The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-11-06
WHAT DOES Il MEAN
Y WARRANTS AGAINST THE WFI.
Gers ARE WITHDRAWN.
FEELING Was INTENSE.

FEELING Was INTENSE
Among the Tremendous Crowd That
Was Present at the Preliminary
Hearing OF the Cases Against Gil
reath, Phillips and Gosnell, Ar
rested by Order of Gov. Blease.
The Greenville Daily Piedmont
says the warrants against Inspector
Of Police ]. D.. Gilreath, Policeman
Alex Phillips and. Constable Reuben
Gosnell, charged with aiding Thurs
ton U. Vaughn to escape from tt 2
Greenville county jail last June, were
withdrawn Wednesday afternoon a
few minutes before 4 O'Clock. Mr..
Oscar K. Mauldin, attorney for the
prosecution, asked fora withdrawal
after Magistrate Samuel Stradley had
refused to grant the continuance OF
the preliminary hearing, asked by
the prosecution.
The preliminary was demeanded
by counsel for the defense, Hayns-
worth and Haynsworth,- and was set
for 3 O'Clock Wednesday afternoon
before Magistrate Stradley. A few
minutes heIore2S o'clock a tremen-
dous crowd gathered near the mag
istrate's court room and in order to
accommodate the people the place of
the hearing was changed to the
Board of Trade rooms. The room
was filed and numbers Of people
were standing in the Railways lead
ing to the room.
Attorney Mauldin, who says he
was secured by the prosecution to
conduct the case, appeared before
Magistrate Stradley and in the form
Of motion asked for a continuance.
He said that important witnesses
were out Of the city Tuesday and that
without their presence the prosecu-
could rot go on with the case. He
further said that a detective, who
had been working on the case for
some time. could not be located al
this time and for that reason they
were unwilling to proceed with the
case. Mr.. Mauldin had prepared a
motion which he read to the court.
in reply to Mr. Nauldin's request
Mr. H. J. Haynesworth said that the
witnesses whose names appeared or
the warrant, were. in Greenrilie and
he could see no reason why the cases
should not be tried Wednesday after
..oon. Mr. Mauldin interrupted the
speaker and said that two Of the wit
nesses referred to were not there,
:jur were in Columbia He said that
Jack Power was in Columbi and that
Hendrix Rector was sent after him.
Mr.. Haynsworth then inquired to
know why the witnesses were not
here. Speaking to Mr.. Mauldin he
said: "You knew the witnesses were
wanted, why didn't you insist that
these men be here"
When Mr.. Haynsworth had con-
Guided his argument Magistrate
Stradley demanded that the prelim-
mary should be held at the time set.
A1r. Mauldin then arose and said that
the only thing the prosecution can
take is the dismissal OF the charges.
The announcement Of the magistrate
that the warrants had been with
drawn was followed by much laugh
ter and discussion. Feeling was
tense during the hearing.
A dispatch to the Greenville Pied
mont Wednesday said Hendrix Rec
TOT and Jack Power, of Greenville,
are in Columbia and it was stated BY
q man who came down on the train
With Rector that Rector, Power and
Sheriff Lyon, of Abbeville, were 60
ing to the penitentiary to try and get
4 statement from Vaughn. The same
man said that he VS. told by one OF
those three men that Rector came to
Columbia for he express purpose o.!
seeing Vaughn at the State prison.
A later dispatch from Columbia to
the Greenville Piedmont said Hen
dirk Rector and two other men whose
names the penitentiary officials did
not disclose, but who are supposed
70 be Jack Power and Sheriff Lyon,
o. Abbeville, at l o'clock Wednesday
were in consultation with T. U.
Euaghn in his cell in the peniten-
tiary, the conference having been al
lowed on an executive order Of the
Governor. Newspaper men who were
sent to the penitentiary Wednesday,
we're not allowed to see Vaughn"
In commenting on the above tele-
grams, the Greenville Piedmont says
1T the Greenville County Jail We'd
3esday morning. it was stated in re-
sponse to an inquiry that Jailer Rec
tor was "out in the country. The
iirect question ''Is he in Colum bia?'
brought the response that he was not.
Newspaper men have been denied the
privilege Of seeing Vaughn even in
the presence of guard, at the peni-
tentiary at Columbia. But it seems
that Rector has free access to him.
1t will be remembered that Gill
reath, Phillips and Gosnell, all high
" respected citizens of Greenville.
were arrested last Sunday afternoon
on the order of Governor Blease. be-
ing charged with assisting Vaughn
70 escape from Jail last June. This
charge was based on an alleged con-
ression of Vaughn, the wretch who
has confessed to running five little
girls, inmates Of the Odd Fellows
Orphanage while he was at its head.
This matter has created a great
deal of excitement in Gree1ville, and
feeling is 20 strong against Rector.
who was nominated in the primary
for sheriff. that at mass meeting
on Wednesday evening an independ-
ent candidate was nominated to run
against him. The people are indig-
nant because three resnectable citi-
zens have been arrested on charges
made by such fiend as Vaughn con-
fessed himself to be.
It looks like a case Of persecution
on the part Of the enemies Of Gil
reath. Phillips and Gosnell. Or an eff
fort on the part Of Vauchn's friends
20 have him rardoned so as he conl'
he made a legal witness in court