Telegram-herald., 1888-10-08
THELONDON MYSTERY
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A Loadonsr ~ho ksows ss much a.
about the scsBs of the f.@eas wsilscaspsi
murders. - fetolnss aud Sensational
gave sSaes Interesting iaf0rsnsuon 10
IEtEszks- h sKALD reporter yesterday about
tat fsmous locality snd the iasEheisney ot
tas paics. Ihis Loadonsr knows nearly
sysfy court aud lAns Ia the 0iE city, aud he
5 especially vel posted about the White
chapel section.
Ia speaking Of the murders be said:
" hifecaape Is the center oi East Lon
doa T c E4s. aud the West Ends are bad
sections ss bad - any Ia the world. There
.s. however. one section Of the Nest End
where the sristocrscy lives. This place.
Alter square i bad place as eau be
found. In appearance and surroundings *
: something ike the Bowery, OF New
York. Yet it is only a. out 400 yards from
Bishop Gate police station. and only three
blocks away there q police station where
here are probably 600 policemen. Inere
are hundreds of narrow lanes and courts
around there. such as Union. Artillery,
Rosemary. Petticoat. etc. 10 Is the resort
are many places where they congressts.
There is Ola Bill Richardson's place. A
tough gang collects there. Bill il dead now.
bat Tom simmons runs the place. Il IS on
New NichOlas-st. And there Is led NaPsT
place. Ted is dead. too. but his brother
runs Il for his widow. Aud there are The
places OF Shore. and Fleming and Langsn
aud Massey. The doors of these places are
seldom shut. and person can dart In one
door and out another aud can easily escape
from such a place. People ara garroted,
even In the daytime. Women walk the street
at all hours, especially AZ night. ln some
can be found alone. but as the quarters
get tougher and tougher. they go in pairs,
OF in droves in fact The class of people
10 be found in these resorts do not work,
but | hxvs never known of any efforts on
the part of the police to break these dens
up. / never knew OF a raid there. Ia is =
fact that there are only three or four detec-
tlvss there who have the courage 10 60
into such places and see what characters
are in them. Here you see that the detec-
,ives are not afraid 10 go anywhere when
they are working on case or are looking
for suspicious persons. They have about
1900 police officers on duty in London,
bot men who know anything about the
city are not given a chance. Farmers, men
from the outside. If they are big and strong,
are given the places. A London man. Just
the one who IS expected to know some
thing OF the city and its characters. Is not
given : chance. | knew two men named
Dayton VINO. If given a chance, would have
made good officers, out one was put in the
suburbs away OF. and the other sent away
Of IN another direction. They change the
beats of the officers nearly every night and
give them no chance 10 learn anything.
There are but few policemen who know
where the various streets are. They get a
discipline In the barracks like = soldier.
but that doesn't do for a policeman. They
don't seem TO know thai they are to pro-
tect property and detect crime. A person
could taks key and try all the doors in a
block and he would not be disturbed by q
policeman. When crimes are committed u
reward and freedom for the one who turns
Queens evidence are depended on to catch
the criminals.
have seen 1000 OF the rough class
with their fists. tackle 1000 policeman and
beat them. | have seen Dick Drag keep
back eight or ten from srresting him. The
very kids on the street pelt mud at the
officers. There are lesds OF officers who
d ont know the road To the station house.
and have to await the arrival of the patrol
10 find where TO 90.
scotland ARD IS the center oil London,
about a fourth of mile from the Seven
Diais, where | was born, and about seven
miles from Miter Square. These detectives
do not 90 around like American detectives
TO see what is going on. | know of only
one who ever did anything OF any account.
lie was Charley Cole, now in this country,
/ think.
when big thief does happen to be ar
rested there, the word goes around and a
meeting is held at one OF the places men
toned. Perhaps two hundred thieves will
attend. A big thief takes the chair, and an
other big thief acts "a vice-chairman.
Plates are on the table for q collection. and
svsry body must contribute aud arrange
ments are made for smother meeting. The
money goes TO hire n solicitor to get the
prisoner out Of trouble. Then there are
nights when the Judge and Jury" Is held
in one of the resorts. You can get in by
buying beer One thief is Judge. another
the prisoner. another the prosecuting solic-
itor, smother the defendants solicitor, etc.
They go through all the court routine and
get posted how TO act sbout alibis. etc.
1T iicks me to see how this murderer es-
cspes being seen. The streets at nearly all
tunes are crowded. They are like + fifth
ave. on Saturday night.
1t is custom there for several families
to live in house for years, ard the mem bers
of one family will not know those Of the
other. | never knew a workingmsn there
70 have a house Of his own. have seen six
ard ten children sleeping ia one room not
mora than mx26 feet