The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, April 08, 1921, Page THREE, Image 3
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VAUGHN HAY BE
M FLORIDA JAIL
FORMER ORPHANAGE HEAD MAY
HAVE BEEN TAKEN
Attempts to Take Life by Slashing
TKrnaf. Jumoinflr From Automo*
bile and by Drowning
The State.
Tampa, Fla., April 4.?T. A. Earle,
believed to be T. U. Vaughn, convict^
?d at Greenville, S. C., six years ago
^ on charges of .criminal assault on four
girls under 14 years of age, was arrested
.this afternoon at his home at
Port Tampa.by Tampa police detectives,
J. A. Killibrew and Stansell,
IK and Marshal Sudduth of Port Tam
pa. The man's wife was also arrestI
H ed, and is bfdd at the police station
for investigation. Earl denies that he
is the Vaugn wanted in South Caro
lina; but several attempts to commit
suicWe led to nis being placed in a
padded cell at the county jail for safe
keeping. It is said that tHe crimes
for which Vaughn was sentenced to
death were committeed while he was
in charge of the Odd Fellows orphan
home in Greenville. It is claimed
that he was convicted on the first
count and sentenced to death by electrocution.
Later he is said to have
been regarded its insane and was
transferred to the State hospital for
the Insane in Columbia, from which
he escaped about /two years ago. He i
is alleged then to have made his way
to Port Tampa where he has held the
assistant principalship of the Port
Tampa city school, and that he was
married here under the alleged assumed
name. The wife, it is claimed,
was one of his nurses at the hospital j
in Columbia. j
Detective Killibrew went to the
man's house yesterday afternoon,
leaving detective Stansell and Marshall
Sudduth near the house to prevent
the man escaping. Upon learning
Killibrew's intention and his mission,
Earl is said to have asked permssion
Jto go into one of the rooms
of the house to see a friend. This
was refused. Earl was in his shirt
sleeves and when he was searched j
the officer did not find any weapon.
Tried to Cut Throat.
Detective Killibrew put Earl in a
car and took "him to the place where
Detective Stansell and Marshall Suddutfi
were waiting. When Marshall
Sudduth got out; of the car in which
he was waiting to place handcuffs
upon Earl's wrists, the man suddenly
ran his hand into the watch pocket of J
his trousers and pulled out a knife
with which he started to cut his
throat. Detective Killibrew, however,
grabbed the man before he could
inflict serious injury upon himself.,.
Dr. W. H. Mudge of Port Tampa
rendered first aid. Foiled in his attempt
to end his life by cutting his
throat, Earl tried to jump out of the
automobile in which the officers were
bringing him to Tampa. He was finally
lodged in the police station, where
shorty lafterwards he ijtempted to
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puu tne oauuages xiuiu uic
in his throat. Later he attempted to
Jake his life by drowning by placing
his head in the water in the bowl of
the toilet in his cell. Seemingly driven
to desperation, when foiled at this,
the man again tried to end his life by
iillizjg his hat with water and burying
his f$ce in it. To guard against further
Attempts of suicide, police officers
took the man to the county jail,
where he was put in a straight jacket
and placed in a padded cell.
Local police officers state he has
been identified by a man living in
Tow.n? mWn Vin/1 fnrmarlir maHo His
1 AiU|/a^ nuv nau j uiuviv i>?w
home in South Carolina and knew
VaUghn.
Wife Also Desperate
TJJie man's wife who was brought
to Tampa, and held in the detention
room -for investigation by the local
officers, was foiled in an attempt to
end her life also tonight. The police
say the woman about 8 o'clock tonight
' suddenly grabbed a pocket knife out
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OX one OX ner puCft.CU> duu ovamtu KV
slash her throat. She was prevented
from accomplishing her act by Detective
.Stansell . According to the officer,
the woman took the knife from her
pocket and hesitated for several min,
utes, seemingly taking the time to
arotise courage to carry out her plans.
She was caught just as she started to
jab the knife into her throat.
Tl>e woman is said to have told the
police officers that she was a nurse
? at the State Hospital for the Insane
in Columbia, S. C., when she first met
Earl. Further, she, it is alleged, told
the officers that she knew Earl had
never been insane and that he was
guilty of the charges he is accused
of. She left the hospital before Earl
made his escape, she said.
Earl came to Tampa first, she is
claimed to have told the officers, and
to have then sent for her. She cyme
to this city and they were married
here, according to her statement.
