MONEY REWARDS IN MURDER CASES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 275, 14 November 1908, Page 4

MONEY REWARDS IN MURDER CASES.

The money reward whii-iJi has bv?n offered by the proprietors, of a weekly newspaper for informal ion leading to the detection of the murderer ol' Mr*. Luard. would have been. in ilavs gone by. supplemented by one from 1 !ir Slate. I <"p io l In* end of Hi,, war iSSt, it was UMial to pay M Mood money" for llie arrest of criminals, tin? amount varying from little a* i!l, which wa-i the sum ]>aid for ilie capture of a deserter, up to C2<)() for a murderer. The reason for the discontinuance of j the custom is a curious oae. A burglar i hi North London shot dead a policeman who attempted to arrest him, and escaped. Tlie UMial reward was offered , for his apprehension, but no informa-; tion was forthcoming. After about a . year had elapsed, the olVer was with- j drawn; whereupon the two men im-1 mediately came forward and denounced j the assassin, explaining ai the same! i time that they had not done so earlier because they did not wUh it- to he. thought that they were after the "blond money." The fact transpired .if the, trial, and th« authorities at once decided to filler no more rewards of the hind. j ThU resolution of theirs has been ; .steadfastly adhered (o. although duriag ' the "Hipper" murders strong pressure was .brought to bear to induce Ibetn to j do utherwi>e. I'os-ibly, an exception i might eventual! y have been made as ve- j ganls this terrible scries of climes, had not the Lord .Mayor come forward wit-h an ollVr of CodO in connection 'with the only one committed inside the City , boundaries. The biggof. criminal rcw ,»rd ever placarded! v." a* the L! 10,ouo M|V<«n>d liy (iovernnient for (he arr<M oi i h j•• murderers , of Lord Frederick t'aveinli>h and Mr. j Ihirke, in Dublin, on May 7Mi, ISSj!.