The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-04-30
JAMES MAS FREED
IN MURDER TRIAL

For the Staying OF his half brother,
Napoleon Mast, on the afternoon Of
Sunday, Feb. Is; at the home Of his
brother-in-law, Antonio Wing, in Sc
vile, James Mast was placed on trial
Monday morning on an Indictment of
second degree murder.
Nearly all the forenoon was taken
up in the impanelling Of the jury,
many being excused for various reas-
ons. Following are the names Of the
jurymen as finally accepted: Marion
Walker, Guilford; Henry Bennader,
Lodi; Robert Steingass, Liverpool; D.
w. Brubaker, Homer; "A. F. Lutz, Me-
dina; Ross I. Forney, Homer; w. G.
Durlirg; Henry Hoeffier, Liverpool;
Terry Abbs, Sharon; Edward Hotten-
stein, Westfeld; J. 9. Beedle, Medina;
II. E. Aylard, Medina. 5sSI.
At ii o'clock the jurymen, accom-
panied by both the attorneys for the
state and defense, were taken to Sc
vile for the purpose of visiting the
scene of the shpating and familiariz-
ing themselves with the plan of iii!
house and its surroundings.
\ The first witness called when court
convened in the afternoon was Dr..
Hard Of Seville, who attended Napol-
con Mast following the shooting, and
who accompanied him to- the Wooster
hospital, where an operation was per-
formed in the hope Of saving the in
jured mans life. DR.. Hard was
called principally for his testimony re-
garding the nature Of the wound and
the course taken by the bullet Shor1l
of technical terms the doctors state
ment was that the bullet entered the
body nearly at the center Of the abdo-
men, passing on a straight line slight
ly out and down and coming out about
two inches to the left Of the spinal
column. The bullet dropped To- the
floor when the injured mans clothing
was removed.
Coroner Brintnall Of Valley City
was the second witne s to testify. His
testimony was substantially the same
as the former witness as to the nature
of the wound and the course taken by
the bullet. Both witnesses testified
that the flesh around the wound wa.
burned and powder-marked.
Following DR.. Brintnall, Antonio
Wing was called to the stand by th'
state.
Wing is q brother-in-law Of the de
fendant, His testimony consisted O
q recital of what took place during
the hours preceding the shooting ant
substantially was the same as pub
lished in the Sentinel Of that week
While he was questioned and cross
questioned, for the most part he wa
permitted to relate. in his own wa!
what took place. He stated that a
about noon the defendant entered hi
(Wing's) home. He found his broth
er Napoleon there and noted that Mrs
Wing was crying. Defendant queries
her as to the cause, whereupon Nap
oleon answered that he had slappe,
her. The former rebuked his brOthe
for the assault upon the sister an
angry words followed. Defendan
then, according to Wing, invited tn
latter over to his (the defendants
home for drink. He went. Later
Napoleon appeared and a heated argu
ment ensued again about the slappin
/ by Napoleon Of his sister, Mrs. Wins
Here the testimony sought BY the al
\ ltcrneys was concerning the location 3
different articles Of furniture in th
rooms Of the Mast home, the subject
Of the various pictures suspended upO
the walls, The approximate temper;
tur Of q chair seat upon which defend
ant had been seated and numerov
other questions which apparently hs
lno more Significance with regai