United States of America
Territory of Washington }ss
To any sheriff or constable of the county
An inquisition having been this day found by the coroner's jury before[?] me, stating that A.L. Beardon came to his death by the act of S. White alias Bud White by criminal means you are therefore commanded in the name of the United States of America forthwith to arrest the above named S. White alias Bud White and take him before the nearest or most accessiable magistrate in this county
given under my hand this 25th day of December AD 1884
J.W. Carpenter
Justice of the Peace
Acting Coroner of
Lincoln County