Murder as a Business.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 125, 31 May 1904, Page 2

Murder as a Business.

It may look like a sturtling statement, but even the terrible crime of murder is occasionally committed in our midst as a business, with business ability and business calculation It is planned for profit, and every .precaution is taken to prevent it resulting in loss-to the murderer. There are somo forms of crime which carried on as a business, always involve the risk of bloodshed. They may be accomplished without a sacrifice of life, but it sometimes hapt'ho way of a successful issue. The class of criminal j ~„„.„ in mh]^ is always prepared for the emergency *"">**•"* -apon,

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