Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-08
EARLE IS vaughn.
Identity Of Notorious :FdgllIh'iIl Il
Established. !:
WAS MARRIED 70 ClolEIIalt. 'xlolfliAAI}

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Sentenced to Death for Criminal A.:
sault and Sent to AS IL =; Made His
Escape and Afterward Married His
Nurse-WiII Go to Electric Chair.
The Identity Of the man who wasffar-
rested at Tampa, Fla, last Monday UNI
der the name of 4. A Earle has: been
clearly esta blished. He-i is T. u. Vaughn,
who is under sentence Of death for
criminal assault on four little girls
who; were in his charge as superin-
tendent of the Odd Fellows Orphan
home at Greenville. The woman who
was living with him, as his ,:wtfe, In
Tampa ls Miss Sandal Beagsuard Of
Glover. !, - y = r.. I !,
At first Vaughn and the woman de,
MED the identity Of Vaughn, and
Vaughn undertook to re-assune his
pretense Of insanity; but later as the
hopelessness of further attempts :of
that nature became clear, the. woman
confessed everything and Vaughn,
though remaining, uncommunicative.
became more, rational. : " e: 80; ::
Miss Beamguard told the Tampa
police that she was married TO-
Vaughn, and examination Of the court
records showed the issuance OF q
marriage license to T: A. Earle and
Eddie Beamguard on April II, 1920.
Subsequent return showed that. the
marriage had been performed by Rev.
H. A. Tucker Of the First Congregac
tional church Of Tampa, !. April %2e.
following. Miss Beamguard went be-
fore. the court last Wednesday to make
affidavit that her real name was
Sandal instead Of Eddie, the name uns
der which she was. married; but; she.
did not explain why she had married
under an assumed name. ,tS~'fi', . =.
The woman's story was to thhteS
feet that shortly after Vaughn came:
tothe state hospital she was assIEna
as his nurse. She soon learned thaz:
he was not insane;-. and .becAvsa. Hf
was so kind, gentle and manly With
her and 80 interesting that hKs tell. ID
love, with him. She LETT the husrthSt
some. time after yaughh's :esSap apef and
later shez heard from him: :Ans do
They corresponded, and istdE Shesssat'
f0r+ Her to- come. TO- Elortala, sHsS sadss q
that she' did not knoSf' lthaEttnBt thadG d
wife living in Greenvllle: trhg couples
lived together for tifis Inc Plant,
City and later moved to Tampa where
Vaughn became assistant tpt4nofpai Of
the city schools. She dssiAftdEE. ttst
she still loves Vaughn. - *is =, y
Both Vaughn and his, wife irs sa5d;;
to have tried to commit stduidssaAe
their arrest; but were prevente
ghn was placed in a pddeatce3k'
where at first he began thsTef fdmp
ton of his old insanity dodkei
he .afterward abandoned. ;Dessaye
Blossom who worked up the eaHS ys
instructions at the prison not TO: allow.
the woman to come to furnish him,
with the means Of suicide. She heSgsd'
however to be permitted to skiss him, !,
and was allowed to do so,@ SHE bdld-
him good bye and said she iWoula meet.
him in heaven, She told the officers
that she was willing to return; ossouth
Carolina if; desired: but: she s begged
that her relatives be not .permitteAr !, to
hear Of her. trouble. :. The Il fssltnE.
among the offlcers'was that she you'd
kill herself II she could get tho OPP
portunity. I,.r,.'E
Vaughn has never been deoiated ~
sane. He!was in the state hospital Tor
observation" Governor Cooper .on'
yesterday forwarded requisltion; papers
to the governor OF Florida, and tho UNI
derstanding was that Vaughn: would
be brought back to Columbia, and that
he would be taken back to :Greenyille.
Unless there is further legal proceed
ure to secure delay. he viii be, re-
sentenced to death, and sent to Column
bia for electrocution. =. ft}TGfl 3sl7:
Vaughn escaped from the State
Hospital on September Is, 1917; =; =; !,
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