The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-15
CIGARETTE SET HER AFIRE.
BESSIE JACKsON RIGHTFULLF
BURNED AFTER A GAR MIGHT.

Rushea Freun Her Apartments All Annme ana
Fell writhinG In A~Eopy-said Her servant
Threw n Lamp mt Hor-Pouce DisbelieVo
~This-she's New ut the Fsint OF Death.
Bessie jackson, as abe In known to her Tender
loin associates, lies at the New York Hospital at
the point Of death from burns. She is q young
and rather pretty girl. who lived In q fat on the
third floor of 138 wcst Thirty-tbird street with
an old Irish woman. Mary Patterson, who acted
az her housekeeper. Hor real namo Is said to DO
Elizabeth Kallinor. There were merry times in
the fiat on Friday night, q card party" tho
ncighbors called It, that didn't break mp until
daylight crept through the shades. Then as the
house was beginning TO quiet down at an hour
when most folks were getting out for another
day, tho other tenants were aroused By o
womants cries Of agony.
Mrs. Ryan, who occupies tho fiat adjacent to
the jackson fat, was the first to ind out tho
cause of tho outcry. She said yesterday that
she ran out into the main hallway-it was about
7oclock In the morninR-and saw through tho
glass door that opened into the private hall Of
the jackson nat q woman all ablazo running
up and down the hall and shrieking.
at was awful" said Mrs. Ryan. IT was
going to break right in and help her when I sud
denly thought Of my insurance papers. had to
go after them. of course. for you know II / got
burned out I would noed tho insurance, 30 /
hurried after the papers and back again to
rescue the poor girl. She burst out of tho door
Just as was going to rescue her, and ran down
stairs. It was awful. Her hair stood out all
afre Just like q torch. and sho was afre all over.
Before I could get down she was at the bottom
Of the stairs. by tho front door. She tumbled
over and over"
A woman who lived on the ground floor. Mrs.
MacNamara, had been awakened by the noise,
and she rushed out to find Bessie Jackson.
charred, naked, with her hair burned of. lying
by her door. She ran and got q big bottle of
| sweet oil, which she poured over the suffering
woman. then covered her up with one Of her
| spare wrappers. By this time tho entire house
had been aroused. and the women came tumbling
down tho stairs in wild excitement. Bessie
screamed necessarily in her agony. and, accord.
ing to the tenants, cried over and over again,
The women stood sIf there ) huddied tos in
Thing Sstii Policeman Tyrrsali. who had heard
to the New York Hospital. The tenants told the
the lamp throwing. and he went upstairs
with another policeman to investigate. They
to rights in the fiaG. They found a biS hole
the woman had rolled, and a broken lamp be.
room they found a pile Of charred bed clothing.
e half.smoked cigarette, and g copy Of The
Woman Who Did" with tho title page burned
1T vas her dom cigarette smoking that did
Bed I'd S and f I often ae toid Ssr it s would IoS burn 1% Rer up ap
some day. Now 1t has. I threw . pitcher Of
water on her when she yelled. She knocked the
around the room In there burnin' up"
Tho policemen concluded that this was the
girls ante-mortem statement and ordered the
police TO make an arrest in tho case.