The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-19
ANNA ORR WAS DROWNED.
,re BoDY DISCOVERED Nv A WELL
NM 5wD MILES FROM HOME.


sac S,,r,t In July while Suffering from
W" .,bc Feared Violence In Her Deli
,,u-IIer Flight and the search Tor Her.
,.,,,orpopr oct 1S.-After an unavailing
III Tor week after week the dead body OF
- GRAY Orr who In the delirium OF fever
A nu from her fathers house. three miles
p,,1oeport, on the night OF July 20 was
non an tuesday afternoon by chance in the
io ans a, n lon disused we'll nearly two miles
W. from her home. She was the Youngest
s.nshter OF Charles 5. Orr. wealthy farmer.
go house. Castle View, stands on knoll
back OF Bridgeport
cha was a very pretty and accomplished
:, y. n way through her sixteenth year. and
an to last July had always been In good health.
or. vas taken Ill in the latter part Of July with
s onu resembling typhoid fever. Becom-
~ dslirIous, she thought that some one was
''.srin, her with the intention Of cutting or
SSsrbaIr She JumpoG out OF the window half
a,assed. AND. Gliding her sister Lizzie. who
a,,sped her, escaped into tho thick woods
and disappeared completely
Th.ories that the missing girl had been put
ant NJ the way. that she had been assaulted by
,r.mns and then killed.. that she had been chr
,,.d away by gypsies. and that she was living
n tbe woods still demented. and subsistinS
an berrlss and wild fruit. were freely advanced.
nh. we'll liz which Anna Orr came to hor
A.,th Is on the property Of Major j. b. More
hou.s on the upper road from Bridgeport to
r.i,aeld, 1t stands about twenty feet back
from the road from which 1t Is separated By
.,one wall and a FIVE barred gate. From the
ground to the bottom is twenty eight feet. and
thar. Is now four feet OF water In the well. The
r.ll IA about two feet nine inches In diameter.
v.llsd in by Jagged rocks and guarded bya
VAL box more than waist high. 1t would DO
impossible FOR any one to tal In M aSGid ie
house, occupying the house next to the Major.
ysceiyed complaint from number OF Hun +,
ea he other side OF the road that the water In
their well was unit to drink. II occurred to
Mr. Banks that the dsMs S a yS rn On the M0rs
he Hungar Accordingly he went over on
FRIDAY afternoon to look at It.
caught his eye. Tho sun. almost overhead.
cast light into the dark resessses and pres,
@ m.ds oa ,sss the SSses us9a
body, but whether that Of human being or OF
an animal he couldn't Determine He vent to
Examiner who returned with him to make an
examination. It was growing dark when they
got back. The rays Of the lantern soon re-
It's Anna, Orr, said Banks.
Perhaps" replied the Doctor: bms don't
Been too many false alarms already without
hs oOTpS m9rnng Dr. DSpsdss0O
bridgeport. who had work cd on the case since
tho girls disappearance; and who was notified
r. ,n BODY HSu out. BY mans OF mirror Win
which Detective Arnold reflected the sunlight
into the well the dsDns and and
partly doubled up. could be ssen. There was
little clothing on the upper part q the body
some difficulty slip moose was slipped over
tho body and 1t was brought to tho surface OF
The detective positively identified the lady
BY the clothing Of which he had = fell dsscr!9-
tiop. 4 hasty examination by DE- Donaldson
broken bones. nor was the skull fractured:
we'll and tho Jagged rock that Tor N It's sides. It
and the theory that ths, girl climbed down the
water. and was drowned was suggested. No
signs Of foul play or violence of any sort were
By permit from Coroner Doten tho body was
removed to Bishops morgue and Mr.. and Mrs;
Or notified They and 4 A. J. Orr. the dead
nnot permitted to see the body. Undertaker
Bishop fearing the effect upon them. Mr.;
Of Anna Orr. whom he had known. The face.
Mrs. Orr. whose mind has been unsettled for
that the certainty Of Annals death. hard as it
% u DedE. ID D6lteT tuan tno AltuObC uneuQuEa-
Bile uncertainty which they have had to bear |
since her disappearance.
In past years Mrs. Orr. in attacks OF insanity |
under the hallucination that her husband |
was trying to kill her. ran away several times. |
taking Anna with her and went to a house near |
the Morehouse place. where friends Of hers. |
who have since moved away. then lived. DR.. |
Donaldson thinks that. Annals mind. unbal- |
apced BY the fever. may have gone back to her |
field road with ideas Of refuao from danger. |
she she took that road. and In looking for the
Although the news OF the discovery was not |
known In Bridgeport until late in the after |
noon. sensation seekers flocked to the place. |
They also crowded to Undertaken Bishops |
place. but he refused all requests to see the !
SGdy X. IoH , this class of people the
morrow afternoon from, the house of Mr.. |
I A J. Orr the dead girls brother. at 242 |
Harold avenue. Bridgeport. The Rev. Mr.. |
will oficiate.
A peculiar feature Of the tragic affair. and
one which Is causing much comment Is that |
Two months ago a cairvoyant declared that IL |
Anna OTIS body ever was found 1t would be at |
the bottom of well. within a few feet OF u |
wetrayele ed road leading from Bridgeport to |
aneighboring village.