Mrs. John T. Orr
Mrs. J. T. Orr was the widow of Clarendon merchant John T. Orr, who had been shot and killed in late July 1898. Press dispatches report that she was held in a cell at the Monroe County jail in Clarendon, Arkansas, and took poison, which the Evening Star reports she had obtained. Before she lost consciousness she left her property in trust for her young daughter, Neva, with the Clarendon Lodge of the Knights of Pythias, of which her husband had been a member. The reports place her death on August 8, 9 or 10, 1898, and they differ on the date.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. A St. Louis and Little Rock dispatch reported that she took poison herself in her jail cell.
Reported by: St. Louis and Little Rock dispatches, as reported by The Evening Star (reporters).