31 DECEMBER 1881, Page 3

It is reported in Aberdeen that the police at last

believe that they will discover the perpetrators of the outrage at Dunecht. The Home Office has promised a free pardon and £100 to any -one who will give information, not being the actual criminal, and the family have offered £500 more. These offers have tempted -subordinate agents in the affair, and it is expected that in a few days all particulars will be in the hands of the police. It is also stated that the date of the abstraction of the body has been discovered, and the fact that it was conveyed to London, to be embarked for Italy in a yacht. The great expense in- curred and the careful preparation do not suggest a theft for ransom, so much as some singular vendetta.