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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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In Los Angeles, guard Harry V. Mason, 36, was charged with murder and held on $5,000 bail for shooting and killing 18-year-old Gerald Edwards at the California Shipbuilding yard on Saturday. Edwards, a Negro youth with an honorable merchant marine discharge, was leaving via gate three after picking up his check.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16. (UP)—Harry V. Mason, 36-year-old California Shipbuilding corporation guard who shot and killed Gerald Edwards, 18, as he tried to leave the yard Saturday was held on charges of murder with bail set at $5000 by the municipal court.
The Negro youth, who held an honorable discharge from the merchant marine, assertedly refused to obey Mason's command that he leave by another gate and was slain as he left by gate three.
Witnesses said Mason had ordered Edwards to get his time checked before leaving and the youth replied that he had not worked that day, was only on the yard to get his check and was not required to pass through the regular pass-out gate.
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Los Angeles
Event Date
Saturday
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gerald edwards shot and killed; harry v. mason held on murder charges with $5000 bail
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Harry V. Mason, a guard at the California Shipbuilding corporation, shot and killed Gerald Edwards, an 18-year-old Negro youth with an honorable discharge from the merchant marine, as Edwards tried to leave the yard via gate three on Saturday. Edwards had refused Mason's command to leave by another gate, stating he had not worked that day and was only there to get his check, not requiring the regular pass-out gate. Witnesses confirmed the exchange.