The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-04
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HOUSE IS F|R[B I'D THE
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London, January 3.-Battling to the grim and against desperate odds, Peter the Painter" and. Dutch Fritz reputed anarchists. went to tn cir death today shouting defiance to the laws of England.
 It is believed that four companions perished with them in the flames that consumed their den in Sidney street, not far from the heart of London.
 This afternoon only the charred bodies of the two desperadoes, want ed for the assassination of the two policemen two weeks ago, had been recovered.
 When their house had been riddled with bullets from the guns of police and soldiers and set on fire. the trapped men clambered to the roof and there made their last stand firing at the crowds below and jeering their assail- ants until the upper support of the building gave way and the outlaws were swallowed up in the seething flames
 Such a battle between officers of the law and criminals seldom has been waged. Discovered fin their hiding places, the handful of terrorists stood off the two half companies of Scots Guards from the tower of London, sew eral attachments of armed police, battery of horse artillery with three machine guns and gatling gun and fire brigade until their home was fired.
 Hard to Get Bodies
 The authorities sought to get the men alive It took them several hours to get hold of their incinerated bodies.
 Throughout the fight the greatest excitement prevailed in the entire city and 1t required 1500 policemen, massed about the scene. to keep back the tens of thousands of spectators who crowd ed about the firing zone. Distinguished in the scene wss Home Secretary .sChsuc.ssll. who daffed here and there, consulting with and advising the de- partment heads as to what measures should be taKen.
 Up to the time that the roof gave way the firemen had made no attempts to stay the flames, but when It was seen that cremation only awaited the occupants in the house Police Inspector Mccarthy crept through the narrow street and forced the front door, There was no sign from within. The last shot of the defenders had been fired. Fire men brought up hose and soon were enabled to enter the ground floor. The place was flooded and search for its occupants began.
 Soon it was announced that six bodies were discovered.
 Houses Are Vacated
 The police, after locating their men and anticipating trouble, had ordered the houses in the immediate neghborhood va cated before daylight, and throwing a line of officers around the square, al- lowed no one to approach within 100 yards of the scene of the expected battle.
 The police lines had been drawn so tight that 1t was certain that the inmates of The house had no chance to escape. The police were satisfied that the place contained the two murderers wanted, and they had also satisfied themselves that the assassins had fortified their home and were supported by a number of friends.
 Since the murder of the policemen two weeks ago almost the entire police force of London has been engaged in watching for the anarchists. Trouble began this morning when Detective Sergeant Lee son, watching these premises, was fired upon and wounded in the lungs. In an almost incredibly short time a cordon of police arrived with reyolvers, ap- preached the house and were met with a volley from rapid-fire revolvers and re- volvers of the most modern pattern.
 Police Superintendent Ottaway took charge of the endorsements and police froA the various parts of the city poured in ah. saok up positions commanding the refuge Ns the assassins. When the of f1cers approached the house a volley of bullets spattered the pavement. A de- tachment of 60 men with one officer and three non-commissioned officers of the ,,J ri 1of for and were served with ball cartridges. They fired few rounds into the building. There was Hull for five minutes and then the besieged replied.
 It was impossible to estimate the num- Der of persons in the building as they were armed with magazine rifles. Mausers and Brownings, and fired with great rapidity.
 Excitement Is Great The excitement in the East End spread throughout the city, and enormous crowds focked to the scene of the fray, although they were unable to approach near enough to witness the fighting. Last week the authorities were informed that men closely resembling the burglars had rented rooms in the Sidney street house. Preparing for raid of the house the police caused the tenants in the neig- boring houses to quietly remove from their homes during the night Detective Sergeant Leeson was examining the sus- pected building from the rear this morn l ing when he was shot. His brother of l fcers helped him up a ladder and over N a wall at the back of the yard adjoining N while the men in the house continued to \ fire upon the party. call for help. was | sent into headquarters and :. men re- | sponded. Further drafts were made until | several hundred officers were on duty at III noon.t
 Il As the situation became more serious, IN the thousands of onlookers. were driven || back and a space was hurriedly cleared |I for a radum of half a mile about the i scene of action The soldiers kept up a fusilade directed at the windows of the house, and men within responded contin- uously. Meantime loads of straw were hurried to the place for the purpose of starting fire and smoking out the be- eieged men.
 Piles of Straw Lighted
 Piles of straw were lighted near the buiding and the flames either spread to inc house or the anarchists themselves get fire to the building. The fire brigade