The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-09-14
THE RUSSIAN POLICE
ITS SECRET SERVICE SPIES WORK
ALL OVER THE WORLD.

Officials In Russia on Plots That
May BE Matching Abroad.
1.-THE Russian secret police have always
been popular stock characters in sensa-
tional novels" said a man who generally
knows what he is talking about, but of
course, the average reader has his private
doubts about such people really existing.
That, let me inform you, is where the
average reader is mistaken. During the
reign of the late car, when nibilism was
rampant and refugees We're coming here
by the shipload, the imperial govern
ment had a small army of spies all over
the world to keep track of the movements
of exiled revolutionary leaders. 1t was
their business to ingratiate themselves
with the suspects, pretend sympathy with
the cause and post the officials as to any
mischief that might be Matching abroad.
"A number of years ago, to cite a case
in point which can't harm anybody at
present, | made the acquaintance of
n little Russian matchmaker who lived
on Bourbon street and was a remarkably
well educated and interesting fellow. We
meet so many well educated foreigners,
however, in all kinds of stations that |
never suspected there was anything out
of the commonplace in this mans history
until one day when we were taking din
ner together he suddenly burst into tears.
/ was astonished, and he told me, in
much agitation. that the day was the an
niverSary of the death of his brother and
that he had been trying in vain all morn
ing to control himself. The brother was
hanged at st. Petersburg for completely
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