Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-02-28
REDS AWED BY OFFICERS.
Steps Taken to Prevent a Riot at the
Burial in London of Anarchist B0urdin.

Steps Taken to Prevent a Riot at the
Burial in London of Anarchist B0urdin.
EoNDoN, Feb. 23.-The undertaker's
establishment on Chapel Street where
the remains of Bourdin, the Anarchist
who was killed by an explosion in his
pocket on February IS, was surrounded
with crowds of excited spectators, in
Guiding many Anarchists, from the ear
hest morning hours. This was the day
fixed for the funeral, and many people
anticipated q riotous demonstration.
The authorities, however, had deter
mined that there should be no
rioting if the police could pre-
vent it, and therefore there was
strong force of police and detect
ives stationed in and about Chapel
Street, and when the Anarchists at
tempted to remove the body to one Of
their meeting places in Fitzroy Square
where they intended that their leaders
should deliver OratiOns over the re-
mains, the police interfered and for
babe the carrying out of this pro-
gramme. In addition the police ordered
the remains to be conveyed to Finchley
Cemetery by another route.
All the windows and doors of the
houses about Chapel Street were barri-
Caded in anticipation of a serious con-
fllCt between the police and the Anar-
chists. The hearse was followed by one
coach and started through the dense
crowds surrounded by mounted police.
The uperintendent Of police, who was
in charge of the funeral, refused
to allow any vehicles other than the
solitary coach to follow the hearse on
its way to the cemetery, and the police
also refused to allow any procession to
follow the remains. This, however,
did not prevent large number of peo
pie from following the body of the
Anarchist on its way to its last resting
place, but they were compelled to take
different routes to the cemetery or else
followed very far behind the hearse.
Previous to the departure of the
hearse a crowd of Anarchists displayed
q red flag and became in other ways en-
tirely too demonstrative. This caused
the police to make charge in the di-
rection of the red flag, and after short
scuffle the banner of Anarchy was cap
tured and carried away to the nearest
police station. Shortly after this an
other red flag was thrown to
the breeze not far from the
bpOt where lnc ufSG one WIS
seized. Again the police turned their
attention 10 the red bunting, another
short scuf1le between the Anarchists and
the policemen ensued, and the second
flag was captured and sent to keep COM
pany with the first one displayed.
While the police were capturing the
Anarchist flags, the hearse containing
the remains of Bourdin started for the
cemetery.
The crowds which were present about
Chapel Street as the hearse moved
away were by no means composed
wholly of Anarchists. Here and there
were groups of individuals, male and
female, of foreign appearance or defiant
bearing who might be reasonably sup
posed to be sympathizers with the the
cries which led Bourdin to his doom;
but the great majority of those present
were persons who had been guided to
the scene by pure curiosity or by de-
sire to witness q battle between the
police and Anarchists. Everybody ex-
pected trouble and had come prepared
for disturbance. The men, as a rule,
carried heavy walking sticks, and the
police had large reserve forces stationed
at convenient points within easy call
and ready to march upon the disturbers
Of the peace at very short notice.
Inside the undertaker's esta blishment
only the dead mans brother, sister-in-
law and few other persons were adj
mitted, and the detectives who min
gled by hundreds among the persons
assembled in the neigh borhood had
strict orders to watch persons who
might be supposed likely to be carrying
bombs But the Anarchists present
laughed at these precautions on the
part of the authorities and frequently
asserted, in substance, that they were
not g fools enough to blow them
selves out of England. country where
an Anarchist can live III peace"