STORY OF A REWARD.

SEQUEL OF THE BURDEN JEWEL ROBBERY. ... Mr I. Townsend Burden, the New York millionaire, has now agreed to pay at least a portion, of the L2OOO reward that he offered for the recovery j of the L 20,000 worth of diamonds and jewellery stolen, from his house by Dunlop and Turner • some eighteen month ago. Turner and Dunlop were, it will be remembered, the Butler and footman respectively of the rich American's home in New York. They secured their booty while Mr and Mrs Burden were atthe opera, and promptly fled to London to dispose of it. When the two thieves offered their j plunder to Mr E. W. Streeter, the Bond-street diamond merchant, that gentleman promptly communicated with Scotland Yard, and in a short time the thieves we,re ; under; lock and key. By some clever detective work on the part of Detective-inspectors Hare and Froest, aided by one or two subordinates, the whole of the precious stones were discovered in out-of-the-way pawnshops, and in an East End jeweller's shop. Mr Burden, A who came to England with his wife to identify his property, publicly stated that his valuables were rather worth more than L 20,000, and that he was glad to have an opportunity of rewarding the skill and fidelity of Scotland Yard by paying over the reward he had . paomised. However, Mr Burden left England , without having drawn his cheque for . the L2OOO, which was to have been divided in the following proportions :— Mr Streeter, L 50 0; Mr Donald Swanson, Superintendent Scotland Yard, L 50 0; Inspector Hare, L 50 0; Inspector Froest, L5OO Mr Froest" and Mr Hare were of course, to make suitable allowances out of the amounts they received to the detectives, sergeants, and others who had. helped them to recover the property and' .discover, the thieves. No sooner "was Mxßnrdcri back' in America, than, jus views as to the

pleasure of rewarding the people who | had - helped him in his time of need , underwent a change. Indeed, so com- , plete was Mr Burden's right-about-face that he even refused to pay a sum of LIOO due for the shipment and insuranceof his recovered jewellery Mr Streeter, who had from the first advised against the return of the jewels until the reward had been paid, wrote him polite letters, but without avail. | Mr Burden at first did hot evendeign to reply. Then he sent over a letter to the effect that he could not pay the reward at present, because he was being sued for it by his chief and by his housekeeper. Time wore on. One of the subordinates who had assisted in the capture died, and his wife was sorely in want of the promised share of the reward. Another detective had married on the strength of his share in the reward which Mr Burden was to send over. It was time to take decided steps. Pressing letters were sent to Mr . Burden, who wrote back that he had nve more suits for the amount of the reward on his hands. TLe American courts are overcrowded, but at last one of the suits against Mr Burden was called. The plaintiff did not put in an appearance, and again letters were sent from England respecting the reward. Mr Burden wrote back-of some suits in New York, but at last began to talk of compromise. Mr Streeter was ready to accept almost anything by this time. Mr Burden senthis final oilier. It was, in place of the original L2OOO, a promise of LI 300, with a cash payment by the next steamer of L 650, the balance on the conclusion of the suit now brought by the wife of his chief. This offer was promptly accepted.