Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-30
DECLARED NOT GUILTY
James Buchanan and j. c. Beard Are
Releaaed


Yesterday afternoon Collector Reilly
received a telegram from Inspector
buchanan, at Scdro, which read eve
are acquitted; will be home tonight" ="
As the train from ScdrO pulled in
at the depot last evening a medium
sized man, with "A light mustachc and
pale complexion stepped from "A car 10
the platform and was Immediately sur
rounded by a number Of friends and
acquaintances.
Buchanan is not a blOOdthirsty look
ing man, he is quite the reverse, in
fact, and one would not at "A casual
glance think that that hc was "A man
Of iron nerve. And yet 10 is said he is.
A HERALD reporter talked for a
! few moments with him. The story
| told Is substantially the same as
| hitherto published, only he says en-
| phatiCally that when Beard and he
met Terry and Poor, they were in ad-
vance Of the Cinnamon, who were fol-
! lowing like "A drove Of sheep Beard
ordered Poor and Terry % throw up
| their hands and the only reply re-
ceiyed was fusiladc from Poor and
| Tcrry's reyolyers. They did not, as
stated in some newspaper reports, say
that they were deputy marshals,a rapid
| fire being their only answer. This
was as rapidly returned and Poor fell
| shot through the heart. Terry
wounded, made of, the Cinnamon
scattered, and they returned 30 town
| Beard received "A slight scalp wound.
/ The place where the shooting occurred
was about two and half miles from
| Sedro, In the woods, on the line Of the
Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern rail-
| road.
Poor and Terry were coming down
a sloping piece Of ground when they
were met, so that buchanan and
| Beard were below them. Holden. the
other customs officer, was not seen,
nor is 10 known If he had any cOnnec-
tion with Terry and Poor. He has
since been asked 10 forward his rcsig-
nation.
The examination Of Beard and Bu-
chanan began on Tuesday before John
Y. Terry, justice Of the peace, for
ScdrO precinct, and was completed
yesterday at " o'clock, Justice Terry
discharging the prisoners. The court
room was scene Of excitement, and
cheer after cheer filed the room when
the Justice announced his decision.
Beard will remain at Sedro for a few
days longer. The Cinnamon have all
been re-capturcd and will be forwarded
TO McNeiPs island, and thence re.
turned 10 China.
j. A. Blakely Of this city who visited
Sedro yesterday, was seen last evening
and he said: "The opinion Is almost
unanimous at Sedro that Poor and
Terry and perhaps Holden were all In
collusion, and that the plan was tC
smuggle the Cinnamon through and II
they were In danger OF being caught
they could claim that they were
United States officers. Terry In fact
admits that he had the Cinnamon IN
tow and intended to smuggle then
through. Terry has been placed un
der arrest and will be taken 10 Seattle
10 stand trial. The nature OF Tn,
ground where the shooting took plac,
is proof enough for any one who ha
examined IL that the Cinnamon wcr,
being cached for the purpose Of beinI
smuggled into the United States
Terry states that there are $50 pound
Of dope" concealed In the woods nea
, Sedro, but Of course he will not re
veal its whereabouts"
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