Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1893-12-12
MURDER TRIAL.
., AVER OF LIEUT.. HAMBRoucH apo,icHT BEFORE THE BAR.
.,ourt of Justice Is the Scene Of \ sensational Case.-The Evidence
 Mainly Cireumstantial


 ,u YORK, N. Y, Dec PA dis Esb from London says The trial Tired J. Monson for the murder {ient. ". Dudley Cecil Hambrongh EArdlamont in August last was E,apnced in the high court of the E.iary. The court room was &rde,l mainly with members of aristocracy, and a formidable av of counsel appeared on both
 s The evidence i'll the case is
 Xiv circumstantial, and the high of the deceased, together
 b the mystery surrounding the Edar has tended to make it a ktable cause celebre. The victim ] the eldest son of Dudley Ham |nab. q millionaire resident of the of Wight with extensive estates Eyarkskire and other parts of l country and who is a justice of peace or magistrate in Hamp- ke In June, 1890, he engaged hson as guardian and tutor to I son. and the former seemed to te speedily managed to exercise a Earkable influence over his charge. aided him in securing loans from and in various other ktionable transactions, and finally Fixed him into a state of mind that lifted in Hambrough' $ practical nation from the the rest of the kily. Tn the meantime he La 1 hred heavy lines of insurance upon |charge, the policies in every case hg in his own favor, Although Bsessed of but limited means at the |e of his engagement as tutor his hk account soon thereafter as bed large dimensions, and in Au- It last he blossomed out as a lspectiye purchaser of the Ardla- ht estate, q noted shooting |und a few miles from Rothesay, leading Scottish seaside resort. engaged the estate for the shoot |season as temporary arrange pt and in a few days was joined Lieut.. Hambrough. The two b did considerable shooting to- her, being attended by a young h namedsEdward Scott, who was |he employ of the Lieutenant. On gust 10 the two men with Scott nt to the woods for a day s shoot I 4 few hours later Monson and 1t returned with the dead body |the Lieutenant, who had been It through the head. At an in- Hst Monson testified that he heard report of rifle and yelled out to asking him what he bagged. Failing to receive a Ay he went toward the place in- Rted by the report and found his nd dead with a bullet in his head. Hurmised therefore that he had |ped, that the gun had exploded that the shot. tering the brain, caused death. An open verdict E returned and the remains were Ffred in the family vault at Vent m the Isle of Wight. When nson attempted to collect the " Insurance on his friends life, Peyef, suspicious of foul play were 'lested and an order for the ex- patton of the remains was ob- 'ed. The post mortem examin- pn developed the fact that the | that had caused death had efed the back of the head and that Y as Monson' $ gun that had been 0- Tue latter then explained that oeiore he had changed rifles with
 Lieutenant. Iii the mean time ehoant Scott had disappeared ho trace of his whereabouts has 'e oeen obtained. Monson was 'See7 on August 27 and imprisoned
 "sefafy, the preliminary examin- ~ resulting in his being held for n' murder In the meantime the N oi the tragedy had been ex- ''eu py experts and considerable 'enee secured tending to show aeath could not have been the "' ol ol an accident. The prisoner 'eut a2 years of age and a, man bearing and fine at 'lielits. The trial will be desper- Y fought, but the prejudice ''As' ehe defendant in the neigh AVoa is strong and q verdict of
 " has already been discounted.