Velasco Daily Times (Velasco, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 155, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 7, 1892 Page: 1 of 4
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"DEEP WATER A FACT—NOT A PROMISE."
VOL.1.
VELASCO, TEXAS,TUESDAY EVENING. JUNE 7.1892.
NO. 155
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ABBOT E IMZAB>^£X023~
ARB OFFERING
Cljoiee Farming Land
ON LINE OF VELASCO TERMINAL RAILROAD
In Ten, Twenty, Forty and Eighty Acre Tracts at $1B
per Acre. Terms easy.
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FAMOUS IN THEIR WAY
THE GREATEST THIEF TAKERS
OF OUR TIMES.
Saparlutemlent Byrnes of the Metropoli-
tan Police Forro hikI 111 Predocesiior,
Superintendent Murray—Sketches ol
Tlielr Lives with tiood I'ortiaiU.
Probably the greatest thief taker
that the world has ever known is
Thomas Byrnes, who was recently made
superintendentof the Metropolitan po-
lice force of the city of New York. The
promotion was made as a result of the
retirement of ¡Superintendent Murray
on a pension of $3,000 a year.
Mr. liyrnes has risen to his present
positiou purely and solely by the force
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of his unequaled genius and character,
from the grade of an ordinary patrol-
man on the metropolitan force, to what
is undoubtedly one of the very finest
positions of its kind in the world.
During1 the thirty years of his con-
nection with the police force of New
York city, he has passed through every
grade in the service, and has achieved
a world-wide reputation as a successful
tracker and exposer of criminals of
all classes. His work in the reorgani-
zation of the detective bureau of New
York during" his period of control as
chief inspector, marked him as a man
of unmistakable genius for all kinds of
police work, and his promotion to the
superintendency of the department isa
distinct recognition of his capacity and
fitness.
lie was born in New York city, .Tune
15, 1842, and atan early age was ap-1
prenticed to the gas-fitting trade, at'
which he worked until his appoint-
ment on Dec. 10, ;sn:t, as a patrolman
on the police force in the Fifteenth
precinct of the city, lie became Cap-
tain (if the Fifteenth precinct; in 1 ->70.
He was appointed chief of the detect-
ive bureau on March 12, 1SS0, and at
once set about to reorganize that de-
partment. lie devised an arrangement
for systematically filing all obtainable
criminal data in the rogues' gallery,
so that any rogue's record, portrait,
sentence, etc., can now be found there
within a minute's time.
In 1888 he was made chief inspector
of police and deputy superintendent of
police by the legislature of that year,
which position was second only to the
one he has now attained.
The new superintendent is a man of
handsome appearance, of great de-
termination, shrewdness and penetra-
tion, a thorough master of the detec-
tive's art, and of the power to compel
criminals to confess their own crimes
and make known those of their fel-
lows. His book, called "The Profes-
sional Criminals of America." contain-
ing 200 photographs and the records of
800 of the most expert criminals of
America, is an important help in the 1
detection of these criminals all over
the country. ¡
He has been engaged on some of the |
most famous cases in the annals of
crime in America. His name has been
more noted in police work than auy
other of the country, and it is remark-
able that he has never been found
guilty of an irregularity or made the
F.X-SUPT. MURRAY.
object of accusation.
Mr. Murray has been for years a suf-
ferer from nil insidious disease, which,
while it does not immediately throaten
his life, renders him very feeble nnd
almost helpless. The superintendent
waafirst taken ic July. 1880, a H
secured leave of absence from duty for
l^six weeks. He was stricken with par*
tial paralysis. Improvement came very
slowly, and the weeks ldtagthened into
months, and it was not until the fir3t
of October last that he was not able to
¿return to his duty. During the suo-
fuceding two months he seemed to be
^gaining in strength and vigor. More
recently, however, he has been rapidly
losing. The old tremor which affected
his left side returned and a day's work
in his oilice seemed to exhaust him
completely, and finally he was obliged
to give up altogether. He is only 41
years old. He joined the Ellsworth
Xouaves when he was 18, and was shot
in the thigh at the first battle of Bull
Bun.
In May, 1800, he was appointed a pa-
trolman.
lit 1870, in recognition of his services
in the capture of three desperate burg-
lars armed to the teeth, he was pro-
moted to a roundsman's place.
