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Show Glamis Castle, in the Midst of Its Spacious P irk. As It Appears To-day Enlarged and Beautified Beau-tified Since It Was the Stronghold of T ragic Macbeth. GLAMIS CASTLE, scene of the murder of King Duncan in "Macbeth," and haunted in later days by a yet more gruesome mystery, the most ghost-ridden building in fact in the United Kingdom, is to be sold. This is the latest outcome of war distress among the British aristocracy. The Earl of Strathmore, whose family has held the castle for centuries, feels that he must dispose of the castle in order to meet the enormous burdens of war taxation and the distress among his kinsmen. . Here is apparently the finest opportunity yet presented for an American millionaire eager to own a mystery haunted mediaeval home. No legend of a haunted dwelling probably is quite as creepy as that of "the Secret Chamber" of Glamis Castle, whose secret norf!f may know but the head of the fam-his fam-his oldest son when of age, and one 'Mother trusted family retainer. Even they, yt. is said, may not enter into the Secret oiwmbei', but only possess the secret that thoj.nay guard it from others. Other people are mJt even allowed to know which, is the Secret Chamber. What will become of the Secret Chamber when it passes into a new owner's hands? Will the mystery be dispelled by the blundering blun-dering footsteps of- an American, without family relationship to the ghosts, or will he be compelled to keep away from the haunted parts of his own property? The late Earl of Crawford, head of the related and neighboring family of the Lindsays, Lind-says, referred to the Secret Chamber of Glamis in his "Lives of the Lindsays." Sir Walter Scott, who slept at the castle in 1794, writes that it gave him an "eerie feeling" feel-ing" in his "Letters on Demonology and "Witchcraft." There is, therefore, abundant evidence that the castle has an ancient reputation repu-tation for being haunted, whatever may be the truth about the matter. Since the almost legendary period when Ring Duncan is said to have been murdered in the castle, many tragedies have been connected con-nected with it. The present owner, Claud George Lyon, fourteenth Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn, Baron Glamis, etc., etc., is the head of one of the most ancient families in Scotland. The castle has been in his family fam-ily since 1445, when its owner was created Baron Glamis. The higher titles of Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorn were conferred , on subsequent generations. The grandfather of the present Earl, it "Nis stated, was not content with knowing IhVvGlamis had its haunted room and that ho had been made the repository of the traditional tra-ditional secret. He determined to investigate investi-gate "the horror" for himself. There was a dinner party at the Castle and after dinner the Earl headed a procession proces-sion of guests to the corridor at the end of which lay the Secret Chamber. Tn one hand he carried a candle and in the other a key, which he had taken from a secret compartment of his desk. "The Earl opened the door with a key," wrote one of the guests to a Dr. Lee, "held up the candle and proceeded to advance into the room. Hardly had he gone a pace than he gave a scream and fell back into our arms in a dead swoon. He was the most horrified man I ever saw ; nor could he ever be induced in-duced to open his lips on the subject afterward." after-ward." The next day the Earl brought a couple of masons to the Castle and had them wall up the corridor leading to the room in such a way that after a little while the line of demarcation de-marcation was lost and the exact position of the room was in doubt. Once an inquirer was curious to know what whs in the Secret Chamber and the late Earl, son of the one who had walled up the room, replied: "If you would guess even the nature of ' this secret you would go down on your knees and thank God that you were ignorant of iU fffany curious persons have endeavored to locate the haunted chamber. About forty years ago an aged superannuated servant, who had long been in the service of the Strathmore family, related that on one' occasion, when the family was away, some of the servants made an attempt to find the secret chamber, and went through every room in the castle and placed towels outside every window. "When they saw that there was one window which had no towel, they concluded that it belonged to the mysterious