The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-01-06
London is Still Much Excited

London is Still Much Excited.
London Jan. 4.-Public excitement
over the hunting down of the anar.
chist burglar gang continues at fever
heat.
Today great crowds swarmed about
the east side which Yesterday was the
scene of battle the like Of which
has not been known in the history of
London's police department. During
the night, the police thoroughly over.
hauled the ruins of the tenement
house in Sidney street, where the out.
laws made their last stand and were
shot or burned to death I'm the fight
with the police and soldiers.
The officers discovered parts of an
other body. While little except the
head and neck was intact the authori.
ties have no doubt the parts were
from the body of Peter, the Painter"
who last night was believed to be at
large
All three bodies recovered from the
burned house were found in the back
lOOll WI lllt GlOuuu lOOIs
The claim is established apparently
that the building was fired by the des.
peradoes. 1t is thought that when
the trapped men found their ammuni.
| ton nearly spent and escape impos.
sible they set fire to the building and
committed suicide.
| No papers were found to throw a
|
! light on the operations of the gang. 1t
Is believed they found refuge in the
house on December 80 and that they
were befriended by neighbors. "Pe.
ter, the Painter" and Dutch Fritz, "
were members of the anarchist club
which met near Sidney street until
recently. The police were aware of
the activities of this club but consid.
cred them only political A member
of the club who gave the police clew
leading to the attack of yesterday.
said:
Neither Peter, the Painter nor
Dutch Fritz ever showed signs of do
ing any honest work. Both attended
the meeting, the object of which was
to protest against the execution of
! Professor Francisco Ferrer. the Span.
ish teacher who was convicted of
revolutionary activities. | think that
both used anarchists as a mark for
/, their crimes"
Women in Gang, Too.
For their crimes. it is established
that women were associated with the
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lieved to have been connected witt
the crimes are now in custody.
The casualties reported from yester
days battle are: Five police, ser
geant of the Scots guards, and hal
dozen spectators wounded by the bul
|iremen seriously and three firemer
slightly injured in the collapse of the
burning building.
The mysterious tragedy uncovered
Sunday is believed to form a link il
the story of the Pounds Ditch burgla
gang. A French Jew, Joseph Boron
who had lived near the anarchists
headquarters, was found murdered OF
Chapman Common in the opposite
end of London There were stal
wounds in the back and he was brut
ally battered.
Poor Alien Law Enforcement.
The Times criticises the use of sol
diers yesterday, and considers the al
: fair was badly managed.
Sir Robert Anderson, former head o
the criminal investigation department
says:
The British inaction in regard t
alien criminals would discredit a con
pany of medically certified lunatics
No other country countenances then
The alien act was intended to kee
: criminals from entering our ports, bu
by willful NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the goo
it might accomplish has been thwarte
deliberately. We need new and flu
: power to get rid of the alien criminal.