Richard Birnie, Bow Street magistrate, and George…
February 1820 CE
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.