The Tottenham Outrage of 23 January 1909 was an armed robbery in Tottenham, North London, that resulted in a two-hour chase between the police and armed criminals over a distance of six miles (10 km), with an estimated 400 rounds of ammunition fired by the thieves. The robbery, of workers' wages from the Schnurmann rubber factory, was carried out by Paul Helfeld and Jacob Lepidus, Jewish Latvian immigrants. Of the twenty-three casualties, two were fatal and several others serious, among them seven policemen. The two thieves killed themselves at the end of the pursuit.
Front page of The Illustrated London News, with Cyrus Cuneo's interpretation of the tram chase
Schnurmann rubber factory: scene of the robbery
6.5mm 1894 model Bergmann
.32 calibre Browning
Tottenham is a town in north London, England, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is located in the ceremonial county of Greater London. Tottenham is centred 6 mi (10 km) north-northeast of Charing Cross, bordering Edmonton to the north, Walthamstow, across the River Lea, to the east, and Stamford Hill to the south, with Wood Green and Harringay to the west.
View of Tottenham
Broadwater Farm, the scene of rioting in 1985
The former Bruce Grove Post Office was destroyed during the 2011 Tottenham riots
Tottenham Town Hall