New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-13
THE HEART OF MONTROSE.
Duke Seeking in America This Gresc-
come Relic of His Famous ancestor.

F1.lx4 MontroSe, VINO mas been yachting IN
-. west Indies and who has now arrived In the
,..s states on a visit OF some duration, is anxious
= ,,sooyer the whereabouts OF the heart OF the
s,rs NJ all his ancestors. James Graham. Marquis
- 1fontrose which, regarded as the talIsman Of
- ,srnly disappeared in France at Bouogne after
-. most extraordinary vcissitudes about one hun
- Years ago. and IS believed to be hidden away ct
- present moment in some private collection OF
80 relies and bric-a-brac in the United States.
-, ,,closed in that wonderful little steel case
80 NJ the blade Of the great Montrose's sword.
- MARQUIS Of AIontrose, 1t may be remembered.
s.sr eehting bravely for King Charles I, was taken
- nv the forces OF Parliament. sentenced to
pie nd executed at Edinburgh in 1850 under cir
s,snees Of great inoignity. The body, AFTER
60, three hours to the galiows, was quartered,
A@-soo,aauce with the sentence. the head being
ID -, a spike az ToIbooth, while the limbs were
80 - IN various parts CT the kingdom. the arms
oiss .,t IN Dundee and to Aberdeen, where they
Oo-e -siled I'D against the principal city gates.
- remembered trunk was Enclosed IN little
a Inv. .,est'' and buried on the Boroughmuir. which
- The usual place of execution ana OF ourlai OF
- 9orst criminals. place OF evil reputauon' niue
the - -, so,- and much Stunned at night.
sostoo before his death had bequeathed his heart
- ieoa bv marriage. Lady Napier, to whom
= as passlonstely devoted On the night aller
-. execution Lady Napier caused the trunk 70 De
s nm and the heart TO be removed ana Trough. 70
e-e - listed and devoted adherents She then had
hst :; 80 on5 inelosed in q little steel case made
:, -, r1sde OF her hero's sword. and placed the
80 N a fine gold hligree box when hao belonged
= ber husbands knsman, Jonn Napier the IN
y -. - ,fs 1oqarithus Shortly before her death
-, eyanler dispatched the casket 10 the son OF
1'Us a;s end his successor. who was living in
~, q, I{ollsnd IN some way or other' propaoly
.,o,,g1, rob,ery the heart was lost' ana an nope
- recovering it had long been given up Wnen a
f-isns ~ the Graham family recognized the solo
4,.-sa box inclosing the steel case in curiosity
T111r~f has
= s.,,-,e5 II not TO Lord Montrose. but to Lord
systsr ON The death OF the fifth Lord Napier it
nessed into the keeping Of his only surviving daush-
Ter Hester afterward Mrs. Johnston whose nus
hand was 4 commodore OF the Royal Navy. Wdiie
an a voyage out TO India. with his wife and her
.sessie,s on hoard the connodore's ship became
engaged in a fight with a French man-of-war, and
during ts course Of the encounter splinter struck
fhe casket shattering the gold higrae box contain
ing the heart, hut fortunately leaving the steel
essket intact. In India Mrs. Johnston caused
clever goldsmith TO construct gold fligree box in
the place Of the one destroyed, and this in turn
WIS placed in a silver urn on the outside OF which
was engraved in native dialects short account
AZ sIontroses life and death. The urn soon came to
be regarded by the natives something uncanny,
and the report spread that 1t was talisman. Be
fore long the urn and its contents were stolen and
sor q long time could not be traced. Ultimately
evidence was procured tending TO show that the
relic had been sold for a large sum OF money 10 a
chief in the ueiglDOInOO0 Oh 1hdNNlS-
Years went by and one day Mrs. Johnstons son
b.,nened while out shooting to save the life Of the
ebnd OF this Madura chief from death by laying
loVy a tiger with a timely bullet just as 1t was
about to spring The chief. in true Oriental fashion,
offered to give young Johnston anything he might
choose 10 ask and Johnston naturally awaited nm
self Of the opportunity to beg for the restoration
OF The Urn containing the heart OF Montrose. the
chief readily complied with his request and II may
be added was later put TO death by the EneliSh
for rebellion against the Nabob OF Arcot aitef nav
sng N vain sought immunity by relating his sur"
r,ndsr Of the Montrose relic. The Johnston family
-e+n-nsd 20 Europe in 1892. and. passing through
France on their way to England, were arrested ny
N. revolutionary government at Boulogne. not be-
fore however, they had time to intrust the SILVER
Urn. with its Enclosures. TO an English woman nv
snv there who nrouised TO keep it hidden untl II
roT,a SAFELY he conveyed to London Unfortunately
the woman in question died soon afterwaro- ana
the Johnston family, the ressoratloh OF pea0s,
we're unable to find any trace OF the SILVER urn anu
Of the heart. -
The search was taken up by the late Duke OF
nFontrcse and mas been prosecuted with good
deal of vigor BY the present duke everything tend
ing TO show that the relic has found It's way 10
this country and IS at the present moment IN Soma
private collection in the United States II Is pos
ein,e that the silver urn has been disposed or
eerarstelv: but there can be no mistake about the
Ii+fle steel case and about the hligree casket OF
Indian gold.
rr1a rressnt Dulze of Mnntrose would give a large
vrr, N recover this relic which has furnished the
therne for some Of the most celebrated novels ana
should he not be able 20 furnish the run amount
required himsef-for he is not rich as dukes go
there Is no true Scotch Graham who would not
gladly contribute toward the recovery or the heart
81 Afoptrose and to the bringing about OF It's mo
irg a final resting place on Scottish soil after all
its extraordinary wanderngs and vicissituoes
RECOVERY OF 4 MISSING ARM.
NAV add that some ten years ago the duke
managed 70 recover the right of the Marquis OF
Montrose The left arm had been nailed up above
the gates Of Aberdeen. and had Thereafter oeeh
+a1ren down ard eptombed in Lord, Huntly's vault
until 1861, when 1t was conveyed from lhere 10
Edinburgh. where. along with the head, the legs
~ the funk II was accorded grand state
funsraI and entombment in the Cathedral of ST.
Giles by King Charles II. But the right arm. winch
had been nailed up above the principal gate OF
Dundee was not recovered at the time. 1t seems to
bsve been carried of into England by Crom-
-eIlian officer Of the name Of Pickering, and It was
through his descendants that IT came into the pos
session OF the Grahams Of Woodhall, IN yorkshire
who in turn transferred it TO the Duke OF Montrose'
The arm Is in a rnunrniaed condition, and the
holes through the centre Of the hand ana thlousH
The aesly part of the arm the elbow indicate
that TIE limb had been nailed up somewhere, in the
manner in which il was customary TO expose the
severed limbs Of those executed for high treason
A PROMINENT FIGURE ON THE TURF.
Tho -,-esArt Duke of Aiontrose who counts among
-. .t .,ceetors Sir David Graham. who signed
the is+orc letter OF 1850 TO the Pope declaring the
,rs.naraence Of the Scottish Church from Rome,
and Sir Patrick Graham, the envoy sent TO arrange