The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-07

10 hOTuer those IN nlSn Places the
secret police of Europe have been more
alert, Industrious, and thorough in
their designs OF protection for those
whose lives they guard. than ever be-
fore. In America where one or two
detectives who are so obviously de-
tective that nobody is ever deceived by
them are considered amply sufficient
to take care OF president or ma
tons guest, even in time of great pub
lie celebration, it is difficult to realize
what intricate, invisible and ingenious
barriers are forever set between the
potentates of Europe, and the skulking
and dangerous fanatics who are we'll
content TO die If they can first destroy
some ruler. No better authority upon
the methods of the anarchists and the
preventives against them lives than
Mons. Lepine, the Paris Project Of
Police. He has made a minute study
of all recorded asSassinations and at
tempts upon the lives Of chiefs of
states and has reduced to a fine art the
protection of the French president and
ministers and the royal visitors whom
Paris constantly attracts. Besides,
he is continually in touch with the
chiefs of police of the whole civilized
world, receiving and communicating
for the common good information as to
methods of detection and prevention.
From the information supplied by him
this article is made UP.
The anarchists task is not an easy
one. Though the criminals succeed
every now and then in writing a
bloody page of history, the world viii
never know how many would-be as
sassins have prowled the streets night
and day, tracking their intended vic
Tins like bloodhounds, always in hope
of a chance which never offered.
On Guard at the Royal Palace.
Every royal palace in Europe has its
special private police, who, in one
guise or another, are always on the
lookout for suspicious persons. In the
case of palaces in the center of big
cities these officers are very numer-
Gus, and are disguised in countless in
genious ways. At the gates there are,
of course, uniformed policemen and
military guards who make no attempt
to conceal their function. But these
are not intended for use half so much
as for ornament. Hundreds of people
go every day in and out of the gates
on all sorts of business. The police or
military guards are not the judges OF
the honesty of such visitors.
1t is when the stranger has passed
begins. In Paris, Berlin and St. Pet
ersburg, for example, among the gate
keepers Of The rulers palace there are
expert detectives; and on a sign from
these, one or two members of the
secret police move I'D quietly to keep
his appearance very carefully, seeking
TO judge whether he has any i'll intent.
The attitude of these men or women
(for both are employed) is quite I'M
affected, and except to the trained eye
gives no indication of their business,
the policy being everywhere to make
the precautions taken for the safety
or nigh personageS as unobtrusive
as possible. Often the palace detac-
tives are at the same time acting as
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scullery women But somewhere about
each OF them is a loaded revolver and
they are always ready for any deS-
perate scuffie should the person they
are tracking show decided indications
of homicidal purpose.
It is said that in the gardens of the
German emReror not less than a dozen
intending murdererS were arrested
during the last year on the unerring
suspicion of the secret police agent.
And since the opening of the Paris
exposition about ten anarchists who
I followed President Loubet's party
during the visits were arrested within
/ the fair grounds. Nothing except
their appearance and manners revealed
! their murderOus intentions: neverthe-
less, weapons were found on all of
them, and later they all made Boosting
confessions. TWO of the would be
assassins were young women carrying
deadly bombs.
It is one of the elementary prfnci-
pies of the secret police tactics that
should the royal parsonage whose Sc
curity is concerned chance to appear
: Unexpectedly on the scene while an I'M
known character is about the palace
precincts, the protecting agents at once
march the stranger off in another di-
recuon till the parsonage is well out OF
the way.
Guardianship That Hedges In a King
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IN fact, that member Of a royal fam
lily takes three steps alone outside his
private apartments, even when doing
the sights inc0gnftO. Whether or not
| he, or she. knows it at the moment
there are always at least two members
OF the secret police in close though
unseen attendance on foot, in a cab OF
on bicycles They never leave their
charge long out of reach. Even at
Sandring CHAM, the quiet little country
place of the Prince and Princess Of
wales, II the princess goes out into a
field to pick wild flowers or rambles
round the home farm TO see how the
Attorneys are getting on. she is always
closely tracked by the police Mere
often than not she probably believes
I herself quite unattended except for the
maid Of honor, who goes with her fer
company. She does not know that the
! two men dressed ike farm hands or
SUableboyS, whom she sees now and
Inen q little way on, are nrSt-claSS de-
tectives armed and ready 70 shield her
from any harm that might threaten.
Mons LeDfne was told the other Say
by one or the German police agents. us1O
IN Paris, that Emperor William not ions
ago ordered the disTna ssaI Of a gamekaep-
er whom he described as having i'm
psrCneutly followed him without orders IL
the rsrz Of POtS(farn- HISS od1utant corn
Implicated the imperial order to the m fOr
who. OF course, pr0sessed TO accept =
without question. But the impertinent
gamekeeDer was in reality the mos
trusted secret service man in the CORPS
Of the palace police. His only fault hsf
been that, owing to the revival of an.
archist attempts he had been afraid e
allow his imperial charge even for ON
moment out of HIS sight
Young princes and even middle AGED
kings sometimes aInuSe themselves IN.
cognfto in rather undignified ways throw.
Ing on AL the outward pOmp of their DO
SlHon and passing as ordinary pleasure
loving citizens In this case the abseacf
or ali signs OF royalty would seem 10 On.
sure their perfect safety. But the r,oiic,
security might prove the source OF la,
greareSJ danger Any anarchist rnIQhr
get 10 know of the royal weakness : ~
arrange his plans ACCORDINGLY So IL L
just in those cases that The Sur-veillarce I,
most deliberately careful The chief o.
the private agents installed permaneutiZ
IN the palace tells two or three of IN
men of the city to follow the royal uerson
age wherever he may 60 As he VS. IL
ing free, unobssrved and happy. protsc or,
IN various DISCUSSES are all about min
alertly watching over his safety If n,
enters a cafe and sits at 4 little table =,