Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-03-15

short instructions from them, without
exciting the attention Of the bystahders.
The whole detective force of Scotland
Yard, however, would be insufficient to
keep proper surveillance over miles of
streets, as. for instance. when the 4 ueen
went to open Epping Forest so. on such
occasions as these, hundreds of police
men col duty are pressed into special
service, and turn out in plain clothes.
Then. aga'n. there are men who, in
consideration of having good places
from which to view the procession. act
as amateur detectives. Every detective
and policeman has few personal
friends who will gladly undertake
duty of this kind, and very often wom-
en- are among the number. Their in
structions are invariably to keep their
eyes and ears open; and not to cheer
when the procession passes. In this,
English detectives differ from those of
foreign countries. who are frequent y
enioined to start the cheering among
the crowds; but the authorities of Scot
land Yard have discovered that a de-
tective who is bawling with all his might
becomes useless for purposes of espion
age. 1t is precisely when the cheering
is loudest that danger is most to be APP
pretended, for the no Sc and the sway
ing of mu titude excite the nerves of
the lunatic criminal who is bent on
mischief; there ore the police who are
watching the crowd in its moment of
greatest enthusiasm should remain per-
fectly cool.
They have also to protect the sover-
eign against others besides the evilly
disposed, for there are always people
who want to thr, st petition or bouquets
into the Queens carriage. or Sc to
shake hands with her Maize ty. Happi-
ly, these eccentric individuals generally
betray their purpose by their restless
ne S. The man with petition keeps
feeling his pocket, to assure himself
that the precious thing is safe: and as
the royal carriages approach, he half
draw, out the paper; but by this time a
detective has observed his movements
and strong hand laid suddenly upon
his arm paralyzes him at the opportune
moment.
1t is often lucky for would-be petition
ers that they should be pulled back be-
fore they can accomplish their purpose;
for if that purpose were misunderstood
by loyal mob, they might expose
themselves to some very rough handling.
The Queen is, indeed, very we'll guarded
by the affection of her Subjects, and,
generally speaking, she has rather to
fear annoyances from silly people than
criminal attempts from vicious ones.
This shows what terribly difficult work
the police of some foreign countries
must have to perform in guarding SOW
ereigns who are unpopular. Occasion
ally, the English police have a taste
of this work, when some of these I'M
popular potentates visit this country and
have to be guarded against subjects of
their own living here in exile. When
Napoleon III. visited England in 1855,
the Government of the day. suffered
agonies of anxiety lest harm should be-
fall him; and these alarms were renewed
in 1874, when the late Car Alexander
III. came to London. On both of these
occasions, money was poured out like
water to insure proper protection of
the illustrious guests; and the police
did their work so well that, although
there were serious reasons for believing
that malevolent refugees were brewing
both Emperors left the coun-
try without having heard so much as.
rude word. The police, however, may
be pardoned for having felt the most {
pleasurable relief when the visits of
these much-threatened monarchs came
to an end. When the Chief Commits !
sioner, Sir Richard Ma ne, received the
telegram announcing that Napoleon III. l
had safel " landed in France, he re-
with quiet satisfaction: Now /
shall be able to get good nights rest"
Many of the difficulties of the police |
in guarding royal personages come from
these illustrious persons themselves. 4
Princes who are br We do not like to
have their footsteps logged in private
life; and will sometimes grow impatient
and angry when they find out that they
have been watched for their own good. /