Bismarck daily tribune., 1902-07-10
The fight near Bothell was about |

Tracy pulleQ up MS team al lOuely
house on the northern edge of Seattle
and took his unwilling companion in
with him. Here he compelled a man
and woman to get him complete
change of dry clothing and cook him
a good supper.
In the meantime Sheriff Cudihee, of
this county, man who was elected
on his record for courage and deter
mination. had come into Bothell from
the north and started down the road
after the desperate. who was only AN
hour ahead. He did not overtake him
and lost the trail i'm the darkness, but
drove into the suburb Of Fremont just
as boy arrived with word that the
woman had managed to give him at
the kitchen door. of the presence of
the convict at her house. Cudihee at
once went there with a policeman and
two volunteers and shortly after their
arrival Tracy came out, having placed
one of the men on each side Of him
for protection. 1t was Cudihee's in
tention to ambush him as he approach
ed the wagon, but the city officer STEP
ped forward and called out, Drop that
gun, Tracy" Instantly the convict
fired; the first shot, from a; revolver
that he had found in the house, mort
ally wounded one of the volunteers,
the second, from his rifle. instantly
moment Tracy was out of sight in the,
underbr'ush. The sheriff and his COM
panion hesitated at first on account of
the men vino had been pressed into
service as breastworks, and when they
did fire it was too late. The night was
dark and rain was still falling heavily.
Late in the afternoon of Thursday
word reached Seattle of the Bothell
fight and since then the one subject of
conversation has been Tracy. The
newspapers published extra after extra
and their bulletin boards have been
surrounded by crowds that nearly
blocked the streets. The governor of
fered a reward of $1,000. making 3d.
600 on the outlaws head, aud also Or
dered the two local military companies
under arms. Rifles were issued to spe-
cial deputies and others, and scores of
citizens accompanied them out to
patrol roads and guard bridges. The
sheriff wisely determined that nothing
would be gained by trying to beat UP
the many square miles of brush in the
district and bent his energies toward
guarding the trails, hoping and expect
ing that some one of his parties could
waylay and shoot the desperate on
was almost state of panic and it is
remarkable that no one was shot by
mistake, as happened near Vancouver.
Never was there such Fourth of July
in Seattle and the fifth was also a day
of excitement and alarms. but not one
of the searchers actually saw the cum
ming fugitive. ..
| To understand the situation, it is
necessary to know that all the country
around Seattle, and in fact the largest
portion of western Oregon, Washing
ton and British Columbia, is covered
with dense forest. with here and there
| narrow trail or railroad right Of way.
and when man once steps into the
| thicket he is lost to sight completely.
! Tracy's knowledge of this cicinity
enabled him to get over nearly 50
miles of ground Thursday in going to
Bothell and back, but it is believed
that on the night of the Fourth some
old friends among the Puget Sound
pirates or smugglers gave him Eolun-
tary assistance.
During the hue and cry which fol-
lowed the fight with Sheriff Cudihee's s
party, the nervy outlaw slept peace
fully in a remote cemetery with cold
rain pouring on him. The next morn
ing he appeared at German settlers
cabin in the woods and levied upon
the family for breakfast, a complete
change of clothing and a sack of cook
ed provisions. He laughed and talked
with his badly frightened host and ac.
cording to his custom, took the mans
name and address and promised tx
some day send him money for what
he had taken. The woman says shs
attempted to put poison in his sand
!, wiches, but he watched her too closely
On leaving he was going to tie them al
up, but relented out of consideration
for the baby; he contented himsel
with making them promise not to tel
and it was twenty four hours later be
fore they did give out word of infor
nation, being in mortal fear that h
! would come back and kill them all.
This cabin stands few miles north
east OF the scene of the Cldihee figh
and somewhat on the back track fe