§ VISCOUNT NEWARK (Notts, Newark)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether the reward of two thousand pounds, offered in 1885 30 for information which would lead to the conviction of Cunningham and Burton, the dynamitards, has yet been awarded; whether Mr. and Mrs. Herrod, who were fellow passengers with Cunningham on board the Shannon, were subpoenaed by the Solicitor to the Treasury to attend the Sessions at the Old Bailey in May last, and there gave important evidence identifying the prisoners; and, whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to grant Mr. and Mrs. Herrod any of the promised reward?
THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. CHILDERS) (Edinburgh, S.)Yes, Sir; so much of the reward as it has been deemed advisable to distribute has been already apportioned by the Police Authorities in accordance with the instructions of the Treasury Solicitor. The noble Lord may not be aware that this reward referred only to the four explosions which took place at London railway stations in February, 1884, and that Cunningham and Burton were proved to have been connected with only one of these. It is true that Mr. and Mrs. Herrod gave useful evidence; but they have not been rewarded, as they did not come within the terms of the reward bill. They were ordinary witnesses, brought forward as the result of police inquiry, and did not give information such as that for which the reward was offered.