Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-08-06
Details of the Capture.

OctdilS VI tnS SdptuTC.
Harry Tracy S race is run. The great
man hunt ended. Crippled, bleeding,
hopeless of escape, the Oregon outlaw
crept into a wheat field near Fellowes
last night, and made a last %despairing
effort to bind up his wounds. and then
gave up a long rae with death. Plac-
ing a revolver at his forehead. he pull
ed the trigger and a heavy bullet shat
tered his skull. At daylight this morn
ing the body was found, his stiffened
Land still grasping the revolver that
ended a career of crime.
After battling officers of two states,
after a wonderful flight of nearly 600
miles across Oregon and Washington,
Harry Tracy was hunted down by five
citizens of the little farming town of
Creston, one of whom was a deputy
sheriff. To them is to be paid the
| $1,000 reward. Sheriff Gardner and
posse arrived in time to guard the
wheat field through the night, but the
work was already done, the outlaw
was dead.
The party to which belongs the cred
1t is made up of the following citizens
| CT Creston: G. A. Straub, deputy sher.
if; VIM. C. Lanter, Murch Smith, at,
torney; j. J. Morrison, railway section
foreman; Frank Lilingreen.
These men, armed to the teeth, set
out from Creston yesterday afternoon
about 2 o'clock. They were working
on information of a youth who was
forcibly made a companion of the Ore
gon convict for over twenty-four hours
at the Eddy ranch. When within a few
hundred yards of the farm they saw
Farmer Eddy moving in one of his
fields. While engaging him in CONVEX
sation, they saw a man issuing from
the barn door.
as that Tracy?" asked one of the
party.
1T surely is" replied Eddy.
The party separated, Lanter and
Smith accompanying Eddy in the direc-
ton of the barn, while the other two
men swung around to cut on any
break for liberty in another direction.
Two men hunters stepped into the
barn, on a slight eminence from which
they could watch everything that went
on. and the farmer continued up TO
the door. Tracy came from the barn
again and began helping his host I'M
hitching the horses. He carried no
rifle, although ne had his reyolvers In
place. The fugitive saw the men car
rying rifles and turning sharply to the
farmer, said:
"Who are those menu
81 don't see any men," said Eddy.
Tracy pointed out two men on the
hill, who were waiting to be sure OF
their man before shooting. Eddy in
formed the outlaw who the men were
and the outlaw made a leap for the
barn door.
The officers stepping a bit closer
commanded: Hold up your hands,
The outlaw jumped behind Eddy and
placed first the man and then his horse
between himself and the officers. He
commanded the farmer to lead his
horse to the barn, where remaining
under cover ne moved toward shelter.
When near the stables he broke and
dashed inside. He quickly reappeared
rife in hand, and started on a dead
run down the valley.
Turning on the two men, the desper.
ado fired two shots. but without his us
ual luck, neither bullet taking effect
Tracy then shook his heels down The
valley heading for the brush. The
man hunters followed, firing rapidly
Coming to a rock he lodged behind il
and resting his gun on a rock he be
gan a fusilade. Eight shots were hred
not one hitting the mark. Tracy then
made a dash for a wheat field not RAJ
distant. Just as he was entering the
field he stumbled, falling on his face
and crawled into the field on his hands
and knees. BY this time il was getting
dusk. The pursuers did not dare L
proceed as they did not know where
The man was. After holding a consul
itation il was decided TO surround the
place and wait for daylight TO come
In the meantime Sheriff Gardner, witt
endorsements arrived on the scene
and went into camp around the held
Shortly afetrT racy's disappearancetht
field watchers heard a shot. No inyes
I tigation was made, however, unit