Epsom Road Battle
Kimber's gang believed that a group of Leeds bookmakers travelling in a Crossley tender at Ewell near Epsom on Coronation Cup day were in fact the Sabini gang. The tender was rammed by a taxi and 60 men set upon the occupants with hatchets, hammers and bricks. The attack was led by a man with a revolver and initial reports suggested it was a Sinn Féin riot. The gang had used taxis and a blue motor coach to both follow their victims and escape. The police located the coach at the Kingston Hill Hotel and were able to muster 50 officers.
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