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$2.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7,1921 Established in 1891 -
Preston Evans, Se
Murderer, Escc
Preston Evans, self-confessed robber
and murderer, escaped from the
county jail Tuesday night between
8 and 8:30 o'clock. W. A. Walton,
a white prisoner, said to be from Augusta,
also escaped at the same time,
and at the time of going to press neither
party had been apprehended.
Evans was arrested and placed in
jail about three weeks ago on the
charge of the murder and robbery of
Tobe Williams, another negro, with
whom he came to Bamberg, and
whom he lured into Lemon Swamp,
admittedly for the purpose of robbery
and murder. He was apprehended
the same afternoon as he was preparing
to take a train at Branchville.
He at first denied all connection with
the crime, but when confronted with
incriminating facts, Evans made a
clean breast of the whole affair and
admitted his guilt, though he after-.
ward somewhat changed his story. He!
was being held for trial for this
crime when he escaped jail.
Tuesday night Magistrate Dickinson
made his usual round of the cells
in the jail and admitted the prison-1
ers into the hall for the purpose of'
getting water, and so on. He left I
them in the hall and went back to his !
apartment downstairs. It is the cus-j
torn to allo,w the prisoners to remain j
in the hall for an hour or so in the.
evening, but on this particular oc-j
casion Mr. Dickinson was impressed!
Tprith the silence of the prisoners. He
went back upstairs and prepared to
lock the prisoners in the cells for
the night.
On calling Walton, the white man,j
who was in jail awaiting trial for alleged
car breaking at Denmark about
two weeks ago, he failed to receive
an answer. Inquiry among the prisoners
brought the information that
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a'few minutes before he and Evans
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were in tne nan. Aii ui mc pno^x*-j
ers professed to know nothing of the!
jail delivery. Mr. Dickinson then
found out that Evans was likewise
not to be located. Calling his sonin-law,
Dave Kinard, the two men
thoroughly inspected the hall and
cells.
One of the cells, usually not used
except when insane prisoners are
committed to jail, has had for some
years a partly sawed iron bar in the
window. Some days previous, finding
that the cell had probably been j
tampered with, Mr. Dickinson had thej
cell fastened with two locks, in order
to keep any of the prisoners out !
of it.
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When this cell was inspected it j
was found that the two locks hadj
been broken off with a portion of iron
bed, and that the cell had been entered.
Further inspection showed
that the partly broken bar had been
torn loose, and through the aperture j
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"by using two blankets knotted to-j
gether, dropping to the ground on the j
outside. They had then made their
way to the board wall, from which a;
plank had been torn away, thus gain-1
ing their freedom.
During the brief period which elap-!
sed after Mr. Dickinson turned the^
prisoners into the hall and he return- i
ed to lock them in for the night. Ev-j
ans had succeeded in removing one
the shackles on his legs, he having!
been previously shackled to prevent;
his possibl-e escape. This shackle had :
evidently been filed away. The offi-i
cers have no knowledge of how "he
came into possession of a saw for:
this purpose. Both Evans and Wal-j
ton are entire strangers in this coun-j
ty without friends or relatives here.
It is thought likely Evans may still!
have one shackle attached to his leg, j
unless he succeeded in removing it
after leaving jail.
Charlie Tyler, a colored man of
Bamberg, reported meeting with a
negro near the colored Baptist
church early Tuesday night. This
negro had hailed Tyler, told him his
name was Nelson, and inquired Tyler's
name. No violence was offered,
however. From the description giyen
by Tyler, it is believed that this
man was Evans. Further on toward
the river, Jim and Ben Thomas, while!
returning from Columbia, met a negro
whose description answered Evans's,
and it is presumed that he J
went in the direction of Orangeburg!
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after leaving the jail.
All of the nearby towns have been !
notified of the escape. Immediately!
after the delivery had become known. |
the bloodhounds at the chain gang!
camp were sent for. One of the dogs
is said to be no good, and it happen-j
ed that the other had been confined
for some time past and had been re
If- Confessed
iped Jail Tuesday
leased Tuesday night for exercise,
and could not be located anywhere
when wanted.
