Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-20

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CHAPTER VI.
Tho Third Degree.
Police Headquartsrs-ths old head
3 quarters Of Mulberry Street, WAS one
IL the architectural monstrosities Of
4 New York. Fronting Mulberry Street,
IT. faded brick walls presented for
bidding aspect to the ancient. tum-
/ blodovn rooksriss across the way. Its
foar walls faced Mott Street, harmon
1Sing with the squalid tenemsnts OF
khak narrow. ill4melling thorouShfaro.
1t Nas = typo OF public building now
happily Obsolete. which an awakened
artistic sense II rapidly relegating to
a the scrap heap. Its rigid lines were
= msnotony Of ugliness, unrelieved BY
column or. capital. Ono Viewed its
nldoous bulk with shuddsEing sense
pe apprehension, almost expecting to
see e crumble on tho unfoftunates
penned within.
Visitors to the Detective Bureau
entered . dizzy room. approached by
= narrow hall. on the Mott Street side
so1s the building. Its most conspicuous
Isfunlshings were several brass rails
which crossed one another In be-
l.wlAer1ng fashion. Half-opsn doors
Lied boldly into other ofnces, - II to
dispel tho atmosphere of secrecy that
h1vsfed perpetually over the place.
Two uniformed neutenants OF police
iwero constantly on guard ct 0aken
/ dsss backed against opposite walls.
/ On the morning following tho Mis-
steiner diamond robbery. the two
1 guardians were busy sorting piles OF
i documsnts scattered on their desks.
1 .'Gue1 its time for the lineup" 70
!, marked one Of the Meutenants.
! He entered the adjoining room. q
large, square chamber, In which the
I, rays from clusters Of electric bulbs
mingled with the pale. .shivery light Of
1 the sun.
Here's tho list" he called to the
I desk lieutenant at the same time
throwing . bundle Of documents to
him.
lEassed against tho opposite wall in
listless attitudes were nifty or sixty
detectives. their faces covered by
4 long mas1s. They shifted about I'M
easily while waiting for the hapless
prisoners captured the night before to
10 lined mp for inspection. This daily
spectacle. terrifying to the innocent
suspects, aznustng to tho old.time law
I breaksr1, MARKS tho beginning q the
Uosningb routine Of the u1sn detailod
to prevent crime and hunt dswn erim-
finals. Not . pleadng ex1ibidons but
necessary enc For the opportunity
must - provided for tho dstectives to
become familiar With the counter
ancss of the lawbreakefs. And By the
ample device Of tho masks, the hunt
Srs no shielded from becoming equal
- fanniar TO the hunted.
The opening Of the door ct the
rear q the room brought the waiting
Astsctives to attention. Their forms
eti6ened to military erectness, their
manner became watchfully alert.
s-Good:mornilE," greeted Chief Of
Detectives Manning. Tha men sa-
1utad In return.
with quick. nervous strides the
Chief made his way behind tho long
desk that ran half the length of the
room, and took up q position Of sur
voy. His eyes, Of hawk-hke penetra-
ton, swept the room while the desk
lioutenant called the roll. The alb:
sentses having been entered on the
blotter. the process Of lining up the.
prisoners began without further cere.
mony.
"A line Of bedraggled. disheveled
men and women, their eyes bleary
from night Of wakefulness In mar
row, ill-ventilated cells. shumed into
the room.
.Michael Nco7an." droned the lieu.
tenant
An emaciated, weak.faced man. tho
Mretchedness Of his lot emphasized
By the frayed clothing that hung in.
loose, broken lines from his form,
stepped forward A look Of dull mis-.
cry was stamped on his countenance.
: hopeless disregard of the fate In
store for him showed in his manner.
take 4 good look at this crook"
commanded the Chief. "Never was
pinched before. Caught with the goods
on, however, by Virgins and Wolf.
Bwipin. lead pipe from half-dnished
house
Tho eyes Of the detectives bent on
the human wreck as he shrank back
into line.
"Philip Pratt" called the ueutsn-
mt
a young man, not moro than thirty.
whose sullen mein and restless eyes
! betrayed his occupation even before
the Chief announced t. faced the
masssd battery oe eyes. HIS thin lips
curlsd. into disdainful smile - tho
Chief rad his record from . slip Of
paper.
y Y. .4s Another Old friend back the head
81 the detective force commented.
''Philip Pratt, alias Morse. alias
Charlie Dodge, alias Toledo Phil. Con-
sidence gent. Did . term in Elmir1,
two short strstches up the river, and
) long log In Joliet"
The particular onense for which
the prisoner was In the tolls again
was again described, ana he. too. re-
tired to temporary obscurity In the
lines q unfortunAtes.
s. Carrie Chase" came from the lieu
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