The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-02
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vast amount of quiet work has been achieved.
Suspected persons are located. observed.
and often frightened out OF the country, un-
known 10 the public. /.
The relB tons between the detective anG
the ana rchist are peculiar. One sees a
member of the 5. b. enter one Of three shops
suspected Of providing informal meeting
places for anarchists not far from Shs ftesa
bury venue ostensibly to ma Ike a trifing
purchase. The owner of the shop and the
one customer, an Ita lisn suspect each greet
him. but in two different langua ges; both
know his business almost as well az he does.
But there il no animosity between the hunted
and the hunter.
On another occa sion a crowd Of more or
esS undesirable aliens in one of the danger
GUS foreign qua rterS * looking on at n
struggle tween n couple Of constables and
some ~roughs. one of the former having
just sounded the shrill signal for help, The
onlookerS are reviling the police in several
langua ges and some of them are inclined
to Join in Dit is thirty to one against the
Uniformsl,, when an EnRlishman n, OF no re-
markable physique, pushing his way through
the outskirts OF the crowd, is keenly scrutin-
izing faces-one in particular. that Of a man
who is exhortinR others to violence. h
EngIishman is recognized. nd the fore igner
who interests him steals away whisp 9ring
something to acqua intances az he IA Uses
them. They and others follow suit, and
the =. r. man hs = a chieved more thar three
consta bles could ha v done; moreover, N
has located a man who has been lost sight
of Ia tely.
The force is apt TO have its zeal severely
tried by ia lse scents Inc even hoa Xes.
Less than a month ago what appeared to
any one but an electrical expert TO be a
possible internal machine was discovered
on the day of the arrival in London OF twp
threatened members of the royal family
and at a spot whence an outTage might
have been effected. IL was in the ordinary
course Of precautionary mea sures-t the S.R.
never despises any suspicious sign, how
ever slight--taken to an isolated spot in
st. James, Park and examined by the
Home Office Inspector of Explosives and
pronounced to be nothing worse than a
discarded dry cell battery. At another time
not far distant the branch had to shadow
some men who were suspected or beng
foreign spies taking observations near an
important military position, and the Spies
proved to be as harmless as the bomb.
At the present moment, in view of the
recent outrage in Madrid and the visit Of
the King and Queen of Spain to England.
the s.. b. is particularly busy, and IN in
teresting story could be made nut of the
various men and movements to which the
s. B. activity is directed; but the writer OF
this article, who has been in touch with
the branch since its founda ton, has no
intention, while satisfying the curiosity
of the public on a most absorbing subject.
of providing the miScreant with valuable
information. Suffice IL to say that, among
other precautionary measures, three news
papers published in London, two IN Yid-
dish and one in German, and one published
in Berlin (wheTe the police are supposed
TO exercise a strong press censorship n
circulated in London. are being carefully
read and transla ted into English, and that
several very interesting aostTiches' OF
the proverbial order.'are burying their
heads in the sand and imagining that con-
seduently their whereabouts and actions
are a profound secret; whereas their photos,
zach one bearing a description Of the vnrt-
Gus physical cha acteristics Of the subject,
are being carried in the pockets OF some
dozen or more s. B. sleuth hounds.
While the principal officers Of this branch
receive salaries al ging from GtS0 to e500
per annum, the rank and file, who hive TO
hunt down men with funds at their disposal,
draw from G. to e. 15s. a week. no extra
allowance being made for languages.