Shesh Ordah, whose real name was Pral Tachjian, was born in 1880 in Armenia to Kirkor Tachjian and an unknown mother. Upon coming to the United States, Mr. Ordah lived in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and worked as a boot-black. He was indicted in December 1898 and sent to the Massachusetts Reformatory.
Mr. Ordah died of a hemorrhage after falling down a corridor on October 26, 1899, at 19.
