Jew below!

Correspondent:: König Prüß, GfbAEV
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 22:47:46 GMT

--------
Blame it on the Jew below!

washingtonpost.com
Masons' Shooting Leads to Probation

By FRANK ELTMAN
The Associated Press
Friday, January 7, 2005; 4:13 PM

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. - A retiree who accidentally shot a friend to death during an initiation ceremony
at a Masonic lodge pleaded guilty Friday to criminally negligent homicide and was sentenced
to five years' probation.

Albert Eid, 77, past master of the Long Island lodge, appeared tearful as he told a judge
he was sorry for shooting William James.

"William was my friend, and it's terrible," he said.

James, 47, was shot in the face last March. During the initiation, he was seated in a chair,
and a small platform with cans was placed near his head. Eid was supposed to fire blanks
from about 20 feet away, and another Mason was supposed to knock the cans down with a
stick to make James think actual bullets had been fired.

Police said Eid, a retired plumber and a decorated Navy veteran of World War II, mistakenly
pulled a loaded .32-caliber handgun from his left pants pocket instead of a .22-caliber pistol
with blanks that was in his right pocket.

In a statement, James' widow, Susan, said her husband was joining the Masons to help children,
and wanted to be one of the Masons' clowns who visit sick children in hospitals.

"I miss him terribly, and all because of grown men playing little boys' games," she said.

After the shooting, the Masons said the initiation was not sanctioned by the organization.
The lodge was suspended after the shooting.

© 2005 The Associated Press