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T. C. VAUGHN LOSES 1 IN HIGHEST COURT DECISION OF FEDERAL TRIBUNAL AGAINST CONDEMNED PRISONER j Ho Be Resentenced Soon?Appeals of JIalloy and Bethune Dismissed. I I News and Courier. Columbia, June 21.?Attorney General Peeples received a telegram today announcing that the United States supreme court had affirmed the sentence of death upon T. U. Vaughn and had dismissed Vaughn's appeal with costs. The telegram also stated that the supreme court had dismissed tne appeal of Joe Grant, a negro, wanted in this State on the charge of murder, and who has been fighting extradition. Grant will be brought to South Carolina at once for trial. The following is the telegram to the attorney general from James D. Xaher, clerk of Che -United States supreme court: "Vaughn vs. South Caroliua. Affirmed with costs. United States ex-rel Brown ivs. Cooke. Dismised for want J + " . tM. J Ui 15U1L L1U11The Grant Case. The negro, Joe Grant, alias Brown is wanted for the alleged shooting of a, white man in Edgefield county in 1906. He fled to Pennsylvania and ibas been fighting efforts of the South Carolina officials to get him back liere for trial. After an extended hearing tfce governor of Pennsylvania issued extradition papers for the return of Grant to South Carolina, and - it was an appeal from this decision which Grant took to ti;e United States supreme court, and which that "body dismissed today. It Is the expectation o.f Attorney General Peeples to expedite, the return of Grant to this State for trial. Case Against "Vbogfon. t< tt tronorVin vhri Inst. Ihis case X U. T au^uu, ?JUV _ before the supreme court today, is under sentence of death on a conviction of criminal assault. He was former superintendent of the Odd Fellows home in Greenville, and fcis trial attracted wide attention. - He based Siis appeal on the ground that the mode of legal execution had been changed, after the time his alleged crime was committed, from (hanging to electrocution, and he contended that this was in the nature of an ex-post facto law. But the supreme court overruled cim on this point. Vaughn will be resentenced at the next term of the general sessions court of Greenville county." ? ? insane or reigmui^t Vaugnn is at present confined in the State penitentiary, and it 'is stated that he has not spoken a word in nearly two years, and that Hie constantly acts as if he is insane. It has been thought for some time that Vaug)':n was either insane or is a splendid actor, for he has been acting as one demented. Durine tne early part of this year Dr. A P. Herring of Baltimore while in Columbia, made a close study of Vaughn and gave it as his opinion that the man was only acting. During Governor Manning's visit to the penitentiary last week one of the newspaper men who was along observed Vaughn. At that time he was seated on tfce | floor, head bowed and fingers constantly interlacing. Although addressed in a loud tone of vo'ce he did not seem to notice, that he was sopken to, nor would he. utter a wor-d or pay 1 A! ? *" - IV> vrm T 4" ic? ax ten Lion iu any one -ue?wii:i>ui.. n ? likely that a committee of medical experts will be asked to pass on the question of whether Vaughn is insane or not. -J* ?. XT: Vaughn was convicted in October of 1912, and fcas been confined in the penitentiary ever since for safe-keepOther Capital Cases Won. 'Two other capital cases from this estate, Joe Maiioy 01 oenneitsviut:, - under sentence of death for the mur-1 ..der of Prentice Moore, and Will; ' Bethune of Clarendon county, also un-1 ^ der sentence of death, have been af : firmed by tibe United States supreme - . court on the same point involved In vthe Vaughn case. .Attorney General Peeples has won -flll six of his cases before the United States supreme court this year. In m. addition to tlbe four mentioned above, She won two insurance cases, which i H were taken up on appeal. r \M TRACE OF STOLEN ?EMS j ' V Taken from Art Palace at San Franf s else* Exposition. r San Francisco, June 21.?