The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-11-17
LONDON's CRIMINALS.
A oNsTANr WATCH KENT ON THEIn
mopEMENTs.8Y Ths eoucE- ,
Persons who Are un~~ned Caanty
Untnyrhey Prove ThemSeIves ss .Bc
sad who Cnr.. he Inpris-
opeJ Nor, Coxn mittinR $40 Onea~e.

IL used 10 BE- principle of British
Law that n manis, innoOss { until 5e 10
proved guilty. Though this is stbl Up
held lay justice generals. certain per
sons know TO ,ibeir cusL-fhHt In tlriL
own cases the, principle IS reversed.
To IA section of the Community the
Law says with ID uncert1iN voice, -Hou
are guilty unless you cam prove your
self innocent The victim of this rule
is he who is known 70 the police =
who is suspected Of intcu- TO commit
n crime and OF late years quite q
number Of pcrsuBs have been sent TO.
prison under m aCt which 81 called The
prevention of crimes Hct'aCn the mere
suspicion that thri' CondUrfas not what
IL should hE. .
The net oFeratsslngainst persons wh0.
have already been IN prison. aud its ex-
istenve makes II q very baio3 task for.
an cX-conylct to @ Fioy reai isacdom-
Any peraGn who has scrvtl a term
Of Imprisonment may De arrested
without Al warrant Il his cUt iuct does
not faIUrabr Impress 4 ~polieanan, Hn0
summUrily q nyictr9
For Instance. thcgncn cttr gcd WITH
completely El the Galduit str IT jewel
robbery some years-ugo we,, not con
victcd at tLair o6eise, but tihe evi-
dence given yeyss tAet their slOde Of
life waE probably N~ishUnesr' This
was accepted by tn Sudge, no sen
fenced thcmtu a years Imprisonment,
not. be & nolt.ed. tp any crime, but
because l.hcy ,tyere probably guilty
and coult not Dr0vet1lemseles, limo
cent.
smother man a,nfy q few warEs ago
was SentHtccdtto eighteen months Inn
prlSoumcm for isoitoriDI lie ives dis
covered bF the police waiting tsbout
some quietlbyv4r of Gin lsca aod. hav-
inE been Recognized AS san. eX-GCd Wet,
wSs promptly taksn inHi argc.
ANOTHER case ~ ,crimplcSs eric iual
wac that os the youth ~ no was sen
tenead to eighteen mouths imYuo= on
meEc for merely Ihlvlngibl his posses
sion implements made for the purpose
of aiming. 9'hc an hgi not coS ed
anything, bw II seemed fairly CHAR
that iie had Thoughts OF dong so.
The blow oS this prOphct6- systenrof
10 f@NHAAA'Ais tHAH I've ~
lily CT ,tIe maI who has already been
CJnviigci. SUib n person Iuds IL q
lost ihIpossibS. TO shake of the law.
During his tihet OF leave period n
he does,, not report himself regularly
he il liable to Ep sent lback. Not only
this, btrg # any action of h+s strikes
the police as suspicious IL is r,Ily nee
essary, according to tn, act, 30 state
that thea are REASONABLE grounds for
believing rthat he z;ains his living by
dishonest means"
Not only are ticker of leavc men la
BILE TO unexpected prrest for no definite
crime, but sslso any convict whatever.
Fol sever. years s1ser the expiration
of the s~entegcs passed On him iflue re-
fuses TO give his name or address or
gives a fGlsE one, or g he is found I'm
any place r4cther public o. private,
without being able to ~ tisfy the curt
why he was ,2here, he is liable to Il
years Imprisonment.
A social gathering Of criminals IN
the east END was some years age SUD
denly interrupted by the entrance OF "A
well known detective. The company
was only engaged in the harmless &c.
.cupE ion of smoking and chatting
thoagh, douttisss. only between
crimes. Said the detective:
"A,watch was stolen yesterday from
n gentleman in FtfD street. Now, one
of yOr knows whefC IL is. UDlcsS YOU
deliver it UP in rwegty-four hours the
whole ACT OF You viii be run Tvs tomor-
row fCr being alive"
Being interpreted, this meaDt that
the detyytive had a ~sItsuial reason for
recoveriss the watch for his client, and
10 save " nself the Ordinary process Of
searching he had adOpts4l this method
Of intlmidation.
BY this threat he mesRt that the
whole company could he charged pn-
der the pr vention of cTiHles act" on
suspicion Of not earning an honest liy-
ing or for iSjtering WITH feiSuious in.
tent
Quite recently in n well kn0wn civil
lawsuit the plG}ntifrs position was dis
credited by a detective witness who
came into count and testified chat he
was ION the market"
his, being interpreted. meant that
the , lalntiff's hali.s had not met with
the approval OF the legion of plain
clothes detectives who are known 10
haunt LOndon's siteets. The methods
Of these gentlemen are NOT confined 80
the actual detection of crimes so mud
as TO the general watching Of persons
passing 10 and fro in eertain streets.
One of these detectives says that he
spends the greater part of his time
daily in walking up and down "A crowd
ed thorouGpfare and fixing his eyes on
amy person whose progress along the
street does got suggest Bsgent bust
ness.
III when I catch his eye" said the
detective, "this person stares back at
me or turns TO look after | have passed
] know that he's "A wrong IN and
watch him carefully"
If the individual subjected to this
treatment should often frequent the