Show two desperate long Ter mers armed with rifles shoot their way out of the penitentiary posse have them surrounded ore june 9 two desperate prisoners harry tracey sentenced to twenty years and david marrill a thir acar nun both sentences for assault and robbery from anah county escaped from the penitentiary this morning after killing three guards frank marrell Mc rrell shop guard S II 11 jones and ben tiffany fence men the prisoners biad just marched into the foundry for work at 7 a m when tracey suddenly appeared armed with a shot guard merrell killing him almost in stanly ingrain a life prisoner attempted to take the rifle from tracey when marrill shot ingram through the leg shattering it bolher prisoners were forced at the point of a pistol to take a ladder to the wall when the two armed men escaped going they shot jones dead at a distance of yards guard tiffany after being wounded jumped off the fence and followed the men ii hooting at them when they killed him the prisoners then escaped into the woods A posse of forty men ia out after the prisoners and have them located in the woods half way between salam and the reform school alic men arc desperate and a battle ia expected the posse ia headed by sheriff F W durbin sheriff elect IE 11 colbath and officers from the prison the prisoners are armed with two rifles and two revolvers vol vers the arms are believed to have been thrown over the stockade sunday night by friends among excursionists who came from portland ingrain tho wounded arl onor wag sentenced from linn county for killing his brother in 1891 portland ore june 9 tracey was arrested in portland on the w ening of feb U after an exciting battle with detective david wiener who was wanted for burglary was walking along the street when wie ncr met liidi the two walked along the street together and when they reached the corner of fourth and market streets tracey seeing the southbound northern pacific train pulling up fourth street said 1 I guess ill take chiw train so long 1 I guess you wont said the detective pulling his revolver tracey fired two at the detective who returned the nrc tracey jumped into the engino and pointed am revolver to taft head of the engineer who f held up lii hands tracey ordered him to go ahead at full speed but the conductor stopped the train seeing his plan had been frustrated tracey jumped from the engine and started to run alic neighborhood biad been thoroughly aroused and lifter half n dozen shots biad been atred at the fugitive one of which took effect behind his par ho was lodged in bijl A month afterward while being taken from jail to the court room lie drew a revolver ami exchanged reveral shots with the but was finally overpowered dave merrel wan arrested on sunday february ii 1809 in n house where ho had cached a large quantity of plunder merrall who lind committed numerous robberies tracey gave information which led to the location of the latter |