The North-Eastern Weekly Gazette. — 1888-10-06 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

REWARD. I his attention to the fact that he bad not filled in favoured a representative of the Central News Coil that, if the murderer ii ere a i I his proper residence and the man replied "I servo i i la t ,t 1 with his views upon the employment of blood. Tho Home Secretary replied as follows :- f ' 1 ' n lunatic us cou • no comma these • " Octoler Ist, 1883. I have no fixed place of shouhtuant present. I' i crimes and escape with impunity. That holm& in the detection of murderers. Professor "My Dear Sir,--I am directed by Mr Matthews I !li.sinfiosnywn e chopanywhere." 1. While • skied chi"w"something is 6 comment which any person not fully an- I Axe stated that no doubt a leash of bloodhounds lie a;;ain a r might he a useful police auxiliary, but its smite acknowlege the receipt of your letter of this I leg hisquainted with the peculiarities of lunatic sub- t data, containing a cheque for 5.7.00, which you. to drink, and water was brought him, but , jects might very well make. In my view, how- i cessful employment would depend upon the thee ho said he would have ginger beer, • ' f the dogs, which is evinced ! efficient traiumg o e and the promptisay has been contributed on behalf of several . • • ' I ever, the extraordinary cunning and when that was brought him he filled up tad° with which they were pet upon -the readers of the Einem:ill News, and which you are l by the homicide is a convincing proof of I the glass with the liquid from the bottle he had , track. All dogs had n natural instinct for desirous should be offered as a reeard for thel his insanity. No sane man could have 'it hispocket. "This he drank," said Ryan, I I blood odours, but this instinct required developdiscovery of the recent murders in the East End I ' escaped in just the Leine fashion as this man i "differently to what people usually drink; he . ' ment by training; and in the case of the bloodof London. If Mr Matthews had been of opinion • •seems to have done. 110 must almost neces- I literally gulped it down." In answer to further . hound it was necessary to make it an that the offer of a reword in these cases would 1 - i airily have betrayed himself. It is a matter of 1 i conversation about tectota. iSrO, Duncan accepted. expert at the business. The dog must, have been attended by useful result ho would common knowledge, however, amongst "mad with Ryan to church that I an invitation to go w ~ . himself have at once made such an offer; but he I 1 doctors" was lunatics display a wonderful lin the first place, be fomilisrised with the odour . g amid afterwards accompany him to a lof blood. The incriminating element of the is not- of that opinion. Cisier these circum- I evening, - • intelligence, if it may be called so, in their , temperance meeting which .he was going to hold. I murder, so far as the dog was concerned, would. stances, lam directed to return you the cheque, 1 criminal operations ; and I have little doubt ' For that purpose he said he would return to the , I of course. be the blood carried in the clothes or which I enclose, and to thank you and the gentle. Ihour,' back, that if the murderer were other than a men whose names you have forwarded for the 'but .1 shelter i" istick, and looked eoe madman he would ere this have been cap- , upon tho boots of the murderer. It was, in fact, I Dittman carried a , la condition precedent of the hunt-that soma of liberality of their offer, which Mr Matthewsa sill'?" tured by the pollee. In many instances , fellow, just such a one as was capable of putting i the blood of the victim should be upon the much regrets he is unable to accept.-1 am, sir, -1 a madman's delusion is directed to only ! forth considerable energy when necessary i preen of the fu;ritive. In the country, where the your very obedient servant, ~... - ' 1 one subject, aud he is mad upon that subject "E. Lemon Penteitios. AN EXTRAORDIIiARY