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Police Orders—Saturday, 29th September 1888
The following are authorised to be employed in plain clothes, with an allowance of 2s 6d per week from to 31st March next. They will be employed as directed by the Superintendents for the prevention and detection of crime during the winter months.
H 57 - Dennis (Times Aug 2nd 1888)
H 207 - Frederick King (Times Oct 24th 1888)
H 286 - Wright (Times Oct 9th 1888)
H 373 - Fluister
(NOTE: There was also a Detective Sergeant Fluister of the City Police—Times Feb 3rd 1885, a PC Fluister 954 City—Times 15th Jan 1889, and a Detective Inspector Fluister—Times Jan 21st 1891)
H 378 - West
H 32R - Soper (Times Dec 14th 1887)
Whilst working on another project I stumbled across H373 Fluister, thought what I found might be of interest?
East End Observer Thursday 3rd August 1889 -
Police-constable Fluister, 373 H, deposed that on Saturday evening he saw the defendant in St. George's-street, in a drunken and incapable condition ...
PC William Fluister 373H gives evidence at the Old Bailey 19th November 1883
He gives evidence several more times over the next 10 years as 373H
I have only been able to find one William Fluister H Division
67716 William Fluister joined 09.04.1883 H Division retires 27.12.1909 H Division, recalled in 1911 for the Coronation again at H Division. Was in H Division for the 1887 & 1897 Jubilees and the 1902 Coronation.
In 1904 he appears to have a new collar number of 198H.
Although as documented in the original thread there are several officers called Fluister from the City Police. I think we can be fairly confident that the 373 Fluister put into plain clothes 29th September 1888 is William Fluister.
The following are authorised to be employed in plain clothes, with an allowance of 2s 6d per week from to 31st March next. They will be employed as directed by the Superintendents for the prevention and detection of crime during the winter months.
H 57 - Dennis (Times Aug 2nd 1888)
H 207 - Frederick King (Times Oct 24th 1888)
H 286 - Wright (Times Oct 9th 1888)
H 373 - Fluister
(NOTE: There was also a Detective Sergeant Fluister of the City Police—Times Feb 3rd 1885, a PC Fluister 954 City—Times 15th Jan 1889, and a Detective Inspector Fluister—Times Jan 21st 1891)
H 378 - West
H 32R - Soper (Times Dec 14th 1887)
Whilst working on another project I stumbled across H373 Fluister, thought what I found might be of interest?
East End Observer Thursday 3rd August 1889 -
Police-constable Fluister, 373 H, deposed that on Saturday evening he saw the defendant in St. George's-street, in a drunken and incapable condition ...
PC William Fluister 373H gives evidence at the Old Bailey 19th November 1883
He gives evidence several more times over the next 10 years as 373H
I have only been able to find one William Fluister H Division
67716 William Fluister joined 09.04.1883 H Division retires 27.12.1909 H Division, recalled in 1911 for the Coronation again at H Division. Was in H Division for the 1887 & 1897 Jubilees and the 1902 Coronation.
In 1904 he appears to have a new collar number of 198H.
Although as documented in the original thread there are several officers called Fluister from the City Police. I think we can be fairly confident that the 373 Fluister put into plain clothes 29th September 1888 is William Fluister.