The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-07
TRACY COMMITS SUICIDE
NOTORIOUS OUTLAW PREFER
 RED DEATH TO CAPTURE.

Surrounded in a Wheat Field Fifty
 Miles West of spokGne-Had No
 Chance to Escape-POsse Opened Fire
 WoundIng Him in the Leg and Sever
 ing an Artery-Fought to the Bitter
 End.
 Spokane, Wash, Aug. 6-Harry Ira cy, the outlaw, killed himself in wheat west of Spokane, at 4:30 o'clock this morning on finding himself surrounded by posse, with no chance of escape.
 Tracy was surrounded in the field last night Word was sent back to Daven- port, the county seat and large num- Der of armed men hurried to the scene. Tracy was hunted down by posse of Creston citizens. Surrounded, he en- gagged in a running battle with his pur- suers. His leg was broken by bullet and an artery bled profusely. He crept into the wheat field and tried to tie up the artery. Becoming desperate, he put his revolver to his head and fired bull let into his brain.
 After baffling the officers of two states, after a wonderful flight of near ly four hundred miles across Oregon and Washington, Tracy was hunted down by four citizens of the little farm ing town of Creston, and lone deputy sheriff. Sheriff Gardner and posse ar rived in time to guard the wheat field through the night, but the work had already been done. The posse that will share the reward was made up as fol- lows: c. A. Straub, deputy sheriff; Dr. F. c. Lanter, Maurice Smith, attorney; J. J. Morrison, railway section fore man, and Frank Lilengen. These men, armed tol the teeth, set out from Creston yesterday afternoon about two o'clock
 They were working on the informa- tion of the Goldfinch youth who had bene forcibly made the companion of the Oregon convict for over twenty-four hours at the ranch of T. B. Eddy, at Lake Creek. about three miles south from Fellows station on the Washing ton Central railway. The party made all possible haste in getting to the ranch. When within a few hundred yards of the farm then encountered Farmer Eddy moving in one of his fields. While engaging him in conver- sation they saw a man issuing from the barn door.
 "Is that Tracy?" asked one os the party.
 Tt surely is." replied Eddy. The party separated, Lanter and r ton of the barn while the other two men swung around to the other side. Two of the hunters stepped behind the barn on slight eminence 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 rifle although he had his revolvers in place.
 The fugitive finally saw the men carrying rifles and turned sharply to Eddy and said: ''Who are those men?''
 1T don't see any men," said Eddy. Tracy pointed out the two men on the hill. Eddy informed his companion l who the men were and the outlaw made leap for the barn door. The pursuers stepping a little closer commanded
 Hold up your hands!"
 | The outlaw jumped behind Eddy and first placed the farmer and his horse between himself and the pursuers. He commanded the farmer to lead his horse to the barn and remain under cover moving toward shelter When near the stable he broke and dashed inside. He I quickly reappeared. rifle in hand, and started on a dead run.
 Turning on the two men nearest him l the desperado fired two shots, but with out his usual luck, neither bullet taking effect. Without waiting for further | fighting Tracy made dash down the valley leading south from the barn and headed for the brush.
 i In an instant the man-hunters were off in pursuit, firing as they ran. Com | ing to a rock, Tracy dodged behind il and resting his gun on the rock began fusilade Eight shots were fired by the outlaw, not one hitting it's mark Seeing that he was not succeeding he bolted for wheat field close by. At the 1 edge of the field he stumbled, falling or his face and crawled into the grain or l his hands and knees.
 It was growing dark, and the pur- suers not daring to move in closer de. cided to surround the place and wait for daylight. In the meantime Sheriff 1 Gardner and Policemen Stauffer an6 Gememrim of Spokane, Jack O'Farrel of Davenport and other reinforcements had arrived on the scene and went into 1 camp around the field during the night