THE KING'S PALACE
ENTERED WITH EASE
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright
LONDON, June 8, (Received June 9, at 8.55 a.m.)
At the Bow- Streot Police Court, Harry Pike (an engineer's fitter) stated that he wanted to test the possibility of entering Buckingham Palace, because of suffragette allusions to tho subject. He admitted, however, that he had been drinking for several days. He explained that he climbed the railings on Constitution Hill and the spiked wall, and then dropped 20ft into the area. He gained admission through a btsement window, and ascended a staircase to the Jong corridor at the top of the Palace, where he entered a room ajid changed his torn clothing. He entered a second chamber, alarming two slee.piig maid servants, but apologised for his mistake. Finally, he entered a room where Mr James Cople (the Queens page) was sleeping. Cople awoke, and pursued and captured the prisoner. The Magistrate stated that Pike seemed 'a respectable man. His action evidently was a freak due to drinking. The police ako are inclined to accept this explanation. Mr Cople, in his evidence, said that the floor where Pike was captured gave access to the whole Palace.
The Magistrate pointed out thai there had been a theft of several articles. The prisoner was remanded for a week.
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Evening Star, Issue 15514, 9 June 1914, Page 8
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214THE KING'S PALACE Evening Star, Issue 15514, 9 June 1914, Page 8
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