[IC] Prologue - A Mysterious Meeting Beckons

"I'm afraid not dear. Like I said, he burned a lot of his notes and books."

Winston Pharmaceuticals is a well-established, and well-run business. It was started by Walter Winston just after the Great War, and quickly grew thanks to good management. They don't really specialise, but work in a variety of areas (most are standard), bringing their own drugs to market as well as generic versions of established brands. They're available at most pharmacies (they also do a lot of over the counter medications), and have been run by the same management team for the last 2 decades at least. They tend to be conservative rather than radical in their approach, and have grown steadily since their infancy. The owners (Walter Winston, then after his death, Janet Winston Rogers) have been very hands-off since the early 1920s (As Janet said, her father basically handed the running of the company over to the (competent) management so that he could devote himself to his "studies" and adventures).

Samuel doesn't have much he needs to do to get ready, going into the bank and informing them he will need some time off as a personal matter has come up unexpectedly.

He'll pack a bag, including his pistol and the bayonet for his rifle, a flashlight and batteries, and with the proper supplies -- extra magazines, ammunition, cleaning equipment -- he'll be ready to go when it's time.

Over the next few days, Lillian contacted family members and bandmates, letting them know what had happened to her husband.

However, Lillian also said a professional opportunity had arisen in Georgia that she wished to investigate; the change of scene would do her good.

They were worried, of course. She'd telegram when she could (more impersonal). Right now, Lillian had mourned enough, or so she thought.

After searching for quite some time, Dr Walker discovers that the Old Hope Rd address is just outside Savannah itself, and appears to have been an old antebellum mansion and plantation - so while he can't find any mention of it being a sanitorium now, it's distinctly possible, since many old plantation mansions were converted to hospitals, museums, and the like after the civil war when the plantations associated with them no longer had slaves to work their lands and became more unprofitable (and especially where their owners were killed in the civil war). In addition, a lot of sanitoria are privately owned, so that may be why he can't find a public listing as one.

Satisfied that he may have found the place, he calls it a job well done, but as he's finishing up his research, he does notice one important fact - that the building was first built and owned by one Jeremiah Henslowe.

Henslowe! It cannot be a coincidence... whatever this address is, it was owned by Douglas's family... They sound like they come from old, pre-civil war plantation money. Maybe it wasn't a Sanitarium after all... what if he simply spent a year in the old family mansion?

Gabriel makes a mental note to share this interesting snippet of information with the others on the first occasion.