Event

Tottenham Outrage

23 Jan 1909 · 51.59° N, 0.07° W

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When
23 Jan 1909
Kind
Event
Coordinates
51.59° N, 0.07° W

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Summary

the Tottenham Outrage, an armed robbery and the murder of a ten-year-old boy and a police constable in Tottenham, North London, carried out by two Latvian anarchists.

Tottenham Outrage

1909 armed robbery in London

The Tottenham Outrage of 23 January 1909 was an armed robbery in Tottenham, North London, that resulted in a two-hour chase between the police and armed criminals over a distance of six miles (10 km), with an estimated 400 rounds of ammunition fired by the thieves. The robbery, of workers' wages from the Schnurmann rubber factory, was carried out by Paul Helfeld and Jacob Lepidus, Jewish Latvian immigrants.

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