Evans is described as being about
21 or 22 years old, about six feet
tall, a mulatto, with peculiar eyes
that attract attention. His teeth are
unusually good, he wears a constant
smile on his face, and is very bright
and talkative. He weighs about 150
pounds, and had on one shackle when
he left the jail. He is clean shaved,
and wore a khaki outfit. He had other
clothes, but he had sent them to
his home at Harleyville.
'Walton is about five feet seven or
pierht inches tall, is dark complect
ed, and is of a sour and glum disposition.
BURIED IX ORANGEBURG.
Former Bamberg; Citizen Laid to Rest
in Sunnyside Cemetery.
The following is clipped from the
Orangeburg Times and Democrat:
"Major Havelock Eaves, for the
past 10 years a prominent citizen of
this city, died last night at S o'clock
in a hospital in Charlotte, X. C.,
where he went on March 22 for treatment.
The cause of his death was
an affection of the heart known as
endocartis. His condition became
critical a few days ago and he
gradually grew worse until the end
came last night.
"The deceased was. 51 years of
age. He was born and reared in
Bamberg where he served for a number
of years as depot agent and telegraph
operator. Ten years ago he
accepted the position of sales manager
of the Orange cotton mills here
and continued in that position until
his death.
"On November 19, 1898, he was
married to Miss Eva Riley, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. w. nuc>, i.uimerly
of Bamberg, but for some years
past residents of this city. He is
survived by his widow* and the following
brothers and sisters: A. J.
Eaves, of New* York City; D. M.
Eaves, of Union, S. C.; Mrs. E. D.
Rainev, of Beaufort; Mrs. Decania
Dowling, of Charlotte, N. C.; and
Miss Mary Ellen Eaves, teacher in
the city schools of Columbia. Mrs.
Eaves and other relatives were at the
bedside of the deceased at the time
of his death.
"Major Eaves was a graduate of
the Citadel. He served with popularity
and distinction as major of the
second battalion of the Second South
Carolina infantry regiment during
the Spanish-American war and, during
the stay of that organization in
Cuba during that conflict. During the
World War he served as chairman of
the Orangeburg county Council of
Defence and wras very active in that
capacity.
"He was president of the Orangeburg
Shrine club, past exalted ruler
of the Orangeburg Lodge B. P. 0.
Elks, a member of the Orangeburg
Commandary of Masons, Petros Council
of Masons, Shibboleth Lodge A. F.
Masons and a member of the
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member of the Orangeburg Presbyterian
church.
"Major Eaves was well known as a
citizen who contributed to the advancement
of the community, being
an active participant in affairs connected
with the progress of this city
and surrounding community. He
was also prominent as a leader in affairs
connected with the fraternal
organizations to which he belonged.
H? was widely known not only in
this community but throughout the
state.
"Funeral services were held Saturday
at midday at his late residence]1
at 18 Orange court. Rev. J. L. Mc-[
Lees, pastor of the Presbyterian
church of which the deceased was a
member, officiated. The remains
were laid to rest in Sunnvside cemetery,
the grave being covered with
many beautiful floral offerings, the
the evidence of esteem in which this j
prominent citizen was held. Relatives
and friends from other portions
of this and other states attended the
services.
"Members of the KnVghts Templars,
in which order he was promi-j
nent, acted as an escort. Members
of the various other fraternal organizations
to which the deceased belonged
attended in large numbers."
For centuries there has been warfare
between the blacks and mulattoes
of Haiti with the black triumphant.
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T. U. VAUGHN ARRESTED
IN FLORIDA
FORMER ORPHANAGE HEAD MAY
HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN TAMPA.
Man Teaching School.
Attempts ro Take Life by Slashing
Throat, Jumping From Automobile
and by Drowning Self.
Tamna. Fla.. April 4.?T. U.
Vaughn, alias T. A. Earl, alleged to
have been convicted at Greenville, S.
C., six years ago on charge 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, and Marshall Suddufh of
Port Tampa. The man's wife was
also arrested ana is held at the police
station for investigation. Earl
denies that he is the Vaughn wanted
in South Carolina, but several attempts
to commit suicide led to his
being placed in a padded cell at the
county jail for safe keeping. Tt is
said that the crimes for which
Vaughn was sentenced to death were
committed 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 electrocurion.
