The sun., 1895-05-28

lounge upon which hc had cut IN hi
IlSnd The hniie the saw & ana the S hammer ,h , Wtl
| in the little, narrow cell with him. Well ir
thirty minutes he was trying 10 break out of hi
cell 70 get away from these things he was vel
Byrnes treated the thieves brought before hin
as II they were s h. dirt Of the streets lie spot'
! of them as contagious diseases on the high
II never let them feel as IL they were as bis
| come to me whining about their intention tc
| You are a thief and you and ! know It, steal al
you can and Set away with IL 4 you can, pnt o y
belong" II II happened that a thief Of ans
note came to toTn @ and dd not report to him ht ,,
come here, and what he meant to do here and
confront him with his record. -
I'D make him feel that he did not amount to
| as much as fly buzzing at the window" the
late CHIEF has said. lie kept a corps Of stool
pigeons constantly in the employment Of his de,
betray thieves, and the thieves themselves were
pensioners of lis.
There never was n thief broke" said Byrnes,
"and came to me but what | gave him money.
Not week passes but one asks me for money,
an and gets II and always get my moneys worth
IL was TO Keep track OF, all the different kinds
of professional criminals who infest this city
force. b. One lot OF men locke after one class OF
criminals and other lots OF the other sorts, each
G nna II sna hs sf%s
and the thieves there grew up a feeling not un-
They know what their business is. and thoy
know what my business Is" said Byrnes. They
speak OF me with u term of endenrInent which
Hp'd add that %t' 'S am % square With Them Byrnes
%ants to send to t9hsy
exceut by process Of law don't molest them
unless | want them or somebody. else wants me
way i've no cause to trouble them beyond keep
ing an eye on them; from day to day"
Byrnes's eye. 1t was upon this principle that
he acted upon each Of the occasions of great
gatherings in this city since the funeral ne day OF
proclamation warning criminals that II they
were seen upon the streets on any Of these DAYS
locked up until tho show was over. IL mags.
trates discharged the, prisoners, after he had
raignment | which is anything less than twenty
once on the sidewalk outside the Court Houses.
In his methods there was nothing OF tho
denGe to convict young McGloin Of the murder
It was perfectly easy for any one.who knew any
thing O., Of the &c d9ings Of OF ,, the McGloin gang to
t!eii knew he @ committed % it." said Byrnes, but
how to prove II was the question; even hired
r.. TO Rs an n ss wssh s
what / wanted him for. but ali she had
was W ~ doing. where he went, and Whom
he associated with. At last, in desperation;
his
taken separately and all kept apart. took Nc
Gloin into a little room looking out on the cen:
seated him 80 that he was facing the window
and could see what went on in the court yard.
dow. Ali around the room were nooses OF hang
mans ropes black jacks. ,and other things
ten with crime and
after another Of his aeeompiices 't ~as tafen KEN
rested. Not word was as $ said by BY me. nee' He kept
asking me what wanted of him and what he
compioes com was sought @ in could % see him ns start
handed me The pistol with which the murder
was DONE The pawnbroker went out and sat
there playing with the pistol. Just then Ban
field. the last OF the accomplices. was brought
McGlon dropped to his knees in an agony Of
terror and begged me to save him from the gal
Such methods were effective against profess
sional criminals and few cities in the world
have such record OF freedom from the opera
tions of this class AS New York has had since
Of sporadic crime they fail and this city has a
The Of croots from street WAS
one Of the inspectors earliest acte Of impor-
tance. About u o'clock on the same day that
tive Bureau he went down town and hired room
at his own expense at II Wall street. The next
sent them to his new office, to cover that section
Of the city He specific orders S to his
the Hs oua give sooa
account Of himself as being there for a
isgtima,tss purP9se It was ~ not long before
spector Byrnes to- take possession OF and estab-
lish his business in u room, of the Exchange
are constantly on hand in that building. Con-
nections to this Office were made by telephone
the e1 Sn
lished that on receipt OF call detective can be
sent from the office TO almost any place in the
lower part of the city in three minutes. There
supervision in any part of the world. and as a
consequence thieves have since given Wall
AS Chief Of the Detective Bureau Byrnes OBJ
tain tanned d. from the legislature powers which made
sioners. AS Chief Inspector he got an extra
salary. and was ex-otiicio the head of the Detec-
ever took a higher place. During the eigh-
teen months or more before Superintendent
sick leave. 1T was well Understood that
Byrnes held the key to the situation and was
making his own He refused to be be- made
on the Detective Bureau. and it was not until 1t
was was agreed that Capt MeLaughln. whom he
torship. jumped over the heads OF Williams.
Conlin and McAvoy, and put in charge OF the
JotectiVe tbureau, anu tnat the law should be
changed to permit this by abolishing tho place
OF Chief Inspector, that he would consent
had no end OF troubles with the Commission
ers on ono side. and. Of late, with the Park
hnrstians simultaneously on the other; Ills
the latter took office was one OF the sens ations
OF the Lexow investigation. That Byrnes is
Fifty eighth street. near the Plaza, and a hand
some country place at Red Bank, on the Shrews-
fuential friends is also without question. 1t WAS
these men--.Jay Gould. Commodore Vanderbilt,
and others no gave him the chances to make
money.
LANCASTER'S TYPHOID EPIDEMIC.
A Dozen More Cases Reported Efforts to
Check the Disease.