Times Record/Roane County Reporter

Two persons have been indicted for a barroom brawl that preceded the death of a Reedy man last year.

Virgil "Hippie Al" Thompson, 45, and John "Frankie" Greathouse, 39, both of Spencer, were charged with malicious assault for a July incident at the Borderline Club near Spencer.

The men were among 15 persons indicted by a Roane grand jury Tuesday.

Both men were working at the bar when they allegedly got into a dispute with a patron, Nathan Murray, 20, of Crane's Nest Run.

According to the indictments, which came on testimony from State Trooper F.L. Hammack, Greathouse struck Murray with a pool cue while Thompson hit Murray with a ball bat.

After the fracas, Murray was treated at the Roane General Hospital emergency room and released. He died the following day of what police said were unrelated causes.

A medical examiner's report said the cause of death was a drug overdose...

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