The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-21

city thoroughly, and must know by sight
every profe. sional thief, urglar aud con-
hdence man known to be at large In or
about New York. They Garry Ia their
minds mental photograph OF every man
ana woman wanted for the commission OF
crime. and would recognize them at a
glance in any crowd, A good memory for
faces and names Is one Of the most impor-
tant qualifications They are men of the
world who can 60 anywhere and mingle
In any company without attracting special
attention themselves. They never make
known their ide tlty unless it is absolutely
necessary TO do 80. These are the men who
follow trails, work out clews and shadow
criminals and persons suspected OF crime.
" hen men aud women are arrested on
suspicion by the central Office detectives,
they are fret taken Before the inspector. In
cases where more than one person ia sup
posed to be implicated ia crime, tue iirst
one arrested Is thoroughly examined by
byrnes before being locked up. There is
no honor among criminals, and the first one
caught is sure TO betray his confederates, il
he thinks confession will take a few years
of his own sentence
In the examination OF suspecte, Inspector
Byrnes' wonderful knowledge Of human
nature in general. and criminal nature In
particular, has often been the means Of
solving great mysteries and detecting
dangerous criminals. There is some peou-
har magnetism in his presence, some subtle
charm In the glance of his keen gray ewes
that few criminals can Withstand. The ma
Jority OF them, when brought face to face
with the man they fear SO much break
down and tell all they know. II they mani
fest disposition to deny anything and bluff
1t out they are locked up until they can be
confronted with evidence that will show
them their game is up. and the best thing to
do Is TO make a clean breast of it,
A story is told of how the inspector once
induced murderer to confess by bringing
him face to face with the instruments with
which he committed the crime, and then
attempted to dispose of the body OF his vic
tim. The murder was done with a small
meat ak, and then the murderer had cut
the body into small pieces and packed it In
a trunk. Only clrcumstantial evidence
could be obtained, and the murderer when
arrested claimed to be innocent. The in
spector, after questioning the man again
and again, finally resolved TO try another
method OF learning his guilt or innocence.
The murdered man was lying on a
lounge when he was killed. The inspector
had this lounge, tho trunk in which the
body was found, and the az with which the
crime was committed brought into his office
and arranged in conspicuous positions.
Then he sent for the prisoner.
Take a seat here;" and the inspector
PioCeu onAlI where tne prisoner would
face the blood-stained lounge and trunk
The prisoners eyes were fixed on the
trunk as II he expected TO see the ghost of
his victim rise up to confront him, but the
inspector was cool and deliberate. He
picked up the meat AZ, and holding IL Ia
front OF the prisoner asked. "Do you think
a blow on the head with this AK would kill
a manp
The murderer turned pale and began 60
tTanblQ hnt In n UoiCa hoe g.
fear he attempted to ask the meaning of
such questions
Apparently taking no notice OF the mans
words or manner, Byrnes went on. He
asked the trembling wretch IL It was easy
TO cut up human body, If the gaps in the
edge OF the ak could have been made by
striking against the bones and many other
questions apparently based on an imagin-
ary crime. Finally ne opened the trunk
and cslmly asked the prisoner to look at it
and soc II he thought human body. after
being chopped to pieces, could be packed
away there and the crime concealed.
This was too much for the trembling
murderer. He put his hands over his face
to shut out the vision and then aud there
made full confession of his crime.
Inspector Byrnes is always pleasant TO
newspaper reporters, who are frequent Wis
itors to his office in search Of news. He
rarely gives an interview for publication
and never spolls a case by making public his
plans. But he is never angry or Impatient
when asked for information. When a re-
porter asks question he does not care to
alswer he usually remarks that st is a fine
day, and offers his visitor cigar. When
no has news to give the reporters he always
gives 1t fully aud cheerfully.
reporters from all the daily papers in the
city are stationed at police headquarters.
When the inspector has worked up an i'm
portant case and it ia In shape to give to the
newspaper he sends for the reporters to
come to his office. The message, "Byrnes
has got story" goes the rounds Of the re-
porters' rooms across the street. and they
all hurry to his private Office. He knows
just what they want, and has every detail
Qf the story written out. This he reads aloud
slowly, explaining any points that are not
made clear in the written report, and the
reporters make notes while he reads.
Across the nall from the inspec5or's pri-
vnte Office Is themussum, large room filed
with relics Of crimes and executions Theirs
are murderous looking weapons OF every
description and the largest assortment OF
burglars tools in the world.
Ia another room Is the famous 'rogue's
gallery" containing several thousand orim-
inals. Every picture is numbered and op-
poslte corresponding number In a book.
kept for the purpose, is the name and his
tory OF the criminal.
once mans picture finds place in the
"rogue'S gallery" 10 will be better for him
to reform or keep awav from the metropolis.
80 long as he remains In New York he can
never feel quite sure that he is not being
watched by one Of Byrnes' men.
WALTER J.. HAwLEY.
AN ARGENTINE ALLIANCE.