The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-08-11


Die-Mayor of an Ohio City Involved
in the Affair.
St. Louis, Mo-, August 10.-A special
to the Post Despatch from Clarendon,
Ark, says:
About midnight last night mob of
about 200 men, visited the county jail
and took out the four negroes implicated
in the assassination of John I. Orr, on
the night of July 30, and hanged them to
the tramway of the Halporn sawmill,
which stands about 100 yards in the rear
of the Jail The four hanged were Will
Sanders, who fired the shot that killed
Mr.. Orr; Bifla Weaver. the mother of
Sanders, and cook in the Orr household;
Dennis Record, the "Hoodoo' doctor and
Conjuror, who tried to poison Orr with
boiled snake heads. and Manse Castle,
who volunteered to do the job and trans
ferred it to Sanders
Miss Rachael Morris, accused of being
an accessory before the fact, and Susie
Jacobs, negro woman, accessory after
the fact, have skipped out and their
whereabouts are unknown to the officers.
Had they been in jail, they wo Md have
undoubtedly gone with the rest last
night. Mrs. Orr, wife of the muir dered
man was in the corridor Of the jail last
night when the mob entered. She had
taken poison with suicidal intentions
and DR.. p S. Thomas, who was called to
care for her, says she will die.
The leaders of the mob ex amined Mrs.
Orr critically, passed her, but many OF
them favored taking her with the rest.
Her death seems to be but matter of 8
few hours If she RECEIVERS it is stated
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 attempts had been made
and each time the crowd dispersed on
the promise of the officers to rush the
| trial without change of venue or any
delay In the proceedings whatver. Last
| night only the jailor and two deputies, r.
E. Milwoe ana A. +. Howard, were at
the jail, 1t being felt that the law would
be allowed to take its course. Mr.. Milowe
made an earnest effort to prevent the mob
from taking his prisoners. going so far MS
to make the statement that he had
twenty-five guards behind him and would
certainly order them to fire should an at
tempt be made to enter the Jail. The
crowd hesitated moment, parleyed q
short while and then forced the outer
door.
Mr.. Milwoe seeing further resistance
would be useless, turned the keys over
and unlocked the combination doors to
the cells.
The negroes were hanged from the
elevated tramway of the Halpern sawmill
where they remained until a. m, today.
The colored citizens seem to endorse the
lynohing and many of them are open in
their expressions of satisfaction over the
death of Dennis Record, whose arts of
hoodoo and conjuring made him an OBJ
ject of dread nd fear to them.
1t appears from letters received by Mrs.
Orr, in the name of her cook. Rilla
Weaver, through whom all the CORE
spondence was conducted, that Mrs Orr
and Rachel Morris were to remain here
until Mr.. Orr's insurance money was
collected and then go to New York, where
they were to meet two men and form a
theatrical company. Mrs. Orr was also
in correspondence with other men. This
letter came in the mail this morning from
Caldwell, Ohio:
"Dear Lorilla: E3
Enclosed you will find a picture of me
as was on the second day of August,
1898. Another matter has been brought
to my attention since l wrote you last
and that is that our common pleas court
convenes on September 9TH and l hardly
see how / can get away in the month OF
September. Perhaps it would suit you to
defer until October. Let me hear from
you in regard to the matter. However, if
you cannot defer it until October, l think
I can arrange matters all right, but if it
would be more convenient for you to defer
it until October I could stay with you
longer; as l would have all my court
affairs attended to for the September
term.
"Trusting that you will be pleased
with Opies Real KID Mayor. am still
yours,
"ARTHJR o. ARCHER.
This letter is accompanied by photo
graph of the "Real Kid Mayor endor sed
on the back, arthur to Lorilla." 1t
must he understood that Lorilla is the
negro woman who cooked for the Orrs.
| Apparently Mrs. Orr carried on CORE
| spondence in Lorilla's name.
Mrs. Orr was admitted to the first
homes of the town, given prominent
place in church work and every considera-
| ton generally accorded good people. The
| pt ople are sorry that SO fearful a crime
was enacted here and that such violent
measures were adopted to ayenge it, but
all are agreed that the guilty have been
| found.
| Mrs. Orr and Miss Mabel Parker, for
| merly of Wisconsin. A ooroner's jury
was empanelled today and rendered
verdict that the deceased was killed by
unknown parties.
THE REAL KID MAYOR.
| Caldwell, Ohio, August l0.-Arthur 0.
Archer, mentioned in the press despatch
as the writer of the letter to Mrs Orr at
Clarendon, Ark, is the mayor Of this
town and prominent member OF the
Nobly county bar. He is about % years
of age.
MAYOR DENIES IT.
Caldwell, Ohio, August 10.--The corre-
spondent of the Associated Press visited
Mayor A. o. Archer tonight and re-
quested him to make statement regard
ing the letter he is said to have written to
Weaver for Mrs. Orr at Clarendon, Ark,
to which he replied that he knew nothing
whatever about the affair referred to and
that he is not in any way connected with
the same. never having heard OF any OF
the parties before.
ORDERED FROM CHICKMAUGA.
Washington, August 1o.-Adjntant
General Corbin has issued the follow