264pp+illus. In December 1910 a group of Russian anarchists were surprised by police whilst burgling a jeweller's shop in Houndsditch, London. As a result three policemen were left dead and two wounded. This was the prelude to the infamous "Battle of Sidney Street" when armed police and Scots Guards beseiged a house in the East End where some of the gang were hiding. Who was the mysterious Peter the Painter? Was there any connection with the murder of Leon Beron two days earlier for which Stinie Morrison was charged? Two bizarre murder mysteries in a full study of the events with a possible solution. A very nice copy.

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