The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-12
CORPSE ON EXHIBITION.
People Doubted Whether Mrs. Orr
Was Really Dead.

Clarendon, Ark, Aug. 11.-This little
city has resumed its usual quiet. The
bodies of the four negroes, victims of
Tuesday nights mob will be buried
across the river today. The body of
Mrs. John Orr, who killed herself in
Jail, has been removed to her residence
for preparation for burial. Her little
3-year-old baby is with E. NJ. Faifer,
a friend of the family.
Wallace Graham, Mr.. Orr's partner
IN business, has received a letter from
Mrs. Orr's stepmother at Mansion,
Wis, but has not yet made the con-
tents known. Mrs. Orr's remains will
probably be sent to her father in
Mansion FOR interment.
S. W. Soardman has given out a
written statement, prepared by Mrs.
Orr on Monday afternoon just before
she took the fatal dose. 1t reads: L
want my baby, Neva to stay with Mr..
Faifer with his children, while l live,
then Mr.. Graham to have full control of
her until my father comes for her,
which l want him to do. I want my
father to have my baby and to raise
her. l want my baby Neva, to have
all my personal effects. My body is to
be shipped to my father and be buried
where he resides. / want to say to
Steve Boardman. Wallace Graham, Mr.
Moorehead and Mr.. Faifer, that for the
kind manner in which they have treat
ed me 1 hope that God will bless them
for it. I hope God will forgive Rachel
Miss MOrris) for the way she has
treated me. 1 want all of my property
and home to go to nv baby NeVa and
l hope that his favorite lodge, Knights
Of Pythias, Will see that this, my last
will, is carried out. I want papa to
help Wallace all he can. This state
ment completed at $50 p. m. Monday,
Aug. s. 1885,
Mr.. BOardman would not give out
this paper until Mrs. Orr was dead. He
says her fathers name is W. c. Barker,
that he resides at Mansion. Wis, and
that at present he is very low and in
destitute circumstances. He is 81
years of age Mr.. Boardman says
John T. Orr has a sister. Mrs. T. w.
Deal. residing in Denver.
PEOPLE VIEW THE CORPSE.
St. Louis, Aug. IA. special to the
Post Dispatch from Clarendon, Ark.
says: The third act in the Clarendon
tragedy is as remarkable as the two
preceding ones. Today the corpse of the
murderess lies il the court house, while
hundreds Of people pass and view the
remains. This unusual thing was done
by the authorities to still the suspicion
that Mrs. Orr was not dead, but had
been spirited away. SO strong had this
feeling in the community become that
this means was regarded as the only
way to allay it.
GAINESVILLE. O., Aug. 11.-Mayor
Archer Of Caldwell, o., denies having
ever written the letters found at Mrs
OTIS at Clarendon, Ark, and asserts
that somebody else has been writing in
his name Archer is an unmarried at
torney % years old.
ARCHER'S EXPLANATION.
Caldwell, O., Aug. 11.-Mayor Arthur
O. Archer today made the following
statement regarding the Orr affair at
Clarendon, Ark:
II rave had some correspondence
with Lorilla F. Weaver, whose name L
secured through a correspondence
bureau of Cincinnati. She represented
herself to be French lady of wealth
and leisure, and never heard OF the
name Orr until I saw il in the press in
connection with the terrible tragedy
at Clarendon, and / am dumbfounded
that my name was connected with ii in
any way The manner in which the
began is this:
"a number of young men were in
my Office one evening and one of them |
had a circular from the correspondence !
bureau, and it was suggested that for |
the fun of the thing. correspondence |
be opened up with some one. A letter /
was written to the bureau and the /
name and description of the person |
herself to be Lorilla F.
Weaver was secured in this way, which
I now have in my posses
sion. together with all letters received
from her, three in number. Your cor
has read these letters and 4
there is nothing in them suggestive Of
any wrong-doings in any way and they
appeaAA to have been written by a lady
Of education and refinement"
The unenveniable nOtoriety is very
to Mayor Archer and his
friends.