The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-12-16

WILL BE 4 FAMOUS CASE.
Trial OF Alfred J. Munson for the Murds
Of Lieutenant Hen1brouoh.

Trial OF Alfred J. Munson for the Murder
OF Lieutenant Hemhrough.
EDINBURGH, Dec. 12.--In the high
sonrt of justice today Alfred Johr
Monson was called uaon to plead to the
Indictment charging him with causing
He death at Ardlnmont. on Angus,
to last of Lieutenant Hambrough. The
,ase is popularity known as the
"Ardlamont Mystery" and has excited
3een interest in all parts of the united
kingdom owing to the prominence OF
The prisoner and his alleged victim.
The Right Hon. j. q. Alemadon, rresi.
lent of the second division, presided.
Monson pleaded not guilty. His al
eyed ncco,nplice, Edward Sweeney,
alias Davis, alias Scott, has not vet
been found by the police and in accord.
ance with the rule that obtains in the
Scotch courts he was pronounced an
outlaw
Mr.. Alexander Asher, solicitor gem
sral for Scotland, and three advocates
appeared for the prosecution and Coun.
sci Thompson and two advocates for
the defense.
The court room was crowded, mainly
Nth members OF the aristocracy, and
formidable array OF counsel appeared
on both sides. The evidence in the
:ase is purely circumstantial,
and the high connections
Of the deceased, together with
the mystery surrounding the murder,
ans tended to make it veritable cause
,elebre. The victim was the eldest son
of Dudley Hambrough, millionaire
resident of the Isle of Wight, with ex-
lensive estates in Yorkshire and other
parts OF the country, and who is a JUS
tlce OF the peace or magistrate in
Hampshire. In June, 1890. he engaged
Monson as guardian and tutor to his
son, and the former seems to have
speedily managed to exercise o
remarkable influence over his
charge. He aided him in &C.
curing loans from money lenders
and in various other questiona BILE tran
sactions and finally worked him into a
state of mind that resulted in Ham
brough's practical alienation from the
rest of the family. In the meantime
he had secured heavy lines of insur-
ance upon his charge, the policies in
every case being in his own favor.
Although possessed of bu. limited
means at the time of his engage.
ment as tutor his bank &C.
count soon thereafter assumed
large dimensions and in August last
he blossomed out as prospective pur-
chaser of the Ardlamont estate, noted
shooting ground few miles from
Rothesay, the leading Scottish seaside
resort. He engaged the estate for the
shooting season as n temporary ar.
rangement, and in few days was
Joined by Lieutenant Hambrough.
The two men did considerable shooting
together, being attended by young
man named Edward Scott, who was in
the employ Of the lieutenant. On Au.
gust 10 the two men with Scott went to
the woods for days shooting. A few
hours later Monson and Scott returned
with the dead bodyof fthelieutenant who
had been shot through the head. At
the inquest Monson testified that he
heard tire report of q ritle and yelled
out to Hnmbrough, asking him what
he had bagged. Failing to receive
reply he went toward the place
indicated by the report and found his
friend dead with bullet in his head.
He surmised therefore that he had
tripped. that tho gun had exploded
and that the shot, entering the
brain, had caused death. An open
verdict was returned and the re-
mains We're inferred in the fam
lily vault ut Ventnor in the Isle OF
Wight. When Monson attempted to
collect the heavy insurance on his
friends life, however, suspicions OF
foul play We're manifested and an order
for the exumation of the remains was
obtained. The post mortem examina-
ton developed the fact that the shot
that had caused death had entered the
back Of the head and that 1t was Mon.
sons gun that had been used. The lat
ter then explained that just before he
had changed rifles with the lieutenant
In the meantime the attendant Scott
had disappeared and no trace of his
whereabouts has since been obtained.
Monson was arrested on August 27,
and imprisoned at Inverary, the pre-.
iiminary examination resulting in his
being held for wilful murder. In the
meantime the scene of the tragedy had
been examined by experts and consid.
erablv evidence secured tending tc
show that death could not have been
the result off an accident. The prisoner
S about 32 years of age and man OF
aristocratic bearing and fine attain
nents. The trial will be desperately
bought. but the prejudice against the
defendant in the neigh borhood ID
strong and verdict OF guilty has al.
| ready been discounted.