The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-16
HE SHOT HIS WAY TO FREEDOM
FUGITIVE BAFFLES
HIS PURSUERS.
He Has Killed Six Omcers and
Made His Escape Five Times.

Made His Escape Five Times.
r The notorious Harry Tracy, the col
, vict fugitive from Oregon, who ha
killed six men and wounded sever;
others since June 8, is beng hotl
pursued by men and dogs in the cour
, try,southeast of Seattle, Washington
and may be slain or captured within
lew hours. His pursuers, who hay
with them two fine bloodhountls, ar
only short distance behind him.
Tracy made another extraurdinar,
escape from one of the posses afte
him on Tuesday afternoon. Word wa,
received at the sheriff's office tha
Tracy had been at The house of Mrs
Gerald, near Trenton, for five hours
FIFTY armed men at once fastened tC
the sceno. When they reached the
place they scattered and took positions
so they could watch the house to the
best advantage.
The peculiar actions of Mrs. Gerald
convinced them that Tracy was still in
the house. On the arrival of Sheriff
| Cudihce the posse closed in on the
house, only To learn from Mrs. Gera.d
that Tracy had given them the slip.
| lie had left the house by rear door
ten minutes previous, while the posse
were taking up their positions to watch
the place, hid for few minutes in
some of the bushes, and then quietly
slipped away through the woods toward
Palmer.
The wonderful nerve of the convict
was never more fully eXcmphlied than
III this instance. In the back ward of
the Gerald home was found Anderson,
The man whom Tracy had kept a
prisoner from the time he left Port
Madison, tied to tree. Tracy had
tied Anderson to the tree while the
posse were in full view of the house
before making his escape. The blood
hounds were let loose on his trail and
are reported to be only few minutes
behind him
Fully thousand armed men are
now engaged in the pursuit, including
posse which has taken the train for
Palmer to intercept Tracy IN his light
toward Cedar mountain. Some time
between Saturday night and Monday
night Tracy came to Seattle. The
johnson boat, in which he left Port
Madison, accompanied by the man
Anderson on Saturday night, was
found with Il chain attached to il
thrown over boom of logs at the wharf
at Newcll's mill, South Seattle.
a little after 2 O'Clock the l7-year-
OLD son of Rancher Gerald arrived at
the shcriif's Office with a gold and
silver watch, saying that Tracy had ar
rived at his fathers house at 1O:3O
O'Clock that morning, and after eating
hearty meal had sent him to neigh
bor's house with the two watches with
instructions to try to sell them. Tracy
said if he "were given away" he would
kill the whole family, the boy included.
The boy, knowing that it was Tracy,
concluded to bring the watches to the
sherlif's office, hoping that the des-
perado would remain there until a
searching party could arrive. The
watches answer the description of
those stolen from the .Johnsons.
Young Gerald described Tracy ac-
curately, and the officers think that he
is trying to make the Palmer cut off by
the Cedar mountain road.
The first posse took a trolley car for
Renton. AT that place a locomotive
was in readiness TO convey the man
hunters up the Columbia and Puget
Sound railroad to the immediate neigh
borhood of the Gerald house. The
second posse started for Renton an
hour later with bloodhounds.
a dispatch from Seattle on Wednes-
day, says: 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 Gorrel, one mile north
OF Renton, at 2 o'clock yesterday after
noon. AT 4:45 o'clock Deputy Sheriff
Cook arrived with part of the posse
and advanced up the track towards
Gorrel's home.
Tracy stood in the rear of the prem
ises and overheard 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 to view.
When Tracy disappeared from the
Gorrell's home, the blood hounds 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 n milo AMI
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 into the
outlaws retreating footsteps. Their
nostris were filled with the fiery sub.
stance and fully ten minutes were lost
in relieving the dogs so that they could
again use their powers ofscent.
Pressed to desperation, Tracy
headed due north and plunged into
the outskirts of the lake where he
finally succeeded in casting the scent.
1t was dark and the guards returned to
Renton with the dogs.
SEATTLE, Washn., July 9.--The
pursuit of Harry Tracy appears to be
temporarily suspended. Sheriff Cudihcc
has called in the guards from the
southern suburbs, leaving only suf-
licient number for careful patrol. 1t
is believed that Cudihee expects the
convict, if he re-appears at ali, to show
up in another part of the country. Tho
posse that started from Renton
with the bloodhounds this morning re.
turned this afternoon after q fruitess
search.
Since early this morning the posse
has been securing the country between
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