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REWARD OFFERED |
FOR T. U. VAUGHN
Columbia, S. C., Sept. 16.?T. U.
Vaughn, former superintendent of
the Odd Fellows' Home at Greenville,
an inmate of the State Hospital for
the insane under an order of the
court for observation as to his sanity i
escaped some time during last night
and has not been apprehended.
Vaughn was convicted before tne
circuit court of Greenville County on
October 26, 1912, of criminal assault
upon a young girl, an inmate of the
orphanage, while he was superintendent
and was sentenced to die by electrocution
on December 20, 1912.
Appeals to the Supreme Courts of
the United States and of South Carolina
held up his sentence for eighteen
months, after which time he was remanded
to the State Hospital for the
Insane for observation as to his mental
condition.
Confined on Fourth Floor.
Vaughn has been confined in a ward
on the fourth floor of the main building
of the hospital. In the opinion of
the asylum authorities he had secured
a pass key and unlocked the
door leading to the fire escape, down
which he escaned.
The escape of Vaughn was made J
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some time between 8 o'clock last
night and 6 o'clock this morning.
Vaughn complained of a headache
about 8 o'clock last night, according
to the statement of the night attendant
and said he would retire. This
attendant saw no more of him. At 6
o'clock this morning he went into
Vaughn's room, with a newspaper
and saw what he believed to be
Vaughn's body lying recumbent be
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neath the sheets on ms Dea. At i
o'clock the night attendant went off
duty and the day attendant came on.
About an hour later the day attendant
went to Vaughn's room to call
him, as he had not appeared, and
found a dummy made of clothing in
the bed and Vaughn gone.
The hospital authorities immediately
gave the alarm and a thorough
search was made of the building and
grounds. They were forced to the
opinion that Vaughn in some way secured
a key and unlocked the door
to his ward during the night. None
of the window bars were broken and
the night attendant, who said he was
in and out of the ward during the
night, saw nothing of Vaughn. Dr. C.
Fred Williams, superintendent of the
hospital, says he has absolute confidence
in this attendant and is satis
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fied that there' was no collusion on r
his part. |p
Foot Prints Noted. |U
It was discovered on searching the ii
grounds that a bench which had been r
in the yard had been placed next to t
the brick wall which surrounds the a
grounds and that footprints resemb- n
' ling Vaughn's were around the bench
A brick pavement runs outside this o
wall on the outside of the street at f
this point were prints where an au- o
' tomobile had turned around in thej(?
street. However, as automobile n
traffic is very heavy along this street, t
1 these prints may bear no significance v
in connection with the escape. t
When he left the hospital Vaughn
carried with him a gray suit, an ex- ^
tra pair of blue trousers, a brown
hat and black top shoes and was
wearing a light cream shirt. The hospital
authorities describe him as be- t
ing about thirty-eight years of age, jabout
five feet tall, weighing 120
pounds and rather effeminate in ap- n
pearance. He has light brown hair, ^
which is very thin, almost to bald- ^
ness on the top; has penetrating
blue eyes, rather protruding, is of
light sandy complexion and wears a
l?T_ >
i jno. o snoe.
| At their last annual convention,
held some time ago, the Odd Tellowsof
thme State adopted a resolution
calling on Governor Cooper to see j
that the sentence of the court in
Vaughn's case was carried out. The
governor referred the matter to Solicitor
Martin of Greenville, who a
short time ago filed papers on
Vaughn and his attorneys stating
that he would request the court to
remand Vaughn to Greenville for a
test of his sanity.
Governor Cooper this afternoon
offered a reward of $20 for the apprehension
of Vaughn.
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Bethia, Sept. 17.?Misses Grace
and Belle and Melrose Dansby went
down to Augusta with their cousins
! and spent last week.
! Mrs. Scott from Augusta, was Mrs
| Jim Link's guest for Saturday night:
Miss Allie Evans from Lebanon, ^
| spent last week with Misses Kittie
| and Julia Link.
Mrs. Edgar Woodhurst and children
have returned to their home ,
near" McCormick after spending a
week with Mrs. A. K. Woodhurst.
