The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-09
Tracy Once More Eluded His
Pursuers Last Night.
Officers Found Him and Let Him
Get Away.
DOGS ON HIS TRAIL.
He Sprinkles Cayenne Pepper
on His Track.
Tells His Experience
With the Fleeing Convict.

Orillia, Wash, July 9.-Merrill joined
Tracy last night in the vicinity of Rem
ton and is travelling with him today
They were together at the Hart house
on the Squire farm as late at o'clock
this morning. Merrill has been positive
ly identified by man from the Salem
penitentiary. 1t has been learned that
Anderson's story regarding the four
solutely correct. Merrill is one of these
four men.
IN HOT PURSUIT.
Seattle, Wash. July 9-A special from
Renton at IL a. m. says that an Oregon
penitentiary guard has informed the
posse who are chasing Harry Tracy,
that Merrill has joined him. Following
is the news as it has seached the AS
sociated Press this morning:
a. m.-Carson and Lyons left here
at 4 o'clock with the hounds, proceed
ing to Burrows boat house, where they
expected the dogs would again take up
the scent.
A report Ras just come in that the
dogs failed to take the scent there and
that the party is now working up the
pipe line.
The search continued along the pipe
line until the country road was struck,
where it was learned that a suspicious
character had passed along toward Sc
attic between IL and 1 O'Clock this
morning. The posse turned toward Sc
attic, but after proceeding several miles
Lyons and Guard Carson headed the
posse.
Renton, S:35 a. ma man who just
came in from Black River junction
this morning in a hop-drying house
near there. They have dispatch an
other posse from the reserve force III
Renton. There are two other men with
Tracy.
Renton, s:35 a. m-Two men have
just come in who report Tracy has just
been driven from the hop house and
that ne ran across a clearing within
quarter of a mile from the telephone
station at Renton. Tracy was going
in the direction of the southern point
of Lake Washington. He was carry
hop house is in full chase after him.
Guard Carson and three other men
have just left here to intercept him.
Officers from the sheriff's office have
put under arrest Thomas Madden,
Philip Ritchie and Andy Nelson on the
charge of aiding and abetting Tracy in
his escape. The authorities claim to
have strong evidence to show that the
fourth, visited Tracy Monday night, as
HIS FOURTH ESCAPE.
Seattle. Wn., July 9.-Harry Tracy.
the fugitive convict outlaw, has for the
fourth time since his arrival at Meadow
Point escaped from the officers. Tracy
was definitely located in the home of
Charles Gerrels one mile north of the
town of Benton, at o'clock yesterday
afternoon AT 1:45 O'Clock Deputy Sher-
iff Cook arrived with a fraction of the
posse and advanced up the track
towards the Gerrels home. Tracy stood
in the rear of the premises and over
heard a conversation between one of
the women inmates of the house and
two young men from Renton, and then
the convict plunged into the brush and
was lost in view.
When Tracy disappeared from the
Gerrels home the bloodhounds were
hastily brought up from the rear and
turned loose on the hot scent. Both
dogs struck the trail down the stream,
following it for quarter of "a mile and
crossing the track only to double back
and swim the river.
Half way between Cedar river and
Burroughs boat house, both dogs ran
into cayenne pepper sprinkled in the
outlaws retreating footsteps. Their
nostrils were filled with the fiery sub
stance and full ten minutes were lost
in relieving the dogs so that they could
again exercise their powers of smell.
Pressed to desperation, Tracy here
made made circuit headed due north
and plunged into the outskirts of the
lake, where he finally succeeded in cast
ing the scent.
It was now dark and Guard Carson
returned to Renton-
The posse with the hounds in pursuit
of Tracy, has been working since four
o'clock this morning in the vicinity of
Renton. The dogs have SO far failed
to take up the scent
A Mr. Senger, from Black River juno
ton, ten miles from here, said Tracy
was seen in a hop-drying house near
there Just before o'clock Hundreds
of armed men are in the vicinity.