The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-12
MRS. HAzEN IS DEAD.
Her SufferingS Came to an End
Last Evening.

Mrs. z. T. Hazen. who was fatally
burned by the gasoline explosion Fri
day forenoon, died at 6:20 last night,
and the funeral will be held Sunday
afternoon at o'clock at the First
Congregational church.
At about 4 o'clock Friday afternoon
Mrs. Hazen became unconscious, and
remained in that condition until the
end DR.. H H Kieth who has been in
charge of the case. says:
L did not expect the crisis in the
case to come so soon. I thought that
Mrs. Hazen. being a well and strong
woman, would probably survive for "a
hours, and thought it might be pos
shock and recover. But 1 think she
must have breathed the flames. thus
fastening her end
The funeral service will be conduct
ed by the Rev. A. S. Embree and will
be in the general charge of the Shaw
nee County Bar association. After the
services, the remains will be placed in
vault at the Topeka cemetery, there
TO remain until a permanent vault can
be constructed on the HaZen lot at
the cemetery. Judge Hazen visited the
cemetery this morning and selected the
burial place.
1t has been decided not to open the
casket containing the remains during
the services at the church.
This morning at 10 o'clock so mem
berS out of a total membership of 100
in the Shawnee County Bar association
met at the district court room for the
purpose of taking appropriate action
David OVermyer was chosen as chair
man of the resolutions committee, COM
posed of J. V. Abrahams, Eugene
Hagan and A. w. Dana. The commit
tee on arrangements was selected as
follows: r. B. Welch, o. E. Hungate
and A. B. Jetmore; floral committee,
J. S. Ensminger, Frank Foster and L.
A. Stebbins. David Overmyer acted
as chairman of the meeting, and John
Waters as secretary.
The committee on arrangements held
a meeting, and made the following an
nouncement:
ITO the Topeka Bar: The funeral of
Mrs. z. T. Hazen viii be held from the
First Congregational church at 8 p. m.
Sunday, December 13. The bar of To-
peka will meet in the corridors of the
National hotel and attend the funeral
in a body, starting from the hotel at
2:45 o'clock.
sR. B. WEIGH,
20. E. HUNGATE,
"a. b JETMORE.
COMMITTEE
Mr.. and Mrs. Hazen have very few
living relatives and none from out of
town are expected. Mrs. Hazen has a
brother and sister living in Indiana,
who have been notified, but are not ex-
pected to come, as both are old and
feeble. Judge Hazen has one sister liv-
ing, besides his brother, w. r. Hazen,
of this city.
Mrs. Hazen's maiden name was Eliza
! Martz. She was born in Cincinnati,
April IA, 1850. On April IA, 1874, she
was married to z. T. Hazen, in Ripley
county, Indiana, where they lived until
June, 1880, when they came to Topeka.
The only child is Lyndon Hazen, who
was badly burned while trying to save
his mothers life yesterday.
For good many years, Mr.. and Mrs
Hazen lived at the corner of Fifth and
Madison, opposite Lincoln school. A
few years ago, they built their present
handsome residence at sos Monroe
street. Mrs. Hazen took great pride
in her new house, and had it tastefully
furnished. When she lay on her death
bed, she moaned continually of her sor-
row at leaving her home where she
had worked so hard to make things
nice"
The injuries sustained by Lyndon Ha-
zen are proving to be more serious
than first supposed, and it was stated
this morning that he would probably be
unable to leave his bed for six weeks
or two months. The burns are very ex-
tensive below his knees, and on the
backs of his legs up to the thigh. 1t
may be necessary to do considerable
skin-g grating.