The sun., 1910-05-08

possibilities Of a further decline in the
market Byrnts repllei by saying that
| this method Of communication was at
I tracing tOO nluch attention that some
other methOd would have tO he devised;
aud Victim thereupOa sent Mr. Gould
q .eli-dryised cOde
There followed a long series Of adver-
| tissments inserted by Inspector Byrnos,
acting Tor Mr. Gould. and ~ letters written
by the unknown. IN which advice WIS
. given a. tO certain stocks by the sup
posedly compliant hnanCier, and Victim
complained that hc was not heiug treated
fairly and that he was losing more all the
time
wArCHED IIs NAH RONEs AND cor THF
MAN.
Al the letters wers postmarked from
station 4. ia Eighth avenue between
Thirty third and ThiTtv-fOurth streets.
Taking this for hts clue Inspector byrnos
stationed men from his bureau. increased
by twenty young men hired Tor the work.
~ as 20 watch each uf the llS mail boxes
In the district This WAS done Tor iiiteen
days without success.
The inspeCiOr's next move was To
borrow from the Poet Onice Department
the services of iifty letter carriers for a
single day These be- sent out &c O'Clock
on the morning Of November ~, aud with
them sent hfty-siI deiectives. Carriers
and detectives were stationed at short
distances from each box ~ shat every
one Of the lls hOxes could bs watched by
a carrier and by at least one detective.
The instructions tO the carriers pro-
vided that a. soon asa letter was Deposited
in tho box the carrier watching that box
Was Ia hurry to the box. open u ana read
the address. II the letter was not adj
A a A. A..
rubber land around It To distinguish it
from the later letters which might be
deposited in the box ifit vas addressed
10 MT. Gould the carrier was tO raise his
hat as a sgn tO his companion detective.
NhO meanwhile was keeping One eve ON
the carrier and the other On the person
who had just deposited the letter.
Az } O'Clock in the afternoon An elderly
man wearing a gray mustache IL military
SHAPE. fashiOnabiy dressed and carrying
q light cane, sauntered up to the box At
seventh avenue and Thirty-fourth street
and with 4 careless glance around dropped
In a letter. He then walked leisuFely
down ThiFty-fOurth street.
letter Carrier John healy opened the
bOH before the man had much moEs than
turned HE back and glancing az the letter
raised his hat Detective Phil Reilly
Was on the opposite corner Defective
Wood ON duty ~ the next box also saw the
signal The two detectives overhauled
the elderly gentleman and took him 10
gO Mulberry street where inspector
Byrnes was waiting. The prisoner said
that hs was Cot J. Howard Welles of 38s
Fifth avenue and admitted TO tho inspector
that he had sent all the lctters signed
Victim
A. superintendent. Byrnes broke up a
strong association oi precinct wardmen
who he had reason 20 helieve were the real
masters Of the precincts. Il was sad
that they had 80 strong and powerful
null that even Byrnes could not interfere
with OT remove them but ~ did. and tho
warCimen went hack TO patrol duty. A.
a result policy. the tneanest crime
was checked and the backbone Of the bus
iness broken
TOOK AWAY NIGHT sTTCKS
Supt Byrnes caused a great stir when
he did what Mayor Gayuor ha, recently
suggested doing. took away the police
mems M Kht sticks or long clubs. Il was
remarked that In the twelve months fol-
lowing the dis1rming order not a single
case - police brutality vas reported.
Other triumphz reported hy the news
papers az the end II Byrnc~'s hrst ye1r
a. head ~ the uniformed force we're the
closing ~ 'he poolrOom- and the breaking
uD - the green goods business, which WIS
nOurishing when he took Office u was
whlle be was superintendent that Ryrnss
refused the decOaticn aud title ~ Cheva-
lier and officer of the Order a the Crown
u Italy Ohered by tho late KinR Humbert