Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-11-11 | Page 8 | Salt Lake Woman Burned to Death

SALT IE Mil BUIED 10 DEATH Salt Lake, Not. 31 .Mrs. Agnes M o?nsV8r arSff aKe' nd SSSdeni frnm m ,e 8lnco she valId hero .from the Missouri river In 1860, was SEES iV?th. r?Qry aftc . "ly afte 3 o'clock at the homo of SSn.nU8?5 Mrs' Jeanette J Mc-Donaia, Mc-Donaia, 386 Navajo street atthn5' t6 'as alone ln the h0e trai-Prtx- TKan.ln0 ?C witnessed tho S?f1 ' he thoory Is thaL Mr- Jones aa leaning over the coat stove, which had a hot fire in it, when her shawl ?Uf?if f,rc' n,tinK cr apparel. a , d0zn M,vcr teaspoons were 2 int,th0 stovo Indicating that sho had them Jn her hand, when the shawl caught, and had dropped them. The topay.turvey condition of tho Kitchen also indicated that the woman Sickly CBPerate eff0rU t0 get out 5nhUr Bricre' im Wost Fourth South street, found Mrs. Jones lying on tho porch. Sho "was writhing in agony and he hurriedly secured blankets and quilts and threw them over her. After smothering the flames, Mr. Briers telephoned to the police station and Inspector Carlson and Captain Johnson hastened to the scene of the tragedy. In the meantime, mean-time, death had ended the aged woman's wo-man's sufferings. After an Investigation, the officers agreed to the theory that Mrs Jones' shawl, or other apparel had become Ignited rrom the stove fire. Mrs. Jones' body will be prepared for burial by Undertaker Josoph William Wil-liam Taylor at tho request of the bereaved be-reaved daughter, who with George ! JoncB, of Richfield, are the only sur-1, vivlng members of the immediate" family. ' Mrs. Jones lost her husband more-than more-than ten years ago. They were mar- ' Tied in Salt Lake early in the '60s. after she had come from Scotland, ; where she embraced the Mormon faith, j