A 4-year-old andan infant were at the homewhen the violence broke out.When police arrived, Masonbarricaded himself inContinued on page 5ALongtime Decaturpastor rememberedBy BOB BUCKELTwenty-nine years is a long time to ministerto a congregation - but it can seem fairly briefwhen placed in the perspective of a life thatspanned more than a century.Pastor Eugene Florence, 108, died Wednesday,Sept. “(Unger)tried to intercede andconfronted the suspect, whothen started fighting him.It started with fists at first,but the victim told our investigatorsthat before heknew it he was bleedingfrom his chest area.“He tried to do what wasright, and he ended up gettingstabbed for it.”Unger sustained eightpuncture wounds and oneslash during the assault.He also suffered eye injurieswhen at one point inthe scuffle Mason allegedlyused his thumbs in an attemptto gouge them out.Unger was flown from thescene to John Peter SmithHospital in Fort Worthwhere he was listed in criticalcondition after his arrival.The fight started afterMason got into an argumentwith his 33-year-old fiancéethat soon became physical.The woman tried to stopMason from swallowing severalpills. Unger, 24,during a fight at their homein the 1300 block of CourtCircle.“The suspect (Mason)was hitting his fiancée inthe face with a closed fistseveral times,” said SteveStanford, Bridgeport’s assistantchief of police. Mason, 32, allegedlyused a paring knife toattack Radley J. 75 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMDECATUR, TEXAS 30 PAGES IN 3 SECTIONS PLUS INSERTS 75¢BRIDGEPORTManstabbedin rescueattemptBy BRANDON EVANSA Bridgeportmanwas slashedand stabbedr e p e a t e d l yby his ownr o o m m a t ewhen he MASONtried to stophim from assaulting a womanSaturday night.Casey S. MIDWEEK EDITION INSIDE: Trevor Brazile wins Pendleton title.
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