The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-07
EXCEEDS DIME
NOVEL TALES
Outlaw Tracy Proved Himself
Game TO the Bitter End.
FULLY ARMED when FOUND
Hid In Wheat Field, hul Suffering From
Wound Seat Bullet Into
His Brain.

AS told in The News last evening Harry
Tracy, the notorious outlaw. who. with
| David Merrill escaped from the Oregon
| penitentiary after numbering three prison
guards. committed suicide yesterday.
| WAS GAME TO THE LAST.
The posse under Sheriff Gardner opened
fire on the outlaw and one bullet pierced
his right leg between the knee and
thigh. About 20 minutes after being
| wounded he shot himself with one OF his
| revolvers. and his body was found after
| daybreak. The revolver with which he
| killed himself was grasped tightly In his
| right hand.
| Tracey was hunted down by a posse
| OF Creston citizens. Surrounded. he en-
| gagged In a running battle with his pur-
| suers. His leg was broken by n bullet
| and an artery bled profusely. He crept
| into a wheat field and tried TO tie up the
artery. Becoming desperate, he put his
revolver TO his head and fired a bullet
| into his brain
After battling the officers OF two states
after a wonderful flight of nearly 400
miles across Oregon and Washington,
Tracy was hunted down by four citizens
OF the little farming town of Creston
ner and posse arrived in time to guard
the wheat field through the night, but the
work had already been done.
The posse that will share the reward
was made up as follows: c. A. Straub,
deputy sheriff: Dr. L. G. Lanter. Mau-
rice Smith. attorney: j. J. Morrison, rail-
way section foreman. and Frank Eitten-
gen.
ARMED TO THE TEETH.
from Creston Tuesday afternoon at 2
O'Clock. They were working on the In
formation of the Goldinch youth, vino
had been forcibly made the companion Of
the Oregon convict for over "a hours at
the ranch of t. b. Eddy, on Lake Creek,
about three miles south from Fellowes
station, on the Washington Central Rail-
road. The party made all possible haste
In getting to the ranch. When within
few hundred yards of the farm they en-
countered Farmer Eddy moving I'm one
of his fields. While engaging him IA
conversation, they saw a man issuing
from the barn door.
is that Tracy?" asked one of the
party.
| 1T surely is," replied Eddy.
The party separated, Lanter and Smith
accompanying Eddy In the direction of
the barn. while the other two men swung
around to the other side. Two of the
slight eminence, from which they could
watch everything that went on. ana
Eddy continued on up TO the door. Tracy
came from the barn and began helping
his host unhitch the horses He carried
no rife. although he had his revolyers I'm
place. The fugitive finally saw the men
carrying rifles and turned sharply to
EDDY and said:
Who are these men?''
II don't see any men," said Eddy.
Tracy pointed out the two men on the
hill. Eddy informed his companion who
the men were and the outlaw made a
leap for the barn door. The pursuers
stepped bit closer, commanded: Hold
UP your hands"
ANOTHER DASH FOR LIBERTY.
The outlaw jumped behind Eddy and
first placed the farmer and his horse be-
tween himself and the pursuers. He
commanded the farmer to lead his horse
TO tho barn and remain under cover, NOV
Ing toward shelter. When near the stable
he broke away and dashed inside. He
quickly reappeared. rifle In hand, and
started on a dead run
Turning on the two men nearest him
the desperado fired two shots. but with
out his usual luck. neither bullet taking
effect without waiting for further
fighting Tracy made a dash down the
valley leading south from the barn and
headed for the brush
In an instant the man-hunters were Off
In pursuit, firing as they ran. Coming 10
rock Tracy lodged behind IL, and. reat-
Ing his gun on the rock. began a fusillade
Eight shots In all were fired by the out
Law, not one hitting Its mark Seeing
| that he was not succeeding, he bolted
for wheat field close by. At the edge of
| the field he stumbled, falling on his face
and crawled into the grain on his hands
and knees.
IT was growing dark and the pursuers
not daring to move In closer, decided 10
surround the place and wait for daylight
| In the meantime Sheriff Gardiner with
Policemen Staufrer and Gemmerim Of
| Spokane, Jack O'Farrcil of Davenport
and other reinforoements had arrived on
the scene, and they went into camp
around the field during the night
Shortly after Tracy disappeared a shot
was heard from the direction OF the wheat
field. No investigation WINS made. how
ever, until morning. AS soon as dawn
came an entrance was made into the
wheat neld.
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.
Tracy's dead body was found lying
amid the grain with his face toward the
sky. His left hand. thrown over his head
held revolver. which had inflicted the
death wound. The thumb Of his hand was
on ths trigger of the pistol His right
hand. thrown across the lower part OF
his body, nrmly grasped the barrel of his
famous rife. Death was inflicted by a re-
voiver held close 10 the forehead The
top Of his head was badly shattered.
Two bullet wounds on the left leg show
ed the cause OF the mans despondency
One shot had broken the leg between the
ankle and the knee the other cut the tib-
ial artery. which OF itself was sufficient
to cause death
II IL believed that both OF these wounds
were received after the convict left the