The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-11
Los ANGELES HERALD. THURSDAY MORNING AUGUST Il, 1898

tramway Of the Haipern saw mill, which
stands about 100 yards In the rear Of the
| Jail. The four persons hanged were San
ders. the one who fired the shot that killed
Nh Orr; Rilla Weaver, the mother of San
dolls and the cook in the Orr household;
Dennis Richard. the "hoodoo doctor and
conjurer'' who tried to poison Orr with
boiled snake heads. and Manse Castle, who
volunteered to do the job and transferred
1t to Sanders Mrs. Rachel Morris. &C.
cused of being an accessory before the
fact, and Susie Jacobs. a negro woman
accessory after the fact. have skipped out
and their whereabouts are unknown to
the officers Had they been IN jail they
would undoubtedly have gone with the
rest last night.
Mrs. Orr, wife OF the murdered man, was
in the corridor of the jail last night when
the mob entered. She had taken some
thing with suicidal intent and Dr. P. E.
Thomas. who was called to care for hey,
says she will die.
The leaders of the mob examined Mrs
Orr critically and passed her, hut many of
them favored taking her with the rest.
Her death seems to be but a matter of a
| that the mob will hang her.
There is no doubt that the report that
| Mrs. Orr would certainly die moved the
populace to the lynching last night. Three
previous demonstrations were made and
each time the crowd dispersed on the
promise of officers to rush the trial with
out change of venue or any delay In the
proceedings whatever. 1t was even said
| that legal execution would be had during
the week.
Last night early the jailer and two depu-
! ties. r. b. Milwee and A. f. Howard, were
at the jail, 1t being felt that the law would
be allowed to take It's course. Mr.. Milwee
made an earnest effort to prevent the mob
from taking his prisoners, going so far
as to give out the statement that he had
| twenty-five guards behind him and would
certainly order them to fire should an at
| tempt at forcing the door open be made.
The crowd hesitated moment, parleyed
a short while and then forced the outer
| door. Mlwee. seeing further resistance
would be useless, turned over the keys and
| unlocked the combination doors to the
| cells
| The negroes remained where they were
hanged until a. M. today. Great crowds
| viewed the grewsome sight of woman
and three man dangling six feet from the
ground with tongues protruding and ropes
| cutting deep into their necks. The negroes
seem to indorse the lynching, and many
| of them are open In their expressed salts
| faction of the death of Richard, whose
arts of hoodoo and conjuring made him an
| object of dread and fear among them II
| appears from letters received by Mrs. Orr
| in the name of her cook Rila Weaver
| through whom all the correspondence was
| conducted, that Mrs. Orr and Rachel Morris
| were to remain here until Mr. Orr's in
surance money was collected and then &c
to New York, where they were to meet two
| men and form theatrical company Mrs
| Orr was also in correspondence with other
| mon, as will be seen from the following
| letter, received this morning:
Caldwell, Ohio, Aug. 6.-"Dear Lorilla
Enclosed you will find picture of me, as
| was on the second day of August, 1898.
| Another matter has been brought to my a t.
tentlon since I wrote you last, and tina is
that our common pleas court convenes on
September 5, and hardly see how can
get away in the month Of September. Per
haps 1t would suit you to defer until Octo-
Der. Let me hear from you in regard to the
matter. However if you cannot defer 1t
until October. think 1 can arrange mat
| ters all right, but If it would be more con-
| venient for you to defer it until October
l could stay longer with you, as 1 would
have all my court affairs attended to for
| the September term.
| Trusting that you will be pleased with
Opie's Real Kid Mayor, 1 am still yours.
|
| This Is letter accompanied by a photo
of the Real Kid Mayor" endorsed on the
| back Arthur to Lorilla."
| 1t must be understood that LoriIla is
! the negro woman who cooked for the
| Orr and carried on all of this sort of cor
| respondence. This woman was admitted
| to the first homes of the town, given a
prominent place In church work, and
shown every consideration by good people,
| The people are agreed that the guilty have
| been found, and that they deserved the
| end they met
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 10.-A special to the
Republic from Clarendon, Ark, says: Mrs.
John T. Orr, who hired negro to kill her
husband which act precipitated whole
sale lynchlng here last night, and who took
poison In Jail, died tonight al 8:45 AS soor
as she was dead her body was carried from
the Jail to her own home, where her hus-
band met his death, and shrouded by char
| table hands.