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THE HONG KONG SUNDAY HERALD, JANUARY 15, 1050,

Fabian of the Yard-No. 10:

AN UNDERWORLD MEDAL FOR TACKLING A BOMB

In 1939, when the shadow of approaching war

lay over

By Robert Fabian

England, sudden shattering, der, and in it a green explosions rocked London.

rubber, checking up all thefts of gelignlie balloon, with a brown wax cylin- and underworld sources of supply, der inalde 1.

NEW YORK LETTER

door, the wanted Irishmen hastily switched off all lights in the house.

The King gave some of his across the nation, families enjoy- and cranberry Suitcase was

Socialist Ministers an objected their turkey lesson in the art of good the portly members of the "Tee- sauce, pudding and mineo 'ples, ticking...

manners when he expressed (berg Swimming Club" were_tak- Then a skylight on the dark root the nation's sincere thanks ing their annual Christmas dip at

Island. A liftman engines lands. A house was traced in Bir" | reflected moonlight for an Instant for all that Americans have tonally released. from a jammed

sursaid, done and given for Britt after spending a nice quiet. mingham where 60lb of gelignitean it was raised. Watchers wer

smuggled by truck to two lodging-tounding the house saw six figures tain during the past year.

They were bombs, home-madr

I pulled this apart. Willstered offatra planted by Irish extrem- ists. Other bombs were wanton- my hands with acid, then the are

clattered up, ly exploded in other parts of the brigade

They had yards littering red. Innocent people country. killed. Pillar-boxes anick mait of hosepipes, tanks

wrecked, stopa but no fire burkels souk that

Vons were

banke shutters!

Wild-eyed

young

and

ut water

hacked likr

to make den k

diabolien gelignitet Filmen the sticks to ribbons

my knite were arrested, sentenced to long tutte with

Some Terms of penal nervitude were hanged! quabble.

It was a miserable.

The first time I had anything to do with it was ho

night, June 24, su the year 1938.

Just ten hours from midnight

I was then a Detective-Inspector

at Vine-street, with London's re-

lly formed

Vire Squat enlly

i was tappin

report on

It

lengily

18 dets

Yurd'

Mare here We Lonators

Somebords breathed

down my 1 looked up There's

11 SALM one of the West End's most teletas plek, parked

Crook said, "be coreful!"

Get to Dingo mt of

Saul

"This could explode

He sulest calmis 1 de, Cavine"

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There had been raids on quar. ries in Derbyshire and the Mid-

en had been hidden in a sofa,

houses in Leinster-gardens,

i was given the job of raiding men. The others were inspector long ago,

wat-Len Crawford and two of his men. these houses, where police

There was a reckless scuffle on fanatica chers had told us the

the slanted, creaking tiles. Then were sti kiing out.

We knew they had guns. My Crawford had kis captives hand- chief asked: "Taking any revolvers cuffed. on your raid, Fablan?" I thought moment, then,shook my head, the police, str," "They don't hate 1 said. There's nothing personal La Vila

**14 (13 men don't lake guns

Birth it out Think the Irish will with fint!"

unently

Ans filt Fl

We

The

"No, thanks, Charlie baking the

Kelle

Best Then Seikeunt

certam one of Scotland wobblest typewriter, wiera kliente ente a great explosion from Pre cadilly Cheus The police hat featu A gust of hot windows shivered

whammed in and out of

ruffled my Snatched

TAHMET

My Bus Forsk

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its hook twe Junt altrady been ister with them, an endidly. Verun

Parazhity

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wan Crowded with

1

I mished and seruaralded through the crowd At The N ner of Glasshouses street and Pro 1 codilly, the pavement was litter

md with broken stars. Hufted

of feel set Lanchest Cugars azok

from the

Jobu myst's shop tay

Ne

silk lingerie fint the rest sto shop shimtaried in

ma simpeleed dat

the pits

(erambled through the

Chokozi.

