Gunnison news-champion., 1923-07-20
True
Detective Stories
FOURTH DEGREE


I city. that Louis Haalsr had been muir
dsred for the sake Of the mon-y tina,
. he vas carrying With him AT the time.
I The little FreuChInan had been tie
I proprietor 81 cafe and. having a
Z fear q the banks Of America. had the
habit Of Carrying hundreds Of dollar.
In his vale; until ID. opportunity pre-
seutsd Itself % purchasing an Inter.
national money order.
one morning he VAS fogad dead 10
the yestIbUie OF his home. = Is call.
Der bullet through his heart. and his
pocietbSoE missing
That was all Byrues had 10 wor.
upon. for there v~r. no indication.
whatever % the persons who had com
uit'eh the crime. The dispatch with
which the matter had been handled
appeared Ia point 10 = professional
criminal. so Eyrucs gave orders that
all the pswu-anQs 10 New York wers
o. be rIvesIy watched and reports
made :" him % th" pawning Of any
p, cui!her FcyuIE~rs
investigation ~ the dozen or more
SIS pauasd during the week which
foIIoHsl! the IaUser shooting. shovel
thut all but our % them had ben
pledged by parsons who very eytden.
ly had M ruU"eriuu with the murder
Tie single exception VHs one Michuel
NrGIOlu. whom the pHvubroker IN
question Identified by means OF hi.
photograph "a the Rouras' gallery
MrGIo.u's gfn had been pawned 90
a." morning after the murder. and
ulT" The police bad littie difficulty
ln locating the man himself. ther. Wa
not shred OF evidence 10 conn-c.
him with the Illnier case. beyond The
fact that be hnd been abscn; from
home on the nigbf OF the shooting in
the company Of four % his boon com
pan!ons,
Quietly. and without allowing
word Of his intentions 10 leak out
ByTneS rounded up the quintet one
al Il time, none of them knowing that
the others were being arrested. Each
o. them was lodged in n cell by him
SELF AMI questioned closely as 10 his
actions and his whereabouts n, the
time Of the murder In spite OF the
fact that ByTues had definite infor
nation that the i've men had been to-
gc'her. each - them told a different
story and each claimed to have been
alone. At n considerable distance from
the Hanier house.
Its no use. Inspector" said one OK
the policemen who had been working
on the case about week after The
Eve men had been picked up, "you
can't ge: n thing out OF EN-. They
know. all right. but you can't cunyict
any OF 'cin without eoufesSlon--and
Ae'ye tried everything. including the
third degree"
VERY WELL said Byrles quietly.
.'we'll have TO try the fourth degree"
Fourth desr.ei What's tha;T'
Just little way OF getting at the
truth when \ man wants To hold out
on YOU, Byrnes' answer. You
think there's no doubt that McGloin's
the MANI Have him brought TO this
Office tomorrow morning. promptly at
ten o'clock"
len and resentful Mt what he claimed
was an Illegal detention, walked into
the inspectors Office, alone had he
been Interested In such details. he
might have noted that Byrnes was
seated so that he could watch the
window OF his Office which looked out
upon corridor. and also keep an eye
10. - ~ ,kx L.
In the room, boited 10 the floor in
trent OF the desk. But McGioIn wasn't
worrying about such tribes. He was
there to demand his release. and he
told the inspector so In no measured
terms.
That's nil right. McGloin," replied
Byrnes- .Sit down a minute. I've
several things TO attend to-" and he
motloned TO the chair. placed so that
II too Commanded view OF the cor
ridor window. A moment later the
Office door opened and u man came In.
Bynes, watching the gunman closely,
saw that he was barely able TO sup
press a start--for the visitor was the
pawnbroker with whom McGloin had
pledged his revolver. Without saying
q word. the pawnbroker crossed the
room. laid McGioin's gun on the in
spector's desk and walked out
-Nest little boy remarked Byrnes.
picking up the revolver. Ever zee
II beforey'
Newer" growled Mc0loin.
II thought not was the reply. ITS
the gun that Hanier. the Frenchman,
was shot with. We've finally got
line on that case. after working on 1t
for over a month. Found a man who
was a witness Of the shooting"
AT this moment, by a prearranged
signal. one OF McGIoin's partners was
marched past the corridor window.
yes" continued Byrnes, appearing
not 10 notice the gunman's agitation.
.and we've also found a man who was
present.. which the second Of the
quintet was ushered past the window