The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-05
DETECTIVES
 FEAR GHOSTS Scotland Yardmen Are
 Nervous, sBOBSv LOOKS FOR INVASION General Says English Army Must
 Be Strengthened. shaw Is To Be Given I. London To Teach Parents what Sort Of
 Toys To Buy.
BY ROBERT BRopERIcK.

London, April 4.-The detectives of Scotland Yard are on the verge of have invaded the department and pre- vented the lynx-eyed minions of the law from closing their eyes when off duty.
 The ghosts manifest their presence in many ways but what makes them es- pecially troublesome is their habit of sIamming doors, windows and shut ters in the reformatory and industrial school opposite the criminal investiga- ffon department. a practice they keep up all night, although neither doors nor windows are seen to move. Shad- owy forms have repeatedly been seen in halls and dormitories, but as they vanish into the air and leave no fin- rerprints or other workable clues the most skilled sleuths have been unable to run them down but assure that they feel very much run down them- selves.
 It fs suggested that the spirits may have been disturbed by the operations which have been going on on in con- nectfcn with the new buildings of the woods and forests departments. where an old underground passage has been discovered and many collins have been found.
 Invasion of England.
 sTt seems an absolute certainty to me that some day this country VIII be invaded by foreign enemy if we remain as we are now" were the words of Lord Roberts in a speech which has created quite a sensation here and discussion as to whether sBobs'' hinted at Germany or not.
 @There is nothing to prevent an in- wasion," Lord Roberto said. "The navy may be as strong as you like to make if. but it has to do things that no other navy in the world has to do. Tf has to ensure the country getting sts food supply-it has to be all over the world. If we had no navy to bring our food we should starve in case of war. Therefore you cannot expect the navy to be hanging about our shores to defend us.
 ~our navy from time immemorial has had to 20 in search of the enemy's fleet. If 1t failed we should starve. and we should be forced to make any peace which the enemy put upon us and would have to pay an enormous indemnity from which we would never recover.''
 "But cannot believe for one mo- nent that we shall allow the country to go Absolutely unprotected. we must strengthen our army for as it Is now the enemy would be master of the sit- uation before we could put anything in the field"
 Death of svsindler.
 Richard Benham. one of the cieverest financial swindlers who ever ruined trusting folk. has just died in poverty in a London sium. Beginning his career when with a number of minor forgeries and embezzlements. Benham launched out in 1884 by opening a bank at Charing Cross, which had lived only six months. Then he be- gan a series of frauds on the London and General Bank, which led to the downfall of the bank, after losing about $25o,000. For these operations. which covered a period of seven years. Benham was sentenced to fourteen years penal sefvitude.
 These frauds enabled Benham to live, while they succeeded. in fashionable style. Maintaining establishments in Piccadilly and also at Brighton and elsewhere. He paid his bills by checks drawn on a bogus bank.
 Among the hundreds of people Ben ham ruined was the late W. J. Mum