Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-19
MRS. S. c. HULL.
DEAD IN CHAIR
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Woman's LifeIess Form Found on
Little Sofa in Her
Own Home.
WAS SITTING AS IF IN LIFE
Discovery Made by a Neighbour Who
Saw Her Last Nisht.-SnTo-
cation Cause of Death.

sitting dead on little sofa in tho
cottage it.t rear of i65 cast Ninth
South street, where she has lived for
over 80 years, Mrs. S. C. Hull, formerly
Mrs. Mary Ann Shovel, 50 years old,
was found by ncighbor this morning.
Death had come from suffocation.
An overturned lamp; feather stuffed
sofa pillow, and slow burning fire.
that had eaten large hole in the floor
and burned up an arm chair, told tho
story of the aged woman's death alone.
Mrs. Oscar Rehcr, who lives IN front
| of the cottage where Mrs. HUI was
| found smothercd to death. was the last
| person to see her alive. This was at 8
| O'Clock last night Then the aged wom-
| an, who is also a cripple had chattcd
with Mrs. Rebcr and asked for the eve
| ming newspaper, Taking this. she had
| gone to her own home, presumably to
I read before retiring for the night.
Whether she became drowsy and
overturned the lamp In her sleep.
! or in some other manner caused the
| flames to become ignited, VIII perhaps
| never be known, for no one saw her
| again until Mrs. Reber. noticing smoke
| comisg from the cottage early this
morning rushed in and found Mrs. HUI
| sitting apparently asleep but fully
| dressed. on the sofa. and the slow fire
eating it's way toward where she sat.
POLICE NOTIFIED.
Mrs. Reber rushed to Mrs. Hull and
| shook her. There being no response,
she called her husband, and they found
| she was dead. They carried her into
| their own home and then notified tho
police and fire departments.
The police auto with four patrolmcn
and one member of the fire department.
hurried TO the scene and quickly cx-
tinguished the smodcring blaze that.
had caused the smoke which suffocated
Mrs. Hull Members of the aged woM-
ans family were notified and they
Immediately ordered the body taken to
the O'Donncil undertaking parlors.
| The mysterious part of the occurrence
Is that Mrs. Hull was not burned In the
least Not even her clothing was
scorched At what time the lamp
was overturned is mystery. If IL mad
been late last night there Is no doubt
but what in time the flames would
have burned 80 as to have consumed
the place. If it started early this
morning, why was Mrs. HUI fully
I dressed?. -7'z'
Mrs. Hull was woman OF some
means. She owned the property on
Ninth East street, and also had other
Interests. For about years. she has
lived alone. Her last husband diea
about six years ago.
She has one son and three dauSh-
tcrs, all In good circumstances, anu
they had often importuncd their
mother to make her home with them,
She would come for few days. but
was always happiest in the little cot
tago where she died. Yesterday she
visited her son w. II. Shovel. and re-
turned home in fine spirits.
Mrs. Reber saw her then and THIS
morning when making breakfast she
wondered why she had not heard OF
Mrs. Hull who also always rose early.
She smcllcd smoke and investigating
found the room in the cottage on fire
and Mrs. Hull dead.
FAMILY Al A LOSS,
Members of the dead woman's
family are at u loss to account for
the death The room where the fire
started is II small one. With the door;
and windows closed fire would
make but little Roadway and would
slowly smolder until m occupant
would become smothcred
The police presume that the LAM
was overturned last night and that tbs
woman was asleep at the time Onl!
Il spark then caught the SOFA pillow
but this smouldcred and burned
all night until 1t produced enough
smoke to cause death. The fact tina
tho window was slightly up from th'
bottom proves, they say, that Mrs
. Hull had awakened and CROPPED 70
! the window. and opened it. A
that time she was too far gone am
, stranglcd to death.
J SCOUT SUICIDE IDEA.
With the fresh air In the room tn
fire Immediately gained headway AM
!. blazed up calling the attention of Mrs
Rebcr Tho police and members of tn
Immediate family scout the idea o
,, any attempt at suicide.
Mrs. Hull came to Salt Lake over
years ago Her first husband w. II
Shovel was one of the pioneers. Fl
:. died soon after their marriage and sh
married Mr.. Hull, who died six ycai
ago.
Mrs. Hull had two daughters an
one son. w. II. Shovel is an electric
$ ian Mrs George II. Phrtitt. a daugf
t ter, lives at 1850 east Fourth Sout
: street Another daughter. Mrs T.
: Horn, Jr, lives at 1854 south FIT
5 East street.
$ Arrangements for tho funeral hay
: not yet been completed but 1t Will /
Y held from the ODonnell undertaken
u parlors. probably Monday.