Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-07
REJOICE N TRACY 5 End
People of Washington Go Wild
When the Outlaws Body is
Brought to Town.
Body Stripped of Every vestise
OF Clothing and Effects by
Relic Hunters.
Final Disposition OF the Remains
-Creston Party May Sc.
cure the Reward.

Spokane. Wash Aug. 7.-When Sher-
ifi Gardner with the body of Harry
/ Tracy. the OUTLAW. drove thru Daven-
4 port hundreds of people followed up the
street and crowded about the wagon
I BY the time the funeral procession
! reached the morgue the streets Were
crowded and from every corner could be
heard "rhree shouts for Lincoln coun- :
ty." The town was Wild. The morgue
had to be closed and the crowd asked
TO stand back. A number Were allowed
to see the body. That was when the
trouble started. Every one wanted a
relic and most of them got ii. For a
/ short time nothing was left but the
body. Some one even picked up a
blood stained handkerchief which had
heen used by Tracy to keep from bleed
ing to death. Before he could carry the
awful relic away he had to do it up in a
paper, rs it Was too wet to place 1T in
his packet Some one got u strap which
had been pulled around his leg to keep
him from bleeding to death. That, too,
was soaked with blood. which ran from
the upper wound Many locks of his
hair We're carried away. and in some
places his head has been olade bald.
His trousers were cut into strips and
then divided into smaller pieces. Many
OF Tracy's cartridges We're divided
among the members of the posse.
Tracy's Last Fight.
The men who drove Tracy to his
death We're citizens of Creston headed
by c. A. Straub. a deputy sheriff The
other four men were DIR. Il. c. Lanter,
Morris Smith, an attorney. j. j. Nor
Frank Lillinger.
The posse from Creston took the trail
Tuesday afternoon and got their first
information from a boy named Gold
finch, who had been compelled by
Tracy to assist him at the farm of b.
L. Eddy. on Lake creek. The nearest
telegraph station to the place being
Fellows on the Washington Central
railway.
Tracy had been at the Eddy farm foi
nearly twenty four hours whea his
pursuers arrived there and found Far
mer Eddy at work They knew Tracy
was somewhere about and began to
make inquiries.
Tracy came from the barn and be-
gan helping his host unllitch the horses.
He carried no rifle. altho he had his re-
in place. The fugitive finally
saw the men carrying rifles, and, turn
ing sharply to Eddy, said:
WHO are those lnen?'
Il don't see any men," said Eddy.
Tracy pointed out the two men on the
hill. Eddy informed his companion who
the men We're. and the outlaw made a
leap for the barn door. The pursuers,
stepping bit closer, commanded:
Hold up your hands, The outlaw
jumped behind Eddy and placed first
the farmer and then his horse between
himself and the pursuers. He COM
manded the farmer to lead his horse
to the barn. and, remaining under COW
er moved toward shelter.
When near the stable he broke and !
dashed inside He quickly reappeared
rifle in hand and started on a dead run. I
Turning on the two men nearest him,
the desperate fired two shots but with |
out his usual luck, neither bullet taking
effect. Without waiting for further
fighting Tracy made a dash down the |
valley leading south from the barn, and
headed for the brush.
In an instant the man hunters We're |
off In pursuit. firing as they ran. Com |
ing to a rock Tracy lodged behind it,
and resting his gun on the rock began a
fusillade. Eight shots in all We're fired |
by the outlaw. not one hitting its mark.
Then Tracy bolted for a wheat field /
close by. AT the edge of the field he !
stumbled. falling on his face. and I
3rawled into the grain on his hands and |
knees.
1t was growing dark. and the pur-
suers, not daring to move in closer, de-
sided to surround the place and wait
for daylight.
The watchers at daybreak began a
cautious advance toward the middle of
The wheat field. where Tracy was sup
oosed to be. After a few minutes
search Tracy's body was found.
The fugitive had taken a strap and
,uckled it tight around his leg in an
attempt to stop the bleeding. Despite
he tightly fastened strap. the bleeding
continued until he probably realized his
lopeless condition and ended the s.rug
gle.
He was dressed in blue overais
White shirt. and Wore no coat or vest.
He Wore a bicycle cap and Il pair or
'ough shoes
Sheriff Gardner was allowed to take
he body with the understanding that
he recommend that the reward be paid
% the men from Creston.
The body, effects. and the horses of
he notorious man We're taken in charge
oy Sheriff Gardner and taken direct to
Davenport.
Tracys last days on earth were spent
n characteristic fashion. and ii devel-
,ps that overconfidence caused his UNI
ions.
For forty eight hours he had held the
eddy farm under subsection and made
his only slip when he allowed G.. b.
ioldtinch. an lS-year- old boy. to leave
he place long enough to notify the pur-
;uerS.
When he first hailed the boy OF Sun
lay and asked for the nearest farm
rouse Tracy stll had two horses. one
lie rode. the other, the boy says. Was
oaded with groceries, meat sugar. cof-
zee, and bedding
On Monday evening Tracy told Gold v