The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-09-19

ioShS "eIe ali alike. vaughn mad been
allowed to have machine in his
room to make jumpers for patients i'm
order to pass away the time and as
the patient had said he felt better
when doing something. He may have
made the keys from some material in
the room or from the machine, but a
close examination of the machine and
the room revealed perfect order and
no deranged articles. The window
door. bed. personal effects and ar
ticles of clothing Vaughn was making
were all arranged in order. Only the
dummy appeared in the bed to mark
what would seem to be man.
Was Closely Watched.
Vaughn was admitted to the hos
pftal March %, 1915, and had been
regarded as model patient. He had
been given liberty of the wards and
other courtesies had been shown the
man who made all efforts to give
the officials no trouble. This was the
case until last May when the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows passed resolu-
tions asking the courts to carry out
the original sentence of death. After
the resolutions had been printed the
patient became deeply agtated and
attendants were placed in the ward
TO watch him. Special precautions
were taken to prevent his escape and
all his privileges removed. Vaughn
seemed to get over the scare later
and the special attendants were re-
moved. August rs a notice was served
upon the patient telling him that
Solicitor Martin of Greenville would
argue before the presiding Judge at
Greenville for an order to lave
vaughn committed to the county jail
there for resentencing to death. This
again worried the man and special
watch was kept over him.
1t is not known whether Vaughn
received notice last Saturday that
Judge Peurifoy had ordered him sent
10 Greenville or not, but it is believed
he did and Immediately set about to
effect his escape. DR.. Williams said
he did not know whether this was
the case or not
Escaped Once Before.
vaughn was convicted of Grimm
ally assaulting one OF the girls of the
Odd Fellows Orphanage October 20
1912 and was sentenced to die De-
cember 20, 1912. The case was taken
to the supreme court and later TO
the United States supreme court. the
opinion of the lower court i'm each
instance being upheld During the
! interim between the trial and the
passing OF sentence he escaped from
the Greenville Jail. He was later an.
pretended in Baltimore and brought
, back to South Carolina.
After being brought to the State
penitentiary, the question of Vaughns
sanity was raised and he was later
committed to the State Hospital for
the Insane for observation.
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
at their meeting in Columbia Nav
IA, 1919, nearly seven years after
sentence had been imposed. adopted
a resolution, calling for thorough
investigation OF the mental status
or vaughn and for his execution.
should he be adjudged sane. The re-
solution was sent to Governor Cooper.
but authority to proceed rested with
solicitor Martin of Greenville, who
Saturday asked that Vaughn be re-
manded to the Greenville jail that
the request OF the Odd Fellows might
be complied with. The tests were tol
nave been made as soon as Vaughn
had been taken to Greenville this
week.
Following the Odd Fellows resou.
tion' DIR. j. F. Munnerlyn, medical
director of the State Hospital for the
Insane. reported to Governor Cooper
that Vaughn claimed to hear "imaei-
nary voices" From his observations
and the claims of Vaughn DR. Muner.
lyn said; These symptoms would
seem to justify the diagnosis ofI
dementia preacox as made by DIR.
Sandy during his observations os the
case Of 1916"
vaughn is said to be about 38l
years of age and weighs 12O pounds.
lie Is five feet tall, and has light I
brown hair, practically bald on ton /
has blue, penetrating eyes. a sandy |
complexion and wears a small shoe |
NO. 5yor 6. When he left he is sun.