Kaufmann

[lynn cates]

EOS finis

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

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]

more

Hello All. A bit more on Slater.

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

Cheers.
LC

[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

[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!

[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)

[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

[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]

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