The inquiry into the " Wimbledon mystery," the supposed poisoning
of a lad named Percy John by his brother-in-law, Dr. Lamson, still continues. The father of the accused, a clergy- man of the Church of England acting as chaplain at Florence, has published an almost pathetic appeal to the public to suspend judgment, but no hint of the defence has transpired, unless it be contained in some questions intended to show that the accused was supplied with aconite when he had ordered atropia, a prepara- tion of belladonna. Meanwhile, the evidence against the accused accumulates rapidly. Aconite has been traced in the deceased's vomit, and in his box was found a powder, said to have been sent him by Dr. Lamson, in certain packets of whioh a dose of aconite has been discovered. The poverty of the accused has also been shown by Mr. Tulloch, a medical student, who accom- panied Dr. Lamson to the school, and waited for him. Dr. Lam- son asked him to cash a cheque for £12 108., and though unable to do it himself, he obtained the money for him at an inn where he was known, The cheque was returned, marked, "No account."
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