Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-07-29
THE TOWER OF LONDON
Description of Famous Building Where
the Ex-kaiser May Await Trial.

might be held pending his trial, Il
described in the following bulletin from
the National Geographic society:
Palace and prison, once noted alst
for its menagerie and its pageantry
birthplace and death house of mon
archs, scene Of hairbreadth escape.
and reputed hidden treasure, ghastl.
in its memories Of tortures and killing,
and sacred for its martyrs, the Towe
of London amply warrants description
as the most ancient and most poeti,
pile in Europe
William the Conqueror gave Lon.
don a charter but built the Whit,
Tower to show the people how littl,
that charter might mean. Like tn,
English constitution the rambling
London Tower Of today is a product o.
centuries, and not one, but many tow.
ers, now are scattered over some 1;
acres. The site had been a fortres.
since Roman times.
ITO the Middle Tower Elizabeth
came back queen five years after hel
jealous half-sister. Mary, had KEEP
her there in prison. The hump backed
Richard III hired three assassins t
murder his nephews in Bloody Tower
Not until years later were their bones
found and taken to Westminster Alb.
bey.
Lady Jane Gray, she who had the
birth Of princess, the life of saint
and the death of a malefactor,' was be-
headed in London Tower. Henry VIII
waited to hear gun fired from White
Tower, signal Of the execution of Anne
Boleyn, so he might marry Jane Sey-
mour next day. Henry's minister
Thomas Cromwell, sent hosts of ene-
mics to London Tower to be butchered
until he helped pick Anne Of Cleves
for his much married monarch, but
when Henry saw his prospective bride
he pronounced her a Flanders mare
and off went Cromwelrs head with the
rest.
Relieving such stories of royal
cruelty are the immortal last words OF
the brave men and women who laid
heads on the axeman's block.
"'God forbid the king shall use any
such mercy to my friends, laughed
Sir Thomas Moore when told that Hen.
ry VIII had 'mercifully' consented tc
let him be beheaded instead Of hang.
ed, and, to the executioner, as he
moved his beard aside, Pity thai
should be cut that has not committed
treason
1.-THE countess of Salisbury proudly
refused to lay her head on the bloch
because she had committed no wrong
so :nat, says an observer, apologigins
for the executioner, he was constrain.
ed to fetch 1t off slovenly.'
"If you strike me twice, I canno
'romise you not to STIR warned Mon.
mouth Asked 70 raise his head q bi
Algerh6d Sidney retorted, Not unit
the general resurrection; strike on.
Peter inquired Sir Walter Raleigh
to keep up the spirits Of his attend.
ant, 'Dost thou know of any plaster
to set a mans head on again when Il
was cut Off?
Consigned to the tower for some 1:
years Sir Walter set fashion which
made a salon out Of the palace-prison
While he was not attending his gar.
den, and distilling essence from plants
he wrote his quaint History of the
World and there, too. William Penn
wrote No Cross, No Crown not t
mention the writings of the Duke o.
Orleans and Sir John Eliot.
About the main entrance to tht
tower was managerie until a hundred
years or so ago because Frederick +
of Germany sent Henry III Of England
several panthers and Henry did no
know what else to do with them. Lat
er James I, who liked bear batting
added those animals to the zoo.
THE warders, known as beef eaters.
probably because they once were fec
on rations of meat, from one Of. tht
curiosities for London visitors. The!
wear Tudor costumes and like th'
Swiss body-guard, Of the pope, the!
keep their ancient costumes, undis
turbed by current fashion.
Just before midnight the head war
den and the porter, carrying bunch
of huge keys, go to the guard room
summon the escort Of the keys made
up Of beef eaters and then proceed
tremendously to lock the great outel
gate. The pass word Is given formal!
to sentries as the procession passes
and in conclusion the detail salute:
the keys as the porter cries, God pre-
serve the King Every three month!
the reigning king or queen sends th'
password of the tower to the constable
signed and sealed, and the mayor O.
London is the only other outside per.
son supposed to know it. Thus Gus.
tom is relic of the time when tht
tower was primarily a fortress.
Like the Bastile, London tower ha:
been stormed. Desperate efforts have
been made to steal the royal relics
kept there, which include the ancient
Amounting spoon and Queen Elizabeth.
salt cellar. One famous effort. in which
Col. Blood, disguised as a clergyman
nearly made away with the bejewellet
crown, is thought By some to have beer
inspired by Charles II because he need.
ed the money the rare gems would
bring.
"One of the less we'll known, but
most spectacular incidents, was the es-
cape Of two priests by a ruse that
would have done credit to Monte Girls
to. One Of them, having been strung
up by the hands for days, and then
put in a rack while his wrists still
were swollen, without making him be-
tray his faith, wrote in orange juice to
friends outside, for light rope with n
weight at one end. He also asked that
a boat be brought to the river below
Cradle tower on a certain night. On
that night he made his way to his fell
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