room. When Lord Strathmore returned and found out what they had done, he was excessively exces-sively annoyed. The ringleaders were dismissed dis-missed and the others bound over to perpetual per-petual secrecy; and to this day the exact position of the chamber is known to only three persons at one time. On one occasion a young doctor, who was staying in the castle professionally, found on returning to his bedroom that the carpet had been taken up and relaid. He noticed that the mark of the carpet was different at one end of the room. By moving the furniture and 'raising the carpet he laid bare a trap door, which he forced open and found himself him-self in a passage. This passage ended in a cemented wall. The cement was still soft, leaving the impression of a finger. He returned re-turned to his loom, and next morning he received re-ceived an envelope containing a check for hia services with the intimation that the carriage was ready to take him to the station for the first train. In the neighborhood of Glamis the belief obtains that the Secret Chamber has been set apart for a human monstrosity, born to the family once in a century as a punishment for some ancient crime. It is kept in the Secret Chamber until it dies, and only the' Earl and his eldest son are permitted to know of its existence. This legend has been elaborated by some persons to the extent of declaring that the family monstrosity is half toad and half human shape. There is much in favor of this supposition, and stories are told which seem to confirm . it. Thus it is related that when ou one tecasion, after dinner, the claret ran short, the late Earl, instead of sending the butler or one of the footmen for more, went himself for a further supply. He was gone a long time so long that his guests wondered at first, then became anxious, and mindful of the mystery, went to look for him. They had ieached the cellar door when the Earl flung himself out, shut it and locked it behind him. His clothes were torn, his face was bloody and he showed every sign of having been in a struggle with somebody or something in the cellar. What or who it was he would not say. This legend derives some plausibility from other oases among the old nobility. The nobility in Great Britain and on the Continent Con-tinent of Europe offer several well-known instances where the eldest sons, born as monstrosities, mon-strosities, or who have in their youth become dangerous lunatics.' have been quietly set aside, placed in secret confinement, classed as dead, their birthright passing to the next heir. Perhaps the most notable instance of this kind was that the eldest son of the second Marquis of Qnecnsbury, in the reign of Queen Anne. Glamis Castle has been described as a little town within a fortress, the house being reached by half a mile of outer court, which joins an inner court, in which are four colossal colos-sal statues, two of which represent, respectively, respect-ively, Charles I. and King James VI. The castle is remarkable for its immense height. The steps to be climbed from the front door to the top story are something like one hundred and forty. On the grand staircase, each step of which is fashioned out of a solid block of mahogany, five people can walk abreast. In the castle are some valuable pictures and many ancient relies, including the suit of armor worn by Macbeth and also his sword. There are no less than forty rooms on the first floor alone. The young widow of the fifth Lord Glamis was taken from the cattle to be burnt as a Copj'rii This Scene from Shakespeare Shakes-peare showing Lady Macbeth Inciting Her Husband to Murder King Duncan, Is Here Drawn As Taking Place On the Threshhold of the Same Gloomy Chamber, Which Appears In One of tha Photographs below. witch in Edinburgh after a most cruel conspiracy conspir-acy against her by one of the Lmdsavs who had failed to wm her hand. In that early period the Secret Chamber was well known to tradition. One legend connects it with the fact that the leading members of the rival family of the Ogil-vies Ogil-vies were captured by the Lyons, locked up m the room and left there until' they died of hunger. Still another legend has it. that the first Earl of Strathmore, a wicked man, was playing cards' on a Saturday night when the hour of twelve struck. His friends warned him not to commit com-mit the sm of playing cards on the Sabbath. He then swore a horrible oath that he would finish the came if he had to play to Doomsday. He was thereupon condemned con-demned to play cards in the cursed room forever and ever. It may be asserted that there is an element of rumor and invention about these" stories, but it nevertheless remains true that the castle has .! fPvr -:v1 How Muck For :M-i-.