Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-20
DETECTIVE RECEIVES
ORDER OF KNTCHTHOOO
Done Against Spies, Iacifists
and .igitatorS.
FAMOUS IN SCOTLAND YARDS
Guarded President and Mrs. Wilson
During Their Recent Visit i'm Eng
1and-Scrvcd Fifteen Years in
British Service.
ny HAYDEN CHURCH.

y :,
who is broad gauccd enough not TO
mind upsetting tradition when there
rs good and sufficient reason for
doing So has just created :, new pre-
upon superintendent Patrick Quinn.
OF Scotland Yard. who has long been
TnoW " ,b as o The GIardian Of koyai,y
has ever been knighted.
Sir Patrick Quinn. as this renowned
eN-s!euih VIII be known hcnceforth re
long enough TO look after the safety
Of President and Mrs. Wilson during
their Christmas visit TO England. and
tfcn retired He has been a member
OF the Metropolitan Police Force for
iorty-hve years and for the past nf-
teen Of them has been head OF the
tiGation Department. As such il has
Dee 81 nis nari!euar JOB to lock after
while a, home and On lts travels. and
also after that Of foreign monarchs.
ana illustrious p"rsonages during their
visits to this country. and the best
proof OF the efficiency wiki which he
I has performed THIS duty is the fact
ihat never has AN accident befallen
tided to his viGilancc
Guarded Mr. and Mrs. Wilson.
He declares by The, way. that guard
ing President and Mrs Wilson dur
ing their recent stay in England was
abou; the easiest task Of the kind
that has ever fallen to hi. lot and as
result OF making Or. Wilson's per
sonal acquaintance. Sir Patrick is
now avowedly a Keen admirer OF the
President.
During tho war. ne has been one
OF Britain's principal and mos; sue
cessful spy-hunt:rS. and it i said to
have been largely due 10 his efforts
that most Of the German secret agents
IN England mad been rounded up by
tho end Of 1915. lie has also kept a
and others suspected OF being hostile
10 the interest Of thc Empire. and It
is especially in recognition Of these
services that he has now become Sir
Patrick.
Considered AbIe.t Sieu,h.
AcknowicdG"d TO ne one Of the ablcst
men who have ever been in the SER
vice Of scotland Yard, the eN-superin-
iehdent Of the spcc:2I branch does MOI
hction. lie would PASS much more
easily for well-cducatcd and exceed
inEly polished Irish doctor o. lawyer.
He is or medium height. with an IRON
gray mustache and pointed beard, and
his eyes. though they always seem to
twinkle merrily. are piercing and Oh
gest a police official that, during the
coronation OF King George. a youn g
constable who did not know him or
dered aim back into .he crowd. and
Sir Patrick had to be Identified by an
inspector before being permitted to 20
on his way
lie has accompanied King George
on every European trip which the
sovereign has made since he came to
, inc throne, lntluGlIS ms recent WISH 10
Paris. on the occasion of the corona :
tion OF the King Of Spain he was Dor
rowcd by the Spanish Governmcnt to
assist in tho work # guarding King
Alfonso. and saw to it that no UNI
toward event occurred: il was nj the
Spanish royal wedding tina; the well
rem m oercd bomb outrage took place.
Has Many HonOrx.
AS a result Of his guardianship OF
British ana foreign royalties and
proba bly, any other police officer. He
$ an officer Of the Legion OF Honor.
France: chevalier Of the order OF the
ST. Olaf, Norway: Stanislaus. Russia.
and the Rcdeemcr. Greece. He also
is an officer de rIns.ruc;ion, France,
and chcvalicr of the Order OF Villa
Niccsa, Portugal
The two decorations he prizes above
OF the Victorian Order) and the King 5
Medal. the latter of which was award
cd him in April last.
Extreme modeS:y is ono OF his vir-
tues. and though he has SO often been
described as the Guardian of Royalty,
the title is not TO his liking. "Gener-
ally speaking" he remarked recently.
royalty have no need of projections
from their people: who admire and re-
have to be taken against irresponsible
persons"
Paid n High Tribute.
one Of the eN-SupcrintendcntS for
mer colleagues At Scotland Yard paid
tribute 10 him as follows:
BESIDES being a great detective he
is a frs;-rate diplomatist and the
! dumbcS OF them all. There is only one
other man who is officially SO rcticcnt.
and that is Colonel House. the friend
! OF President Wilson. 1t is recorded
! that a gentleman we'll known in the
! chancclloricS of Europe, who has him
| self many secrets safely guarded in his
bosom. met Quinn on one occasion.
and. no, knowing who he was, at
| tempted 10 enter into conversation with
| him
| His appetite for secrets and his ad-
miratoin for Ouinn's reticcnce only
/ served to whct his appetite. He was
rewa rdcd with the deep information
impaired by the Kings detectives