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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1912. Established 1891.
? COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. I
\ News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt School.
The first month's work of the Ehrhardt
school has closed. The faculty
desire to announce that the work for
the month has been very satisfactory.
A o/T/Tinor frtOroE}>QT> Ella PonitQtl'flTI
A"*. A tCi AUU1U5 A
deportment and attendance grades,
' it was discovered that quite a large
number had made suitable proficiency
to be placed on the honor roll,
as follows:
TENTH GRADE.
Clara Copeland, Ethel Smiths
NINTH GRADE.
Allie Kinard, Lillie Kinard, Clyde
Herndon, Carolee Hiers, Edward McDowell,
Robt. Peters, Lander Whittaker.
SEVENTH GRADE.
Leroy Hudson.
SIXTH GRADE.
Henry Hutson, Inez Hutson, Ada
Smith.
FIFTH GRADE.
Vertol Wingate, Alice Pate, Eleanor
Pate, Effie Ramsey.
FOURTH GRADE.
Wilma Clayton, Ruby Kinard, Zeita
Planer, Alston Hutson.
THIRD GRADE.
Harvie Williams, Bernice Williams.
SECOND GRADE.
Louise Simmons, Lyles Ehrhardt,
Marguerite Copeland, Wilhelmina
McKenzie.
ADVANCED FIRST.
Nell Hudson, Alfred Hudson,
Dorothy McDowell, Edna Kirkland.
BEGINNERS FIRST GRADE.
Hildegard Dannelly, Sallie Morris,
M. E. Hutson.
Among those who deserve honorable
mention are:
SEVENTH GRADE.
Grace Moore, Estelle Hiers, Genie
Ramsey.
* ' FIFTH GRADE.
Helen McDowell, Glen Smith, Allie
Morris, Bettie Kinard.
ADVANCED FIRST GRADE.
Louise Copleand, Cornelius Brabham.
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FIRST GRADE.
Robert Smith, Vera Planer.
1 . SECOND GRADE.
Furman Roberts.
ON CHARGE OF MURDER.
Two Held in Calhoun for Alleged
Crime Committed Last May.
St. Matthews, Oct. 29.?Sheriff
Rast brought in Moten Cheesehoro
and Joe Felder, negroes, from Creston
this afternoon under peculiar circumstances.
Last May a negro by the name of
Sam Robinson was found dead on
the Atlantic Coast Line tracks and
removed by passersby before the
train arrived. He had evidently been
murdered and carried there with a
view of shifting responsibility. There
was no clue at the time, but the
sheriff has never lost hope and finally
procured evidence which cast suspicion
upon these parties.
A little cabin stands about four
hundred yards from the track, and
near the station. It now develops
that the bloody deed was probably
enacted within its dingy walls. Blood
stains were found on the floor of this
cabin and covered well with sand.
The theory is that a gambling bout
was in progress during that fateful
night, when a dispute arose, which
caused Robinson to meet his doom.
The prisoners were lodged in jail
and will probably be tried at the ap
proaching term or court.
In One Minute You Can
Propose to a girl.
Fall overboard.
. Miss the boat to Europe.
Be hanged.
Lose a fortune in the market.
' Kiss a girl from one to sixty times.
Be kissed as many times.
Acquire a fatal disease.
Drop from a ten-story building.
Take a cold bath.
Run a hundred yards.
Lose your job.
Have your pockets picked.
Write a check for a million.
Make a good after-dinner speech.
Make a bad one.
See the point of a joke.
Go crazy.
Meet your affinity.
Say the wrong thing.
* Lose a thousand.
Say the Lord's prayer.
Swear a blue streak.
Buy a gold brick.
Sell one.
Be let into words with your wife.
Be run over at a grade crossing.
Read this.?Life.
LESTER GUXTER SLAIX.
Shot and Almost Instantly Killed by j
Levi Gunter.
Lexington, Oct. 28.?Lester Gunter,
a young white man of the Steadman
section of this county, was shot
and almost instantly killed 'in the
public road about dark last night by
Levi Gunter, his third cousin. The
tragedy occurred in front of the
home of Levi Gunter, and five shots
were fired. A bullet from a 38-calibre
revolver entered the side, ranging
upward and lodged about two
inches below the nipple, causing in
stant death.
