The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-07
FORCES A FAMILY TO GET HIS
SUPPER AND THEN BINDS
THEM AND ESCAPES
SLAVES AND CHANGES
CLOTHES BEFORE LEAVING
Daring Murderer Is Always Just
Ahead of His Pursuers and in
Places the Least Thought Of
His Talk With Family.

SEATTLE, Wash, July 6. - Harry
Tracey, the Organ convict. has again
eluded his purSuerS after a display of
great daring. His last act was to i'm
press a farm hand into debarking on
the sound on a rowboat yesterday, and
at noon today Sheriff Cudihee charter
ed a tug and with a posse started in
pursuit.
According to information received
at the sheriff's office here today, Ira
cey slept in a graveyard on the out
skirts of Seattle after his battle Thurs
day night with Seattle officers.
on Friday morning he proceeded to
the ranch of a man named Fisher, Sc
cured food and sleep, and rested in the
woods all that day and night. Early
Saturday morning he appeared at
Meadow Point,on the water front three
miles north of Seattle, his original
point of landing. There he compelled
a Japanese fisher boy to row him to
Madison Point, twelve miles across and
down the sound from Seattle. He dis
missed the boy declaring that the lat
ter would be killed by Tracey's pal if
he told of the trip.
Binds Whole Family.
They landed near the home of
Rancher Johnson, and Tracey watched
the house for an hour to make sure of
NAAC 1AhIllDCl VI HlCl UuI
, two, he entered and announced that he
intended to kill every one on the ranch
and take charge of the place for few
days. He said:
But after seeing your pretty little
girl l will kill no one if you all mind
me. l will be here all day."
The family prepared breakfast for
Tracey and put one plate on a table
against the wall.
This is not right" declared the con-
Wet put the table in the middle of the
room and all sit down with me-" which
was done.
Tracey then read Friday evenings
papers, and after learning how Mrs.
Van Horn had betrayed his presence in
her house to the butcher boy said he
had been careless in not keeping every
one in that house constantly under his
eye
My carelessness in this respect
made it necessary to kill two officers
he said.
He forced the Johnsons to give him
a bundle of clothing and mats and six
days supply of food, cooked for him,
put on Johnson's suit of Sunday black
and had the food, clothes and blankets
made into bundles.
Binds Whole Family.
At o'clock he bound and tightly
gagged lne Johnson family, made their
hired man help him carry the bundles
to Johnson's rowboat, put Anderson in
the boat at the oars, and started down
the sound.
Mrs. Johnson released herself and
the others two hours later and notified
Deputy Sheriff Mckay who lives at
Madison Point. Mckay secured boat
and sent word to Seattle this morning
Sheriff Cudihee was summoned from
Bothell, and at 80 o'clock, with sew
eral men, started down the sound in
the Sea Lion, an electric tugboat, look
ing for the desperate and farm hand.
However, as Tracey had fifteen hours
start it is believed he will make good
his escape. The supposition is that he
will row all night, probably kill Ander-
son, sink the boat and disappear into
the wild forests of Northern Washing
ton, where he may live man. days on
his supply of food.