Show SOCIETY LEADER LADER DIES DES SUDDENLY Mrs W. W P. P Burden of Newport Set Found Asphyxiated in Her Bedroom MYSTERY SURROUNDS CASE Family Say It Was Accidents Accident But Are Slow in Notifying Proper Authorities New York Feb 21 Mrs Natice Burden Rives nl one of the most roost beautiful beautiful beau beau- beau beau- women omen In New York society was society was found asphyxiated at 10 o'clock this moning morIng In her bed bel at the home home- of ot her mother law In-law Mrs James A. A Burden Durden Fifth FUth avenue Members Member of ot her family and physicians physicians clans who were immediately summoned sum sum- mone unite unie In declaring her death ac ac- ac c- c cf Coroner Shrady Jy was not no notified no- no tilled for tor several hours and then I Inan in inan inan an irregular ul r way He agrees with the family that the young woman died from tram trama gas a poisoning but will wil hold an inquest after the tho funeral on n The strange behavior of ot the family and ld the evasiveness of or Dr Francis Francis' P. P P. P K K and Dr H. H M. M Lyle Lylo who were called threw a n covering of mystery mystery mys mys- tery about the death and aroused aroused arouse a a. t strong suspicion that Mrs Burden ad taken her own life Shock to Society Mrs hs Burdens Burden's death was a n. great great shock among the OO with some of of whom she was very popular Her father Is 0 O. H. H P. P Belmont and her mother nother is now the wife of or George L I. L Rives lives a former former corporation counsel Less than a. a year Mr ago Belmont gave up the leadership of or the younger Newport set and became the bride of ot William Wilam P. P Burden Durden a wealthy youn socIety man man The rho tragedy was as discovered at aL o'clock this morning b by Ella Ela Ho Hoc Mrs rs Dur Burdens Burden's ens en's French maid opened her bedroom door to be with wih a rush of ot gas which was e eng eIng lag Ing ng from tram a reading readinG lamp by th the of pt the be bed 1 The maid called cled Mr Burden lurden wh wl breakfasting on the floor foor below bebow B Burden shut off oft the g gas open opened opened- windows and tried to arouse his Her little dog crawled feebly over coverlet co an and dragged himself himsel Into loto hr hall hail Iud TT Tao O Hours Hour rio M fact that tho the oC wo's alive ave lu Inthe In- In ot the thc family an anI n L two 0 su r on cc 11 e J l' l t h u H. H r r t nt hours gl tho the doctors reached tt the tilo decision At nt 10 1030 30 o o'clock Jock it Jt was as not until 2 o'clock that any DY official was notified Coroner George F. F Shrady Jr received a fl summons b h by telephone to tn the Bur flur- R ir- ir doll den home at 2 2 ck He spent spent an an hour and a a. half hal examining tho the physIcians physicians clans servants and members of ot tho femi family Rea Beaching a conclusion that tho the death was accidental he ha went in person to the East Sixty Seventh street stathin station st- st sta sta- thin tion ton and gave the police their first notification of the sudden death Police Inspector Bingham was IndIgnant in indignant In- In because the police had not been informed at once and started an investigation The coroners coroner's office was notified of ot the tho death by Coroner Coronet Shrady y at nt o'clock Coroner Dooley sent his physician Dr Lehane to make a supplementary examination No ad additional additional additional ad- ad light was thrown on the case said Dr Lyle when seen in tho the evening c ninnies Dinne C Draft Dri From Window I r have been Mrs Burdens Burden's physician phI clan cian and arid was summoned to the tho house at 10 o'clock this morning I reached there a few tew minutes later and saw W at nt atone on one once Fe that the young woman was dc dead d. d Site She was vas lying with her head on her right t arm and nd from the expression on her face tace 1 I knew that she had without a struggle Although she ShA had been suffering from tram a bad cold one of the windows 9 was opened several Inches from the tho bottom Tho Thu Th draft blew bIer ble directly on tho the gas lamp from which fumes rumes were vero es escaping e- e es- es caping The Tho po poison son was was blown directly direct direct- ly into her mouth and nostrils abt ab her first inhalation probably was rt deep that she was not aroused I If If the window had been down 1 beBo she would have been alivo alvo to tonIght to- to night nIght Then the gas would have havo fil filtered Ill Ill- f- f into the halls hals and the servants would have noticed It I. I Her little little- littledog d dog E the which fumes Ivos lives was not in direct line lne with Mr Burden Durden reach reached d his wife's room In a a- 0 minute after ater the alarm was given this morning He threw open the three windows then hurried to tho the bed and tried to arouse his wife She is not dead he cried crie accordIng accordIng accord- accord Ing lag to the story of at the maid maid See her body Jy is Js still warm Send for tor Dr Dl Lyle Lylo The The- Tho maid declares that the little dog was Mrs Burdens Burden's particular pet and always alwa's slept b by her side was snug snug- closely to its Us mistress and recovered ered ored when the tile windows were thrown open Tim The tam family I say Hay the dog was on a window seat Beat near by and that one of ot the windows was open from the bottom This statement of ot the tho window Is disputed by the ser ser- ser ser- van tt Young Mr Burden broke down completely completely com corn for a n. time and had hd to h have vo medical m nUen attention Mrs Irs Burden had hal not riot enjoyed good health since her marriage last lut April Shortly Shorty b before ore her marriage she aho fhe suffered suf suf- fared a n nervous breakdown because of at the tho activity of or an anonymous letter writer writer- who sent man many missives to the young yount woman and to her friends She has taken several treatments for lien her her nervousness since her hAr marriage Be Between lIe lIe- tween treatments she would malts make lit littie little lit lit- lt- lt tie tle te spurts into life of or which she was so fond only to suffer s a 2 re re- re lapse S |