Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-03
warning ON POLICE,
OUTLAWS BURN Up
IN FIRED CITADEL
CONTINUED from Second Pase.)

II Is certain thdt no one eScapeo iroIh
Soon after o'clock the roof Of the
burning citadel fell in, carrying the
anarchists down amid the seething
the collapse Of the building.
Just before the supports gave way one
of the desperadoes attempted a dash
from the building, shooting in every d.
rection.
Re met with a volley from the soldiers.
He staggered back into the house, which
was then a fiery furnace.
Up to the time that the roof gave way
the firemen had made no serious attempt
to stay the flames. When it was seen
cupants of 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
Ffremen brought up hose and pres
emily were able to enter the ground floor
The place was flooded and a search for
it's occupants begun.
.Neighborhood in Peril.
The fire imperiled the neighborhood
With the besieged house in flames the
besiegers temporarily suspended the bonn
bardment and set to work to rescue wom-
en- and children from the adjoining build
,ings.
The zone of danger had widened SO rap
idly that many persons were caught
within Its limits. OF these scores were
SO paraiyzed with fear that 1t was neces-
sary to carry them bodily to places of
safety.
Discovery of Stronghold.
Last week the authorities were Informed
that men closely resembling the burglar
assassins had rented rooms in the. Sidney
street building. Preparing for a raid of
the place the police ordered the houses
In the immediate neiglfborhood vacated
before daylight. Throwing a line of en-
GERS around the square. they allowed no
one to approach within q hundred yards
Of the scene of the expected battle.
The police lines had been drawn tightly.
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.
They had also satisfied themselves that
were supported by q number OF friends.
Since the murder of the police almost
the entire force of the city OF London
has been engaged in watching for the
anarchists.
Detective Sergt. Lesson was examining
the suspected building from the rear.
when he was shot His brother police
man helped him up a ladder and over a
wall at the back of the yard adjoining.
while the men in the house continued to
IRE upon the party.
Call for Help.
call for help was sent in to head
quarters. and 200 men responded. Further
drafts were made until several hundred
police were on duty at noon.
Police Supt. Getaway took charge Of
sixty men with one oficer and three non-
commissioned officers Of the Scots Guard
from the tower arrived later and were
served with ball cartridges.
They fired q few rounds into the build
ing. There was q lun for I'VE minutes.
Then the besieged replied.
Whenever the police approached the
house a volley of bullets spattered the
pavement. 1t was impossible to estimate
the number of the besieged.
They were armed with magazine rifles,
MauserB and Brownings. and fired with
great rapidity. An attempt to rush the
premises probably would have resulted in
numerous casualties.
AS the situation became more serious
the thousands OF onlookers were driven
back. A space was cleared for q radius
Of half q mile about the scene Of action.
The soldiers kept up fusillade directed
at the windows of the house. The men
responded continuously.
Meantime, the loads of straw were hur-
ried to the place for the purpose Of start
ing fire and smoking out the besieged
the building. The flames seemed to have
communicated to the house.
The fire brigade was then summoned
and reached the scene at 1 o'clock this
afternoon.
Nurses Give Aid.
A corps of nurses was brought to the
vicinity. They treated the wounded,
among whom were a few spectators who
had been struck by spent bullets.
In the face Of terrific odds tho trapped
men continued a desperate resistance.
Every few minutes they appeared at the
windows and emptied their guns at any
one In sight. AS the afternoon pro-
crossed the battle waged more fiercely.
Another company Of Scots Guards was
ordered out and took up q position in
front Of the house at 1 80 o'clock At that
hour SO furious was the battle and SO de-
termined the resistance of the criminals
that machine guns were called for.
These were hurried to Sidney street un-
der orders to lombard the east end
fortress should other measures to dis
lodge the defenders fail.
The flames, unQuenched, swept up
through the building, driving the oc-
cupants to the top story, and bursting out
of the windows. Hard pressed the terror
lists kept up the grim fight.
At O'Clock the whole building was
In flames and the desperadoes had been
driven from within to the roof, from
where they fired Unfortunately upon
the police and the soldiers below.
AS fire enveloped the house heavy ex-
plosions occurred. These apparently were
of ammunition, with which the men
seemed to have been we'll supplied.
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