Show l 1 TRACY CHEA IS Li LiW W HIMSELF Fugitive Oregon Outlaw Wounded and Surrounded Surrounded Surrounded Sur Sur- rounded by Posse Turns Pistol on Himself Him Him- self self Desperate Desperate Ending of a Daring arid and T Bloody Career Synopsis Career Synopsis of His Flight rj t SPOKANE Wash Aug 6 Harry Harry Tracy the outlaw killed himself in a wheat field near Fellowes at a a. a m m. He Her r was surrounded L L. by a posse l L t POSSE OF CITIZENS CROWDED OUTLAW TO HIS IllS UNDOING SPOKANE lE Wash V Au Aug 6 Barry rr Harry Tracys Tracy's race f Ir IF run The great creat real manhunt manhunt manhunt man man- hunt Is ended d. d Crippled bleeding hopeless hopeless hopeless hope hope- less of or escape the Oregon outlaw crept into a wheat fl n field Md ld near Fellowes last night made a last ast de despairing effort to bind up his wounds then gave e up his long race with death Placing a 1 revolve re ol revolver v ve- ve ver veat r at his rots tor forehead head he ha pulled the trigger trig trig- trigger ger and tt u hen heavy bullet j shattered his r At daylight hl this morning his bod body r was found his stiffened hand still P grasping the revolver reo that ended his hist jt t cr career er of oC crime f i I Citizens s Win Reward After bathing th the tho of or two States Statts after aCter a wonderful flight of ot nearly near near- nearly ly 1 1100 miles across s Oregon and Washington Washington Wash ash ashIngton ington Harr Harry Barry Tracy was hunted down by five the citizens of ot the little farming town of or Creston but one of or whom was even a deputy deput To them Is s to be paid th the reward rewald Sheriff Gardner and posse arrived In time time to Guard the wheat field fiehl through the night but the work was was already done The outlaw was dead 1 Names of ot Posse Poss I The party to which belongs the credit was made up of ot the following citizens I of ot Creston C. C A. A Straub deputy sheriff sher ahel ire iff Dr Dr E. E C. C Lanter Maurice Smith attorney J. J J J. J Morrison railway section see sec tion foreman and Frank Lillengren ren These men armed to the teeth set out from Cr Creston ston yesterday afternoon about aboul 2 ocl ck Outlaw Located ver on ma ti on the Information tion Uon of ot the Goldfinch G youth who had been forcibly made th the companion com of ot the Oregon Oregon for aver over aver four four hours at the Eddy ranch Proceeding southeasterly sterl for or about eleven miles s the pursuing p party made mad all possible ht haste te teIn in getting Kelting h near ar the ranch of L L. B. B Eddy on Lake creek about three miles south Routh from Fellowes a n. station on the Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington Central rf railroad road The Thc country Is full of or scab rock and the party took all aU precautions as to ambushes When hen within a few hundred yards of the farm th they s saw aw Farmer Fanner Eddy moin mowIng mowing mow mow- in Ing In one of his hid hl fields nelds While engaging ing him In conversation they saw a n man Issuing from Crom the barn barrio Is Ls that Tracy asked one of ot the party It surely Is replied Eddy Watched Their Man The p party rt separated Lanter and Smith accompanying Eddy In the di direction direction dl- dl of ot the barn while the other tomen two t men swung around to cut off of an any break for liberty In another direction The two man hunters stepped behind the barn on a slight silent eminence from which they could watch everything e that w went nt on on and the farmer continued up to the tho door Tracy came from the barn hun again and began helping his host In unhitching unhitching unhitching un un- hitching the hOI horses es He lie carried no lne although he had hail his re revolvers In place Suspected a Trap The fugitive saw the men carT carrying Int rifles and turning sharply to Farmer Eddy said Who are those men I dont don't see any men said Eddy Tracy Trac pointed out the two men on the hill waiting to be sure of or their man h before fore the they began shooting Eddy In Informed Informed In- In I formed his companion who the men were ere an and the outlaw made malIc a leap for tor forthe forthe the barn bun door The officers stepping S' a 11 little Ule closer closel commanded commander Hold up your our hands Dash for tor Liberty The outlaw outa Jumped behind Eddy and placed first the man and then his horse between himself and the officers He commanded the farmer tanner to lead tead his horse to the barn harn where remaining under this cover er he hI moved toward shelter When near the stable he broke and dashed lashed Inside He Ho quickly reappeared ared rifle In hand and started on a dead run rundown rundown rundown down tho valle valley Luck Deserted Tracy Turning on the two men the hc desperado desperado despe despe- r rado do fired two shots but without his usual luck neither bullet taking effect Without t waiting for further fighting Tracy took to his heels down the valley Undine tiding south from th the barn heading for fOI the bru brush h. h The man-hunters man were off of In pursuit firing a as rapidly as possible Coming to toa toa toa a rock he dodged behind It and resting hi his gun on the rock began he a Eight shots In all were flied fired by the outlaw outlaw outlaw out out- law not one hitting Its mark Seeing that ho was not succeeding