(No trace bad been found today of several ancient Egyptian scarabs, diamonds and emeralds and other rare jewels, valued at $15,000, which were stolen from the domestic arts and crafts section of the Varied Industry Paiace of the Panama-Pacific Exposition Saturday j . f Bight. The articles were loaned by Edgar Perera of New York, for exhibition purposes. L >V0> ALL SIX CASES IN HIGHEST COURT Good Keeord Made by South Carolina Attorney General's Office? Bethune Gets Keprie?e. News and Courier. Columbia, June 22.?Attorney Gen-j eneral Peeples and Assistant Attorney j 1 eral PeejAes and Assistant Attorney j ulated on winning the six cases Deiore I the United States supreme court, in , which they represented the State of, I Sou til Carolina. Three of these were j capital cases and in each one the high-! ' I , est tribunal upheld t^e sentence of j , de^th, T. U. Vaughn, Joe Malloy and | , Willie Bethune being the condemned j i , trio. They appealed on the ground thatj i the chansins: of tfce mode of legal ex-j , ? ^ ; ecution from hanging to electrocution j was in the nature of an ex post facto i law, but the supreme court held otherwise. Two of tfce cases were insur; ance cases and in both of these the , attorney general's office won out. Tlie Grant Case. j The sixth case was that of Joe ! Grant, alias Frederick Brown, a negro i w<': o is under indictment charged with murder. It is alleged that he shot and l killed J. F. Derrick, a white man, at j Johnston, in Edgefield county on April 114, 1906, and fled to Pennsylvania. He ( went to Philadelphia and was working I in a barber shop when arrested by a I negro detective. Then began a long ; fight against extradition. Solicitor jGeor-ge Bell Timmerman got requisij tion papers and went several times to Pennsylvania in the various fights made by the negro in the courts against being returned to tJ-is State. | Finally ffce lost and the governor of {that State granted extradition papers. ; An appeal was taken to the United i States supreme court and Attorney jGeneral Peeples and Assistant Attor| ney General Dominick represented the ; State at Washington, again winning I , out. Grant will be returned to. this State I and placed on trial at Edgefield. He ? will probably be brought back within ; six weeks, for it will be thirty days j before the mandate of the supreme i court is sent down to the PennsylI vania courts. The Yaughn (Case. T. U. Vaughn, wfco yesterday lost his appeal before the United States supreme court, will be taken back to Greenville at the next term of the court of general sessions for rej sentencing. He was convicted in Oc ! tober, 1912, at Greenville, for criminal | assault on a little girl inmate of the Odd Fellows' "nome in 1908, he being superintendent at the time. His trial attracted countrywide attention. Since his conviction and his appeal from the death sentence (Vaughn has been con(fined in tfce State penitentiary and is 1 either insane or a consummate actor. ! Some of t"*e authorities believe he has I lost his mind, but it was recalled this ! morning that Dr. A. P. Herring of ! Maryland, while in Columbia the first this year, examined Vaughn and ! pronounced him as feigning insanity. Commission May Decide, j Governor Wanning said this morn! : At X _ 3 3 A I mg rnai a commission u> examine imo I the sanity of Vaughn might be api pointed, as he understood an application for such a commission would he ipade by parties representing tfte condemned man. The governor will give a close study to the case, although he has made no official announcement of the matter along this line. | Willie Bethune, the Clarendon negro i under sentence of electrocution on | July 2, was reprieved for 90 days this | morning by the go-vernor to look into ' tfns case. It is thought tf:is case may | go before the pardon board. Bethune has been sentenced to die several I times, has had several trials, and has i taken his case to the United States i supreme court, which upheld the senj tence of tfce South Carolina courts, jit is probable .that a thorough in! vestieation into this case will be made S by the pardon board, and the governor. v- i 1 SCORES INDICTED v Indianapolis Grand Jury Accuses 128; With Conspiracy to Violate Election Statutes. Indianapolis, Ind., June 22.?One hundred and twenty-eight men were indicted by the Marion county grand iurv here today on charges of con ~ " " 1 spiracy to commit felonies such as are defined by the election laws of the State and the laws against bribery and blackmail. Less than lhalf the number had surrendered to Sheriff George V. Coffin and given bond tonight. Thomas. Taggart, Democratic national committeeman for Indiana; Joseph E. Bell, mayor of Indianapolis; Samuel V. Perrott, chief of police, and Robert W. Metzger, Republican member of the board of public safety, however, were among the first to acknowledge service in the case and gave surety. The bonds of those who surrendered today ranged from $2,500 to $10,000. It was estimated that if all the 128 * ' *< rjnpB^> * Jff^qBBflSH^SpHB i5Bg?