T.U. Vaughan Kills Self in County Jail in Tampa, Fla., April 9, 1921

Body of Vaughan Still at Tampa

By the Associated Press

Tampa, Fla., April 9--”We do not know what disposition will be made of the body of T.U. Vaughan, who committed suicide in the county jail last night,” said Will C. Spencer, county sheriff, this morning. South Carolina officials coming here for the man are believed to be enroute from Tallahassee.

Vaughan, former superintendent of the Odd Fellow State Orphanage, was convicted in 1912 on a charge of attacking four girl inmates of the orphanage and sentenced to die December 20, 1012. His execution was stayed on appeals and he was committed to the state asylum at Columbia, S.C., where he remained until hs escape on September 18, 1919.

From the front page of The Hickory Daily Record, April 9, 1921