He was given a gold watch ana
chain for skilful detective work in cap-
turing some Maiden Lane burglars, and
has memorials for bravery from tho
late Mgr. Preston, (¡en. Hancock, Gen.
Buttertield, the late llev. Dr. Crosby
and others
He became a Sergeant in 1871, was
made Captain in lsTC and stationed in
the Fourth precinct. He was made In-
spector 111 1877, and Superintendent of
the Department in 1885.
There is 110 other ex-Superintendent
of the New York police alive, Supt.
AValiing, the immediate predecessor of
Mr. Murray, having died last fall.
The law made Inspector Byrnes' ap-
pointment eont ingent on his passing a
civil service examination. Ho pre
sen ted himself at Cooper union and
satisfied the examiners. Secretary Lee
Phillips and Fire Chief Bonner, that ho
was mentally competent to take the
place.
He passed through the ordeal suc-
cessfully, receiving 100 per cent., and
tlr;n Chief Clerk Kipp of the police de-
partment administered the oath of
office, and congratulated him on his
promotion.
Under the law by which the detec-
tive bureau was created Henry V.
Steers, as the senior inspector, takes
the place made vacant by Inspector
Byrnes1 promotion
SUDDEN REVEt^Cr.
A rimiti.\ Itrv.V I II it WhWUcr* Vre Vol ¡I
IVrli'i-t l>l*giii«i'.
In :i certain mansion upon Fifth
avenue there dwell* *11 opulent p ;r-
son who belongs to that class of
nrisloernry which has f* r its emblem
a iish indigenous to the hank of New-
foundland, -a,'s the Now York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Having inlier tod the wealth of a
brief line of parsimonious and motley-
grubbing ancestors he is spending 't
lavishly in ihe hope of gaining an
on tree into that exclusive sirele
which makes a specialty of e'i'.attor-
ing in boxes at places of public
amusement and shaking hands at an
angle of forty-live dog/ees.
Among his first moves was Ihe ac-
quirement of a being with gracilo side
w1 Ulcers mid a chronically boro I
expre sión, who was decked out in
livery attached to the front door
llis mission in life is to deliberately
insult half of the people who seek ad-
mittance to the opulent and grove!
before the remainder.
One evening lust, week a reporter
journeyed from I ark row to interview
tho being's employer upon a new mat-
ter in which he was concerned and
in the duo coir.se of events ia.i;« into
the presence of the whiskers and
i ivory.
• Will you kindly take my card to
Mr he said, handing a paste-
board to the '00 i n g.
"Aw." mermnred the latter, as he
scanned it. -aw yo - ire a newspaper
man. 1 will not taU your card in—-you
have—aw—110 rigiit to como lieah —
at our (iinnah hour. <!o away -aw —
perhaps I will take your card m lataii
on."
While the being was delivering him-
self of this little speech the reporter
studied liis face intently.
••When did you grow them!" ho
queried, as Ihe being made a move-
ment toward closing ihe door.
••Aw—what do you mean:'' answered
the other.
"Those whiskers."
•üeally, I don't undaltsiand."
"Were it not for them do you know
fliat you would be the living image of
a thieving valet who was sentenced
three years ayo to two years and six
months for stealing his master's
clothes'.' JI is name was—"
•Sil," hissed the being, looking
anxiously over his shoulder, "I'll take
your card up."
The reporter is now one of those be.
(ore 'vhom the being grovels.
A llullft'H Dfiiill)' Worl:.
1?. 1!. Young and his family woro
traveling in a prairie schooner near
Palomas, Mexico, when a loaded gun
in the wagon in front was discharged
accidentally. The ball pierced Young's
shoulder, passed through his son's
hip, thon through tho baby s head and
struck the shoulder of Mrs. Mary
Roberts, a daughter of Mr. Young.
Father and son wore seriously wound-
ed, tho baby was instantly killed, but
Mrs. Roberts received only a slight
wound.
Wlicrc Woman' Know Icilac full*.
Mrs. Wattsnume This paper say-
that silver is to gold a 1 to 20. What
rloes that mean, I'lirast isi'
Mr. Wrttsnaine Why, that s 1 in
gold is worth *20 in silver. You wo-
men know nothing of finance.—Jew.
elors' Circular.
Worthy ol < oiiaitlcratloii.
Boston has a clever idea in a matter
of musicales When the guests are
seated all the lights except those
needed by tho musicians are lowered.
