The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-04-14
T. U. VAUGHN
COMMITS SUICIDE
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COMMITS SUICIDE
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nor taken from the Jail. Return to Of
flee each day." The pocketknife is
very ordinary two blade knife.
81 saw Mrs. Vaughn, formerly Miss
Sandal Beamguard of Clover, at the
nurses home in Tampa, where she
was under the care of physician and
two nurses and in very hystencal
and nevous condition" Mr.. Heise
said yesterday. "She told me that
she was married to Vaughn at Tampa,
on the 18th day of April, 1920, by the
Rev. H. A. Tucker, the certificate
being in a little marriage record
book" Mr.. Heise continued in speak
ing of her trip. She told the sheriff
that she had married Vaughn while
he was going under the name of T.
A. Earl, of Tampa. "When | asked
her where Vaughn went the night
after his escape from the hospital,
which was one of my first questions,
she replied that he walked to the
Seaboard station and caught the mid
night train to Tampa and began
teaching school soon after his arrival
in Florida, locating at Gillett." Mr..
Heise said. Mrs. Vaughn told the
Richland sheriff that after short
stay at Gillett Vaughn went to a
rural school out from Plant City and
later went to Port Tampa, this be-
ling February 20, 1920.
"Mrs. Vaughn said that Vaughn had
some money in his possession when
he escaped from the hospital, that he
had gotten as tips and that he would
sell the tobacco that was furnished
him and hide the money in the toe of
his shoe. When asked as to how he
left the hospital she said that after
his escape he walked to the Sea-
board station and took the midnight
train for Florida where he had been
ever since.
"When asked as to how he came in
possession of the keys with which
he effected his escape, Mrs. Vaughn
said, the sheriff said, that he had
never confded in her as to who gave
it to him, but that he was never
trusted with any keys and that she
wished to state to, the public that
neither DR.. Williams nor DR.. Mum
nerlyn had ever relaxed the super
vision of Vaughn and that no author
ities were in any way connected with
his escape. Mrs. Vaughn spoke in the
highest terms of DR.. Williams. Mrs.
Vaughn became verey nervous when
talking about who aided Vaughn to
escape and would wiring her hands
and become hysterical. Asked as to
why she told Vaughn Good bye, I'll
meet you in heaven Mrs. Vaughn
isaid that she did not intend to COM
nit suicide but that when he was tax
en- back to South Carolina that he
would be executed. She said that
Vaughn never went to Canada
never left Florida as far as she knew.
She esaid that he seemed to love her
very much and begged her to come to
him, that he was just like child and
that she felt sorry for him and mar
ried him. Mrs. Vaughn is "a years of
age and wears glasses.
vaughn and wife were in Tampa
Saturday night April 2 and in pass
ling a cigar store she saw a former
Columbian, Sam Coleman, and felt
sure that Coleman had recognized
them. She said she knew that Vaughn
could have left then but he did not
feel uneasy at the time about anyone
turning him up. Mrs, Vaughn said
that the city authorities had treated
her very badly. put her in a dirty
cell and gave her coffee with some
thing in it that caused her to lose her
reason. She said one Of the city police
had tried to get her to get some
poison to give Vaughn and get him
out of his misery as she knew ne
would be taken lack to South Caro- ira
but that she had said she could not
do thai.
zone of the men told her that her
marriage was null and void and she