I.W.W. PRISONERS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 44, Issue 13589, 13 July 1918, Page 5

I.W.W. PRISONERS.

THE PAYMENT TO SCULLY.

(Australian and -N.Z. Cable Association)

SYDNF.}!", .Friday

I*ii connection with' the • allegation** that the Government had promisod £2000 to a man named Scully to seeum evidence to convict I.W.W. men, an<s that he-had been allowed to leave-the-country, it is announced that the Government has taken steps to intercept Scully on his way to San Francisco* and will endeavour to induce him to return.,

The Attorney-General, Mr Hall, stat-r ed that the Crown paid Scully £520, being his share of the reward and maintenance during the court cases and final settlement. • Scully-left the- country at hir* own request because he feared for hia personal safety. He was unable to obtain employenmt and was destitute oi? funds. Ho appealed for £1000 to enable him to start on a new career elsewhere and commenced an action against the Government for compensation for*the losses incurred. Finally ho agreed to accept £150 in settlement and pay the} expenses of the passage. The police* therefore were not responsible for his* leaving, as had been alleged.