The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-04-15
REMAINS OF VAUGHN
LAID TO REST TUESDAY
Curtain to Be Rung Down Over Sen
sational Case That Has Attracted
Attention for Years
The State, 18th.

The State, 18th.
Thurston L. Vaughn's body VIII
rest in a quiet place in the State nos
pital cemetrey and when the remains
are lowered into the earth this morn
ing the curtain will be rung on one OF
the most sensational cases ever before
the public in South Carolina.
Vaughn's remains will be laid to
rest in a simple coffin and in SIM
pie way. His father instructed the
State hospital authorities 10 inter the
remains here.
Sheriff T. Alex. He!se arrived with
the BODY of the former superintendent
Of The Odd Fellows orphanage at
! 5:35 o'clock yesterday morning, hay
ING left Tampa, Fla, at o'clock Sur
az afternoon. 4 short time after the
rival Of the remains, DR.. c. Fred
llliams and othe: hospital officials
we'd the body and positively iden-
ID the dead man as Thurston l..
khn. The identification was I'M;
and certain. That's Vaughn
DIR. Williams and others said when
the coffin was opened.
Capt. J. K. P. Neatherry, past
grand master of the Odd Fellows; A.
B. Langley, past grand master; Dr.
, S. F. Killingsworth, grand secretary;
DR.. Williams, DR.. Boone, c. L. Blease,
former governor; DR.. R. T. Jennings,
penitentiary physician, and numerous
other persons identified the body as
that of Vaughn and certificate that
the body was Vaughn's was made out
by DR.. Killingsworth, Mr.. Langley
and Capt. Neatherry.
Many Wish to See Body
All during the day hundreds of
people attempted to see the body
which was at McCormick's undertak-
ing blishment, but only those Sc
curing permission from DR.. Williams
and Sheriff Heise were permitted to
view the remains. Many curiosity
seekers were turned away.
Pictures of the man were taken
during the day as a safeguard in case
any question arises in the future as
to his identity.
Sheriff Heise talks interestingly OF
his trip and his talk with Vaughn's
wife, formerly Miss Sandel Beam
guard of Clover, whom he saw Sun
day morning. She told Mr.. Heise that
Vaughn escaped from the State hos
pital by means of a key, but did not
explain exactly how the patient OBJ
tanned the key After escaping on
Monday night Vaughn walked through
the streets of Columbia and to the
Seaboard Air Line station, she SAID,
where he purchased ticket for Tam
pa and boarded the midnight train for
Florida.
Mrs. Vaughn remained in Tampa
and as far as is known at the present
time there will be no effort to have
her return to South Carolina in con-
nection with the case.
Eeise Brings Razor
Sheriff Heise brought back with
him the razor with which Vaughn
ended his life and also the pocket
knife with which he had attempted to
commit suicide last Monday when
first arrested at his home in Port
Tampa. Pasted on the razor are the
following words: Kangaroo court
property; not to be sold or traded noE
taken fror, jail. Return to office each
day." The pocketknife is very ordi-
nary two blade knife.
81 saw Mrs. Vaughn, formerly Miss
Sandel Beamguard of Clover, at the
nurses home in Tampa, where she
was under the care of physician a.-d
two nurses and in very hysterlcal
and nervous condition. Mr.. Heise
said yesterday. "She told me that she
was married to Vaughn at Tam
pa, on the 18th day Of April, 1920, by
the Rev. H. A. Tucker, the certificate
being in little marriage record
book" Mr.. Heise continued in speak
ing of his trip. She told the sheriff
that she had married Vaughn while he
was going under the name of 7. 4.
Earl of Tampa when l asked her
where Vaughn went the night after
his escape from the hospital, which
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