Show CLOSE GUARIS GUARD GUAR IS KEPT OVER DVm I I Displayed in Room Which Automatically Becomes Be- Be i Prison rison comes I VALUED AT MILLIONS I Treasures Date Back to Ancient Days Dayn r LONDON LONDON March I 5 AP Tho crown jewels of England valued at attens attens tens of millions of dollars have been placed under stricter guard since visiting American gunmen Wore were credited with particIpating In a series of gigantic jewel robberies recently The jewels spread out In glitterIng glittering glitter glitter- Ing arra arrayA are seen by thousands of American tourists every year in the Tower of London They simply pay pay their sixpence walk by two guards attired like the familiar portraits ot of Henry VIII VII and stand and gush over the jewels as long as they like Then they rush out to send picture postcards back to Iowa Kansas and Oklahoma I I Apparently they are under very supervision and many are heard to remark how easy It would be to break the glass and help oneself to a couple of dollar million crowns or n a scepter or two But Dut the last serious attempt to raid the crown jewels was made by Colonel Blood in 1671 and he never ered SHOWN IN TOWER The Jewel room In the Tower ot of London is as nearly proof burglar as human Ingenuity can devIse The octagonal glass Jewel case In which the jewels are stored Is 18 protected by slender steel bars five In inches hes apart and looks commonplace enough It stands in the center ot of the jewel room and Is about ten ten feet high The jewels are arranged artistically on white satin tiers Any attempt however to tamper with the case would set alarm bells ringing all over the Tower ehile the outer gates oates of the fortress started by WillIam the Conqueror would automatically clang shut At Atthe Atthe the same instant the occupants ot of the jewel room woud find themselves themselves them them- selves imprisoned by the mechanIcal cal closIng of the debra whIch would convert th jewel room Into a large penitentiary cell Steel shutters ordinarily hidden from view would automatically descend over the glass case case containing the jewels converting it Into a gigantic eIght sided safe Before the burglar burgl r knew what was happening the chances are he would find himself at Scotland Scot Scot- land Yard ANCIENT CROWNS Among other jewels the tabs The crown of England made for Charles II The Icings Icing's state crown made for or Queen VIctorias VIctoria's coronation containing con con- taming a gigantic ruby given to the Black Prince and worn by Henry V. V at Agincourt a portIon per por- ton tIon of the diamond presented presented pre pre- to Edward Edward VII by Trans Trans- veal vaal the Stuart sapphire and smaller diamonds of only a afew afew few carats each The Tho Imperial state crown made for King George V. V for the Delhi DeIhl Durbar containing a large emerald and more than diamonds Queen Marys Mary's state crown eon con tanIn the famous noor Koh-I-noor dIamond din din- mend mond presented to Queen VictorIa by bv th the nn ni the e to toi two i other p portIons of the i linan diamond The royal scepter which has hag the largest cut dIamond In the tho world for tor a When his majesty needs an any of these trinkets they are taken from the Tower ot of London to Bucking ham 1 palace by an ordinary automobile au without an any special preg pr cautions other than secrecy |