Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-09-24
VAUGHN MAKES SECOND ESCAPE
Was On Eve OF Transfer from
Asylum for Rcscntcncing.


Vaughn, former superintendent Of
the South Carolina Odd Fellows Or
phange, at Greenville, escaped from
the State Hospital for the Insane
some time last night. lie was con-
fined In Il ward OH the fourth floor
OF the main building Of the hospital
and is believed to have secured a
key and unlocked the door leading
| 10 the fire escape. Up until noon
today there was no clue as to his
| whereabouts, although officers have
been notified all over the State to
lie on the lookout for him. Vaughn
had been confined in the asylum for
more than four years by order OF
Greenville county III 1912 Of criminal
assuat upon inmates Of the orphan
home.
Vaughn effected his escape some
time between $50 o'clock last night
and 6 o'clock this morning. Ac-
cording to the night attendant Of
his ward, he retired rather early last
night, complaining Of headache.
At o'clock this morning the attend
ant entered his ward to deliver the
morning newspaper. He saw what
appeared to be Vaughn's body il. the
bed under the bed clothes. At Z
O'Clock this morning the night at
tendant went OF duty. The day at
tcndant went to Naughns room
about O'Clock TO call him as he had
not appeared for breakfast and found
II dummy in the bed. made from
clothing.
y thorough search was at once
instituted, general alarm being
. Nen. Hospital authorities express
the Do.iri that Vaughn secured y key
III some way. No window bars were
/ broken TO the window The night
attendant says that he was in and
out OF the ward during the night
and saw nothing Of him. DR.. l.. Fred
.siiamr, superintendent OF the hos
pithl. Expresses complete confidence
in the night attendant. saying that
hc is one of his most trusted attend
ants
Vaughn is supposed 10 have car
ried with him when he left this
morning 4 gray suit. with an extra
rair OF blue trousers, Il brown hat
and black high top shoes, and he
WAS wearing light cream shirt. He
is about IS years Of age. about five
feet tall, weight about 1870 pounds.
has light brown hair. very thin and
, is almost bald Oh top. lie has blue
eyes, very penetrating, rather pro-
! truding, and has a light sandy n
I piexion. a rather effeminate ap' ~
ancc. He wears No. shoe.
Following Vaughn's conviction in
, 1912 Of criminal assault and SEN
fenced to death. he was sent to the
State penitcntiary for sufek eeping
pending an appeal. While in the
penitentary he apparently became
! insane. and sentence of death was
stayed by court order placing him
in the asylum. Only last week So
licit0r J. Robert Martin, OF Green
Vile, secured an order from the court
directing that he be brought back to
Greenville for resentence.
Vaughn escaped from the Green
Vile county Jail in 1912 while
awaiting trial, but was captured in
Baltimore. His case has been one
OF the most sensational in the his
tory or the State, and his mental con-
iition has been studied by some of
the greatest alienists In the United
,tates.
investigation Brings No Light.
Columbia, Sept. l7.--At the re-
quest Of j. Robert Martin, OF Green
willie, solicitor Of the Thirteenth judi
cial circuit, the attorney generals
Office made an investigation to-day
into the circumstances surrounding
the escape Of Thurston Y. Vaughn,
former superintendent Of the Odd
Fellows Home at Greenville, some
time Tuesday night from the State
Hospital for the Insane, where he
was confined for observation. No
new light on the matter in which the
fugitive, who was convicted in 1912
for criminal assault on girl inmates
of the home while hp was slperin-