The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-07-06
REVENUE CUTTER
GRANT JOINS in
PURSUIT OF TRACY

getting the rest OF the people
Move the table up here by me
and then we will all sit around
IT,
John Anderson moved the
table to the place indicated by
Tracy. and Mrs. Johnson set Il
with plates for each Of those
present.
Tracy ordered them to draw
up the chairs. az which he arose
removed his dark blue sack coat
which he threw on the floor be.
aide his chair. He then laid his
six-shooter on the table and be.
gan 10 eat. The others did lit.
tie else but watch him.
Mrs. Johnson had prepared
four fried eggs. with a good nc.
compartment of ham. potatoes
brown beans. a warrncd-over
stew. bread. butter and soms
strawberry preserves which she
had only the day before put up
Tracy ate with great relish
and during the meal he drank
four cups of coffee. He asked
Mrs. Johnson II she had any bs.
con. The woman. thinking he
wished to eat some then, bcgar
frying a few strips. Tracy in.
terrupted the proceedings by
saying: Mono. you have giver
me all / can eat here. I mean 4
piece Of bseer that i can carry
away with me. as il is the hes,
thing In the world for a man &C
eat who is knocking about these
cold rainy nights as | am
After this remark. Tracy
moved a little back from the Ia.
bic and asked IL they had any
Seattle papers OF recent date
Several were handed TO the con,
vict. one Of which was pub.
lished only the day before. anc
had a full review OF Tracy's ex,
ploits while near Seattle.
Tracy read with grea, inter
est everything about himself,
and when he came to the &C.
count Of the Van Horn house
tragedy. he said: That was q
useless waste of life. but Ed Gu.
dihee was pushing me too close
and I had to do what / did.
did not know. however. that the
sheriff personally was so near
on my heels. I thought he was
up near Bothell.'
Tracy said that two hours
after his escape from the Var
Horn place he was asleep in a
cemetery. the name of which he
didn't know at the time.
The outlaw said that he had
doubled on his tracks back to
Fishers place, and after getting
a dry outfit. had beat across the
wild country to the bluff back
of Meadow Point. At that
place he rested, intending to
wait until a chance presented
itself. when he could impress
some fisherman into his service
and proceed across the sound,
Friday night just at dusk he
saw a Japanese fisherman land
at Meadow Point. He made
for the spot. and ordered the
man, at the point OF revolver,
TO get into his boat. Tracy
said he had a hard time making
the Jap understand him, but he
frightened him into obeying his
order.
Tracy said he pushed off the
boat himself, and as a good of.
shore breeze was blowing. he
set the little mutton-chop sail
and steered for Port Madison
The convict said he arrived
about two miles above the place
dismissed the Jap with the in
struction not to say a word on
the peril of his life, and Their
went back into the woods ano
slept until noon.
He said he made his way &c
the vicinity of the Johnson's
house, where he watched for
fully a half hour in order to as.
certain how many men belong,
ed 10 the family and whether
they were at home. Gaining
this information to his satisfac,
ton he then appeared at the
front door and confronted Mrs
Johnson.
After finishing this nara
ton Tracy said that he wanted
water and would battle his feet