Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-22
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that she be called at 10 o'clock in the
morning. dismissed her maid and set
led herself in bed with book Inc
-rt ting to her husband an hour later
was the last heard from the room.
Passing through the hall on her way 10
Mrs Burdens room on the second
!rcr. this morning, the maid detected
ihn oder Of gas and hastily entering
til chH,1' er found her mistress dea1.
T.!a room was filed with gas. though
4 window was open several inches from
the bottom The fumes were pouring
rom the rubber tubing directly into
the dead woman's face. Mrs. Burdens
,.rysicians, Drs F. P. Kinnicutt and II.
Y. Lyle, were hastily summoned ana
r'rv notified the coroner. The latters
~; etiratnn showed that the gas TUBE
lad hc5n disconnected from the lamp
N.yorently having become drowsy Mrs
.srrlon reached from her bed ana
t1rrad off the lamp cock instead or
to';irr the trouble to get IN and shut
II thH raS 1T the chandelier jet In
~cnn manner undetermined the tube
a"anoe lo0Sened at the lower end ana
-'irNinc off the feed pine of the lamp
'ov ~ sucr a position that the How OF
--e vas directly toward the sleeper.
Tic LEAD woman lay as in slumber
,tithHut q sign of physical or mental
di.:turhancn.
" tho omen window to which had
..tlt rol ard almost dead from gas
was Mrs Burdens little pet. white
pnrreranian terrier, which was per-
to'tt"1 70 sleep in the room.
There was some complaint by the
rolce that they were not notified earli-
or If the death Mr. Burden summoned
the nhvscians but Coroner Shrady said
tonight that he had not been informed
~ Yrs. Burdens death until shortly
= foo . O'Clock in the afternoon.
'"hon he learned of it through the
Healt'? derartment. The police received
- " irforr1ation an hour or two lat
er. Meantime enquirers at the house
rad been told by servants that Mrs.
Burden died of heart failure. following
IN attack of grip.
Mrs Burden was the daughter of the
first Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont, who
secured Il divorce some time after her
d4ughter was born. She retained GUS
toby of the child and afterward mar
r'hd George l.. Rives. at one time cor
porate counsel of New York. After
the divorce of her mother and her
abortion bv Mr.. Rives, the daughter
took tho name of her mothers second
| husband and was always known as
Nat'ca Rives
William P. Burden is a nephew OF L.
Townsend Burden and has a large in
forest in the Burden Iron Works at
Troy.
Mrs Burden. as Natica Rives. was
one If the most popular of the younger
-rnr1on in society. Her health broke
down in Tho summer of 1908 and she
spent some time in a sanitarium at
lakewood. In the fall she re-entered
society. but the strain broke her down
a"air and she was compelled to re-
twp t. lakewood.
ilthough she improved under the
:;oro of the doctors and nurses. she
i'd not entirely recover her health
During her stay in Lakewood her en-
eagement to Mr. Burden was an
| nounced.
A brilliant church wedding was
planned. but the health of the bride
to-be remained precarious. Finally
quiet marriage ceremony was decided
1IDon. Mr.. Burden and Miss Rives were
married in Grace church, before an
assemhlage comprising only the men,
hers of the two interested families and
fnw intimate friends. Bishop Potter
officiated assisted by the rector, DIR
Huntington, After the wedding the
Burdens made their home with his
Mother, Mrs. James Abercrombie Bur-
den.
1t was said at the house tonight that
Young Mrs. Burden had been suffer-
ing for some time from a slight attack
Of the grip. The funeral arrangements
had not been decided upon tonight