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NEW YORKER KILLED AT CHURCH SERVICE Dr. James Markoe Shot While Tak ing U'> Offering INSANE MAN CHARGED' Thomas W. Simpkin, Who Escaped Fron Asylum, Held-Tragedy at Fashionable St. George's. New York, April 18.-Dr. James Markoe, a well known surgeon, was shot and killed today while taking up the offering at the morning service in the fashionablp St. George's Protest an Episcopal'church, 15th street and Stuyvesant place, in the old aristo cratic district of New York. His assailant was captured after a short chase by a group of parishion era. The prisoner gave his name first as Thomas W. Shelley and later as Thomas W. Simpkin. The police said he told them he had escaped Thursday from the Eastern State Hospital for the Insane at Williamburg, Va. Dr. Markoc, a wealthy vestryman of the church, was a friend and personal physician to J. P. Morgan, also a par * Will 1 N 0 N aT alk No. 9 Selling Land by Our Own Modern Auction Methods. N U W U U \UE UR sod U Cas elinnLnd b M OurwnMder MetAundCostion ehingds WIR Eve U OT ishioner there. He was 56 years old. The church was crowded with par ishioners, many of them representa tives of the wealthiest families in New York, when the shooting took place. Dr. Markoe was walking down the left aisle taking up the collection while the choir was singing an anthem As he reached the 12th pew from the rea rand leaned over to pass thej plate, Simpkin, who was seated next to the aisle, whipped out a revolver and fired at the physician it is said. The bulJet strupk him over the left eye, and he collapsed in the, aisle. Choir Sings On. Several women screamed and men rushed from their seats some to the aid of the physician and others in pursuit of his assaliant. Simpkin, with the revolver in his hand, leaped over the body of the ptiysician and started to run out of the church. The choir led by Charles Safford continu ed singing in an effort to quiet the congregation. Simpkin eont'nued shooting. His second shot, directed at members of the congregation who were pursuing him, went wild. John C. Tiedman, the sexton dropped to the floor in time to escape the third bulliet which griazed ou Sell Your We can take it as it money. Our men are will take a personal in: able sale of your land. lieves you of all details the care of experts. I ness-like-efficient. 0 subdivide and SELL A' quick-sure-yields lai "Pathfinder" explains c METHOD. Write for i No matter if your 1920, we can sell it for Atlantic S Realty "The Name That Jus OFF ] Petersburg, Va., an FERENCE: Any person ft BANK REFERENCE sank Petersburg, Va., or C Brick, Buidin Lime, Bul g ";mn"n: Material. Fire Brick,S Fire Clay, 1 Sewer P'ipe, 1 Stove Flue, Terra Cotta Thimbles ,Mortar Colors and Stains, P Water P'roofing Mineral, p Corrugated Metal Roofinag, I] Asbetos and Composition Roof- C ing. F ENCUNG, IRON A ND WOOD P'( ything for the H 1! & McLEOL Sumtr S. C. the cheek of J. Morgan Jones'., Simpkin then ran from the churci into Stuyvesant square. 'George E Brewer, M. D., *as the first manf t< reach him. He grabbed the man' arm but-Simpkin managed to wriggh himself loose long enough to fire 'an other shot, which grazed Dr. Brewer'i thiugh. ' By that time several othei members of the cofgregation ha( thrown Simpkin to the ground an( were holding him down when a police. man arrived, handcuffed the prisonel and took him to the police station. Meanwhile Dr. Markoe had been cai ried out of the church and placed ir an automobile. As he was being lifted into the car he regained con. scifusness long enough to 'say "I wil be all right" and the collapsed. H4 was rushed to the Lying-In bospita but was dead when brought into thal institution. Simpkin freely admitted that he ha( shot Dr. Markoe, according to the po, lice. "There are a lot more who are going to get it too." he is reported t< hive said when questioned by detec. tives. Sarch of S61tcase. Search of a suit case Simpkins hat checked at'tl P Pennsylvania termina Land? lies and turn it into M enthusiasts. They -erest in the profit Our SERVICE re U -places themn under is complete-busi Lir METHOD is to r AUCTION. It is gest returns. The ur SERVICE and t today. N farmn is rented forN 0 N rou NOW. Coast Company ties Ynr trnfidtinte"o d enth its . The U r SERVICE hae -1)lcesnthm udeun istcom et-bs, PAUCersTON.ls, s gsit Brushesh aint andROICEn farmdisDeorted, Calsmnst nUod ae I >uise YorCnidne INOT S ANDNOT WELL Inbie Pso1lir, lOo Desortd ZIROI Iron Tonto Is Founi JIfelpM. I en hapns that or of yow ] boy do notpfunction1 e forsomt reason or othen' Thea k m a, realy i S , andy Iare tof . ut cer y you areot we 'elither. - If you are in puch a condition, read what Mr. Wm. M. Brs, "we ladid and try roa ron Tonlp,ai ead. . say: w M 61 am nearly always p well an stron and do not need mnnuc 'me4cint iexceptin for headaches. But, rectnty when I ad not been feeling very we for a while, I knew I needed some sor of medicine to make me all right. I took Ziro and It made me stroig and wet~ w m e. - . Iron into the blood, and b 6o0~~~lS, may prevent a serious adac; of il ,wic you are liable to "catch' IAM imeIf Your pysft. Is weakened - or ur % 15w par.