After her attempt to take her life
f she was placed in a cell and is being
held tifitil information is received
ft
LONG SEARCH MADE
FOR MISSING VAUGHN
HISTORY OF CASE RECALLED ON
ARREST OF MAN AT TAMPA
Believed to Be Fugitive Who Twice
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The State.
T. U. Vaughn escaped from the
State hospital, September 15, 1919.
Vaughn was formerly superintendent
of the Odd Fellows home in Greenville
and has been under death sentence
since 1912 for criminally assaulting
some of the little girls of the
orphanage. He was in the State hospital
several years for observation as
to his sanity.
Twice since the escape in 1919 Dr.
C. Fred Williams, superintendent of
the hospital, has had leads on the fugitive,
but both times the "tips" proved
false. Once a man from the hospital
was sent to the Virginia mountains
to identify a suspect, but the
man proved not to be Vaughn. Again
a man was sent to Hayne City, Fla.,
but was never able to locate the man
supposed to be Vaughn. Last Sunday
nr. Williams p-ot his first information
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of the missing man. He received a
telegram from a former Columbian
at Tampa in whi?h he said he had
located Vaughn and a former nurse
at the State hospital. Dr. Williams
conferred with Governor Cooper and
Chief Richardson and then wired to
get in touch with the Tampa chief of
police and have Vaughn arrested.
Chief Richardson also wired the Tampa
chief to arrest the man suspected
of being Vaughn. The Tampa officer
last night advised Chief Richardson
that he had arrested Vaughn upon
identification of the former ColumbiI
an.
To Be Resentenced
Saturday before the escape of
Vaughn from the hospital Judge
Peurifoy had ordered that Vaughn be
brought before him in Greenville for
resentence to die in the electric chair
and it was thought at the time that
in some way the patient heard of this
and made his escape.
The escape was made some time
Monday night, September 15, 1919,
and was discovered early Tuesday
i morning. It will be recalled that the
patient had a "dummy" in the bed
and this had deceived attendants until
the room was entered to awake
Vaughn for breakfast Tuesday morn
W95 TTiade of
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clothes that Vaughn had been making
in his room by stuffing these clothes
in a pair of overalls and throwing the
bed covering over the "figure."
Vaughn was first convicted of
criminally assaulting the little * girls
in the orphanage, of which he was
superintendent, October 26, 1912. He
was sentenced to be electrocuted December
20, 1912, and this same senis
still hanging over his head.
I An appeal was taken to the supreme
court and the lower court was affirmed.
Attorneys then appealed tb the
United States supreme court and
again the lower court was affirmed.
In the meantime Vaughn, then in the
Greenville county jail, escaped and
(was not caught until more than a
year later when he was recognized by
- Pomimian in Baltimore and
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I arrested.
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Question as to Sanity
From his arrest in Baltimore
Vaughn was brought to the state penitentiary
for safe keeping and here
i,e created somewhat of a stir by refusing
to talk or eat. His condition
was such that a question arose as to
his sanity and he was transferred to
the State hospital for observation.
At the hospital he was closely watched,
but his case somewhat forgotten
by the public, until May 14, 1919,
i when the grand lodge of Odd Fellows
jat the state meeting in Columbia
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aQOpLeu a icsuiubiuu vuiii?b
ernor Cooper to investigate thoroughly
the case and if Vaughn was found
sane to be electrocuted as decided by
the court. This was nearly seven
years after the original sentence and
it brought on a noticeable worry in
the patient at the hospital, it was
said.
It was not long after this action by
the grand lodge that Solicitor Martin
of Greenville asked that the patient
be transferred to Greenville so action
could be taken as it had been seven
years since the original sentence.
Vaughn heard of these movements
and his escape followed one day after
the request from Solicitor Martin.
One theory at the time was that
Vauerhn had skeleton keys and was
spirited away in an automobile after
climbing the hospital fence on a
bench that was found the next morning.
Automobile tracks were found
by the side of the wall, but could not
be identified as any particular automobile
track.
All efforts to capture Vaughn herefrom
South Carolina authorities to
learn if she is implicated in any way
with the case in that state.
Bee Greet Pi
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The famous Ben Greet Players, w
qua in Shakespeare's immortal comedy,
burner and brilliant characterizations dif
{?>et's genius. The fourth night will be
tofore were unavailing, although telegrams
were sent broadcast and a reward
of several hundred dollars was
offered.
