The Meeker herald., 1922-07-29
True
Detective Stories
FOURTH DECREE

city that Louis Hnnier had been muir
dcred for the sake of the money thar
he was carrying will, him ut the time.
The little Frenchman hnd been the
proprietor of cafe, and, having II
fear of the banks of America. had the
hnbit of carrying hundreds of dollars
In his wallet until the opportunity pre-
senled itself OF purchasing nn inter
national money order.
one morning he was found dead In
the vcStibule of his home, n .3S cali
Der bullet through his heart, and his
pocketbook missing.
That was all Byrnes Ind to work
upon, for there were no indications
whatever of the persons who had COM
united the crime. The dispatch with
which the matter had been handled,
appeared to point to professional
criminal. so Byrnes gave orders that
all the pawnshops in New York were
to he closely watched. and reports
made to him Of the pawning of any
.3S calibcr revolvers.
Investigation of the dozen or more
.:S'S pawned during the week which
followed the Ilanier shooting. showed
that all but one of them hnd been
pledged by persons who very evident
~ had no connection with the murder.
The single exception was one Michael
McGloin, whom the pawnbroker in
question identified by means of his
photograph in the Rouges' gallery.
McGlolns gun had been pawned on
the morning after the murder. and.
while The police had little difficulty
In locating the man himself, there wns
not 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 II
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 cell by him
self and questioned closely as TO his
notions and his whereabouts at the
time OF the murder. In spite of the
fac, that Byrnes had definite infor-
nation that the five men had been to-
rcther, each of them told n different
story. and each claimed to have been
alone, at n considerable distance from
the Hanicr house.
Its no use, Inspector" said one OF
the policemen who had been working
On the case about n week after the
five men had been picked up. you
can't get thing out of EN-. They
know. NIL right. but you can't convict
any Of 'em without confession-nnd
we've tried everything, including the
third degree"
every WELL said Byrncs quietly,
"we'll have to try the fourth degree"
"Fourth degree? what's that?"
"Just little way of getting at the
truth when man wants to hold out
on you" was Byrncs' answer. You
think there's no doubt that McGloin's
the man: Have him brought to This
Office tomorrow morning, promptly nj
len O'clock"
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