3-30-1844: “the latter attempted to draw a pistol, when the former fired both barrels of his gun, charged with buckshot . . . the persons who witnessed the fight were unanimously of the opinion that Mason was perfectly justifiable, inasmuch as he acted entirely on the defensive.”

Baton Rouge Gazette, “the latter attempted to draw a pistol, when the former fired both barrels of his gun, charged with buckshot . . . the persons who witnessed the fight were unanimously of the opinion that Mason was perfectly justifiable, inasmuch as he acted entirely on the defensive.”, March 30, 1844