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THE BREVARD NEWS, BREVAR D, NORTH jCAROUNA
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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
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Fruits, Meats and Vegetables, and
they are all of the best qua/ity.
We handle the following Rock-
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All other bakery goods in
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iinported stuff, has more
shortening, yeast, etc.
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Tlie Brevard Building and
Loan Association
Otiens Its 27th Series m March
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build or buy a home.
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munity.
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tax free and its entire earnings belong to its
shareholders.
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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*
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