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

Portland. Ore, June hillary Tracy
and David Merrill, the notorious con-
victs who escaped from the Oregon
psnltentlary a week ago, after killing
guards crossed the Columbia river to-
day and went into the state Of Wash
lngton. They are now more than six
y miles away from the Oregon peni-
tertiary, and are in the vicinity Of Mer-
RUS home In Clarke county, Washing
'on- They were hunted by bloodhounds
ind a posse Of 200 men, including three
companies Of militia, for four days, but
Iof Ihe past two days the fugitives
ave been allowed 10 travel unmolest-
y, NE organized hunt having been
oven up last Friday night. This morn
us word came that two horses and
: wagon had been stolen from RAN
ssas iaim near Oregon City, fifteen
snes south OF this city, and that II
hem, wv"
About I o'clock this afternoon
enhles Holtgrleye, a farmer living on
se VolumbM river, about six miles
sVih tills city, rode into town and an
yuheed that he had rowed Tracy and
asIil across the Columbia river
MoHly after noon. They landed on
W. washington shore about five miles
sOose vancouver and started for the
soultahs north Of there. Before
is-V'ilhg the Columbia two sloughs
~ ~ 70 be crossed and the fugitiyes
I'm @ w a man at each crossing, COM
aSnhs MN 10 secure boat and set
"a ~" aVross. They took the two men
,s 'n mem to the Holtgrleve ranch.
nsSn e 'ney found three others. They
r,.~ al Hve men get into the boat.
r,S ana Merrill occupying the stern
W. W. illles In their hands. When the
,,suinslon shore was reached they
.ea their boatmen TO return i'm.
Iualely to the oregon shore.
H.. ooh as the news reached This
49, ~, detectives Day and Kerriran ana
en-, ~, NVok OF Clackamas county set
Sls.s 'ahcouyer where they were
,op,,, " oherin j. l.. Marsh OF Clarke
wSn N Washington, and about twenty
iori,u me posse started northeast
~, ."s 70 head on the fugltiyes before
NJ van reach the mountains
~ Se, III was born IN Clarke oo,n,y
,or, ns lived there and in Codll,z
.nsh,g most OF his life. He ls thor'
two o,,. familiar with the country In The
v ,,0lI' large portion OF which
f,cc. ass'ltaole jungle. II the furltives
nsre 10 reaching the mountains
ssno, VIII De a slim chince 10 capture
N II, E.s ~ message from Vancouver
Yam tonight states that Tracy ana
NJ were met BY Ralpb ieiser
niles -, rding a bicycle. about Ave
Il talsaS Sm mere. Lesser stated that
hld NJ, WIN the men and that they
hose w were the fugiuves wanted. 4
E5as ~ twenty men are guarding the
Palr NesNeen Fourth Plain and Mil
s1l,is anu Capt Sparks ana %
b. s,npen OF the Vancouver comnany
E,r,a,lohed along the road betweean
'"'Ou'er and Min plain.
Naf
EsSs ~. ore, June is.-When the
|tsrrIni "' wv salem that Tracy and
|sy.r Iy,. ' ~ crossed the Columhla
II, ss .eo Washington. five men lef, ~
|hrs ,rnooh train to ioin the mr.
r. m, me men are experienced HE
la, a so,.u determined to run the con-
." Gown II possible va '"e 'on-
bnes ana ore., June ia team Of
M Randall a farmer nss ore1 Iron. RON
.. ~ some time lasi nigh, ga I'E \ y,
As. sssa conyiets. took them u,r'"' r rhe
lrarksa , ,b no shoes and Randall
Portland sa ~ tor some distance toward
'vqniy !, sherin Cook OF clacksmas
r,r1ea al, no was noiired before noon
es tan M nv portland, hoping TO find
"nich he believed they would