New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-11
WOHAN AND THREE HEN LYNCHED.
a MOB IN ARKANSAS HANGS THE SUPPOSED
MURDERERS OF JOHN r. ORR.

MI RDERERS Or JpfiN l. INN
St. Louis. Aug lO-A telegram TO The POST
Dispatch from Clarendon. Ark. says: About m!u-
night las night a mob OF about TWO hundred men
visited the county ia and took out the four negroes
implicated In the assassination of John i. OFT on
the night Of July ~. and hanged them to the tram
way Of the Hapc.n sawnl. about one huhure.
yards In the OF the Jail. The four haii6eu
were VIII Sanders who f. said to have hrcd the
shot that killed Mr.. orr Rilla Weaver. the mother
OF Sanders and cook In ,he Orr household Dennis
Record. the ''voodoo" doctor and conJurer. VINO
tried tc poison orr. and Manse Castle. VINO VOL
untecrci to do the JOB and IS said 10 have trans
ferrod 1t to Sanders. Rachael Morris accused OF
being an accessory before the fact, and susie
Jacobs a negro woman accessory after the fact
have fed Had they been in Jail they would I'M
doubtedly have been lynched with the rest last
night.
Mrs Orr wife Of the murdered man, was in the
corridor Of the jail last nigh; when the mob
entered She had taken poison. and DR.. J. +.
Thomas. who was called to care for her. says she
will die Her death seems to be only matte: OF
few hours II she RECEIVERS it Is stated that the mob
Will hang her
Clarendon has been the scene Of great excite
ment ever since or was assassinated lie was a
youne hardware dealer Of that city. Last Friday
night an ASSASSIN cropt up to his window and shot
and Killed hin. Thcre apparently absolutely
10 clcw to the assassin AR orr had just re-
turned from choir practice Al a church of whose
choir be was a meuber while his wife was the
organlst
After an inquest extending over two days YER
dict was returned charging Mrs orr. the muir
dcred mans wife with bepg the lnstisator Of the
crime
There Is doubt that tho report that Mrs orr
voalI certainly Die moved tn popuIace 10 the
made. and each time tne crowd dispersed on the
promise 81 tne 9th egs TO rush the ma without
chanf" o. venue or ahj u, ay m the proceedings
whatever Las, nisht Only ne yaAer ana Two
deputies H. j. MilNec ana 4 +. Howard. were at
The jail n being felt ihat the Ian would be- allowed
10 tax. ifs couIs, Nh Allwee made an earnest
Thr crowd pIacy,I a snOrt Will" ana then forced
tho outer door Mr.. Miwcc. sc"ing further resist
ance would be useless unlocked the combination
doors 20 the cells
The negroes we're hlnged from the elevated tram
way o. me Haipern sawml whore they remained
until a. to-day Great crowds viewed the grew
INK and many Of them are open In their expressions
oi satisfaction over the death o. Dennis Record.
made him an object ~ dread and fear 70 them.
it appears from letters received 10y Mrs orr. n
the namo ~ Ter yook Hilla Weaver. through
Mrs orr and Rachael Morris were to remain her"
ru'N NJ Orrs Insurance money was collected and
th"n 20 20 Sew York where they were to meet
TWO men ana form theatrical company. Mrs.
orr VS. also IN correspondence with other
Mrs orr had prominent place IN church WORK.
Most OF the 'ownspeople believe that the persons
killed were guilty 81 The crime
orr was several ears ago theatrical man. anil
IN ls.- manager OF theatre In a sma. WIS
consin town There h. met and married Miss
Mabel Parker The brides parents were bitterly
opposed 10 the marriage. The couple lived happily
together only short time Both were hot-tem-
ago the orrs settled IN Clarendon. where the hus-
band engaged IN business lie considered
wealthy at the time 81 his death three year old
danehter. the only issue OF the unhappy marriage,