The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-02-12
TOWER OF LONDON
OLDEST IN WORLD
In Comparison the Palaces anc
Prisons Throughout Europe
Are Modern Creations.
is CROWNS STRONG BOX
Everything of State Resalia is There
With One Exception, the Koh-i-
Nor, Represented by a
Crystal.

st. James Gazette: Possibly few per-
sons are aware thai in comparison with
the tower the palaces and prisons
throughout Europe are modern creations.
Hepworth Dixon esta blishes this TACT
clearly in his admirable history. The
oldest bit of palace in Europe, that OF
the west front of the Burg in Vienna, IS
of the time of Henry VIII. The kremilil
In Moscow, the Doge's palace in Vienna,
are of the fourteenth century. n
seraglio in STEAMBOAT was built by Mo-
manned the Second. The Oldest part or
the vatican was commenced by Borgia,
whose name it bears. The old Louvre
was begun i'll the reign of Henry Will;
the ruileries in that of Elizabeth. In the
time Of our civil war Versailles was yet
q swamp. The sixteenth century claims
the Escurial; the eighteenth Sans Souci.
Jerusalem's Serial is a Turkish editice;
the palaces of Athens, Cairo, Teheran.
are all of modern date. So it is, too, with
the prisons. With the sole exception of
St. Angelo in Rome, all are of modern
date as compared with that one from
which Ralph Flambard escaped in the
year 100. the date of the first crusade.
The crown Jewels In the tower are
worth, 1t may be supposed, some three
million pounds. Everything Of state re-
gala is there, with one notable exception.
F@hAS ~ - y SSSA4 W q - ~
tai. Queen Alexandra wears the original,
on great occasions, as part Of her per-
sonal jewels. The tower has been the
soyereign's strong room for the storing of
treasure ever since tower-dwelling mon
archs We're. The old Jewel house itself
was built simultaneously with the royal
mint, when that establishment was with
IN the tower walls. The only attempt to
steal the treasure is historic. 1t was the
feat of that picturesque villain, Colonel
Blood. He had ingratiated himself with
the deputy keeper of the jewels, had gone
SO far as to propose a match between his
ward and the daughter of the official.
All went smoothly. The bogus swan
turned up to be Inspected; with him three
others and the colonel. They beat and
gagged the old man, secured the crown,
orb and scepter, and were just making
Off, when, by the strangest coincidence,
the son Of the jewel keeper arrived from
Flanders.
The scene which followed would do
credit to the dramattst. The colonel, dis
suised as a clergyman, had the crown
concealed beneath his cassock, and added
his voice to the hue and cry. stop the
Villain" he roared. He had reached his
horse before the imposture was discov-
cred. When they made for him he turned
ana fired in the face of the men nearest
him. The pistol missed fire, and the
crown was saved: but not uninjured.
Trampled in the mud, its Jewels We're all
knocked out, and many of them lost. An
apprentice found the great pearl, a scav-
enger the biggest diamond. well, it was
a gallant deed 1t was. to gain a crown"
was all Blood had to say as they carried
aim a prisoner to the dungeons. But no
~ befell him for this and other treason.
He had played for high stakes before, had
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