Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-19

4 Va S'HeiicS. WnlCn nc hau mnfntaine &C
was his. swas in reality the namo OF
ms wife, and declared that his name
was Thomas w. Slmpkin. and tina,
he recently escaped from an insan,
asylum.
II know that was nut factory
! he said. II came TO New York from
Richmond this niorning-got In
| early. after riding in coach all
night, and 1 was very hungry. Blu,
! only had SO and could not buy
food with that" q
Simpkin or shelley. said he was
born In London in 1878. lie said ho
knew he was crazy. but that hc
never liked being locked UP. lilo
said he worked us a printer until the
war broke out when his wife ran
away. taking the two children to
Minnesota.
Il Joined the Canadian Tusiliers,"
he said. when l thought OF my
wife 1t nearly killed me. Just after
l joined. word came TO prepare for
overseas and they ordered me to n
troop train for Halifax. While OIL
the train I heard that my wife was
in Duluth and was about TO give
birth to third child. and just
jumped from the train and managed
TO work my way to that city.
Hid During Daytime.
They didn't get me. because L
used her name and hid during the
daytime.
When got to Duluth ] took out
my first citizenship papers and got
job In n print shop. \ man they
called sheriff came to the shop and
took me away. And then Il lot OF
men asked me questions and said |
was crazy and they locked me up
in the Fergus Fails insane asylum.
But 1 escaped three times. Twice
they caught me, but the laird time
1 got away and then beat il 10
Cary. Illinois. and bought this gun.
l figured that il they caught me
again I'd kill them first"
He declared he had kept the gun
while In the Eastern State Hospital.
All efforts by the police TO learn
IL the assassin had slain DR.. Markoc
rs marked man were parried by
his assertion that he knew nothing
OF his victim and that he Had shct
the man nearest him when he fcl;
inpcllcd 10 Kill some one Any
same fate had he stood where DIR.
Markoc was. he said
Was Famous In Medicine.
Or. James Wright Markoe was n
widely known obstetrician. He was
son of the late DR.. Thomas Masters
Markqe, famous surgeon. The
slain physician was born in New
York City. In the same .editce in
which he met death today he was
married twenty-siX years ago to
Miss Annette wetmore Many per-
sons prominent in society attended
the wedding.
In addition to the prominence
achieved as physician TO the family
CO ]. PierDont Morgan. DR.. N:arkoe
was noted for his phlanthroales to
tho poor OF New York. Tho Lylng-ln
Hospital, first established on the
lower East Side, WAS the result or
ais influence, and later he induced
the elder Morgan to endow and
erect modern institution. The
financier gave 100000 to the pro-
ject His son has maintained the
hospital. DIR. Markoe. was it's ar,ond-
ing surgeon and consu!tant head.
Morgan Family Physician.
ipr. Markoe was Physician TO the
elder Mr.. Morgan until his death.
and continued TO he the family ply
stefan when J. +. Morgan. Jr., was
shot by Frank Ho!t, who later COM
mitted suicide. Dir. Markoe attended
the ilnaacicr. and u few months aft
crwlrd tho surgeon performed an
operation on Mr.. Morgan for APP
?endicitis.
DIR. Markoe received his carly cdu-
cation at st. Iau,'s School Concord.
y. H.. and obtained his diploma from
the College OF Physicians and Sur
Geons here In 1855. lie spent one
year in research at Munich, Germany.
taking a pos, graduate course. and
returned to the United States as FIRST
house surgeon II the Sloane Ma
ternity Hospital. New Yorh. There
he won a reputation as Il Eynecol
ogist. lie occupied a chair of med
icine at the Cily College OF New
York UP to the time OF his death.
lie was associated with many state
and city medical societies. and was
member OF the Society for the
Relief OF Widows and Orphans. y
widow and i daughter. Mrs. Charles
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