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850-1
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- 1934-10 (Creation)
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William P. Bonney, secretary of the Washington State Historical Society and of the Ferry Museum, and Fred E. King, retired revenue officer, with an old Smith and Wesson handgun and holster. The gun is being added to the fire arms collection of the Society. It was taken from Larry Kelly, notorious opium smuggler, in 1905 by arresting officer King. The smuggler had been in operation over 32 years when he was caught by King and associate Fred C. Dean on July 18, 1905 near Anderson Island. He was on his way to Olympia with a sloop load of opium he was running from Victoria. The dope was intended to be dealt out of a Chinese store in Olympia. When arrested, he surrendered his gun to King. It is a .32 caliber Smith and Wesson made to shoot rifle bullets. (T.Times 10/30/1934, pg. 14)
Bonney, William P.; Guns; Firearms; King, Fred E.;