The evening world., 1911-01-03
SIX LONDON "REDS" K|LLEDM
THRILLING BATTLE WTHPOUCE
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door. There was no sign from within.
The last shot Of the defenders had been
fired. Flremen brought up a hose and
presently were able to enter the ground
floor. The place was flooded and .
search for It's occupants begun. which
resulted In tho hnding OF two bodies.
The police say there are four others
stil there.
In an interview Mr.. Churchill ex-
pressed the opinion hat tho Anarchists
had set fire TO the building themselves.
During the fight points Of vantage
were at a premium. and many persons
from the West enc paid big prices for
positions on roofs commanding the
scene One detachment OF soldiers main
tained a fusillade from behind timber
placed ON the roof of a brewery nearly
opposite the tenement. while other SOL
diers in the narrow street poured in a
cross fire. The fusilade continued until
smoke belched from all OF the windows.
At sight OF the flames the multitude
cheercd wildly.
The scene Of the battle was near whore
the burglary was attempted. in Hounds
ditch. where there policemen were
mortally wounded. The police had To-
Gated the headquarters Of the Anar
chists on Sydney street. and surrounding
the place planned to capture them before
daylight. D~etective-Sergt. Lesson was
when there was a flash from one of the
windows, the report OF the revolver
broke the silence. and the sergeant fell
back in the arms Of his brother officers
with a bullet in the lungs Police rein-
rorcements were rushed to the place
and a rain OF lead poured Into the WIN
lows of the house.
There were 800 policemen involved
when the nghting began. and these
were unarmed. as Is usual with London
police.
When the desperate nature OF the
hunt became apparent the policemen
armed themselves and renewed the at
tack, their lumber being reinforced at
this time to 700.
The police sought refuge In doorways.
behind wagons and IN any other way
possible as they approached the An
archists' fortress. but their utmos care
could not save them from the rafting
fire Of the ~desperadoss. Within a
few minutes Sergt. Lesson had fallen
with a wound that Is believed to be
fatal. Detective-Sergeant Chesham n
Policeman Dyer were shot In one Of the
early attacks on the besieged house.
There was such a deadly fire of re-
volvers n musketry that 1t Is i'm
possible TO state at this time how
many we're shot. A chance shot struck
a workman in a brewery yard near the
Anarchists retreat, inficting fatal
wounds, John G!dmnn. another specta-
tor. was shot through the body.
One OF the men injured in the fight
while in his home several blocks from
the scene.
Finding their efforts to dislodge the
Anarchists futile, partly owing to the
inaccessibility OF their retreat, the po-
lice were reinforced by sixty of the
Scots Guards from the Tower garrison,
They came upon the scene with their
rifles cleaning and soon opened fire on
the besieged house.
Throngs Watch Fight.
Hundreds OF other policemen were
called into service. until there were more
than a thousand engaged In what might
have seemed an unequal struggle but
for the difficulty OF reaching the Anar-
chists' stronghold.
The unparalleled spectacle created the
greatest excitement seen in the crowded
slum district in many years, and
mounted police were called to drive
the thousands Of spectators back from
the danger zone botn for their W
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