Alexander Edmunstone
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- Gender
- male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Location
- Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Date of birth
- 1885
- Age at first offence
- 24
- Characteristics
- —
- Victim profile
- Michael Swinton Brown (male, 16)
- Method of murder
- Beating
- Date(s) of murder
- February 16, 1909
- Years active
- 1909
- Date of arrest
- —
- Status
-
Executed
Executed by hanging on July 6, 1909
Case record
Background
Alexander Edmundstone was convicted of the murder of Michael Swinton Brown, a sixteen-year-old clerk from East Wemyss, Fife.
The offence
On the 16 February, Brown went to the Royal Bank of Scotland to collect the wages for the linen manufacturers where he worked. He never returned.
Brown’s body was later found in a public lavatory. He had been brutally beaten. A handkerchief was tightly knotted around his neck, a cap was stuffed down his throat, his skull had been smashed in, and he had been robbed of around £85, which in 1909 was a great deal of money.
Investigation
Edmundstone had aroused suspicion by his sudden disappearance.
He was arrested at a guest house in Manchester after a tip-off from another lodger who had recognised him from a police “wanted” poster.
Arrest
Edmundstone was taken back to Perth.
Trial
Edmundstone stood trial in June. At his two-day trial, he offered a feeble plea of insanity.
The jury took just ten minutes to find him guilty.
Sentencing
Edmundstone was hanged by John Ellis on the 6 July 1909.
Edmundstone was 23 when he died.
Outcome
Edmundstone was executed by hanging on 6 July 1909.
Other details
The body was later found in a public lavatory.
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