The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-08

Sheriff Cudihee and Posse Return to SeattIeWiII
Join Cooks Party Many Conflicting Reports.
boat Which Carried Convict Up Miers Bay Has Been Found
Well Supplied With Provisions

mace japanese fishermen ferry him
across the sound from Meadow Point
The japanese in question have not beer
found, and the sheriffss once has infor-
nation which leads them to believe
mat a Ballard man with a reputation
! OF being a fence % and who is also an
ex-convict, helped Tracy across.
After a fruitless cruise covering 125
| miles, and extending from Point No
rolnt, Just south OF Wildly island. to
a point within few miles OF Gig har-
Dor. Sheriff Cudihee and a posse OF ten
men returned this morning to the city
on the tug Sea Lion.
Starting at Port Madison Sunday
evening at 4 o'clock. the Sea Lion
crulsed around cambridge island, on
which Port Madison is located. visited
sidney, the county seat of Kitssp com.
" and then started. about O'Clock, foE
the northern country, reach Point No
Point about 1880 O'Clock Here the tug
remained at anchor during the night, a
| conSc@nt watch being kept for some
Sign OF the convict, who, it was be-
lleved, would attempt to either pass TO
the north on his way TO WILDLY island,
or would cross the sound in an en-
deaVor TO reach the Great Northern
railroad track near Everett.
At $3.50 this morning the Sea Lion
weighed anchor and started to retracs
her course of the night before, exam
lnlng every nook and inlet on the west
shore and pausing here and there to OBJ
tain information of the convict and
his unwilling companion AS the day
frightened haste was made to reach
Port Madison, where IL was hoped An
derson had returned with information
as to the course Tracy had taken.
Anderson Not Found.
At Port Madison no news was re-
ceived regarding Anderson, and it is
feared that the outlaw will keen him
In the woods for several days, making
him do the IabOrious work OF rowing
and tying him up under cover during
the day in order TO secure the rest and
sleep in which the outlaw stands In
such great need.
South from Port Madison went the
Sea Lion, her commander examining.
with the AID Of q powerful glass. every
bay and cove, and carefully scrutiny
ing every small boat encountered. Fin
ally, after passing practically the whole
of the west shore of Vashon island, the
tug returned TO the city. AS a net re-
suit Of the search. Sheriff Cudihee be
lleyes that Tracy either deha rked at the
zAadison indian reservation. and. Sc
Curing d hoTses 1l6de FOR rhe Wood ca
nal country. OK else is in hidirz .r-e.rfh
Of cambridge island.
The sheriff now realizes that the con-
Wet has long lead, and is in a posi-
ton, by reason of the fact that he has
provisions sufficient to last him week,
70 escape the authorities in this state,
travelling nOrthWard at night and sleep
ing in the brush by day.
Every possible point on the sound
both on the east and west shore has
been furnished with carefully prepared
descriptions of Tracy and Anderson,
the authorities of the northern counties
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chase, and considerable additions have
been made thereby to the pursuing
force. The Hood county canal is being
patrOlled by two squads of officers.
Moreover. a watch is being kept of
the avenues leading to the south. The
search for Anderson is being prose-
Cuted along the west shore of the
sound, with the Port Madison Indian
reservation as the starting point. Tracy
took with him a saddle and bride 1t
is believed that he viii steal a horse
from the Indians and then make for
the Hood canal and thence TO the
Olympia mountains, or crossing the
sound, viii capture a horse and ride on
north, eventually landing in British Co
lumbia.
Seen by Indian Woman.
a dispatch from Port Madison to
William COrcoran, chief deputy, says:
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She says the two men in Johnson's
were at Cape Horn, two miles west Of
reservation, at noon yesterday. Posi-
tive of identity and actions of man
with rife. Heard three shots in Same
locality where / am today Indian wo-
man and boy watched all night. Tracy
can steal horse from that place. Boat
not left at Rise.
(Signed.) n. F. MKAY, Deputy"
A member OF the Times staff, who is
with one of the posses searching for
Tracy. wires as follows:
Chief Deputy Sheriff Cook and party
left Port Madison at O'Clock this
morning with the intention OF thor
Oughly investigating the extreme head
of Miller's bay where we found boat
answering the description Of the one
taken by Tracy from johnson at Mad
ison Saturday night The boat had
been drawn up on the beach in a small
clump of bushes. The Oars-were all it
contained A well-wOrn trail leading
in the direction Of Port Gamble was
found, and fresh tracks of two men dis
covered.
''WeSat once started into the dense
forest in the direction of Port Gamble.
making inquiries al the few houses
along the trail. We are now at Hurst
Rise ranch.