The three men and two women arrested in connexion with
the Houndaditch murders were brought up again before the Guildhall Police Court on Monday. Inspector Bryant, who was wounded on the occasion, described the shooting of Sergeant Bentley and the other policemen, and identified the assassin with Moronntzeff or Gardstein,
the man who died at 59 Grove Street. Constable Strong- man, who also identified the assassin with Gardstein, said that the shooting was all done in a few seconds. Detective-Inspector Thompson then gave evidence as to the discoveries made at 59 Grove Street, which included, besides a pistol and a number of cartridges, a key fitting the lock in the door of 9 Exchange Buildings. The woman Trassjonsky was discovered in the act of burning papers. Detective-Inspector Matthews subse- quently produced the statement made by her at Bishopsgate Police Station on the 20th tilt., in which she asserted that Gardstein said to the doctor that his friend had wounded him. She and Luba Milstein made a joint statement to the effect that they both knew Fritz, Joe Moravitz (alias Morountzeff or Gardstein), and Peter Zourka. Milstein also made a separate statement that four or five men, including Fritz, Peter, and Morountzelf, visited her and Trassjonsky at Grove Street, but would not allow them into the front room, so that they could not tell what their business was. None of the men were of the Hebrew or Jewish religion.
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