The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-08-21
scotland YARD NlT D0IE M TFTI1fT'
Lack Of Publicity as Aid
Shown In Dew Surprise at
Newspaper Squad AWAITING
Him Recently.

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the police see to it that tba n,ot :.
frustrated. p'ot y
nee. 1ueeeliigs are held in Hyde park. aud
SOCIALISTS make violent speeches Tbaro
are always a few agents of scotland
ara ID the audience. they are not
1hose tail, square shouIdered so,,aro
toeo Fellows, such as Sophisticated
new Yorker can pick out of almost
any street crowd as "plain clothes
men. they look like all the others
Fefhaps one of them is that very hot.
head who is going to get up presently
ana make speech suggesting that the
King be hanged and that the narlio.
nent building be burned to the ground
tie is the fellow who, if a Moi ever
Is formed to put his advice into effect
VIII inform Superintendent Froest 90.
cretly in time to have the ringlpadars
clapped in irons.
There are hundreds indeed. probably
thousands of these informants in the
pay Of the crown. although their pames
never appear on any payroll. The ex-
lstenee of this great staff Of stool hi.
geons IS one important difference be.
tween the London aud the New York
police systems.
It Scotland Yard were operating in
New York city 1t would have bali Il
dozen bartenders en- the Bowery. II
would have a dozen foreign born in.
formants In every foreign quarter it
would ray somebody in every circle of
criminals or nufatire criminals TO con
tinue his associations with those Grim
inais, take part in their crimes If nee
essary. but keep their confidence and
betray It.
The Italian squad in the New York
department was an attempt to mingle
with people Of certain class and
learn their intimate ways. Joe petro-
sino before tie Black Hand got him
In italy used to Ralt on ii SLOUGH hat.
take q chair If some corner table III
some Italian dive and spend whole
evening apparently doing over his
liquor. hui actnally listening unslls
pected to the conversation around him
But rs Il wh0ip the New York de-
pertinent Is III equipped WITH aan who
are fitted for This sort of thing. and it
never will have the wonderful corps of
underworld assistants that London has
until sufficient money is provided.
Promoters Bother Scotland Yard.
There are fewer defalcations and
inside jobs ia English banks. be-
cause the system of inspection is more
rigid On the other band. England IS
with glittering promoters Of
the Whitaker Wright class. aud one |
OF the most difficult problems which
Scotland Yard has TO face IL tie gen
teel sWindler Europe produces this
variety of gentleman par excellence.
and the figure he makes us a polished /
Of some lime honored fam
nv II frequently so good that America
must hope in vain 10 produce bis lille. T
The Scotland Yarti man often gees
about in top hat and excellent
clothes. in order TO look like the aver
age Londoners with whom be must
mingle. He Isl probably. on the whole
better dressed and of better appear +
ance than the New York detective He
takes his work very seriously. almost
solemnly. When lie calls on d fisilwife
70 elicit some Information be candidly
hands her Il card on which is engraved
perhaps. .Inspeetor Smvfhe Creighton
9. T. d.
The practice Of the police III regard
o mysteries has been radically differ
mt on the two sides Of the ocean. scot
and Yard has always maintained the
most stolid silence on cases in which
/ was concerned. giving Out details
My when the case had been solved
With finality to the glory of ''the
1ard.
In New York the police have been
extremely generous with thei. infor
nation. Withholding only as much as
eemed absolutely necessary to insure
he successful outcome of the hunt
70 doubt some criminals have been
ost through premature publication of
DoIice plans. but this Is small matter
ompared with The number CT crimi-
Ials who have been caught because
he publicity they got in the news
apers made It Impossible for them to
ide. S- .
Publicity Gaining Favor.
II England had had newspapers and