The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-05
Harry Tracey, Escaped Prisoner,
Kills Three Officers
TROOPS ORDERED TO SCENE
Escaped Man After Numbering Three
Men and Probably Fatally Wound
ina Another Made Good His
Escape From the Posse.

Seattle, Wash. July 4-Convict Harry
Tracey has just passed red letter day
In his erratic career. He killed Police
man e. E. Breeze and fatally wounded
Neil Rawley in the city limits. after hav-
ing murdered Deputy Sheriff Charles
Raymond of Snohomish county, and prob
ably fatally wounded Deputy Sheriff John
williams of Krug County early yesterday.
In his hopeless fight for safety with no
consideration for human life, Tracey has
covered probably sixty miles. ne was
first encountered by a Seattle posse near
Bothell at $3.50 o'clock in the afternoon.
Evidently the convict caught sight of his
pursuers before they saw him. He had
taken a commanding position in a clump
of huge firrs and opened fire before he
was discovered. He fired five shots In all.
Raymond was instantly killed by one of
the Winchester rifle balls. Another struck
In in four parts, and entered the deputy s
breast. 1t is believed he will live.
Governor Mcbride of this State, who is
In the city with Adiutant General Drain
of the State militia, is taking the keenest
interest In the case. He has offered re-
ward of $780, This, with other rewards
offered by the relatives of the victims of
Traeey's rifle. brings the rewards offered
to more than s56OO
Orders Out Troops.
The governor, in addition to offering
the reward has ordered Adiutant Cen
eral Drain to send two troops of the
state militia to aid the posse, the men,
bers of which are securing all the
northern suburban territory of Seattle.
Shortly after o'clock in the evening,
Tracey was located in the home of Mrs.
r. H. Vanhorn at the southwest corner
of Woodland Park. The news was con-
veyed to Fremont by butchers boy,
who broke the intelligence jurl as Sher- 4
Cudihee drove into the suburbs from
Bothell. The mouse was quickly sur
rounded but Tracey deliberately fought
his way through the guards killing Po-
liceman Breeze and mortally woundng
Guard Rawley, and disappearing into the
brush towards havenna PARK. Sheriff
Cudihee twice had a bead upon the des-
perado but was unable to fire for the
reason that the fugitive had taken the
preca-tion to walk between two Impress
ed men, whose lives would have been i'm
perilled had the sheriff opened fire with
his rifle.
AS soon as the last skirmish was over
and the body of the dead policeman, to-
gether with Rawley, who was found to
be wounded in the right side, could be
reno, ed from the land and placed in an
ambulance, Sheriff Cudihee summoned all
the assistance available and began
strategic movements in oruer to sur
round the fleeing fugitive. Tracey went
in an easterly direction toward Ravenna
and once well within the shadow of the
underbrush and lumber which skirts
Woodland Park would be safe from OBJ
servation.
May Be Merrill.
Boise City, Idaho, July AT Nampa a
man has been arrested who is believed by
the officers to be Davide Merrill, the con-
vict who ESCAPED from the Oregon peni-
tentiary with Tracey.
Seattle, Wash, July 4.-Tracey, the es-
capped convict, slep. In barn at Ballard,
six miles from here, last night. He was
peen to leave at $50 this morning. Two
companies of militia are ready to start in
pursuit.
Neil Rowley. who was shot by the out
laws last night. died this morning
Seattle. July 5.-(Special)-At midnight
Governor Mcbride ordered Companies B
and d to assemble at their armory It Is
understood that Governor Mcbride has
no intention of calling out the troops, un-
less Tracey should be taken alive, in
which case they would be used to prevent
q lynchirg.