Later he is said to have been regardj
ed as insane and was transferred to
the state hospital for the insane in
Columbia, from which he escaped
I about two years ago. He is alleged
I 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 in
Columbia.
Detective Killibrew went to the
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leaving Detective Stansell and Marshal
Sudduth near the house to
prevent the man escaping. Upon
learning Killibrew's intention and his
mission, Earl is said to have asked
permission to 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
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 Marshal Sudduth
were waiting. When Marshal
! 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 his trousers and pulled out a knife
with which he started to cut his
I throat. Detective Killibrew, however,
grabbed the man before he
could inflict serious injury uporf 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 mm to Tampa, ne was nnaily
lodged in the public station, where
shortly afterward he attempted to
pull the bandages from the wound
in his throat. Later he attempted
to take 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 filling his hat with water and
burying his face 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
Tampa, who had formerly made his
home in South Carolina, and knew
Vaughn.
Wife Also Desperate.
The 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 to
night suddenly grabbed a pocket
knife out of one of her pockets and
started to 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 minutes, seemingly taking
the time to arouse courage to carry
out her plans. She was caught just
as she started to jab the knife into
her throat.
The woman is said to have told the
police officers that she was a nurse
at the state hospital for the insane
SANDEL WINS IN
CASE VS. STATE
ALLOWED $25,250.00 FOR LOSS
OF CHILD.
Vaccine at Fault.
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State Will Appeal Case to High Court.
Still Another Case on the
Court Roster.
Columbia, March 31.?The jury in
the case of J. O'Neal Sandel against
the state of South Carolina returned
a verdict in favor of Mr. Sandel,
awarding him $25,250, because of
the death of his four year old daughter,
Thelma, in July, 1915, her death
the plaintiff alleged in his pleading
being due to vaccination with impure
or contaminated vaccine furnished
bv the state board of health.
Thp inrv in the case returned a
sealed verdict, this being opened in
the court Thursday morning. The
jury reached its decision Wednesday
night. The state will appeal the
case to the supreme court.
There is still another Sandel case
on the court roster, this being for
similar amount, $50,000, for the
death of another of the Sandel children.
The suit just tried, for $50,000,
was instituted in the name of
Thelma Sandel only. The action was
brought by J. O'Neal Sandel, father
of Thelma Sandel, a resident of Lone
Star in Calhoun county.
The vaccination was performed
by Dr. A. W. Browning, of Elloree,
Thelma dying, the plaintiff alleged,
18 hours later.
There was a strong array of professional
and lay witnesses on both
sides oj the controversy. The state
contended that the vaccine was prepared
in the usual way and placed in
little containers, with rubber stoppers,
and process being similar to the
methods employed by " recognized
manufacturers of such preparations.
The defense maintained that the
the deaths of the two children were
due to the reaction not to any contamination,
as alleged by the opposite
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investigation of vaccine which was
a part of the lot from which that
used on the Sandel children was taken,
and Dr. Asbury Coward, state
chemist, held that the germs found in
the vaccine were pus germs which
would not produce death in such a
short time as that which elapsed following
the vaccination of the children.
TWO BRIDES KIDNAPPED.
Are Stolen By a Woman as Husbands
Wktch.
Youngstown, Ohio, March 29.?
Mrs. Agnes Hetzell, 18, and Mrs.
Thelma Hetzell, 20, sisters, who recently
married Henry and Jacob
Hetzell, brothers of Atlanta, Michigan,
have mysteriously disappeared,
the bridegrooms reported to the
local police Monday. Search for the
brides in this city and surrounding
towns proved futile.
The newly married couples were
% on an automobile honeymoon trip
to visit relatives of the bndes at
North 'Jackson near here, according
to the story told the police. Soon
afted passing Akron Sunday their
car was stopped by a woman standing
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ed to the men to change a tire fc>r
her, which she said had blown out.
As the men worked, the women
chatted together. When the tire
was changed, the stranger requested
the brides to ride with her, saying
she was lonely. The big car sped
away from the unsuspecting husbands
whose fears were first aroused
when they reached North Jackson
and found no one who had seen the
automobile containing the three
women.
