Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-08
LONDON DETECTIVES.
The Famous OrssLiz Nion OF Which SCOT
land Yard 10 vhe Center.

present I'D hCulcNlus uiotiaSiASh A. No'
honor by the zeal and success with which
it is not discovering the Wnitechspel
murderer, is IS Ct present constituted the
outcome OF Q scsndal aad a rtf I'm. In
1877 three members Of the force we're
proved to have been IN League with s
gang Of swindlers, aud there WAS
an Investigation by commission,
which revealed such 6 state OF atsir5
that the report was rsver made puollc.
The Recommendations 81 the committee
led to complete REORGANIZATION CT the
force, which formerly had consisted OF
eyeraI detectives Ia e:ch district under
the absolute direction Ct the superintend-
ept o. captain of the district, and OF
thirty men q. ScotlsEd yard, which was
The cen,ral eff; e. There were, there.
fore, pesriy tweaty q ,iafent and aim )st
entirely independent attachments OF the
de,ectlve f. rec, and the work WAS with
out harmony or unity.
The reform which went into 6fac. on
April 8, 1873, aimed to consolidate the
force and centralizs the authority, and
succeeded to . certsin extent, bui mofein
theory than In practice, for matters have
gradually drifted back toward the old
customs until now 1t is said that, SO far as
unity and harmony OF sction is concerned,
the force Is Eesrly as osdly CT es
ever. The control Of the detect
i've force under the reform regime
was placed in 6 new department., That OF
criminal investigation, over which pre-
sided the director q: Scotland yard. In
each division of the city there is locsl
Inspector IN charge CT the detectives, enc
theoretically the personal representative
OF the director, although actually
subordinate to the srpefinten-
dent or captain. The inspector
is supposed TO take his instructions direct
from Scotland yard, and to report directly
there. Practically this theory does Nc
WORE, and detective wcrk is carried TN
pretty much on tia old division bass
rne fiction of Sc tlGnd ysrd beng ths
center Of all directive work is still bep.uo
to the extent thSt the inspectors sre
requl;ed to meet thsre from tine s.
time with the Assistant ccmntssioEer,
which is the present title CT the director.
sud presumeb.ySD consult together over
their woik TIE lochl sGperin;sndents
are also req1IM to send each morning 10
the central Gnfse reports OF tina criQass
that have come under their not!Cst In
their divisions during the precsdfps.
twenty tas hours, and The ASSISTANT
comm!ssner is supposed to Issue ~
| stTuctHS3 IS TO whist shall be done aoou4
,tAasHSan fact, the whole matter is simply
1Esfded to the local Authorities, exp
| In case of some notorious sffsir Ike fseaE.
ct Whitechfpel, where regsrd for TIE
looks CT the thing compsls the assistant
commissioner and other chiefa OF the
force to rske state visit TO the locsiity,
solemnly gather points, look duly mystic
rious, and then 60 away and leave tae
matter ilss where 1t has been ali along.
| Tn 70 ara now 400 of these detectives
distribute led about among the different d.
visions, as the needs of each seem TO re-
qlire. There are 800 others put on duty
curing the winter season, and known IS
the ",gintsr patrol" Detectives are sp-
po!uted from the ordinary uniformed
policemen, first on the winter patrol and
then On the permanent force, regard bs-
ing had, minsllY 1t eny rate, for the
shire vdness aud ability shoHn BY the
men In the lower grades OF work.
The regular Scotland yard detectives,
ia18d in tic.ioa il nowhere else, mskes
10 now body of eighty men, nearly al
Of them ranking IS inspec CTS, snd torm-
ing division by themselves under the
dire CT command OF the assistant commits
sioner. II is their business to iuvesd
gate notable crimes o; Sill sorts anywhere
N the city, but forgaIies, em5e2zte-
meats, ard similar sff.irs OF tilaa-
cial nature are most directly in their linz
B .eides this they have &C immenes
amount Of business to DO for thu govern
ment sud for foreign governments and po
lice departments, and they must irvssti-
cate al sp pilcauons Tor NATURALIZATION
and must atten great popular gathering
to keep general lookout for crimiOele
aud to be on hand Ii case OF necessity.
The work which they do FOL
heir own and foleign govern,
me1ts entails crest amount Of cores
pondencs in great many din eren. lsH-
euages, and it is now doee entirely g.
Scotland Yard, every letter being sn-
swered in the language in which Il IL
written. Formerly special iorce OF civ.
il-service clerks wss KEEP. busy with thii
correspond ence. Oace 8 week Scotlsnc
Ysid detective goes about TO all tie ci.l
prisons md takes look at the prisoaer:
awaiting t.,sl or examination to see j!
there ere any known criminals among
them.
Very raraly detective from Scotland
a3S1ffs sen. to Investigate some UNUSUAL
fiTIo:aolo crime committed outside TIT
city, but 6s 9 general thing the L 1Rdol
detectives cor fine their work entirely K
crimes committed within their own dis
trics. TIE isgorlss standby Ct II,
povellsl and the playwright, who
comes anywhere straight from Scotlsnt
Yard St The summons Of telegram, dis.
covers everything l.t 3 glance ard set
matters in order for the last Chapter O.
blue fire, is entirely creature OF the i'm
sgin.tion. Anyone who should TELEGRAPH
10 Scotland Yard from anywhere oussid'
j of London for 8 detective would merel.
q &c: laughed at Tor his pains.
!. For susness