TRAGEDY AT CAMBRIDGE.

ARREST AND DEATH OP A WEALTHY " DOCTOR." A great sensation was caused in Cambridge on January 13 by the arrest and tragic death of a resident of apparent wealth and high standing. Mr. G. Roland Sinclair Roland, MA., M.D., as he called himself, occupied Edenfield, one of the largest and most fashionable residences in the outskirts of Cambridge, where he lived in great style. On January 13 a Scotland Yard detective arrived in the town, and, accompanied by members

of the local police force, proceeded to his house to arrest him. His wife, niece, and a little boy bad previously been taken into custody. The police searched the house for a considerable time without finding him. At last he was discovered concealed between the ceiling and the roof, having gained access to this hiding-place by a door masked behind a piece of furniture. He was taken to the police station, but shortly after arrival there he suddenly died from an attack of apoplexy. It is stated that Roland, whose real name was Villiers, had been wanted by the police for many years. The arrest is said to have been made in connection with the publication of immoral literature and prints. At the inquest the evidence showed that he resisted the police, but Dr. Lucas, who made a post-mortem examination, said that there were no signs either of bruises, marks of violence, or poisoning, but a clot of blood on the brain and other symptoms went to show that the cause of death was apoplexy. Roland had a vast assortment of aliases, amongst them being George Ferdinand von Wessenfeld, Dr. William Wilde George, Astor Singer, M.A., Dr. Roland de Villiers, Gustave Perrier, Paul Grant Wilson, and Dr. Roland Sinclair Roland. He had, said a Scotland Yard detective, been known to the police for years. In 1892 he was charged with offences under the Bankruptcy Act, and absconded under a bail of £100. He was recently traced to Cambridge, where he had resided with a Mrs. Singer, alias Mrs. Sinclair Roland, and Anna von Jarchow, supposed to be his niece. Whilst the dead man lived at Cambridge he used to visit London almost daily, being driven in his carriage to and from the station. At Bow-street Police Court Ella Sinclair Roland, forty-two, and Anna Sinclair, twenty, both ot whom had been living at Cambridge, were charged together with two men described as printers with conspiring to print, sell, and publish improper books, pictures, pamphlets, and other obscene libels. It transpired that Dr. Sinclair Roland, wlw was also arrested, died immediately after being taken to Cambridge Police Station. Detective-Inspector Arrow, of Scotland Yard, stated that on Tuesday night he went to the residence of Dr. Sinclair Roland at Cambridgea house standing in its own grounds. He was accompanied by Sergeant Badcock, of Scotland Yard, .nd Chief-Con-stable Holland, of the Cambridge police. On reaching the house he told Miss Sinclair that he held a warrant for Dr. Sinclair Roland, Mrs. Sinclair Roland, and herself. She at once called out " Mamma," with the object, apparently, of directing attention to her cry. She conducted Inspector Arrow through various rooms in which he was not interest- i ed. He therefore handed her over to the charge of Chief-Constable Holland and proceeded to search the house without assistance. In a bedroom at- the top of the house he found Mrs. Sinclair Roland. She waa in the act of putting on a black skirt, which he afterwards found belonged to one of the housemaids. He said, "You are Mrs. Sinclair Roland?" " No," said Mrs. Sinclair Roland, "I am Mrs. Tipton. I am a servant; I am, in fact, the housekeeper." In reply to inquiries as to the whereabouts of the doctor she said lie had gone to town. Subsequently she said, " He saw you coming, and went through the back garden." Witness, however, had reason to believe that the doctor was on the premises. For nearly three hours witness and his assistants searched the house, suspecting the existence of a secret chamber. At last he noticed a large walnut washstand in the bil-liard-room, and was surprised to find that it moved easily on castors. Pursuing his investigations he found a small door behind the washstand. It was locked, but with one of his shoulders he forced it. Then he was

confronted with some matchboarding, put there apparently lor the purpose of showing that the cupboard into which the door opened was a false one. H* found, however, that the matchboarding was on hinges and was kept in position by heavy trunks, boards, and iron rails. While moving these he heard a noise which caused him to conclude that someone was forcing a way through the roof. When he had got through the partition he discovered another small door concealed behind a chest of drawers. He forced it open and saw Dr. Roland crouching beneath the rafters. There was room for only one officer to go in to effect the doctor's arrest. Detec-tive-Sergeant Badcock, of Scotland Yard, volunteered for the duty, though there was every reason to believe that the fugitive was armed. Rcrgt. Badcock succeeded in bringing out Roland, who struggled violently. Roland was unarmed, having left his revolver and cartridges in his library when he made his hurried flight in the direction of the roof. Soon after being taken to the Cambridge Police Station the doctor died. The evidence of other officers showed that the works which the prisoners are charged with being concerned in printing and publishing were in connection with the University Press, Limited, Broad-street Buildings, City. Mr. Muir, who prosecuted, stated that Mr. Roland had recently carried out a , clever swindle by means of which he had obtained thousands of pound*, which, as a good ! husband and an undischarged bankrupt, he had handed over to his wife. All the prisoners were remanded, bail being refused for the women. Mr. Marsham gave Mrs. Sinclair Roland permission to attend, accompanied by a police officer, her husband's funeral at Cambridge.