Show prisoner dies of suffocation in vernal jail wednesday sets rire fire to s VERNAL A coroners jury friday absolved of blame vernal varnal city and uintah county officials in connection with the death by suffocation wednesday night in the local jail of warren nelton 23 former salt lake city resident nelton died from gases gages developed i by burang barni ig mattresses which he himself had set ablaze th the jury found firemen were called ar 1 JI I Llis discovered covered the prone body of the th youth on the tha floor of a cell with ith two burning mattresses piled against the door boor marshal late lafe richardson was en ell route to tho jail to free nelton when the fire alarm was sounded justive of the peace J C hacking of lapoint conducted the inquest attorneys clyde S johnson and hugh colton participated |