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Show SECRET POLICE OF PARI8. Fo"ur Branches of Organization, With Varying Duties. ("You cannot go anywhere" In Paris without meeting tho secret police, although al-though you would never rccognlzo thorn," observed a Urltqn familiar with tho French capital. "Thero nro four divisions of these uniformed crlmo detectors Tho first division Is known as tho Surety, tho business of which Is to track down known crlml nnls and capture them. They aro daring, dar-ing, wily and resourceful fellows, and It Is a clover malefactor Indeed who can ovndo them. Another body of thld 'plain clothes' police looks after tho tenants of lodging bouses and hotels. They tnko note of all tho arrivals nnd departures, nnd gather statistics regarding re-garding tho workmen In the factories, tho sick In hospitals nnd private houses, and so forth. A third division occupies lUolf with political plotters, agitators mid ramblers. At meetings of a seditious character thoy mlnglo with tho crowd, nnd (to disarm suspicion) sus-picion) npplaud as loudly ns an) body, nnd Join In denunciations of tho government. gov-ernment. They appear In gambling dens as gamblors themselves, and thoy also Keep a quiet watch on tho regular police Tho remaining division divis-ion consists of elcgnntly dressed por-sons por-sons who watch over the president and protect him not only from nssas-sins, nssas-sins, but nlso from bores nnd crankB " CasscU's Saturday Journal. |
