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The Tottenham Outrage is perhaps one of the most famous incidents in Tottenhams History, which at the time was of widespread public interest at both local and national interest. The Outrage occurred in Tottenham on 23rd January 1909 and involved 2 Bolsheviks of Russian origin who had attempted an armed robbery of Schnurmanns Rubber Company in Chestnut Road Tottenham. Not a very smart move you might think since it was situated in the shadow of Tottenham Police Station. In their attempts to get away the two robbers, Paul Hefeld and Jacob Lapidus, started a chase and shooting spree that resulted in two deaths -PC William Tyler and a 10 year old boy named Ralph Joscelyne... Extract from tottenham-summerhillroad/tottenham_outrage1909.htm
Posted on: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 14:57:35 +0000

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