The Men Who Organize Great Crimes ( Anderson 1907 )

[Howard Brown]

Daily Mail
London
October 24, 1907
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[Paul Kearney A.K.A. NEMO]

He is not referring to Swanson as his unimaginative subordinate is he?

Though his subordinate appears "unimaginative" he is in fact correct

[Chris G.]

He is not referring to Swanson as his unimaginative subordinate is he?

Though his subordinate appears "unimaginative" he is in fact correct

The reference of course might or might not be a reference to Swanson, although we might imagine that it is. But considering that the nod to the man comes directly after a mention of Sherlock Holmes, we have to think that Anderson was casting himself in the role of the great Baker Street detective and Donald Swanson (if he is the subordinate who is meant) as his unimaginative Watson.

Best regards

Chris

[Howard Brown]

Relevant segment that CG and Nemo are referring to :



Not too smug this Anderson, eh ?

[Edward Stow]

Anderson's underlings are seldom worth mentioning by name - serfs. Horney handed sons of the soil.

[Adam Wood]

Swanson's copy of Criminals and Crime, in which the article posted by How appears.

Adam

[Chris G.]

Thanks, Adam. Then it's clear that, if we go by Swanson's annotation, Superintendent Shore was the unimaginative subordinate that Anderson was talking about.

Chris

[Simon Wood]

Hi Chris,

Or maybe not.

Frederick George Abberline [retired], Old Bailey, April 1892–

" . . . In March, 1891, I went to Calais, and kept observation on the steamers arriving and departing there—I took Sergeant Lowe with me, as he spoke French fluently—on the morning of the 9th April I saw four men I knew leave the mail steamer Breeze, arriving from Dover at a quarter to one a.m.; they left separately—one was named Powell, another Sinclair, and the two others, Red Bob and Shrimps . . ."

So could Anderson have been writing about Abberline?

Regards,

Simon

[Cris Malone]

It would appear that men like Powell, "Red Bob" and "Shrimps" would have been familiar to many at CID. Anderson seems to be relating to someone in CID who would have been in a close advisory capacity, such as Superintendent Shore would have been.

Good observation, though.

[Edward Stow]

Maybe Anderson was referring to Swanspon and Swanson didn't realise it! One's self is often the last to realise how others perceive one.

[Monty]

The Connection between Shore and Sausage, Quiet Joe etc

Kindly provided to me by Chris Phillips, these documents are from the City CID files.

It is a covering letter by Shore, and a letter by the Met head of CID Howard-Vincent. This is the connection between those names and Shore.

Monty


PS Adam, can I show Sue that scan? Im sure she would be interested in Shore.

[Howard Brown]

Nice ones, Neil...thanks !
Thanks to Chris too......