Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-06
Man, Il, Is Hunted
In Staying Of Two
In Winchester
Estroneed Husband Of
16-Yeur-OId Bride Is
Accused
B, q sta' Correspondent Of The Star.

By Stan Correspondent OF The star.
WINCHESTER. Va. Nov. GA 90
year-old millworker, believed armed
with a rife, was being hunted by
police today in connection with the
murder of man and woman and
the wounding of another man in a
shooting near here Saturday night
Investigators believe the man
they seek. Harry Orr, angered by an
estrangement with his 16-year-old
bride of eight months. opened fire
from ambush on the trio with a Shot
gun and rifle when they returned
from 4 shopping trip.
The dead woman is Mrs. Hannah
r Miller. 50, Orr's mother-in-law.
Samuel Carter. IS. also lies dead
in local undertaking establish.
ment.
Wounded is Robert Stewart, SIS
whom officials at Winchester Memo
rial Hospital gives a fair" chance
for recovery. He was shot through
the neck and head.
Threats Charged.
Robert De Haven. chief deputy
sheriff for Frederick County, told
The Star that Mr.. Stewart, while
unable to give completely coherent
account of the shooting, named Or
as the gunman.
He also asserted that Mrs. Miller
told police Orr several days age
made threats If his wife. Mrs. Louise
Miller Orr, did not return to live
with him. They had been separated
about two weeks.
A warrant charging Orr with the
slayings was obtained by Common
wealth's Attorney Burr P. Harrison
after Sheriff John Bywaters and his
aides questioned Mr.. Stewart at the
hospital.
The shooting occurred about 10
o'clock Saturday night at Mr..
Stewards farmhouse, about 8 miles
north of here on Red Bud road, and
Mr.. Stewart told authorities Mrs.
Miller, who was his housekeeper:
Mr.. Carter and himself had just
returned from a shopping trip.
Deputy De Haven said Mr.. Stewart
informed police that Orr appeared
shortly after they left Mr.. Stewart s
automobile and entered the house.
Theory Of Attack.
From the account of the shooting
given by the wounded man, Sheriff
Bywaters and his deputies theorized
that the slayer fired rifle shots
through a window, then entered
the house, obtained a shotgun be-
longing to Mr.. Stewart and shot
the victim again with that weapon.
The shooting was not discovered
until five hours later when Mrs.
Orr went to the Stewart home. where
she had been living since the es-
arrangement. Mr.. DeHaven said the
young wife had been in Winchester
Saturday night and returned about
3 am yesterday.
Mrs. Miller. fully clothed, was
found in bed by her daughter.
Mr.. Carter lay sprawled on a chair.
Both were dead.
Mr.. Stewart apparently wandered
In a daze somewhere outside the
house for more than nine hours.
Shot through the neck and beneath
the eye, he walked back to the
farmhouse in semi conscious con-
dition about 7 am. yesterday.
Police said both Mrs. Miller and
Mr.. Carter had been riddled by
both rifle bullets and shotgun slugs.
Mr.. Stewart was shot twice with
rifle.
Investigators found the discarded
shotgun on the ground outside the
farmhouse. The rife and Mr.. Stew
arts automobile were both gone and
police believe the slayer, armed with
the rife, fed in the machine.
e Snow Hampers Search.
Police Immediately began q search
for Orr, but were handicapped in
their search by q 15-inch snow
which halted highway trafIic in this
section and disrupted communica-
ton facilities.
Coroner James A. Miller said he
would perform autopsies on the
bodies of the slain man and woman
today.
Deputy Sheriff DeHaven declared
that Orr had worked in a Winches-
ter wooden mill until the time of
the estrangement with his wife.
Since that time, the deputy added,
he has not been employed. Investi-
gators have been unable tn deter.
mine where he had been living.
Both Mr.. Carter, q visitor in the
Stewart home at the time of the
shooting, and Mr.. Stewart were