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Show MURRAY MAN HELD ' AFTERHOME FIRE MURRAY James Nelson, 45, Is In jail here charged with drunkenness drunken-ness after allegedly setting firs to his horns and burning his wifs and a 3-year-old daughter with hot coffee. cof-fee. Nelson, according to Marshal Andrew An-drew Lundquist, lighted a fire in a room of his home at about 4S80 South 'First West street, Friday morning by throwing mstches on ths floor. When the fire biased up he attempted to extinguish it by throwing on clothing, but it was necessary nec-essary to call ths Murray fire department de-partment to control the blase. Damage Dam-age amounted to approximately $200, Fire Chief Ernest Smith said. Mrs. Nelson and their daughter, Margaret,, received minor burns from hot coffee splashing from a pot which Nelson reportedly attempted at-tempted to throw' through a window. |