La Junta tribune., 1908-11-07


A daring. fearless scamp and one Of
the most reckless and bVuxrn sol,iiers
Of fortune that ever cut swath In
England WIS the notorious Colonel
Thomas BloDd.
This choicest Of seventeenth century
scoundrels WAS horn probably IN Ire
land In or about l61S. During the civil
war he was active an the parliainen-
tary side. WAS made = justice Of the
pescc by Henry Cromwell and received
large grants NJ hand. These were con.
iiscatetl at the restoration, sud Blood
forthwith began his career Ms n des-
perado
His FIRST plot was 10 seize Dublin cas-
tie and the person Of the Duke of Or
monde. the lord lieutenant. In lpr1.
crowd WAS to he collected Ht the csstle
gates. n pretended baker with n load
Of bread upon his shoulder was to
stumble and upset the loaves. and In
the scra mible which would prol,R bly, en-
Sue among the castle guards the gates
were 10 le seized, bu, the plot was be
trayed to OrInondc. and, although
Blood himself escaped. his brother in
law was arrested and executed.
After n period Of scclusioD among the
Irish hills and In Holland. Blcoi cross
ed to England and Joined the nifty mon
archy men. After one OF two minor
deeds Of daring he planned and nenrly
carried ont n desperate stroke in lGIu.
In that year The l'rin.~ ~ Orange visit
ed England and was entertained by the
k,s., L.. ks<s
casion WAS the Duke of Ormontle.
sEninst whom blood nurred nndyinK
bate. The duke was is~gued fr"n his
coach In ~. James stree, by Blood and
his son-in-law. .,rirApped on hsrsei,Nc-k
to Que Of the consi'lrntors ansi hurried
toward Tyburn. M determined was
the prime mover IN the affair thst his
enemy should die that he hurried ON
toward the galiaws 10 srrAURe the r'pe.
The dukes cOschnan gave tie alarm
aud followed his master with assisi-
aDce. and timely rescue WAS effected.
On May y In the following year BIotsl
made his great attempt to carry OfY the
Tower Jewels. lie set alnni the task In
quite II modern style. Some three
weeks before the attempt he and - wo-
man whom he represented M his wife
his real wife heing then IN the north
Of England visited the Tower, where
the lady feiEned n sudden Illness. She
and her companion were invited into
the private apartments Of Edwards.
the aged keeper. that she might rest
and recover.
Three or four days later they return
ed with n present Of gloves AZ III me-
acknowledgement Of the civiliiy. Rlood
was courtesy Itself. admired every
thing but especially Edwards pretty
daughter. and presently proposed
match between the Young lady and his
nephew" This WIS agreed to. and
the visitors ut once dinssl with the fam.
fly. Blood prononnci,x an edifying
grac~. After dinner they were shown
over the house. BlOosi managed to rid
Edwards ~ II cnxe Of pistols lly pur-
chasing them for friend. and II was
arranged that the nephew" should I've
brought for inspection by his future
bride ut O'Clock on the morning OF
May ~
Pnnct,iai to the day and hour. Blood
appeared with iliree companions Par
rot. Hunt and Holloway. Each had
xwori stick In liIA hsiid. . dagger In his
belt rnd pistols III Mn 1,os4ssstr. Hoilo-
way renIniiseti outsitle - usnrd tbe
Gour.
nIsod. with nice reu2rSl sr ~ Ell
guettr Or TIN occssisni. F,stlpssea tasat
Sisey riinuM a~xft Ae Asssvas VI aais
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GsruSIsd ssIIxnfiy. wa4 SFDsaA6a oown,
Seusaisd mi Mt nor xunN sAsseN sst
~ xioiH m M lssse spssea1sM. tsJssri
e.ui1sed mp IT, cr0wm aMa Asess n ~
usafh his cl1ak. w9sile 49sst sssuWn 10
NJ IL scepter IN two sssfose psessng II
b tag.
At fills m0uent Me = spe3t fnSm I'm
bine. ar,pearen EdwAsyos' vlm. ssewlyur-
rived from Flsnfsets hsd toNrspt
his family. He wont ArSt N M ns0th.
er aIid rlster. anA In v4ssrves sliFgod
ont. hut Edwxnis. rsptin4tx cMms1nsn-
ness. managed to give the siaTm. and
they were taken. Safh 'lssood 9yiilo-
sophicaliy. ''It Was bold attempt. bot
II was for n CROWN
After this one imagines there wOuld
~ short shrift Tor Gsssrl Nsosd. aasl
We exIect 1ive nrars'A ~ gSNuyA Aps m
elifying '.Isst uI<es5s." M ~ srFurssl
70 plead unless N prtvs<e - - King
and was admitted to ~ 9psrFv1ew. 0ot
on the right M ~ - asepry mon
brch. hinted at ppvssn ~ - Aun
drcd who wouta ase4e - 11uA. Wus
6ranted hh Yorf<ftea vsnSts ia was
thenceSorwrrsa frxpunbt - - ppvp-