Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-05

does not go out himself He appoints
one of his inspectors to take charge.
Tho papers would hc referred Co the
divisional detective Of the district. and
he would return them with a report
that there was really such place as
Hilldrop Crescent. with a house on II
numbered 30, as alleged. and that the
house was said To have been occupied
by one DR.. Crippcn and his wife, ana
that the parties were not to be found az
home with that report he would
formally apply for aid from the Yard
Then the Yard Inspector appointed
would take charge and there would be
sin 10 get into motion such an elegant
system Of petty Jealousy as would en-
able any criminal to escape unless ne
were either a born fool or tired Of his
freedom.
mot one OF the stations, not even
Scotland Yard. is connected with tho
public telephone service. Until quite
recently tho principal stations We're not
connected by phone with one another or
with scotland Yard. The phone was
contrary to the spirit OF the depart
ment In which everything had TO ap-
pear I'M writing. Most OF tho stations
still have to work with the slow A b g
telegraph Instrument on which the Of
lccrs grind out letter by letter the
words Of the message TO be conveyed.
words OF the message TO be conveyed
Is it any wonder that many OF the
London crimes remain unsolved? As
In the Crppen case. where Inspector
Dew receives an the credit, though he
performed no effective detective sorv-
ice. 20 In every case, no matter VINO
does the work. the credit Tor It must
go to the Yard Inspector In charge.
Everything is handed over to him
when the trial comes on he will be the
sole detective witness II there arc
any tips" going on Il is he who gets
them II difficulties have been over
come II is he who gets the praise from
the Judge and from the newspapers
II the investigation fails, this one man
draws up the report.
Here is another feature Of the famous
system" as seen by "A newspaper man
There are no newspaper men at
tachod to the London police stations.
Reporters have no police cards and
are not recognized by the system II
reporter goes to a station for Informal
ton on a great crime that is STIRRING
the public. such as the Crippcn case,
ne gets none and is probably turned
out II he goes to Scotland fard tor
Information ne is certainly turned out
"Conscauently tho Yard inspector In
charge Of hig crime makes p nice
thing out of IT, lie has his frlends
among the reporters whom he can trust
because Of their business relation anu
he charges zach Of them from - day
inward. according to the interest In the
case for telling them privately what IL
being done The other detectives can
only share I'm the graft by pretending
discoveries and selling invented lAlse
VHnl n
cause. having told all to the CHIEF ana
moi bcing sure what he is going TO sell
himself in they should happen 10 give
away something the chief does not
want to part with they VIII speedily
bc ousted for communicating win re-
portcrs.'
In the popular imagination Scotland
yar5 IS the synonym for shreWdnoss'
skill and promptitude In ferreting out
crime and in apprehending criminals;
lint il may be that this famed agency
"a as much. in need OF reformation rs
mos, Of our American police agencies
are generally conceded TO be. Some
writer should do for this famous official
system" what Dickens did for the
English boarding school
II n man means we'll he will do pretty
well.
Tact always improves and strength
ems friendship.
Even monograph sometimes goes
back on its record.
II is much better for an embezzler
to be in tow than in hemp
The wig makers art has yet to pro-
duce a pompadour toupee.
II seems a grave injustice TO mans
memory 20 cremate his body
some platforms are made to get IN
ON while others seem made TO puzzle
people
Inst now the now peninsula war Is
attracting the attention Of the Chris
tian world
Have the sea sorpents become extinct
or have people less fcrvid imagination