Was he a son of Wm Simpson? Dec 17, 1891 · Simpson: John M. Simpson, founder of Simpson, IL was called to his door Tuesday morning by Old man Dixon, his son, Charles, Henry Jones and Goin Harris, three tough boys of this neighborhood. He had just returned from Metropolis on the morning train and walked into his house at Simpson Mineral Springs, 3 miles northeast of town, when the miscreants called him out, and after a few words shot him down in cold blood. The difficulty all grew out of his endeavor to keep order at the gatherings at the school house near his house. These boys have been terrorizing their neighborhood for some time in connection with others and now have crowned their infamy by the most cowardly murder ever committed in Johnson County. May they meet the reward of their ill deeds they so richly merit. Obit next week.