The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-01

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upon the people, and has no fear oi
bombs or plots. True, Mr.. Cleveland
had detective escort when he went tc
Washington eight years ago, and he Is
said TO have expressed much satisfac.
tion with the arrangements then made
for his protection. Probably his graft.
fcation was largely due to the fact that
there was no ostentatious display of the
guard. 1t is not, however advisable 70
entirely conceal the presence of the
guard. Probably in the case at hand,
superintendent Byrnes will send two OF
three of his best-known men, whose
presence will be instantly perceived
and will exercise deterrent effect upon
such cranks as are not entirely out OF
their heads. They will ride TO Wash
ington with Mr. Cleveland. Some other
men there will probably be, not so well
known, and their part will be simply
to keep themselves informed regarding
the movements of any persons whose
conduct may lay them open to suspi-
cion. IL an arrest of any suspicious
person is made ii will be done SO quiet
ly that scarcely anybody will know
about 10
1t Is the custom at Inauguration time
for the chief of the Government Secret
Service TO call his men TO Washington.
They are there assigned simply to the
duty of finding out anything that may
be significant. They have their sources
of information, and can learn of the
presence of suspicious characters. But
their uefforts are of secondary import
ance to those of Colonel William T..
Moore, Chief of Police of the District OF
Columbia. He is very efficient officer.
and his men are under excellent dis.
cipline. The Secret Service men have
no special acquaintance with the class
of people who are to be feared on such
occasion, either as possible assailants of
the President or as thieves who will
prey upon the crowd. The business of
the Secret Service men lies mostly with
counterfeiters, and they know little
about high-class crooks, for the counter.
feiting business no longer suffices for the
support of first-rate talent. The bust.
ness is confined TO few large cities.
and few but Italians are engaged in il.
So the Secret Service men are not likely
10 meet old acquaintances in Washing
ton. The most important arrangements
in the city will be made by Colonel
Moore.
For some months befo re an inaupura.
tion he is in correspondence with chiefs
of police and heads of detective bureaus
throughout the country, and he secures
the services OF men who are acquainted /
with the crooks and cranks of various
regions. Every part of the country is .
thus represented in Washington by a
skilled detective The Pinkertons NAV
furnish n few men; | may be asked to
do the same from my agency. have
in my present employ men whose exten-
sive acquaintance with criminals would
be of great service on such an occasion.
When all are assembled in Washington
IL is nearly impossible for any person
who has ever made himself at all con-
spicuous by questionable proceedings
TO be a large during the Inauguration
exercises. II IL the man who never
made himself conspicuous who Is dan.
gerous the crank whose mind Is now
for the first time bent on mischief We
have no plots in these days in this coun-
try; the danger comes from individuals.
Take the case of Garfields nssassina-
ton. Nobody knew what Guiteau was
going to do. lie simply creptup behind
the President and fired. II Is hard 10 inn
agine any protection HIGH could alb