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Show vw fEARST PURCHASES ANCIENT CASTLE , 4- ' LONDON, Sept. 21. It Is -- stated that William Randolph f Hearst is the purchasor of Tat- tershall castle.' 4- -r LONDON, Sept. 21. It was reported report-ed today that Tattershall castle, in Lincolnshire, built during tho mlddlo of the fifteenth century, has been purchased pur-chased by an Amorlcan millionaire. The old castle will bo pulled down and ro-orected on Long Island,. Tat-tershall Tat-tershall calftle has been brought prominently prom-inently to public notico because of tho attempts which have been mado to ' aave the famous mantel pieces con' ijMjps ii ' ' ' " W'JXfrsurifi rtalned in It from being taken out of tho country. TntterBhnll caatlo was erected by Lord Cornwall, lord treasurer to King Henry VI, about tho years 1433-14-1:.' and has beon described aa probably the flnBt specimen of mediaeval brickwork brick-work in tho United Kingdom The four fireplaces In tho caBtle are ic-markablo ic-markablo for tholr beauty and heraldic her-aldic crests, and glvo practically a history of the owners and buildors of tho castlo from tho earliest times. |