The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-05-05
POLICE AND TIL. NOE.
A DANGEROUS CROWD WHETHER
AT y OR IN EARNEST.

4 London Mob asii the Anxiety ii Always
oeeasioEsin the Taion> OF a Police
nan-A Wild. JRsoNerned saFse-aa
Exciting Incident.
London. who's smit. IS fortune, and whose
frown is d.ath.' 10 not rpcoilect at the
moment who was the writer Of that teTse a:d
truthful sentence. won't he sure even that
tue quotation is iScraL Perhaps it was sad
az chattert0u PERHAPS il was written by
Chattprt5n himself. But Of the london mob
i llav w. said that death Turks IN either rs
smil ar is froxnS \ LONDON mob i Ike
lnaIleating tiger l. i dangerous Whether in
Diay or in earnest.
A London mob. When it i known liz, IL
will gather lur peaceful and legitimate pur-
pl>cs on a certain day, is always >oUrrc Of
s,xi ~ ard preparation with tn I"il.r. On
Liri Mayors day, or OF any occasion where
tie queen appears in the metropolis, or when
= big meeting i, called for in Ilyda park,
large number of special policemen arr sworn
IN. Sometimes a many Is ~ v'p are e,hled ~
the ALREADY large force
IL READINESS FOR ANY CALI
Ir5memlcr being impre S,ed with the cont
l,,4ten IS Of the arrangements during the last
Lord Mayors day was in London Down
Norfolk street and Savoy street and others Of
the small streets that lead from tho busthng
strand 10 the comparative quictneSS Ut tn"
Thames embanknsnt, stool double rows OK
stalwart, silent policemen IN readiness forany
call. Mounted policemen were stationed
alor. Fleet street and the Strand; every few
feet on the crowded pavcments were officers
an foot, AMI the roadway was kept clear Iy
the linz of uniformed men ON each side Of the
way standing almost shoulder TO shoulder. y
mob ct this kind is always good-naturcd
one 1t is full OF Eorseplay and likes to worry
and bullyEGs the patient policemen, whose lot
at these times, Us the perpery Gilbert re-
MARKS, lis not happy one.
When portion of the mob becomes too
ob,treperoui the policemen make a charge at
it and endeavor to scatter its component parts
among the more Jeaceable sections Of the
multitude The tactirs of the police are al.
ways IL scatter or divide the mob into SOC
lions. They do not endcavor TO make an ar
res. unless all other methods Of p1cifying the
boistcrous individual idiot who Is tho nucleus
Of that particular rowly part Of the crowd
tail But ontp the talulll ot tho policeman
la,,en on an unruly man liz i conc, Tho
officer generally makes a sudden spring ut
him, grt,sps him firmly by the arm, or by tho
coat collar, gives him on" tremendous jerk
toward him that lifts him OH his feet, then ha
turns him around, shoye5 him on 10 the next
policeman and thu, tho captive i. wlirled
around AMI around AMI passed from police.
man to policeman with celebrity that utterly
bcwillors him, and the first thing he knows
10 /, down one of the silent streets with hand
cuffs on him, and Is marched off to the sta
ton to await the inevitable interview with
the magistrate in the morning.
WILD, UNGovEGNED SURGE.
All this Is done so quickly that the man ii
gone before his companions have time to col
lrct their scattered senses. When they do
rally they generally make wild, ungoverned
urge nj the police who open ranks before
them. close IN behind them, charge in turn
upon them. scatter them through the crowd,
catch two or three of the ringlcadcls anil pass
them into the irresistible eddy that Whirl5
them ~ to the prison cells and then tho police
reform in line again All this l., done with q
persistent patitnc, that is admirable tobe-
holl. never saw Il man dubbed in London,
inu tactics are even worse for the victim than
would I've good sound wlack with club.
When man i LITERALLY untamablc, two
policemen grab an arm, and bond them sud-
denly back t.i the elbow, touch Every btnc
in the uretch's b.lv seems to crack. 1t Is
like an interview with the rack Of oldo,
times. The instant TIL, is done he is rs linn
and nerscc,s rs elan.
1t is curious thing that the London mol
employs the same tactics with the police Il
tolicemcn Use with the people. They try II
every way to divide the solid rhalanz of tin
officers who endravor b resist by linking
arms with each other and in that condition
stand an enormous strain. However, whel
the mob succeeds the individual member OF
tho force il roughly handled They whir
him round and round, crack his bones, and !
he once loses his feet AMI goes down, it mean
several months in the hospital or all oternit,
IN his coffin. In the Strand, | once saw
mounted Policeman swallowed up horse an
an. by the mob He didn't lose his feet, bu
he lost his head. He got angry, which Is
thing the mob can never abide. lie tried I
charge them back with his horse. The mo
literally rose Mt him and swept his horse an
himself for about twenty yards, the hofS
staggering along sideways. plunging and real
Ing in the dense crowd. Then striking tn
pavement the terrified animal went dow
sideways, and the next instant the surgin
mos seemed to have flowed over horse an
man.
Between getting into a frenzicl Londo
toob or taking a swim in the whirlpool rapid
bal,w Niagara think there isrery littl
choice The wise man will give preference
ifanything. to the whirlpool. Luke Sharpi
Detroit Free Prees.