The semi-darkness leaves the eyes
nothing to do nnd enables tho listener
to bocome lost ia tho world of inusi
Pcimilblv Ho.
Little Fanny—Mamma, what is
hereditary.
Mamma—It is something you get
from your father or mother.
Little Fanny—Then I suppose spank-
ing is hereditary?-—Texas Siftincs.
Perry & Northrup
THE-
Oldest Real Estate Men
AT THE MOUTH OF THE BRAZOS RIVER.
Ten choice 10-acre tracts, one-half mile from Velasoot for fruita and
vegetables. Soil rich, mellow, sandy loam; at $50 per acre; ona-third oath,
balance one and two years.
UNDER A MICROSCOPE.
SOME CURIOUS THINGS YOU
MAY DISCOVER THERE.
Strange Proportion of Unir, Nch1«'« ami
I'eatliern hk Developed I mlcr ii
.MagnifyIi>k UIhhh Tin
Hold Itohher.
Plain i 011.. «ki *rn*e.
A certain judge down in Alabama
•ays that when the young lawyer
■pout law at him all day until they
don't know on which side they are ar-
guing and he doesn't either, he listens
to them patiently and then "takes the
matter under advisement" Then ho
goes home states the ca-io to his wife
and she gives her opinion wnioh ho
announces as his own the next morn-
ing In open court This judgu says
his wife doesn't know a line of law, but
that she has the biggest stock of com-
mon sense of any woman in that part
of the country.
Tex a# ¡Sifting .
iloiipj' In Mitinea,
The names ior the Pullman palace
and sleeping cars are all selected by a
daughter of Mr. Pullman, nnd she i
understood to know something about
what's in a name, as she is said to get
11,000 a year for that service.
Kqnil to the Occasion.
First Boy (with bundle). — 'Tou
•top sicking that dog at m^ or PU—
I'll give him this tpeat"
Second Boy—"Ho, he! Wotgood'll
that doP"
First Boy—"While he's eatia' th'
meat I'll lick you"
Secor " "Here, Tlge!"
• Once upon a time.'' said a miero-
ecopist to u Washington Star writer,
"a bold robber from Denmark made 11
saerilogous entrance into 11 church in
Yorkshire, Hngland, and got away
with some of the holy vessels, lie
was caught, and was condemned to lie
Hayed alive, his skin being subsequent -
ly nailed to the church door for the
purpose of alTording an example to
evil-doers and to give an agreeable ob-
ject of contemplation to the good peo-
ple who Hocked to the sacred edifice
for worship 011 Sundays. That was
about a thousand years ago, and after
awhil ' the human hide was torn o IT by
bits, all traces of it being removed
Have for some small fragments which
still peep out from under the edges of
the broad-headed nails by which it
was stretched.
"Such, at all events, lias been the
tradition in Yorkshire, and it happen-
ed a few years ttgo that, 1111 inquisitive
person sent a scrap of tho leather toan
•niinent expert in microscopy, giving
no account of it, but merely requesting
to know what kind of skin it was.
The professor brought his microscope
1o bear upon it, and presently found
some line hairs scattered over the sur-
face which, after carefully examining,
he decided to tie human hairs, such as
grow on the naked parts of the body,
Furthermore, he stated 1 hat Ihe per-
son who had owned them was of fair
complexión. This was very interest-
ing, inasmuch as after the lapse of ten
centuries it was proved possible not
j enly to distinguish human hair from
that of any other animal, but actually
to determine the race of Ihe man to
which it belonged the 1 lanes being
light-haired.
"If you will look ata human hair
under the microscope you will find
that its surface is formed of successive
overlapping scales. The bristle* of a
hog bear much resemblance to the
human hair, though their diameter is
greater and the tile-like n-ales uro
much liner. Sheep's hair has much
coarser scales. It is owing to the
existence of these scales that a school-
boy is alile by ¡1 peculiar process to
tell which is flu- tip and which is the
other end 01 the hair, rolling it be-
tween his linger and thumb. Thus
manipulated, the hair always travels
in the direction of the base, because
the edges of the scales prevent it from
going the other way.
