Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-07-13

Palace EARLY I'm Queen Vie
toriR's Reign.

sSkse AACAo@s
Amid the food of anecdotes con-
nected with the late queen and royal
family that has been pouring through
the columns of the press, ! do not
think anyone has called attention to
the adventure of the "boy jones'"
at Buckingham palace, few years
after the queens marriage, says Ed
ward vizettelly, in London Free
Lance. This young fellow was twice
caught within the royal residence,
without anyone being able to ex-
plain how he got there. On the first
occasion he was surprised by por-
ter early in the morning leisurely
surveying one of the apartments. On
being searched, nothing of impor-
lance was found upon him, but he
had made up q bundle containing
sword, pot Of bears grease, and
some old letters.
He was covered with SCOT, from
head to foot, and looked like sweep,
but denied that such was his call
ing, pointing out that his sooty ap-
pearance was due to his having con-
cealed himself in chimneys in the
daytime. For awhile he had occu-
pied the vacant bedroom of one Of
the equerries, and had left the sooty
imprints of his frame on the sheets.
He stoutly declared that his intru-
sion was not for the purpose of theft,
but to find out how royalty and the
"great swells" like royal footmen
lived. His examination before the
magistrate created great amusement.
He admitted that he had been in the
palace on previous OCCASIONS, apd for
days together. In fact, he had "put
up there" he said. He had found it
very comfortable place. The
apartment he liked best. was the
drawing-room. During the day he
hid behind the furniture, when he
was not up a chimney, but late at
night, when everyone had gone to
bed, he walked about, went into the
kitchen, and got his food. Then he
related that he had seen the queen
and her ministers in council, and had
listened to all they had to say. When
asked If he had worn the same shirt
all the time he calmly replied: Eyes,
When it was dirty I washed it in
the kitchen" And then he vo,un-
tecred the information that he knew
his way all over the palace, and had
been right through tin the queens
and all. He had found out
that her majesty was very fond Of
politics, he said.
This lad revealed himself such q
pleasant vagabond, with his anus
ing ways and astounding impotence,
that no very serious punishment was
inflicted on him. He was merely put
away for short term. Nor did he
fare very badly when caught sec
ond time. On this occasion he was
caught crouching in recess, and. be-
ing dragged out of it, was taken to
the police station. He then told the
that he had concealed
himself under a safe in one of the
queens private apartments, and had
overheard a long conversation be-
tween her majesty and Prince Albert.
He was sent 10 the house of correc-
ton for few months, in the hope
Of breaking him Of the mania for in
truding on the sovereign's privacy, as
the offense was mildly termed. But
soon after his release he was found
providing in the vicinity of the palace.
Finally the authorities induced him
to emigrate to Australia, where he
evidently blossomed into n well-to-do
colonist. It was soon after these
events that Baron Stoclsmar was
brought over here to introduce order
md discipline into the royal resi-
ience.