St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-15
SHOTS FOR DEAD BODIES.
NOVEL EXPERIMENT At THE EDW-
BURCH MORGUE.
HORRIBLE AND CHASTITY JOB.
Performance Executed in Order
to Secure Testimony for the
Monson TriaI-The Question Of
Lieut.. Hambrough's Death
Still Unsolved - Testimony of
Old Experts.

EDINBURGH, Dec. 14.-The Monson
trial was continued today. The court
was crowded Immediately after the
opening of the doors. There were q
number of ladies present. but Mrs. Mon
son was not among them. McNaughton,
the gunmaker, upon crOss-eXamination,
admitted that, regarding the position of
the body and the trees, he was depend
ent for his information upon Messrs.
Whyle and Carmichael. Important evil
dence consists in deductions from the
examination of the skull and from pho
tOgraphS of the head of the deceased.
Counsel said that he was unwilling to
ask that the real skull be brought into
court, and for the purpose of cross
examination asked leave to use another
skull.
The cross-examination was long and
severe, and during its course McNaugh-
ton said that the groove in the skull
was caused by scattered shots, the
marks on the trees spread in conse-
quence OF the impact of the pellets. The
fracture in the skull. witness continued,
was caused by four pellets which were
found in Lieut.. Hambrough's head.
Witness also said that the charge nearly
missed Lieut.. Marlborough, and that the
four pellets alone killed him.
McNaughted admitted that he, under
the supervision of three doctors, expert
mented upon three dead bodies at the
Edinburgh morgue; he fired shots at
these bodies in an oblique direction.
Witness fired as the doctors directed,
md thnu p1anpd h; M i'm OOci,inn Phn-
tographS taken showed the effects of the
shots.
COunsel-Did you see the effects of
your experiments on the bodies.
Withess-I did not look.
Counsel-Well, don't wonder; 1t was
CHASTITY job.
The cross-eXamination produced a
sensation in court. Witness admitted
that no one was present on behalf of
the prisoner during the experiments re-
ferred to. This caused buzz of ex-
element throughout the court room.
The next witness was DR.. Littlejohp,
and he gave mass of technical testi-
mOny, describing the post mortem ex-
animation. saying that he believed that
the gun which killed Lieut.. Hambrough
was fired nine feet from the deceased.
1t was impossible, the witness contin-
ued, that the injuries inflicted upon the
deceased were the result of an accident.
DR.. Mcmillan. who made out the GER
titicates of accidental death, and who
wrote to the Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York that the lieuten-
ant died by his own hand. testified that
after so doing he concluded that he had
been too hasty.
Mr.. MacI.ean, district manager of the
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York, testified that Mr.. and Mrs.
Monson called upon him and said a
young gentleman who was coming into
a fortune Of e200.0 900 wished to purchase
all estate and that Mrs. Monson was
going to advance him $40. 600 and wanted
TO insure Lieut.. Hambrough's life for
the same amount in order to cover the
advance. Continuing, Mr.. MacLean said
that after two medical examinations of
the deceased lieutenant the transaction
was completed by Mrs. MOnson giving
the life insurance agent a check for the
premium. Witness also said that when
he heard of the lieutenant's death he
made inquiries and saw the procurator
fiscal.