"It is because of this scaly struct-
ure that those hairs which possess it
are endowed with tho property of felt-
ing- that is, of being so interlaced
and entangled by certain mechanical
operations as to form a dense, eloth-
liko texture. The substance of men's
hats is made of lambs' wool and rab-
bits' fur, not woven, but simply heat-
en. pressed and worked together be-
tween damp cloths. The samo prop-
erty makes woven woolen tissues close
and thick, and it in on this account
that worsted stockings shrink, becom-
ing thicker and tinner after they have
been worn for awhile and washed fre-
quently. Broadcloth is given its close
and firm texture by the intimate union
of the felted wool fibers of which if ia
composed. From the commercial
point of view the excellence of wool is
determined by the closeness of the lit-
tle teeth or scales. Merino liber has
¡.',100 teeth to an inch, while an oven
superior wool for felting purposes,
called Saxon, is seen under the micro-
scope to have 'J, 7"JO teeth in an inch.
"The feathers of birds aro «imply
modified hairs. Scales of fisbos over-
lie one another, tile-fashion, liko
birds' feathers, and for tho same pur-
pose, namely, to shed tho water, if a
fish's scales were set with their edges
Wkwnrd hie nai h.' PincrmMa Cn..w.(t.
nis native element woutu 00 impeded.
TI10 scales of lishos are very beautiful
things to examine microscopically.
Take those of a gold Iish for example.
The brilliant golden or silvery linos of
theso fishes are produced by a soft
layer of pigment spread over their in-
ner surface and seen through the
transparent substance of the scales.
O11 carefully detaching a scale one
sees 011 tho under side a layer of
gleaming substance easily removed,
silvery or golden, according to the
hue of the fish. If a small portion
of this substance is taken up on the ond
of a line needle and spread 011 a glass
slide under the microscope it is seen
to consist of two distinct materials,one
giving the color and the other tho me-
tallic luster. When thus greatly mag-
nified the former of these two sub-
stances is seen to be a layer of loose
cells of an orange color in the gold
and the whitish in tlie silver lishos.
If a drop of water be then added and
Ihe solution gently agitated with tho
needle point the mass is seen to be
full of an infinite number of llat crys-
tals, oblong prisma with angular ends.
Hy reflected light they Hash like plates
of polished stool. But what appears
most singular is that each crystal Is
perpetually vibrating and quivering as
if alive, although it is really duo to a
«light motion of the water in which
•they flout. Owing to tljis Irregular
movement each crystal is momentarily
brightening or waning. Hashing out or
returning into darkness, thus produc-
ing a positively magical elToct. To
this pioperty, presum d* is to bo at-
tributed the pearly pi'- / j light which
marks Hi© living lialies."
BOSSED THE PRESIDENT.
Il<; Miis I11 ('oimoniiil mill l.liiitoln
Iroinplly (H.cvcil 111111.
Abra,hum Lincoln was always tho
friend ./f the man who did his duty,
as many a good soldier and Oflieial
discovered to his lasting bi nefit. Mr.
( hiU< ndi 11 in hi'< • liecollectioiis."'
lolls a slory Hint ill.ustiates this fact.
It was when tho president paid a visit
to J"' ..1*1 Steveim, when an attack .was
expected upon Washington:
A young colonel of the artillery,
the officer of the day, was in great
distress because the president would
exp.ise himself. Ii" had warned Mr.
Liiunin that the confedéralo sharp-
shooters had recognized linn and were
firing at 11 i 111. and a soldier near him
had just fallen with a broken thigh.
The officer asked Mr. Chittenden's ad-
vice, saying that the president was iu
grot, t danger.
•A'hat would you do with me under
similar circumstances?'' asked Mr.
( hittenden.
"1 would civilly ask you to lake a
position where you were not exposed."
•■And if I refused to obey?"
• I would send a sergeant and a filo
of men, and make you obey."
'Then treat the Prcsidont just as
you would me or any civilian."
• I lare not. He is my superior of-
fice1.*; I have taken an oath to obey his.
orders."
"He has given you no orders. Fol-
low my advice and you will not re-
grot it."
•I will," said the officer. "I may
as well die for one thing as another.
If he were shot I should hold mysolf
responsible."
He walked to where the President
stood.
"Mr. President " ho said, "you are
standing within range of 600 rifles
Please come down to a safer place. If
you do not, it will bo my duty to col'
a file of men and make you."
"And you would do right, my boy,"
said the President, coming down at
once. "You are in command of this
fort. I should bo tho last man to sit
an example of disobedience."
Tho President wn* conducted to a
place where the view was less extended
but where there was almost no ex-
posu >'«.
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