The Nation - News from March 6, 1985
New York City offered $100 cash to anyone who turns in any fugitive from a new list of the 100 “most dangerous of the dangerous” criminals. “This is a very easy $100 to make,” said Police Commissioner Benjamin Ward. “You don’t have to wait for a conviction. All we have to do is make the arrest and we will quickly pay the $100.” Ward and Mayor Edward I. Koch stood at a news conference between posters with pictures of the first 10 fugitives on the list.
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