Reward money is never paid to the spouse of a criminal responsible for a crime as this would literally reward criminal activity.
When Matthews is leading the suspect down the steps at the house, he's wearing house shoes.
Mathews turns in reaction to hearing the gunshot a moment before the crook fires the first shot.
When the crooks are chasing Rogers, they're running down a hill. As the sound of their footsteps comes to a halt, you can hear several footsteps after they stop.
When Sgt. Williams is getting the crook off the ground, there are several sound effects used when someone hits the ground.
The roadblocks were set up even though there was no information as to the person or persons or type of vehicle involved, making the roadblocks useless.
All Jim would have needed to do to claim the reward would have been give the description of the robbers and their car to the Highway Patrol.
Instead he fabricated a story to implicate himself in robbery and murder.
Instead he fabricated a story to implicate himself in robbery and murder.
Mathews displays gross incompetence by transporting a homicide suspect that is not handcuffed. This is confirmed once the suspect is able to easily escape.