Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1909-01-10
70 BE TRIED FOR MURDER.
Direct Descendant Of Six Walter Raj
elah. May Hang.

sieian who traces his descent In d.
rect line from Sir Walter Raleigh,
was arraigned for trial today on
charge of having shot his wife dead
as the family seated themselves a
wear ago al their Christmas dinner,
Upon the testimony of the two sons /
of the accused man, who saw their /
mother shot dead as she sat down to
dinner-a dinner which had been ar
ranged for a family reunion following
separation of the family-the gov
eminent depends largely to support
the charge against the doctor.
Fate Filled With Vicissitudes.
The sons have never visited their
father during the year he has spent
in Jail awaiting trial. The doctor ac-
cepts his predicament philosophers
" and feels that he comes naturally
by fate filled with vicissitudes. Like
his illustrious ancestor, of whom he
speaks freely, he has had wealth and
has lost it and his adventures in many
lands have been varied Many of the
events of his career have come about
through chance. One of his aunts
married Dr. Richard Hughes, IA
nous English homeopathic, who came
to America TO lecture at Boston Uni
versity. Through his uncle's counsel
DR.. Amesbury came to Boston to stu
dy. His first wife who was the
daughter of General Inglis. a royal
engineer, had died in 1888.
His Wife a Beautiful Singer.
From Cincinnati had come a talent
ed young musician, Anna Waiter Ed
wards, who after being graduated from
conservatory in Cincinnati, came to
Boston to further cultivate her voice
at the New England Conservatory Of
Music The student, already a vet
eran of British army campaigns. and
the sweet voiced young woman from
the West after a brief courtship We're
married.
In these latter years, when DR..
Amesbury's resources became less
bountiful than they had been, Mrs.
Amesbury relied upon h.r musical
training as means of Independent
livelihood For a time she was soloist
at Grace church. the most fashionable
church in Providence Then she be-
came professor of vocal culture AT
Roanoke college, in Virginia.
Shot at Dinner Table.
1t is contended by the prosecution
that Or. Amesbury's sons We're anxious
that their home might be re-estab-
lished and that they and their grand
mother had induced Mrs, Amesbury 10
return from Virginia for Christmas
and had induced the father to come
from Readville, where he has estab-
lished an office. Ii is insisted that
the family had Just been seated when
the parents resumed the difficulties
which had estranged them. The sons
assert that DR. Amesbury drew a re
volver and fired two shots into the
breast of the beautiful singer, who
ran screaming from the suite and
fell dead in a neighbours parlor. The
two sons Immediately leaped upon the
father and battled with him for tel
minutes before help came. The ply
sician's practice had been limited an,
the prosecution maintains that he was
jealous of his wife's accomplishments
Claimant to Raleigh Estate.
Alienists who have examined DR.
Amesbury have reported that he is
sane, and therefore if convicted he
cannot escape punishment. If he
should be found guilty of murder il
the first degree this law process vii
remove the direct heir of a large es
tate in Devonshire. England, which i:
the native heath of the famous Sit
Walter Raleigh.
DR.. Amesbury is the next claiman
to an estate now held by Edward
Raleigh, of Dartmouth, England. Thi:
estate was acquired in 1850 by the
Amesburys and the Raleighs during
service in India, and has been in
creased by investment. 1t passes Il
the Oldest son of a generation, Upon
t the death of the present holder thi'
{ estate would logically pass to the
doctor who now faces trial, as he il
. the oldest son of nine children o
, Surgeon General Joseph Walter Ra
y leigh Amesbury The authenticity o
, the doctors genealogy and claim
have been carefully examined in Eng
. land, and an extended chart of tn,
t descendants of Sir Walter Raleigh il
now in possession of DR.. Amesburyi
counsel.
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