42 mill

there against the bars famaged shops with the farultay

el

explosive rankling i my netrib Nearly

the

Ventasegment lights

1

Piccadilly

Cars had been bles as a alg

We have a politan Face

Crane in the Melto

4 stood thug an the and let 105 brand of the bul

$8

tste*

baths

e1015

As Dant feel, om tie

t favesend, among

BERENGUEY

the

under lobes and gilfering shard- of a voad broken wuufow -glass Tangent }

den behind the TaxiCie Foducato

A brown pages marcel

The bomb in the

parcel

engaloon

So we went unarmed. I knew my men preferred that way. But were not quick enough-our t

quarry had gone! W'เ Sticke They left stepped letter had

A clue been thrown

forn-up into the

"You're only got yourselves to blame--you ran away the last timel′′

Coney

руда

the third and

holiday between erouched on the roof against the Offeinl thanks should have fourth floors,

were New IR.A. come from No. 10 Downing Street moon. Thres

True, various Ministers Across America

from, the a little farther away

Across America 583 people were London School of Economics than killed in road accidents and fires. their colleagues have made obli-A Pennsylvania hamlet was al- que references to the American sacriften on our behalf,

most totally destroyed by a blaze which started in a Christmas tree. telo- At once, the arrested men seem-

on to Bulletins, Dushed ed in n hurry to get to gaol. This

vision and cinema screen, brought But Americans from Tampa to the news

York that New

bad aroused Inspector Crawford's sus

So-gained 103 million gallons o! picions. To those of his men who Topeka have felt that were quickly searching the house, cialists could not have any deep-water from rainfall which turned

the

capt. wa

into America my return to he called a warning: "steady-1 down appreciation of

talist gifts and so bomb."

they were think we're going to find

has who boxes, packed with sickly-smell.role

donations to ing gelignite and clock-detonators handed out large

less fortunate members of the that were already ticking

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He did. In a suitcase were four perfectly prepared to assume the typical English scene.

Flve minutes Inter. though.

Une tug at a wire might have blown up the house.

"Keep out of here," said Craw- ford coolly. He enrefully dia muntled each throbbang bomb

of

0

relative

three close harmony singers went on the air to chant "I'm Cat- I'm Crolon

We're noac

akill

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running враге.

генет-

сам

fully but why doesn't really ex- pret any more than a lef note Delaware

dry and there's uf thanks.

to SAVE WATER!" The three exotle The King's moving tribute Amerleau generosity, backed by names represent the city's

Britain's devoirs far away to the North. A couple of days later I recely the reaffirmation

sire to stand once for all on ber Actually the no-shaving mysterious telephone

in @gured lurke awn two feet, made Christina apaign, which message "itave you дел Bi

every

And newspaper malate

Guvnorensant one for Britons in New nearly

York.

magazine, was nothing more than demanded

hourse Cuckney British lime is five hours ahead a publicity stunt. Army voice. "Why?" I was suspicious of New York's, NO the King's hounds were responsible for a "Well," breathed the voice co-message from Sandringham was momentary no-shaving order

ed

fidentially, "come to the. Hard Saloon and ask for Bl ut whe kaw but yer might fu vul | somethink," រំ chuckled softly Land rang of.

press-

on neat whisky became sud- denly popular.

President's

message

common talking point round which was dropped as soon as the many American dinner tables.

about generals heard

*. The Later in the day radio bulletin whisky free-water 3A cents" replied. Before the nee sunts idea was dropped by barmen a their Own President's family

HOO I don't suppose any paliecman Christmas at Independence, Min- entild ignore

invitation le souri, they reported JUST

howw "the What I went. At the billard British monarch spent

The great saloon a character whom I knew wy Stan a daring burglar, sticl

Tere, Guy" He led me "B's in

a dilogy back street and threw open a clour

day in his Norfolkshire home with President Truman seol 10 GLS 71.2 family. Before supper home on leave Americans knew that Queen Marylane, fussed around ad **Honnic Prince *barlie"

They patted my back stand

I blinked It was a big room. and there must have hein more than 50 people in It I know them all. Included in the crowd

were the pick of London's under world. Most of them were groups ed around a bar, and all ha drinks in their hands As I hesi- tates in the entrance, wondering

his private

Christmas

were also there and that Princess tree decorations with his wife and Elizabeth was in Malta with her daughter Margaret.

Early

the murning br Everyone knows that the Roya; tramped the snow-covered streets greet. family is as popular in Ameries of Independence, shouted

Tom Beets, who WAB Therefme was inks to as In Brille

thanks ting that Britain's

a motor shop, and to to working in American friends should fanityFrank Spina, the enl barber

who called back "Merry Christ. come from the King.

smas, Harry!"

