23 April 1920
Markoe Slayer Indicted.
Thomas W. Simpkin, slayer of Dr. James Wright Markoe, was
indicted yesterday for murder in the first degree. He will be arraigned today
before Judge Joseph F. Mulqueen in General Sessions. A commission to inquire into Simpkin’s mental state will be asked, and efforts will be made to have him sent
to Matteawan.
Indictments charging assault in the first and second degree were also found
against Simpkin, based on the slight wound suffered by Dr. George E. Brewer, who
grappled with the slayer after he had shot at Dr. Markoe.