The Elbert County tribune., 1908-10-15

He established the famous dead line In
the Wall street district beyond which no
crook was permittel to wander. Kins
Humbert of Italy knighted him as Chew
alier and Officer OF the Order of the
Crown of Italy-but he declined the dec
grafton saying that all the honor he
wished was to be a citizen of the United
States. He originated the Third Degree"
by which suspected criminals were forced.
under duress, to confess and convict
themselves.1
NE crisp December morn
ing Louis Hanier, a
~ mNh Frenchman, the owner
lG1 of little wine shop on
West Tw mt VS. X h
EH street in New York
EHNS city, was found dead
ZLVW in the hallway OF his
home. The bullet of a
3s-caliber revolver was discovered in
the mans heart.
He had been murdered.
The French wine merchant had
been doing big holiday trade during
the week before his death, and he had
large sum of money in his posses
sion. An examination of the prem
ises proved that the front door had
been jimmied. Hanier had been muir
dered for his money.
And that may was Inspector Byrnes.
Report after report had been made
and the murderer of Louis Hanier
threatened to slip away beneath an
avalanche of red tape. Inspector
Byrnes called for all the papers in the
case and seated at his desk in Null
berry street he pondered over the
case as skilled player would study
problem in chess.
His conclusion was that the crime
had been committed by a professional
burglar. The first order was that
every pawnshop in the limits of Man
haitian island should be visited to dis
cover whether 3S-caliber revolver
had been pledged at any time within
As hours after the murder Byrnes
argued that while a novice might con-
ceal the weapon a professional would
cold-bloodedly attempt to realize
some money out of it.
He was right.
money lender was found who had
parted with several dollars in return
IL.
step was to bring the pawnbroker to
headquarters and have him look over
the thousands OF portraits in the
rogues' gallery for the purpose OF dis
covering the picture of his erstwhile
customer. Page after page was turned
over and photograph after photograph
was exhibited, and 1t began to look as
II the quest were to be fruitless. Just
at this point the pawnbroker suddenly
exclaimed:
There's the mani"
The picture he pointed out was that
OF Michael McGloin, parsonage well
known to the police.
The third step in the plan was to
locate McGloin. That was compara-
lively easy. He was found in the
haunts of crime, and for many weary
weeks he was shadowed. Every move
he made was reported; every word he
uttered was recorded. 1t required in
finite patience, but the espionage re-
suited in the discovery that on the
night of the murder McGloin had been
out on a spree in the company of three
of his pals, by name Thomas Moran,
Frederick Banfield and Robert Morri-
sey.
The Ease had now reached stage
where caution was OF the utmost i'm
portaLce. A single false move might
ruin everything. 1t would be easy
enough to arrest the men on suspi-
ciou, but would such step serve the
cause of Justice? Inspector Byrnes
evidently thought not. for he post
poned that act. Professionals, who
did not stop at murder. were adopts in
the making of alibis. and the defective
did not propose to be fooled by such
. device.
He sent woman to live with Nc
Gloin. and he supplied her liberally
with money. Indeed. there were times
when the murderer wore the clothes
OF the inspector. With Byrnes the end
justified the means. McGloin did not
confess to the woman-he was not
the confessing kind. But she lived
With him for over a month, and dur