Born?To Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Below, Sept. 7, a daughter.
Born?To Mr. and Mrs. Alick
Hall, Sept. 11, a son.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Metts from near
, Hodges, spent Saturday night with
Mr. A. K. Woodhurst and family.
Mrs. Lucille Evans came down
and spent the week with her mother,
Mrs. Jim Link.
Miss Jimmie Woodhurst spent one
day last week with her brother, Mr.
A. If.
Mr. A. K. Woodhurst lost two fine
calves Thursday.
Mrs. M.-E. Beauford's little grandchild
fell from the table Sabbath day
and sprained its wrist.
Mr. Paul Link,'wife and children,
Abbeville, spent Saturday night and
Sabbath with Mr. Link's sister, Mrs.
Ernest Hanvey.
The ladies will have a mission
study at Bethia Sabbath day. There
will be service in the morning and
dinner on the grounds.
Smaller Corn Crop.
On August 1 the United States
Government Department of Agriculture
made a forecast of the corn
crop of 81,000,000 bushels for Kansas,
but so rapid has been the deterioration
in the growing crop that
the State Board of Agriculture now
estimates the possible yield 56,400,000
bushels, or nearly 25,000,000
less than the estimate of the Federal
Government a few weeks ago.
Tlje State Board of Agriculture
repurts tJittt in in any pax wo ui xvansas
the crop is almost a total failure,
and that in only ten counties of the
State is the estimated yield as much,
as twenty bushels per acre. The indications,
according to the State
Board, are very poor for wheat acreage
for this fall, and out of 784 correspondents
reporting to the board,
698 say that the acreage in. wheat
will be reduced as compared with
last year.
tnAl/1 if 4e GOIS?
IJLlie nau^ad vvin jiviu, ?v ??
will be the fifth smallest in 45
years. Conditions which have prevailed
in Kansas in thus so seriously
educing the yield by more than 30 1
er cent from the estimate of Aug- <
st 1 have to some extent prevailed j
i other parte of the corn-growing :
egion, and in all probability the toal
crop will not be nearly so great i
s the Government estimated a ,
lonth ago. 1
Short crops of grain bear directly :
n tVip post of foodstuff, and. there- :
ore, on the rate of wages and on :
ther business conditions. They need !
o be carefully studied by the busi- !
iess man who wants to understand 1
he food situation and its relation to 1
rages.?Manufacturers Record, Balimore,
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>ILLON MISSING; J
NO CHOICE IN 6TH
Columbia, Sept. 16.?Because of
he failure of the Dillon County
)emocratic Executive Committee to
eport the returns of the second prilary
election, held last Tuesday, to
he State Democratic Executive
Jommittee, the latter body, meeting
Clothii
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heretoday at noon, could not de
dare the result of the race for Con
?Tess from the Sixth Congressiona
District.
The committee, however, adoptee
i resolution, offered by Gen. Wili<
Jones, of Columbia, demanding thai
the Dillon committe hold a meeting
next Friday, canvass the returns anc
immediately report them to the sec
retary of the State committee, Ash
ley C. Tobias, Jr.,. of Columbia. Th<
aawumiHaa will niflflf of PaInrw
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bit next Tuesday at noon to canvas;
the returns from the Sixth district
hear the contests filed by the tw<
candidates from that district in th<
second primary?E. J. Sherwood, o:
Conway, and P. H. Stoll, of Kings
tree?and declare the nominee.
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1 Blacksbuxg, Sept 14.?C. Y. Allison,
United States constahlf, and J:
1 H. Allison, Blacksbuig chief of po~
i lice, accompanied by Charles Byert
b and Cyrus Broom, found Silas Brown
j negro, entering his house ^hia mora1
ing about 3 o'clock with 4 jug of
- whiskey._ Brown o,pened frre ea-thfc:
- officers with a pistol, killing Broom
) instantly. *"' '
The officers returned the fire.
3 Brown retreated into his house end
, his pistol cartridges being exhausted
> he procured a shotgun ( but had to
) give up the fight on account of
f wounds and weakness.
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