Show TRACING THE CONVICTS portland ore june 17 tracy and marrill the escaped convicts are now in the timber near vancouver wash and the posse of nearly men believe they have the fugitives surrounded tracy and merrill appeared al the cabin of a rancher named about four miles back of vancouver at yesterday morning bound and gagged him stole his clothes and some boose garments which were in the cabin then they went away leaving beedy lying on the ground ho was found by passersby passers by an hour later and told his story 1 after going a short distance from cabin tracy and merrill stopped and changed their clothes for the ones they had stolen the discarded garments including their prison shoes were found by members of the posse later in the day found were several taken from dr white who was held up by the convicts in marion county this establishes positively that the posse is after the right men relating beai experience with tracy and berrill ler rill said shortly be fora S while I 1 was still in bed I 1 heard a loud rap on my door I 1 got up and opened the door and was confronted by two men carrying guns they ordered me to stand aside I 1 did they entered and then shoved me down on the bed tind tied my hands and feet they built a fire in my stove and fried some bacon and ate breakfast after which they cooked all the bacon in the house about five or pounds and put it with what bread I 1 had in a sack each of the men put on a suit of my clothes including a hat and cap and a pair of shoes leaving their castoff cast off things in my cabin before leaving they asked me if I 1 bad any money and proceeded to go through my pockets tind ing 3 they then put a gag in may mouzli and went away locking the door beliinda them saying they would bend some one to release me in a short time I 1 managed to free after hard work william morris a member of the citizens boase from here was brought to the hospital with his thigh shattered by a rifle ban fired by a member of the party from portland morris with a companion was watching a bridge across salmon cheok when they were mistaken for the convicts by another party a quarter of a mile away two shots were ared with the result that morris fell wounded ife was bitting in a crouching position and the ball struck him in the front part odthe thigh crushing ohp bone it is thought alie limb may have to be amputated morris hag a wife and several children |