--,. '.-rti'' 4'fV ?- - TTi tke Gloomiest M-k: r:'-! Dtronghold In - v . v ! " y:r;. A Dcotland, . - - . - v,, -A. .A J3y King w ;,- :. j " ii:srf, JJuncans Glamis Castle, in the Midst of Its Spacious P irk, As It Appears To-day Enlarged and Beau- f f$ x tsl . v- uC 1 A tified Since It Was the Stronghold of Tragic Macbeth. ' i " v -i A Ja ? Vk-W'- t. A CjTiflOK f 11 P " , ! r' , s t ,- f v i V", " i iV WA. GLAMIS CASTLE, scene of the murder locate the haunted chamber. About forty f'' x'-V i' " 1' " '"''"X 'l'-' " v ' XT 1 of King Duncan in "Macbeth," and years ago an aged superannuated servant, V, V " V ' zi ' - lKX $ I. , v k 1 H flVflWifoMT hauntel in later days by a yet more who had long been in the service of the , YV X "W" ? A if " ' 1 HereClltaiy iV. , , i Strathmore family, related that on one' , - , vl . f - s ,5 - i lf gruesome mystery, the most ghost-ridden occasiolli when the family was away, some " ' . H f M S V ?K - I i 1 IWT building in fact in the United Kingdom, is to 0f the servants made an attempt to find the V, tk s M " j ' f ' ft Hilly 1V1 OIl be sold. secret chamber, and went through every V , v f 1 1 i This is the latest outcome of war distress room in the castle and placed towels outside - , . t . o ". , f ; ' 1 l " , 1 among the British aristocracy! The Earl of every window. . When they saw that there f . . ' ? , , V1 gtrOSlty and Strathmore, whose family has held the castle was one wmdow winch had no toweL they V . 1 v ' i - ' 1 -' , for centuries, feels that he must dispose of concluded that it belonged to the mysterious I - - , , , , - fr,' ' , ' i J i ' J the castle in order to meet the enormous room When Lord Strathmore returned and . , yV - - - ' ! ( f a UOOmeCl burdens of war taxation and the distress found out what they had done he was exces- , - "h-U , among his kinsmen. . sively annoyed. The ringleaders were dis- . . "V.,', ' . , I J TJ 1 Here is apparently the finest opportunity missed and the others bound over to per- t J , ;. 4 , - , ijyarl yet presented for an American millionaire petual secrecy; and to th1S day the exact L. s f ' V ' - . i V t C eager to own a mystery haunted mediaeval position of the chamber is known to only ; , - ; " , ' ' s . ? I 11. , home. three persons at one time. i ..... , 1 i iTraTnb lTlcf No legend of a haunted dwelling probably On one occasion a young doctor, who was ""' " . - " " k i ' S is quite as creepy as that of "the Secret staying in the castle professionally, found on , " , f -r s " JL . "x'f''l H- 4 TT"i Chamber" of Glamis Castle, whose secret returning to his bedroom that the carpet had ' - ' ' w . CY f XT' F T ' no?fffmay know but the head of the fam- been taken up and relaid. He noticed that ( " t - fr" r , ' J. UICVCI i his oldest-son when of age and one the mark of the t was different at 0n9 , ' . i t other trusted family retainer. Even they, . . i ( r . 1 Tii, Annaritinn " a Noted St. is said, may not enter into the Secret end of the room. By movrng the furniture - , . . ,1 The Appadtion aoud cumber, but only possess the secret that and'raising the carpet he laid bare a trap 4., . ... f - j John Millais, Believed to thojnay guard it from others. Other people door, which he forced open and found him- I 4 Have Been Inspired By are nbt even allowed to know which is the seif in a passage. This passage ended in a V . - s " -M Castle, ' Secret Chamber. . cemented wall. The cement was still soft, -1 ;"4 'What will become of the Secret Chamber , - TT. ' V , , !, t. -I ' leaving the impression 01 a finger. He re- - , -v 1 when it passes into a new owner hands? turned to his . 00m, and next morning he re- ! ' - ' v Will the .mystery be . g: ceived an envelope containing a check for hi8 V, , ' f ' , ' ' t - ' -v . X denng footsteps of-an 1 America without the intimation that the carriage X. , . ' , - - parts of his own property? first train. ' ; 5 - W The late Earl of Crawford, head of the In the neighborhood of Glamis the belief This Scene from Shakes- r , . . . - r , ! , , :i' mut; obtains that the Secret Chamber has been set peare showing Lady " ...