The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-17

and whereabouts Of those probable wit
nesses he knew. MeGloin had also
pawned a pistol. Byrnes guessed that
it was the pistol with which the crime
had been committed. But he had not
q particle Of proof of any of these
things.
One day, however, he had McGloin
and the other three men arrested, taxi
ing care that no ONE of the quartette
should know that the others had been
captured; giving no one of them an
mixing Of why he had been taken into
custody. This also occurred during
Byrnes' term as inspector. He occupied
the room now used by Inspector Nc
Laughlin, and around its walls in those
days were the cases Of implements and
mementoes of crime now on exhibition
in the museum across the hail. Into
this room where, as he entered, a tall
glass case full OF ropes and black caps
which had figured in the city's eXecu-
tons, stared him in the face, McGloin
was LED Neither the surroundings nor
the fact that he was to be closeted
with the famous police official worried
him. however. He was full Of the bra
vado of the tough
One of the windows of this room
looks out upon the court yard In the
center of the building. Inspector
Byrnes placed a chair so that its back
|another facing it, with only room for
knees between it and the casing. To
the latter chair McGloin was led. As
he sat there he had full view of the
courtyard. Byrne5 sat in the other
chair. with his back to it. Close on
ByrneS' right was desk. Thus ar
ranged the plot began to unfold. For
estly to the prisoner without good re-
suit. Then he touched bell. The
door of the room opened and an OBJ
sequious Jew entered, and; approaching
the desk, laid on it pistol. McGloin' s
attention was attracted by the noise of
the newcomer and he turned to see
the pistol with which he had killed the
Frencnman and the paWnbroker to
whom ne had pledged it. Without a
Gloin'S, the Jew backed out of the
room. 1t was a good deal Of a shock
to McGloin. but not enough to break
down his bravado.
What in does this mean?" he
demanded boldly.
'Oh, nothing" replied the inspector
nonchalafSly. 1T is merely a pistol [
wanted to see" Then he picked it up.
Handsome weapon, isn't it, McGloin?
Might kill man, eh?''
Then, laying the pistol down again,
about the crime McGloin, beginning
to feel the mystery, the dramatic force
OF 1T all, was getting nervous. He looked
for a moment at the inspector. but one
long, steady, searching glance from
those penetrating eyes made him quick
ly turn away and direct his gaze out of
the window into the court yard again.
Thus relieved of the strain OF seeing
disagreeahle things, he began to re-
pain Cn1f-nncCnGcfnr1 4aI
Barber saw that crime committed"
said the Inspector, quietly. McGloin
started trif1e at hearing the name
Then Byrnes saw his face pale and his
mouth witch, and knew that Barber
was being led across the yard between
two officers, and that McGloin was
watching them. Even this did not
break McGloin down, however Five
minutes later, though, when Flint, the
second witness, was marched between
TWO biuecoats across the court, ne
started almost from his chair. "Sit
still, McGloin," said Byrnes impassive-
~. Another of those witnesses I
spoke about was named Flint" From
that time on McGloin weakened Then.
having spoke about Flint's connection
with the crime, Byrnes said, a few
minutes later, And the third witness.
McGloin, was Henry Farley" AS the
words left Byrnes, lips Farley began a
slow progress across the yard. Nc
Gloin yielded all at once. With a cry
of terror, he literally sprung from his
chair, and, falling to his knees clasped
Byrnes about his legs, crying like
child, eonfessing and begging the in
spector not to have him hanged. His
prayer was not granted, however He
was executed year later in the
Tombs yard, and the three Witnesses
were n fn
years apiece. Among those rome ends
and black caps in that glass case now
is one of each bearing on a bit of card
board the name 'tMcGloin.''