Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-23
LOND0N'S FAMOUS TOWER.
A VISIT TO THE HISTORIC OLD
 PILE AND A LOOK BACKWARD.

The Bloody Tower Beyond tho Traitors
 Gate Where Royalty Has Sweat-Old St.
 Peters and the Resting Place of Anne
 Boleyn-A Time Honored Ceremony.
 To describe the Tower of London in detail is absolutely unnecessary-it is too well known as a whole, but there are interesting little facts not generally realized by the public, and there are hooks usually unvisited- It was my good fortune on a recent day to go care fully around this grand old pile with special order from Gen. Milman, the resident gov ernor. Passing by the Traitors Gate, went into the Bloody Tower, in a room in which found myself standing on the very spot wherein were imprisoned the two little princes, and from the window of which cen turies after Archbishop Laud leaned out to bless Lord Stratford as he passed to death upon the scaffold just beyond An old, old room this full of historic interest, and now inhabited by one of the picturesquely attired beef eaters. St. Johns church. one of the oldest Norman churches in the kingdom, built in 1OS7, is too we'll known to require de- scription, so will pass on to the armory de- partments, where saw Lord Wolseley going round on an evident business inspection
 IN THE DUNGEON.
 In passing down a staircase in this White tower, wherein is kept this armor, and in which is placed a stand of 5000 modern ri- fes, noticed the enormous thickness of the splendid walls, and on inquiring I was in- formed that they were fifteen feet in depth Beneath the White tower arc the dungeons, which are never shown to the general public Here is an eternal twilight, a musty smell, an icy chllllness. The first one, pure Norman in its architecture, is called the Torture chamber, for here were stretched upon the rack the -iott, c>fv igious bigotry. In a very narrow passage leading out of this great chamber, and which Is known by the name of Little Ease, be- cause ill it a prisoner could neither sit nor lie down, was wearlly imprisoned the misguided Guy Hawkes.. In the pitch dark dungeon be- yond, which has no flooring but the damp, cold earth were once imprisoned 800 Jews, who, in the Thirteenth century, were sus- pected of the crime of clipping coin. A dreadful place this, and hideously suggestive of the undreamed of horrors of these "good old days of yore" The door-an old oak one, iron bound and immensely strong-shut of these poor wretches from all communication with the outer world.
 In this dungeon, or series of dungeons, was recently discovered a very deep wen, into which we fearfully peeped. From the dungeon to the church Is but @ short step; in the old days the journey was usually made from the latter to the former St Peters dates from 1272; it is full af the saddest, ten derest interest; within its dingy walls and be- heath its historic pavements there lie the bodies of three of England's queens. Ruskin finely says of the church that "it is the sad dest spot in Christendom for here are buried in dishonor the greatest in the land, while at Westminster Abbey they are buried in honor" a most touching and suggestive con- trast Most of the beautiful brasses were re- moved in Cromwells t1me
 l was deeply interested to hear that in re- pairing the chancel in 1877 there was discov- cred the body of Anne Boleyn, which was recognized by the historically tiny neck, and by the fact that the body lay just in the spot described in the burial registry; also were discovered the bones of a big man, which be- longed beyond doubt to the i'll fated Duke of Monmouth. These were reverently reburied in their long, long resting place.
 Upon the wall, and preserved within a glass case, I saw the three coffin plates of the noblemen last decapitated upon Tower Hill Lords kilmarnock, Lovet and Balmerino. The inscriptions were all in Latin. The very plain little font dates back to the reign of Edward III
 WHERE THE AK STOOD
 Not satisfied with my mornings round I went the next night to have a chat with the deputy chaplain of the tower Mr. Foster, who told me many interesting little facts, some of which are mentioned above To my surprise he told me that the tower is not sup posed to be haunted nor Is there any ghostly traditions hanging round this spot. Just be- fore Il he and 1 stepped out into the cool night air. wild, windy night, clouds chas- ing each other over the moon, whose misty, watery rays fell upon that ancient Norman keep Just at my hand, and railed off, was the very spot wherein was lifted so often the ''ax's keener edge" It was upon this very spot and from yonder identical window shin ing white in the moonshine, that Lady Jane Grey, the nine days queen, gazed as her hus-