The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-03-15
GUARDING THE QUEEN.

GUAkDING The QUEEN.
The many political assassinations that
have taken place of late years have
thrown upon the police of all countries
an immense amount of difficult and deli
cate work in guarding Monarchs, Princes
and Ministers In England we have be-
come famliari ell with the idea that our
leading statesmen must be escorted by
detectives wherever they go; and pop
ular as the queen is, we know that elab-
crate precautions are taken to protect
her every time she appears in public.
Few, howe er, can be aware of how
much anxiety, activity, trouble and con
sequent expense, are involved in that
word protecting" Looking only at
the pecunary side Of the que ,tion, the
ine which madman or frantic inl.icts
upon country when he attempts, even
without success. 10 take the life of u
ruler, is considerable. The services of
detectives have to be paid for; and to
do their work properly, these officials
must not be st nted of money for tele-
grams, railway and cab fares. and cas-
ual expenses Sometimes they have to
assume dsgrises, and to raw heavily for
secret information as 10 alleged crimi-
nal designs; and though this informa
tion is often worthless, the police can
not afford to sregard any item of in
telligence bearing upon the safety of
the great personages whom they have
10 guard, Thus, the contents of every
letter sent, whether anonymously or
not, to Scotland Yard are carefully con.
sidered. The misch evous smpletons
who concoct untruthful letters for fun,
and the foolish busybodes who write to
DISCLOSE suspicious circumstances
that have come under their notice, may
all resl satisfied that they cause worry
and waste of valuab time, if nothing
worse. As the police have sometimes
received warnings of great Importance
through unsigned missiyes bearing no
guarantee good faith, they make it a
rule to investigate all facts not palpably
ABSURD which are revealed to them; and
doubtless by so doing they have often
been enabled to prevent crimes Many
an intending criminal must have been
oa ked in his schemes by the timely dis
covery that his movements were being
watched
10 guard royal residence e-that is,
70 keep an eye on suspicious charac-
ters who may prowl about it, or seek
admttance requires vigilance, but is
easy work compared with the task of
roteetng the sovereign when she APP
pears in public Every time the Queen
ieaVes one of her residences, even for
an afternoon drive, the event is notiiiei
some hours be orehand to the police by
me equerry on duty, who announces what
Itinerary her Ma. .esty will probably fol-
low. At certain points all along the
Ioule' policemen have be stationed,
ana detectives are placed at all the
points where the royal carriage is likely
70 stop. Round Balmoral and Osborne.
the roads can be watched without diff
Cultyi but not so round Windsor
oasele ana buckingham Palace. Wher-
e,er crowds can coagregate, the Difficult
aos VI lhe police are multiplied. A
sPsclal superintendent is deput ed on
V,,.uihaly occasions TO patrol the line OF
sne royal progress but when there is
9.a.G pageant this duty is performed
,Ie 1hlet Commissioner in person,
ne mas 10 see that not only the police
nleh IN Uniform, but the detectives
unsupported by the crowds alnong
Whonl ihey stand-are all at the posts
q regular code of private signals exists
" "nich detective can make his pres-
ence known to the ch els, and receive
snort instructions from them. without
exciting the attention of The bvstanders,
yhe Inc whole detective force Of Scotland
to' taru' however, would be insufficient to
SUeP proper surveillance over miles of
Saase's' as Tor instance, when the ueen
Cit "vnt % open Epping Forest so. on such
n,oa uaS'ons . as these, hundreds of police
saS,. duty are pressed into special
Thone, ana turn olt in plain Clothes.
auen' aga n, there are men who. 81
tousiueIat trn,s, on of having Good places
s.Vm which to view the procession ACT
a a. amateur detectives. Every detective
Sr sau policeman has a few personal
Jenus Jrtl who viii gladly undertake 4
~, 'S o' this kind, and very of en- wom-
s,,, sr are among the number. Their in.
eveS ra0.,o9s are invar,ab to keen their
usL anu ears open; and nat TO cheer
Fno.ne FH .ne procession passes. In this.
~ lsn detectives diiIer from tbose ~
e;gn countries. who are lreouent
III thoinel 10 start the cheering amono
IarS SS,N9"dsi Ns but the authorities of Scot.
tso,;, | arg have discovered that a de-
baca'1e bS.,se who is bawling with al hi> MIGHT
ace eO'ies useless for purposes of espion-
Is Iordmnls ~ ls precisely when the cheering
bsst prebaaJst mat danger is most to be ap.
iISnued' ins IS Tor the no Sc and the SWAY
tbe u i,, niu tltude excite the nerves Of
miscb'nsatie b'aaatie criminal who is bent on
watcb;sr' ~ there ore the police who are
grestang me crowd in its moment of
iectly cool. ''7A'l snouio emaln per-
eicn lave n;Ne also to protect the sover-
dlsnolg against others besides the evillv
'''S' '0F there are always people