HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1958-05-01, Page 9Walked Off With
Royal Sideboard
Investigators recently turned
Windsor Castle upside down
looking for a gold brick that had
vanished. Servants were ques-
tioned, archives 'examined and
members of the: Castle staff be-
came keenly aware of grim sus'
picions of theft. '
Then the mystery was solved.
A gift from .the people of New
Zealand, the gold brick had been
melted down into gold spoons
and forks in use today at ban-
quets at 'Buckingham Palace.
Happily, Detective -Supt, Owen
McGrath, who is responsible for
the investigation of any crime
inthe royal households, does nol
have to cope with the problems
of his predecessors,
Many years ago articles of fur-
niture were regularly disappear-
ing ,from Sandringham. Chairs
and 'tables,_a sideboard • six feet
long, items of domestic equip-
ment and a wardrobe stuffed
with fancy dresses were among
the royal losses. There were even
blank spaces on the walls where
the thief had walked off - with
small pictures.
The it was found that a King's
Lyno junk dealer was in the
habit of visiting the house for
old and worn-out furniture. A
member of the domestic staff
began to supplement his own in-
come by selecting extra pieces
— and the police paid little at-
tention to the dealer pushing his
barrow down a main drive . , ,
until they discovered it was
laden with booty.
Still more startling was the
theft of part of the Irish Crown
Jewels from Dublin Castle in
1907, at a time when the castle
was still considered a royal do-
main. King Edward and Queen
Alexandra were visiting the
Castle and were expected to
wear the jewels — the glittering
insignia of the Order of Sr
Patrick — the following day,
There were diamond stars,
holden collars, ruby crosses, a
arp of diamonds and an emer-
ald trefoil. Thieves calmly stroll-
ed into the room where they
were lying, within yards of the
detective guard -room, and the
jewels have never been seen to
this day.
Then there was the case of
stolen gold plate in Queen Vic-
toria's reign. Whenever the
Queen changed residence the
plate was also transferred by
royal carrier. But one day it was
inadvertently sent by ordinary
transport and lost. The police
were never able to make an ar-
rest in the matter.
It is scarcely surprising that,
on another occasion, the Queen
glanced in the window of an old
curiosity shop and recognized
one of her wedding gifts, Only
the other day, one. of Queen iVc-
toria's silver cups turned up—
a11 150 ounces of it in a shop -
window in Peckham. It had been
legitimately bought at auction in
Ireland.
Luckily, in modern times, royal
thefts are rare. When the auto-
matic burglar alarm went off at
Windsor Castle a few months
ago, police spent only seconds on
their pre -arranged plan of set-
ting up road blocks while guards
searched the Castle ,grounds. It
proved to be a false alarm.
On the other hand, a truck -
driver found he had no need
to by-pass the road blocks when.
he began stealing the fencing of
Windsor Great Park Snatching it
MONSTERPIECE — A celebrated villain to Scandinavian folk-
lore, this troll turns a snaggle-toothed grin toward its owner
Mrs. Hans Stackegard. The doll was sent by her mother, Mrs.
Ingebord Pihl of Hagfors, Sweden, Equipped with long white
hair, black -tufted tail and furry feet, the doll is a representa-
tion of mytheical figures from many stories including Ibsen's
play, "Peer Gynt.y'
bit by bit, he sold $1200 worth
to scrap dealers before he was
caught.
Then there was the scanda-
lous affair of the guardsinan on
special duties in Buckingham
Palace, only a few months ago,
who perhaps felt that he was on
to a good thing.
Cash and valuables began dis-
appearing from rooms occupied
by close personal staff of the
Queen and the Duke of Edin-
burgh. The royal personnel were
concerned lest the news should
leak out for they realized the
world-wide sensation that might
Occur.
It was arranged that Squad-
ron Leader Christopher Blount
should set a trap, using a secret-
ly marked E1 note. It was a
rueful Guards lance -corporal
who lost his stripes and his
royal job.
Difficulties in recruiting staff
for the royal palaces — and the
constant staff changes that oc-
cur nowadays — have naturally
caused an acute new police prob-
lem. There was a stir, for ex-
ample, when a telephone opera-
tor at Clarence House was found
to have served nine months in
Holloway Prison. Another crisis
that had to be soft-pedalled oc-
curred when money disappeared
from a cash -box in a staff office
at Windsor.
