The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-03

found the place without any difficulty
and handed my letter to clerk, who in
time passed it to some one in the next
room. In 8 moment,the gate swung open
aud ! was hidden to enter A tall man
rose from a desk, and crossing the tiny
aGte-rooTn, waved me to seat near him.
l shook in my shoes as ! stated my errand.
All this time ne had never looked At me,
but noyr, as | fnisaeI speaking, he lifted
his eyes from the floor and gaze me q swift,
scrutinizjng glance, duriHg which 1
thought Of every mean action OF my life
and wondered Is - E1eE ali about il.
He then G&ze s-le the appointment de-
sired foc the following day, and at taa hour
designated fcr the interview I once more
presented myself at police headquarters
and was shown into the Inspectors Office.
Imagine a large room with two great
windows that look into a court. The gas
is brightly burning, though it is only
triAe past noon. There is a cheerful red
carpet upon the Hoor. Leather covered
chairs and sofa furnish the room. At one
end stands great walnut desk in perfect
order. No papers, documents or letters
litter 1t. There are a few books and
what's this9 fer paper weight the inspect
or uses i pair of h;dcous leg irons!
1t was while staring at the dreadful fet-
tiers On the inspectors desk that l heard q
quick step behind ne and = cheerful voice:
"Ahi Good afternoon" Turning | was
greeted by r cordial hand shake and an in
vitation TO ''sit down and fire away"
Inspector Byrnes is tail. finely devel-
oped man. Els hair and carefully trimmed
mustache are gray. His complexion is
horid. He has nice hands. Ills cyes-well,
now We come to the remarkable feature Of
the man. They are gray Ia color. They
can smile kindly and they can give an i'm
passive, sphinx ike glance TINT sends the
cold chills over you. / can fancy no more
genial, pleasant companion than this msn,
nor more stern, uncoraprolGIsiDg, recent
less ouestioner. He is wei dressed, his
necktie is unimpeachable, his linen immsc-
ulate, and he wears some handsome dia-
monds.
He IS clever, keen, diplomatic. He can
parry au unwelcone question gracefully
or answer it with tact and Judgment. He
inpreSses one as a singularly modest man,
not seeming 70 care to talk much OF his
brilliant achievements.
He gave me many interesting points, es-
pecially about women in crime ana as de-
tactivcs. "a woman who goes down hill, /"
lie said, will go lower than a man. A
woman who Incomes IN habitual thief or
drlnkard viii exhibit more degradation
than man Of ike calling. For example,
often find women teaching their children
TO thieve and shoplift. / never knew Of
but two cases where men taught their Off
spring to follow in their thievish footsteps
/ often have mother and daughter partners
In shoplfting before me, never father and
son under similar conditions
do women make good detectives? No."
with decided emphasis and great contempt.
Il do not think it possible for a woman TO
be successful detective. In the first place.
good, modest woman would not think of
such an employment, and the other class
can't be trusted. You see If they are not
married they have lovers or sweethearts TO
whom they win tell not only all they know
of the case upon which they may be work
ing, but they will, in order to create a pro-
found impression of their cleverness, draw
upon their imaginations. This may be
hard on the women, but it's true, just the
same. No. when it has been necessary for
NE to employ women / have never let them
into the merits Of the case / haven't dared
couldn't trust them.
Women will identify better than men.
They are far more observing. II man has
any conversation with a woman. she will