The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-19
THE FIRST BURGLARY.
u Occurred In the Treasure Vaults o. /
King Of Egypt

King Of EGYPT
Rohh.ries Of treasure reach back into
antiquity. and the latest achievement
Of the twentieth century craftsman Is
paralclcd in the time Of the pharaohs.
Ever since civilization has been. and
wealth measured In precious dollars.
Jewels and metals. mans cupidity has
been aroused and thieves strlven to
gain ease ard luxury by stealing the
treasure OF Others.
The Hrst burglar ~ treasury vaults.
so far as known to history, occurred
when Rhampsinitus was king Of
Egypt lie possessed 50 much money
that none Of the kings rcigning after
him In Egypt was able 10 rival him In
riches.
Thinking TO have his treasure safely
kept. he had constructed the best bur
glar proof vault that the builders Of
that day knew how to make solid
chamber OF stone. The builder fitted
one OF the stones 40 that Il might be
easily removed by two men or by one
exceptionally strong. After the com
pletion OF this chamber the king laid
his treasures In It. thinking them safe
from designing hands. But when the
builder came TO die he called his two
sons and directed them how they might
get the kings riches.
After his death the sons went to the
palace. quickly removed the stone In
the wall and almost depleted the kings
vessels Of their money and treasure.
When the king opened the vault he
found il nearly empty, yet the seals
on the entrance door were unbrokcn
and the chamber apparently secure.
| He determined To set n trap. lie seal
ell IL as before. Again and again he
broke the seals, each time finding the
precious treasure diminished. and then
he had traps put about the treasure re-
ceptacles. one day the trap caught Its
victim, and. the man being unable to
free himself he ordered his brother to
cut Off and carry away his head that
both should not be ruined by the dis
aster. This was done by one stroke Of
the others sword.
The next day the king cafhe and
found the headless body of man In
the trap, while the chamber wns stlll
apparently without means OF exit
Much mystlficd, he had the hcadless
body suspended from a gallows In full
view Of the populace. thinking that
possibly the dead mans relatives would
betray themselves by their agitation at
the spectacle.
Then new difficulty arose for the
remaining son. His mother com
manded him to cut down the body aud
bring II TO her, else she would expose
him to the king After little time
he succeeded In giving the kings sen
tries "knoc!;out drops" and took his
brothers corpse to his mother
The king was angricr than ever,
not only because of the theft Of his
treasure, but because of the disappear
ance OF the body of one Of the villains
Then his daughter was set 10 catch
the thief. She was to seize him 10y
the arm. yelling furiously when he
should reveal himself The young
man heard OF the plot. however, anl
circumvented II. He took with him
an arm cut from the corpse, and when
she seized him he placed It In heI
hand and escaped.
This last Incident made the king
think some. lie wisely concluded that
clever thief like this would be d
better ally than an enemy. So ht
issued proclamation Offering the rob
her pardon and his daughter for 1
wife II he would reveal himself Thls
offer was shortly after accepted. ant
the robber became the kings son
Such is the story OF the FIRST knowr
| burglary OF history Cincinnati En-
| Quirer.