THE ANARCHIST AFFAIR

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 228, 20 January 1911, Page 5

THE ANARCHIST AFFAIR

MORE STRINGENT REGULATIONS URGED.

By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, January IS.

At the inquest into the Sydney street fire a fractured thigh enabled the authorities to identify Jacobs' remains, as Jacobs limped. Mr. Winston Churchill gave evidence. He said the first 'he heard of the affray was when authority was required for calling out the Guards. He considered it was his duty to see what was happening. The police were ready and eager to rush the building at anytime. A verdict of justifiable homicide was returned, Fritz having been suffocated and Jacobs shot by an unknown soldier. The jury added that they hoped the affair would lead to more stringent regulations dealing with the entry of criminal aliens into the country.

MR. CHURCHILL ACCEPTS THE RESPONSIBILITY. FOR BURNING THE ANARCHISTS. Received 19, 9.15 p.m. London. January 19. Mr. Churchill testified that the police had a free hand throughout. He thought that, inasmuch as he was on the spot, they were quite right in coming and asking if they were justified in watching the house burn. Had the firemen been allowed to extinguish it, most certainly they would have been killed. He added: "I accept the full responsibility, not for interfering with the police, kit for supporting them and confirming the orders thev gave." The jury was satisfied that the first body -was that of a limping man, known as Joseph, and the other body was Fritz's.