The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-09
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10 Always Guarded BY Detectives
-seDett8es the Task Of These
Men 10 . Very Dt0eaIt One.

Ia known TO oniy a fcw people In the ccors>
try The silent. o.beeryant rnen who are
assigned to protect the chief executive
naturally make 10 display Of their bus
nese and the chances are that the presi-
dent himself knows not who they are
They do not make themselves known 10
him or to anyone else unless absolutely
necessary. Yet they are within speaking
distance az him upon all occasions when
he appears Ia q crowded place or IS rid
ing along crowded thoroughfare- That
h what they are pad for. They are To
keep their eyes open for suspicious char
acters and 10 protect the president against
harm cs any kind. either Intentional or
unintentional
The men who do this work are from the
secret service bureau. Nobody at the
White House asks for them, as the presi-
dent would probably be offended If he
learned that anyone thought he had 20 be
protected from a people who love aud Ike
him. Chief Nllkie. Of the secret service
assigns the men and holds them TO ae-
count for their work. Their time Is not
wholly lost as they ascertain facts Of i'm
portance 10 the government wherever
they go. They see all that Is going on
and hear about all that Is said. In the
hotels where the president stops they min
gle with the crowd. apparently as eager
TO get glimpse of the chief executive
as the throngs Of curious people In the cor
ridors and on tbs streets. They have TO
know everything about the programme OF
the day-where the president Is going.
what time he will be there, who Is ex-
pected and how best TO get there them.
selves. along with him. The last Is gen
orally the most important question to the
detectives-exaesly what TO do 10 be along
with the president when he starts out on
the street. They may have to bride the
driver OF the presidents carriage to set
"A seat beside him: they may have to blum
the driver: they may be unable 10 do
either. and have 10 walk behind the car
rage FOR miles All the same. they go
with him.
Somet times Walks Out VnEaarded.
Up to the time OF the war with Spain
not so much care was taken in guarding
the president. He went many places with
out a detective or policeman In sight. He
does SO IN Washington yet az the cher
OF the secret ecryice is not always aware
of the presidents intention to take an
unexpected walk or ride. The war with
Spain, Of course. increased the possibilities
that some crazy Spaniard or Spanish sym
pathzer might watch an opportunity TO do
the president harm on some of his visits out
of the city. Such person could do no
harm at the White House. as cranks and
suspicious people never get access to the
president AZ the executive mansion They
are promptly gobbied UP when they APP
pear around the building.
Cranks who go 10 the White House on
any business nearly always tell their stor-
les 10 the doorkeepers or ushers at the
front door. or before reaching the second
story. II they manage 10 get through the
Gordon OF watchsul men on the first floor
they are forced to tell somebody what
they want. and that eSposes their pur-
poses They are generally harmless but
no chances are taken with them. For
weeks before Guiteau shot President Gar
fed he went 10 the White House almost
daily 20 attempt 10 see the president He
was not arrested. but was given the usual
Jolly and put off as easily and smoothly
as possible Whether that treatment re-
suited In his determination to kill the
president or whether his intention had
been that from the start is no. known.
On the presidents recent trip to the
South there were Two secret service men
along. They went 70 Atlanta ahead OF
the presidents train and secured quar-
ters ~ the hotel where the party would
step. They made themselves familiar with
the programme for the two days the pres,.
dent Vas TO be In the city aad then began
finding ont everything 10 be learned
Wherever the president appeared they were
assigned by the police department OF At
lanta. After addressing the legislature OF
Georgia the president was 10 receive the
public.
In Jam ut Atlanta.
The president walked down the marble
steT~s OF the statehouse 10 hold the recep-
tion An trnmense crowd swarme9 from
rear and front 10 shake hands with The
president. who had STOPPED AZ the last
step He was protected from the jam
by one OF the local detectives and by ore
Of the secret service men. while the others
watched The president id not have time
tn finish the reception and literally had 20
BE- pushed through The sarging. eager
fhreng the members ~ which had hu;
little thought whether they were tearing
OF woman'S dress or q mans coat In
such a Jam TIRE waichfui detectives are
frequently carried cr their feet, hat when
the president emerged from the throng
they were still near him.
In the afternoon the event was q floral
parade which the president was 10 review
from stand several miles from bis hotel
The secret service sisuths found no way 81
riding and WHEN thc presidents carriage
rolled sp la The stand the spectators. IL
they had been watching. would have seen
two weii~irs<se1 men walking st the hack
~ che vehicle The neSt day. when the
president wsnt oat 10 review military
parade one ~ the nleu was psfchsi uron
the spas With the agJvgr. while tAe other
was walking one remained On The ground
IN from: * the stand. while the ether took
a la}aes on the stand lie IA not have a
pass hut they knaw how 10 ges A place
wsthGsl, passes and without causing airy
disturbance T'ne routine w3w ihs sane
throughout the tFip ARD the Business was
done So neatly and quietly that Few pes.
pie with the IaEty Inquired wae they
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