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Downtownan Defends Coast Guard Shooting in Niagara River
Assistant Treasury Secretary Seymour Lowman defended a Buffalo Coast Guard crew action in firing on two craft in the Niagara River that killed Eugene F. Downey Sr. The statement called Downey’s vessel a rum runner and noted there was ample time to dump liquor into the lake.
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