succeeding- he left the position and made a dash for COl a wheat wheatfield wheatfield field fidd not far distant Desperado Falls Just as he was entering the tho field he tumbled falling on his face tace and crawl crawled d Into the field on his hands and knees By the time Trac Tracy dl disappeared appeared In the wheat field Held It was waR getting dusk The ra pursuers did not dare to proceed as no nothey the they did Id not know where their min man man was QS After Arter holding a n consultation th they y decided to surround the place and walt wait for daylight to come to their assistance In the m meantime a me Sheriff Sherif Gardner with Policemen Stauffer and of or Spokane Jack OFarrell of ot Davenport Davenport Davenport Daven Daven- port and other reinforcements had hal arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rt rived d on the scene and they thoy went Into camp around the tho field during the night The Fatal Shot Shor Shortly ly after Tracys Tracy's dl disappearance Into the wheat fi field ld the watchers heard a a. shot which sounded as thou though h comin corning com corn in ing from about th the spot to which h he had drawled crawled No In e Investigation tI on at was made however howe until this tills morning but that shot Is 18 supposed to have been the theone theone theone one which sent the notorious desperado Into the great beyond i Early this morning as soon as aa It was r y T T r T T Tr r T T f t ft t tf f T T T T T TT T t tt t t t t 1 TRACYS TRACY'S REMARKABLE RECORD SINCE HIS ESCAPE FROM FRO 1 PRISON I. I 4 f June 9 9 Harry Harry Tracy and David Merrill convicts con escaped d from rom the Salem penitentiary killing three guards t j fr June 10 Returned 10 Returned In darkness of oC early morning to Salem herd held up J J. J W W. f Roberts whom they stripped l of oC his clothes stole a team of oC hors horses s and anil made their way to Portland Near Gervais the they held up two members of or the posse in pursuit and took a a. hor horse e and bu buggy CY f June 11 Laid ll Laid a trap lIap for posse and fired on pursuers from rom ambush near f ff f Gervais I f June 12 Broke 12 Broke through cordon of ot 20 iQ militiamen In the night and made f t their escape t t- t b bJune June 14 Stole U-Stole Stole two horses near Oregon City and rode through suburbs of Portland f t ff f June 13 15 ln In the morning rel reached hed Columbia river and t forced George Geors Sunderland Sun- Sun f ff f derland and Walter Vatter Burlingame to ferry them across landing f ff f five miles above Vancouver f June 17 At 17 At Salmon creek exchanged shots with posse poss and at Ridgefield j r f stole two hOI hOI- horses hOIes es and continued their flight June 23 23 Robbed Robbed house of Pat McGuire near while owner was wasat 1 at church taking clothes and 20 O In cash f June 25 Stole 25 Stole breakfast near Kelso Wash Vash I I June 26 26 Stole Stole two horses but on meeting owner dismounted and gave e f them back hack i ff f- f l f t June 29 29 Passed Passed strong posse guarding roads near Chehalis during night f t July Convicts 1 Convicts I-Convicts scent scent-on Northern Pacific at about thirty nine thirty nine f miles from Crom T Tacoma coma Tracy left Merrill saying later that he had f killed him in a n duel Riding one horse he had h-ad stolen until it l was disabled he stole another and pass passed d through OlympIa f ff f July 2 Tracy 2 Tracy held up six men at South Ba Bay near Olympia and forced f four Including Calt Clark of ot a large Jarge gasoline g launch to embark f ff f with him on on Pu Puget et Sound Landed at night at Seattle and 4 f started slatted north to Canada f July f E July Tracy 3 3 T acy en encountered the adva advance cc guard euard of ot th the Se Seattle po posse e at t 1 ell Ix miles I from S Seattle tle As S a result es of or th the battle Deputy Deputy 4 Su r rr Charleys Raymond of coun 4 Lead f Sheriff Muck Jack Williams of or Seattle is seriously if ie not fatally wounded Carl Anderson newspaper reporter is wounded by grazing crazing his face ace Returning toward Seattle in the thc suburbs f ff f of oC the city he lie killed Policeman E. E E E. Breen Bree and Nell Rawley a a. af f I deputy deput game war warden len That night It was oas lc learned later Tracy f I slept In a cemetery f July 4 Stole 4 Stole a horse and buggy In the early morning at a farm Carm house houseIn f ff f in the outskirts of ot Ballard that During day slept and rested In Inthe Inthe the woods f ff f Jul July 5 5 Man ti-Man Man lan In a buggy buSS with a n young oung woman seen near Bothell by the f ff f posse In carl early morning now believed lo io o have been een Tracy Later f ff f t compelled a bo boy at Meadow Point to row him across the sound to Madison Point Spent afternoon In farm Carm house where he f ff f bound and Sa gagged led his hosts After Arter supplying himself with food f and clothing fled In a boat forcing hired man to row him f ff f July 6 Spent 6 Spent Sunda Sunday In the woods with hired man resting f t ff 1 f July 7 Going i Going toward Renton Tracy met friends man was left leU leftt f ft t blindfolded and tied I t. t 4 f July 2 Surrounded 2 b by fifty deputy sheriffs at Charles Geralds Gerald's house f at Re Renton ton but ga gave ga e them the slip through a rear door As he f fled he was applauded by men women