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Show THE CHAMBER Of HORRORS. Wnat a Visitor to Kew Tork Polio Headquarters Saw. The other day, by permission of Inspector Inspect-or Byrnes, I visited the celebrated chamber cham-ber of horrors at the New York city polic A BTDDT IN MAaACLKfl. headquarters, where various trophiea 0! criminal hunting are kopt. In one case U the complete sot of tooli used in the Manhattan bank robbery. Thoy are artistically arranged and crowned by the photograph ol Jimmy Hope's sullen, sul-len, desperate face. Next to this is the most grewsome collection col-lection in tho room. Eitch particular hair stood on end as I looked at the black caps thut have shut out the last sight of earth from the gaze of those about to die, and the fantastically colled nooses that have strangled "Handsome Harry" Carleton, Nolan, Packeuham, Chastino Cox, Danny Driscoll and many others. In this case too Is t he picture of poor Rachel Pittman, and underneath it the pair of carpenter's coin- j panscs which took her life. Hero, too, are 1 thoboxinggloves used by Sullivan and Tug Wilson, and just above them the picture of Bllnky Morgun, who was hanged in the Col- ! unibus, O., penitentiary for tho murder of ; Detective Uulligan, of Cloveland. . j Next tiiia caea is a choice collection of pistols, knives, sandbags, sword canes, slung shuts, brass knuckles and stilettos. Many of these weapons have been found upon criminals after they have escaped from prison and have been rearrested. One, a curious and ingenious combination of pocket knifo and stiletto, was found on Charles O'Connell, alias Harding, tho hand-soino hand-soino young "bank sneak" recently sentenced sen-tenced by ItecordnrSinytlietofiftoon years' Imprisonment. When the detectives wore searching him Bftor his recapture they found also in the end of his nocktle a bunch of keys which would unlock any handcuffs in existence. The keys and knife hang sido by side. In the center of this large, desolate chamber of horrors stands a rouge et noir table, which one of thesu days, in the presence pres-ence of the police commissioner, the chief inspector and citizens representing various charitable and reform societies, will bn smashed, broken to bits and destroyed by Are, as the statute provides. It will then be replaced by fresh seizures in the shape of roulette or rouge et noir tables. With a hasty glance at the keno and furo loyouts, the markers and poker chips, tho packages of "green goods," which have been seized from time to time, I turned to take a look at tho large portrait of a very benevolent looking old gentleman which hangs between be-tween the windows, "That is Ungcr," said my guide "linger "lin-ger who killed Bowles, cut hira into pieces and sent his body in a trunk to Baltimore minus tho head, which he wrapped in a paper and tossed into the East river. The picture below represents the body as it lay upon a slab dowu stairs. There was absolutely abso-lutely nothing to identify it save a crooked crook-ed little finger, and yet within three hours after the body was discovered in Baltimore Balti-more Inspector Byrnes had the murderer. That was one of the finest pieces of work-ever work-ever done by the Inspector. Just below you see the razor, hammer and saw with which the murder and dissection were done." I did not care to see anything more after that, and was thankful enough to leave thut dismal room and get back into the inspector's cheerful oflice. ' "The most revolting crime ever under my inspection," he said as we parted. "Surely nothing could be worse than the Utiger-Bowlos tragedy. That's about as bnd as they make them." Emtu Sessions Tuppeb. |