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He did not seem to at all realizs
/ the enormity of the crime he had
com niitted, aud made no inquiries
as to the condition of his victim.
AT er striking the girl Vaughn
im mediatrly left the school house
and went tn his home, where he told
his mother that there was trouble
over at the school house. He then
started across the fields
4 towards the river. A few mo-
ments later his father, Eli Vaughn,
came to the house, and being told
what the boy had said, started after
him, bat the latter disappeared
among the willows aud his father
dio not succeed in overtaking him.
! Then he seems to have wandered
about all day.
Late in the afternoon he was dis
covered by Frank Libby crossing a
field on .Libby's farm about two
miles northeast of jefferson, and go
ing in the direction of the town.
Libby started toward him ard when
within haiIing distance called to
him. Vaughn stopped at orce and
walked to meet Libby, who told
him that he would have to go 10
Jefferson with him. Vaughn made
no objections, butaccompanied Lib.
by to the house, where horse was
| hitched up aud drove into Jefferson,
| where he was turned over to Con-
stable Blackwell. ~
The examination of Vaughn was
held b.fore Justice S. L. Johnson.
District Attorney Hart was preeent,
and the prisoner waived his right
to preliminary examination and
was bound over to the grand jury,
The people of Jefferson, while hor-
ror- stricken at the crime of young
Vaughn, conducted themselves with
conservatism. A few hot heads
may have thought of violence, but
the people generally had no inten-
tiou ofin'erfering with the course
OF the law.
The young mans parents were
greatly shocked at the sons crime,
and his father displayed disposi-
tion to help the officers in their
search in any way he could.
fferson people say that young
Vaughn was of a rather peculiar
disposition. He was close student
ard faithfully performed his duties
as janitor at the school building.
But he made no friends and had no
COZ, fidantes or companions. He
never associated with any one. As
soon as he had performed his duties
he would 60 home, and never ling
cred to meet other young people.
On the morning of his crime he
wrote letter to the girl The let
ter was ra i bling and uninte lligible,
having no meaning whatever of any
kind.
Salem, Oct. 24.-Clyde Vaughn,
the yonng man who yesterday at
tempted to murder 13 year-old Lu-
lu Jones at Jefferson, was this after
noon brought to Salem and lodged
in the Marion county Jail. He had
bsen hysterical most of the after
noon, sobbing and moaning contin-
.uslly. He was quiet when first
brought here, and presented no un-
n nal a apOearance
Sheriff Burbiu and Dr.. Byrd Wis
tied the prisoner this evening TO ex-
.ainine into his condition. To them
h= told the story of his crime with
ont hesitation, he said that, acting
under an uncomfortable impulse,
be called the girl from the school
room, choked her, dragged her to
the basement and there struck her
on the head with an axe. He claim
ed that he is subject to insane spells.
DR.. Byrd will not at this time ex-
press an opinion as to the boys
sanity, but says that if he is feign-
ing, he is doing.a a good job of it.