Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-07-19
.BLOODHOUNDS AFTER
CONVICT TRACY
Two Hounds Are a Few Min
utes Behind the Oregon
Desperate.
HE MUST SOON BE TAKEN
Escapes in Broad Daylight From House
Surrounded by Posse-Ties An
derson to a Tree While
Posse Watches.

Seattle, Wash, July 10-Harry Tracy,
The fugitive Oregon convict VINO mas
killed six men and wounded several
others since June 8, is being holly pur-
sued southeast of Seattle. his pur-
suers, who have with them two fine
bloodhounds, are only q short distance
behind him.
Tracy made another escape from a
posse yesterday. Word was received
Mt the sheriff's Office that Tracy was
at the house of q Mrs. Gerald. near
Renton. Fifty men fastened to the
place and surrounded the house. On
the arrival of Sheriff Cudihee the posse
closed In, only to learn that Tracy
had left the house while the posse was
watching the place. Tracy hid In the
bushes and then slipped away through
the woods toward Palmer. ;
In the back yard of the Gerald home,
tied to a tree, was found Anderson,
the man whom Tracy had kept a pris-
oner from the time he left Port Mad
ison. Before making his escape Tracy
had tied Anderson to the tree while
the posse was in full view Of the
house.
The bloodhounds were let loose on
his trail and are reported to be only a
few minutes behind him.
Fully q thousand men are now en-
gagged In the pursuit, including a posse
which has taken the train for Palmer
to intercept Tracy In his flight toward
Cedar mountain.
Makes Long Jump.
Seattle, Wash, July 10.-By the long
est jump he has made SO far In his
flight, Tracy, the Oregon murderer
who escaped from the ~penitentiary, has
d~emoralizcd all the carefully laid plans
TO capture HIN. Friday he left the vi
Unity Of IlntIan - 1fIr1aU ynnn ha
reached Port Madison. Last night at 6
o'clock he was reported seen on the out
side of Deception pass, between Fidalgo
and WILDLY islands. His zigzag course
and unexpected movements have once
more placed him beyond immediate
danger. His latest feat is the most
spectacular Of all. The murderer's OBJ
~jective point is now supposed to be
Whatcom, where it is stated he *
poets to- meet a friend.
Tracy's arrival off Deception pass
was reported to Sheriff Brisbane of
Whatcom county at s O'Clock last
night. He received the message from
Charles Brisbane. Scouts have been
sent out to patrol the shore line of
Chuckamut bay, below Fairhaven,
where 1t is believed hat Tracy will
attempt to land. Cub Merrill, said
to be a brother OF Merrill, the convict
49, N'N'lNN ~ lazy CT
Betrayed by a Friend.
Saturday night while intoxicated,
Merrill said that the murderer was on
his way to that place. He also stated
that arrangements had been made to
meet him.
Anacortes has two launches out
guarding the passes through which the
convict may reach the shores of What
com county. Deputy sheriffs are flock
Ing from everywhere to Join in the
hunt, and when Tracy lands he will be
hard pressed. The last heard of Sheriff
Cudihee and an expedition he led on
the tug Sea Lion to Port Madison in
pursuit of Tracy was at Sidney. He
went there to consult with Sheriff
Sackman of Kitsap county.
Tracy's flight from the vicinity of
Bothell was unexpected. According to
his own story he peat across country
to Meadow point, where he held up a
Japanese fisherman. At the point Of
his Winchester rifle he forced the man
to take him across the sound to Port
Madison. At Madison the murderer
entered the HON OF a Scandinavian
family named Johnson. There he ate
a meal and changed his clothing. He
made no effort to conceal his identity.
When he left the house Tracy left all
the members of the family tied to beds
and gagged. He ooh Johnson's hired
man with him and left Madison in a
large boat belonging to the family ac-
companied by the hired man. He set
sail down the sound Saturday after
noon at dusk.
A New Posse Organized.
Sheriff Cudihee returned from Bot
hell on the morning train and organized
a new posse. The tug Sea Lion was
chartered and q heavily armed party
left for Madison.
Until Tracy's boat was seen off De.
ception pass, no definite news of his
movements was received. 1t was re-
ported that he was heading for the
straits. Sheriff Hammond OF jefferson
county and a number of guards left
Port Townsend on the revenue cutter
Grant in search of the murderer.
Rumors were in circulation of an en-
counter between Tracy and the crew of
the revenue cutter. The crew were
said to be in boats and firing into the
woods in the vicinity of Apple Tree
cove. The story was credited to the
phatically denied, however, that it
came from them.
From all indications it would appear
that Tracy took the outside passage
on his voyage to Deception pass. In
this case, he must have gone past Port
Ludlow, Port Townsend, Fort Flagler,
Fort Casey and Fort Worden. His
boat must have been in sight of these
places, as the murderer slowly put mile
after mile between himself and his pur-