Charles Eadie Masson (September 12, 1884 – October 17, 1954) was a

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amateur

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right winger who was active in the early 1900s. One of the clubs Masson played for was the

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of the

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. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of former City of Ottawa

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Donald T. Masson.

Owen McCourt incident

In the 1906–07 FAHL season Masson was involved in an early era incident of lethal hockey violence. On March 6, 1907, in a game between Masson's Ottawa Victorias and the Cornwall Hockey Club on the Victoria rink in

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, Masson struck Cornwall's Owen "Bud" McCourt in the head with his stick. McCourt died of his injuries the following morning. As a result of the incident Masson was put on trial charged first with murder and later with manslaughter, but was acquitted on both accounts. "Chas. Masson before court"
''Ottawa Citizen'' March 8, 1907 "Masson is on trial"
''The Montreal Gazette'' April 11, 1907

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