"That is the end I am aiming at."
"And you think the best way to accomplish it is by discrediting their chiefs?"
"I regard it as the only way."
"It reminds me of the method that was employed by Mexico to keep anarchists. out of that country," said the detective.
"How was that--"
"It was rather heroic, I suppose you will think; but it was effective."
"Tell me about it."
"It was at the time when General Hinhosa was minister of war, down there."
"Yes."
"I think it was in '94 or '95. At all events it was shortly after the activities of the anarchists in France and Spain---a year or two after Ravachol blew up the cafe in Paris, if you recall that incident."