Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-23

Here Edward III confined over 900
Jews, on the pretense that they were
counterfeiters, when everybody knew
that a Jew does not have to be a counter
feiter to make money.
During the war of the roses the Tower
was so full of royal prisoners that a
prince had to engage his cell by telegraph
or sleep on the billiard table.
Every little while a message would
come something like this:
Room Clerk, Tower, London, England:
Please reserve Sir Simon of Burley's room
for me as soon as he is beheaded and oblige
RICHARD II.
The Scotch king James also put up at
the Tower for IS years, but got out on
habeas corpus and again ruled his people.
The Duke of Gloucester used the tower
for his waiting room many years. Be
fore he killed people he corralled them
here. He drowned his brother, the Duke
of Clarence, in a butt of wine here, max
ing kind of butt of the poor chap, as
he had done for years, and then sold the
wine to public" down town for high
price on account of its bouquet.
He also had his two beautiful nephews
murdered here and buried at the foot of
IUS SldIECdSG VI UuS w 11llc GOWCI.
Richard killed quite number of his
casual acquaintance and was the first
to introduce what is now called in Eng
land 1.-The function" at which he gener-
ally contributed relative who had con-
sented to oblige.
Henry VIII did the same thing, con.
tributing his wives and many other per-
sonal friends, including Cromwell, a ris-
ing young man, while Annie Askew, a
cultivated young lady with q heart as
pure as the best baking powder today,
was tortured quite good deal and then
burned at Smithfeld
l often wonder whether the Apaches
were originally cruel or whether they
got so by aping John Smith and the pill
grim fathers. Where are they?
The case of Lady Jane Grey was the
saddest, for she had only reigned 10 days
and was working on her message when
she was imprisoned in the Tower and
finally executed. After that to the time
of the imprisonment and execution of
Sir Walter Raleigh there was a good
lively business going on, clear down to
the deaths of Lords Balern1o, Lovat and
Kilmarnock.
'Buffetiers" is the word l was trying
to recall, from which beef eaters" is de-
rived.
The Wakefield tower is used as a jew
elry store now and storage for crowns,
etc. These are behind strong cage, so
built that no one has ever been able to
realize on this stock of goods.
Queen Victoria's crown, made In 1888.
contains 2.793 diamonds, all of which
are real, and the whole outfit is worth
$500, 900 or Whereabouts. There are sew
eral crowns here used indoors by former
monarchs and St. Edwards staff, 80
pound cane, voted to him as the most
popular man in town. The knob on the
fop is said to contain silver of the true
cross. When we get the true history OF
the cross, am led to believe we will find
that it was drawn to the top of Calvary
by an eight horse team.
There are many other things, such as
scepters and various articles which
tried to get as Christmas presents for
loved ones at home, but failed.
The block and heading ak gave me
good deal of comfort, for could see by
their use that once the English were as
rude and coarse as we are now. 1t has
taken thousands of years for the Briton
to outgrow the use of the instruments Of
torture seen now in the council chamber
Of the Tower.
May we not hope some day to be also
refined and cultivated? trust so.
Max O'Rell says the Englishman con-
ceals his wickedness, while the French
man boasts Of it. The American does
not boast of his crimes, but he might
as well. He puts them all in the morn
ing paper next to pure reading matter.