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  1. Cowboy Terry Caught Running Chinese Immigrants Across the Sumas Line

    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.

    Mar 6, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSumas, Whatcom CountyExclusion & Resistance · True Crime

  2. A Border Dragnet Closes Around Chinese Travelers

    Two men captured near Wickersham are ordered deported, while 740 Chinese passengers arriving at Vancouver put officers on alert along the border.

    Apr 12, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSumas, Whatcom CountyExclusion & Resistance

  3. Cowboy Terry, the Chinese Smuggler, and the Ghost of a Deputy’s Killing

    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.

    Mar 11, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSumas, Whatcom CountyExclusion & Resistance · True Crime

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