The world's largest asphalt refinery
it at Port Neches, Texas.
in Columbia, S. C., when she first met
Earl. Further, she, it is alleged, told
the orficers that she knew Earl had
never been insane and that he was
guilty of the charges he is accused
J 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 came
to this city and they were married
here, according to her statement.
After her attempt to take her life,
she was placed in a cell and is being
held until information is received
from South Carolina authorities to
learn if she is implicated in any way
with the case in that state.
X
Boston Red Sox a
Internationals ,
Well, they came, they saw, they i
conquered. The reference is made
to the Boston base ball club of then
American league. On Tuesday after- h
noon the Red Sox defeated the Ro-i 1
Chester team of the International j
league at Rhoad park in this city by \
a score of 9 to 8. It required ten <
innings for the major leaguers to ]
turn the trick, a single to right field ;
in the last half of the tenth inning ]
by Harvey Hiller, substitute short ;
stop, sending Mike Menosky home
with a deciding tally. <
The attendance, though large, was
somewhat disappointing to the promoters,
C. W. Rentz, Jr., and J. B.
Black, Jr.; it was confidently expected
to make this a red letter day in
the history of the sporting annals of
Bamberg. There were hundreds of
visitors from the surrounding sections
on hand for the athletic classic,
but the home folks did not turn out
so well, and consequent it is probable
that bigger crowds have been
jammed into Rhoad park. From the
standpoint of good ball playing the
exhibition of the national pastime did
not measure up to the standard hoped
for by many; however, there were
some very good plays as well as poor,
brilliant flashes of skill here and |
there, which were at least sufficient
to convince close observers of the
game that some of. the performers
were not mere ordinary ball players.
And, as a rule, the game was as good
as should have been expected for a
practice exhibition. To begin with,
contrary to the idea of many people,
the teams were not supposed to
be evenly matched. The highest class
leagues known to base ball are called
the majors. There are only two
of these, the National and American,
and the Boston team which appeared
in Bamberg is a member of the last
named organization; it is possible
that this league is a trifle faster than
the National, although, strictly speaking,
it is in the same class. The next
highest class of leagues is the AA,
and it is to this class which the Internationals
belong, of which Rochester
is a member. Therefore, Rochester
is a minor league club, while
Boston belongs to the majors. However
that may. be, they were the two
best teams that ever played in Bamberg.
There was lots of old-time hitting
and some old-time errors, too. In
the seventh inning the two longest
balls ever hit at Rhoad park were
rapped out. John Collins caught one
of Clark's breakers on the nose and
slammed it far out to deep center,
and it might have been going yet but
for the plowed ground across the
road, the ex-White Sox player and
world's champion pulling up at third.
A moment later Pittinger touched
the pill about where the two sides
of the old horse were sewed together
and in the absence of the^ target embankment
that ball probably would
have been in Miami or the Gulf of
Mexico by now. iShades of Babe
Ruth were falling fast over the field,
for no cleaner home run was ever
knocked in Dixie. Eddie Foster, who
played second for the Sox, and who
less than a century ago began his big
league career in Washington, being
stationed at third base in the American
league team of that city, also
poled out a triple, but he had had to
partly give thanks to Faulkner, the
diminutive short stop of Rochester,
who after playing brilliant ball for
several innings, evidently decided
that he was afraid Boston might buy
him, so chained himself to a tuft of
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grass and tooK a nap, as every uuuy
else watched the ball speed by him
for a three-bagger. Kimmick, the
third baseman for Rochester, secured
a triple and single, the only man on
this team to get two hits.
Some pretty fielding stunts were
pulled by Pittinger for Boston at j
third, and Liebold, formerly of the j
White Sox, in center field for Boston. |
In the fourth a fast double play was
worked, Foster to Scott to Collins.!
