The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-13
GREATEST DETECTIVE.
ru THINGS ABOUT NEW YORK'S
FAMOUS CHIEF or POLICB.
.ofUIs Notable Cases-1he Capture OF
,bs Manhattan Bank Burglars Was tho
Beginning OF His su' cess.
re,haps the most famiilar figure to

PERHAPS the most familiar figure 10
no seen on Broadway shortly after 5
o'clock every morning Is that OF Thomas
Bvrnes, the Superintendent OF f0he".
Taere Is not Il more popular man IN me
city than the superintendent. he Is IN
stantlv recognized wherever he goes.
HIS tall. heavy FORM looms up above all
the other prOmenadcrs. VITA large
black cigar I'm his mouth. he walks al
the way from his nome IN vest fifty
seventh street 10 the Central once on
Mulberry street. shortly after IN the
afternoon he retrsces mis- steps home
ward. and that is the last New YORK sees
OF him fOr the day.
Years aco. before he was elevated 10
hts present position, he was "a be- seen
NIGHTLY on broadway, either about the
GlIsey or the Hoffman House, taikihS
with politicians But Of late he re
qucnts these haunts y y little. lie
spends most OF his time at his nome
The superintendent Is nov entering on
his thirty -secoad year re- d member u me
Metropolitan police force, and during thhI
rpri0d ne has achieved q WORLDWIDE rep
utatl0n. He has risen from The rank Oh
humble paUoiman to the highest po-
sitiOn In the police service. Ills career
during these thirty-twO years Is one oil
q far-sceiEg keen. Ambitious ana fearless
man. The position he holds be secured
by his own eudeavors, and II Is very
doubtful II he would have been maze
superintendent II the law had not mace
il compulsory. The bill which was passed.
ly the Legislature In 1871 making MN
chief inspector and the only s. cess7r
20 the Supcrintendency was cOinpie1
surprise to politicians In NeW lolA,
Byrncs had the bin Introduced, ana
then his popularity carried 10 through.
No one politician dared tO oppose d. 500
the bill passed both Houses with bat
Tho dav liter he bin WAS introduced
irtn .b, 15itiatlfra 81 e9nv + IL WAS
,I,cod ~, ~. de.ts of commissioner
Eoorbis vrbo W. mon pr.siient Of the
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Ia4. re vas hI'"u "' 81 go ~ ..'i,-
tccuFe' VINO i"u ~ ~ 'y'' d. '''''
Aldermen ODD W ana ma WI""5 /" 1v"''s+
an ana le" OF Jus friends up the
river without the confession a tonF is-
Ton could h)t nave been ooi"IIt,N
Byrne5 fear.e-sneFs was NOT liked by
the politicians. and 90 this day his M
dcncrneure is nor enjoyed hy them
By the ufoe commissioner worms aad
read tlr p.ll the pubic ndd also read IL
and were loud n nralsins 81. The press
When he took charge NJ the Office SUI
uerinteulelf Iyrucs made the entire de-
lartmrut f,el The weight OF hts hand by
Establishing The striotfst discipline I'M
sDcctors ana captains we're placed 90 trial
.np after Oh. other AMI made o. feel mat
they must do their duty Every move the
nos Superintendent made was cleaC 4ud
distinct 7ad DO shield himself from the
conseQuereee OF The rul. ny the lppart-
meut. which makes the Superiutcldsnt
responsible. Tor hi. Interiors. he had u rue