Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-02-07
rHE ENGLISH POLICE
|scw SCOTLAND YARD OFFICIALS
TRACE MISSING PEOPLE.
|sr<h,s. Of Lsneea's Detective Force
f.r Lecssiss she Lest Ones and
kxsry Detail Of How ths Mysteries
Are UnrsvsIed-

Are UarsvsIes-
AWAY along the embankment, close
<1s the houses OF parliament. Is a big.
&rssnesslke red brick building. tile
+ hx4dquar.ers OF those whose business
<|5 Il 20 solve mysteries.
kcotland Yard IL the home OF thrill
"a occupations and has many tasks
.ndrealned OF by those who regard it
5arsresy as the directing Office OF the
<xmy Of blue coated London consta-
4 .,e1 and among those tasks Ii that OF
ofoblng the mystery OF lost persons--a
Mszfery touched often by romance, Of
&<en by tragedy aud occasionally sur
1eeunded by a black obscurity into
@hieh no human ingenuity can pierce.
Z 4 d part of the work OF Scotland Yard
|E16 endeayor 20 extract from the be-
<rlydering human continent OF London
Z Nose individuals who have suddenly
walked on the track Of human knowl-
t<sx2. who in ordinary speech with
4siends and acquaIntances In one hour
& have In the next for no reason and
without word. disappeared. ',
Eome OF these mysteries never nave
+ h>eu solved and never will be solved.
z>1ut they are ast0nlshingly few COM
.r.ared 10 those which Scotland YARD
unrayels every week. Only one case
+ hrrs and there u heard OF. because the
<rork a IN the ordinary routine OF the
gard and the force has no eye Tor ro-
nance. rigidiy restricting itself to prae-
deal thoughts aud practical WORK.
Stretched over twenty square mnes
Of London. with its population OF na-
/. zion. are the nervous tentacles OF Scot
( hand Yard. ever alert for the work.
responding In a moment 20 an impulse
E. from that center OF intelllgence-the
red brick. buslnessike building on the
embankment. Frequently throughout
&ay and night the agents Of Scotland
Yard are securing London In the search
Tor missing persons. The great or
eanization works like a machine
To give an idea Of the work II viii
be best 20 take an instance OF what
happens In an Individual case.
A prosperous middle aged civil serv
ant living at Chaplain Is amazed and
alarmed 20 ind that his son. bani
clerk, aged twenty -four, does not re
turn home one night after business
He Is a well behaved young fellow ant
has never before stayed away all night
In the morning his father hurries @
the branch of the bank In kensingtoi
where his son Is employed and md
that he left at about half past o on tn
night before In quite his usual manner
giving no indication that he was no
going straight home. From the time h
left the bank door he has not been seen
His accounts are In perfect order; b
+ was a young man on the way to pro
motion
The bewIldered father takes q cab
the nearest police station aud relate
his story 90 the Inspector In charge
~Oh. dare say he'll be found In cot
ple Of days" says the CHEEKY inspec
or. We'll get on to Il at once. Wha
n his description
Thereupon the father gives descrtI
ton OF his son, running. perhaps. SOM
thing like this: Height i've feet eigt
inches: fair hair. slight fair mustach
gray eyes. slim build. wearing silk ha
morning coat dark striped trouseI
and glace kid lace boots. The lnspect'
enters this IN q book, together wit
some details as to the DISAPPEARING
He hands the book 90 policema
clerk and turns 10 give another VOL
of reinsurance To the father. Within
minute the latter hears the tick. tic
tick" OF telegraph instrument In Il
hands Of the policeman clerk. The d
scriptIon he has given is being tel
graphed TO every police station In Il
London area aud Is also being sent
Scotland Yard. Thus within Re
minutes the police depots from one eI
OF the metropolis 10 the other are {
the dul ylve for the slim, fair pair
young man"
But the process has only just begu
As soon as the father has left the =
ice station the inspector calls out fro
another room two special Inquiry oi
cuA- who are expert searchers {
ut>zins persons and who have a wo
I'd oerfn knowledge OF their district, wi
.ss eecntful resorts. low class clul
houses OF shady charac'
Nlaces where lost peoI