Posted on 02/01/2007 12:30:05 PM PST by SmithL
A man splashed lighter fluid on a stranger who fought him off with a metal cane, then used the lighter to set two women on fire, police and witnesses said.
Flames broke out on the women's clothing and hair, but no serious injuries were reported. Paul Alexander Pearson, 50, was arrested for investigation of assault, police Officer Debra Brown said.
The assault in downtown Seattle apparently began when the attacker ran up behind Gus Jones, 82, and dumped lighter fluid down his back at lunchtime Wednesday.
Jones felt someone grab his shoulder, smelled the fumes and hollered. Then, "I had to rap them with my cane," he told The Seattle Times. Jones, recovering from a broken hip, fell to the pavement but was not set afire.
"I cussed him out," Jones told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. "I bent my cane."
Witnesses said the attacker ran across the street and sneaked behind two women. Flames shot 3 feet high from one woman's hair before passers-by quelled them using their jackets, a witness who declined to be identified by name told the Post-Intelligencer.
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Tolerance, huh?
And all this time I was thinking that only my ex could shoot flames three feet in the air...
How can people with names like "Paul Alexander Pearson" be allowed in the US?
When lighter fuel is outlawed, only outlaws will have lighter fluid.
"And how come the nuts always use all three names?"
If you ever get to see your name in the paper as a perp, all three will likely be printed, provided you have a middle name. I speak from experience. ;-o
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