A MIDNIGHT TRAGEDY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 187, 2 May 1908, Page 10

A MIDNIGHT TRAGEDY.

■ , ; <■ ■ ■ |( :STUDENT ! S DUEU; WITH' A SURCLAR. ; . INTRUDER' SHOT.:.DEiUD. Kolvinsido House,-, a .mansion'standing, near tlio banks of- 1 the: llivor. Kelvin, in'tho West ls jEnd'of"Glas2ow,. was oil: March, 17- tho scene. ' .of a, startling tragedy, ' a masked;, burglar, 1- jboing shot dead, by, Mr. James Brown, Mont--•gomorio Eloiiiingj law student, and heir, to.tlio line-estate on-wh:cH ; -thb house'is situated:, ' : In, the houso at'the time wore Mrs.-Mout-gomerio .Fleming, widow of, Bailie J. B. ElCmli 'ing,, laird of,..Kolvinsido, her-- daughter,.. the ,- servants,..and?her son;. James. All: ; woro- inbed; oxcept,Mr:: Fleming; 1 who, had'.'remained! 3 ''up : to. finish: some reading: 3 ; ; Tlio story'of' thq-; tragedy is toldvby Mr. 5.! Fleinins, asjfpllo'iys-:—, '.; ■' - >;. ■ "On tho-.-family ;rotiringi ,1 wont into-, the ■ reading-room, and sr.t' tl'.ere until one o'clock, a; about:,which: time, li-proceeded/ into;.the dini, ,ing-room, whoro,.a.-,peculiar,, noiso attracted my. attention. _ At. first.-. I; thought-, it: 1 came 5 .from. an. adjoining ro.oia,, but investigation, . suggpsteds that, it. camo: from tho, ivy- orit tlio walls facing: west-. j ":To. satisfy mysolf,. I wont downstairs: to. ]' the.- morningrroom;, which- was. iii 'darkness,, 3 andi on; looking, out; of- tlio windbw, I:, saw/the I form,of- a man climbing--up;-tho-ivy. "As-.fiuiotly; as -.possible. 1, then wont- into j, the telephone-room, and: telephonedv to- tho; 'Mnryhill:Police.Office.the faots-and!my, susr ' picioris,' with-. a:reqtiest that two offic.ors should, k :be - dispatched'; at., onco.- Havings summoned; ji Itlie. police;': t 'prb'ceeded-to' my -own: room- and: .armed' mysolf with a lpadod- tovblyer: ; : ""Returning,', to- 1 the ' mofriingrroomj:- I: ;.sw-itch'cd-bn,.theiplebtripilishti.rwhich,revealed' ;" iaiburElar, standing in; thoimiddle:of the room.-, ;I 'warned him tliat theipolice- had been, teles'" ;plipno'd:fpr,"and:that„.ab P.wasarmedrlip-would, • do , well'- tp , sit - dpwn: Quietly- until, their, arri-. y val-. - - ' ll,' "Without.;i'eplying tlip,. man.; whipped'a.re--5: iyolvoi - from.-.'his 1 hip.-.p.00k0t,-and .fired: at.- moil ;tw-iop-. One. o£:,tHp,'bullets grazed any; head: ii :and': ora?hedh-throiigh;,the. glass, front of ,' a, 1' bookcase, - ' 1, guar.di-by. the; sud- ' demiess'of,:tlip; '..replied,'.'with., twe, »• random-:; shots,-; but .'steadying- .myself; I : took' 1: deliboratb - aim. -W'ith. : : av, :tllird,. which , took. -- ;effeot,- and-'tlio:, man.-: dropped,, onr. tlio, floor. My- norvb'', seemedi'-'thpn^itoi-give, way,.'.'but-X . | managodi to.' tolephonoijfpr,.;t-ho-' family-: phyr ! siciniiji wliov came, at ,: onoe;- almost, oil-, tlio. ; (heels: of'" the-police;". 1 : ; ' ! 3s : : On. the\ afrival. of,' : tlie. physician and:- a, [; |jppli.ee<.surgeoni','who-, hatls'; a 150.,, been, sum-' . . n!pncd's;_tho;.-]nan: wasip'rwipunced. to be.- dead. 3. The., third,'-.liullot -had'; his - heart. ■ Ceath: must, have .been.: ihstiintarieous;; The bodyi'wasr removedvto• ihp.pplicb: ofiico, where, 3 it wasv subsequently-, identified-, as that- of, . :Jphn ( , MiieLcod;: alias- Gibsonj;-alias; Charles 'Webstei - .,,:wh0.-'w,as, twehty-fivp-ypars: ofi.age, : r a: stone-mason-, by, trado,; and.;'a- native,- of ; Auchencairn, KiroudbriglitsHirci. Hb.i had 3 _ j been:, twice : ; conviotedi: Five years : ago lie . :was-.;sontehood! tOi.'.three- years', iponal .;servif" : tudo., fpr) entering a^.-Lanarkshire/ mansion! T ;and ,stealing ;£!6ooi-worth',of. iow:ellbry. 3. i .".Ij>.'--J-,'w^B».-':fafteiiwardß'. discovered.: that, .! ,'provifliusV ;to ! ;' upon; , Kblvinside 'House-,..MacLeod".took off,.his, boots, andrcoat 3 ; "and-Iplacedi them, bn,,tho..lawni"• In. his-stockr : 'jngs' lie:- 1 -tlien climbed', up: twenty, feet of.- ivy, ;tb.ia;,'Window;' 1 arid,/lowering- 'tho-. top.,'sasii . ejitcrpd:-the. rpom, in,', v;liieh'" hp -was., found;; .. ijsrol/.'loadedi/,: -.Irii' liisi pookets were , a;, sheath knife, ten' a • stilbtfo.'. ' y ; decided: to., take. 110, 3. r'sts^ •* as- ttib lam-'roi? honiicido.' '/!/"; -' '■ "■ -■' ' ' - '