The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-04-12
VAUGHN REFUSES
TO BE IDENTIFIED II
CONTINUES TO POSE AS 7. E.
EARL IN FLORIDA
Cooree Issues Eequ;si:;on Paper and
Officers Leave Columbia for
Tampa

any other than I. E. Earl; mat he
has ever haS anothe. me ." that
he has q former wife IN Greenville.
He was especially emphatic IN deny
ing the wife's story, crying out that
he has only one wife and that he
loves her dearly. He gave the sheriff
an order to the county superintend-
ent of schools to pay Mrs. Earl SIP
still due him for three weeks serv
ice in the Port Tampa schools. Not
knowing that his wife's name had
been learned, he refused reques.
for it, saying it would hurt her in he-
home town and that she was innocent
of any wrong. This statement wiped
out the last vestige Of doub. in the
minds of authorities that they have
the right \man. ''if he is not
Vaughn" said Detective Blossom, che
would have no objection to giving her
name" When told that his wife had
admitted he was Vaughn he said:
'You are just trying to kid me and
scheming to get me-in trap" Con-
tinuing his denial, he spoke of "a man
named Vaughn" aqd admitted a
knowledge of the crimes for which
Vaughn was convicted.
Wife Tells of Marriage
Further investigation of the mar
riage of Earl and his wife and her
anxiety to make an affidavit clearing
up the maiden name disclosed that
the wife's full maiden name was
Sandal Edmonds Beamguard." She
told notary in the county judges
office that since the trouble has come
up, she desires to establish beyond
question her legal marriage. She
wanted an affidavit made that she was
the Eddie Beamguard' of the mar
riage license dated April II, 1920.
Explaining the discrepancy, she offer
ed to swear that she appeared before
the county judges clerk last April L.
and when asked her name, told them
Sandal Edmonds Beamguard; that
apparently the clerk. misunderstood
and made out the application license
and affidavit in the name of Eddie
Beamguard; that when handed the af-
Gdavit to sign, applicants for mar
riage license in this state must make
affidavit that they iare of age, ETC.,
she called attention to the fact that
her name was Edmonds, not Eddie
but that the girl clerk said it wouldn'y
matter and go ahead and sign it Ed
dies for all the papers were made
out that way already.
Mrs. Earl reported to the detective
bureau as required again this morn
ing, but did not discuss the case,
merely asking if she was needed. Al
ter the pervious days experience of
being refused 70 get within arms
length, she did not ask for a permit
to visit her husband at the Jail and
probably intends to let her goodbye.
dear, III see you in heaven" stand as
the final farewell, unless the South
Carolina authorities want her TO go
back with them They are expected
tomorrow.
Money on Deposit
She has an account of $745 in one
bank and $1,000 certificate of deposit
in a Plant City bank, and her friends
operate in every way possible to
make her comfortable and happy if
she remains. She has made many
close personal friends among her
neighbors at Port Tampa, and several
from Plant City have testified as to
her exemplary conduct there and Of
fered her any assistance she needs.
A letter to a local paper from Lake
Wales, Fla, signed C. T. Berfoot,
said:
81 note with great pleasure the ac-
count of the capture of one of the
most debased criminals. that | ever
knew personally. I sincerely hope
there is no error in identity"
Berfoot goes on to say that ne op-
posed the appointment of Vaughn to
the post of superintendent of the or
.phanage. He also says that Vaughn
had a wife and several children while
superintendent, ard that he has nev-
er heard of her death or divorce.
Though he does not mention it, Ber-
foot may have been the man who saw
Vaughn at Haines City year ago, as
reported at that time. Lake Wales
is only Is miles from Haines City,
and Haines City is only 80 from
Plant City, where Earl was stationed