The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-01-12
ANARCHIST CHIEF
FOUND IN ASHES
OF BURNED HOUSE
Crowds Flock to View Scene Of
Desperate Encounter Be-
tween Police and Band
of Criminals.

London, Jan. 6.--After q days
lection the sober thought Of Lonor
appears to bo that tho marshaiing o. Q
great force Of police and military to do.
story little nest Of outlaws was .
mistake.
The impression is gaining ground
hat tho policemen should have dealt
with the business without calling upon
he soldiers and that tho summoning OF
he horse artillery was q particularly
Unnecessary move.
Nothing has since developed to e..
.abish that more than two mon held
Tho tenement against several hundred
,olice, two half companies OF Scots
guards from the Tower Of London, .
detachment of horse artillery. with two
machine guns and q Calling gun and
ire brigade, to say nothing of tens OF
thousands who lent their moral sup
sort expressed in vociferous cheers.
London. Jan 6.-Public excitement
over the hunting down Of the anarch-
st burglar gang continues at fever
heat. Today great crowds swarmed
about the dingy East End street which
yesterday was the scene Of battle the
like OF which had not been known In
he history Of London's police depart
ment.
During the night the police thorough
" overhauled the ruins Of the tenement
house In Sidney street, where the out
laws made their last stand and were
shot or burned to death in the fight
with the police and soldiers. The Of
ficers discovered parts OF another body.
While little except the head and neck
was intact, the authorities have no
doubt the parts were from the body OF
Peter the Painter" who last night
was believed to have been still at
'arge.
All three bodies recovered from tho
burned house were found In back
| room on the ground floor.
Desperadoes Started Fire.
The claim is established apparently.
that, the building was fired by the des-
peradoes. It is thought that when the
trapped men found their ammunition
nearly spent and escape impossible,
.hey set fire TO the building and COM
! mitted suicide. No papers were found
throwing light on the operations OF tho
gang. 1t ia believed that they found
refuge in the tenement on December 20
and that they were befriended by
| Peter the Painter and Fritz" were
| members OF an anarchist club which
| net near Sidney street until recently.
| rhe police were aware of the activities
| ,f this club. but considered them only
| political. A member Of the club who
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attack Of yesterday. said:
Neither Peter the Painter nor
| Fritz ever showed signs Of doing any
;onest work. Both attended the meet
ngs, the object of which was to pro-
Jest against the execution Of Professor
Francisco Ferrer. the Spanish teacher.
who was convicted of revolutionary
activities. think that both used anar-
| ,hy as a mark for their crimes"
Londoners are greatly stirred by the
succession Of murders which Is wholly
!oreign to British experience. The con-
iervative papers blame the liberal gov
,rnment charging that the authorities
nave failed to enforce the aliens act.
The Times criticises the use OF SOL
Tiers yesterday. and considers the affair
vas badly managed. Sir Robert Ander-
| ,on, former head Of the criminal inves-
! :igation department says:
THE British inaction in regard to
tlien criminals would discredit a COM
many of medically certified lunatics
No other country tolerates their pres
,nce. The alien act was intended to
1eep criminals from entering our ports
out by willful decentralization the
rood 1t might accomplish has been
| hwarted deliberately. We need new
md full power to get rid Of the alien
criminals"