Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-09-15
THE END OF TRACY
The Notorious Outlaw, After Being
Wounded, Shoots Himself
MOST DESPERATE CRIMINAL OF HIS DAY

In Field with No Chance of Escape,
Put II Bullet Into His own Brain
wounded in "A Long Range Rife Fight
SPOKANE, WASH Harry Tracy, the
outlaw, killed himself in wheat field
near Fellows. He was surrounded by a
posse. He had fought long range
rifle duel with "a posse of eight men,
headed by Sheriff Gardner, and the Of
ficers had sent to town for reinforce
ments.
In fight with sheriff's posse Tracy
was wounded in the right leg between
the knee and the thigh and twenty
minutes later, knowing that his capture
was certain, he killed himself with n
revolver.
Tracy was hunted down by a body of
Creston citizens, when he was surround
ed; he engaged in running batCle with
his pursuers. His leg was broken by "A
bullet and an artery bled profusely.
He crept into wheat field and tried to
tie up the artery. Becoming desperate
he put a revolver to his forehead and
fired a bullet into his brain. After
battling the officers of two states, after
a wonderful flight of nearly four
hundred miles over Washington and
Oregon Tracy was hunted down by
four citizens of the little farming town
of Creston and n sole deputy sheriff.
The posse that will share the reward is
made up as follows: c. A. Straub,
deputy sheriff; Dr. E. @. Lanter,
Maurice Smith, attorney; ]. J. Morri-
son, railway section foreman, and
Frank Lillinenging. These men, arm
ed to the teeth, set out from Creston.
They were working on the information
of the Gold Finch youth who had been
forcibly made the companion of the
Oregon convict for over "A hours at the
ranch of l.. b. Eddy on Lake creek,
about three miles south from Fellows,
little station on the Washington Cen
tral railway. The party made all
possible haste in getting to the ranch.
When within few hundred yards of
the farm they encountered Farmer
Eddy moving in one of his fields.
While engaging is conversation they
saw a man issuing from the barn door.
''Is that Tracy?" asked one of the
party.
1T surely is" replied Eddy.
The party separated, Lanter and
Smith accompanying Eddy in the direc
ton of the barn while the other two
men swung around to the other side.
Two of the men hunters stepped behind
the barn on slight rise from which
they could watch everything that went
on, and Eddy continued on up to the
door Tracy came from the barn again
and began helping his host unhitch the
horses He carried no rife although
he had his revolver in place. The
fugitive finally saw the men carrying
rifles and turning sharply to Eddy, said:
"Who are those men?" II don't see
any men," said Eddy.
Tracy pointed out the two men on
the hill. Eddy informed his companion
who the men were and the outlaw
made leap for the barn door. The
pursuers STOPPING a bit closer to the
earth, commanded Hold up your
hands" The outlaw jumped behind
Eddy, placed first the farmer and his
horse between himself and the pur-
suers He commanded the farmer TO
lead his horse to the barn, and remain
ing under cover moved towards shelter.
When near the stable, he broke and
dashed inside. He quickly reappeared,
rife in hand, and started ON dead run,
turning on the two men nearest him,
the desperate fired two shots, but
without his usual luck, neither bullet
taking effect.
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Tracy made dash down the valley
leading south from the barn and head
ing for the brush. In an instant the
man hunters were off in pursuit, firing
as they ran. Coming to rock, Tracy
lodged behind it and resting his gun on
the rock began fusillade. Shots in all
directions were fired by the outlaw,
not one hitting its mark. Seeing he
was not succeeding he bolted for a
wheat field close by. At the edge of
field ne stumbled and fell on his face
and crawled into the grain ON his hands
and knees 1t was growing dark and
the pursuers not daring to move any
closer decided to surround the place
and wait for daylight. In the mean
time Sheriff Gardner, with Policemen
Stauffer and Gammer of Spokane and
Jack O'Farrell of Davenport, and other
reinforcements had arrived on the
scene and they went Into camp around
the field for the night. Shortly after
Tracy disappeared a shot was fired
from the direction of the wheat field.
No investigation was made, however,
until the morning. AS soon as dawn
came an enterance was made into the
wheat field and Tracy was found dead
from his self inflicted wounds.
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