The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-29
TERRY MAKES A CONFESSION.
He Struggled the Cinnamon and The
Betraxed Them to Officers.


sEpRo, July 2s.-fspecial. Following
Terry's deposition as given in his bedroom Il
night:
George W. Poor and myself came of the raj
road track with nine Cinnamon where tk
boundary road cross the railroad. As we got q
men, could not swear which just as caugf
tho glimpse of the men they commenced shoe
ing at US. The first shots fired came Just /
in the right groin. In the evening between ,
and IL p. m. George w. Poor, the man killes
halloed three times ~ am depu5
sheriff, and have these men arrested
BE halloed at the party who were shooting at q
do not know who they were. Those parti<
whoever they were, commenced shooting frs
stood on the ground until was fired at foS
shot or not. was grazed the first time 1 We
about thirty steps and stepped of the couu
road into the brush on the road which runs II
from the Seattle, Lake Shore d Eastern railro
there / heard Poor say, "My God, W
have killed me-" / then saw thu,
men go over to where Poor's body W.
Those were the men who were doing the sho
ing, and who shot Poor. They said: s.Ws IN
killed him: let US get out of here" There We
two or three started and walked out on the RI .
they got on top of the grade both OF them start /
for town on the run.
walked up to Poor's body, picked up his l i
arm, felt his pulse, AID found he was dead.
corduroy road for town, and brought up at Il
house. This occurred on Saturday, July
about 10 or II p. m: Those part
the first shot Not word was spoken bef4
the shooting. Tho shooting occurred about ~
mile from Wooley, in skagit county, stat<f
Warrington.
Cross examined he answered a. follows:
l was in the town of ssdro ea the niis
OF July D. Was out on the railroad tFs7
about 10 or IL p. m to show Poor where tn
Chinsmen were. They were about twenty-3
yards from the corduroy road crossing. 81
from the corduroy road when Poor and VI
after them. Poor, the Cinnamon and staH
and walked toward the corduroy road. W
coming to Wooley. We were going over
could see quite distance. Yes, had been c8
the road before. had been around Woolcys
and on five or six different times. On the 4
OF July was between Acme and Sumas. c&
knew the Cinnamon were whore l foS
them because fetched them there got II
OF them at Vancouver and part from sumas.
Witness refused 10 answer whether
Chinsmen paid him for bringing them over.4
am an officer OF the government; Poor
Chinese when the shooting took place.
about two steps ahead OF Poor, who was ata
loot Of the grade on the corduroy road !
saw the parties who did the shooting VIII
came on the corduroy road. I was fortyE
away from them when FIRST saw them. q
were not on the road running toward town.
way We were going. They were not in the "
when / first saw them. The man did MOI
vance to where Poor and l woref
| frat, but commenced Immediately to advs
They did not say anything TO me OF MT. Poo
fore they commenced shooting. They did
| call out 10 US that they were deputy coIIet
| of customs and that they arrested us ir
| name OF the United States. ] could mott
whether Mr. Poor did any shooting or not,
| did not shoot had nothing to shoot will
! don't know that Mr.. Peer had revolver.
| nos say whether P1 got q revolver /
| Holden, but did NO sftzte positively q
| had no revolver on person. l do not n
| that Mr.. Poor had 3volFsx Ia his hand 4
| we started OF = the corduroy
| do. not kn2F that Mr.. Baird hf
| false beard be- % khe shooting began. a
| see the men p nl5 sEengh to know thstJ
were Two or tarea men. There were abo{