Salt Lake Telegram | 1904-12-13 | Page 6 | Playmates Set Fire to Her Dress

PLAYMATES SET FIRE TO HER DRESS ALEXANDRIA, Ind.. Dee. 13.-EIght-y ear-old Nellie. Maynard, daughter of William Maynard of this city, is dying from burns whlcji, she says, she received at the hands of a playmate. The little girl asserts that while at play In a neighbor's house one of her playmates. play-mates. 12 years old. set fire to her cldth-lng cldth-lng and, while she was wrapped In flames, pushed her Into a room and locked her In, thus preventing the other children from reaching her or rendering her assistance. assist-ance. Her screams brought neighbors to the rescue, but too late to save her life. The dying child gave the nretntlma-tlon nretntlma-tlon of the affair, her companions, it Is said, fearing to reveal the alleged facta