From the evidence adduced at the
coroner's inquest this morning and
from what can be learned from the
accused, it seems that the trouble
had its origin about a week ago,
when, it is claimed, Lester Gunter
and two or three companios went to
the home of Ed. Gunter, father of
Levi Gunter, and acted in a very ungentlemanly
manner in the presence
of the sisters of Levi Gunter. The
trouble was renewed at the Baptist
church at Steadman yesterday and,
according to the statement of Levi
Gunter, he was attacked by seven
young men. Levi Gunter says that
he ran, being unarmed. Lester
Gunter was in the party, all of whom
were under the influence of whiskey.
Last night Lester Gunter, Glover
Hall, and Clinton Corley, in a buggy,
drove by the home of Levi
Gunter.
Glover Hall testified that when
they were about in front of Levi
Gunter's house Lester Gunter said:
"Boys, I believe I will see if he wants
to shoot," and gave three yells. At
this juncture, Hall said, Levi Gunter
came to the door of his house and
fired four or five times. None of
the party in the buggy returned the
fire; and after driving a short distance
Lester Gunter said that he
was shot, and he expired a few minutes
later. The two companions carried
the body of Lester Gunter to
the home of his brother, four miles
distant, where the inquest was held
this morning. The testimony of the
other young man who was with Lester
-Gunter at the time of the shooting
is substantially the same as
Hall's.
Levi Gunter, according to his
statement, did not know that anyone
was injured until he reached
Leesville with his father this morning,
and was apprised of the fact by
some friends who had seen Sheriff
Miller and Coroner B. D. Clarke
pass through on their way to hold
the inquest. The young man boarded
the first train and came to Lexington
and gave himself up at the
jail. He does not hesitate to talk
about the crime, although he was
very visibly affected. He said that
he shot in self-defense; that the
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yUUULg JLULtJJLL 1U t UtJ UU55J oivppvu
in front of his home, began to
curse and make all kinds of
threats. He said- that they told
him that he would either have
to shoot or be killed. At the time
the buggy drove to his home he said
that he was sitting around the fireside
with his wife nursing his twoyear-old
child. He said that when
he went to the door he believed that
he was going to be instantly shot,
and that in defense of his own life
he began to fire. He heard nothing
further and did not know that he
had injured anyone until this morning.
Levi G.unter has employed the law
firm of Efird & Dreher to defend
him, and it is likely that an application
for bail will be made as soon
as the papers can be arranged. He
is about 30 years old and has a wife
and one child.
Lester Gunter was about 19 years
of age and unmarried.
The dead man is a son of James V.
Gunter, and his relatives have secured
the services of E. L. Asbill, of
Leesville, to assist in the prosecution
of the case.
Riiti-c PftiiviVts Wat .".Ortft Tihs. Pish.
Jackson, Ga., Oct. 28.?The Butts
county chain gang has a record for
devouring fish that is seldom equaled.
Recently the convicts have been
working the roads in Worthville district,
which is near the pond of the
Central of Georgia Power company.
Now this body of water is full to running
over with fish, particularly carp.
Farmers in the neighborhood sold
the gang 5,000 pounds- of fish in one
month, and the county had a bill of
$50 for fish.
Fish are both chean and whole
some and the county chain gang uses
large quantities of the finny tribe.
The Central Georgia Power company
pond is literally alive with fish and
during the season hundreds of tons
of fish are caught, catches of several
tons a day being reported. .
IN THE PALMETTO STATE "
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SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Roiled Down for Quick P
v
Reading?Paragraphs About a
Men and Happenings. a
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George Keller, a young negro, kill- ^
ed his father-in-law, Heyward Jones, ^
near Bradley, Greenwood county, on g
Friday.
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bridge over Tiger river at Nessbitt r
Shoals, in Spartanburg county, strik- n
ing the end of the structure, a little E
girl, four years of age, was killed
instantly. Mrs. Lawson was serious- u
ly injured and Frank Harrison sus- 2<
tained slight injury. A baby in Mrs.
