The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-06-25
7. {. VAUGHN LOSES
IN HIGHEST COURT
DECISION OF FEDERAL TRIBUNAL
AGAINST CONDEMNED PRISONER
10 Be Resentenced SOOn-Appeals of
NallOy and Bethune Dis
missed.
News and Courier.

News and Courier.
Columbia, June 21.-Attorney Gen
eral Peoples received a telegram to-
day announcing that the United States
supreme court had affirmed the SEN
tence of death upon T. u Vaughn and
had dismissed Naughn's appeal with
costs. The telegram also stated that
the supreme court had dismissed the
appeal of Joe Grant, a negro, wanted
in this State on the e-arge of murder,
and who has been fighting extradition.
Grant will be brought to South Caro-
lima at once for trial.
The following is the telegram to the
attorney general from James D. Ma
her, clerk of the United States su-
preme court:
Vaughn vs.. South Carolina. At
frmed with costs. United States ex-rel
Brown VS.. Cooke. Dismissed for want
of jurisdiction"
The Grant Case.
The negro, Joe Grant, alias Brown
is wanted for the alleged shooting Of
white man in Edgefeld county in
1906. He fed to Pennsylvania and
has been fighting efforts of the South
Carolina officials to get him back
here for trial. After an extended
hearing TIE governor of Pennsylvania
Issued extradition papers for the re-
turn of Grant to South Carolina, and
it was an appeal from this decision
which Grant took to tie United States
supreme court, and which that body
dismissed today.
1t IS the expectation Of Attorney
General Peoples to expedite the re-
turn of Grant to this State for trial.
- Case Against Vaughn.
It. U. Vaughn, who also lost mis- case
before the supreme court today, is
under Sentence of death on a convic-
ton of criminal assault. He was for
mer. superintendent of the Odd Eel
lows home in Greenville, and his trial
attracted wide attention. He based
mis- appeal on the ground that the
mode of legal execution had been
changed, after the time his alleged
crime was committed, from hanging to
electrocution, and he contended that
this was in the nature OF an ex-post
facto law. But the supreme court
overruled tim on this point. Vaughn
will be resentenced at the next term
of the general sessions court of Green
vile county.
Insane or Feigning?
Vaughn is at present confined in the
State penitentiary, and it is stated that
he has not spoken word in nearly
two years, and that ne constantly acts
as if he is insane. 1t has been thought
for some time that Vaughn was either
insane or is a splendid actor, for he
has been acting as one demented'
During the early part of this year DR..
"A P. Herring of Baltimore while in
Columbia, made close study OF
Vaughn and gave it as ais opinion that
the man was only acting, During Gov
ernor Manning's visit to the peniten-
tiary last week one of the newspaper
men who was along observed Vaughn.
At that time he was, seated on tie
floor, head bowed and fingers con-
stantly interlacing. Although ad-
dressed in loud tone of voice he did
not seem to notice that he was sopken
to. nor would he. utter. a word, or pay
attention to any one near him. 1t is
likely that a committee of medical ex-
perts will be asked to pass on the
question of whether Vaughn is insane
or not. 1.-.s.E
Vaughn was convicted in October
of 1912, and Eas been confined in the
penitentiary ever since for safe-keep-
ing.
Other Capital Cases Won.
Two other capital cases from this
State, Joe Malloy Of Bennettsville,
under sentence of death for the muir
der of Prentice Moore, and Will
Bethune of Clarendon county, also un-
der sentence of death, have been af-
drmed by the United States supreme
court on the same point involved in
the Vaughn case.
Attorney General Peoples has won
all six of his cases before the United
States supreme court this year. In
addition to The four mentioned above,
ne won two insurance cases, which