The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-05-10

Inspector Byfnes, head Of the New
York detective force, said TO n reporter:
"I don't think we have here what
would be called very bad CITY as COM
pared with the big cities of Europe, he
said; tour professionals are doing their
work in the other cities, having found
it dangerous to engage in it here. They
90 to London and the other English
cities and come back here with lots of
swag. They are very seldom caught,
despite the wonderful reputation of the
men of Bow street and Scotland Yard.
New York has none of these sections
through which strangers may not pass
with safety which we are told ere to be
found in the big cities over the sea. Ut
has not even those resplendent and bold
haunts of vicious pleasure that we hear
of there. We have nearly 100000
people here in the daytime every day
except Sunday, and 100000 every
night; the criminals and scum of Eu-
rope are dropped in our streets, and yet
the plumber of arrests has fallen to ], 200
week from 1900 not long ago. The
desperadoes of the city tD-day are the
EoGloins Creferring to a lad who has
been sentenced to be hanged for the
murder of French saloon keeper a few
months ago); they are only loafers and
petty thieves one day, and yet become
felons of the most terrible record the
next. We can do nothing to prevent
their crimes, and we often have no basis
to work on in pursuing them afterwsrd.
'"These young fellows" he continued,
fare the sons of respectable parents,
who are poor and have to bring their
children up in swarming tenements.
The boys go to school, read dime novels
and fash papers, and learn to hang
around barrooms and visit variety
shows. Presently they are beyond the
control of their parents, and being un-
able to get from home the money
necessary to support their vices, they
steal. McGloin and his companions
had wagon which they used to drive
over to Brooklyn and Jersey, load up
with barrels of -four, whisky, sugar,
hams or anything they could steal from
the sidewalk and sell here in New York.
They went into the Frenchman's saloon
to work game of few years. standing
here, called the 'fainting act The
plan is for one of the crowd to hand
the proprietor big bill to change, if
possible, necessitating his bringing out
his bills from his pocket. His doing so
is the signal for one to faint and fall on
the floor. The proprietor alarmed,
naturally lays down his bills, and
attempts to do something for the
afflicted man. Then one grabs his
money, and all run. In this case the
Frenchman paid no attention to the
fainting man, and the others were
bluffed. Mad at him for his sagacity,
all came to his place late at night,
broke in the door and stole his
cigars. The Frenchman heard
them, and came downstairs. The
door was open, and all could have es-
capped, but McGloin waited, cooked his
pistol and when the mans form ap.
peared on the last fight of stairs fired
and killed him. He left nothing to
work on but the bullet in his victims
body. 1 was four weeks getting him,
and when did 80, marked him by a
necktie I had bought for him and had
put on his neck. / could tell how that
was, but I won't. When he was arrested
and asked how be came to kill O man
who had done him no harm, his reply
was: "A fellow is not considered tough
until he has downed his man.
1.-THE truth is," said Captain Will
liams, in whose precinct this and one or
two other murders have been committed
recently, "the truth is that these for
eigners determine to bring their chill
dren up like gentlemen. They send
them to school until they get too old
and too wild to be manageable, and
then the boys steal the copper bottoms
out of their mothers wash boilers, the
rings and brooches their sisters and
mothers wear, and finally make stealing
pay their way in pool rooms, gin mills
and vicious resorts, getting arrested and
bringing their parents to plead for them
at first, but finally going headlong into
the extravaganza of crime"