Lawson's arms escaped injury. 11
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PROSECUTION ASKS DELAY. b
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New Turn in Case Against Green
ville Officers.
Greenville, Oct. 29.?If the re- ^
quest which the prosecution made ?
this afternoon for a postponement of '
the preliminary in the case against
Police Inspector Gilreath, Policeman p
Phillips and Constable Gosnell is not j.
granted, it is said the warrants
against these men will be tempora- a
rily withdrawn. The attorneys for yi
the defence declare they will op- p
pose vigorously any postponement of ^
the preliminary. c
It is understood that the grounds
upon which the piuseeution will ask continuance
is that it has not been n
able to secure witnesses. Just what
the prosecution means by its statement
that it has not been able to se
cure witnesses is somewhat problem- ^
atical, as it was generally understood ^
here that the warrants were sworn .
out on the testimony of T. U. ^
Vaughn, who claims that these officers
asssited him in breaking jail
here in May, and who is now in Co- ^
lumbia under sentence of death.
It is the consensus of opinion locally
that the withdrawal of the war- ^
rants to-morrow, should the magis- ^
trate refuse to continue the hearing, j
will mean the end of the matter, un- ^
less the defedants decide to bring g]
civil and criminal suits against the ^
men who they charge with engineer- ^
ing their arrest.
I)o Not Believe Gilreath Guilty. f
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Greenville, Oct. 28.?There was ^
little, if any abatement to-day of the j
intense feeling engendered here Sunday
night by the treatment accorded
one of Greenville's most highly respected
citizens, ex-Sheriff Jeff D. ^
Gilreath, and the other two men,
both of whom are men of integrity, ^
when they were arrested on warrants
charging them with assisting T. U.
Vaughn to escape from the Green
ville jail last June. The affair is
openly declared by some to be a con- ,
spiracy designed to bring about the
official decapitation as police inspector
of Mr. Gilreath, who has been
making blind tigers and operators t<
of gambling dens sweat bl^od since tl
his election to that office October 1. ti
Twp of Vaughn's brothers stated u;
to-da? that they did not believe any ai
of the three accused men had any- a]
thing to do with the prisoner's escape.
They went further and stated a,
that they had serious doubts as to
their condemned brother making a fl,
confession implicating the three
men.
The three defendants will be given
a preliminary hearing Wednesday afternoon
before Magistrate Stradlev.
A dozen or more of the leading members
of the bar have clamored for S(
the privilege of representing the de- 111
fendants. ^
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Lucky "Babe." g]
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 24.? ir
"Babe" Stephenson, while burning
brush on the side of Lookout Moun- tl
tain, near Fort Payne, found $3,050, ai
nearly all in $100 bills. The end of tt
the roll of bills which was exposed sc
was rotten, showing it had been tr
buried some time. d<
President Taft will be invited by a
the mayor and citizens of Charleston ^
to visit Charleston during "Fleet t
Week," Nov. 17-23. h
The governor is out in an article v
in the newspapers advising all Dem- s
ocrats to vote at the election next n
Tuesday. We'll see how much ef- v
feet the article will have. h
A meeting of the members of the b
general assembly is to be held in Columbia
this week, possibly to plan r
legislation at the coming session. It C
is said that Blease members called
the conference, but some anti-Blease- y
ites have been invited. &
When the mules drawing a wagon
driven by Frank Harrison, and car- c
t1
rying Mrs. Lawson and several children
ran away Monday just before P
roooliinor + Vi o QAnthorn on rl r?f tViP ^
IUREDR OR MENDICOS' PRANK?
Roman's Body Discovered?Police
Unable to Solve Mystery.
St. Louis, Oct. 26.?The nude and
artly decomposed body of a woman,
rith five gashes on the head, a rope
round the neck, a gag in the mouth,
gunny sack over the head and the
ands tied together with a cloth, was
ound to-day in the basement of a
ouse, which had been vacant since
eptember 3.
One end of the rope was wrapped
round a gas pipe in such a way that
L supported the body in a sitting posure.
