Arizona republican., 1896-05-16
WAS BURNED TO DEATH
 70
  Dreadful Death of Kate Lacy. Accidentally Found by a Pas- serbJ. Apparently Crazed by the Flames
Apparently Crazed by the Flames She Had vainiy Trieo to
 Escape.

Her flesh burned ku a crisp, inSenE- ble threugh Mlhe awful agony of a1eT burns, Kathnrime Agness Lacy died yesterday morning. I She was woman od 36 years, unmaar- rred, sister o< J. B. Lazy, who died in Phoenix about eight months ago SMe occupied gtdu tlle rooms in which stiA had kept house 1or her bcusher, in the rear of the office 0R inc Phoenix gas works, of which iseq' dead brother had been owner. |,
 IA deVout CeAlhBlic, it had been the about o'clock ra. tine morning to att tend to eler work in f&nne fpr 6 o'clock mass. So it iHsr presumed was her action yesterday TanTning.
 A few miluteH aateT,4. B. F. ZoeckaeT was driving by the gas works on his way from his Neaflr's edditipn home to Ais butcher shnp. He EaM Ehat frauq of one of the winIloiws of the, brick of fee ib1mlding Wap ocl- fire. Jumping from his wagon he hastily threw damp earth from the ditch upon the b.azes his cry of '.FSre" bringing and1hsT butcher, Con Hurley, upon the seena Breaking tn tine sash of the window and tearing away taie, screen. Hurley orawled into the room, bnt was conn pelled to immediately, return, for tfa atmosphere Mthhin IWes full of gas and smoke, fm which. it wOuld have been impossible to liTe.
 Thin king they heaHd a faint erY office door,, hgglhe 'kihab down, and smashed fn the door to fhe living apsdHT n1ents within. sss .ss 9.ea. A 'A
 On the floor beSS5Tsss bSs5ss fihazn, ssill moaa- .ilg slightly, wes t;he ib.alckaned furm of Miss f1acy, natse4t s8Te tor the rem nan. oi soStk.gcs. -,e ..s., |
 Dr TrltttLe ra.at; .st, once Ssummonhd from his ne2a bg tfdne. He did all that could hsJYe. 'lssezl dptH, but tala woman neyes. ,a,sssSaiait3si, s ait3si, Fspsc:ousnasS and about ( s,eSleck Ter, SD Tt passed. The body was D: dreadful sight. H seemed as though almost every portion had been reached by the fames. the face and breast being, especially soorcled and tl6 tongue plainly showed that ti1e flames had been tn- haled In the judgment of the physS- elan, the external burIls had been szrf-
 
 added suffGcatiGn fin the sdnoase-fIe1 room Upon tItle bnrens. ghe 1esh hung :n shre(fs.
 Though there WAS rG witness of the horrible scene, the cause seemed palm to the coroner jury that was early fm- panelled and wl.ct at 5:3G retalrned to Justice J0hnstnEe .. yerdla. of ''acci-7 dental tieath." Miss Lacy had ariseG as usual, throwing her nfghtsscHwn across the bed and donG1ing 8 ligtpt wrapper, beneath which was 'underciothi1lg including Q i woolen knit undershiTit. She had lit the gas stove asf wtIi1s, her cooking was done, and Ehad gogles into 0lsr bath room 10 prepare hed' hath. -iNlen she ! had returned ito the h'tttie riEing room, where she fnund ttslt she had, prob ably from the 4nsFclb, ignfhei the win dow curtains. In attempting to eX- 1 't.nguish this fire her clothing had caught. She iost (her Dreseplea Of mind, and, instead of teariIg the wrapper from Gler, had rushed to fhe locked door and WAS vainly attempting to es- cape to the open air Eihen she faintes1 from pain and herr3r. Tho doors were lblackened from fhe tiaanD that had swept upon them and s1lreds of 4the woman's burned fingers were found on a. door above lille los5fl, ta9lich she could not see or feel. Several families five near by, but none heard screams and it Us probable the taugeTty EWas bat Tit tile prior Ito the appearance Of Zaecf- 1 fer. The men ext.GgEshed without much troalD.e the EnlOll- derfng flames withiEB fThs r0anl and little damage came from that eRusa
 1t is considered a wonder that an eX- plolsion had net come from the gas thElt was escaping into tIhe room. In her efforts to extingu.sh the fire the wou7n had pulled the rubber tube from the gas stove, on which the waiter was warm, though the blaze was out. But the flames had not touched Ehe pipe or the escaping volume Of gas and thus another 'dreaafua feature was spared.
 Miss Lacy had been resident of Phoenix for several years, but was Oi quiet and housekeeping disposition and WAS little known. She Mas appar-
 entity in the best oE health, weighing
 about 150 pounds, and was not oonsid-
 cred excitable in disposition. Her
 main interest appeared fo be in hsa
 church, the .asat offices Of which were
 extended her before she died
 4 sister, Mrs. Kearney, lived within hundred feet of the gas works. Rear. , ney, who is a miner in the Congress mine, had left for his work the pre. } vious GnOrniag, and has been recal,e5 f by telegraph.
 The funeral wiM he from the Cath