Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-15
FOUR PELLETS KILLED HIN
Gruesome Expertpents Made in the Oele-
brate1 Scotch Murder Case,
SOME LIGHT ON THE ARUlAMoNT MYSTERY
Cross-Examinatieh tn the Monson Murder
Trial at Edinbufghl Causes sensation In
Court-Evidence as to the Eject
of the Gun Shot.

EpINBuRau, Dec. ll.-Tho Monsoon trial
was continued today. The court was
crowded Immediately after the opening.
There were a number of ladies present, but
Mrs. Monsoon was not among them.
McNaughton, tho guumakcr, upon cross
examination admitted that, regarding the
relative position of the body and the trees,
he was dependent for his information upon
Messrs. Whyle and Carmichael.
An inn ortant portion Of the evidence con
sists in deductions from the examination of
the,skull anu from photographs of the head
of the deceased. Counsel said that he was
unwilling to ask that the skull be brought
into court, and for purposes of cross-exam-
lnation asked leave TO use another skull.
Almost Escaped.
The cross examination was long and
severe and during its course M~cNaughton
said that the groove in the skull was caused
by scattered shot. The marks on the trees
spread in consequence of the impact of the
pellets. The fractured skull, the witness
continued, was caused by four pellets which
were found in Lieutenant Hambrough's head.
Witness also said that the charge nearly
missed Lieutenant Hambrough and that the
four pellets alone killed him..
McNaughton admitted that he, under the
supervision of the doctors, experimental
upon three dead bodies at the Edinburgh
morgue. He fired shots at these bodies IN
an oblique direction. Witness fired as the
doctors directed and they placed him in
position. Photographs taken showed the
effects of the shots.
Counsei-Dld you see the effects OF your
experiments on the bodyl
Witness-I did not look.
Counsel-Well, | don't wonder; it was a
CHASTITY job.
The cross-examiuation produced a seusa-
tion in court.
Witness admitted that no one was present
on behalf of the prisoner during the expert
ments already referred to. This caused a
buzz of excitement throughout the court
room.
The next witness was DR.. Littleiohu and
he gave a mass of technical testimony de-
Scribing the postmortem examination, say
ing that he believed that the gun which
killed Lieutenant Hambrough was fired nine
feet from the deceased. 1t was impossible,
the witness continued, that the injuries in
tlieted upon the deceased were the result of
an accident.
DIR. Mcmillan. who made out the certiti-
Gates of accidental death. and who wrote to
the Mutual Life Insurance company of New
York that the lieutenant died by his own
hand, testified that after so doing he con-
cluded he had been to hasty.
Mr.. MacLean, district manager of the
Mutual Life Insurance company. testified
MIR. and Mrs. Monson called upon him and
SAID a young gentleman who was coming
INTO a fortune of e200, 900 wished TO pur-
chase an estate, and that Mrs. Monsoon was
going to advance him G2o,0 0 and wanted to
insure Licutenanvi HI lhbrough's life for the
same amount, in order to cover the advance.
Continuing, Mr.. pMacI.ean 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 when he heard of the l~ieutenant's
death that he made Inquiries and saw the
procuratorf fiscal. n.