Superintendent Lyman
From superman.nu: Supermanica
Superintendent of the State Orphange and forced them to work, including Frankie Dennis, which had run away and met Clark Kent. Clark and Lois Lane got closer to investigate, but Lyman threatened the children to not say anything.
While discovered beating a child when Lois returned later, Lyman set the orphanage on fire and tried to run away to South America. (S No. 3/1, Dec 1939: "The Orphanage Adventure")