In the ninth Ware in left field for
Rochester made a wonderful peg to!
the plate, cutting down Walters, who
essayed to score from second on a j
clean single. Bub McMillan, a Latta, |
S. C., boy, who used to play with j
Clemson and was last year with
I Greenville in the Sally league, show-,
ed up well in center for Rochester,
hitting the ball hard every time at
bat, and fielding perfectly. He is;
hitting in the clean-up position, so j
must be well thought of by Manager
George Stallings, the miracle man of >
base ball. And, incidentally, Bub J
drove "in the first run of the gamej
nd Rochester
Play Erratic Ball
>vith a safe hit.
In the opinion of the writer Pittin?er,
filling in as a substitute third
oaseman for Boston, played the best
ball of any man on the field. He is
lew in the big show, but this youngs- ?
ier bids fair to hold a regular place
in some major league infield before
long. He handles himself well, has
a deadly arm, made some beautiful
plays, rapped out two singles and a
home run of the season in the major
leagues. We will hear from him lat
S
er; watch his record. , It was a disappointment
that Everett Scott, the ;
great Boston short stop, was not allowed
by Hugh Duffy, his manager, rv.
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IU pxav me mil game. ?
The Boston club began the game with
its best battery, "Bullet" Joe
JBush, late of Connie Mack's world's
champion Athletics, pitching, and
Muddy Ruel, erstwhile Memphis and
New York catcher, receiving him.
Bush was wild and walked five men.
In the seventh Thormahlen, recently
purchased from the New York team,
relieved him, and A1 Walters, also
obtained from New York, went be\
hind the bat. This battery finished
the game for the winners. Blake
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started pitching for Rochester with
Ross catching. In the fifth Clark replaced
Blake on the rubber and pitched
four games. He was bombarded
with heavy artillery in the seventh,
but in the four innings he twirled he
struck out six men, getting two victims
in the sixth, Liebold and Hendrix,
and two in the eighth, Hendrfx
and Pittinger. He also fanned Collins
and- Thormahlen. Thormahlen s,
was whiffed by Whittaker too, while
there was only one Rochester strikeout,
Faulkner. Ross suffered a bro
ken finger behind the bat and in the
sixth gave way to Hargrave, while
WhittuVor tnnlr ur> the
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burden of pitching for Rochester
This battery stuck it out to bitter defeat.
Each team carried about 25 players
and there were more substitutions
than had ever been seen in a ball
game in Bamberg, each side sending
in numerous pinch-hitters and on one
occasion Johnson, a pinch-hitter
whom Rochester secured from the St.
Louis Cardinals of the National
league, drove in two runs with a double
and then a pinch-runner was also
substituted for him on second and
scored the tying run, sending the
game into an extra inning. An old
professional umpire, Augie Moran
late of the National league, and Murray,
trainer of the Boston team, handled
the game with general satisfaction.
The Boston players left on the
evening train Tuesday for Charleston,
where the same teams played
Wednesday. The Rochester team
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left on the early train Wednesday
morning. This was th? first time ^ *
a big league team ever came to Bamberg.
The game was a bjg thing for
Bamberg and really furnished some
splendid advertising for a game of
this kind to be played in a town no
t .j
larger than this.
Score by innings:
Boston 0211004001?9 16 3
Rochester 1020001040?8 9 4
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MURDER IX SPARTANBURG.
Body of Glenn Foster, Public Car
Driver, Found in Stream.
Spartanburg, April 1.?The finding
of the body of Glenn Foster early
today, a half mile above the spot
where Guy McDowell was found shot,
to death on the previous day, revealed
a double murder, which must have
taken place some time'last Tuesday
afternoon. The dead men were both
public car drivers, married, and
widely connected in this section of
the state. The scene of the tragedy
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is a small branch two miles west of
the city and bordering the Camp
Wadsworth reservation. Foster,
whose body was found this morning
by searchers, had been shot twice and
his body had fallen in the stream.
The coroner's jury investigating
the case tonight found that he came
to his death at the hands of parties
unknown, but recommended that T.
E. Lanford, who is now in jail in connection
with the murder of Guy Mc
Dowell, be held in the Foster case,
pending further investigation. Lanford
was seen with the men and is
believed to have accompanied them to
the section of country where their
bodies were found. At the inquest
over McDowell's body, he refused to
testify. He is the son of the owner
of the land on which the bodies were
found and was until recently an engineer;
on the Southern railway.