Indications are that the body
ad been in the basement for several
feeks. The cuts on the head, it was
aid, at the morgue, might have been
lade with a hatchet. No weapon with
rhich the cuts on the head might
ave been made was found near the
ody.
The finding of the body was the
esult of a note received by . mail by
!hief of Police Young, which read:
If you will go to 2,307 Locust street
ou will find a body hanging. Janie
ishley."
Beside the body was a pile of
lothing, all of it much worn. On
he floor near the body was a newsaper
dated September 28 folded so
hat it displayed a story of the arest
of men alleged to have been conected
with the New Westminster,
t. C., bank robbery.
The latest tenants of the house are
nable to-night to aid the police in
lentifying the woman. The police
D-night investigated, without reachig
a conclusion, a rumor that medial
students placed the body in the
asement and arranged the scene to
ive the appearance of a murder.
SLAYS HIS WIPE'S PARENTS.
because He is Not Permitted to See
Her and Baby.
Sheboygan, Wis., Oct. 28.?Alvin
oehr, a young farmer of Plymouth,
ite yesterday shot and killed his
ither-in-law, Philip J. Ott, Mrs. Ott,
nd Mrs. Ott's father, Fred Haut, 80
ears old. Roehr had been refused
ermission to see his wife, from
horn he had lived apart. He esaped.
Mrs. Roehr and her baby esaped
by hiding three hours.
About a year and a "half ago Roehr
larried Ott's daughter. They did
ot get along well and Mrs. Roehr
ome time ago took her six-monthsid
baby and returned to her father's
ouse, just across the road. She
aen started suit for divorce. Roehr
tarted suit for recovery of the child,
ut failed.
Late yesterday afternoon Roehr
rent to his father-in-law's home and
emanded to see his wife. The
randfather answered the door, but
efused the young farmer admitmce.
Roehr went back to his home,
ut returned in ten minutes with a
hotgun and as the grandfather, Fred
[aut, went to the dairy shed, Roehr
hot and killed him. Mr. Ott and
is wife came out of the door and
:oehr shot them also, killing them.
Then he entered the house in
sarch of his wife. She had heard
im and had taken her baby and
idden in a chimney cupboard where
tie remained for three hours.
Finally she slipped out and gave
le alarm to neighbors.
A witness to the crime was the
)ur-year-old adopted son of Ott, who
as at the milk shed. Thinking the
ntire family had been killed, he
ent upstairs and hid in bed.
Roehr's father committed suicide
bout five years ago. Ott was one
f the most prominent farmers and
:ock raisers in this county.
Throw Victim Into Bushes.
Glen Rock, N. J., Oct. 28.?An auimobile
containing three women and
iree men killed George Price, a con actor,
here last night and after the
ten had thrown the body into weeds
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L LJLLC l uausiuc Ciilti
nd hurried away.
A nine-year-old boy who saw the
ccident told local authorities and
le police of nearby places were notied
and the party escaped.
HUNGRY BULL GORES OWNER.
bystanders Prevent Tragedy at
Georgia State Fair. *
Macon, Ga., Oct. 25:?A prize Jeriv
bull, angry at not being given his
lorning feed, attacked its owner, 0.
. Selman, a young farmer of Dougissville,
Ga., at the State fair
rounds this morning, and seriously
ijured him.
The man's left leg was gored to
le bone from the knee to the hip
ad he is in a critical condition at
ie City Hospital. Standers-by las4-V.^
U..11 ^?A nrairontori it frnm
jcu cue uuli aiiu i?&!vui.vu *?,
ampling the prostrate man to
sath.
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ARRESTS FOLLOW TRIA1
WARRANTS FOR PHILLIPS, GIJ
REATH, AND GOSNELL.
Charged That Well Known Men Aide
in Escape of Prisoner From
Greenville Jail.
