The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-11-17
STRANGERS ARE WATCHED.
Secret Police Maintain . Strict Sur.
vsiilance Upon All Neweom-
ers In Paris.

About the words, the secret police, !"
there Ia q pretty air OF mystery. They
summon up pictures OF cloaked figures,
OF men waiting in dark alleyways. and
OF stealthy steps behind the curtains OF
corridors. They are woven into nine
tenths OF popular French fiction. says
Diplomatic Mysteries. BY Vance
Thompson, in Success. The woman
concierge, summing herself In what Par
isian doorway you please, feeds her im-
aginaton ON tales OF multiple DISCUSSES.
For her the agent dc la surete, VINO
come TO inquire about her dodgers, =
dark with mystery: he Is "of the secret
police As u matter of fact this branch
OF the police, though dressed In plpin
clothes, IS not at all occult Il has 10 do
with plain and simple crimes. Most OF
the agents Of the aggete are old soldiers
honorable men. They are supplemented
however, by a band OF quasi police
known as indicateurs. These people.
.sho are permanent auxiliaries OF the
service, are recruited among the street
fallirs and masterless rogues who fore
gather In Paris
But behind these humdrum agents and
those gloomy outeasts. their aids, there
Is a mighty and mysterious secret po-
lice about which not one Partisan In a
hundred has definite knowledge. The
real secret pollce-to-day. as under the
empire-is that which Is known as the
brigade des recherches--that Is. the
brigade OF investigation. The members
Of this force are recruited in far higher
rank OF society than the fellows Of the
surete. Indeed. there is no classroom
the old nobility TO the new feudality OF
finance-rwhich does not contribute TO
this occult system of espionage II Is
not my purpose here to describe In detail
the many ramificatlons OF this ancient
and potent order OF spies. A foreigner
In France. II he associates frequently
with people OF Importance. comes In
lime to know them well. They follow
him In his comines and goings, report
apon his acts and opinions. and sift his
ife, with care unknown In our careless
republic. One OF those who was sent
out on my trail came 20 know very we'll.
What was suspected OF know not.
though during the trouhlous days OF the
Dreyfus case fraternized with many
men--one OF whom. the Comte du Tenn
pie. an ex-deputy. was an aggressive
royalist Anyway. my spy and came
20 know each other very well. He played
q good game of billiards and was a com
panlonable gentleman. A little later DR..
W. J. o'Suliiyan. the assistant corpora
ton counsel Of New York, visited me In
Paris. He was greatly interested In the
secret police. could hardly persuade
him that, from the moment We met and
shook hands In the Care du Nerd until
his departure from the Care st. LAxaTe.
every act Of his had been noted got
the evidence from my friend tiny own
pet spyl, IN the brigade des reehssehss
The doctors record was singularly con-
piete He had rot spoken with q man.
ne haa not ehatted with q woman. ne
Aad not dined out or breakfasted IN my
garden. he had not bought pair OF yei-
low gloves. anpesn by some ubiquitous
SPY. The amazed gentleman. when he
learned how close bad been the watch
upon him. shuddered as II he hsd walked
IN peril. and went back 20 New York.
wondering. So close are the meshes Of
This police ret that not even : casual
visitor slips through