Woman Succumbs to Burns

Mrs. Bunion R. Sharpe of Lexington County Dies After Two weeks of Suffering
Special to the State.

Lexington, May 9. ------ Mrs. Bunion R. Sharpe died at her home, near Pelion, this county, today at 1 o’clock after suffering terrible agony for more than two weeks, caused by burns received in a mysterious manner. Yesterday two weeks ago Mrs. Sharpe was standing before the fireplace, when her dress became ignited. Her husband was nearby at the time, but it seems that there was no water in the house at the time, and the unfortunate woman, not knowing what to do, was horribly burned, every vestige of her clothing being burned from her body.

The case has excited considerable interest in the community and all sorts of rumors have been rife.

She is survived by her husband and two little children.

Her remains will be burned tomorrow in the Lucas burying ground, near her late residence.

Source:The State, published as The State; Date: 05-10-1910; Issue: 6786; Page: [1]; Location: Columbia, South Carolina