HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
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#OTD 23Feb1820 Magistrate Richard Birnie & his #BowStreetRunners including George Ruthven & Richard Smithers raid a loft in #CatoSteet arresting conspirators plotting to assassinate members of the #PrimeMinister’s Cabinet. In the chaos Smithers is killed by lead conspirator Arthur Thistlewood
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