Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-04-15
True
Detective Stories
FOURTH DEGREE

e tendeit of police in New York
city. thai Louis Hanier had been muir
dered for the sake Of the money thar
he was carrying with him at The time.
The little Freachman had been the
proprietor of cafe. and. having
fear of the banks of America. had he
habit of carrying hundreds of dollars
IN his wallet until the opportunity pre-
scented itself Of purchasing an inter
national money order
one morning he was found dead in
the ves-ihule of his home. a IS call
Der bullet through his heart. and his
pocketb0ok missing.
That was ail Byrues had to work
upon, for there We're no indications
whatever of The persons who had com
mit'ed the crime, The dispatch with
which the matter had been handled.
appeared 70 point to a professional
criminal. 50 Byrnes gave orders That
all the paWnShops in New York we're
TO be closely watched and reports
made to him Of The pawning of any
IS caliber revolverS
Investigation of the dozen or more
.3S'S paWned during the week which
followed the Hanier shooting. showed
that all but one of them had been
pledged by persons who very evident
~ had no connection with the murder.
Tie single exception was one Michael
McGloin, whom the paWnbroker in
question identified by means of his
photograph in the Rouges gallery.
NlcGloin's gun had been pawned on
/ the morning after the murder and
/ While the police had little difficulty
In locating the man himself. there was
not a shred of evidence to connect
him with the Hanier case, beyond the
fact that he had been absent from
home on the night of the shooting in
the company of four Of his boon com
panions.
Quietly, and without allowing
word of his intentions to leak out
Byrnes rounded up the quintet one
at time, none Of them knowing that
/ the others were being arrested. Each
! of them was lodged In a cell by him.
self and questioned closely as to his
| actions and his whereabouts at the
/ time of the murder In spite Of the
I fact that Byrnes had definite infor-
nation that the five men had been to.
gether, each of them told a different
story, and each claimed to have been
alone at Il considerable distance from
the Hanier house.
ITS no use. inspector" said one Of
the policemen who had been working
on the case about q week after the
five men had been picked up. YOU
can't get = thing out of 'em. They
know all right, but you can't convict
any of EN- without a confession-and
We've tried everything, including the
third degree"
Very We'll" said Byrnes quietly,
wen have to try the fourth degree"
Fourth degree? What's thatY"
Just a little way of getting at the
truth when a man wants to hold out
on YOU was Byrnes' answer. You
think there's no doubt that McGloin's
the man? Have him brought to this
office tomorrow morning, promptly at
ten o'clock"
At the time specified, McGloin. sui
len and resentful at what he claimed
was an illegal detention, walked into
the inspectors office, alone. Had he
been interested In such details. he
might have noted thHt Byrnes was
seated so that he could watch the
window of his office which looked out
upon a corridor and also keep an eye
upon the occupant of the only chair
In the room, bOlted to the floor in
front Of the desk. But McGloin wasn't
worrying about such trfies. He was
there to demand his release and he
told the inspector so in no measured
terms.
That's all right, McGloin" replied
Byrnes. "Sit down a minute I've
several things TO attend to-" and he
motioned to the chair placed 50 that
4 too commanded a view Of the cor
ridor window A moment later the
Office door opened and man came in
Byrnes, watching the gunman closely,
saw that he was barely able 10 sup
press a St9rt-for the visitor was the
pavnbroker with whom McGIoin had
pledged his revolver. Without saying
a word, the pawnbroker crossed the
room, laid McGloin's gun on the n
spector's desk and walked ont.
"Naat little boy" remarked Byrnes
picking up the revolver Ever see
il beforet'
t'Npypr" rroWlpd Mc9lOin
81 thought not" was the reply. IT'S
the gun that Hanier, the Frenchman,
was she; with. We've finally got a
line on tl.at case. after working on it
for over month. Found a man who
was a witness Of the shooting"
At this moment, by a prearranged
signal one Of McGl6ln's partners was
marched past the corridor window.
ayes" continued Byrnes, appearing
not 70 notice the gunman's agitation.
land we've also found a man who was
present tat which the second Of the
quintet was uShered past the window F..
"and two others who have confessed /
their part in the robbery EI, eho