Murder Victim. On 23rd January 1909 two Latvian immigrants Paul Hefeld and Jacob Lepidus staged an armed wages snatch from Schnurmann's rubber factory on the corner of Tottenham High Road and Chestnut Road in north London. As the chauffeur-driven car delivering the wages arrived at the gates of the factory the two men seized the bag and fired shots at the driver and a passer-by who attempted to stop the men fleeing. Alerted by the shots two policemen, PC William Tyler and PC Albert Newman ran out from the police station opposite the factory and using the chauffeur –driven car gave chase. The robbers ran down nearby Mitchley Road firing shots back at the pursuing vehicle. Ten year old Ralph Joscelyne was helping a local baker with his delivery round. He was caught in the cross fire and fell mortally wounded. He died in the arms of another bystander who went to his aid. The police continued to chase the robbers and PC Tyler caught up and confronted the men, whereupon Hefeld shot him in the head at point blank range. PC Tyler was helped to a nearby house where he too died from his wounds. The chase continued through the streets and across Tottenham marshes before an exhausted Hefeld, fearing imminent capture shot himself. Lepidus continued to try to escape before being finally cornered in a cottage he had entered to hide. As the police closed in he too shot himself with his last bullet and died at the scene. Hefeld however survived for three weeks in hospital before succumbing to his wounds. This incident became known as the Tottenham Outrage and lead to a period of xenophobia and anti-semitism among the populace. The incident lead directly to the creation of the King's Police Medal for acts of bravery; three officers involved in the chase becoming the first recipients. The funerals of PC Tyler and Ralph Joscelyne were held together and 3,000 police officers and up to 500,000 people lined the 2.5 mile route of the cortege. The victims were buried adjacent to each other. Ralph's fellow pupils at Earlsmead School raised funds to pay for a headstone on his grave. His grieving mother treasured and kept his boots polished until her own death in 1952, whereupon they were buried with her.