New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-10

Tho marvellousiy planed burglary of the Man
haitian Savings Institute which filed all New-forH
with amayement and cOsternation. gave t3rhea 'no
opportunity Of his life, nd. "a those WHO kle" MN
best had always cxpccti. he made the best possible
use OF it, How he tifked hunted down ana cap
tircd one by The everest gang oil theNes cNc'
seen in This or any otsr country is ancient history
The story has been tolin "A thousand dHcieh' WIN
II needs no repetition here. The exploit cave MN
HE inspect0rsbip and pcned the avenue TO the lon-
so-ies M successes with have made the name OF IN
spector Hyrnes a hdschold word throughout the
metropolis.
When in 1880 he vent TO the central cdhce ana took
charge OF the detectiv bureau crime was stli all po"
erful although wlththe onward march Of years, the
morals of the city ad somewhat improved. Under
lax dlsclpne the Deceive bureau bad become disor-
ranIzed demorazet and thoroughly inefficient The
Old chiefs Of the buau had easy, genial, patcrnal
bappy- rolucky sysim Of treating with the criminal
classes which not nly promoted the general harmony
and made things plsant all round, but encouraged the
prowth Of tie lives enterprise and Industry. In
spector Ryrnes prnpy reversed this order Of affairs.
His predecessors Id dealt with criminals the prin
cple of love theprincipe which he adopted the
principle Of fear The guiding rule Of his adminstra-
tion NAV be beS expressed In bis own oftrcpeated
adage There islo honor among thieves
That There Ina never yet lived crook" OF any
shade who woui not sacrifice his OWN brother
sister or his faer mother. il by doing lie could
save his own nee is the basis which the Inspector
Ia, worked In wherein the professional thief
has PLAYED ledng part, and he has rarely, II ever.
failed Stored away in his memory, which forgets
nothing are thalame history, achievements associates
and haunts ofevery thief in NewYofk. In twelve
years ne has etcied a complete revolution in the Grim
na outlook an statistics OF this city. The thieves at
once dread an, espect him. They know that he Will
deal honestly 18th them, but they also know that lying
is Useless anct is because they fear HIM that they tell
the truth abOt one another.
When lnsector Byrnes was first appointed wall
Street was fry ovcfrun with thieves who plundered
banks and b,kcr,' Offices with impunlty He at once
establish , Wall Street bureau lie first hired an
Office near lie stock Exchange. Then he went 10
Brayton leo and said Let me have a room In the
Exchange uding II will be all the better for yon'
ilr. Ives conservative OF the old school, nearly
dropped tothe ground with the audaclty OF the propo
sion. Srh a thing admitting any one but mem
Der into I'd sacred precincts was unieauoi But IN
spcctor gmes was quiet and untiring in his per-
sstence nd gradually wore down all opposiuon' ne
carried nj point and connected his by wires with
every ,n.e IN the street call woud bring de
ectve 4 the Office within two minutes The system
worked BEAUTIFULLY and robbery In Wan Street Is almost
extinct An enumeration Of Inspector Byrness achievc
ments 1 unnecessary. Convictions such as those OF
sMke sMcC;lon and Captain Unger and the discovery
Of Coloel Howard Wells, who wrote the backmaihng
kters % jay Could would be than sufficient 10
etablls the reputation OF NEST men. The Inspector
now a tall, handsome well-but man. somewhat
hry yItl,al and verging on me balfcentufy marx Oh
me- lie has many years OF useful work before hih
sshon most men would be glad TO retire on half Inc
isarelwhch he has won. Being human, he has some
sees committed errors OF judgment. All 'ninHs con-