The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-20
TWO MORE LIKE TRACY
POSSE AND BLOODHOUNDS ON
TRAIL OF WASHINGTON
FUGITIVES.

Had Running Fight With Then
Early This Morning-Men Art
Known to Be Desperate Robbers
and the Whole Country Is Ex
cited-President Schwab to retire
from Business life.
Walla Walla, Wash. Aug. 1s-
With bloodhounds following the
scent of the two seemingly disci-
pies OF Harry Tracy, posse is close
at their heels, and another battle
is expected before tonight. Sheriff
d. I. Taylor, of Umatilla county,
and Deputy Sheriff Rorke, of Wal.
la Walla county, are at the head oi
the band that is bent upon captur.
ing the two men who have de6ed
the law of two states for five days
Early this morning there was a run
ming fight few miles west of Low.
de1 station, the desperadoes disap-
pearing in the brush after exchang-
ing shots with the sherifs. Blood
hounds were sent for from the
Washington penitentiary, and when
they arrived the trail was again
taken up at daylight.
The robbers are known to be des-
perate, and it is believed they will
fight doggedly when cornered. The
posse expects to run them to earth
before darkness tonight. There is
great excitement all over the coun-
try. and farmers are on the watch
for the fugitives.
The first outlaw act in the fight
of these desperate thugs was the
shooting of Deputy Sheriff Scott
Richie, which occurred Saturday
afternoon at small cabin in the
hills six miles south by west of
here. Ritchie, in company with
two Hudson Bay farmers named
Dickerson and Derric, formed an
independent posse, Ritchie starting
out from Milton and picking up the
two ranchers on the way.
1t turned out that they were the
first of four posses in the field to
strike the robbers trail, which they
followed to the old cabin where it
ended. Here Richie was left alone
to fight it out with the outlaws, for
one of the Hudson Bay men got
'cold feet" and the other COM
planned of a rusty gun. So Ritchie,
who thought the hold-ups would
not show violence, bravely entered
the house alone. AS he came
through the door, a shot greeted
him, and seeing the game was up,
the deputy turned and ran past the
corner of the house. AS he came
in line with small window in the
side, one of the thugs shot him in
the right leg, just above the knee,
tearing great gaping wound with
bulldog revolver bullet. Ritchie
went down, but got to a place of
refuge. He was unable to retail
ate, because his gun, too, was rus
ty, and refused to operate at will.
Then when too late, the posse found
it had come out very badly equip.
ped.
Then came a denouement which
for Tracy-like audacity surpassed
anything the hold-ups had yet done,
even to the lined up of the men in
Rez Keys saloon. Coming boldly
out from the cabin, they took the
crippled deputy's sliced and coolly
rode Off. both astride the animal,
which they headed apparently for
Touchet country.
Pittsburg, Aug. 1S.-A special to
the Pittsburg-Dispateh from Loret-
to, Pa. says: President Charles M
Schwab, of the United States steel
corporation, has accepted the advice
of his physicians and decided to re-
tire indefinitely from active business
life. He will leave America to
seek some quiet nook in a foreign
cline where not an echo of the siren
uous life he has led can reach him.
This information is authentic. DIR.
Golden never leaves the Schwab
home, and the exact nature of his
patients condition cannot be learn
edthrough him. Mr.. Schwab is not
confined to his bed, but spends
much of his time on the wide We
randa which affords fresh air and a
sweeping view of the mountain
slope. He is always with his wife
or his parents.
The strange part Of Mr.. Schwab's
illness is that he is always within
view OF those who call at his home,
yet he will not allow any person to
him. Heretofore the Wis.
itor to the Schwab home was greet
ed with hearty welcome, and