Salem (IN) Democrat, November 18, 1898, p. 1. NOTE: Item was difficult to read. Consider Everett a spelling variant of Evart. BURNED TO DEATH Little Evart Ray Griffin Meets a Horrible Death His Grandfather Badly Burned Evart Ray Griffin, the 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Griffin who live four miles south of town, met with a horrible death last Saturday. The child's parents were in town shopping and his grandmother, Mrs. Hoggatt, was left in charge of the house. In the afternoon, Evart was playing in the house and his clothes, by some means, caught fire. Before his grandmother could remove the burning garments, the child was so badly burned that death relieved him of his sufferings a few hours afterwards. While attending to the boy, Mrs. Hoggatt was burned about the arms, hands and wrists and will be crippled for life. The family of (several illegible words) has the sympathy of the entire community.