The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-25
BODY, A SOUL, AND A PASS
Thomas bailey Adric's Adventure With Russian Police
Told by Celebrated Writer, George Kenan

Hotel dc France; but for the purposes
of this narrative it makes no differ
encc.
The Blow Falls
AS soon as they had selected rooms,
the manager called upon them and
asked them for their passports, which,
he said, must be sent that evening to
the police station of the admiralty pre-
cinct for registry When Mr. Aldrich
produced his single passport the man
ager said; cit will be necessary to
have madame s also -
But, replied Mr.. Adrich. "ma
dame is my wife, and is included in my
passport; she hasn t any of her own. -
The manager shook his head and
said that he did not think the police
would be satisfied with one passport
for two people
why not?' inquired Mr.. Alddch.
'We crossed the frontier together on
one passport. If it hadn' Z been all
right they wouldn t have let us an
The manager still seemed to be
doubtful, but as he had no reply ready
for this argument and did not himself
understand how they had succeeded IN
getting across the frontier. he took the
passport, bowed, and withdrew.
At the front entrance of every hotel
in ST. Petersburg there is large black
board bearing the numbers of the hotel
rooms, upon which the names of guests
are 'chalked up as they arrive.
Whether this is meant to be conven-
fence for persons wishing to know
who are staying an the hotel, or wheth-
er it is intended to facilitate the work
Of the officials whose duty it Is to
kHpr trool, nf Sir ln M Gnnyy,
but, IN either. ease, III serves as regis
ter, which passers-by may inspect with
ont going beyond the front door.
The police OF the admiralty precinct
were not long in discovering that the
blackboard of the Hotel d 'Angleterre
bore the names of two persons who
called themselves Aldrich,' while
only one "Aldrich passport had been
sent TO the precinct station house for
registry.
Suspect Plot
This, clearly, was matter that
needed investigation, 1t might be
new stratagom Of the " Nihiists '-an
attempt to shelter Il politically danger.
Gus Russian woman, possibly y bomb
thrower, under the name and passport
of an American sympathizer. 1t was
Wcli ROoWn even IN RUSSIA, tnaI among
the residents of Boston, New York and
Chicago there were all sorts Of Ameri
can citizens, from politically untrust-
worthy Polish refugees to Russian
traitors and Jewish Anarchists. A
" bird - of such feather might easily
come to Russia to help on "tbe cause, -
and might try to shelter under his wing
a female Nihilist, who, if her real
name were known, would be liable to
arrest. At any rate, the
woman must be satisfactorily account
ed for in some way. She could not
have come with the man from the
United States, because the frontier
police never would have permitted her
to enter the empire without a pass
port. "Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Z" alone,
might be a commercial traveller or an
Cook IS tourist. but "Thomas
Bailey Aldrich'' nus an unexplained
woman formed an extremely suspicious
if not criminal combination.
Police Begin Probe
Before Mr.. and Mrs AIdrich had
fully recovered from the fatigue of
their long journey across Europe
boy appeared al their door with the
that police officer