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A notorious border outlaw, already linked to a fatal shootout, is arrested by customs inspectors after a stolen railway speeder is stopped south of Sumas.
“One of the most important captures ever made in the customs service in this part of the state was effected about 1 o'clock this morning on the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern road, about three miles south of Sumas.”
A witness speaks out against the detention and deportation of a Chinese laborer by a local official.
A smuggler caught near Sumas taught Chinese immigrants American geography to help them evade border officers.
“They were given lessons in American geography and taught to answer questions that would probably be propounded by officers.”
A new team of customs officials is struggling to curb the flow of undocumented Chinese laborers entering the U.S. through the northern boundary, as local agitators reportedly run wild.
“Reports from the boundary are that 'Cowboy Terry' is running things there with a high hand.”
Caught smuggling Chinese laborers near Sumas, “Cowboy” Terry waives examination and is bound over—while insisting a fatal 1892 shooting began with other men’s guns.
“He admitted that he intended to smuggle the Chinese laborers, but finding that capture was almost certain, he wired Poor, who, he said, was his friend, intending to deliver them over to him and Holden.”
A Sumas rancher looking to turn his land into a fortune turned to the 'Heart and Hand' matrimonial columns to find a wife with capital.
“Had intelligence and beauty been his only aim he could have married scores of times, and in one instance he came near yielding to the earnest solicitation of $20,000, but when he read in the description, 'weight 325 pounds,' he was out on first base.”
Commissioner Williams denies avoiding Banker Atkins's case, calling the 100-mile warrant assignment unnecessary.
“there was not the slightest foundation in fact for the representation made”
Two land developers scouting for a new townsite find themselves unexpected fathers to a pair of bear cubs.
“They were laying out an addition to Sumas and were running a line past a tree when they heard some squealing... they took care of the family.”
A young boy's attempt to capture a bear cub nearly ends in disaster when the mother bear returns to defend her offspring.
“It was now his turn to wail, which he did quite lustily.”
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