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based on AP report The wife of an Atlanta Negro minister was shot dead at her home Sunday soon after an attempt was made to set fire to her husband's church, The police said Mrs, Lillian Corine Briley, 53 years old, was fatally wounded by a shotgun blast at close range soons after midnight, The Rev, George Briley, 53, told them he, his wife and a 3-year-old grandson were asleep when his wife was roused by the doorbell, He said he heard the gun blast a few minutes later and found his wife just inside the door bleeding from a chest wound, ‘She died on the trip to the hospital. The minister said he and his wife were called to the church Satudday night because of the arson attempt. Special services were being held when a member of the congregation spotted smoke coming from under the door of the pastor's study, They found a flaming pile of cotton- soaked with kerosene, They doused the fire with hand extinguishers,