Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Nguva pfupi yapfuura pakati pousiku musi wa 3 January, mapurisa 200 anobva kuGuta reLondon nemasimba eMetropolitan akavhara nharaunda yakapoteredza 100 Sidney Street. Mapurisa ane zvombo akaiswa panhamba 111, pakatarisana chaipo nenhamba 100, uye usiku hwose vagari vedzimba dzomubato wacho vakamutswa ndokubviswa. Wensley akamutsa varidzi veimba yepasi panhamba 100 ndokuvakumbira kuti vauye naGershon, achitaura kuti murume wake airwara aimuda. Apo Gershon akaoneka akabatwa namapurisa uye akaendeswa kumuzinda mukuru wamapurisa weGuta reLondon; vagari vepasi pevhu vakabviswawo. Nhamba 100 zvino yakanga isina vagari vose, kunze kwaSvaars naSokolov, vasina kumboita sevaiziva nezvokubviswa kwavanhu. Nzira dzinoshandiswa nemapurisa - uye mutemo waidzora zvavaiita - zvaireva kuti vakanga vasingakwanisi kupfura pasina kutanga vapfurwa. Ikoku, pamwe chete nechimiro chechivako, icho chakanga chine masitepisi akapfupika, akapetwa ayo mapurisa aizofanira kupfuura, kwaireva kuti kusvika kupi nokupi kunhengo dzechikwata kwakanga kune ngozi zvikuru kuedza. Kwakasarudzwa kumirira kusvikira mambakwedza asati aita chiito chipi nechipi. Panenge pa 7:30 a.m. mumwe mupurisa akagogodza pasuo renhamba 100, iro rakanga risina mhinduro; ipapo matombo akakandirwa pahwindo kumutsa varume vacho. Svaars naSokolov vakaoneka pahwindo ndokubva vatanga kupfura mapurisa. Mumwe musoja wemapurisa akakuvadzwa muchipfuva: akabudiswa pasi pemoto nepamusoro pematenga edzimba, ndokuendeswa kuLondon Hospital. Mamwe mapurisa akadzorerawo kupfura, asi pfuti dzavo dzaibudirira chete pamatanho mapfupi, uye dzakaratidza kuti hadzina kubudirira pakurwisa zvombo zveSvaars naSokolov zvaive zvemberi. Pakazosvika 9:00 mangwanani zvaive pachena kuti vapfuri vaviri ava vaiva nezvombo zvepamusoro uye zvombo zvakawanda. Mapurisa akanga achitungamirira panzvimbo yacho, Mutungamiriri Mulvaney naChief Mutungamiriri Stark, vakaonana noMubatsiri Mukuru Mukuru Frederick Wodehouse kuScotland Yard. Akafonera Home Office ndokuwana mvumo yaChurchill yokuunza boka reScotland Guards,  Mubvunzo: Mupurisa wacho akagogodza pasuo nenguva ipi?
7:30 mangwanani