Changed His Tunc
The shaded lights, music in the distance,
sweet perfumes from the costly
flowers about them?everything!
invited him to chance his luck.
She was pretty, which was good,
and he believed, an heiress, which
was better.
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"Are-you I1UL ?I1U1U uiai avuiv: uut i
will marry *'ou for your money?" he
asked gently.
"Oh, dear no!" smiled the girl.
"Such an idea never entered my head.
"Ah, Miss Deargirl," he sighed, "in
your sweet innocense you do not
dream how coldly, cruelly mercenary
some men are!"
"Perhaps I don't," replied the girl
calmly.
"I would not for a moment have
such a terrible fate befall you," he
caiH riassinnat.plv. "The man who
wins you should love you for yourself
alone."
"He'll have to," the girl remarked.
"It's my Cousin Maizie who has the
money?not I. You seem to have got
us mixed. I haven't a cent myself."
"Oh?er," stammered the young
man, "what pleasant weather we are
having aren't we?"
Slightly Mixed
Two dear girls on our right were
talking animatedly:
J "She's good looking, but I don't
j think she's all she ought to be."
"Neither do I. Look at the way she j
failed in front of the theater that
night!"
"That's what I say. But she docs
jshow some speed?"
I "Speed, oh, yes! And roughness?
'you can always depend on her foi
that."
1 "Her lines aren't bad."
: "I suppose that's what took dsd'i
eye. You know dad?"
"Do I? But privately, I think she'?
I making him sorry."
I "TVia+'s fhf> best, thin'r she does?
jail paint and form, an I nothing muel
under the hood."
"I think dad's going to ge: ri:I o'
her before long. She 3 burning uv
;his money too fast."
i "Who is this unspeakable person?",
inquired their friend. "I'd like to
I! meet her." I
"Person? You're wrong, Harold.
We were talking about dad's newcar."
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Cheerio!
nr\nr> - ?? 1 ' ? nnmiftiie r\l rl 1 q H V
"umcer, <* nci*uu^ vaw
on her first trip over, "do you think
the ship's going down?" i
"Pro'bly not, ma'am, prob'ly '
not," responded the salty mate encouragingly,
stroking his chin. "Y' j '
see, the boilers ain't none too good. J ;
She's liable to go up." ^
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
will make final settlement
| of the estate of Godfrey Harman,
'deceased, in the Probate Court for
j Newberry County, South Carolina,
! on Monday, the fourth day of j
| April, 1921, at 11 o'clock in the j
forenoon and will immediately thereafter
apply to the said Court for letjters
dismissory. All parties indebted
, to the said estate will make immediate
payment. All parties holding
I claims against said estate will present
I the same, proved as required by law,
I to the undersigned or their attorneys,
IBlease & Blease, Newberry, i>. u.,
by said time, and all claims not presented
will be forever barred.
HARRIET F. HARMAN,
MOLLIE HARMAN,
Executriccs.
THOMAS J. HARMAN,
GODFREY D. HARMAN,
J. W. HARMAN,
Executors.
Newberry, S. C.,
M-arch 1, 1921
1 ltaw4t
To break a cold take 666.?Adv.
APy
layers In "As
at Redpafch Chautauqua
ith a splendid cast, will appear on tlie
"As You Like It." Sympathetic inle
stinguish this excellent production, whii
i one of the strongest programs of Chai
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' I was hardly able to drag, I j^)
was so weakened," writes Mrs. jy
5T W. F. Ray, of Easlcy, S. C. [A
"The doctor treated me for about ^
two months, still I didn't get
any better. I had a large fam- ^
ily and felt I surely must do y
X something to enable me to take X
f] care of my little ones. I had F]!
fx heard of fr
SpAoniiiK
1UHIIUUI %
The Woman's tonic t
"I decided to try it,", con- yy
tinues Mrs. Ray ... "I took fj
eight bottles in ail. ,1 re- W
gained my strength an&<4iave
had no more trouble with wo- M
manly weakness. I have ten UL
children and am able to do all Q
my housework and a lot out- W
doors ... I can sure rxommend
Cardui." M
Take Cardui today. If may W
^ be just what yotl
gg sags * / '
I Ben Gret
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1 DoaKespes
I > Cor
1 "As You
1 Sympathetic
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I Accurate CI
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|jj Just One of 17
H SEASON TICKETS ONL
la REDPATH Cf
Chautauqua
April
You Like It"
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-"I- -3-"l
fourth night of the Hcclpath Chnutaurpretation
of the dramatist's subtle
ch possesses all the witchery of the
utauqua week.
