The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-10
EATTLE. Wash. July s.-Tracy,

u. "a
outlaw. has to all intents and pur-
y noses disappeared from the face of
che earth. All that the authorities can
4, is 10 wait until he enters another
home or nolds some one up. Rumors
,f the widest description concerning
fine conyiots whereabouts are flying
Ground ON all sides. Each coup the no
,orious murderer has made since his
arrival in King county has been more
spactacular than the last, and ii is no
exagceratiOn to say that the public ex-
meets his next exploit to surpass even
his calcium light performance at the
GarreH home near Renton.
Where the convict has fled is a ques-
tion that is troubling the sheriff's Of
6re and the posse. While reports today
came thick and fast to the city. it is
fact that Tracy. so far as known, has
not been seen since his flight from the
vicinity OF RentOn. Many believe that
10 is headed for BOthell. the town
through which he has twice unsuccess-
fully tried to pass since his arrival
from Thurston county. That he has
some objective northeast of the village
seems 10 be evidenced by his persist
euce in fleeing in that direction.
A number of deputies are afraid that
Tracy is on his way up the Palmer cut
of and is making for the Cascade
mountains. 1t is not believed, however,
that ne Can pass through Palmer with
our escaping observat ton. If he once
gets into the mountains he would not
attract much attention. The noun
tains are know as "a bad country"
They are rough and broken. The great
or part is practically UNEMPLOYED. The
criminal would only have to travel a
short distance once he reached the
rugged hills until he would be almost
safe from pursuit. 1t is doubtful, how
ever, il Tracy. with his evident love
Of the spectacular, would care to battle
his pursuers altogether.
Public interest in the Renton esca-
pade shows no sign of decreasing. In
the excitement following Tracy's fight
through the woods. one important item
was overlooked. He told Miss May
Baker at the Gerrell home than his
real name was Harry Sevege, and that
Tracy was his criminal nom de plume
Whether the murderer was speaking
the truth is a matter for speculation.
He told the three women who were his
unwilling companions many things
which they are inclined to question
The conversation had been in a light
vein. when Miss Baker asked him to
tell her his real name. and many be-
leve that Tracy was speaking jesting-
ly when he answered.
His Sanity Questioned.
In connection with the Renton fiasco,
Iracy's sanity is questioned by a large
number of people Many incidents
support this theory. AndersOn's state
ment concerning the murderer's four
friends whom he met after he landed
IN Seattle is conclusive. No doubt now
remains that Tracy is receiving as
slStanCe. With this outside help, Ira
cyS entrance to the Gerrell home be-
comes ineXplainable. He was not hun
CRY; nothing that he did or said at the
house could excuse his carelessness. In
fact the only thing that he did except
talk 10 the three women. was to wash
hmSef. He saw the train go past with
the armed deputies, but made no effort
10 escape. though he had then every
opportunity.
Again, the fact that he sent a strange
hoy down town to sell the watches and
.ly revolvers looks queer. The muir
Ueier had his friends who were near
henton If he had really desired the
Weapons. the safest way to get them
vas from these friends He had parted
WITH them only a few hours before he
hal the boy. Miss Baker says that the
vlliaw really thought to near the last
nat the lad would return. AT least
Tracy spoke to this effect
Inc presence of heavily armed guards
around the house did not seem to
saAe his faith. In addition to the
-d'cheS. Tracy gave the young man
OF. nj Ia l. i l.
aN when he took his departure the
Nho.e matter. lad. money, watches and
t,e'olvers. seemed to have slipped from
his memory.
iIaey long stop in the house can
N.t ne explained unless by "A stretch
me imagination 10 is believed that
~ "isned 10 see the inside of a happy
ne again. But this would not be
-4n.lent reason for his foolhardy
tt-s,NeSsness. If Tracy is the keen
.-1se or human nature his past acts
currently prove him to be. he must
l'e known that he could have chosen
,4 Surer way of notifying the sheriff's
b'ye OF his presence at Renton than
~ sending the lad down town. Young
--aIies Ge~rell. a glance should have
oQ him, was the wrong one to choose.
-,I"uSh only Is years old, the boy
s-,[ as much of the independence and as
r, nit OF man in his general de-
Terrible Mental Strain.
. rom whatever side Tracy's visit to
"a. 'e'Fel home is viewed, il seems the
-'''dSl OF a disordered brain 1t was
~, neither reason nor necessity. Its
ny. explanation is that the outlaw is
E,r.tL m ms right mind; that the mental
fflaln h. has undergone since his
-i,'uy farewell TO the Salem peniten-
- &aS proved too much for even his
i,!-,a,e nerves and that he has crossed the
S5,t.s.o'e line between sanity and in
81 C-ui ms last affair with the posse
"ufderer's movements seemed the