The age-herald., 1898-12-06
MRS. ROBT. GOTTEN
 BURNED TO DEATH At Her Residence in Sixth Avenue Yes
 t0rday Afternoon. SHE DID NOT SCREAM ONCE Though Her Clothes We're Almost En-
 tiroly Consumed. CONSCIOUS FOR OVER TWO HOURS Suffered Great Agony Told Her Family That She Had Been Standing Too
 Near the Crate Daughter
 Left Her Minute Before.
CONSCIOUS FOR OVER TWO HOURS

A horrible accident occurred yesterday af- ternoon in the burning to death of Mrs Robert Gotten at her husbands residence, at 1906 Sixth avenue.
 The story is the usual one Mrs. Gotten was standing too near the hot fire in the grate, when suddenly the skirts of her dress caught fire, and before help arrived her clothing had been entirely consumed, and the unfortunate lady fatally burned. The accident happened about o'clock, and from then on till the time of her death. about 5SO Mrs. Gotten suffered the great est agony. She was conscious up to 5 o'clock, being able to recognize the voices of those around her, although her eyes were too paddy burned to see them. Even at the time of the accident she never lost consciousness and told Miss Alice Gotten, her daughter, who was the first to reach her, that she had been standing too near the fire.
 The Accident
 About o clock Mrs. Gotten and Miss AL ice were sitting in one of the downstair rooms. The young lady had occasion to go upstairs, where two of her sisters, Misses Aileen and Clara, were. She had been gone scarcely a minute when she heard big noise downstairs, as if someone had fallen on the floor. She rushed back to the room she had left, and there on the rug in front of the fire lay ne- mothers form, burned most horribly. Mrs. Gotten had apparently made no effort to wrap herseI1 up n any thlng, and when her daughter reached her the names mad gone out almost Of lneIr own 1coru, there ueing put lew cIotnes Iett to burn.
 Burned WithouG Cry
 Miss Ance, however, qulckiy threw bianket over tne prostrate form, and While ste was doing so, her mother toAo her Of the acciuent. Ihe reniai kaple part or the accident Is that S IFS. cotton dio not scream al the lime ct the accident. Had sne done so II is possible that alu might have reached her socner. Even alter the acci- dent, although sne Was conscious neariy all Of the tinie, she endured her terrible suner- ings witt, d remark ble tor tjtude. Doctors Parke and Sexton were speedily summoned, and they did everything possi- ble for the unfortunate woman, Dul the most they could hope for was to aiiay her sunernga untIl d.atb should relieve her cntire,y. The good woman died witn her family around her.
 Thu funeral services Vii oe held this af- tcrIoun at 5. .S0 U clock at tie Church of the Advent, ol wnicf. the de, e:sed was mem Der. The inlcrment Mi tdhe place at Oak Iilll cemetery.
 e.ss The Deceased
 The deceased Was the wife of Dr. Robert Gotten of thls city. She was tue Cnrls- tan women, one of the best of mothers, ana lovable woman in every respect. The sad accident is regrettd by all With whom she has ever come in contact. Besides her husDand. eIe hr others members of her faml- ly, her children, survive her. They are | Mrs. R. M. Brown, Misses Aneen, Clara, Alice and Messrs Lee, Claude, Robert and Eirest Gotten. The latter Is now livlng in l New Mexico All of the others, however, | live in Birmingham. The deceased was about oO years Of age.
 Ms. CotteI, Was before her marriage Miss | Davenport from Mer Rouge, La. Sne has | brother, D. c. Davenport, now living at | that place who is one of the most promi- | nent men in that section of the state. He was a member of tne Louisiana constitu- | tional convention which met last winter.