Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-23
EQUAL TO THE LEROY CASE.
Full Particulars OF a Mysterious
Murder at the Wimbledon school.

London dispatch says: ''The Wimble-
don mystery is the great social topic of the
day. Opinions are much divided. Some
think DR.. Lamson is guilty Of clumsy muir
der, but Others, including many medical
men, think the boy died in consequence of
morphia administered by the doctors. The
case has excited as much attention as that
of LEROY. The police of London furnish
these details Of the story: On Saturday even
Ing, December 3, about seven o'clock, Mr..
Il. +. Lamson, aged thirty-fve, q surgeon
called at Blenheim House School In order
to pay visit to the deceased, who was his
brother-in-law. Mr.. Malcolm John was
the sole surviving heir to considerable pro-
perty, and 1t is not known how long his
father and mother have been dead. He has
two sisters, one of whom is the wife of Mr..
Lamson, but none of them has a settled
residence in England. Mr.. LamsOn, when
last heard of In this country, was residing
at Bournemouth, where he pTactised occa-
sionallY in his profession. When he called
at the school on Saturday evening he saw
bis brother-in-law in company with Mr.. W.
ID. Bedrock, the principal of the estab-
ishment. They were having some sherry
together, when Mr.. Lamson asked for some
ground sugar, In order, as he said, to take
away the alcoholic effect of what they
were drinking. The ground sugar
having been brought, Mr.. Lamson pro-
duced some capsules, and, addressing
his brother-in-law, said: Percy, this is
the way we used to take 1t in America to
destroy the effects of the alcohol . then he
put some OF the ground sugar into the emp
ty capsule and handed 1t to Mr.. Malcolm
John, who swallowed It. On previous oc-
casion, about three or four months ago.
when Mr.. Malcolm John was at Shankiin,
in the Isle Of Wight, he had, It appears, re-
ceived quinine pill from Mr.. Lsmson, from
which he had suffered unpleasant sensa-
tions, and In joking way he said on the
OCCASION. i don't want any Of your quinine
pills, such as you gave me at Shanklin. It
nearly did for me there Mr.. Bedrock
was handed one of the capsules before Mr..
Malcolm John took his, but did not ex-
perience any unpleasant effects from
taking 1t. The visit did not last alto
gether twenty minutes, and soon after
Mr.. Lamson left Mr.. John began to feel
Ill. He said at first that he suffered some
what In the way he did when he took the
quinine pill In the Isle of Wight. He
gradually grew worse, and then he COM
menced to vomit, complaining all the time
OF burning sensation at the heart, while
his lower limbs were paralyzed. Medical
aid was called at once. Mr.. Berry, sur
geon, was at Blenheim House school at the
time, and was called up stairs as soon as the
unfavorable symptoms began to present
themselves. At the same time DR.. Little
was sent for, and both gentlemen
remained with Mr.. Malcolm John
until he died, in great ago
ny, at half-past eleven O'Clock the
same night. Before his death he said;
That brother Of mine has done for me this
time and made other remarks to the same
effect. The medical gentlemen evidently
had their suspicious aroused from what they
had seen and heard, for up to that evening
Mr.. John had been In his usual good health,
and accordingly they directed that portion
In possession Of the police. Before leaving
Blenheim House IT was noticed that Mf.
Lsmson talked in q somewhat hurried and
excited manner, and on taking his depart
ure he said he meant to start for Paris that
night"