The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-10-13
WATCHING ON ANARCHY
Suggestions of a Police Captain
Ia Chicago.
ETERNAL VIGILANCE ADVOCATED,

which They Cannot Dctect-DetalIs
of His pian-ways of Anarchists.
Now that anarchy has broken out
again in violence striking at the presi-
dent Of the United States the question
Us being agtated as it was after the
Alaymarket riots, How can the an
Archists in their secret societies be
watched % that the authorities can
know in advance when they are plot
ting such crimes and so prevent themP
The following suggestions In this re-
gard are made with n knowledge of the
cult and Of the methods Of its followers
gained I'm a close surveillance OF them
in several years following the uprising
Of 1856, says Herman Il. Schuettler, a
captain Of police, writing in the Chica-
go Tribune.
In the first place, | take IL as already
conceded by the great majority Of read
ors that some sort Of control ought to
ac exercised over these people. The as
sassination of Mr. Mckinley has shown
us too plainly that, though they talk OF
peaceful changes and of philosophical
anarchy, they are ready at any time TO
startlc the world with most horrible
crimes against society. The manner Of
this control is hard to prescribe, be-
Nause these people most Of them talk
'g tongues little understood by edu-
Gated Americans, are able TO conceal
their meanings and purposes even
when publishing them in their papers.
Their meetings are secret and are in
formal and hard TO locate, aud they are
so suspicious OF strangers and spies
that whenever any one is among them
Of whom they are not absolutely GER
tain they at once become noncommuni-
cative or speak Of everyday affairs. To
have definite knowledge of them 1t is
necessary maintain n system Of es-
pionage which they cannot detect, and
thls Is difficult, because most Of them
are men Of attainment-at least the
leaders are-and they are not easily
fooled. Yet such a system should be
established, and il is my belief that TO
have It Of real benefit it should be es-
tablished and maintained by the gen
eral government and should cover all
large towns
When the world had been startled by
the Haymarket crime, / was detailed
by the chief of police to establish such
a system in miniature in Chicago at
the city's expense. | had already had
considerable experience with the an
archists, having been employed getting
the evidence against the pictters For
me to secure directly information con
cerning them or their plans was mani
tstly impossible. In every walk Of
! fe, however. there are men whose aid
and interest can be secured by money
and strategy, and by using these we
had little trouble in securing regular
information from prominent members
of the organization. Some of our in
fOrmants even were presidents or 9th
er officers of the groups. II a strange
anarchist visited the city, had prompt
warning of it and of his business here,
md II any violence was talked of
knew II at once. If that system had
been maintained, II is possible that
we would have known in advance even
of the Paterson plot. But in 1890
was told that there was no longer any
need of such espionage and to call
the men off. That step, think, should
not have been taken.
IL is some such system that the gen
eral government should establish, and
if the federal government does not the
city or state should. 1t should be un-
der head man who knows how to
hold his councils, and he should be able
to choose his men where he would. He
should employ as agents in every city
men who are tradesmen or mechanics,
who have a means of livelihood that
will allow their living among anarch-
lists without exciting suspicion. These
wOrkmen must be absolutely reliable
and men who are able to keep still.
They must be able to 60 for years
among these people as agents without
even telling their wives what they are
doing or dropping a suspicious word.
Such men are rare, and they deserve
good pay. Yet they must not be paid
too highly, for the receipt Of too much
money would cause them to be nouced.
Their there must be some method for
these men TO communicate their infor-
nation 10 n scond party, who, in turn.
is not known by anybody to be con-
nected with the central authority.
tThese men must not be known TO each
other. Such services are dangerous.
for the fate of detected agent is apt
to be death. Yet the anarchists will
not be apt TO detect a careful man for
the reason that should Information OBJ.
tained in this way be so used as TO
make them suspect n spy is among
them they will lay the blame on some
talkatiye roan-some fellow like CZol-
gosz, who wants ts kill somebody"
The quiet, conservative. steady going
man is never suspected.
Anarchists are not apt TO think up
a plot to Kill and go do the act without
talking II over among themselves.
They ask each others opinion about 1t
and tell about 1t. So an agent In Chi
cago is apt to hear what Is going 10
hanDen In any other city and by go