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Show BOYS SET PIRE TO A PlflYf lflTE Three Youngsters In Chicago, Chica-go, Wanting to See Some Fun, Pour Alcohol Over Another and Ignite It ' CHICAGO, April 2. Three dots, whose a jea ranie from 12 to 14 years, were arrested today charged with setting set-ting fire to the clothing of Michael La-coco, La-coco, a seventoen-yeax-old boy, while the latter lay asleep in, a hallway. The boys gave the names of Lester Ball, Walter Leonard and James White. According to the story of one of the boys, they 7 'wanted to see some fun." Ther. first attempted to light Laeoco's clothing with a match but were unsuccessful. unsuc-cessful. They went to a drug store and secured a bottle of alcohol, the contents of which they poured over the sleeping sleep-ing boy's elothlng. " . As the flames enveloped his boav, Laeoco was awakened and after a futile attempt to extinguish the flames he rushed into the street where he f ell .unconscious. .un-conscious. He was taken to a hospital, where his condition was said to be serious. |