Show bloodhounds AGAIN 01 CONVICT STRAIL two members of a sheriffs posse exchange shots with tracy and merrill vancouver C aune 17 before daylight thi morning robert buswick one of the posse in pursuit of braccy and men ill the escaped convict wa eliot at presumably by one of alio nebout aix oix nicea fr oni here alio bulat did no damage except to tear hie boust coust under the left arm were brought here from gallit walla tills morning and will be put on the track of the fugitive vancouver faeh june it A bat tic occurred about 2 a in between hert and jon J on dalvis two of Site riff malehe gosp and two armied men anane riny the description of braccy and ill eleven chote were fired had a narrow hie clothing being pierced by A bullet about 1 Bics fcker and noticed two men conic down to salmon freck and get a drink at a point about eix miles of vancouver tha watchers were not eure of their identity and halted until they again appeared the guard then advanced and when about thirty yard distant Bic gecker sent a rifle hol in the direction of the supposed eup posed convict the fire wa prompt ly returned end six shots were ex changed none of which took effect eo far as known doth parties then took to cover and after waiting in thear hiding placed more hour the guard up a punter of buile when I 1 at their horses were tied they again lay in wait another half hour in the hop u of seeing the fugitive but nothing occurred anil they got into the buggy and started toward town they had gone but a chort distance di stanco when three lille ehlts came from the brush near the roadside and the rii ardi drove for their live five shot were bent after them the hrat shut etrick a horse and passed unior right ann cutting a clean hole through the ride of lug coat one wounded a horse in the head another grazed the horhoe bide and me hath cut h the harn eee the men reached town about 2 clock and reported to sheriff at 8 alila morning the deputy warden arrived from wall walla with bloodhounds and it ia hoped to pick up the trail at the point where baat fighte tobit place carson with the aogi left hero at 9 with sheriff maish cook of Clack amae county and others from portland and forty or fitly armed men including captain spark and twenty volunteer from company 0 national guard the convict have the advantage of being familiar with the country ler hlll having been here uhe country i tetuo admirably adapted to their purpose being covered the however regard the chances ex of capturing turing the desperadoes during the twelve hours i |