New-York tribune., 1920-04-19

Pennsylvania. | got in mere about Z
O'Clock this morning. / checked my
grip at the station, got a cup of coffee
and then wandered around for a time.
| wanted to go to church, and rcmem-
bered that when I was here year ago
| went to ST. Georges, so | went there
again"
For DR.. Reiland's sermon yesterday
morning he took his text from Ephe
SLAMS. chapter d. eighteenth verse. The
theme Of this is: "There was ignor-
ance of God through darkened un-
derstanding and a blindness of heart. "
Interpreting this for his parishioners,
DR.. Reiland pleaded with them to ex-
tend at all times the hand of good
fellowship to strangers coming into
the church, to any one who might seem
without friends or alone. He asked
his congregation to go out of their way
to welcome and be agreeable to
strangers.
Urged Welcome to Strangers
1T is impossible to estimate what
a friendly handclasp might mean to a
lonely heart, a distressed heart" the
clergyman concluded, cor how the view
point OF such person might be
changed from hopelessness to encour-
agcment. That sort of attitude, that
open rted behavior is the best ex-
ample of what Christianity should
mean"
Simkin was interrupted in the wolfish
consumption of a couple Of sandwiches
at the police station and asked if he
had listened to DR.. Reiland's sermon.
Oh heard that appeal for
strangers, but no one there ever spoke
word to me-"
/.
spired by malice cngendered by fan
church.
II don't know. 1t may have" he
said. ~ don't remember very we'll;
shot and | saw the man crumple up.
didn't know him. Two or three peo-
pie Jumped to stop me and l fired to
scare them. AS ran out of the church
some people called after me and then
IN the park L was stopped"
-, a plain clothes man appeared before
the swival chair in which Simpkin sat
with bumped shoulders. The policeman
had length Of nickeled steel chain in
his hand. Without word Simpkin
stood up and pulled back the sleeves Of
his drab, worn coat and the soilcd cuffs
OF MS shirt and presented his wrists
Tor the "come-along' with which he was
then led to patrol wagon and in that
taken to Police Headquarters. He will
De arraigned in the jefferson Market
Court this morning on the. charge of
murder.
Medical Examiner Norris performed
a autopsy on the body of DR.. Markoe
at the Lyingin Hospital, after which
he announced that the bullet had on
tered the physicians brain through his
;ett eyelid. fracturing the skull The
leaden slug from 38- -caliber revolver
was SO fiattcned and had torn such q
hole in DR.. Markoe's brain that DR..
Norris said he believed the bullet hao
caused instant death There were
powder burns on the face.
The pews of St. Georges Church have
been free since 1888, when new rec
tor took charge and insisted that this
practice be adopted. The only visible
relic of the old custom is a silver
plate at the entrance of the pew di-
rectly before the Morgan memorial
pulpit. On this is engraved "Stuy~
The family of j. P. Morgan have
worshipped there for five generations
The church was partially destroyed by
fire in 1873, and largely through the
influence of Mr.. Morgan was restored
brick for brick. He was intensely fond
Of the Gothic interior, which is per-
haps the most colorful of any church
in New York.
Detectives Search Grip
The detectives went to the Pennsyl-
vania station, presented the check for
Slmpkins's grip and then for several
hours waded through a mass Of papers
that filled it almost to the exclusion of
extra clothing. There were many re-
lllgious papers and clippings of articles
discussing religious topics. There was
also postal card which read:
Dear Friend Shelley: Received vour
letter. The address of the Hon. Clar.
ence B. Miller is 1921 South Street,
n W., Washington, D. c.
Your friend
MCCULLOUGH"
other papers in the bag revealed
( :hat. Mccullough was Joseph McCul-
Tough, of 230S Fourteenth Street North
west, Washington, l.. Y. Shelley told
the police the man was government