-, , ftJt ' . , - ', related and neighboring family of Je Lnd- monstrosity, born to the Macbeth Incfting Her f t . V i k-J, ' , " " ' ' says, referred to.; the Secret Chamber of P punishment for Husband to Murder King . , - - w ' ' t V Glamis in his "Lives of the Lindsays. J . . J. . , c00t Duncan, Is Here Drawn s - ' - t j t- . i f ' , Sir Walter Scott, who slept at the castle in e ancient crime. It is kept m the Secret A, Takm? Place On the I , , x U 17Q4 writes that it ffave him an "eerie eel- Chamber until it dies, and only the Earl and Threshhold of the Same i . , - ; ; , ..-'J,'. ' v ' . 194 writes tJiat it gave h.m an eerie .eel permitted to know of its Gloomy Chamber, Wh.ch f - " u h ' " -v " , 1 4 . ing in his Letters on Demonology and - , This legend has been elaborated Appears In One of tha I , i AVitchcraft." There is, therefore, abundant existence. 1 ms legena nas Deen eiaDOiaica Photographs below. I ' ' A , j - , - , 1 U , 1 a t i l,-1. onl;aTt bv some persons to the extent of declaring - ' , r1 .' ' Y evidence that the castle ,l,a! ,ar ancient repu- - P y monstrosity is half toad and , 1 ! : ation tor being haunted whatever may be vitch in Edinburgh after , ' . . v.'1' . - . I 1 8 ) the ? truth about tho"T- ... There is much in favor of this supposition, a most cruel conspir- . , , f . Jl ; ; , A j! J Since the almost ..P" and stories are told which seem to confirm acy against her by one of ' , . , . ' King Duncan is said to have been murdeied rolated that when ou one tne Lindsays who had ? .t-- j v in the castle, many tragedies have been con- " "s sdTapte d aciareteran short fafled to in her hand. ; ? - '... 1 nccted with it The present otlZ In that ea.ly period ' 1 George Lrou, fourteenth Larl ot btratnmore . ,1 4. . j. 1 ,1 tho Rpci-rt C hamber was t v i t.. . ' t, , p. .f. or one of the footmen for more, went himself lne ccicc uamrjcr was , - -v V 1 and Kinghorn, Baron Glamis, etc., etc., is flir1i1P,. ,nr,iv Hp wa cone a lone well know to tradition 1 ' " the head of one of the most ancient families a iurel s "PP'J-. ae ",as on a "f 0ne prend cormepts lt , - . e ,1. a n.-iui.tl.in HsfsTTi time so long that his guests wondered at legend connecis 10 t - . -v in ecot and. I he castle lias neen in nis iam- , . , , c n-ith tli fart that tho . , 1 ' h . v ; s ', , ..,, ;(o wa. ,,rMt j first, then became anxious, and mindtul of wn Tne IacI Taar lne V ' :. - - I V Since 1440, When its Owner was created . Icnrlintr mpmliprj of tlin Xc..: ,: .s..; . . . v -w - v Baron Glamis. The higher titles of Earl t VXrdoo" Wa famTy of tlle 0 ,1 SnWnt'T0 COnferrcd ,im vies were caWed by the ' - , . . V Vh?af. rolTh8e present Earl, it His clothes were torn, his face was bloody Zr " N stated, was not content with knowing and he showed every sign of having been in room ana left there until . ThSrVGlamiR had its haunted room and that a struggle w. h somebody or something m they d ed l o hunger , . ' ho been made the repository of the tra- the cellar. AVhat or who it was he would .1 ' 4 Sr- her or" legend derives some plausibility from Strathmore a wicked f , , . ' ' j ""l! , r ., other cases among the old nobility. The man, was playing cards' . ;1 There was a dinner party at the Castle nobility in Grcat Britain and on the Con- on a Saturday night ' , ' j and alter dinner the Earl headed a proces- tinent-of Enrope offer severa, Well-known hen the hour of tweh e v . . ' - s.on of gnests to the corridor at the end of instan(es wherc the eldest sons, born as mon-- struck. His friends ' , wluch lay the Secret Chamber strosities, or who have in their youth become warned him not to com- f , ' . ' j In one hand he earned a canoe ana in tlie . . . - . . ... . . r v K -v r -v -' :?.. . -.) . . . ; a --.A .. . ,. , , , , . , - , dangerous lunatics, have been quietly set mit the sm ot placing , - ; ; 1-4 other a key which he had taken from a d ,n pt eonfinPmpt classed Mrds on the Sabbath He , - J! r ' rw i secret compart ot A- as dead, their bivthricht passing to the next then swore a horr hie ' J . , The. Earl opened 1 the 001 ith i a kej heir. Perhaps the most notable instance of oath that he ti ould finish t v ' ' . V . ' f wro , e one of the guests to , a Dr he d this kind was that the eldest son of the the came if he had to " ; . i " ' , 1 ' up the candle and proceeded to advance into , . , . , t r, ,j Tr ! ,- x .. ; . the room. Hardlv had he gone a pace than second nrquis of Qnecnsbury, in the reign play to Doomsday. He , ( , , . . he gave a scream "and fell back into our arms ol Queen Anne. w a s thereupon con- ' , . . . , ' V, in a dead swoon. He was the most horrified Glamis Castle has been described as a demned to play cards in j . j man I ever saw ; nor could he ever be in- little town within a fortress, the house being the cursed room forever "- S - : ?