Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-16
STILL PURSUING
ESCAPED C0NvICTS

Portland, Ore. June hillary Tracy
and David Merrill the notorious con-
victs who escaped from the Oregon
psnltentiary week ago, after killing
guards, crossed the Columbia river to-
day and went into the state Of Wash
ington. They are now more than six
" miles away from the Oregon penl-
tertiary, and are in the vicinity Of Mer-
RUS home In Clarke county, Washing
''n' They were hunted by bloodhounds
ind posse Of 200 men, including three
companies Of militia, for four days, but
w NE past two days the fugitives
ave been allowed TO travel unmolest-
" me organized hunt having been
oven up last Friday night. This morn
us word came that two horses and
: wagon had been stolen from Ran
siIs farm near Oregon City, fifteen
anes south OF this city, and that II
hem.
~ Nlu'h tIllS M tefnOOn
enhles Holtgrleye, a farmer living on
se Volumbia river, about six miles
sVu thls city, rode into town and an
vyunSea mat he had rowed Tracy and
aslril across the Columbia river
MaO'sy after noon. They landed on
we washington shore about five miles
sOo,e vancouver and started for the
Mountains north Of there. Before
NaCiihg the Columbia two sloughs
~ 70 be crossed and the fugitives
,.n 1 up man at each crossing, COM
aSnhs MN to secure a boat and set
NY, %.S across They took the two men
s ,,'a mem TO the Holtgrleve ranch.
s ~aI'e lhey found three others. They
80. 80 aH I'VE men get into the boat
,,a ana Merrill occupying the stern
Vs s ll,les IN their hands. When the
eSs..h sloh shore was reached they
rs ssLeu their boatmen to return inn
I1ulaleiy TO the oregon shore.
a. soon as the news reached this
~, detectives Day and Kerrigan ana
ny, ,a.', y. Cook OF Clackamas county sci
GU vancouver, where they wore
,1,asa Dy Sheriff ]. l.. Marsh OF Ola rho
80 H Washington, and about twenty
loninc :, ins posse started northeast
M s 70 mead on the fugltives before
W., van reach the mountains,
ma 'i la was born In Clarke county
,or r nas lived there and in Codll,z
.r s,y most OF his life. He ls thor'
,vo ",g familiar with the country In tho
Cuuntles' a large portion OF which
e,oo, ss'ltaole Jungle. II the furitIves
49, .eeu u reaching the mountains
BEN sum eifince to capture
N III rse " message from Vancouver
ysrrnTi tonight states that Tracy and
tbo :. were met by Ralph Lesser
nn.s ~ riding bicycle, about Ava
n uuvm there. Lesser stated that
Ma c ,std with the men and that tbey
,esss 'gy We're the fugiuves wanted 4
Paas i twenty men arr guarding ,he
Pain sneh Fourth Plain and Mn
NNtlan1. tapt Sparks and 20
b. sta.,a OF the Vancouver COMPANY
f,pco,a,,,.iieohed along the road betweeen
'1'er ana Mil Plain.
,sSs ,a. ore, June i5.-When the
|Esrrii41 aV h Salem that Tracy and
NM ~. nad crossed the colvnhis
B. af ,t.v Washington. five men left on
|hsrs ' TsN train to Join the pur-
IN ana ne men are experienced rife
|sets dow uest,ermlned to run the con-
~ sguand: Ore, June IA ,o.u, :.
+ n ana a wagon were s,o,on a. sno VI
~ ~ Randall. farmer nsar eS from RON
SION. ~, some time last nigh, ar IrS \ !.
,s,srss mat Tracy ana Merr,,l ,h',
ks,ss, conyiets took them ' The rhe
i1rksa s ,re no shoes ana Randall
po1l,,,sm em Tor some distance iowa ~
'oen,v :. Sherin Cook Of Clackamas
rif1ea ~, Nv was notired before noon
T. ,,srso ws , Portland. hoping TO find
which he believed they would