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REWARD MONEY AWARDEDCaptures of Meier Murderers Receive theirShare of $1,000.Mrrrleii County %1 r« l.t-t $at»U of thmA mount.The matter of awarding the Sl.frfm reward for the capture of Hroiik aud Smith the Meier murderers, who were lauded in the Buchaaau jail last summer, wa- beard Fhursday in Chicago before J. 11. Batten, acting probate judge.The 51.l)o*) was divided as follow s Richard liartell. who acted as a detective for the Chicago police, f’.oo; F. VV Y. dredge, city marshal, and Hiram Hover, both of Buchanan, who made the arrest, 51* t each; William Taylor, of Buchanan, who informed the police trial he bad seen the parti*-*, 1 h: aud Alviu M or ley aud William K’-atuer, of Haroda.wbo traced the murderers from Baroda to Bucuanan, Slu r each,V. M »**re represented Hldredgeand Boyer aud the strong point against these men receiving part of the reward was the fact that they are public odicia s. it was proven, however, tnat they were a* ting iu a non-otlieial capacity at the time of the arrest.
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Benton Harbor Weekly Palladium
Benton Harbor, Michigan, US
Fri, Feb 16, 1900
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