The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-03

[ other chair, with his back TO it, Close on
/ Byrnes' right was desk.
Thus arranged, the plot began to I'M
/ fold. For ten minutes the inspector
/ talked earnestly to the prisoner without
/ good result. Then he touched bell. The
door Of the room opened, and an Obsequi-
Gus jew entered, and, approaching the
/ desk, laid on it pistol. McGloin' atten-
! ton was attracted by the noise Of the
[ newcomer, and he turned to see-the pis-
| tOl with which he had killed the French
man, and the pawnbrOker TO whom he had
! pledged it. Without a word, but keeping
| his eyes on McGloin's, the Jew backed
| out of the room. 1t was a good deal OF
| shock to McGlOin, but not enough TO break
down his bravado.
What in - does this mean" he de-
"Oh, nothing" replied the inspector.
nonchalantly. 1T is merely a pistol /
wanted to see" Then he picked it up
Handsome weapon isn't it McGlOIni
! Might kill a man, ell ,"
Then, laying the pistol down again, the
| inspector went on calmly talking about
! the crime. MCGloin, beginning to feel
| the mystery, the dramatic force of it all,
was getting nervous. He looked for
moment at the inspector, but one long,
steady, searching glance from those pene-
traUing eyes made him quickly turn away
and direct his gaze out of the window
into the court yard again. Thus relieved
of the strain of seeing disagreeable
things, he began to regain his self pos
session. "A man named Barber saw that
crime committed said the inspector
quietly. McGloin started a trif1e at hear
| ing the name. Then ByTnes saw his face
pale and his mouth twitch, 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, how
ever. Five minutes later, though.
when Flint. the second wit
ness, was marched between two blue
coats across the court, he started almost
from his chair. sit still, McGlOin,"
said ByInes impassively. another Of
those witnesses l spokeabOut, was named
Flint" From that time on McGloin
weakened. Then, having spoken about
Flints connection with the crime, Byrnes
said, few minutes later, And the third
witness, McGloin, was Henry Earley.n
As the words left Byrnes' lips Farley be-
gan slow progress across the yard. Nc
GlOin yelled all at once. With cry Of
terror, he literally sprung from his chair,
and, falling to his kness, clasped Byrnes
about his legs, crying like a child, con-
Tossing and begging the inspector not to
have him hanged. His prayer was not
year later in the Tombs yard, and the
three witnesses" were sent to state
prison for twelve years apiece. Among
those rope ends and black caps in that
glass case now is one of each bearing on a
bit of cardboard the name ''McGloin."
THOSE EYES.
Ordinarily the superintendent does not
find it necessary to surround his seances
with prisoners with any of these little
dramatic accessories. The eyes and a
calm rehearsal of the details of the crime
which the culprit up to that moment has
supposed are known only to himself, are
generally enough to bring about confess
sion. Different courses are taken with
different men. No keener reader of
human nature lives than Byrnes, and this
helps him. He quickly learns those sub
iects on which a man feels most strongly,
and no such advantage is lost He fooled
one big embeZzler to confess by making
him refer the matter to his wife, who had
always thought him honest. The spot
where a once famous city official had
knelt on the carpet, after having confessed
to Brynes, and frantically implored his
protection, was pointed out to me He is
a man to fear if you have done aught un-
lawful-to avoid as you would avoid a
pestilence
Another of the characteristics which
have made him one OF the most, II not the
most, famous detectives in the world, is
his tenacity. He has a bulldog grip.
Failure does not discourage him. He told
me Thursday with an expression of i'm
mense qualification on his face, that
within a short time he expects to recover
the papers stolen fifteen years ago from
the Manhattan Bank. Those papers are
to-day valueless, They are stocks and
bonds long since declared void and re-is-
sued, but Byrnes in 1873, when those pa
pers were worth thousands, promised
himself and the officers of the bank to re-
cover them. and he will redeem his prom
Use though it takes him fifteen years more
to do it,