The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-11

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Nearly all the employees OF tho bank
are women, although there are Il few
masculine members OF tfe staff, no.
tably the messengers and porters. SO
great is the success of the institution
that II has been planned TO extend tho
system 10 other German cities.
The Rev. Horace Wilkinson, whose
marriage to Miss Adinc Stewai., tho
pretty niece OF the Earl OF Gall ,way.
and dauphtcr Of the late General
Alexander Stewart. is set for tho 23rd
of this month. Is the owner of a
srisiy yet extremely interesting relic,
preserved nj Frankield. his country
seat near Snvenoaks, in Kent. II ia
nothing more nor less than the head
OF Oliver Cromwell.
II may bc remembered that on tia
restoration OF Charles IL, the body OF
the great Protector was disipterred
from its tomb In Westminster Abbey,
and. after being suspended from the
gailOws at 1'yburn, was buried at the
foot thereof, though net before tho
head had been cut on and irnpaled.
along with those of Ircton and Brad
shaw, on tho spikes OF tho roof OF
Westminster Hall Cromwelrs daugh-
ter, Lady Fauconberg, by means OF q
liberal disbursement OF money In tho
form OF brides. managed to secure
from the public cXccutioner OF the day
her fathers hcadless body, conveyed II
secretly to NewburEh Priory, her place
in Yorkshire, and caused il Ia be I'm
INJURED in the walls OF one OF tho upper
rooms
Tor several generations the locality
Was preserved as family secret
But now marble tablet aflixed to tho
wall Ia one Of the most remote Of tho
rooms on the upper noor. bears an In
scription to tho effect that behind tn,
mass Of stone 10 which the tablet has
been attached, lies the body of tho Pro-
tcctor. The widow OF the late SIR
George Woinhweli, one OF the hcroes
OF l3aloklova, is at present the owner
of Newhurgh priory. Her husband was
grandson of Lady Anne Beilaeys tho
daughter ard hciross of the last Lord
F"nc"uherG ana ms such was a de-
SccUdnut " Oliver Cromwell
As for the head OF tho Protector,
some twenty-five years after having
been tmp1lcd on the roof OF West
minister llali. u was blown down in IA
storm, ANA secured by one of tho
seuuncls. on duty, who carried IL
home Owing 20 tho hue and cry that
followed its disappearance he did not
attempt 70 dispose OF it, but on his
death 1t was sold by his widow and
HauEhte! to the CambridEeshlrc Rug
sells, one OF whom Sir John Russell,
married Frances Cromwell. fourth
1HNFNt"r OF the Protector.
descendant or Sir John. By the
namc II samuel. however. became
h"nvily involved in debt, and was COM
pcllcd 10 relinuuish tho head OF HIS
famous ancestor which he had in
icrited, go a Snowman OF Tic name of
Jauic~ Cos. nv tic sum OF tlls, tho
orisinai decd or sale being in the pos
session pf Mir Wilkinson After that
the head passed through two or three
hands by purchase. until II reached tho
~ l.tusons, about 100 years ago
- w. preserved Ia i couple OF cas-
hcts tho outer one being OF polished
elm while Within IS the original oakeu
eashei now black with age. in which
IT was hsst placed BY the Russells
when they purchased i, from the sem
hnels willow aud daughter.
Tho browns skinned mead Is s,ilI
pierced hy III. spike which il bore on
esuHinstcr hall and the point. at
ienu&ted By rusi and exposure energies
from the top of tho skun. slightly TO
The eight OF the centre. The eiuhalm-
lhE was so tYcelient that the eyeiids.
tongue and nose arc still perfect
iWo teeth remain in .hc jaws, and.
convincing evidence of the SKULLS au.
thenucity the famous wart on the
'iehi eyebrow. can stiil be traced
ii may be added that the measure
inents OF the original death mask of
Cromwell. which is preserved In the
Hr'tlsh Museum and the measure
ments Of the skull In Mr.. Wilkinson's
possession at Trankueld, coincide com
pletcly Mr.. Wilkinson. moreover. has
= mass OF documentary evidence com
plet.ng all the length Of the chain NJ
more than two ana half centuries
which have elapsed since the BODY of
cromwell was eXhumcd from its tomb
IN the beautiful Henry VII Chapter
of Westminster Abbey.
tCopyright, 1915. by the Brentwood
Company