The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-21
PARIS POLICE
ARE Willy LOT
Interesting Facts Revealed
Concerning Operations of
Famous French System.
MUST KEEP ABREAST OF
WORLDS EVERY MOVEMENT
Dog Frightens Boy to Death
Under Highly Peculiar
Circumstances.
BY PAUL vILLIERS.
le to The Tribune.

Special Cable to The Tribune.
PARIS Aug. 20.-The Rochette case,
with its scandals and hints of grave
scandals, has passed into history. The
trial brought out some interesting facts
about the French secret police and its
methods. which have been followed up by
some OF the papers. particularly the In
traDsigeant, The French system has
been long regarded as the most perfect
In the world. and some OF the interviews
printed In the Intrnnsigeant are worth
reading. There is an interview with the
Directeur des Recherches." at the pre-
lecture OF police, of which the following
Is the gist. According to the report OF
their conversation, the official frankly
stated:
''Yes. there are secret agents. This Is
evident. and quite natural. AS NJ. Le-
pine said yesterday, We are obliged to
keep an eye on everything that threatens
the public security, How do you think
that We could parry the blows which
menace It II we were not warned? And
you may suppose that IL is not the pro-
motors Of disorder who come to acquaint
us with their designs. We must obtain
intelligence of what is passing in GER
tain quarters. Besides. all governments.
whatever they may be, or may have
been, have had their secret agents.
this service?"
Yes. It is who am in communica-
ton with them, and hold all these
strings This is my province; and there
tell you?
-, What you please; as much as you
Iike. For instance, you have some in
every class These visitors must some
times be very interesting"
The official was not edited by this. He
exclaimed Indignantly that he could not
go into details and reveal their me@ns
OF defense. and whom he was urged to
say little he cut the interview short
by remarking that he really could not
betray professional secrecy
Recourse was then had to NJ. Jaume,
late. chief inspector OF the criminal de-
tective department who. as soon as the
subject was broached. cried:
rhe secret & P9ee ss has always existed
have always had to surround themselves
with agents OF all sorts, who daily In
form them OF everything that may be
this. will go on until the end of the
world. Indignant speeches may proclaim
10 the chamber the abolition of the Sc
cret police, but IL will continue to eH-
list. There are so many ways OF recruit
ing secret agents. The jealous, the en-
vious. the people who have lost caste, or
are starving, and the foreign adventurers.
disposal of the prefecture because they
are so many Indirect agents who have not
10 be sought out and Voluntarily come
forward to sell for trifiing sum, even
sometimes for n deieuner, all the infor-
nation that they have about an affair
which interests the criminal detective
department,
Unconscious Helpers
"Then, again II Is so easy to como
across unconscious helpers, Friends and
acGuaintances whom one often meets are
only too glad to come out with their
tips Most OF these agents are un-
Information to go-betweenS, and so they
escape suspicion This is why. I do not
imagine that people should think serious
ly OF conspiring against the republic. II
] were to get up plot with 200 persons.
/ should be only too much afraid that 199
of my accompices might belong to the
police
The paper relates an anecdote which
may. or may not. have any foundation.
but which AT any rate. throws an inter
esting side light on this subject. Tho
story Is that one day grand Seigneur,
devoid OF Republican proclivities. was CIV
ing q fete, when the prefect OF police OF
that time asked for several cards OF In
vitation for his agents, alleging political
necessity as the reason for this appllca-
ton.
The gentleman was very indignant. SO.
by the way of compromise. the prefect.
who had called in person asked II he
might be allowed to see the list OF the
guests. The lists were shown to him.
He looked II over and returned 1t to the
let me suppose that | never applied for
anything. II Is all for the best Tho
obvious inference IS that the prefect
found in the list the names of good
many people who were sure 30 give him
on the following day full account OF
everything that had been said and done
at that particular fetc.
Dog Fatally Frightens Boy.
Porthos. police dog OF some reputa-
tion has been the cause Of a boys fatal
fright The animal was taken out for
his daily walk near the Porte de la Mu-
ette by two inspectors. when 1t suddenly
darted up the mounds of the fortitica-
tions as II Il had detected the presence
of apaches. II stopped on the border.
and on II little ledge below there wero
two boys. aged II. who were looking FOR
birds nests. On seeing the head OF tho
dog appear suddenly over the edge with
In one yard or two OF the boys, they got
a fright, and one fell backward into the dry
ditch on lot OF stones. The other boy,
also frightened, scrambled up the en-
bankment and tried to run away, when
the dog caught him and held him fast.
When the inspectors descended to the
ditch where the first boy had fallen they
found him dead He had been killed OH
the spot by striking his head on the
stones.