Show US U.S. Touche fouche Held Braggart Union Spy Chief Had Reputation as Liar WASHINGTON D. D DC D.C. D The C.-The The dread name namo of Fouche has hall become a synonym for the national police chief and the the sinister ruthless unscrupulous Intriguer ler whose tentacles always he m has tentacles prod into far murky corners Fouche pronounced Foo- Foo shat hat was Napoleons Napoleon's chief dick and he carried on In hi the classic manner America has lias had such uch a servant ervant in Lafayette Curry Baker He Is labeled la la- la labeled the American Fouche bythe bythe by bythe the conservative Dictionary of American Biography As secret service chief of Civil war days he performed roughly roughly very very roughly roughly- a part of the job that J J. J Edgar Hoover Is doing today In I espionage America can ean be thankful that I t. t Hoover is an official of completer complete different character and outlook i from Lafayette Baker Baker was wa the founder of the secret service but hardly a credit to it He glorified glori tied fled in his title of general but was waa really one of the worst rapscallions 0 of an age In hi which rascality paid high dividends th the dispassionate historian George Fort Fore Milton observes ob ob- serves erves Liar forger torger braggart and showoff show show- off Baker oft Baker was all aU those and more He lie boasted so 0 consistently that President Lincoln mistrusted him himon himon himon on instinct and had little to do with him Baker Daker was the creature of Edwin Ed win M. M Stanton the tho secretary of war In protecting the citizenry and arm army Baker Daker uncovered a trade In obscene books book and pictures pictures some something thing of the sort ore th that t every police force torce and district attorney Is II deal desi- In tog ing with constantly Baker Daker called it a fiendish business carried onby on onby onby by human vampires for tr ruining the morals morall and bodies of men It U was wu decided to nuke mike a bonfire bon boa Site fire 0 of this sensual trash Our pure minded president Intimated that h ho be would Uk like to see ee the conflagration and h he h. enjoyed the sight with the zest test of a noble nobl nature to which viet vice was wa a I loa loathing thin Baker related |