Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-07-20
WORK IN SCOTLAND YARD.
A GLANCE INTO THE SYSTEM OF
ENGLISH DETECTIVES.

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Msn Who Keep . watch sa Al the Sas
dos. - shs Wessd-smau Rewards to In
fssmer~-aaiAries and Expense Accounts
Cipher. Used ~ the London Pa,'c--
A little grimy archway On the left hand
side as you walk from Trafalgar square TO
wards the abbey on the street that governs
England Is the entrance to Scotlant ard
Against the pillars lean eyernore two or
three indiHerensiy dressed men whose tune-
ton IL Is TO eye the passing public stspleiously-
TIE SECRET SERVICE
Up 10 1877 the London detective police was
. close corporation, irresponsible and indie
pendent, managed entirely from within In
that year occurred the great detective sean-
dali in which rhree members Of the force
were proven beyond all doubt TO be IN regular
partnership with an organized gang Of swim
dlsrz The usual remedy for ali the Ills that
civilization Is heir 10 was applisd--a royal
commission. namely and the present stem
Is the outcome Of the work done then by Nj
Howard Vincent Plain clothes men were
first put on the force in leE They were
formerly attached to each station No" they
are under the central control. There are ~
IN summer time and TO in winter the ranks
heing filed from the uniformed force Stall,
these do not make the body which Is usually
referred TO a. Scotland Yard These are
chosen corps Of about eighty men of whom
each has the rank Of inspector-about equiva-
lent TO a lieutenant of Chicago police They
form division By themselves called the &c
o. and are under the immediate command
Of the assistant commissioner Of police OF the
home Office Their general duty is confined
to the metropolitan area, but they are CON
SANITY at work on investigations Tor the
government and for foreign governments.
About twenty Of the men are employed On
political matters solely, and Of these ten nave
made . speciality Of Irish affairs both in Ire
land and America The political detectives
have the best Of it, They are intrusted with
the spending Of the secret service moneys,
and much OF it OF course is expended without
vouchers or accounts. Sometimes they re-
ceive handsome presents from foreign govern
ments One London detective was given
R2,0OO in 1886 for Information furnished the
Russian minister, which is said to have saved
the czars life The secret service fund Is
large one Indeed it Is as large the home
office may at any time demand In the wears
ISIS ~ 81 81, when dynamite activity
was at its worst, bills for information"
reaching 5000 were on several occasions
maid accordin,, IN the statements of the. Off
GERS themselves Smaller sums. from 600 to
esOO are maid ont freely to smaller iuforlners
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