Greenville, Oct. 27.?Upon an a
leged statement of Thurston 1
Vaughn, sentenced to die for crir
inal assault, and at the instigation *
Gov. Blease, ex-Sheriff Jeff D. Gi
reath, inspector of police; ex-Jail(
A. A. Phillips, of the city police, ar
Reuben Gosnell, a magistrate's co:
stable, were arrested to-night on wa
rants charging them with assistii
Vaughn to escape from the couni
jail last June. , The three men wei
hauled through the streets of Gree:
villc. tn tho iail nrhora fhov <1
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carcerated for an hour or more.
Five substantial business me
commanding more than $1,000,0(
cash, later rushed to the jail fro
their respective churches togeth<
with hundreds of other citizens wl
crowded about the prison and clar
ored as to who should be the first i
sign bonds of $1,000 for each of tl
parties. Feeling is intense to-nigl
and excitement is running high*
than at any time during the past fe
days of sensational happenings i
Greenville.
Rumor spread like wildfire on tl
streets about noon that arrests wei
to be made in connection with the e
cape of Vaughn from Greenville
jail some time ago. Warrants we:
drawn up late in the afternoon ai
just before night were signed 1
Magistrate Samuel Stradley ar
placed in the hands of sheriff elec
Hendrix Rector, for service. Tl
deputy set out to apprehend his me
and located Policeman Phillips fir
nt flrppn nrprmp n/nrt Pp.nrilptr
streets as the officer was going fro
his home to the police station. I
was arrested and conveyed to the ja
and locked in a cell.
Rector then set about to locate M
Gilreath, finding him at the poij
near the grand opera house. Bol
got in a hack and started toward tl
jail. As the two came through Mai
street a tremendous throng gathere
and raced behind the vehicle shou
ing and making the night ring wil
their cries. Mr. Gilreath was platx
in a cell with the common prisone:
after which the deputy set about i
find his third man.
The News Spread.
In the meantime news of the a
rests spread through several of tl
churches of Greenville and many <
the most prominent men of the cii
left their pews and rushed for tl
jail. They insisted on Magistra
Stradley being sent for so that 1
could make bond for the prisoner
A messenger went to a church aft<
the magistrate and brought him I
the prison. By the time he arrive
the deputy had returned with Reube
Gosnell, his third prisoner. Bom
were drawn up and signed by Avei
Patton, Henry P. McGee, J. M. Gee
A. Lester Furman, C. O. Allen. Tl
prisoners were released and left tl
jail at once, while the crowd tin
jamed the street in front of the pri
on dispersed.
The intense feeling in the case
caused by the sharp lines between tl
law and order faction of which Gi
reath is a member, and the blin
tiger element of Greenville. Gilreat
was recently elected police inspectc
and has been making war on the lav
breakers with a vengeance ever sine
thereby incurring the enmity of tt
lawless. The men who signed tfc
bonds were representatives of Greei
KAaf m'f iVonohin
vine o iseoi
To-night, at the county jail, in th
presence of the prisoners and a scoi
or more of prominent citizens of tfc
city, Sheriff J. Perry Poole gave 01
a statement in regard to the allege
confession of Vaughn. He state
that as he, Deputy Sheriff Hunsinge
Sheriff-elect Rector and J. B. Wa:
son were carrying Vaughn from tb
court house to the train late Satu:
day afternoon for the purpose of tal
ing him to Columbia the prisone
made an open confession to how h
escaped from the jail last June.
Statement from Sheriff.
Sheriff Poole said in part as to
lows: "We were going along Hlidso
street when Vaughn made his cor
fession.^ He said that his brothe
gave Jailer Phillfps $10 to transfe
T. U. Vaughn from the main cell
trw q ppii iispiI for women which has
barred window opening on the ja;
yard. The night before he escape
Vaughn said, Reuben Gosnell cam
to the jail window for the purpose o
sawing the bars, but that condition
were unfavorable for the job and h
went away. The following night h
said Mr. Gilreath came to the wir
^ TO WEI) GIRL FATHER WHIPPED
Marriage License Issued to Dawson
k* Boy and Essie Carter.
Macon, Ga., Oct. 28.?A marriage
license has been secured from Ordinary
Wiley by Vogt 0. Dozier, of
Dawson, and Essie Carter, of Macon.
They say they will marry to-morrow,
j. Dozier is the 20-year-old son of W.
