Kaufmann

[lynn cates]

Nihilist murder

Hello All. Found this whilst trawling.

Anyone know the full story or is it another Rachkovski fib?

(Snippet from "Putney and Wandsworth Borough News" September 22, 1888.)

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

Crowley

Hello Luke. Well, he was a theorist about JTR. You might have a go at Spiro's book which has a good bit about Crowley.

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

spying

Hello Bridewell. You are right, of course. There was a joke about the Anarchists that half were in pay to the police spying on the other half.

Cheers.
LC

[Luke111]

Hello Lynn,

Ding-dong...you're not wrong. He of Black Magic fame huh? Nice find!...

best wishes

Phil

Was Crowley somehow involved in the ripper crimes/case?
Just wondering. At least he has a fictional cameo in the From Hell graphic novel. (great read by the way, very well researched & captured the feel of the period)

[Bridewell]

The Frequency

Hello Simon. Thanks for that. It really makes one wonder about the frequency of people acting as informants for the police. The attitude now seems clear.

Cheers.
LC

Hi Lyn,

The frequency of people acting as informants for the police? It goes on all the time, so I doubt if it was any different way back when. Prostitutes themselves make good informants - when they are so inclined - because they hang around the streets looking at potential clients. Just to complicate matters still further, it's not unheard of for an arresting officer to tell a suspect he's been grassed up, even if he hasn't. Not exactly honest, but it doesn't hurt to make 'em a little paranoid dontcha know!

[lynn cates]

Aziz ud Din

Hello All. I have found a new and interesting spy for my collection--Aziz ud Din.

Aziz (AKA Ali Mohammed, AKA agent LM) was a British agent. He became a "friend" to Duleep Singh. He blew his cover, however, when he was accused of murdering Thakur Singh. His managers noted that, with that lapse, he was of little further use in the Punjab. (They also noted that, although a good agent, he was "sometimes wild indeed." [a bit excessive in his acting on orders])

By August 1888, he is in London arguing with his "managers" about an open position with Special Branch in India. He threatens that, "If I don't get that position I'll go to Russia." (Quipped Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, "He may go to Russia--or the devil, for all I care.") He seems to have had contact with Pat Casey.

He was finally sacked by Special Branch 1890.

Any further information on this lad would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

more

Hello All. A bit more on Slater.

(Snippet from "Irish Law Times." January 24, 1903.

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

Slaters

Hello All. I was wondering whom were the City of London firm. Turns out that Slaters is most likely.

(Snippet generously donated by Simon Wood.)

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

EOS finis

Hello All. The end. (Oops! Forgot to mention, "And they all lived happily ever after.")

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

EOS pt 2

Hello All. Pt 2.

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

equal opportunity spying

Hello All. There is a good deal about spies on this thread. Most of them are male. What about the ladies?

I apologise if this is posted elsewhere.

(Snippet from "The Echo" October 12, 1888)

Cheers.
LC

[lynn cates]

crime does not pay, well . . .

Hello All. Who says crime does not pay? Here is a snippet from "The Echo" August 18, 1888 about a Russian traitress of the Nihilists being discovered and executed. Look at the pay off.

Cheers.
LC

[mariab]

Thank you for posting these, Lynn, and I very much enjoyed your sardonic commentary.

[lynn cates]

mad dog

Hello Maria. Thanks for this. Rocker seems to be a real mad dog. (heh-heh)

Cheers.
LC

[mariab]

off their Rocker

Finally, a translation of the French spy report attached in post #322:

“Paris, December 4, 1907.

We have gained the information through ROCKER that a “misappropriation“ of 60.000 roubles has occurred recently (we ignore in which city exactly this occurred) by a group of anarchists who call themselves the “Bontari“; we believe that this group has its provenance apparently in an eponymous organisation located in Geneva.
The products of this monetary misappropriation has been shared between the groups of Geneva and London, who received the majority of the money, while the Paris group received 5.000 roubles.
Regarding meetings organized my ROCKER, there has only been one meeting, which turned out very violent: It's the meeting of a workers' group spotting caps {fabricating caps?}. While speaking about syndicalism, ROCKER powerfully praised the merits of sabotage and other direct actions.
ROCKER is a very dangerous anarchist agitator, and his influence on the public is immense and nefarious.“