Multnomah County OR Archives News.....West  is Happy April 26, 1893
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Morning Oregonian April 26, 1893
He Was Released From Jail Yesterday and is now in Settle.
David W.West was released from the county jail at 9:30 o'clock yesterday 
morning on the pardon granted by Governor Pennoyer,which was mentioned in the 
morning dispatches.
West is the deputy United States Marshall of Seattle, who, with Ah Louie, a 
Chinaman, arrested Mrs.Sue Wing in this city in January, and carried her off 
to Seattle without going to the trouble of having his papers endorsed by the 
federal officials here, and then made false returns on the warrant to the 
United States Commissioner Spriggs.The woman was released and brought back to 
Portland on a writ of habeus corpus issude by the United States Circuit Judge 
Gibert, and then West and Ah Louie were indicted by the grand jury for 
kidnapping. On February 15 they were convicted of assault and battery. Owing 
to the gravity of the offense Judge Stearns, sitting in the criminal court, 
refused to impose a fine, but sentenced each of them to six months in the 
county jail, the extreme penalty of the law.Ever since his conviction, West's 
friends have een working for a pardon. Deputy Collector McKenzie, of Seattle, 
circulated a petition which was numerously signed and was presentd to Governor 
Pennoyer. The plea was made that West's intentions were good but he acted 
ignorantly.
West left for Seattle on the afternoon train. Before his departure he calle 
don Judge Munly, of the criminal court, who allowed him to withdraw his 
commission as Deputy United States Marshall, which had been introduced into 
evidence. West said that he never felt etter in his life, despute his two 
month's imprisonment. He remarked he would be more careful about serving his 
papers in the future.
The pardon did not include Ah Louie, who is still confined in the county jail.

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