Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-07-12

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was on his way to that place. He also
stated that arrangements had been
made to meet him.
AS a result of Tracy's spectacular
Jump the greatest hue and cry after
a criminal in the state is under way.
The government has two launches out
guarding the passes through which
the convict may reach the shores of
Whatcom county. Deputy sheriffs are
Rocking from all sides to join in the
man hunt and when Tracy lands he
will be hard pressed The last heard
of Sheriff Cudihee and the expedition
he leads on the tug Sea Lion to Port
Madison, in pursuit of Tracy, was at
Sidney. He went there to hold a con-
sultation with Sheriff Sackman of Kit
sap county.
News of Tracy's latest exploit
spread like wildfre. Sheriff Cudihee
returned from Bothell on the morning
train and organized a new posse. The
tug Sea Lion was chartered and the
party left this afternoon for Madison.
1t consisted of a large number of heav-
! lily armed men.
Until Tracy's boat was seen off De-
ception pass no definite news of his
movements were received. 1t was re-
ported that he was heading for the
straits. Sheriff Hammond of Jefferson
county and a number of guards left
Port Townsend on the revenue cutter
Grant in search of the murderer. Wild
rumors floated around the Sound of a
! desperate encounter between Tracy
and the crew of the revenue cutter.
The crew were said to have been in
boats and firing into the woods in the
vicinity of Apple Ire ecove. The story
was credited to the officers of the tug
Dolphin. They emphatically denied
that it came from them.
From all indications it would appear
that Tracy took the outside passage
on his voyage to Deception pass In
this case he must have gone past Port
Ludlow Port Townsend, Forts Flag
Ter, Casey and Worden. His boat must
have been in sight of these places as
the murderer slowly put mile after
mile between himself and his pursuers.
Later.
Seattle, Wash, July S.-The situa-
ton this morning in the pursuit of
Convict Harry Tracy, so far as can be
ascertained, finds the pursuing forces
with but one clue of any tangibility
upon which to work. Tracy has every
body guessing.
The story of the old Indian woman
of Port Madison reservation, who
claims to have seen and talked with
man answering Tracy's description
on Sunday, throws the only apparent
light upon the movements of the out
law since in the darkness of Saturday
night he quilted the Johnson home at
Port Madison, leaving the occupants
bound and gagged and taking with him
the hired man, Anderson.
Seattle, WASH, July 9.-Harry Tracy,
who escaped with Merrill, another con-
vict, from the Oregon penitentiary at
Salem, after killing three guards, passed
through the suberbs of Seattle tonight,
and is probably safe with friends.
He has been roaming about the CITY
since Sunday morning, taking with him
Anderson, the man he compelled to row
him from Port Mariso Four men,
probable former companions in crime,
were with him at one time and showed
themselves to Tracy's helpless captive.
Word came to Seattle in the afternoon
that Tracy was in the house of Rancher
Gerrells, near Renton. Fifty armed
men surrounded the place, waited until
Sheriff Cudihee came before making a
move, but when Cudihee arrived Tracy
had disappeared. Bloodhounds are now
on the trail.
Seattle, Wash, July l0.-Tracy, the
outlaw, has to all intents and purposes dis
that the authorities can do is to wait UNI
appeared from the face of the earth. All
til he enters another home or holds some
one up. Rumors of the widest descrip.
ton concerning the convict's whereabouts
are flying around on all sides. Each coup
the notorious murderer has made since
Ihis arrival in King county has been more
spectacular than the last, and it is no
lexaegemtion to say that the public ex-
lpects his next exploit to surpass even his
Icaleium light performance at the Gerrells
1hoIne near Renton.
Where the convict has fled is a ques-
ti@i that is troubling the sheriff's office
and the posse.
4 Sheriff Thomas Rooney at South Bend,
1 Wash, states that he hasa man answering
MaerFiil's description.