Despite every precaution, in-
truders occasionally manage to
break into royal property, often
without further criminal in-
tent. Like the man who, at the
end of last year, climbed the
railings at Buckingham Palace
in the early hours of the morn-
ing and fell at the feet of a sur-
prised sentry.
Once a startling adventure be-
fell the Queen Mother when, it
is said, she walked .into her pri-
vate bathroom at Windsor Castle
during the war and found an
Army deserter>hiding behind the
door.
' The Queen Mother, it was re-
ported, calmly asked what he
was doing there. Then she gave
the unfortunate man a wretched
SEARCH FOR ESCAPED CONVICTS—Three Philadelphia police -
'men searchfreight yards' with guns drawn looking for four
convicted prisoners who escaped from a police vanoutside of
Moyamensic Prison. One of the convicts was recapturedshortly,
after the escape, another was apprehended, after leading
police on a wild hunt..
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ten minutes as she delivered, her
personal view of deserters and
rang the bell to summon the
Castle` guard.
The police are keenly aware
of treacherous eyes that watch
every royal activity, awaiting the
slightest relaxation of vigilance.
When it was announced that the h
Queen would . give sittings to
Pietro Annigoni, the portrait
painter, at his own studio in
Kensington, thieves promptly
saw their opportunity.
Annigoni's luck was out, for
he had omitted -Lb bank a small
fortune in fivers — and the
cache disappeared. Again, when
Princess Margaret visited- Exe-
ter Cathedral, in 1950, she was
supposed to see the great sil-
ver
ilver cross, with its hundreds of
blue Brazilian diamonds, glit-
tering on the high altar. '
Jewel thieves, however, had
become aware of their rich op-
portunity. They pounced a few
days before the Princess's ar-
rival. Though the cross was too
heavy to lift, it took them only
a few seconds to gouge out the
jewels.
The following year, a gang
tackled •Holyrood Palace. They
had found 'an unguarded ground -
floor window at the back by
which tO effect an entry and
went straight td a gallery on the
first floor where many valuable
mementoes are kept.
Clearly they had spied out the
lie of the land beforehand. But
the treasures had been removed
to safety and the thieves' haul
was only a few silver -tipped
arrows.
. "It didn't amount to much," as
a detective said, "if they were
after the Scottish Regalia!"
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the absence of disease. It im-
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under his way ' of life. Fitness
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about or of staying out of a
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vary as the walks of life vary
One is fit for what? Fitness, is
the ability to . respond to the
demands of your life.
Only one Canadian in six has
even a minimum degree of fit-
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ranging in age' from 13 to 50 in
all provinces. British Columbia
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of the population able to meet-
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,rushing the season. Most of them
are far too inclined to tear out
the first fine day and plant every
single flower and vegetable seed
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very often long before the soil
is really fit to work. The experi-
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that there are safe ways of rush-
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will produce flowers and vege-
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days ahead of the fellow next
door. But they don't get these
early things simply by going out
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Take such really warm wea-
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or cucumbers among the vege-
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gardeners will risk a small
planting of these extra early,
perhaps ten days or two weeks
before the main plantings. But
these early rows of plants will be
protected for the first weeks
when there is danger of late
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special wax paper covers, or
panes of glass or perhaps if one
doesn't mind extra trouble sim-
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papers at night,
Then too, we may hurry
growth with extra fertilizer or
with special prepared soil or for
a few extra early tomatoes or
petunias we may get extra big
started plants and for the first
few weeks keep protected,
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Straight rows and as long as
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nothing else will matter. And
good seed means fresh, pure
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The successful gardener does
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thing left over from last year.
He makes sure that what he
plants comes from a reputable
and Canadian source and that it
is fresh this year.
Trenches For These
Carrots, parsnips and other
deep rooted vegetables often
have a tough time getting down
deep into the soil, especially in
heavy clay, and in trying to do
so they become twisted and
branched. When we go to pull
them we too may have a tough
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all this fuss and loss by planting
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trench filled withloose, sandy
soil mixed with compost. In such
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easily thinned and when we go
to harvest there is no trouble in
pulling, as a mere shake will '
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NATIONAL OBSERVATORY -'Kitt Peak, in the Quinlan Moun-
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