National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-04-01
DIR. LAMsoN.
sketch OF the noted Man aud Iris SotOrI
aus Family.

Sketch OF the Noted Man aud Iria NotOri-
Gus Family.
The news cabled from England n few days ago
that DR.. George II. Lamson, young American OF
good family, had been found guilty Of the murder
OF his brother-in law receives large notices from
the press Of this country. II seems that the young
man went abroad under the wing Of his father,
who is a minister of the Episcopal Church, and,
after graduating doctor Of medicine at Paris in
1870, undertook the practice Of his profession in
England, having only a moderate success. His
brother-in-lnw was Il young man at school, not In
good health, and Lamson, by the provisions ola
will, was to inherit a portion Of his property in
case ofbis death; hence he took occasion to hasten
IL by the administration Of poison. About thirty
years ago DR.. Lamson's father, then a minister re.
Gently in orders, fell in love with Miss Spiccr n
young lady of Accomplishments that he found at
boarding school, and soon amer married her
SHE HAD THREE BROTHERS,
who were educated In popular school at White
Plains, N. Y, under the care OF John Swinhufne,
esq, gentleman Of rare qualifications who is still
living at White Plains. The boys must have been
with him four or five years, during which time
they were frequently visited by their mother, but
never by their father. Mrs. Spcer came mp from
New York and made the necessary arrangements
with Mr.. swinburne and saw the boys frequently
thereafter. They were flne.looking, noble fell
lows, who attended diligently to their studies
and were favortes at the school, They were pro;
Vidcd with every comfort, dressed Well, and had
an abundance depending money. The bills were
sent to Mr. Spicer and paid promptly, and letters
in regard TO the boys were frequently received
from him. written In hand that Indicated habits
of business and familiarity with the ways OF the
world. Mr. Swinburne sometimes talked to the
boys about their father. They said that he was
not lawyer, but had a good deal Of business IN
Wall street; that he had an Office down town, aud
generally slept there; that he was seldom at
home and bad great deal TO do. Mr.. Swinburne
but
COULD VIND NO ONE
by the name Of spcer who answered to the char.
father Mrs peei yed h good but NOT very
preteutious house on Twenty second street. at
which Mr.. Swnburne sometimes called, where all
correspondence was directed and where the boys
spent their vacations, but Mr.. Spicer was never
found there In due course Of time the oldest OF
the boys was graduated, ani, on going home, soon
began TO minglc with the young people Of his
circle. Rev Mr.. Lsmson was frequently at the
house Oh Twenty-second street, but resided in
Brooklyn, and through that connection young
Spicer became attached TO u Brooklyn lady OF
good associations who responded to his affections,
and II was not long before the young people
thought of marriage. But when Spicer came TO
ask the consent OF the lady's father he met with
something like repulse. That gentleman, who
was man of prudence and business saggcty, was
naturally reluctant to marry his daughter to a
man who seemed to have no business aud whose
family he knew nothing abont He told Spicer
at personally, he had no objections to him, that
all that he knew Of him was satisfactory, but he
did not like to give
HIS CONSENT TO THE MARRIAGE
till he had seen his father and knew something
about his circumstances and position In life. OF
course the young man went away with heavy
heart, but the first time that he met with his
father he told him al that had TRANSFERRED. Mean
| time tho great world OF commerce and business
Numbered on with its hurry. burly and took no
note of these small affairs. It was busy with its
great political projects and financial interests
Perhaps the one man that just then rode highest
| on the wave Of commercial prosperity and had
| his hand on the greatest number of public inter.
| ests was Robert Schuyler, the frat OF the great
| railroad kings. He was president Of the New
| dent OF the Harlem Railway Company chairman
| of the executive committee Of the Illinois Rail.
way Company, and held u multitude Of Other
! offices.
ne WAS a GRADUATE OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE,
| was reputed 10 be man Of great wealth, and wa'
| related 10 the most distinguished families of the
Empire State. His grandfather was General PhiliE
Schuyler. of revolutionary fame; his fathers siste
married Van Rensselaer,, the famous and wealthy
patron OF Albany another sister married Genera
| Hamilton the distinguished Secretary of tho
| Treasury under Washington, who came to an un
timely end by the hand Of Aaron Burr, and hi.
personal friends aud relatives were in the first po
/ sitions in the country. He was reputed 10 be 0
| bachelor, and when be was not at his office III
| Hanover street. nor at his hotel down town. he was
| understood to be at the residence Of his step.
mother, to whom he was devotedly attached, arid
| who was an ambitious, aristoCratc lady, proud o.
her position in life and not disposed TO counte:
4
! often declared that he should never marry
WHILE HIs MOTHER LIVED
and as her death occurred about this time, 1t may
have had something to do with the revelation!
| which followed. When young Spicer went TO hi
father and told him GU what grounds his matrl
| moniel aspirations had been obstructed that gen
WAS geSy bid but WIN ,nd fhe nS
| he had 1t In his power to make everything salts
factory and would explain himself fully In a few
days. Accordingly, on one of his visits, to tb'
| house OH TWenty- second street no called thl
children together and said that he had something
important TO tell them. He then went ON to sa!
that the name which they had hitherto borne wa
not their real name; that, for reasons which h,
would not then give, he had adopted for them an
The proper name Of their father, which wa
Schuyler. The matter was Immediately mad
public, and caused great establishment and mucl
speculation. But from that time the family wa
recognized, and in the case of the SON. Rober
Schuyler, everything was made satisfactory, and
THE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE MARRIED
at ON Episcopal Church on Brooklyn Heights, anC
the writer was present at the wedding The wed
ding must have taken place in the spring of 1854
and II was In the following July that there was
great sensation In the business circles of New
| York. On the 3rd day of that month Mr.. Schuy
Ter wrote note to the board of directors of tn,
New Haven Railroad, resigning his position a
president, and telling them that they would fine
much in the books OF the company that was wrong
The result showed that he had not overstated tn,
case. In the investigation that Immediately fol
lowed II was found that he had overissued tn,
| stock OF the company about u million aud half
| and that the money was gone. The house OF
Twenty second street was watched for many day
in the hope of detecting the culprit but he hac
taken good care to be out Of the way, and died
| moved 10 Saratoga and lived handsomely on tn,
broken remains of Mr.. Schuylers fortune for som,
years, but has recently fallen into Strengthened
| circumstances. The children nre scattered anC
some of them dead. Mrs Robert Schuyler, the
| younger is buried at Saratoga; Mr.. and Mrs. Lam
son are in England. and their son is soon to b,
hanged for murder. Truly "t the way of the trans
| gressor is hard" SAMUEL q. ARNOLD.
WASHINGTON, March 81, 1882.