The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-06-22
POLICING eQRaRES5VD'
DON'T CARRY ,vAJdBLAAND
DoN'r LEAVE &'noHE.
scotland Yards Good Advice seeking
Isomi, Experts Among High Priced
stand Seatcrs Observations Of 4
MissOurian on I.OntiOn's Manners.

LONDON, June 49, Everyt hing is ready
for the coronation, from the Archbishop
of Canterbury to the crooks. The latter
are on hand in shoals. John Walsh.
at the head Of detective agency here.
with an American connection. said that
the American thieves are complaining
abou the } nglish practice OF wearing
pearls instead OF diamonds.
Pearls will bring a. much in the fence"
as diamonds will. but the trouble is that
limitations are so good that the crook
does not think il pays to nip one. The
| risk of being u rested for stealing paste
is not inviting. so there is very general
complaint Purse stealing will form
| the most general industry. most likely.
1 The police have issued a bulletin asking
people to carry but little money on the
nights that the streets are to be illumi-
mated and during the Narious PROFESSIONS
| AT the same time and In the same not ice
they ask people no, to leave valuables
in their homes unless there are respon-
| sible persons to guard the premises
IA most of the police are to be withdrawn
during the season for spe ial work along
the line Of procession.
There are so many strangers in town
that il is impossible to know whether
thele are more or not 40 many Americans
as usual. The Missourians who speno
mos, of their time in New York. fore
ga ihering in the Pike county corner
Of the Waldorf hotel. are ~ the Cecil
Armed with personal letters from their
neighbor Champ ClarX. most likely
written by his secretary. Wallace Bass
ford. and maybe signed bv him too. the
Missourians came prepared for all sorts
OF trouble about getting yard room
They had gol on an average OF 5, II
for their hogs. live weight, and one man
in the crowd had cleared A2 30 an acre
OF patch Of M acres Of alfalfa. so the
ent rance fee made no difference to the
crowd from Champ lark's State.
| This accounts for their buying froni
seats on one of the most expensive grand
stands along the line of the parade aud
simultaneously getting acau1in ed with
the London police The day after thpy
bought their seats a Scotland Yard de-
tective was at their no el checking them
up.
| Il seed man lookin' al me after he had
pointed to a place on the herd book
said one OF the party. but | thought he
was sizin' me up for tip"
| III We find that our visitors are really
stopping where they register from and
information OF them il normal we go nc
further. IT they cannot be found We shall
be on the lookout for them during the
coronation" was a police explanation.
Afraid Of bomb?"
| ALWAYS afraid Of that when they come
over from tn" Continent or from New
Je cay" was the reply. NO nihilisi lir-
ir Z here. YOU know. would let anybod,
hurt the reigning family Of England
They unc erstand fat that the minute
anything happens TO our own we shal
run the whole bag of tricks into the Nortl
Sea, and no mistake We know the,
keep the faith Look at last Sunday
meetings." said the inspector. poin'inl
To file Of reports Of proc eedings o
secret Socialist and other meetings heic
recently Scot land Yard detectives ar'
not all British Some OF them look anc
act like double dyed infernsl machine
makers. very useful saueaiers TO have OF
the payroll
London ia going about policing ltsel
in n way that is bordering on frlvolity
All Scotland Yard is on the job. abou
Ito detectives There are 5000, COO people
living here When an American city hal
"A general gathering its local Police De
part,nent calls in detectives from every
large CITY on the continent The ioca
mon know their own crooks. bnt nom
other The detective squad from Chicag'
-, m.
the plain clothes men from Denver an'
Kansas City are able to spot sharps fron
the Rockies and the mouth Of the kaw
In that way American cities are KEEP
clean for the safety Of visitors.
You don't mean to say So, said
Scotland Yard man when he was told o
this My word" he went on, "th"y wi
not 10; us do that here We can only d
, our best. and We do it
How can you spot gang from an
thieves lair in Europe, them" was asked
Somehow or other was the answer.
So London is at the mercy Of worl
of crooks who are known to be here
We are alive with them" said woma
police operator ,his afternoon. Thl
woman one of tho most skilled in Eng
land whose specially il working in Pari'
said that she had never known so man
! thieves to be- here Asked how she kne'
they we're in London, she said sharpl
enough "They are not at their homes
40 Of course they are in London.
Scott Yard is a preventive measui
rather than a curative one. II does mar
vellous work by showing it's teeth
Reverting to bombs, no thought what
! ever is given to such things exceptin
when there is a general gathering Georg
: V. has less police protection than Presiden
Taft has. A police official telling how tn
King is cared for said this afternoon:
The King has chief OF police.
sergeant and five men. Queen Alexandr
has a private police department of tw
men They go everywhere with royalty
: Each morning the chief OF this prI
vate force goes to the Kings 7 Arsona
attendant. the equerry, and learns c
the movements of the day, If
, | tourney is contemplated he will lear
of that Journey u day ahead or perhap
a week ahead II the King is to go I
D Scotland the chief of the force Of five me
writes to the chief police Official in ever
\ county through which the King will trav,
Y and gives the hour the royal train will z
through that particular county. On ever
. bridge along the route there will be a locs
policeman standing to see that nobod
is there to drop n brick on the rails O
throw an internal machine or cOmm
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