John Henry Savage executed - a meth fueled murder. In this case the “meth” is methylated spirits, a highly toxic form of methyl alcohol, which badly effects the central nervous system. However, in the 1920’s it was cheap and readily available. Richard Tillett and his common law wife, 42 year old Jemima Grierson, lived at 25 Bridge Street, Leith in Scotland. Their squalid home was a place where meth drinkers sometimes came. One of these was 50 year old ship’s stoker John Henry Savage. Richard was a railway worker and left for work at 9.50 p.m. on Monday the 12th of March 1923. Later that night Savage knocked on the door of No. 25 and was admitted by Michael Reilly, a youth who ran errands for Jemima. Jemima did not want him there and asked him to leave, which he refused to do. She went to her neighbour, Mrs. McLoed, for assistance, who tried to persuade him to go. Being in her night clothes, Mrs. McLoed decided to go home and get dres...