| Show 1 Smart Set in in London TEACH A BIGOTED II NOBLEMAN HIS TREASURES TREAS TREAS- Turns Burg Burglar for Fun Fin URES ARE UN UNSAFE UNSAFE FE I IL I L II S II S 'S r. c-r. Special Cable to The Republican London Jan 25 The Tho The members of the circle of the great unemployed have taken to a n fresh method for obtaining a n new sensation Burglary has hitherto hitherto hith hith- erto claimed no amateurs It 11 is a 0 se serious serious so- so rious profession undertaken only by those who arc are willing to take much risk In the hopes of obtaining great gains but apparently the most ex expert expert ex- ex pert burglary can be carried out where the tho amateurs have hn tho the Intelligence ence th the deftness and the courage insured b by good bree breeding The Duke of Westminster has been entertaining a large party part at Eaton Enton mil ball Amon Among the guests were the Marquis Marquis Mar Mar- quis and Marchioness of The conversation turned on burglary burglar and Lord who is lIS great grent lord ord chamberlain of England maintained main maln- tamed that the cunningly devised alarms now made malic bur burglary lar impossible Shorty Short- Short iy h y before midnight Lord and Lady returned to their castle and Immediately retired l to rest reaL Lord Lor 1 was disturbed 3 o'clock in the morning morning- with the noise of a 0 window shutting but attached hell no importance to the sound Lord found later that omo iome Jewelry a a. gold 1 racing cup of trea treat real value and a L quantity of ot cigars and other articles had been stolen by burglars b from a n. room a adjoining his b bedroom droom I 4 A small piece of coal loal had been substituted substituted sub sub- subI I for tor tho the articles that had been move moved l. l The racing cup was won by I Lord lele himself as he rode rodo his own horse at th the Southdown Hunt moo meeting ti n g. g The rho police were vere summoned and It was discovered that a motor car had been mado US use USO of A Jointed collapsible hie ble ladder was found beneath the windows windows windows win win- dows and entrance had hall been gained through tho the dining lIning room window which had hall not been properly fastened l. l A motor tor car had hall been driven at a n great reat pace toward Chester ha had com comInto come Into c collision with the lodge lods-c gates and lost half haIr Its hood The police were astir mounted con- con s and detectives on bicycles scoured tho the country countr and all motorists whoso cars showed an any signs of damage damage dam dam- age were held u up in order to bo be closely closely close close- ly h questioned Word Wor l had been sent to the police S of London and the tho whole country was In a n turmoil S Sud Suddenly lenly a hush fell no further questions questions ques Clues were asked and the Investigation cense ceased l It then transpired that tho the members of r f the Duke of part party had hall laid a wager that tho they would success success- fUll fully burgle Lord Ch castIe castle cas ens- tIe tle and shortly after r midnight the scions of ot many noble houses houss left lert in two motor ears cars cJ with masks Asked b by telegram about the Incident Lord replied replied- d Practical Joke yo young ling gentlemen from Chester Very festive sea season season on The Tho trouble Is that next time a real burglary burglar takes place instead of communicating com corn with the police neighbors' neighbors I houses will be searched search cd and the higher In rank the greater the suspicion I It Is to lo be trusted that this thus new ne' game g of or burglary will not become as os popular as and arid thae it will not supply that felt fa want of puzzled l parents who during the holidays arc are areso so anxious to discover vel some Homo new game with which t tp beguile tho tim hours for I their children There Thero Is doubt that tho the Druco mystery has been forever solved nn and 1 that the suit of the tho claimant Mr rr G. G 1 II Druce to the I Portland l estates falls taIls to the ground There Thero was something singularly dramatic Ira dra matic malic In tho the sC scene nc at ot Highs ate cemetery cerne- cerne tery In this c cold wintry weather one of oC the dreariest spots to be foun found l The great rent granite monument which has stood for so many years cars has been re removed removed removed re- re moved and anel a shed she had been erected near the place of IntermOnt nt Into which the coffin was to be bo raised l and where It would be opened ned Several others had to be removed be before before be- be fore toro that Id identified aa aH the casket of Mr 11 T T. C. C Druco Druce could be brought to the surface of the vault great vault In which it ft was Interred l. l After Arter this tills undertakers cut through the tho leaden covering an and l In a L moment of Intense silence relieved only b by the cl cracking noise of of the tho opening opening- lead a glimpse of white drapery was wassen seen sen within and antl deep In th the coffin lay laya a L figure covered b by a sheet When hen this was removed the bod body of an Ln 01 old 1 man was e l to view in so remarkable a 0 state of ot pr preservation ser that death might have ha been supposed to have been quite recent There could be no doubt that the tile story or of the time bogus burial was utterly false and tIle the great secret which has cause caused so much discussion discussion dis lIs- and so much heart burning was given Ivon to tile the world The material of the Druce case would ha have hae e made n a a- a splendid l novel In the thc hands of Dickens and certainly It has hns the tIle minds of the public with unflagging Interest t for many months S Toe The opening of 01 tIle the Druce cornn re recalls recalls re- re calls the fact of or other disturbances of the dead l. l George Georgo the Fourth once in insisted In- In on making a tour of oC the vaults at Windsor In Ca Castle and ln l among other graV graves S which ho lie desecrated was as that of ot Charles the tile First I was told Qt an old man of ot much distinction describing the scene ne and tho the breathless Interest with which tho those e who were standing round the watched for a sight Right of ot the remains of the martyred king There Thero was no doubt as s to the Identity the hair had grown longer the face was nas Intact save for tho nose an and the visible scar round tho the neck showed showell the tho In Indelible trace of ot his untimely death George the Fourth who had no reverence rev rev- orence insisted on having the head hea 1 held up Co for his Inspection Dead Dea l Stanley Stanle In the course ourse of oC investigations invest invest- In the Abbe Abbey opened several of or the graves of the distinguished dead ul and in 1774 Edward time the Firsts First's tomb was opened and the bOd body In its regal robes was exposed The rho same samo fate fato befell the remains of ot Edward 1 the Fourth Henry the Fourth and tho the Second l James I remember rom many man years ago being present in Abbey Abbe when the grave of ono one of ot the ancient abbots was opened It was a twilight evening e and when the slab had been removed remo an and l the coffin brought to light for tor on one one- moment after aHer It was opened the time old abbot lay Jay In all an the simplicity and dig of ot the ancient ecclesiastic tho the robes to be Intact th the tho hand still grasped l a chalice but It was as though a vision Ision had passed l b before fore ones one's eyes eves for tor a few ew moments of oC contact with the tile outer air all and th the mortal remains ha had I crumbled nW away to dutt lu t. t |
