The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-01-11
THE SECRET POLICE.
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10 tp~ fme - ouis XVI The secret
police .s - oDe-iisnt servant PEesi-
deuts come and -. IdUerll luiulstT.e-
are succeeded by Rsd.esi uinstrie-.
an8 SJe.z.lsfs follow TIE Radicals, Lgt
always cts .e,Tet police rcmslus and
AlHsys he Dns-ul! sJferus The
yefy men no = chiFf ~ state may D.
rsuked among toe enemies, ct least the
adverssrles Of MT y,--ult ruling power
AbOu, the words III, secret polio"
there I. pretty air of mystery. They
sum m0a 40 pictures " eioaksd figures
VI men waitiRg In dark allsywsys snd
Of s.lthy sieps behind the curtains Of
corridors They are woven into nine
tentks OF popular French nc,ion. TIE
, woman concierge. summing herself ia
what Psrslan doorway you please,
fe.,d, her Imagination on tales OF mui
tiple oisguisss For her the agent de 10
satels Who comes TO inquire about bee
iodgss. q dsrk With mystery. He 10
I 'fot The secret police"
a. pa,,eg u .iet this branch OF
the police. ihougb dressed IN plain
clothes. u nol at all occult. II has 10
do with plain nnd simple crimes Most
Of the agents OF the surete are old sol
disrs. honorable men. They are supple
m.n,ei. however. 10y a band OF quasi
police KNOWN ~ lndicateurs. Thess
people. who are permanent au1iliaries
Of the service. are recruited among the
street fakirs aud Inasterless rogues
who forezather 10 Paris.
but behind these humdrum agents
and those gloomy outcasts. their aids
there il mighty and mysterious "ss
cret police about which not one Parf
sian IN a hundred has definite know
edge. The real secret police today. as
under the cmpirc-i- that which y
known ~ tho brigade des recherches-
b that IL. the brigade OF Investigation
Tho members u tlis force are recruit
cd in far higher rank Of society than
the fellows of the surete Indeed there
Is no class. from the old nobility TO th'
new fcudulty Of finance. which does
not contribute To- this occult system OF
espionage
1t Is not my purpose here to descrih'
ia detail the many ramiicntions OF tht
. ancient and potent order Of spies.
. foreigner in France II he associates
. frequently with people OF Importance
/, comes in time 10 know them u
They follow him In his comlngs an'
: -,.ugs. report upon his acts and opln
d ions gud afr his lie with a care WI
known IN our careless republic.
e. One Of these who was sent out o
NY trail, came to know very wen
~ What / was suspected Of | know not
g though during the trOuhlOus dnys OF IL
u Dreyfus case fraternized with man
men. ono Of whom, the Comte ia Ten
pie. an c,.lcpuiy, was an nggres'iv
ruyanst Anyway. my spy and ! cam
" 10 know each other very well II
It played good game Of billiards an
Il was companlonable gentleman
~ A little later Dr. ". j. O'Suliiyai
then assistant corporation counsel
IA New York, visited me in Paris He wa
N greatly Interested IN the secret polir
g. | could hnrdly persuade him that, fro'
10 the moment we met and shook hand
lc I'm the Care du Nord until his departuI
In from the Care St Lazarc, every ~
ne OF his had been noted. | got the cv
,u dence from my friend tmy own p'
q spyl in the brigade deS rccherches. III
cr doctors record was s.ngularly con
az plctc lie had not spoken with ma
Ms nc had not chattcd with n woman.
iu had not dincd ont or brcakfasted
l my garden, be had not bought "A pair
RI yellow gloves unseen by some ubiqt
tous spy. The amazed gentleman, wh'
,r, he learned how close had been u
hc watch upon him. shuddercd rs II
he had walked IN peril aud went back
tu New York wondering. 10 close are q
'w mcshes Of this police net that not eve
casual visitor slips through van
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