The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-07-04
VAUGHN SAWS WAY TO LIBERTY
Man Charged With Heinous Crimes
Fugitive.

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the Odd Fellows Orphan Home, To-
Gated near Greenville, and a prisoner
in the county jail since May 81,
charged with the triple crime of
rape, living in adultery and procur-
ing abortion" the alleged victim be-
ing an orphan girl under his care,
sawed his way to liberty early to-
day and tonight fees before the pur-
suing arm Of the law, with the odds
greatly in his favor.
At 2 o'clock this morning Jailer
Phillips was aroused by negro wo-
1uan prisoner, who was confined in
a cell on the second floor, above
Vaughn's cell, telling him that some
one was escaping from below.
Too Late.
Before the jailer could reach
Vaughn's cell, the bird had flown.
The alarm was quickly spread and
determined, but unsuccessful search
has been made throughout the day
for the fleeing prisoner.
1t is practically certain that Vaughn
was aided by one or more persons
from the outside, and it is said that
Jailer Phillips rushed out into the
yard in time to see two men go over
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The prisoner made his escape by
severing a section of one of the win
dow bars with a hack saw. A short
distance from the point where he
tumbled over the jail yard fence, he
stumbled and on the spot was found
the saw frame, pieces of the blade,
the prisoners hat and a letter ad-
dressed to him. The hole through
which the man went measured twelve
by seven inches and only one bar
was sawed in twain.
Bible Found in Cell.
In the vacant cell to-day was seen
the section of the bar the man had
sawed out. It had been wrapped in
cloths to deaden the rasping sound
of the hack saw. On the floor of the
cell cell lay the prisoners thumbed
Bible, a copy of Whittier's Poems and
a copy of "Pilgrim's Progress.
Some rather ugly looking evidence
of carelessness on the part of some
body, and which throws suspicion on
the mans brother, in assisting
Vaughn to escape, has been brought
to light to-day. 1t is reliably stated
that the mans brother purchased the
hack saw and three blades from
local hardware concern week ago
to-day, and Chief of Police Hol-
combe, who learned of this purchase
at that time, stated to-day that he at
once notified the deputy sheriff and
the taller to be on the alert, as
Vaughn's brother had that day pur-
chased a hack saw and blades.
Mortgaged Home.
The fugitive is evidently we'll sup
piled with money, as the records IN
the office of the register of mesne
conveyance show that since he was
placed in jail he mortgaged his home
for the sum of $4,000. He is man
of rather keen intellect, is we'll in
formed, and the county authorities
realize that they have difficult task
to perform if they capture him. AS
to whether he is armed they do not
know.
The Vaughn case created some
thing of a sensation in Greenvllle
when the warrant for his arrest was
sworn out.
Worse Than Reported.
The press, out of consideration for
the Odd Fellows Order and the or
phan children at the home, and out
of respect for the sensibilties Of the
public, has suppressed volume of
details of the Nervousness of the life
Vaughn is charged with having led
at the time he was in charge Of the
Orphan Home.
While the warrant against him
charges him with wronging only one
girl, a statement in writing has been
seen wherein this girl states that of
her own knowledge Vaughn wronged
six of the orphans in addition to her
self.
Vaughn Still Flees Pursuers.