The Tottenham Outrage
Geoff Barton
Online 7.30 pm
Thursday 27 May
Geoff Barton is a retired senior detective from Scotland Yard, with a great story to tell.
On Saturday 23 January 1909, two Russians carried out a wages snatch at the Schnurrmann Rubber factory in Tottenham. They fired six shots at the driver of the car making the delivery. This alerted the next door neighbours – the police – who leapt from their beds to give chase. The Tottenham police had not used their guns for a while, and so were unable to find the keys to their gun cupboard. The PCs were issued with cutlasses instead. One thousand local residents joined the chase and four hundred of them, having served in the Army, brought their own guns with them, including three tripod-based machine guns. The chase over six miles lasted four hours. Over 1,000 bullets were fired, four people were killed and 25 were wounded during the chase.
Geoff Barton joined the Metropolitan Police Service in 1975 and subsequently investigated serial killings, murders and armed robberies. He is the author of a number of books on crime and criminals.
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