Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-05-14 | Page 4 | The Third Degree

THE fill TI THIRD DEGREE Inspector Byrnes Bymes who died the he theother theother other day was one oner the most noted and efficient of ot thief thie 1 kers and other criminals in the the history of f New York His method of ot trying o extract con confessions conCessions Cessions from prisoners are Interesting in view of the investigation of ot the third degree now going on are interesting inter interesting esting eming Inspector Byrnes believed in getting confessions if it possible and here bere is his method When I arrested a t run rn i n charged with witha a 3 serious crime I never told him why wh he was arrested I might talk with rith him about his mother his home borne his employer but not nota a word about his crime I knew that he was not listening to meThe meThe me meThe The thought of ot his crime was whirling about in his head and he be knew that I knew kne what he was thinking about It wor worried worried worried ried him that I should not talk about his crime He strained himself himsel trying trIng to think how hove ho much I knew If 11 he saw any or of his accomplices march past the window or any ny of ot the clothing of the victim or the weapon of ot the crime he was more uneasy uneas After Atter a time he felt that he would be easier if he be told all than constantly straining and worrying So he confessed and slept dept easily after it That was exactly the way we got them Itis It Itis Itis is not remorse that makes the hardened criminal confess it is anxiety mental strain This mode of procedure is said to I have haye been very effective and at the same time the officers who worked upon the feelings of the prisoners did not inflict physical torture and kept well within the law Since the United States supreme released an alleged murderer on account of his hl having been tortured until he confessed con confessed confessed perhaps the method of Inspector tor Byrnes will wilt come into general us tc v