omen and children Hounds Houn-ds f were ere sent after aCler him but he put red pepper pepper along alons his trail f ff f which filled the dogs dogs' nostrils and dIsabled disabled them them until he hena was wa nasare f ff f safe sare t f July 0 Held 9 Held up a family at Kent and got krot a a. new revolver ammunition f fa a horse and provisions for a n eele f July 10 Horse IG-Horse Horse he stole found In road south of ot Kent Later exchanged f ff I f shots with cordon of oC guards near Covington Co and again escaped f July 11 Slipped ll Slipped through cordon of oC deputies at Sluice creek after exchange ex- ex f change of ot shots and escaped Into the timber f July 12 Holds it-Holds Holds up rancher near Sluice creek and Is found to be wounded July 13 13 Escapes Escapes on freight train from to Palmer Ore f ff f July 11 lI- lI Fights 11 Fights Ig ht with pos posse e near Palmer and disappears when surrounded 4 f l Jl July 15 Body 15 Body of or Merrill I. I Is le found Cound near Chehalis All trace of ot Tracy lost f July 16 16 Xo No definite Information as to Tracys Tracy's whereabouts f July TInCY 17 Tracy 17 Tracy Is surrounded In shack near CovIngton b by Sheriff SherIf f fand and pO posse lle f J July ly IY 18 Tracy Truc Tracy escapes through lines of ot men in the darkness of oC the early f ff f morning t f July 19 to 19 to August 1st Tracy 1st-Tracy Tracy disappears but Is seen occasionally f ff f Aug 2 Tracy 2 st starts for COt Hole In the Wall all in Wyoming 4 Aug 3 3 Tracy disappears for fOt a 0 day 0 4 f Aug Au- 4 Tra Tracy 4 Tracy seen In Lake creek country t I f Aug 5 Tracy Tracy pins note noto on orn farmers farmer's door warning Sheriff SherIf n not o t to f molest him It i f Aug Tracy G surrounded near Fellows kills himself po possible for Cor the hunt hunters rs to see sec everything everything every cry thing going on around them an entrance entrance entrance en en- trance was made Into the wheat field In a few minutes the party came upon the dead bod body of ot Harry Tracy lying amid th the grain with A his face tace turned to toward toward toward to- to ward the sky Ills left hand hund thrown over O hlo h head ad held a 45 caliber revolver re ol ver cr which had evidently Inflicted the mortal wound The thumb of ot his hand was on the trigger of ot the the pistol Ills His right hand thrown across the lower part of or his bo body h firmly S grasped the barrel of or the famous famous' 30 Winchester Cold in Death The body was cold collI when found pointIng point point- log Ing to the belief that the shot heard b by the Hie he guards about 8 o'clock last even e lpg Ing was the fatal atal one Up Upon n examination It was found that U the e wound which resulted In the outlaws outlaw's outlaws outlaw's out out- laws law's death was WI Inflicted b by a 45 caliber revolver held close to Lo his forehead The top of ot his bis head was badly mangled mang ll Two bullet wounds on the tho left lell I leg g showed the cause of oC the mans man's despondency despon despon- dency Ono One shot had broken the leg between between between be be- be- be tween the ankle and knee nee The other cut the artery which of or Itself was sufficient cause for death It Is la bellowed that both of these shots wore were received after the convict left the shelter of or the rock and made his break bieak for tot the wheat field T The e murderer had taken a strap and Continued on page paso 7 Tracy Cheats Law Continual l from P page IO 1 I. buckled It tightly around hl his hla leg in an attempt to stop the bleeding Despite the tightly fastened strap straps the bleeding continued until he probably realizing his hIM hopeless condition ended th th th- slot gle II was dressed In blue o a 0 white shirt shirl and wore no coat cont ir er r vest lie had a n bicycle cap on his head and a a. pair of ot rough heavy heny shoes on his feet teet He lie had only one rifle with him and two to r revolvers ol one In his hand and the other Inside his trousers Quarrel Over Reward Sheriff Gardner of at Lincoln count county and his n assistants arrived on tho the scene ceno In time to help In the Una final discovery of the remains and It Is stated that he maintained that himself anti and cl deputies vero cro entitled to at nt least n share of ot the reward This was disputed b by the CreM- CreM ton party part the members of ot which maintain main main- tam tain that they did the work vork and to them belong bolong the lie rewards Finally SherIf SherIff Sheriff Sher Sher- If iff Gardner wan wu allo allowed cd to take c the body with the understanding that he recommend the reward be paid to the five fl men from Cre Creston ton Body Tn Taken ten to Davenport The bod body effects and the horses of ot the notorious man were taken In charge b by Sheriff Sherif Gardner anti taken direct to Davenport where they will be beI I kept pt pending the decision of or the final disposition of oC Tracy Reports come from rom Davenport that wild wll 1 excitement pr prevails valls stores are clo closed and people ate are crowding around to get a n sight of or the outlaw It Is stated that a heavy guard is kept around tho the mor morgue ue where the bod body Is kept as ns well n as at around the corpse Itself to pre et relic-hunters relic from tearing the clothing I to pieces piece and carrying away ny souvenirs |