-.'y- ' j duced to open his lips on the subject after- reached by half a mile of outer court, which and ever. ; 1. ' ' I ward." joins an inner court, in which are four colos- It may be asserted v, j . . ; . , ,r : - 1 The next day the Earl brought, a couple of sal statues, two of which represent, respect- that there is an element Stone Vaulted Chamber In the Older Part of Glamis Castle, Believed lr: '; - : , V , - - ; T ' masons to the' Castle and had" them wall up ivelv, Charles I. and King James A"I. The of rumor and invention For Centuries to Have Eeen the Scene of King Duncan's Murder. V j T- - ; , t( - ' . , ?, . . ' j the corridor leading to the room in such a castle is remarkable for its immense heisrht. about these" stories, but Macbeth's Armor Is Shewn Against the Wall On the Right. :.' . , , . : . , . : ;-1 , X way that after a liUle while the line of de- The steps to be climbed from the front door it nevertheless remains 0CosIor H ' t mavcation was lost and the exact position to the top story are something lu?e one true tnat tne castle lias ' j . x. ; ' f ! of the room was in doubt. hundred and forty. On the grand staircase, had a reputation of being haunted for cen- shared by Pir Walter Scott, who stayed at i; 'J. ' , . ' . ... , , ' Once an inquirer was curious to know each step of which is fashioned out of a solid furies. Lady Maud Lyon, a member of the Glamis in 1794. J 'j i; - ' ' '. what whs in the Secret Chamber and the block of mahogany, five people can walk family, in an article in the Pall Hall llaga- "Its venerable walls enshroud a mysteri- ; ' late Earl, son of the one who had walled abreast. In the castle are some valuable zine. writes : P11S something which has for centuries baf- !' ; '..,. ; ; . up the room, replied: pictures and many ancient relics, including "To the romantic and superstitions it is fled the curiosity and investigations of nil V'-. k- . . - ' ';, "If you would guess even the nature of the suit of armor worn by Macbeth and associated as a place where ghosts and spirits unauthorized persons; this secret is known V.... ' .. - . . ' ' this secret you would go down on your also his sword. There are no loss than forty moving silently down winding stairs and only to three people The Earl of the time '''-X "' ' ' " ' knees and thank God that you were ignorant rooms on the first floor alone. dark passages are wont to make night fear- being, his eldest son. and one other individ- ",--- . . , . ' v.. . . . of The youne widow of the fifth Lord Gbirais some. This feeling of ccrincss is not, con- ual whom they think worthy of their con- - -. frfany curious persons have endeavored to was taken from the cattle to be burnt as a .fined to the naturally nervous, for it was fide.nce. " Copj'rlght, 1917, by tha Star Company. Great Brl'-ain nights KoserTei Stone Vaulted Chamber In the Older Part of Glamis Castle, Believed ':. '; For Centuries to Have Eeen the Scene of King Duncan's Murder. .: r. Macbeth's Armor Is Shewn Against the Wall On the Right. . (On the Right) Painting In the Chapel of Glamis Castle Supposed ( to Cover a Secret Door Leading to the "Haunted" Chamber. had a reputation of being haunted for centuries. cen-turies. Lady Maud Lyon, a member of the family, in an article in the Pall Hall Magazine, Maga-zine, writes : "To the romantic and superstitions it is associated as a place where ghosts and spirits moving silently down winding stairs and dark passages are wont to make night fearsome. fear-some. This feeling of ccrincss is not, con-, con-, fined to the naturally nervous, for it was fht, 1917, by tha Star Company. Great Brl'-ain nights shared by Pir Walter Scott, who stayed at j; J. : Glamis in 1794. j i; "Its venerable walls enshroud a mysteri- ;; .' T ons something which has for centuries baf- !' ; fled the curiosity and investigations of nil V,v. unauthorized persons; this secret is known V... only to three people The Earl of the time ' '-: being, his eldest son. and one other individual individ-ual whom they think worthy of their confidence. con-fidence. ' ' How Muck For tke Gloomiest Strongkold In Scotland, "Haunted By King Duncan s "Spook' An Hereditary ! Family Mon -1 1 strosity and 1 a Doomed A Earl 1 Gamklmg A Forever? "The Apparition," a Noted 'Si S Ghost Picture By Sir John Millais, Believed to s ii Have Been Inspired By The Legends of Glami .1 Castle, |