The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-05
HOUSE FIRED
8, Pelice to Smoke %, Ansssbis,s and
81 of lben A,- Burned.
BATTLE IN TaE STREET

The Greatest Excitement Spreadl
Throughout City Of London as thu
Trapped Mem Resist Arrest ant
Fire on Soldiers and Police From
! the Windows Of n House.
One OF the most remarkable Grim.
|inal outbreaks that has ever oe-
Cured In England took place In Lon
don In broad daylight Tuesday not
far from the heart Of the city. A
band Of suspected anarchists directed
Its deadly fusilade from q building
Temporarily converted into a fortress
against hundreds Of armed police
men, reinforced by troops and
guardsmen, mounted and on foot,
who had besieged the criminals, final
Ilyt setting fire to their forresses and
demolishing It. Six Of the despera-
does were burned to death in the
ruins Of their improvised citadel.
"A London dispatch says the east
end was thrown into great excite
ment by a pitched battle between
seve>1l hundred police and band
of men suspected Of being the muir
derers and the friends OF the muir
derers OF three policemen who were
killed recently by snarchistic burg
lars. The suspected ones, the num-
bers of which it is not known, oc-
cupied house in Sidney street, a
narrow thoroughfare. The police,
discovering their headquarters, sur
rounded the place and we're met with
| a yolley Of shots from within. A
rapid exchange OF shots followed
during which two detectives were
shot, one seriously.
The police after locating their men
and anticipating trouble, had ordered
the houses In the immediate neigh
borhood vacated before daylight and
Throwing line OF, officers around the
square, allowed no one to approach
within hundred yards Of the scene
of the expected battle. The police
lines had been, drawn 30 tight that 1t
was believed 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 them
selves that the assassina had fortified
their home and were supported By q
number Of friends. @i.i.i:
Whenever the officers approached
the house -volley OF bullets spat-
tered the pavement. A detachment
Of go men with one officer and three
|non-commissioned officers Of the
Scots Guard from the Tower arrived
later and were served with ball car
,trid ges. They fired a few rounds
into the building. There was lull
for five minutes and then the be-
sieged replied. 1t was impossible to
estimate the number Of persons in
the building as they were armed with
magazine rifles, Mausers and Brown
ings and fired with great rapidity. f
Last week the authorities were in
formed that men closely resembling
| the burglars had rented rooms in
the Sidney street house. Preparing
for raid on the house, the police
caused the tenants in the neighbor-
ing houses To quietly remove from
their homes during the night. De
tective Sergeant Lesson was exam
lining the suspected building from the
rear when he was shot. His brother
officers helped him up a ladder and
over wall at the back Of the yard
| adjoining, while the men in the
house continued to FIRE upon the
party.
AS the situation became more ser
ious the thousands Of onlookers were
driven back and space was hur-
rledly cleared for q radius Of half q
mile about the scene Of action. The
soldiers kept up a fusilade directed
at the windows Of the house and
the men within responded continu-
ously. Meantime loads Of straw were
hurried to the place for the purpose
Of starting a fire. and smoking out
the besieged men,
Piles Of straw were lighted near
the buildings and the flames either
spread to the house or the anarchists
themselves set IRE to the building
The fire brigade was then summoned
and reached the scene at O'Clock
that afternoon. The fire fighters a.
vided their energies between trying
to put out the blaze and trying t.
flood out the outlaws by streams Of
water thrown through the windows
AS the afternoon progressed the
battle waged more flercely. Another
company OF the Scots Guards was
ordered out and took up q position
in front Of the house at 1880 o'clock
At that hour go furious was the bat;
tie and so determined the resistance
OF the criminals that machine guns
were called for. These we're hurried
to Sidney street under orders to BON
bard the building should other meth
DDS to disloige the defenders fail.
In the face Of terrific odds the
trapped men continued a desperate
resistance and every few minutes ap
peared at the windows and emptict