Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-01-11
Din. LAMSUN EXAMINED.

London. on the Goth ult., DR.. George
Henry Lamson was further examined on
the charge of having murdered his brother
ip-aw, Percy Malcolm John, Il student ut
the Bienheim school, Wimbledon. The
case was transferred 10 the above court
from WaEdSwurth on account Of the in
adequate accommodation of the latter, and
Sir James Inghan now sat to hear the
evidences instead Of Mr.. Boset, 4 circum-
stance which has seldom, if ever, occurred
before. The case is reported by the Lon
don Times.
Nix. st. John Wonter prosecuted, Mr.
Montagu Williams with whom WAS Mr..
GIadstone) defended.
The prisoner, who was accommodated
with Il seat in the dock, is described in the
- Medical Directory rs Lamson, Geo.
Henry, Hu!sley,' Poo'e road, Bourne
mouth, Hants-M. ID. Paris. 1870: l.. X.
C.. p. Edn. and L. W., 1873; l.. X.
C. 5. Edin., 1873; paris, Vienna, Penn
syivania aud LondoW Mem. Brit. Med.
Assoc. and Bournemouth Med. Soc; Med.
Ref. Wesl. and Gen. and several other
Assur. Socs., Senior Assist. Surg. Surg.
French ambulance corps, 1S10-71 (5ronze
and iron crosses; Sur. Servian army,
British red cross, 1876 - (gOld cross and
medaD; Surg. Maj Russian service, and
chief Surg. Costaforo Eng. Milt. Hosp.
mania, 4th class and Ord. Med jiiie, 9Th
class), formerly Externe Lurg. Nlaturn,
hospital, Paris. The testimony describes
at length the departure from Nelson's
hotel, where the accused had been stay
irg. Lamsou had expressed the intention
of going to Paris, but subsequently
changed his inind and went to see his
brctEer-in- law, Percy John. at Wimb!e-
don. Lamsun drew q check fer e12
oa bank where an acquaintance
iia.! it caalled, and to whom it was
subsequently returned with the
memorandum mo recount > en-
,!or> Il un the back o: it. After Lam
son had hecn arrested anil ioci ,cd in Jail on
the Poisoning. charge tits acquaintance,
whose nanie IS John Law Tullock, medi-
cal student, whose brother Lamson had
attended. received letter from the latter
that he l.iG it:,tvertentl, drawn the check
on the wren. bank, but hoped that tho
matter would be made all right, as
he had given the necessary instructions.
The proprietor of the hotel deposei that
the prisoner was staying at the hotel in
the latter part OF November and up TO the
81 of December the account had been
rendered on two or three occasions. but
had not been paid the prisoner left on
Friday, the 2d. in the evening, taking
away Il portion of his luggage and leaving
two pOrnIan.eaus behind lie told witness
lie woniG Icturn in an hour and half
lie did /! ii see prisoner again until lie saw
him at iT:udswOrth. During the time he
wasat tue hotel Lamson wrote = letter 70 the
proprietor asking for the lJan o: -, ac-
t,,yn,,
OF con:,,c' ions. crystaliized fruits. etc.
which lie said lie wished to take to Harrow
with him ior a birthday gilt AS Dr.
LamSou does not know the pricc Of the
articles he has ordered he btss they may
be paid fer, and he will settle when he
comes down to breakfast.
William .imoor. the head porter II the :,
hotel, gave conlirmatory evidence ot the
departure OF the prisoner from the hotel,
and derosed to packing some luggage for
him. i small bottle labeled poison"
was packed in one of the portmantcaus
another witness remembered a parcel COM
ing through the post to the agency with
label similar To the one produced tho
parcel had been damaged in transit and
witness found that it contained capsules
like those produced.
Mr.. Wontner stated that he had to call
Mr.. Bedjrook and four or five other wit
nesses from his establishment whose
names had been introduced and Drs.
stephenson and Dupre, the analysts, who
had examined the stomach. urine and
vom!t, finding unmistakabe traces of
aconitia. 1t WAS believed that the result
would show that it was Murson's prepara-
tiOn of acnnitc. The vOmit and Il portion
of the inte estines had been given TO animals
with the result that they we've killed.
MOrsor's preparation, purchased by the
analysts. had also been given to animals
with the same results. 4 box containin.
two pills. found in the dcceascd's box,
had been forwarded, and packet contain
ing powders, bearing the Dame OF Lit
tieie!d,' of VentnOr. They had appar-
Iirst six were missing. The numbers run
ring down to Is We're pure, genuine pow
lers, but on reaching 1G there was Il half
grain of aconite. In the 17th and 10Th
there was n half grain OF acante. The
lS;h and Goth were pure. These powders
lad been left lying about the mantlepicce.
and were perfectly well known to- the boys,
who might have taken them and died also.
the case was then adjourned.
For several days past detectives havo
been engaged in the Isle of Wight in coz
lection With the charge preferred against
DR. Lamsou. 1t is reported that tho
t'Iorili IS contemplate having the body of
Herbert John, tie brother of the late Percy
MALCOLM John, eXhumed. He died ut 4
ventnor, suddenly, in 1870, and was in
erred at Donchurch. The case has
'ieAted considerable interest in the Isle of
Wight, where DR.. Lamson and his family
IS well as the family of the deceased arc
sell known.
hank Officers Elected.
The stockholders of the Farmers na-
ional bank of Lancaster to-day elected the
o'ipwing board of directors to serve for
he ensuing year Messrs. Jacob Baus-
nan. Daniel Heitshu, Levi X. Rboads, J.
". =. Bausman. And. Erubaker, S. NJ.
Reuben A. Baer, q. Rowe,
has. F.. IIager, Abm. S. Croft. Martin
lrei,lcr, Jacob Ii. Landis, Henry ,Raus-
nan.
At an election by the stockholders Eeld
the following named directors of
he several banks named were chosen
First National bank of Marietta--Abr.
'ollins, b. Spangler, P. Haldeman, John
lusser, john Zegler, H. 5. Musser,.S. +.
Eagle, John CruIl and H. L. Haldenan.
First National bank of >Strasburg-JOs.
IcClure, VIM. Spencer, Geo. w. Hensel,
ieo. X. Reed. John Bachman, A. X.
Slack aud Ch. Rolrer.
First National bank of New Holland
cornelius F. Roland, w. W. Kinzer, A.
V. Snader, DR.. Isaac Winters. Benz. B.
.,uIiy t. {, n;lIer Henry Worst ir