From 100 years ago
As printed in our local paper
not sure which is the most topical....
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Sun Jan 09, 2011 11:31 am ] |
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From 100 years ago As printed in our local paper not sure which is the most topical....
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Sun Jan 09, 2011 6:29 pm ] |
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The Houndsditch murdersOn 16 December 1910, a gang of Latvian thieves attempted to break into the rear of a jeweller's shop at 119 Houndsditch, EC3, working from 9, 10 and 11 Exchange Buildings in the cul-de-sac behind. An adjacent shopkeeper heard their hammering, informed the City of London Police (in whose area the shop was), and nine unarmed officers — three sergeants and six constables (two in plain clothes) — converged on Exchange Buildings. Sergeants Bentley and Bryant knocked at the door of No. 11 Exchange Buildings, unaware that the first constable on the scene had already done so, thus alerting the thieves. The gang's leader, George Gardstein, opened the door, but when he did not answer their questions they assumed he did not understand English and told him to fetch someone who did. Gardstein left the door half-closed and disappeared. The house consisted of a single ground-floor room, into which the front door directly opened, with a staircase leading to the upper floors on the left, and a door to the open yard at the back on the right. It was later deduced that Gardstein must have moved left towards the staircase, since if he had gone right and out of the yard door he would have been seen by one of the plain-clothed officers standing outside, who had a clear view of that side of the room. Growing impatient, the two sergeants entered the house to find the room apparently empty, before they became aware of a man standing in the darkness at the top of the stairs. After a short conversation, another man entered through the yard door, rapidly firing a pistol, while the man on the stairs also started shooting. Both officers were hit, with Bentley collapsing across the doorstep, while Bryant managed to stagger outside. In the street, Constable Woodhams ran to help Bentley, but was himself wounded by one of the gang firing from the cover of the house, as was Sergeant Tucker, who died almost instantly. The gang then attempted to break out of the cul-de-sac, Gardstein being grabbed by Constable Choate almost at the entrance. In the struggle Choate was wounded several times by Gardstein, before being shot five more times by other members of the gang, who also managed to hit their compatriot in the back. They then dragged Gardstein ¾ of a mile to 59 Grove Street, where he died the next day. Constable Choate and Sergeant Bentley died in separate hospitals the same day. An intense search followed, and a number of the gang or their associates were soon arrested. |
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| Author: | toots [ Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:12 pm ] |
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I think it's quite interesting to see the difference between how they reported the news back then to how they do it know. |
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| Author: | wannabeeahack [ Sun Jan 09, 2011 11:07 pm ] |
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yes, they told it like it was then compare 1911 with 2011 progress, what progress? Quote: Former Home Secretary Jack Straw has been accused of "stereotyping" after suggesting some men of Pakistani origin see white girls as "easy meat".
The Blackburn Labour MP spoke out after two Asian men who abused girls in Derby were given indeterminate jail terms. Keith Vaz, Labour chairman of the home affairs select committee, said it was wrong to stereotype an entire community and a proper inquiry was needed. Keith Vaz is (as it happens) of asian extraction.... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12142177 Pity we didnt close our borders in 1911 |
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