S. Dozier, clerk of the Terrell counts
ty superior court at Dawson, and is
the young man on account of whom
his father severely whipped the Carter
gr girl at Dawson last July. The elder
l(j Dozier and several of his friends are
q_ now defendants in a suit for $25,r_
000 damages brought in the United
States court by Essie Carter.
ty Essie Carter states that she and
re Vogt Dozier made an effort to marry
o_ Saturday night, but could not locate
a justice of the peace, and postponr
ed the affair until Tuesday on account
of their unwillingness for a minister
)a to perform the ceremony.
m Constable Takes His Life.
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Hampton, October 28.?Frank
Q- Brown, constable of Magistrate J.
to f! Dowlinsr. of Brunson. committed
12 suicide this morning by shooting
kt himself through the head with a 38?r
calibre pistol, the muzzle of the pi?w
tol having been placed in mouth,
to from all appearances. No one knows
what the cause was.
12 Mrs. Brown, who was Miss Clara
re Harrison, daughter of W. F. Harris*
son, states that her husband had
l>s been more or less despondent for the
re past two or three weeks, and that
ld he had said he was going to kill
>y himself. She kept him from his pisto
tol until this morning, when'-he managed
to obtain possession of toe
16 weapon. About 7 o'clock he went
jn out into the back yard and, in a
st squatting position, leaned up against
>n a fowl house, where he killed himm
self. No one heard the report of
*e the pistol, and it was not until Mr.
U Crosby went over to Mr. Brown's
house to return a buggy that toe
r* body was discovered. This was
shortly after 7 o'clock. *
.h ooom tr% think that, business
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le troubles brought about this act.
in Mr. Brown leaves a wife and sev^
eral children.
;h WOMAN GETS LIFE SENTENCE.
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r3 Religious Fanatic Confesses Comto
mitting Nineteen Murders.
Lafayette, La., Oct. 25.?Clementine
Bernabet, the negro "axe wor_
man" and follower of the Church of
ie Sacrifice, whose confessed murders
number 19, was to-day found guilty
of murder and was sentenced to life
imprisonment in the State peniten..
te tiary- v- *
ie The negroes of the community,
s who had feared her, both because of
the crimes she had committed and
?0 for the "evil eye" they believed she
;(j possessed, had threatened to lynch
m her should she be acquitted.
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jg The woman's trial Degan yesterday
.y on one charge, that of having killed
r the wife of Norbert Randall. All of
r? , . .
ie her victims were negroes. ,
ie A year ago the *negro woman's
father, Raymond Bernhardt, and her
g_ brother, Zepherin Bernabet, were
convicted for murders that the "axe
^ woman" later confessed to havingie
committed. What disposition now
j. will be made of their cases has not
3 been determined.
^ dow and did the actual sawing of the
)r bars, handing the saw through the t
7" window to the prisoner just before
;e the last bar was severed. Vaughan
Le said he finished the job. Vaughan
ie furthes* said that he would sit in the
electric chair itself and make the
same confession as to who helped
ie him to escape."
e The confession made by Vaughan
te must have reached the ears of Gov.
lt Blease, for the officers stated that
!(^ the chief executive telephoned here
IC* to-day and ordered the warants
r' sworn out at once and served. It
3~ was repeatedly seated at the jail toie
night by the arresting officers, the
r" prosecutor and others interested in
! the case that Blease had ordered the
!r arrests to be made that day. The
l? three warrants were sworn out by ^
Dr. W. L. Mauldin, and each one
charges the respective defendants
I- with "aiding a prisoner to escape."
n The specific charges in the warl
rants against Gosnell and Phillips
t are that they assisted T. U. Vaughan
r to escape from the Greenville county
s jail. The warrant against Mr. Gila
reath charges* that the defendant
il "did convey into the Greenville coun
d ty jail tools adapted or useful to aid
e a prisoner to make his escape with
?f intent to facilitate the escape of a
s prisoner." The witnesses in each
e case are J. Perry Poole, Hendrix Rece
tor, John S. Hunsinger, and T. U.
i- Vaughan.