New York's Christmas was American as New York. While,

In his radio address The Pre sident sold: “Last 188, 195 I nation, dedicate ourselver anew. to the

what was the trick, they saw me would I mind greepting this love of ma fellow then."

surged forward, nolaily.

FICH

packet was put th my hands.

Bol:

24-8-30

In an infant i was surrounded, I opened the package. It was a brunze medul itawept up against the bar, a huge beautiful Utle

thescut, mexi | whisky thrust into my

about as big as

a penny. evening.

five-shilling eigur into my mouth. blue silk ribbon. Laurel wronths The address of the mersing Large hands patioil. my back. on one skie, and inserted on the

were well-dresserl, Į ather: pince was out of my own zute, in Some

distalet where

All were graning Inspector some ragged.

Detective Inspector no maltre to Fabion, Lal Crawford had careful hugely. There was

For Bravery, From The Boys" this spread out. I took the clue to their faces. cigar boxes its face it up. He dat not

I still have that medal from the Then large man--a notorious

I b- Robacconist's

of London's underworld. upon whose men then that within 24 hos London gang leader

same drawer as hat of Events late

thick fingers glittered diamonds keep it in the

Gallantry to keep them separate,

stolen-held the King's Medal for probably, fear. umeshed paper would lead him to 1 Vine treet.

He made the Poller V.C.) that was pre- Binukfully into in an set of pallmust devotion up a hand for slience

fre-ucket, that nearly rost his life.

kanaw

ht

1st gen (tas ber away in, but Jakeed to burn. A ht

pick-pocket | tubed a meeting-place

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Policewoman met gang

The meeting place was a cafe. We meded to follow them from

These wear as explosions in Lotties sute to their new hide-out.

I picked up the brown paper don Dhat might and 20 cent How to do this?They would sus-

parcel King

| penpèe stiju; end

i- Next day, we began the Soul

They-tipped. burket པ་ booknit round for water, we turgess and coolly shoved the prowly back.

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I knelt on the pavement not my pocket koste, and eat the string. Badliegve tape.

ti-

wrapped the brown parcel at one end pulled out something folt like a satsange wrapped in Krenced paper.

peel even disguised detective.

me go, said pretty, in- hunt to the extremiss the mentelligently-eyed

police- young of the New BILA.

Not even the police informers with. It was a lungerous job.

She was disguised by an expert | knew the leaders But we did, in

and sent off to the grubby little) Scotland Yard. For although in Englund

Were on dangerous

Liter That

evening. as Len foreign soll, In Ene they were

Crawford waited at New Scotland nut so cautious.

Yard his phone rang. It was the voice

cile.

around the lodging houÐVA utung police-woman, her

Also, the New 11 A men hu

had the

were

Lohnster-gardens,

censional drink in their favourte were young. had that houses. Most

home before, Joever left Thomesick and sought the Irish dis- Fallen salen ets of Loncton. Almust I hoped I was 01 { ssage sulody's lunch They would have laughed.

The rewel had

Sliced with a penknife

It was

Traced stolen explosive

Hut

talking to one of the sho reported. "He bought nie à coffee. They live at No...she Kuve an address in Leinster- gardens, and added: "They arrived

fre last night!"

The search warrant was prom- ptly completed.

Crawford's men liebed into cars...

This time, lucky! Startled from their hiding-place by the were thud of police Asta on the front

Meanwhile, officers of Scotland Relignite. Yard's Special Branch

It wasn't, Yellow, sortish, like marzipan. smelling sickly greasy. Another yellow, wrapped sausaste other... seven plump 4oz, sticka

Geignite. of Polar Ammon placed them at intervals long the pavement, so if one explodea the other might not cutch ita de- Lokition.

I

From the eighth stick of gelig - nite penell-fuse stuck out. sliced the pasty explosive

with

1

my knife, and removed the fuse, not knowing then-an I do now that a knife-binde can explode gelignite if rasps upon the grit in it!

There seemed no sense in pla- cing the fuse on tht. pavement for some clumsy onlooker to step on. I put it in my pocket, pulled out from the parcel wo more plump sticks of brown ge- Ignite, making a total

ounces.

of

40

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Then, at the bottom parcel was a heap of grey pow-

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