The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-04
CONE AGAIN.
Convict Tracy Who Escaped
From Oregon Penitentiary,
Passes Red Letter Day in His
Career Of Blood.
KILLED TWO OFFICERS
Fatally Wounds Two Others and
Eludes His Pursuers.
S. 800 is Now the Amount Of
fered For His Capture.

has just passed the red letter day in his
erratic career. He killed Policeman
Breeze and fatally wounded Neil Raw
ley, in the city limits after having muir
dered Deputy Sheriff Charles Raymond
of SnohOmish county, and probably
fatally wounded Deputy Sheriff John
Williams of King county, early yester-
day. In his hopeless flight for safety
with no consideration for human life,
Tracy has covered probably sixty miles.
He was first encountered by Seattle
posse near Bethel at $50 o'clock in the
morning. Evidently the convict caught
sight of his pursuers before they saw
him. He had taken a commanding posi-
tion in clump of huge frs and opened
fire before he was discovered. He fired
five shots in ALL Raymond was in
stantly killed by one of the Winchester
rifle bullets. Another struck the raised
rifle held by Williams, splitting it in
four parts and entered the deputy
sheriffs breast. He will live, it is be-
lieved at this time.
Governor Mcbride of this state who is
in the city with Adjutant General Drain
of the state national guard is taking
the keenest interest in the case. He has
announced a reward of $1,000. This with
others, offered by relatives of other vic
TINS of Tracy's rifle. brings the total to
IS, 500.
Sheriff Cudihee returned to the city
at 2:3O o'clock this morning, leaving on
watch a large number of deputies, who
will be relieved in the morning by the
militiamen-
Shortly after o'clock in the evening
Tracy was located in the home of Mrs.
r. H. Van Horn at the southwest COR
ner of Woodland park The news was
conveyed to Fremont by butchers
boy who broke the intelligence just
as Sheriff Cudihee drove into the su
burb from Bethel. The house was
quickly surrounded but Tracy again
exemplified his unprecedented luck and
G-1,k LII
way through the guards, killing Po-
liceman Breeze and mortally woundfng
Guard Rawley, and disappeared into
the brush towards Ravenna park.
Sheriff Cudihee twice had a bead upon
the desperate, but was unable to fire
for the reason that the fugitive had ta-
ken the precaution to walk between
two Impressed men whose lives would
have been imperilled had the sheriff
opened FIRE.
AS soon as the last skirmish was over
and the body of the dead policeman to-
gether with Rawley, who was found to
be wounded in the right side, could be
removed from the road and the latter
placed in an ambulance, Sheriff Cudihee
summoned all the assistance available
and Immediately began strategic move
ments in an effort to surround the flee
ing murderer. Tracy went in an easter
" direction toward Ravenna and once
well within the shadow of the under
brush and lumber which skirts Wood
land Park, no human eye cOulQ pene-
trate its gloom
Seattle, Wn, July 4-The story of
Tracy's flight in the gasoline launch is
thus told by Capt Clark:
I'VE were in company of Tracy from
o'clock in the morning until half past
six in the evening All day he dis
played the most daring recklessness
regarding the taking of human life and
all day he exercised the most exacting
vigilance to prevent US from getting the
y in,
from discussing the matter among
ourselves for the purpose of forming
a plan for simultaneous action. We
were all unarmed-
''On just one occasion during the day
did there seem to be for single mo-
ment an opportunity to take him at a
disadvantage. That was when of Nc
Neilrs island. when he leaned over the
side of the launch to take shot at the
seals That was the only time during
the day he actually shot off his rife.
! though he was constantly pointing it at
men and objects. The seal was on the
surface of the water, some 200 yards
from the boat, and In a spirit Of bra
! vado, he raised the rifle and fired at it.
| He missed the seal, but the boat was
| rolling some and the ball struck in the
| water Immediately over it, showing a
| first-class shot.
las he was firing the chance for
| which i had been watching seemed to
! present itself for a moment, and
1 made a move towards him, thinking to
| push him over the barge while his back
| was turned. AS / did SO he raised ur
/ slightly as though he had abandoned
| the idea of shooting and in order to
elude any suspicion on his part as tC
my intentions. turned my face away
/ as though to look after the boat. He
! fred and before / could return my at
| tention to his actions, he had turned
| around and reloaded his rifle from the
| chamber.
| Il had been working for the Capita
| City Oyster company. the launch being
/ under charter to the company to carry
| oysters from one bed to another. / en-
/ tered the company's house about s:3t
in the morning and found man with
| q gun there beckoning me to the dool
| boys were playing some prank and paid
| no further attention to him or to the
| other men, but proceeded to eat break
fast noticed that the rest of the mer
1 seemed to be unusually quiet, but ever
that did not cause me to look around
| my mind being on other matters. Al
] the other men had already been ap
prised of the conditions they were un-
! communicative
when through breakfast I reached
my hand in my pocket and then fo,
the first time since 1 had entered, tht
| stranger spoke, saying: Take you
| hands out of your pockets. captain
you have a gun there. 1t is no use fol
you to draw it.
!" who are you 2 1 demanded. turning
around
Tracy he replied
Then after ordering the cook to pu
him up lunch, he ordered four of u
to tie the other two men in the part,
| and then proceed ito the launch Ar
irving at the launch he helped us to ge
! underway, all the time keeping hi
hands on his rifle
Tracy's Partner Caught
Boise, Idaho. July 4-At Nampa mar