Scott Free Murderers

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6626, 12 August 1931, Page 7

Scott Free Murderers

WANTED MEN SHIELDED.

A call by the Church for co-operation in tracking down tho murderer of Superintendent Curtin, whose bulletriddled body was found near his home in Tipperary, was made recently. “It is to bo hoped that the public well help the authorities to discover and convict tho murderers:” So declares Dr. Harty, Archbishop of Caslnfl. General O’Duffy, Chief Commissioner of the Civic Guard, makes the startling statement that ten murders of Civic Guards have been committed since 1002 five of them in Tipperary, and in”no case has the murderer been brought to justice. . .. , “'These murderers are being shielded by the people, and from what I know I fear the cowardly murder of Superintent Curtin will go unpunished, adds General O’Duffy. “It is a serious responsibility -to* me to expect the guards to carry out duties for which they may have to make the supreme sacrifice, and, worse still, that their murderers are allowed to go unpunished . . . “Superintendent Curtin, by his efficiency, his exemplary conduct and absolute impartiality, qualified for tho C °“ Expressions of sympathy,” General O’Duffy concludes, “are all right in their wav, but the civic spirit is wanting. Unless the Church and people take a bold and courageous stand m tho interests of order, peace and progress, I can see no hope for the country s futU“The Civic Guard is entitled to help and encouragement from all citizens.-