DEATH OF THE DOCTOR.
CONFIRMED DRUG FIEND. MELBOURNE, Aug. 15. Dr. Cranstoun died yesterday afternoon. No light so far has been thrown on the cause of tfio tragedy. A baker called before breakfast, and Miss Baylis said: “I don’t think we want any bread to-day.” She appeared to bo strango. Tho schoolmates of the children who were in the habit of calling were informed that they were too sick to go to school. Dr. Leary says there is no doubt that morphia was tho cause of death. lie know Dr. Cranstoun for two years and never met a more charming personality. Ho believed that ho was a confirmed drug fiend, probably suffering from delusion as tho result of morphia, which might ext plain the tragedy. 110 also know I)r. Cranstoun was in financial difficulties, mainly through betting. Two years ago lie treated Dr. Cranstoun for an over-injec-tion of morphia. lie was unconscious for 16 hours, and gravo doubts were (hen entertained of his recovery. —Press Association.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2468, 17 August 1922, Page 4
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166DEATH OF THE DOCTOR. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2468, 17 August 1922, Page 4
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