The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-06

and look as IL the same dranlatis per-
sonae was eons.al sly IeaE bearing Tcn
the Stage in different clothes.
DONE Know Each Other.
In New York city. every morning of
the year, all the members Of the de-
fective force. saissl,r collect pers 5nslly
in superintendent Dyrnes Office, or
are 50 near to him that he can sum-
mon any one OF them before him and
direct him to attend to certain import
ant business
But in Russia 1t is not arranged in
This way at all. There is no such thing
as a daily anarshaling OF the police at
the office of their chief They are scat
tered ali over st. Petersburg at their
own homes. They arefal the time on
CALI or .son tap" as we might say !;
hut it only when a Ttai1s yellow eilvel-
ope comes to them. n4}sAng an appoint
naent for their iIllEnediate presence
somewhere that tiiciI active duties To-
gin.
1t may be that they are directed in
the enclosed order to call at certain
district station, and get their instruc-
tons from the pristay, or from some
other inferior officer Of the law. Or
it may be that they are summoned to
the house Of some high official. The
most extraordinary part of it is that
nine-tenthS of these secret police
agents do not know who the tenth
man is or what he is doing. 1t is the
policy of the whole system TO prevent
the dissemination of knowledge OF
their individual movements among It's
employees sPaniIl, the most adroit de-
tectiye on the force. disappeared mys-
teriously about a year ago, and moth
ing has been known of his movements
since There is no knowledge of his
death, and although he was one Of
the best known on the force, it has
become only too apparent how little
he was known.
Now this is not the state of affairs
in this country at all. The most skill.
full and the most frequently employed
Of the municipal detective forces be-
come in time WeIl-knoWn public char.
acters. And although their move.
ments may be covered with a consid-
cradle amount OF mystery, yet theii
faces are so well known to the public
generally, that these movements mus
be achieved with extreme celebrity and
secrecy in order to prevent constant
recognition.
SkillfuI Management.
OF course, this ability to at oncs
pick out and possess adroit and skill
full detectives and have them perform
services requiring the utmost tact ant
ishrewdness without being known t
each other or to the public at large
shows a high degree of skill in tbs
police management of the Russian
empire And this very fact, that they
are kept. apart as much as possible
that they never all collect togethes
anywhere; that messages are sent t
them in a secret way, giving them {
mysterious ppointment-all thi,
shows how admirably appointed il
the service to best discharge the pur
pose for which it is intended.
In case of war between Russia ant
any foreign country. and much, in
deed. in the form of preparation 70
such work, the services of this secre
police force become invaluable. Scat
tered all through the large and small
cities of Europe. they shadow higl
officials and diplomatic agents alike
obtain cognizance Of the existence o
state papers of importance; secur
copies of such papers if possible, o
acquire their gist in some adroit man
ner, and transfer all their knowIedg
rapidly and with finese, either 70 loca
underlings of the chief of police or t
THAT official himself in st. Petersburg
In time of war there is also a Ger
Itain number of the force drafted on