Gunning for Peace

ID: 177 ~ Source: Courtesy of the Washington State Archives

This file appears in: Human Smuggling in the San Juans

Although most arrests were peaceable, law enforcement personnel around San Juan was adequately equipped. This officer was displaying his Thompson sub-machine gun to interested sixth graders.

This file appears in: Human Smuggling in the San Juans

Human Smuggling in the San Juans – Chinese Exclusion Laws Gave Rise to New Industry in the Islands

By David Sommer

In October 1891 Captain Tozier, commander of the Revenue Cutter the U.S. Grant, was in search of smugglers in the San Juan Islands. A canny and experienced officer, Tozier set up a sting operation near a suspected smuggler's cabin. Several of…