The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-07-31
A FATAL FALL.
Arthur W. Orr. Husband OF Estella Darcy.
Met DeaIh BY Ealllne over o PreelpIee.


Arthur W. Orr. Husband OF Estella Darcy.
Met Death BY Falling over Prcelpice.
The following item Is taken from
the Los Angeles Daily Times of July
IS. Mrs. Orr will Toe well remembered
by Yale citizens ms Estclla Darcy. who
with her parents moved tu California a
few years ago. The ENpositor ioins
with her many \ ale friends IN extend
ing their sympathy In tins hour OF deep
ailliction.
Arthur W. Orr, secretary of the
Southern California Printing Company,
No. lO5 North broadway. who resided
at No. III East Thirty first street. WAS
killed yesterday afternoon while hunt.
ing iu paculma Canon, about nine miles
east of Fernando. He tell over pre-.
cipice forty feet upon the rocky bed OF
the creek. llls body was found short
ly before dark 10y searching party
which began looking for him when hr
did not return to camp. Hr had pNi-
IDENTITY been dead several hours when
found.
Orr was a member Of a camping par.
Is which left Los Angeles last ~atur-
day 60 spend several weeks In the
mountains. Their camp was pitched
! in an ideal spot for such an outing
/ about two miles mp the canon and %
mile from the residence of Joseph ~.
/ liutchings, the forest ranger for that
section of the forest reserve. Orr'S
wife was member of the party. as
was also her sister. the wife of Prof
/ \. Adams. of Tucson. AriZ.
Yesterday morning. accompanied by
\ his bruthrr.iu.law. Fred Darcy of the
\ Western Drug Company OF this city,
Orr started from camp for days hunt
/ for deer. lie told his wife he would
return about the middle of the after.
/ noon. During the day the two men
separated by mutual arrangement,
/ their purpose being TO hunt along both
sides of the canon. Darcy saw Orr
from time 10 time, but always at a
distance
shortly after live o'clock Darcy re-
turned TO camp expecting to lind that
Orr had already arrived there. lie
had taken wider dctour than he had
intended and was out an hour later
than he had expected 10 be. The last
time he had seen his brother-in.law in
the distance the latter was seemingly
heading toward camp.
After waiting half an hour the mem.
bers of the party, fearing that Orr had
been the victim OF an accident and
might possibly be lying injured, or that
he might have lost his way. called a
number OF other campers and organ.
lied a searching party. The searchers
spread across the canon and about two
miles from camp two Of them came up
on the body of the unfortunate hunter.
It was,ying at the base of precipice,
aud along the sides of the bluff could
be seen the marks made by him In fall.
ing. The corpse was partly covered
with small stones aud loose earth which
had been dislodged by his falling aud
sliding along the side of the precipice.
Just what caused him % fall will
never be known, but 10 is supposed
that he either stepped 60 the edge of
the precipice Go look over, or walked
too close, and that the earth gave way
and let him down.
There is government telephone
line % the residence OF Forest Ranger
lIutchings which connects with the
Fernando exchange, and over this wire
n message was sent Co Los Angeles
relatives of the deceased. and also no.
tifying Deputy Coroner Summerheld
The latter will go 90 Fernando to-day,
and to that place the body will be Ia.
ken ana an inquest held. Earl UT
brother of the deceased, left last night
for the canon, and is expected 90 return
20 Los Angeles this evening with the
body.
The deceased was 30 years OF age
and had been a resident of Los Auge,
les since 1890. For eleven years he was
employed at The Times office as a lin.
otype operator, having been considered
AN eXpert-One of the speediest operat
ors ON that kind OF machine In this
part Of the country. Two years ago he
became interested in the organization
OF the Southern California Printing
Company, aud was made its secretary
which position he held at the time OF
his death. He was u large stockholder
in the concern.
Three years ago Orr married Miss
Estella Darcy. aud since his marriage
had been residing at No. ll2 East
Thirty.frst street. The arrangements
for the funeral have not been made
The deceased was young man OF ex.
emplary habits aud had many friends
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