The Polise and Crimi NALS.
i ! It is -stated? by EVatf k ; fLeßHe's -News-* paper that " the investigation br a Citizen's; Commjtrea of the • j Washington (United States) 'PoiadDojiartinenfeihaa disolosed almost extraordinary i state of affairs. -\ This Gismmittee ■ has '■ been at work for three inoatHs. and it has dig* ■ covered proofs of the existence of a widespread conspiracy between the detectives and the thieves, wherby the former even went so far as to plaa robberies/ fiend for; criminals to cominib theoQ, »ad divide the -profits with them- -• The committee haa'.seonr«ii4he indictmerifc of 34 persons, most of whom were detectives, and the abolition-also of the whole detectiv«iforce by.Goiigress/ ; TheinveatU gation;has,aMia*ioaal interest^ inasmaoh asn'the Lunlawfah'codabiuitioh which- it has dibdosed operated m the interest of more prominent lcriminals than ordina?y; thiews, and has seriously impeded the administration of justice m the jcourts. '._.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 167, 20 June 1883, Page 2
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