City of Seattle Records

State of Washington County of King Mrs Fagan of lawful age bring duly sworn deposes and says: that she is the wife of Patrick Fagan and resides with her said husband in the City of Seattle. That in the month of April 1890 her cows strayed away and she found them in the city pound. While there she told the pound master Boyd of having lost a young bull about the last of August 1889 and said Boyd informed this affirmed that their bull was in the pound. about the 1st of Sep 1889. That said animal had by then been sold and that he had himself bought said animal for the sum of $10.00 That he afterward sold said animal to some sausage factoryman living in South Seattle. And further affirmed & [?] Mrs Sarah Fagan Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th Day of August 1890 J W Harrington Notary Public.

That out of n abundance of caution this affiant called time upon one [M?], who was then chief of Police for said City and after describing said animal to him asked said chief [M?] if such an animal had been enpounded, whereupon said [M?] denied that there had ever been such an animal in the City Pound That this affiant also enquired of one Boyd. the City Pound Master if such an animal had been by him empounded and was informed that no such animal had been in the pound. That same time afterward towit: about the 6th of June of this year said pound Master Boyd admitted to this affiant that his said bull was in their pound and that he had been sold to butchersausage factory men in South Seattle. That this affiant enquired of said sausage factory man if his said animal had been bought by them and they said that he had. And Further affiant [?] Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of August 1890 J W Harrington Norary Public.