The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-08-16
The HOO-D0O DOCTOR
WHO TRIED TO POISON ORR
WITH BOILED SNAKE HEADS,
AMONG The FIVE THAT WERE lYNCHED
Strung up by a Mob Of Citizens Miss Rache
Morris, Accused Of Being an Aces
sorry 70 Cr's Murder has
Disappeared.

Little Rock, Ark, Aug. 1G.-Flve ne
groes are hanging from the limbs OF
trees near the railroad track and the
widow Of John L. Orr is dead III her cell.
This is the tragic dcnoucmcnt Of the as
sassination of John I. Orr, Il wealthy
merchant ut Clarendon, a few nights ago.
The wife died from Il dose Of poison.
sclf-a,lministcred. while the negroes. her
associates in crime. We're strung up by
a mob of citizens. The lynched are:
Mn. CASTLE.
RIILA WEANEAR.
DENNIS REGARD.
SUSIE JACOBS.
WILL SAUNDERS.
At midnight i mob composed Of 300
persons visited the Monroe county jail
at Clarendon. took thcrefrom the priS-
oncrs charged with the murder Of Orr
and lynched them. The mob was most
orderly one. not a word being unncccs-
>arily spoken and not 4 shot being fired.
They marched to the jail and demanded
the keys of Deputy Sheriff Frank Mil
wee. who was III charge. He 1T first
refused their demands. but seeing their
carneStnCSS. turned over to them the
keys. y committee Of the mob went in
side the Jail and brought out the prison
ers and hanged them to the tramway Of
the IIalncrn Saw Mill. which stands
about 100 yards in the rear of the jail.
VIII Saunders was the ono who fired
the shot that killed Mr.. Orr: Rilla Wcav-
ear. the mother of Saunders. and cook
in the Orr household: Dennis Ricard.
W"e the "hoo-doo doctor" and "coniur-
CT" who tried to poison Orr with boiled
Elol. hands. AMI NJ,,., I,+I I,,,
tcered to do the job and transferred it
to Saunders. Miss RachacI Morris. &C.
cuScd of being an accessory To the crime.
has disappeared and her whereabouts
are unknown to the officers.
\ picard bearing these words was at
tached to the bodies: This is the pen
atty for murder and rape"
The negroes remained whore they were
hung until . 4. III. today. Great crowds
viewed the sight. The negroes seem 70
endorse the lynching and many Of them
are open III their expression Of satiSfac-
ton over the death Of Dennis Ricard.
whose arts of hoo-doo and coniuriny
made him an object of dread to them.
While the five bodies swung in the
early morning breeze. the body of the
widow of the murdered mrn lies dead
III her cell IN the county Jail with ONLY
the soft sweet voice of her threc-ycar old
child to break the midnight silence of
the gloomy cell as tho innocent little tot
vainly cries for ann
u young woman. once
prominent in Clarendon society. is n FIJI
G'tINe from Justice, hunted by the Off
Gers Of the law. charged with murder
Her name is Miss Rachael Morris. and
she is the only survivor of the cotcric OF
seven named III the coroncrs verdict as
being responsible for the tragic death OF
John Il. Orr.
Mrs. Orr died by her own hand. After
completely breaking down and making
a partial confessions, i'll some way she
ohtain,d a quantity Of poison and took
the dose about > o'clock Monday after
noon. She never rcgained consciousness
Last Saturday night John I. Orr was
as>assinatcd while making Il glass OF
lemonade. The crime was shroudcd IN
mystery until Miss Morris old somebody
that She knew who fired the shot.
After a c~oroncr's inquest extending
over two days. 4 verdict was rendered,
charging Mrs. Orr. the murdered mans
wife. with being the instigator of the
crime. Miss Rachael Morris. Mansc
Castle. Will Saunders, Dennis Ricard.
ltllla Wcycar 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 Il confess
sion. She admitted that She had said
Ia her cook that she wished her husband
dead and that she WOULD he Willing 10
give 500 to anybody To Kill him. But
she said this was uttered while N a fiji
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 her
self. sometimes said things in anger hat
She did not mean.
Mrs. Orr. died late yesterday after
noon. just before she 1apscd into nm
CONSCIOUSNESS she wiIled all Of her prop
crty TO her four year old daughter. Ma.
and placed it in trust with the Clarendon
Lodge Knights of Pythias. of which her
dead husband was a prominent member
Iohn orr was several wears ago \
theatrical man and in 1890 was manager
of Il theatre i'll Il small Wisconsin town.
There he met and married his wife. The
marriage was clandestine and the brides
parents were bitterly opposed to it. The
OTIS lived happily but a short time. Orr
prospercd and was considered wealthy
at the time of his death. His life
was insured for $4,000.
1t appears from letters received Nv
Mrs. Orr in the name of her cook. RiIla
eVear. through whom all the CORE
Spondence was conducted. that Mrs. Orr
"hu l,achaei Morris We're 10 remain
mere untll Mr. OrTs insurance money
was collected and then go to New York.
where they We're to meet two mon and
form Il theatrical Mrs. Orr
was also IN correspondence with Other
men.
mere Is talk of establishing 4 camp NJ
-NsheYllle. The Citizen suggests that il