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LYNCHING AT CLARENDON.
THE WHOLESALE HANGING A MOST
ORDERLY PROCEEDING.

Sought Destruction by MOrphtnes
Miss Rachael Morris, an Accessory,
sim at LaFgc-Murder IA scheme to
Collect Insurance Money and Form
Theatrical Company in New
York.
Little Rock, Ark. Aug. 1O.-Five me-
groes were hung from the limbs of trees
near the railroad track and the widow of
John n. Orr is dead in her cell This is
the tragic denouement Of the assassina-
ton of John r. Orr. a wealthy merchant
at Clarendon a few nights ago.
The wife died from a dose of poIsonu
self-administered, while the negroes, heR
associates in crime, we're strung up by
mob Of citizens.
The lynched are; Manse Castle, Dennis
Rcard. REla Weaver, Susie Jacobs and
Win Sanders
At midnight, mob composed of 800 citi-
zens, visited The Monroe county jail at
Clarendon. took therefrom the prisoners
charged with the murder of Orr and Iynch-
ed them. The mob was a most orderly
one, not a word being unnecessarily spok-
en- and not a shot being fred They
marched 60 the JAIN and demanded the
keys OF Deputy Sheriff Frank M,iwee,
who was In charge. He at first refused
their demands, but seeing their earnest-
ness turned over to them the keys
A committee from the mob went inside
the jail ana brought out the prisoners and
hanged them to the tramway of the Hal
perm saw mill which stands about 100
yards In the rear Of the jail. WIN San
ders was the one that fired the shot that
killed Mr.. orr; Rilla Weaver was the
mother of Sanders, and cook in the Orr
| household; Dennis Ricard was the hoo
doc doctor and conjurer," who tried tn
poison Orr with boiled snake heads. and
Manse Castle. volunteered to do the Job
! and transferred il to Sanders
| Miss Rachel Morris, accused of being ac-
cessory before the fact has disappeared
and her wherea bout are unknown 70 the
officers. placard bearing these words
was attached to the bodies:
This is the penalty for murder and
rape"
The negroes remained where they were
hanged until a. m. to-day. Great crowds
viewed the sight.
The negroes seem to indorse the lynch-
Ing, and many of them are open IN their
| expressions of satisfaction over the death
of Dennis Ricard whose arts of hoodoo
and coajurlng made him an object OF
dread to them.
| White the five bodies swung In the carly
morning breeze the body OF the widow
OF the murdered man lies dead in her cell
in the county Jail, with only the soft,
! sweet voice Of her 3-year-old child TO break
| the midnight silence OF the gloomy cell -
| the innocent little tot vainly cried for
mamma.
Somewhere a young woman. once prom
| inent I'm Clarendon society, Is fugitive
| from justice, hunted by the officers OF
the law, charged with murder. Her name
Is Miss Rachel Morris, and she is che only
survivors of the coterie Of seven named
| In the coroners verdict as being responsi-
BILE for the tragic death of John T. Orr.
Mrs. Orr died by her own hand. After
completely breaking down and making
partial confession in some way she OBJ
tained a quantity OF poison and took the
dose about 2 O'Clock Monday afternoon
She never regained consciousness.
Last Saturday night John T. Orr was
assassinated white making a glass OF
lemonade. He had just returned from
| choir practice, where his wife was or
ganist. \
The crime was shrouded In mystery un-
I'll Miss Morris told somebody that sha
knew who fred the shot
After coroner's inquest extending over
two days a verdict was rendered charging
Mrs Orr the murdered mans wife, with
being the instigator Of the crime. Miss
Rachael Morris Manse Castle, win Sand
ers Dennis Ricard, Rilla Weaver and
Susie Jacobs, the five last named negroes,
were charged with completely In the
crime.
After the arrest Of Mrs. Orr and the
five negroes, Mrs. Orr made confession.
She admitted that she wished her hus-
band was dead and that she would be
willing 20 give $500 to anybody to kiln him..
But she said this was uttered while in a
nt Of anger and that she was innocent of
any criminal intention. Her husband
abused her she said and once struck her
and she, being of high temper herself
sometimes said things IN anger that sho
did not mean.
Mrs. Orr seeing that she would meet
death at the hands of the law, preferred
another route and consequentls took pois-
on. She died late yesterday afternoon in
the iaiI. Just before she lapsed into un-
consciousness she willed all Of her prop
erty TO her 4-year-old daughter, Nevas
and placed il in trust with the Clarendon
Lodge. knights of Pythias of which her
dead husband was a prominent member.
John orr was several years ago a the
atrical man, and In 1880 was manager OF
n theater in some Wisconsin town There
he met and married his wife. The mar
riage was clandestine, and the brides
parents were bitterly opposed 20 It.
Tho Orrs lived happily but short time.
Orr prospered and was considered wealthy
at The time OF his death. His life was In
sured for 5000
1t dppears from letters received by Mrs.
Orr in the name of her cook, Rilla Wea-
yer through whom all the correspondence
was conducted, that Mrs. Orr and Rachel
Morris were to remain here until Mr..
Orrs insurance money was collected, then
20 TO New York where they were to meet
two men and form theatrical company.
Mrs orr was also In correspondence
with other men.
TRAIN DITCHED.