POYOURCHILDBIN
like Castor Oil?
then why make them
take it? Why cling to
the old idea that a medicine
must be unpleasant
in order to be good?
Dr. Miles'
Laxative Tablets
TASTE LIKE CANDY
ACT LIKE MAGIC
The best authorities say
that their main ingredient
"accelerates the
? 1-5- A.
peristalsis in mc same
way as castor oil."
Good for children and
adults. Get a box at
your drug store.
it Players 1
n 1
are's Great 1
nedy f
i Like It" 1
T IS
Interpretation I
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laracterizations 1
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Hi
Mautauqua g
Big Attractions 11
Y $2.75, VLUS 10% TAX ^
iAUTAUQUAB^^M
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Week Here
19-26
I NOTICE TO VACANT LOT OWN-!
ERS.
If your vacant lots arc not already
connected up with the city water
pipes, you are urged to have this
done before the streets are paved;
for then it would be impossible for
some years.
Please call at the city ^pter works
department for further information.
H. W. SCHUMPKRT,
Superintendent.
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
Notice is hereby given that I will
make a final settlement of the estate
of Mary Elizabeth Bushardt, deceas- j
ed, in the office of the Judge of Pro-j
bate for Newberry county, S. C., at j
11 o'clock a. m., on Wednesday, April
20th, 1921, and immediately thereafter
apply for a discharge as Executor
of said Estate.
OLIN B. CANNON,
Executor.
March 18th, 1921.
BIDS INVITED
The Highway Commission of Newberry
county will receive sealed bids
until March 31, 1921, for the followIi-irr
onrml'nc tn Jit. NpW- i
i?ll6 w mv Mw... v. vwa
berry, S. C., from time to time, as
called for, up to July 1, 1921, and in
the approximate amounts shown below.
Only bids on all items will be
received. Contract to be awarded to
the lowest responsible bidder on April
- 4th. Right reserved to reject any and
all bids. c
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Don't Spare
in time of sickm
medicine must
get well again, I
depend upon t
the medicine th<
Bring your doc!
tion here and y<
what his order <
up of the puresi
drugs, with con)
and skill, yet ch
reasonably. Pro
Maves Dr
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Newberry,
To Ail Drivers ol
Vehii
X
Notice is hereby
ordinance requir:
these vehicles be
a "muffler" so i
I the noise made t
of the engine, i
strictly enforced
March 18th, 1921
E. L. RODE!
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300 bushels feed corn.
300 bushels feed oats.
10 tons No. 1 Timothy hay.
1400 pounds fat back.
8 barrels first patent flour in sacks.
40 gallons Karo molasses.
40 pounds Luzianne coffee.
15 bushels field peas.
25 pounds rib bacon.
200 pounds table salt.
2 cases cooking soda.
CI /> m aaI
uy wuoucis wuui incai.
2 cases pink salmon.
2 cases tripe.
100 pounds Brown Mule tobacco.
250 pounds granulated sugar.
100 pounds ham.
50 pounds compound lard.
25 pairs work shoes.
10 kegs nails?40's and 60's.
4 dozen pairs work socks.
12 boxes 5 cent pepper. .
4 dozen pairs of mule shoes.
8 tons 1G per cent acid.
1 dozen Ames road shovels.
f> cases Octagon soap.
30 pounds whole grain rice.
5 pounds Royal Baking powder.
1 case concentrated lye.
100 pounds plows.
1-2 dozen hoes.
1-2 dozen heel bolts.
1-2 dozen plow lines.
1-2 dozen devices.
2 dozen large size boxes matches.
1 barrel lime.
1 ton cotton seed meal.
GEO. P. BOUI/WARER,
Chairman.
}-22-3t.
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the Spoon
ess. Doses of
be taken to
)ut a lot will
he quality of
; spoon holds.
tor's prescrip
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Jlft Will get JU91
;alls for, made
t and freshest
surnmate care
arged for most
mpt service.
ug Store
South Carolina
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BapaaBMaMr
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ties
given that the
ing that all of
nrnv^Hpfl WlHl
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is to decrease
>y the exhaust
s going to be
from this date,
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LSPERGER,
Zhief of Police.
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