New-York tribune., 1911-01-04

thrilled all London
How many Of the ana rchistic band took
tart in the engagement, which was fought
IN and around a barr Cadl ID house in Sidney
street IN the East End is not definitely
known. but so far. aftei search OF the
debris Of the burned strI icture. portions OF
orIy two bodies have bee; discovered. The
remains consist Of the [ runk and part OF
the head of one man and a few chsrred
bones Of another.
Il is the opinion Of som that two des-
persdoes alone for many hours held the po-
lice and military at bay-
Thousands nocking from ell parts Of
London. witnessed Ike hrilling spectacle
steady rain Of bulets n ashes of fire, smoke
rourine from the wind OwS the house IN
flames. and finally men on the roof, shout
ing defiance and falling into the seething
mass below.
A police sergeant. sear:hing for burglars
vho only a few nights ago killed four
policemen. was reoonnor ring around this
Sidney street house IN tive early hours OF
the morning Suddenly B. shot was fred
end the sergeant fell With bullet through
lune A cal for police was sounded, and
the entire neig hbcrhood was cordoned.
Scots Guards Called Out.
neonl. we're driven fl>crr their houses
ana a pitched battle besan between those
fortressed IN the house and hundreds OF
noIioa The Sc,Ss Guards rom the Tower
we're hastily dispatched to the scene, ana
later 2 battery Of artillery. with satling
guns. came az double quick Their pieces
ware placed IN pcvttion but they did not
open Ere
4 STEADY stream of bullets PLAYED be
tween the contend ing forces and the
ruardsn,sn took ND sheltered positions. fir
ing vouev after vollev' into the house Piles
~ STRAW were cast IN all directions and
lighted IN the hope shat the despsradoes
would be smoked out AZ last sparks we're
observed shooting froi n the windows, ac-
oorrparied by clouds IF smoke and here
snd there . Jet Of fame
detachment Of fren len stretched their
hose and threw water on The adjoining
structures soon they directed their
streams against the stronghold Of the des-
peradoes, which was now burning hercelv.
Driven from the lower floors. the an
archists made their way 10 the roof. where
n seemed 70 the watching thousands sew
ersl forms could be perceived amid the
driving smoke Then the roof collapsed,
and with II the men.
Not since the news of the British dis
ssters at the opening Of the South African
campaign has the country been so aroused
as by to.day's scenes al Stepney.
The newspapers call loudly for more
effective means Of dealing with the grow
ing terrors Of alien immigration, no doubt
being held that the desperadoes who fell
to-day were anarchists. a search Of the
49, az "a ruins had cooled a
little revealed in cupboard large num-
her Of what appeared 10 he metal dynamite
bombs in an unfinished state.
London Finds Spectacle.
Immense crowds Of sightseerS infested
the neishborhood until late hour tonight,
nut a strict police guard was maintained,
and 1t was Impossible for those without
authority TO get close 20 the hst-wreckeG
building.
Two families which occupied The lower
floors Of this building were withdrawn by
the police before the hghting began, and
they profess n know nothing Of how the
desperadoes gained access 20 the house.
The latter appeared 70 have been in
rooms rented by A Russian woman. Bessie
Gershon. who is now under arrest with
other SUSPECTS. against whom. however, no
charge has yet been made.
The police officials show agsravation al
the calling out of the soldiers. They ex-
rress confidence that they could have
handled the affair without the help of the
military. The last occasion on which the
military was so employed was al the time
Of the notorious Trafalgar Square riots
when John Burns was arrested. Even then
the soldiers did not FIRE
The hght lasted from early In the morn
ing until after o'clock this afternoon. The
nolice surrounded the Sidney street build
ing while II was still dark. having been told
that two men they were seeking. known as
Dutch Fritz" and Peter the Painter" had
taken refuge there. The two were supposed
20 have been connected with the murders al
Houndsdtch.
Identity OF Dead Doubtful.
II is somewhat dificult 70 establish the
identify Of the dead desperadoes or how
the police tracked them. but according 10
the latest reports it is practically certain
that one is Dutch Fritz and it is almost
equally certain that the other is not Peter
the Fainter" for whom the police are still
searching
!, seems that when detectives quietly got
the inmates Of the lower rooms out OF the
house the difficulty remained Of how 20
remove the woman Gershon, Who was
sleeping on the same floor with the an
srchistS.
Finally ruse was adopted a woman
from lower roor went up and awakened
the Gershop woman and begged her TO
descend as the womans husband was Ill
Mrs. c5erShon complied with this request
and was secured by the police.
According to an unofficial report when
challenged by the police and threatened
with a revolver. she confessed that Dutch
Fritz" and Peter the Painter were sleep
ing upstairs. This story is doubtful, and
" is believed that the police had been pre-
yjousjv informed from other quarters.
There is another story, that after the
Nrins Rad practically ceased on the part or
the besieged, the police at the rear OF the
buiidipz heard mufiicd shots within, fol
lowed by groans. and it is supposed that
the anarchists may have used their last
cartridges n shoot each other or 10 commit
suicide The method Of their death, how
ever will probably never he established
but bullet wounds were iopnd on tie re-
mains Of both bodies.
All the wounded are doing We'll ser
ESant Lesson is in serious Condluon, out
Is expected 10 recover.
Lats tonight IL was stated that the re-
roTt that bombs rad been found IN the be-
eieged house was not true.
The London police on the night. OF De
,ernb4r Is interrupted an attempted burg
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