Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-08-08
CONVICT TRACEY.
Incidents Of His Bloody Career Of
Murder Ending in His Suicide.
DIME NOVEL PROMOTER.

In 1897 Tracy killed Deputy Sheriff
Valentine Hay in Colorado. While
awaiting trial for murder, bound and
gagged the sheriff at Aspen, Col, and
escaped.
In 1895. when arrested for robbery
shot twice at Detective ID. Weiner,
held up an engineer and rode away on
the locomotive. hut was wounded by a
butcher and captured.
In 1899. after conviction, held up his
taller with a revolver, and. after ex-
changing shots with a deputy sheriff,
surrendered.
June 9. 19O2-Tracy and Merrill kill
ed three guards. wounded a prisoner
and escaped from the Oregon peni-
tentiary. Held up a citizen of Salem
and took two suits of clothing, stole
two horses in West Salem and rode to
Gcryais. twenty miles away.
June 1O-Held up a citizen of Ger
vais. Ore. and took food. Surrounded
by two companies Of militia and 100
citizens. Escaped after exchange OF
shots.
June 11-Surrounded neal Needy,
Ore, fired on four times at short range
and escaped.
June 12-Held up a citizen near
Needy and took food.
June 14-Stole a team near Oregon
City and drove toward Columbia river.
June 15-Held up five men, got food
and compelled captives to row them
across the river.
June 16-Stole two horses near La
Center, Wash.
June 17-Had running battle with
two deputy sheriffs near Salmon river
Wash, wounded one and escaped.
June 1S-Held up a citizen near
Lindley, Wash, and got food.
June 19-Held up a farmer near
Pioneer and took food.
June 23-Held up a boy near Agate
Wash, and got food.
June 2S-Killed his partner, Merrill
near Napavine, Wash. shooting him
in the back. Merrill's body found july
15. .
June 3O-Stole two horses near Ten
inc and rode toward Puget sound.
July Held up a woodsman neal
Olympia, Wash. and took food.
July 2-Held up five oystermen neal
South Bay, Wash. got food. captured
a gasoline launch and steamed up thu
sound, landing Iear Ballard.
July 3-Surrounded near Bothell
Wash, killed two officers, wounded
three more, and later killed Policeman
E. Z. Breese and Neil Rawley.
July 4-Escaped to Green lake, out
whiting large posses.
July 5-Reported killed at Woodlan'
park but report proved false
Surrounded in barn at night but mar
aged to steal away in darkness.
July 6-Forced Japanese fisherman
to row him to Madison. There mad
a hired mar named Anderson take hin
in a boat to West Seattle. Great poss
es and steam tugs and W revenu
cutters watch in vain for him.
July 9-Showed up at Black Rive
Junction. Forced Charles Gerrels t
go to Seattle for ammunition an,
held up Gerrels' women. Deputie
close to outlaw but afraid to shoot
Anderson left bound to a tree and out
law escaped. Bloodhounds thrown OF
the trail with red pepper.
July 10-Forced farmer E. M. Johr
son living near Kent, Wash, to go t
Tacoma and buy him a revolver an
cartridges.
July Thought Sheriff Cudihee an
posse again in the early morning. Wa
surrounded in a swamp near Covinl
ton, but escaped after being wounded
July 12-Succeeded in bathing Shel
if Cudihee and 200 pursuers wit
bieodhounds.
July 13-Surrounded in swamp nea
Palmer after doubling about, but agai
got away at night.
July IA to 16-In hiding near Co,
ington.
July 17-Sheriff Cudihee rushed
cabin near Palmer, but Tracy ha
gone.
July 19-Pursuit finally abandone
by Sheriff Cudihee and Seattle posses
July 10 to S0-In Cascade mouI
tains.
July 3l-Appeared at a ranch east c
the Cascade mountains with tire
horses and forced the ranchman I
give him two fresh horses.
August l to Travelled by nigh
n hid by DAY in neighborhood
Fellowes. with four sheriffs and posse
in pursuit.
August -Surrounded near Fe
lcwes, Wash, by posses of foul she
ins.
August 6-Killed himself when b
found he could not escape.
a Worm Killer.
j. A. J.. Montgomery. Puxico, Wayn