The Ordway new era., 1908-10-16
Dramatic Windup to Terrible
Reign of Crime Mew York
City Wrought Up by Confess
sion of Slayer Nc Glom.


ing that time secured enough facts
which. patched together. convinced
Byrnes that McGlOin was the person
who had murdered Hunicr.
By the time the people Of busy New
York had forgotten all about the
tragedy OF West Twenty-sivth street
or had consigned It to the limbo Of I'm.
discovered mysteries, Byrnes. on his
part. determined that the hour had
arrived to strike "A decisive blow. lie
sent his men out and arrested Nc
Gloin. Moran. Banfcld and Morrlscy
Each one was apprehoudcd on some
trivial charge and they were brought
to headquarters and placed in sepa.
rate cells. They protested vehement
ly. but all to no avail. incidentally, Il
might be remarked. they were taken
singly. and no one OF them knew Of
the arrest of the other. Also. each
one insisted that the action OF the
superintendent was an outrage and Il
violation of the constitution. which
guaranteed to every man the right to
life. liberty and the pursuit Of happl-
ness.
Byrnes smiled grimly and said moth
ing.
Day after day passed and the foui
men remained under lock and key
Some of the subordinate officials. not
being aware of the plans Of the in
spector. wanted to know what was to
be done with the prisoners. 1t seemed
Oh h. tn
definitely on such trlfling charges. He
made no explanations. offered no cX.
cuses-simply said wait" He cared
nothing about Moran. Banneld and
Morrisey, but he cared great dca!
about McGloin. He wanted to make
him uncomfortable and he sue
ceeded. In the meantime. he was
carefully preparing the stage for the
last big act in his little drama. He
would not be hurried; he would not be
cajoled. He bided his time.
II came finally. and the scene was
pulled OF" in way that made the
melodrama of the modern stage seem
stale and Improbable in comparison.
One morning the inspector arrived
at his office a little earlier than usual,
and for time there was great bus
tie and hustle incident to the re-
ARRANGEMENT of the Office furniture.
When It was concluded Byrnes leaned
back in his revolving chair with
sigh of satisfaction. Then, after a
sweeping survey of the room, he bent
over and tapped a bell on his desk.
A messenger responded. The inspec-
tor looked up sharply.
Send down to the cellroom ana
bring Mike McGloin to me at once
A glass case at headquarters con-
tained the ropes and the black caps
which had been used in the execution
of famous murdcrers. The gruesome
relics were all plainly laDeled anu
were horrible enough to ahect 'he
nerve of the most hardened CRIMINAL
This case was rolled out into the cen
ter of the room so that II wouIu oe
the first object to greet the eye U,
n visitor. Inspector Byrnes was sea'eu
with his back to large window over
looking a courtyard. Near MS desk
was a vacant chair which, wheh oo'
cupied, gave the person sitting 'heru
n good view of the courtyard. All
about the room were mirrors "hlcn
enabled Byrnes to see all that trais-
pired without moving from his chair'
Presently the door opened and NC
Gloin entered. An officer VINO was
with him quietly withdrew. Inc
nr,sope,. looked about him with
surly air. He turned to the Inspector.
"Whatta you want with ME
"oh, I just wanted to have Il i''''e
chat" said Byrnes affably.
"A chat" he muttered' "ha'
about?" ,o,d
"About the Hanier murder" SAID
pvrno. In n low voice, sending out
the words, sharp and short, ike pisto'
shots. ,,,,,,
McGloin looked at him languidiy.
The shots had missed fire. Inc sea
soned criminal was not to ne s'a'i''
peded. o, ,o so,d
"Whatta 1 know about it?' he said
with the utmost unconcern.
"Oh." said the inspector, matching ~,
Indifference with indifference,
thought you might have heard some'
thing about It." ,,.
Al that moment McGloin caugnl
sisht of the case filled with the Dlach
cans and the murderous ropes bryne'
M instantly all attention.
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