* <3(858? * -*5^# ^^everCAe I Chcw^^lipS 5 c. the packet or two cent at all the better sta JUST bobbec ularity?"I new candy-coa ing gum. He< so that you ki anywhere. Fre; minty flavor tl i one likes so | luscious chev ! and new. j ... i "Bobs" arc wfo ????w?? m i^?j? I (were to give band tJbe total would was j run to more, than $300,000. indie No date for tlie arraignment nasi m , been announced and Judge James A. j indie Collins of tf:e criminal court said late the f ' todav that the date would not be set trial i until next week. ants Mr. Taggart and Mr. Bell tonight Bell proclaimed their innocence and as- men 1 serted they had committed no crimes rate for which they should be indicted. ?? Can't Find Causef c "I have not been able to find out l what I Ihave been indicted for," said ^ iMr. Taggart. "I have not seen the vaca i indictment ana when our attorneys jege j asked for copies tJ':ey were told the stud indictment was not ready to spread j cour upon the record. Until I know with | & n I what I am charged obviously there is 1 ^an little for me to say." sc-no Mr. Taggart added that he would thejr j remain in Indianapolis until bonds the I were provided for all indicted. tion> j Mayor Bell declared that he was tions ready for trial now. - 4 cant: "I have violated no law," Ihe said. pres | "After our attorneys have had an op- atioi j portunity to examine the indictment I bian j may have something to say." | gc j Tfce sheriff's office Was crowded all free ! afternoon with defendant* and their 0pen , friends arranging bonds. Only a few jnfo; j capiases were served outside of the pres sheriff's office. 1 * - - la JbTiends to JKescue. j Arr While a few of the bonds were pro- j vided by surety companies, tlhe ma-: jority of those offered today were by j ^ers^ friends of the indicted men. None j seemed to have difficulty in furnishing 1 to ^ security. j Gary l r 111-? ? v*rViiy-?Vi nc 4vi A Q I ClI*Cl ilie iUUiUULiAGXLL, nui^u 10 an | [ counts and covers 228 typewritten > C., 0 ! pages, charged that the conspiracy j a- mbegan prior to the primary of May 5, ?* ^ 1914, and extended through the elec- j Guar tion of November 3, 1914. It charges ^arn illegal voting, intimidation false reg- ^letc istration, padding the tally sheets, ^nie stuffing the ballot boxes, illegal ma- m^no nipulati'on: of voting machines, black- mnet mailing of saloon keepers and resort mon ? blp r owners, bribery and vote buying. * willii Conviction of the charge of conspiring to commit a felony or felonies carries with it a fine of not less than $25 nor more tnan $o,uw ana impns- \ onment of not less than two years nor more than 14 years. Tin Tlbe grand jury has been investigating election conditions since early last ^olde January and a tocal of 1,937 witnesses s c were examined. At the time of the Terre Haute in- 11 0 [ dictments th*re was talk of an fhves- ensm tigation of election conspiracies ex- ?^er tending to lr.dianapolis, Bvansville and other Indiana cities. District At- ?-15-t torney Frank Dai'et said tonigfbt that j circumstances of t ie Indianapolis elec- Yocr ( tion were brough t; to the attention of ointb Bl.nd J the federal graml jury, but that there me fir uum jm w?daKi??? I "Bobs" for a 9 nds and stores. 1 into pop- I 5 r% ^ u JUUdj U1C ted chewirt-shaped low them sh pepper- , aat everyA lilUVIl* il 7?chewy | T ^ v V ? " ?.^ * Z. ' 2> it you want __________________ ? nothing on which to base federal j :tments. ie Indiana statute under wfcich the[ :tments were returned differs from' 'ederal provisions which permitted1 of all tr.:e Terre Haute defend- j at one time. Attorneys for Mayor . said tonight that the indicted have the right to demand sepa-1 trials. : Winthrop College. CHOLABSHIP and ENTBANCE ! EXAMINATION ie examination for the award of nt scholarships 111 Winthrop coland for tJbe admission 0f C8W 9 ents will be held at the county 8 t house on Friday, July 2, at 9 I U Applicants must not be less I sixteen years of age. When larships are vacant after July 2 C"""1 will be awarded to those making highest average at tfris examinaprovided they meet the condi- ^^3 3 governing me awara. :appns for scholarships should write to ident Johnson before the examin-[ u*, i for scholarship examination kS. ";*J holarships are worth $100 and! > tuition. The next session will j 5 September 15, 1915. For further! * rmation and catalogue, address ?*: . D# B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. j A LICATION FOR APPOINTMENT Jf OF PUBLIC GUARDIAN. Jfe ti<3c? is hereby given that the un- fgggja igned. a brother of the minors in nam(?4y will make application is Honor, C&guit Judge Frank B. , presiding in the Eighth Judicial I lit, at chambers,- >n Abbeville, S. ( * n June 12th, 191ol, at 11 o'clock [ , for the appointment of the Judge! f robate for Newberry Cteuiity a?s| dion of Beeler Farmer, Molli'e j ler, Viola Farmer, Oie Fart&er",! * , :her Farmer, Thornton Farmer, ! 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