A London surgeon's suicide

[Pcdunn]

Interesting case. Are we thinking Jack may have been a doctor, after all?

[Paddy]

From Welsh Newspapers online

26th June 1889 The Cardigan Bay Visitor

Anglesey held on inquest on Saturday on the body of Dr W. l. Thomas, a physician practising at 100, Green-street, Victoria Park, London. He came to Wales on Tuesday, on a visit to his father, a chemist at Aberffrau. He was very depressed, and a watch was kept on his movements. On Thursday, during the absence of the assistant, he contrived to get a bottle of prussic acid, and going to his bed-room, swallowed about half an ounce, death being almost
instantaneous. The jury found that he committed suicide whilst temporarily insane.

Pat..............

[miss marple]

More information, Anglesea Inquest on Dr W.E Thomas, took his life while temperarily insane. He stole the prussic acid from his Father's chemist shop in Aberffraw. He had swallowed half an once and was found on the bed. He had been depressed,
His London address was 190 Green St Victoria Park. So we have a Doctor who lives and works in the East End and had worked in a hospital in Spitalfields till 86 and goes to Wales to committ suicide in June 89.
Will check out census next.
Its very interesting!!

Miss Marple

[miss marple]

Doctors had easy access to Prussic acid.

Miss Marple

[c.d.]

Going off on a tangent here but the reference to Prussic acid made me think of Lizzie Borden (she of the 40 whacks fame) who attempted to purchase that same item from a pharmacy the day before her parents were killed. The druggist refused to sell it to her. The attempted purchase was not admitted as evidence in her trial.

Sorry about the tangent thing.

c.d.

[miss marple]

I don't know if this has come up before.Probably somewhere on the site.

Dr Thomas a surgeon at the Metropolitian Hospital killed himself with Prussic acid while visiting his parents in Aberffraw, a village ten miles from Holyhead in June 1889.

The Metropolitian Hospital was founded in 1836. The hospital was based at Commercial St Spitalfields from 1876 to 86 then moved to Kingsland Rd E.8.

The newspaper reports are very brief , but I would like to find out more about Dr Thomas, why did he kill himself? Its interesting.

Miss Marple