- ^- I 'o ;a proven Its value as s' toPT . hen oi feel the-leastbli otst~Lg Rs good as usual SdrjA sells lro4 ona money. -our Blood Needs revealed, the police say, several radi cat papers and pamphlets. He also had a draft card showing he had reg istered September 12, 1918, under the name of Thomas W. Simpkin, 203 Fourth street, Sauk City, Wis. There were also several business cards read ing: "Thomas W. Simpkin,' and in the lower corner "Representing Swift County Printing Company" and "Kerk hoven Banner." A letter addressed to him and fiound in the suit case had the address 5118 Peabody street. Duluth, lMinn. The police believe it was from his wife. Simpkin tokl detectives he had been given the literature by a man named "Miller," whose first name he could not remember. "My memory is very bad,' he said. "Are you an I. W. W.?" - he was asked. "No," he replied. "I am against the I. W. W., because they don'ti give I credit to the brains of the country." K Simpkin said one of the things he K was certain about was that he had never .seen Dr. Markoe before. He told a rambling story of his move ments, covering the .,even years he had ;been in Canada and the United States. Ie caie to America from London, Eng., where he was born. le said he had been at St. George's church on a previous visit to New York, on February 19, 1919. After ar riving here this mortinig from Rich ond, Va., he said, he breakfasted and went to church. After relating his escape from the insane asylum at Fergus Falls, he said: "They say there is a%)hysical cause for every mental reactitm. I was tu bercular and they curedl me. Then I j Igot cancer and I wvas operated onl for that. So I guess those are the causes. : "Tihe preacher in his sermon at tihe Ichurch," he continuedl, "told them to be good to strangers, but no one spoke to me and I resentedl it." BLIZZARD STRIKES WESTIERN STrATIESI Denver, April 18.-Eleven Western stts oa were in tihe grip of aI blizzard which started yesterdlay in Montana, according to reports received here tonight. Weather reports indi cated the storm swecpt from Montana Iover eastern Idlaho, Uutah, northern New Mexico, northern Arizona, Colo radlo, Wyoming andl parts of South Da Ikota Nebraska, Iowva, andl Kansas. '1The second (lay of the blizzard bi'ought almost complete paralysis to all railroadls entering Denver andl blockaded tihe streets of the city so that no traffic effects street cars will be permittedl in the dlowntown sections tomorrow. Railroads have annulled practically all trains in this vicinity. HQNi MUCH CEREAL FOOD SHOULD BE USED IN DIP''Ir 1 Cereal food of one kindl or another j forms a large part of almost every wvholesome and economical diet. As a general rule, tile greater the part played by cereals the cheaper the (iot. Up to a certain poInt one mauy cut down the quantity of meat, eggs, 1 1 1 SEAL.8 TINS ONL. AT 1UR GROCER.I AWELL HOUS. I lei ft~ \os y as',, Isconeltsr1 n dt about 4 1:2 pounds of broad, or its ite equivalent in a varitIy of cereal foo ,re 2 quarts of milk, 1 1.4 - ppunds . lot medium-fat meat, 10 odncss of bUtter or other fat1.2 pound of sugar, and ily 4.or 5 pounds of fruits and vegetables ng In this diet the .cereal foods supg as about one-half of. the protein. rORLEANS COLU IBIA terson & Co. $IS-AUDITS TIGATIONS Tak Service a large staff of ntants at Your Service. Bldg., COLUMBIA, S. C. rU Euuusunumtunnasn Sand Heating Co. , HEATING, PAIRS. Office. 'Phone 155 OING, S. C. mm mmm 5"m ant a Home? bt by beginning your home ou have. A few shingles, or used at the proper time may rs. We can help you with prices, grades, etc. UMBER CO., Sumter, S. C. iE YOU MONEY UR OLD CLOTHING ICEABLE. r thousands of others-why ve a trial will convince you. laners and Dyers, ULAND,MI). Representative ver what we * thow you in ext time yog i wn. . It may not in thee ist now for' htave for sale, give us -the' mnd pleasure i Lg you thru.. Ve will show I uch goods as you service. d termis al-1 1e. Stop with r1 town. '-I uttertsugar, fruits, anA vegetab sed and substitute cereal foods, 1 )od specialists in the United Sti 'epartment of.Agriculture say th i a ]Imit beyond which 'this can I e safely done. A stimple day's ration for a fan1 f father, mother, and three frou ildren in which cereals are used NEW YORK NEM s. E. 'Hen SYSTE INV0 Income We have Competent Accoi Phone 4035, Manson Hill Plumbing PLUMBIN( RE] Near Express MAN] DoYou W Begin the year rig or repairing the one y a small bill of lumber save you many dolla either. Write us for AVERY L South Harvin St. WE CAN SA1 BY MAKING YC SERV We are doing it fo not for you? We belie FOOTER'S--CIh CUMBE] CARY S MITrH, Special Local ~STC i and look c i have to a i our line n I come to ti I be youar Smarket - j what we ] but would priviliege 'of showir anyway. you onlys Iwill give Prices an ways in lia us when i: