The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-11

Seattle, July THE sheriff's office
is in possession of information which
shows that the outlaw Tracy on Fri
day night succeeded in eluding his
pursuers in the northern end ct the
county and crossed the sound in a
rowboat from Meadow Point, his orig
inal point of landing, to Port Madi-
son, On Bailbridge island. Tracy ap-
peared at the home of John Johnson,
at Port Madison, at 2 o'clock Satur-
day afternoon, took possession of the
premises and spent the afternoon. He
ate heartily, changed clothing and at
dusk impressed a hired man named
Anderson into embarking with him in
Johnson's rowboat, presumably for
the Hoods canal country.
Sheriff Cudihee has practically
abandoned the search in this county,
and at oon today chartered the tug
Relation and left in hot pursuit after
the outlaw. He went first to Port
Madison and from there took up the
chase, accompanied by a small body
eof determined guards.
After the battle Thursday night
Tracy slept in a graveyard on the out
skirts of Seattle, proceeded to the
ranch of Fisher Friday morning, Sc
cured food and slept and rested in
the woods all that day and night.
Early Saturday morning he appeared
at Meadow Point on the water front
eight miles north of Seattle. He COM
PEELED a Japanese fisher boy to row
him to Madison Point, IL miles r
and down the sound from Seattle. He
dismissed the Japanese, declaring that
the latter would be killed by Tracy's
pals if he ever told of the trip.
Tracy landed near the home of
Ranchman Johnson and watched the
house for an hour to make sure of the
number of men there. Finding but
two, he entered the house. He an
nounced he had intended to kill ev-
erycne on the ranch and take charge
of the place for a few days. He added,
"but after seeing your pretty little
girl will kill no one if you all mind
me. | will be here all day."
The family prepared breakfast for
Tracy and put one plate on a table
against the wall.
sSThic ic not rirhtJ3 Ioo1onol 49,
convict, put the table in the middle
of the room and all sit down with
me" which was done.
Tracy read Fridays evening paper,
and after learning how Mrs. vanhorne
had betrayed his presence in her
house to the butcher boy, said that he
had been careless in not keeping ev-
eryone in that house constantly under
his eye.
my carelessness in this respect
made it necessary to kill two officers"
he said.
After this he had them give him a
large bundle of clothing, six days
supply of food cooked and put on
Farmer J%ohnson's Sunday suit of
black and had the food, clothing and
blankets made into bundles.
At s o'clock he bound and tightly
gagged the johnson family, made
their hired man Anderson carry the
bundles to Johnson's rowboat, put
Anderson in the boat at the oars
and started down the sound. Mrs.
Johnson released herself and the 9TH
ers two hours later and notified Dep
uty Sheriff Mckay, who lives at Mad
ison Point. He secured a boat and
sent word to Seattle this morning.
Sheriff Cudihee was summoned from
Bothel and at 1920, with several men,
started with a tug looking for the
white skiff containing the daring des-
perado and the farmland. Tracy has
Is hours start, however, and the sup
position is that he will row all night,
probably kill Anderson, sink the boat
and disappear into the wild forest of
northern Washington, where he can
live many days on his supply of food.