The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-08-16
MOST WICKED QUEEN GM HISTORY
WIFE OF RAMSES III. MADE RECORD IN CRIME THAT HAS
NEVER BEEN IQrALED BH ANY WOMAN RULER.

ingly in perfectins the plans Cor the
Kings downfall. 1t was all she could
do TO keep from showing her exulta-
ton before the king. She kept up the
enthusiasm of her supporters by
promising them important government
offices if they would place her son on
the throne.
Eut her JOY was short-lived. for in
some a the kings party gained full
Information of the conspiracy, the at
tempt on the kings life was foiled, the
plans for the revolt were checkmated,
and the people involved in the treason
were all seized.
When the old Pharaoh heard that
lily, who had once been his favorite
wife, n for whom he had done so
much, had planned to have him MUIR
dered, his heart "a broken. He
could hardly believe that Thy could
be capable of such ingratitude.
With a remarkable sense Of justice
Ramses ordered the judges to give
the conspirators impartial trial, on the
merits OF the case. He gave the fol-
lowing instructions to this special
court: Il commission the judges, say
ing: AS for the words which the peo-
pie have spoken 1 know them not. Go
We and examine them. When We go
Nio SC lIlSlIl We Sndl cause
to die by their own hand those who
should die. without my knowing it. Ye
shoall execute punishment upon the
others likewise without my knowing
1t. Give heed n have a care lest ye
execute punishment upon any n un-
justly. Now I say to you in very truth
as for all hat has been done, and
those who have done 1t. let all that
they have done fall upon their own
heads; while l am protected and de-
tended forever, while l am among the
just kings. who are before Anon Re,
king of gods. and before Osiris, ruler
of eternity" AS Osiris Is the god of
the dead. the kings closing words in
dtcate that he expected his death to
occur before the conclusion Of the
trials.
The court appointed by the king
consisted of fourteen officials, seven of
whom were royal buffers. Even these
judges We're not loyal to the king, for
some of the women conspirators, led
by General Peyes, gained such a strong
influence over the bailiffs in charge of
the prisoners that they went with
two of h judges. who, with wild in
discretion, received and caroused with
them.
The two indiscreet judges, with one
Of their colleagues. who was innocent,
and the w bailiffs, were Immediately
put on trial. The innocence of the
third judge was proved, but the others
were found guilty. and were sentenced
to have their ears and noses cut off.
Immediately following the execution
of the sentence one of the Judges
committed suicide.
The trials of the unhappy ~conspira-
tors continued with regularity. Rec
ords show hat thirty officials of all
rank. including the young pretender
himself. and the audacious Peyes, the
general who had compromised the two
judges. were convicted.
There are no records to be found on
the trial Of Queen Thy. so that her fate
is unknown, but there Is no reason to
suppose that it was any better thar
the Others who. as ordered by the king,
were allowed to take their own lives.
But the old king. broken and dis
heartened by the d%isloyalty and inf
deity OF his subjects, died before the
execution of his would-be assassins.
Some historians believe that Queen
Thy committed suicide by drowning
though the public records of that day
do not give her exact date. Many who
we're found to be in conspiracy with
her tool their lives in many ways
! choosing this form of death to the