Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-14
AGED PASADENA
NEGRESS BURNED
WOMAN 1O4 YEARS OLD LOSES
HER LIFE
STARTS FIRE WITH KEROSENE
son Of the Unfortunate Woman Kin
dies Blaze and Leaves, Return-
Ing to Find Room Is
Aflame
STARTS FIRE WITH KEROSENE
Pasadena Agency,
11l East Colorado Street.


PASADENA, July 13.-Mrs. Matilda
Hunter. said to be 104 years old, was
burned to death in a fire at Fair oaks
and Holly streets today. The aged
nesress was blind and helpless and
resided with her son, Simpson Haws,
q shoemaker, who had shop in part
Of the building burned. The latter's
story is that he built fire in a wood
stove, using kerosene to start 1t. His
mother was in bed and while waiting
for the fire to start Haws went into a
bicycle store occupying the front part
Of the building.
A few minutes later Haws returned
to his apartments and found the in
terror ablaze. He made several at
tempts to rescue his mother, but the
heat drove him back and his hair was
almost burned from his head. Guy
Henry, a young white man, who had
charge of the bicycle shop in the front
of the building, heard Haws' cries for
help and he was also severely burned
in his efforts to save the woman.
AII6T lIlC lIdIllCS hcn0 DCCh CAIAA
guished the charred remains of Mrs
Hunter were found within a few feet
Of one of the doors, where she had ev-
identity crawled from where she had
been sleeping.
The building was damaged to the
extent of $1,000. 1t belonged to A. r.
Pierce. The Pasadena Sporting Goods
company sustained a loss of $500 TO
bicycle sundries and Simpson Haws
lost his shoe repairing tools and house.
hold goods valued at 5000.
Pasadena Brevities
DR.. A. B. Royal has returned from
Arizona, where he spent two weeks
looking after his mining interests in
the vicinity of Kingman.
The Methodists of North Pasadena
will go to Eastlake tomorrow to enjoy
an outing
Mrs. jeanette Libby of this city has
brought suit for an accounting against
the directors of the American Iron
and Steel company of Philadelphia.
. She claims to own nearly sS0,0OO of the
capital stock and claims misnanage-
rnent in the affairs of the corporation
by which some favored stockholders
have been paid dividends from the cap
ital stock instead of from the earnings.
Manual Mendoza was arrested at
Redlands today and will be brought to
Pasadena to answer to complaint of the
theft of a bicycle belonging to Pete
Morales. Mendoza was arrested upon
request of Constable w. c. Austin and
will be brought here by Deputy Oscar
Kunzman.
The Dayton street fire department
has lost Jack" the mascot bulldog.
1t was run over by one of the trucks
while going to the fire on Holly street
this morning.
The Maine society of Pasadena will
go to Terminal island on Saturday ID
participate in a picnic. Members will
leave on the o'clock car.
DIR. Mary Hagadorn is expected home
tomorrow from an extended visit In
the east returning by way of Portland.
Tom Brown, the ToIuca man ac-
cused of operating a "blind pig" has
been surrendered by his bondsmen, and
as Justice Congdon is in Arizona the
deposit Of $1,000 made by Browns sure
ties is still held by Justice Congdon.
S. T. Lewis, who resides at 149 FL
Molino avenue, is brother of E. G..
Lewis, promoter of the defunct Peo-
pies United States bank of st. Louis,
and 1t is said that number of Pasade-
mans were caught in the overthrow Of
the Lewis scheme. S. ]. Lewis is out
of the city and is said to be in Chicago.
E. e. Green has returned from a trip
to the Portland exposition. He went
by way of the new town of Las Vegas,
New, and Salt Lake