Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1902 — MASON SET AT LIBERTY [ARTICLE]

MASON SET AT LIBERTY

Negro Who Was Held as a Witness Against Him Now Charge.l with Murder of Miss Morton. Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 12.—The discharge of Alan G. Mason, the Boston clubman, accused of the murder of Clara A. Morton at Waverley a week ago last Sunday night, was ordered by Judge Charles A liny of the Third district court of eastern Middlesex. The government lawyer announced that an investigation had failed to disclose evidence sufficient to hold the accused man and ordered the discharge of Mason. Almost Immediately, In the same court, George L. O. Perry, a young negro, who the previous day was held as .a witness against Mason, was charged with the murder of Miss Morton, ne pleaded not guilty, and was remanded without bail for a hearing Xov. 18. After his release Mason held an informal reception and after a short time was driven to his hoino’dn Boston.