The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-12
A MECHANICS PERIL
He SAVED Himself WAEN OTHERS
w RE P0WeRLESS TO HELP.
E. J VIM Had a Narrow scape
While Working at the Sedgwick
Machine Works-,-1he account as
He Gave 1t to Reporter.

at Poughkeepsie, N. Y, had a narrow
| escape, but saved himself by his owI
efforts. He told the story to a reporter
as follows;
| II had been working here for clever
years he said, without even a week.
time to spend in rest 1t was all RICH
| till a year ago, when 1 began to los,
| flesh and to experience a severe pain il
the right side. My appetite was fail
but could eat only the plainest of fooC
| and not heartily of that. My weigh
| was reduced to 11S pounds.
Besides the pain, which was verl
sharp at times, 1 could not stoop ovei
without being dizzy when stood cree
| again, and my blood was thin ant
watery. 1 employed physicians VIII,
said was suffering from indigestion.
| did not obtain any material relief and
as a frienu suggested that / should try
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie, / did SO.
THE result is very evident I no.
ticed a little Improvement by the time
the first box had been taken. 1 per-
sisted. and continued till four boxes
had been taken. This was about a year
ago. l have had no return of the trou-
Bile; / am back at my normal weight OF
1872 pounds and a mfeeling we'll and
strong. If anything 1 can say about
the remedy will do any good to others
who are afflicted as 1 was, I am glad
to say it, for there is no doubt that
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street, Poughkeepsie. n. Y, and is will
ing TO substantiate his above state
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ton used for many years by an emf
nent practitioner who produced the
most wonderful results with them, cur
ing all kinds of weakness arising from
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tered nerves, two fruitful causes of al
most every i'll to which flesh is heir.
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down with him along the rails a few
blocks from the center of the town.
While they We're resting Tracy talked
rather viyaciously and with no apparent
fear of being overheard. They then walk
ed along the track block or so further
when the criminal suddenly stopped and
said, You can go back now
What are you going to do?" asked
Scott.
First 1 have to get a six-shooter 1
need one badly. / must have it, l will
first hold up policeman and get his
gun Then I'll go out to Lake Washing
ton and come down to Seattle on Pike
street.
What them" asked Scott
Oh said Tracy, airily Il am going
down to hold up Clancy's saloon and
gambling house. I hear they have lots
of dough down there
But" he continued. IT am among
friends This is the only place l can
make my getaway. They can't catch me
in Seattle. If they do catch me they will
have to shoot me from behind, for no
man can kill from the 'front.'
He then held out his hand to Scott and
shook hands cordially with his I'M
willing assistant.
Goodbye" he said and turning walked
down the track toward Seattle with
pack strung over his shoulder.
while ] was mortally afraid of him.
remarked Scott in telling the story, ''yet
he made q fellow feel 1T home
After leaving Tracy, Scott hurried back
to Meadow Point and went out to the
launch. He expected to find the men
who were left on board still lying bound
in the bottom of the vessel but they had
all released themselves before his arrival
The party went ashore and came to the
city. reaching here shortly before mid
night.
Tracy claimed to have unwittingly told
his companions the voyage that he
killed his partner Merrill because of
some differences with him. Something
that appeared in one of the papers an
noyed Merrill and he threatened to kill
Trao no Lott hal fn a
duel. Each was to walk ten PAGES from
certain line and then turn around and
ire. According to Tracy's story when he
walked eight PAGES he suddenly turned /
Iround and shot Merrill in tQe back. The !
story, however. does not receive much |
.redence in police circles. 1t is believed |
that Merrill, instead of being dead is |
in the vicinity of Shelton /
where his sister lives. The tale of /
Tracy's escape from Thurston county is !
II keeping with the rest of his adven-
ures. In fact the men who accompanied |
linn on the trip are inclined to believe
hat the ex-conyict is seeking for motor
ETY.. He proved jolly companion on the
ong trip in the launch joking with Cap
ain Clark about his red hair His pre-
ailing traits. however, says Cap
Gin Clark, are perhaps his vanity and
gall.
whether or not Tracy had any previous
of the topography of the coun-
ry surrounding Meadow Point is not
nown. but it is certain that he could
ave selected no locality more adapted
o his needs
Meadow Point is situated on the edge
f Section So on direct line two miles
orth of the town of Ballard. 1t is three
nd one half miles directly west from
reen Lake and six miles south of Rich
lond Beach High precipitous bluffs
each almost to the waters edge on the
cid @ he
orth a dense underground of under
rush runs almost to the waters edge. |
he great Northern railway line skirts
le edge of the point and various small
Gamers ply within a stones throw of
lie shore
Dysentery causes the death of more