The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-29
q stirring tale IS briefly tod

Of Spain TIE stirring tale IS briefly told
by Green.
TIE ships in the Thar,e. submitted 10
Re seized * the Insurgents. \ party 81 the
train bands g isordon. wan marched Al
Ger tAe Duke ~ Norfolk against ;hem, de-
serted 70 the rebels IN mass. with shcuss
ot a Wya *. Wyatt We are AZ EnS-
itshr,eu' HAD the insurgents moved
quickly on the capital rs safes would
haNs been flung open ara selccess would
have been assured. Fu; - the critical mo-
sllent Mary was saved by ,1eT queeu.y cour-
ase- Riding boldly 20 the GWi!a hall, she
appealed with mans voice 70 the 10y
a.ty ~ the citizens ana when Wyatt, up-
reared on the Southwark bank re oridse
was secured" Wyatt pushed u 0Q the
river. crossed 1t Kingston. turned back -
London. ana Was finally defeated Ag.i made
rTlsOaer ~ Temple Bar. Il have kept
touch. he cried a; the gate, out lis a3hee-
eRtS within were unable 70 make the prom
ised aiyersiou IN bis favor. and Wyatt, WAS
sent - The tower and beheaded. X seems
probable tha, fhe cSnron balls now d.
covered were sent either by the ships III
the river or from the other SIDE by the ar
1siery which Wyatt had with him On his
rnArca. BUt the tower. even On It's most
vulnerable side The river front. was TIM
frvsnao!e 70 any force q foot or artil-
leTy which Wyatt coul3 bring against IT.
The bones which adhere to some Of tie
cannon shot seem 10 tel ~ some execution
done ehaStty relics. may DC. 81 some Of tho
garrison who fell in the bombariment
One q me most Interesting finds VAS a
mass 81 Roman cement. In which are TN
aeddcd three ~ the well-known tiles with
which the Roman Architscts handed their
walls The cement is, as usual, o. extreme
hardness. With this were portions ~ tho
00eS or hyroCatst and a broken vessel ce
Roman ear.denWare. There never was any
real doubt hat a Roman fortress existed
on the Site 81 the tower. tradition has been
constant 10 that effect. The Roman vail
OF London touched the river as he point
where the tower stands. and Roman ma
scnry undoubtedly lies at the base OF soma
az The existing medieval walls Tho dis
coNcSS or these Roman remains close 10 tho
White tower is interesting. as showing that
Il was there probably that one OF the
principal dwellings, Of the Roman garrison
stood Another interesting object Is tho
wooden handle Of a dagger OF the fifteenla
century. OF the type which has a lobe on
each side Of the guard.
These relics inspected. the passage and
dungeon We're next visited. Mr.. Mays
workmen having lighted the interior with
candles. some idea could tee formed OF to
size and aspect. The bottom OF the sub
terranear passage is seventeen feet be-
Meath the level Of the ground. and the
by which no doubt the prisoner who Wa
doomed 10 suffer in IL lowered. des-
cends straight into II. Towar dthe moat
the passage was closed by n strong iron
grille firmly embedded In the masonry; at
its other end is the dungeon. a horrible
black cell oval In shape originally vault
81, and measuring about seven Zee. across
" hen the opening OF the shaft above was
closed no ray Of light could penetsate into
this terrible prison save that which came
IL indeed that could come~from the open
INK far away in the moat. The exploration
of the passage has revealed the fact that
another suhterranean passage leads into
IL at right angles from the Traitors gate,
~ that Il is probable that prisoner
brought into tho tower by water through
that gate could have been put into the
passage without setting foot on the ground.
However this may be. II Is certain hat no
man condemned 70 the ouhliette II the
tower~for such this dungeon was-could
have lived long. Tho damp. darkness. and
/ the rats mus; have made short work Of
! him-~London Graphic.