The sun., 1909-01-24
SUBURB OF LONDON SHOT UP
TWO RUSSIAN ANARCHISTS KILL
3 AND WOI ND 30 on MORE.
shoot Themselves When Corncred After
Spectacular Running Fight-One
OF Them Dead Hunters Join IN
Chase In Time to Take Pot shots.
,ntll1i CaJh Dr1pairh 10 Tng SrN.

,>n,c'd CaJie Dcypafrh 10 THg SrN.
l.oN Don. Jah. 23. Two Russians shot up
1ottenham. suburb Of London. this
morning, killing three persons and wound
ing thirty or forty others, ut least six Of
whom may die. They were cornercd by
their pursuers. after a Running fight Of
several miles and thereupon attempted
suicide. One man shot himself in the head
and died instantly. The other fired Il
bullet into his brain and was taken to
the hospital.
The two men. who recently had been
employed in Tottcnham rubber factory
applied there this morning for rcinstate-
ment. Their applications were refused.
Thereupon they rushed into the court
yard of tho factory. in which stood q
motor car containing the money TO meet
the weekly payroll They drew revolvers
and fired at the chauffeur, hitting him in
the neck. Then they climbed into the car,
dubbed the wounded chauffeur and seized
the bag OF gold which lay on the scat.
As they started away the chauffeur
with a great effort raised himself to his
seat. gave the alarm and then. despite
his wounds. started his car in pursuit of
the fleeing robbers. crowd of pcdes-
trians and several policemen joined in the
pursuit.
As the car drew close 10 them the
Russians fired again. this time disabling
the car The furious crowd C,altinucd the
pursuit.
Three times within tkS distance Of
half mile the rot oeis finding them
selves hard pre.ssd by their pursuers,
turned in TN. ir fight and fred into the
crowd, wIich left behind, as it continued
the ctlite. trail OF wounded
.anaong those shot WAS q little boy.
8 fstally injured, and three policemen, vino
may die The boy was shot in the mouth
The infuriated crowd forgetting con-
siderations Of personal safety kept up
the pursuit its ranks being y,e1rorcAd !
continually by contiugents of policemen
summoned by telephone from ncghbcring /
stations
Once when the robbers were nearly |!
cornered both of them turned upon their
pursuers and poured out perfect fusillade,
one Of them firing while the other loaded /
BY this they again got some heddwuv ,
Entering upon a more open country /
they clambered up an embankmcnt |
and came upon a party of men who we're
duck hunting
Fire at them roarei the pursuing
policemen to the hunters
But the hunters were too astonished
10 take in the situation till the opportunity
for action had passed. BY this time fresh
detachmentS Of police, armed with re-
yolvers. had joined the chase They
started at top speed after the fugtives,
but they we're unable to use their weapons
owing to the danger of hitting others
than the robbers
The Russians finding after a dcsper-
ate dash of four miles that their strength
was failing and that fresher pursuers we're
oyertaking them boarded an electric
tramcar one Of them holding a revolver
10 the drivers head and commanding him
to drive with the utmost speed and the
other standing in the rear of the car and
holding up the conductor and passengers
Two OF the passengers attempted TO
seize the fellow who was standing over
them. whereupOn the dcsperadoes both |
began firing, one from the front and one I
from the rear rindiscriminately. droppingat
least thirteen persons in the street One ,
OF the bullets completely shattered a
policeman's face.
The policemen. meanwhile followed
the example Of tho fugitives and COM r
mandeered another tramcar and sent it
speeding along after the runaways
As the car neared the railway station the
driver told tho robber who was guard :
ing him that there was n police station !
just ahead. the men Of which would GER I
tainly capture him. I
The driver thought thus 10 hinder the ,
robbers flight, and il did. but only for
moment. Tho men jumped doyn and
sprang into "A raising milk cart. In =
this they resumed their flight. But
they were unable Ia shake of their pur-
suers Mounted and afoot. the pursuers /
began to lessen the distance which seDar- G
ated them from their. quarry They !
compelled the Russians TO abandon the 4
milk cart and make for a clump of woods n
The duck hunters. who had joined in II
the chase were soon able To- take pot
shots at the mon through the cleared I
spaces. The Russians thereupon threw s
themselves prone upon the ground, i
thus Offering the smallest possible mark, l.
and returned tho fire Having forced
the rursuers again to retire they jumped -
up and sped onward a
The pursrers finally drove them, out II
Of the wood Poth,mcn were in such I
desperate straits by this time that all y
their hope of csCape was gonn r.
Finding that revolver shots did not g
deter their pursuers they pock eted the a
weapons and depended upon their legs "
But they were too exhausted ,
One made 4 last frantic effort 10 cude y
his pursucr'. He dashed under railway
arch hoping to find somo place where he
might hide. Finding himself in cul v
de sac ho took last look round to assure I,
himself that his position was hopeless. :
Then he pulled ont his revolver and shot u
himself in the head just as his pursuers +,
fell upon him. Hc died Immediately. o
The other man, seeing his compan- i
ion s fate, avoided the arch and made for d
IN abandoned cottage in "A field half 6,
mile distant. He gained it just in time W
10 slam the door in the faces of his pur- v
sneTs. While they hammered at doors
and windows the Russian mounted To a
top room and opening the window fired
MI hut one of his few remaining cart &
ridges W
The duck hunters again opened fire, tc
'hattering the glass in the window but 4
missing the rohber. Finally with his q,
supply of cartridges exhausted and the ~
ioor below burst open, with his pursuers IA
already mounting the stairs. he fired his nj