The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-08-09
HARRY TRACY, OUTLAW
WOUNDED. KILLS HIMSELF TO
AVOID CAPTURE BY THE
POSSE.
Outlaw Shot Himself Only After
Being Twice and Fatally Wound.
ed by, His Pursuers-Final
Stand and Suicide of -.
Tracy.

Harry Tracy is dead. He COM
mitted suicide laet evening after
being shot twice by his pursuers.
His body was found at an early
hour this morning, cold and dead,
lying face upward and the hands
still caressing the famous 30-3O rifle
and 45-calibre Colts revolver. The
resting place was in wheat field,
near the Eddy home, where Tracy
had been the past few days, and
whittier he had been tracked by his
pursuers.
They approached the place in
safety, and when within some few
hundred yards came across Farmer
Eddy moving in field. The par
ty went to him and while engaging
him in conversation they savannah
issue from the barn, which could
be seen plainly from where the par
ty stood on a rise of ground.
rs that Tracy?", asked one of the
party.
'It surely is laconically replied
Eddy.
With this information in hand
and the man so close to the hun
ters, there was naturally a great
deal of excitement. The party sep
arated and Lanter and Smith
went in the direction Of the
barn, while the other two men
swung around to cut off any break
for libetty in another direction.
Nearing the barn the two man
hunters stepped behind the barn on
a slight eminence from which they
could watch everything that went
on, and the farmer continued up to
the door. When he arrived there
Tracy came from the barn again
and began helping his host unhitch
the horses. He carried no rifle, al
though he had his revolvers in
place.
The fugitive saw the man carry
ing the rifles, and turning sharply
on Farmer Eddy, said: "Who are
those men?" II don't see any men,"
replied the host. Whereby Tracy
pointed out the two men on the hill,
waiting to be sure of their man be-
fore they began shooting. Eddy in
formed his companion who the men
were, and at that time the officers,
stepping a little closer, command
ed: "Hold up your hands!'
At this juncture the outlaw
jumped behind Eddy and placed
both man and his horse between
himself and the hunters. In this
position he commanded the farmer
to lead his horse to the barn, and
remaining under this cover he NOV
ed toward the shelter. When near
ly to the stable he broke and DASH
ed inside. He did not linger long,
but in the twinkling of an eye re-
appeared, rifle in hsnd, bad started
on dead run toward The valley.
Turning on the two men looking for
him, the desperate fred two shots,
but without his usual precision.
Neither bullet took fleet, and with
out waiting for further fighting,
Tracy took to his heels and made
all possible haste down the valley
leading south from the barn. The
manhunters were off in pursuit, fir
ing as rapidly as possible at the
fleeing figure Of their quarry. Pur-
sued and pursuers engaged in a
mad race of life and death toward
the brush, and for time it seemed
as though the outlaw was going to
add one more getaway to his long
list.
The fates had not SO decreed how
ever. Coming to an immense rock,
the outlaw saw a chance to get rid
of his pursuers, and accordingly
lodged behind it and resting the
gun on the rock began a fusilade
which he fondly imagined would
end the struggle.
Eight shots in all were fired by
the outlaw, and these eight will
take some efuIgence off the reputa-
tion of the Oregon convictasa dead
shot. Not one landed on the ad-
vancing posse, and seeing he was
not succeeding in his endeavors, he
left his position behind the rock
and made. dash for wheat field
not far distant. Just as he was en-
tering the field he stumbled and fall
ing on his face crawled on into the
field on his hands and knees.
This led the hunters to believe