Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-08-15
SIXTEENTH YEAR.


cy's race IL run. The great man-hunt
, Is ended. Crippled. bleeding. hopeless
OF escape. the Oregon outlaw crcpt in'
TO q wheat field near Fellows Tuesday
night. made last despairIng effort to
bind up his wounds, then gave up his
long race with death.
Fiacin. revolver AZ his forehead he
pulled the trigger. and heavy bullet
shattered his skull. At daylight yes
terday morning his body was found.
his stiffcned hand still grasplng the re-
yolver that ended his career Of crime.
After battling the officers OF two
states. after wonderful hiIht OF near
ly 400 miles across Oregon and wash
ineton. Harry Tracy was hunted down
by live citizens OF the little farming
town OF Crcsion. but one OF whom was
deputy. To them Is to DE paid Tie
5000 reward.
Sheriff Gardner and posse arrived In
dine to guard the wheat Held through
the night. but the work was already
done. The outlaw was dead.
For two days and as many nights
Trncy held the family OF Farmer l.. B.
Eddy. on whose place he was killed.
under subJccilon. Here again he
showed the qualities OF nerve ana cool
hcadcdness. but these very qualities
brought about his downfall. Had he
eighteen -ycar.oid boy, TO leave the
ranch when he did. the story today
mi:h; bc different. but the outlaw had
= too much faith In estimating the terror
his words of warning would give to the
lad.
On Sunday afternoon Tracy came
across young Goldinch and made him
show the way TO the Eddy farm where
s'rncy took possession. had bath ana
fVF r
and his men construct u hnyrack IN
the barn.
Monday evening Tracy permitted
Goldiinch to go. cau,ioning him on
pain OF death not To tell what had hap
pcncd until "Wednesday. IL was this
display OF nerve, that had heretofore
made the outlaw apparently safe. that
this time caused his ruin. Goidiinch.
itsicnd of being sufficiently icrrorized
=, 60 keep quiet. soon spread the news
and aroused n posse.
The party TO which belongs the cred
Il OF corralins the outlaws was made
up of the following citizens OF Cres-
son:
G. A. S;raub. deputy sheriff: DIR. T..
C. Lantcr. Maurice Smith. attorney: J.
J. Morrison. railway section foreman.
and Frank Liilcngrccn. These men.
armed To the teeth. set out from Crcs.
ton Tuesday afternoon about o'clock.
They had n iigh. with Tracy ut the
Eddy farm. When the outlaw saw
them he jumped behind Eddy and
placed first the man and then his horse
between himself and the posse. He
commanded the farmer TO lead his
horse TO the barn. where. remaining
under cover. he moved toward shelter.
When near the stable lie broke and
dashed inside. He quickly rc-nppcnscd.
rifle In hand. and started on run
down the valley. Turning on the two
men. the desperate fired two shots,
but without his usual luck. neither
bullet taking effect. without waiting
for further fighting. Tracy took 60 his
Lccis down the valley leading south
from the barn. heading FOR the brush.
The man hunters were on In pursuit.
firing ms rapidly ms possible. Coming
to n rock. he lodged behind II. and
resting his gun on the rock. began a
fusiiadc. Eight shots In nll were fired
by the outlaw. not one hitting Its mark.
Seeing that lie was not succeeding. he
left the position and made dash for
n wheat field not far distant. Just rs
he wns entering the field lie stumbled.
falling on his face. and crnwled Into
the field on his hands and knees.
by the time Tracy disappeared in
the wheat field It was getting dusk.
The pursuers did not dare 30 proceed,
ns they did not know where the man
was. After holding n consultation
they decided to surround the place and
wait for daylight
Meantime Sheriff Gardner. with Po-
liccmcn StaufIcr and Gcmmrim OF Spo-
kane. Jack O'Farrcll OF Davenport,
and other reinforccmcnts arrived on
the scene. and they went into camp
j. around the field during the night.
Shortly after Trncy's disappearance
into the field the watchers heard shot
which sounded as though II came from
the spot to which Tracy had crawlcd.
No investigation was made. however.
until morning. but that shot is sup
posed so have been the one which sent
the notorious desperate into eternity.
Early next morning. rs soon ms It was
possible for the hunters to see any
thing going on around them. they en-
tered the wheat field. In n few min
mtcs the party came upon the dead
body OF Harry Tracy. lying amid the
grain. with his face turned toward the
sky. His left hand. thrown over his
head. held 45-cnliber Colts revolver.
which had evidently inflicted the death
wound The thumb of his hand was
on the trigger of the pistol. His right
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