disappeared several sev-eral weeks ago. Ilalbcrg had two bullet wounds In the back of his head. The details of Gold's alleged connection with the crime arc being guarded by the police in the hope of clearing up other deaths. It Is reported re-ported that moro arrests will be made soon. |