Richard Birnie, Bow Street magistrate, and George…

February 1820 CE

Richard Birnie, Bow Street magistrate, and George Ruthven, another police spy, go to wait at a public house on the other side of the street of the Cato Street building with twelve officers of the Bow Street Runners on February 23.

Birnie and Ruthven wait for the afternoon because they had been promised reinforcements from the Coldstream Guards, under the command of Lieutenant FitzClarence, the late king's grandson.

Thistlewood's group arrives during this time.

At 7:30 pm, the Bow Street Runners decide to apprehend the conspirators themselves.

In the resulting brawl, Thistlewood kills a police officer with a sword.

Some conspirators surrender peacefully, while others resist forcefully.

William Davidson wis captured while Thistlewood, Robert Adams, John Brunt and John Harrison slip out through the back window, but they will be arrested a few days later.

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London Middlesex United Kingdom View →

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Cato Street Conspiracy View →

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