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Show TRACY'S BODY BURIED. Vitriol riaced on Face to Destroy It nnd to Pievcnt Attompt to Steal It. Pilem. Ore, Aug. 9 The remains of Harry Tracy were received nt the penitentiary pen-itentiary nt noon today. Just two months after hla sensttlonal escape. The body nrrlled under charge of Dr. Lantner, Attorney Smith nnd Cnnstablo Strnub of Creston, Wash , nnd was by them delivered to Superintendent Lee nt the rnllroid station. The box containing con-taining tho remains, wna Immediately conioed to the prison bs trusties, opened nnd tho remains positively Identified Iden-tified by Superintendent I.ee, Warden James and other prison authorities nnd a foii'e erf trusties employed nbout the pilson. Men who had seried In prison with the dead convict also pnsltlicly ldentllled the remains ua those nf Harry Tracy, Immediately nfter the Identification wnn , ninti.ete the hov nju moved Into the chapel of the prison nnd convicts allowed to see the remains At i p m. vitriol was placed In tho face to destroy It, In orde. to prevent .any attempt nt stealing the body nnd placlns It on exhibition. The bos: was then transferred to the prison cemetery ceme-tery and bdrlcd among other deceased com lets, thus ending one of the most sensational episodes ln the history of the prison 'the ride of the dead con-ilct con-ilct was delivered to Superintendent Lee The leturn of Traces body will, It Is believed, have a salutatory effect on the com lets nnd be nf gnat bemflt In the matter of Improving dlsrlpllne Sheriff Gnrdner nf Lincoln lounty, Wnsh , this nrternnon telegrnphed a demand upon Superintendent Leo for tho reward ln Mew of this Leo nsked the Washington men here to return home nnd renclt an ngreement on the mnttei of reward with Sheriff Gardner Gard-ner nnd he would promptly piy tho same. If no agreement was reached, ho adilscd baling some Impartial person per-son net ns referee. This was agreed tn, nnd the men will return to Washington Wash-ington for this purpose. |