Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-10
Three Men and Two Women Hanged by an
Arkansas Mob,
ACCUSED OF COMPLETELY IN aUROlR.
In u rit OF Anger. wife said She wanted
1icr Husband Dead, and a Tragedy i"l-
Iowed-Iroubie Traced TO Elopotncnt'

HurN was inH HtAFlAlHh HN"H ''''N''.''
Ltuc Rock shortly after ! o'clock.
livery effort 10 confirm The sws "as
made by Tho Gazette ana alih7ush
geographic communication MAH a"a
pended far she night uhd % was iiup's.
FuIy Co. reach q correspondent, dIl
doubts as 10 inr truth vi III report was
CLEARED away when 90 ucin,h i.ia
morning the telegraph operator ln lh'
COTTON Bolt railroad office at Clarendon
was reached.
curr.d thprrq" h. was asked.
"Nut lust one. but ave- he clicked
back Il saw the bodies myself. -Four
OF ham are hanging 10 the limb OF
tree not FAR away and % few yards iur-
th.r the body or the NTH iH dangling
from Elll1wH ~ the same KIND
According to this source NJ lniurma-
tI1g. pli nyp victims Of the mob were
nerf1sH They were thH parties ac-
I tuaod % the murder Of Mr.. John r.
orr. the wealthy young merchant who
was aasaasinatod few nights ago
/ Their names ares
VIII sanders.
Mnnae Castle.
Dennis Nlcafl.
ttllll Weaver.
Susie Jacobs.
While the nyc bodies swung IN the
early morning breeze. che body 1f thg
widow nf The murdered man luy r.Eil
in death IN her cell ln the county JAW
with only the soft, sweet Volcg ut her
lhrDo-ytar-old child i1 hrH1k the mid
night silence Of thU gloomy llll, us lhe
innocent little tot valnly cried Tor
{ mamma.
somewhere young woman. once
prominent lu Clarendon society, N "a
fugitive frum Justice, hunted by tht
officers ~ thn law. charged with muir
/ der Her name De- Miss Rachel Norris,
aud she is the only survivor ~ the
| cotcrlo OF seven named ln the C1runer'H
/ verdict no being responsible Tor the
/ tragic death 81 John r. orr.
MrH. orr died hy her own hand. AZ
ter completely breaking down nnh
making a partial confession. she Oh.
talnDd Ia some manner quantity OF
poison. and took Tho dos. about 2
I O'Clock yesterday afternoon, She never
I rrEllurd consciousness,
Tho details " the fearful work u tho
mob arr unnhtalnIhlD no this hour,
. About n o'clock last ulEhi thr last dis
patch was received direct from a tids
Eeitc correspondent 70 was stated by
the correspondent ihu everything vas
/ quiet. the prisoners Iu charge OF a dep
uty sheriff and shat ihgrc was no
I prospect n a lynchIng hU fore morning.
II ls evident from this that The lynrh-
Ing occurred 20 "a very late hour ana
that The mob planned its work ~ wcl
/ thlt their appearance was ln the nu-
! turH u a surprise. From the last dis
patch 10 was seen that sheriff Jackson
was not 10 Clarendon When The lynch
Ing occurred. aH DO IN stated that D.
was taken seriously 10 ana went homo
flr medical 90 limgut leaving tho
pHs1ncra 90 charge n Deputy MilwsO.
Clarendon has been Che scene of
great excitement since The asllsslna-
t.1u M orr Nir orr wis a prominent
young hardware dealer ~ that city.
Llrt Friday ulsht while making lem-
nnlde Boo hIH homo, In assassin Urept
up 90 h.H window aUi fired a shot mao
his body from Oh .n0ris of which he
dIrd the following day Th0rr was 80
plrrnilN un HluH 90 ihr assassin, Mr.
orr had lust returned from choir prao-
trH at q church. 10 which choir he
Wa "a member, while hiH wife was ths
orF4nlsi.
| hlollhounds were put on Tho trail
but ihry were unable tl run down the
aHFtHHlu.
After an Inquest fxt. nd.ng over two
days, verdict was returned, CHARGING
Mrs. orr IA murdered mans wife.
with being the lnrlelt1r NJ thH crime.
Miss Rachael Morris, prominent
young IrWesa. Mans. castle. VIII Rlu-
~ psnnls il11ri. Vllh Weaver and
Susie Jacobs, ih' llrHr nvH negroes.
were charged win completely ln thn
crime, Castle was arrested sunday
ana barely escaped lynChng Sunday
night The mob hll air adv gathered
O. swing him Mp ana would uudnuhiHd-
" have carried uui ihHIr plan hut Tor
ana order made hy Iuls Thomas. who
appeared on the seen. iug iu time t0
prevent ne lyurh.uf 10, addressed
Dc crowd, h'sagohlng them % IOt thr
] Jaw YAK. To- course ana urimIs
lhat the accused should have a speedy