Dr. Bartholomew McPherson

Bartholowmew McPherson is a minor character from Heaven's Bones. A medical doctor who trained under Dr. James Symons, Dr. McPherson was in turn the mentor and later colleague to Dr. Sophie Huxley. In 1882, Dr. Sebastian Robarts, a former colleague of Dr. Symons, came by Dr. Huxley's clinic to kidnap her only to run into Dr. Bartholomew McPherson. Long-held resentment and paranoia welled up in Dr. Robarts for the perceived sabotage of both Margaret's operation so many years ago and for keeping Dr. Huxley from him in the present. Filled with rage, Dr. Robarts beat Dr. McPherson to death. Before he died, McPherson warned Huxley's servant Janet to get help for Robarts was after Huxley. Dr. Robarts came after Janet with a scalpel and stabbed her, but she escaped.