THE DIRTY WORK OF SCOTLAND YARD.

Temuka Leader, Issue 9410, 13 May 1882, Page 3

THE DIRTY WORK OF SCOTLAND YARD.

A scare was caused on the occasion of the Czar visiting the Crystal Palace. The expediency of this visit, had been much questioned, and the authorities of Scotland Xard were very nervous about it. Their fear was not so much that the Czar

would be,: assassinated) .as :;insulted. ■ln

1867, while going: through the du Justice, in Paris, he had been mobbed by French Radicals, who had shouted in his ears, Vive la Pologne ! and some demonstration of the sort was to be appre* hended on the part of Communist refugees in London. On the day before the Crystal Palace fete word was brought to 2arouco# that a Pole who earned his living as a fencing-master, intended to throw him* self at Alexander IPs feet and present a petition for the release of- his brothers, who "were in Siberia. This had to be pre•vented at all co?ts. The Pole lived jn '

Wardour street, and the l Kus3ians were for getting Kim arrested 'out of hand. The English police doubted whether thejr could do this as they had no warranty but th«y aacutely suggested that some charge should be preferred".. * against the Pole. The wretched man's residence was accord* ingly patched,'land! in the evening as he was going out to dine at an eating house,- an .English < hireling rani againsthim," collared -him,? made an : uproar, and accused him of having picked his pocket. A broken piece of watch chain dangling from the Englishman's waistcoat Beemed to bear out the Englishman's accusation, and the poor Polo, despite his many indignant protests, was marched off to the police station. On the following day he was brought up before a magisgrate. A charge was sworn against him, end a remand asked for, The magistrate grantedthe remand, refusing bail, and ' the Pole remained 1 a week in 'gaol, the prosecutor, of course, failing to appear at the adjourned hearing. Zaroucoff is very sarcastic at the underhand stratagem which the English police countenanced to get the Pole out of harm's way ; and he adds that ' anything can be done' in England by keeping up a semblance of legality. 'ln very delicate cases,' he remarks, <as when you might wish to kidnap somebody, the official police will not give you overt ■ assistance, but they win get you helped by one of the private inquiry offices, whose agents are often discharged policemen. The agencies do the dirty work of Scotland Yard, They render important clandestine services,and itheir proceedings, even when notoriously illegal are winked at.'