Show AGED WY BURNED TO DEATH t mother of geo M jones meets tr tragic a gic death mrs agnes AT jones mother of geo al jones of this city was found burned to death on the porch of her home in salt lake city on oil wednesday afternoon mrs jones is well known here having spent the past summer on oil a visit with her son the following is taken from her ald republican mrs agnesm agnes M jones aged aced 86 was found burned to death yesterday te aday afternoon on the porch of bf her home navajo street where she had lived with her daughter mrs jeanette mcdonald it is thought her clothing caught fire at the kitchen stove while she was preparing lunch and that she ran out on the porch seeking help the body was discovered by miss nellie mcglothlen othlen who lives at navajo street a few doors away miss mcglothlen in passing the gonei jones home noticed smoke issuing from the porch Looking closer she saw the huddled body she ran back home and told her mother who phoned the police mrs jones avas was alone in the house her daughter mrs mcdonald is ernp employed loyed at the home of judge C W morse E south temple her grand miss hael mcdonald was at the east side high school at the time of the accident mrs jones was wearing a I 1 long ong woolen scarf which it is tP thought ought dragged mccross the top of the stove and probably became ignited by dropping into one of the openings it is believed that mrs jones first started for the front of the house and fell over a chair which was found overturned the carpet near the overturned chair clifair has a large hole burned in it the clothing was burned from the boey bocy only a small heap of ashes with a brooch and some bone buttons were found near the body the deceased baswell was well in the thir ty second ward whee aher e she has lived since coming to salt lake from sc scotland ot in 1864 old time residents of the district are familiar with the story of her walk krom from the missouri river with the pioneers she is survived by three children mrs jeanette mcdonald mrs N 0 fulmer 2420 ninth east street and G M jones of richfield the body was taken to the undertaking parlors of joseph wm will taylor lor S west temple arrangements for the funeral willbe announced later i |