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A -■ ■ ■ V -■ -V-. THE BREVARD NEWS, BREVAR D, NORTH jCAROUNA • ‘'1 >»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»^ True 0etective Stories FOURTH DEGREE 0»nriiclit by Th« Wheeler Syndicate. Inc. There was but llttle doubt in the mtnd of Thomas Bymes, superin tendent of police in New York city, that Louis Hanier had been mui^ dered for tlie sake of the money that he was carrying with liiiu at the time. The little Frenchman had been the proprietor of a cafe, and, having a fear of the banks of America, had the hnbit of carrying hundrcis of dollars in his wallet until the opportunity pre sented Itself of purchasing an Inter national money order. ' One morning he was found dead In the vestibule of his home, a .38 cali ber bullet through his heart, and his pocketbook missing:. That was all Byrnes had to work upon, for there were no . Indications wimtever of the persons who had com mitted the crime. The dispatch with ■.which the matter hud been handled, -appeared to point to a professional criminal, so Byrnes gave orders that all tlie pawnshops in New York were to be closely watched, and reports made to hfm of the pawning of any caliber revolvers. Investigation of the dozen or more •38’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 ly had no connection with the murder. The single exception was one ^lichael Mc(^loin, whom the pawnl*foker in <lue.stion Identified by means of his jrfu>tr)pi*aph in tfie Kouges’ gallery. SIc(51o;n’s gun lind hern pawned on the morning after tl»e murder, and, • while the police liad little difficulty in locating the man himself, there was not a shred of evidence to connect him with the Htinier case, beyond the fact that he had been absent from home on the niglit of the shooting in the cnnipuny of four of his boon com- l>anio:is. Quietly, and without allowing a word of his Intentions to leak out, Byrnes rounded up the quintet one at a time, none of them knowing that the otIi(.*rs v.ere being arrested. Each <'f them was lodged in a cell by him self and qiie.stioiied closely as to his iictions and his whereabouts at tlie time of the murder. In spite of the fact that Byrnes had definite infor- matfon that the five men had been to gether, each of them told a different story, an«l each claimed to have been alone, at a considerable distance from the llanler hotise. “It*s no use. Inspector,” said one of the policemen who had been working on the case about a week after the five men had been picked up, “you can’t get a thing out of ’em. Tliey know, all right, but you can’t convict any of ’em without a confession—and we’ve trie<l everything, Including the ‘third degree.’” “Very well,” said Bymes quietly, “we’ll have to try the fourth degree.” “Fourth degree? What’s that?*’ "Just a little way of getting ju the truth when a man wants to hold out on you,” was Bymes’ answer. “You think there’s no doubt that McGloln's tlie man? Have him brought to this office tomorrow morning, prc><uptly at tor. 9'cloci:,’^ ^At the time specified, McGloin, sul- len and resentful at what he claimed was an illegal doJcution, walked Into the inspector's ofiice, alone. Had he bcc'ii interested in such details, he might have noted that Byrnes v.as seated so tiiut he could walcli the window of his office which looked out upon a corridor, ami also keep an eye upon tlie occupaiit of the only chair in the room, holteu the lloor in front of the desk. But I.icGloln wasn’t worrying about j-«ch trille.s. He was tl.cre to demand i*ls ielc;i.'^e, and he t(ild the Inspector so in i t. i.'.easured tcri.-s, % “Sb'L^:: aii right, McCiloln.” u.’lod Ljmes. “Sit down a minute. Iv,? several things to attond to,” and he motioned to the chair, placed so tliat it too c'M:r.nanded u vi'’\v of Uie cor ridor windr.w. A ir.orviciU, lii-Cr t'ac o.'*.ico door opened and a in:ui came in. Bymes, watching the gunman closely, saw that he was barely able to .sup press a Sturt—for tlie visitor was the pawnbroker with whom Mc'.iloin had pledged his revolver. Without saying a word, the pawnbroker crossed the room, laid 3IcGioin’s gun on the in spector’s ces!: and walked out." *‘N-'{it liltle boy,” remarked Byrnes, picking up the revolver. “Kver see it before?” “isever,” growled ilcOloin, , *‘I thought not,” was the reply. “It’s j tl.e gun that Hanier, the Frenchman, j was shot with. We’ve finally got a i line' on that case, after working op. it for over a month. Foiind a man v.iio ^ was a witness of the shooting—” j At this moment, by a prearranged ! signal, one of McGloln’s partners was marched past the corridor window. “Yes,” continued Byrnes, appearing not to notice the gunman's agitation, •^nd we’ve also found a man who was present”—at which the second of the quintet was ushered past the window— “and two others who have confessed their part in the robbery but who claim that the man who fired the shot was . . “Stop it, for God’s s^ke, chief!’* cried the half-crazed man in the chair, his nerves shattered by the solitary cwiflnement and the marshalling of evidence under his very eyes. “Stop It! 1 didn’t mean to do it, but—shot 'Win!’* "Score one for the 'fourth degree^’** nosed Byrneii firoceries Fruits Meats You can supply your entire table from our store^ and can saver time, trouble and money by phoning or calling in person and making known your wants. We carry a full line of select Staple and Fancy Groceries, Fruits, Meats and Vegetables, and they are all of the best qua/ity. We handle the following Rock- brook products: WatefTground Meal, Pure Pork Sausage, Creamery But ter. F. P, SLEDGE **Thz Clean Market^^j Brevard, N* C* Go to the BREVARD PHARMACY for Norris Candies, Cigars, Cigarettes, to baccos, ice cream and soft drinks. It is a pleasure to serve you. BREVARD PHARMACY J. B. PICKELSIMER, Ph. G, Prop. Telephone No. 1 Brevard, N. C. Let Us Sell You Medicine. fBk IT CJf Beauty and Utility y A fence can be a thing of beauty as well as a protection. Your home surroundings help to make your home. 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Recent^ Shipments of have] [been included in our Clean-Sweep Sale which closes Saturday, February 25th. If you want|to reap some of the benefits of this sale take advantage of this Millinery offer which goes at Cleem-Sweep Sede prices. Tiiese Prices Will Make Them Go Children's good quality Gingham Dresses, worth $1*50; sale price.95c Ladies* good quality Bungalow Aprons and House Dresses, worth $1.25 to $1.50; sale price . .95c Ladies* Coats and Coat Suits at prices unheard of before. Every Coat and Coat Suit in our entire stock at exactly One-Third Off* One lot of Men*s Blue Denim Overalls, worth $1.50; sale price. .$1*00 One-Fourth Off on all Ladies*, Men's and Children's Sweaters* We are receiving daily shipments of new spring Oxfords and Pumps which we are placing in this sale at Clean-Sweep Sale prices and which cannot be duplieated this summer* Twenty per ccnt on all Men's, Ladies' and Children's High-Cut Shoes* Every Shoe 20 per cent off* Hundreds of Remijants of Wool and Cotton Dress Goods, the accumu lation of a season's selling* Prices at about half their former value. A wonderful Clean-Sweep price on Ladies' Georgette Waists is taking place here. Some of these Waists sold up to $5.00 each. In order to clean them up, sale price $1«98* Plummer & Tranlham’s Dept. Store Main Street Brevard, N. C* i
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