The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-11
She Poisous Herself in Her Prison
Cell After COnfessing.
THE MOB WAS AN ORDERLY ONE.
They Made No Unnecessary Noise. and
Did Their Work Quickiy-One Wo-
man Charged With Completely
in the Murder Has Disap-
pearcd-The Lynching is
Endorsed by Negroes.

Ii LII hON a. AfN-. August w.
Five negroes are hanging from the limbs
Of trees near the railroad track and tn,
widow of John T. Orr Is dead In her cell,
tbs is the tragic denouement of the a~s
sassination OF John r. orr, wealth.
merchant at Clarendon a few nights ago.
The wife died from a dose OF poison.
self-administered. and the negroes. her
associates I'm crime, were strung up by
a mob OF citizens
The lynched are Manse Castle, Dennis
Ricard. Rilla Weaver, Susie Jacobs and
VIII Saunders.
THE LYNCHING.
At midnight a mob composed of three
hundred citizens visited the Monroe
county jail at Clarendon, took therefrom
the prisoners charged with the murder
OF Orr and ynched them. The mon was
a most orderly one. not A word being un-
necessarily spoken and not a shot being
fired They marched 10 the all and de-
manded the keys of Deputy Sherin
Frank NIllweo, who was in charge lie
at first refused their demands, Dut SEE
ing their earnestness turned over tc TEEN
the keys. A committee OF he MOB went
inside the i2il and brought cut the pfis-
oners and hanged them 10 the lramway
OF the Halpern saw mill which stands
about one hundred yards In the rear OK
the jail.
THE MURDERERS.
VIII Sanders was the one who tired
the shot that killed Mr. Orr Rilla
Weaver. the mother OF Sanders ana
cook I'm the orr household. Dennis kic-
ard. was the "hoo-dOo doctor and con-
jurer. who tried TO poison orr MIN MN
dried snake heads and Manse 'as,lc s"s.
unteerod TO do the job ana tfsnsItr'a II
90 Sanders. Miss Rachael Morris ac-
cused OF being the accessory before tho
fact. has disappeared and here Where-
abouts are known TO the oihceis.
A plaCdrd warning all such oneh"oiS
was attached 20 the bodies.
NEGROES ENDORSED THE ACT
THE negroes remained where they were
hung until . 4. ~, to-day. Great
crowds viewed the sight. inc negroes
seem To endorse the ynching ana many
OF them are open I'm their eNpr"'sioohs - y.
satisfaction over the death OF Dennis
Ricard. whose acts Of hOo-doo and con-
juring made him an object OF dread w
them.
While the five bodies swung In mo
early morning breeze, the BODY OF 'nd
widow of the murdered man lies dead
I'm her cell in the countp Jail with only
tho soft sweet voice OF her tnree-yedrs
old child 10 break the midnight silence OF
the gloomy cell, as the innocent ht1le
tot vainly cried for mamma.
THE ONLY ONE.
Somewhere young woman once prom
inent In Clarendon circles, Is Fugitive
from Justice hunted by the officers OF
the law, charged with murder, her name
les Miss Rachael Morris and she II the
only survivor OF the coterle OF seven nam
cd I'm the cOronors verdict as being re-
spOnsiDle for the tragic death OF John l.
orr
Mrs orr died by her own hand. After
completely breaking down and making
partial confession, IN some way % sne
obtained a quantity or poison ana tooA
the dose about o'clock Monday AFTER
noon. She never regained consciousness.
THE MURDER.
Last Saturday night John t. orr was
assassinated while making a slass or
lemonade. lie had just returned from
choir practice. where his wife was or
ganist The crime was shrOuded IN mys-
terry until Miss Morris told somebody thaS
she knew who fired the shot.
After cOroner's Inquest eNtendlnS
over two days, "a verdict vas rendered,
charging Mrs. Orr. the murdered mans
wife. with being the instigatOr OF the
crime. Miss Rachael Morris. Manse cas-
tle, Will Sanders, Dennis hlcaIn, Hli.a
Weaver and Susie Jacobs, the I'VE last
named negroes. we've charged with COM
plicity in the crime.
After the arrest OF Mrs Orr and tho
five negroes. Mrs. Orr made a confession.
She admitted that she mad said TO her
cook that she wished her husband dead,
and that she would be willing 70 give
$500 for anybody 10 Kill him, but she
said this was uttered while IN NJ OF
anger and that she was innocent OF any
criminal intention. Her husband abused
her. she said. and once struck her ana
she. being OF high temper herself. some.
times said things In anger that she dla
''' CHEATED THE LAW
Mrs. Orr seeing that she would meet
death az the hands OF the law. preferred
another route and consequently took
poison. She died late yesterday after
noon in the jail.
Just before she lapsed into uncon-
sclousness she willcd all OF her property
{ oher four-year-old daughter. Neva. and
placed II I'm trust with the Clarendon
Lodge. Knights OF Pytnias Of which ner
dead husband was "A prominent member
THE MURDERED MAN.
John orr was several years ago a
theatrical man and ln 1890 was manager
Of a theatre In a small Wisconsin town.
There he met and married his wife. The
marriage was ciandestine and the
brides parents were bitterly opposed to
H. The Orrs lived happily but a short
time. Orr pr0spcred and Vas consider
ed wealthy at the time OF his death. His
life was Insured for 500.
it appears from letters received by
Mrs orr in the name OF her cook RiliL
Weaver. through whom all the cores
pondence was conducted that Mrs. Orr
and Rachael Morris We're 70 remain here
until Mr.. orr's Insurance money was
collected and then go 20 New York.
where they were 10 meet TWO men and
form a theatrical company.
Mrs. orr was also IN correspondence
vvifh other men.