The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-10

/ Is Believed That Terrible Mental Strain Which
He Has Been Under Has Driven Him Insane.
No Apparent Reason Why He Should Have Visited Gee Home
Said His Right Name Was Sevege

part of a brilliant campaign. His es-
capades, however, have been growing
more spectacular; each one has sur
passed the last in reckless disregard of
all the common laws of safety: his diff
Ierent flights up to this time have
brought him no return.
be is no further advanced toward
any point than he was when he land
ed on the shore at Meadow Point
When Tracy gave the bloodhounds
the slip Monday night he was in the
vicinity of Burrows boathouse, about
half mile this side of Renton. He
followed the track of the Renton car
lines a short distance and then went
up the hill from the lake. Today he
was reported in different parts of the
city. According to reports received
by the sheriff's office, he ate breakfast
at Lesch park. Later woman Iiv-
ing near Madrona park telephoned to
the office that he was in that vicinity
In neither case was the report correct
II Tracy is heading again for Mead
ow Point or Bothell, it would be in
keeping with his previous record for
him 10 walk through the streets of
Seattle, He may have followed the
lake shore on this side from Renton to
the northern suburbs. where he would
have clean sweep for BotheH or
Meadow Point.
this direction may have taken the eaA
side of the lake. To follow this path
he had simply TO take the old desert
ed line of the Northern Pacific belt
line. which is ballasted, out not easy
for travel, as far north as Mercer
slough. There the bridge has been
cut at the middle by unknown parties.
Often a plank is stretched across, and
If the board is there now Tracy would
IN,
from one end of the l1<e to the other.
If he desired. he could leave the belt
line where it is crossed by the York
wagon road. This road would place
him on Sawab slough, a considerable
distance above Bothell. the place
around which he has fingered for so
long. The surrounding country on this
course would be in the outlaws favor
1t is well timbered.
Armed Men Patrol Seattle.
No matter which way Tracy turned
he would have to avoid armed men.
Seattle was patroled all day today and
tonight by guards. Men were stationed
at the gully on Madison street and
the Madison street bridge. Lesch and
Madrona parks were closely watched,
and the approaches to the north
ern suburbs from the south were also
patroled. Parties of two and three
were stationed on the roads leading
from the vicinity of Benton to Seattle.
Others watched the roads to the Pal
mer cutoff
Six Bothell men lay in ambush on
the Snohomish road and several were
placed on the bridges and strategetic
points beyond Bothell and Ravenna.
a significant feature of the branded
mans travel seized upon by those who
believe he is trying to reach friends
here is the supposed method of escape
from Renton tuesday night.
A man mounted on a stolen horse
supposed to be Tracy was seen at $50
o'clock Tuesday night little less than
two miles out of Renton on the coun-
~ road. He was proceeding in the
direction of Seattle.
This report. the tangible bit of work.
ing material furnished deputies in
Renton today, because of its authentic
source, created considerable excitement
in the district for the greater part of
the day. The horse, bearing the man
supposed to be the convict. was seen
by Miss Florence Williams sister of
City Attorney Sidney Williams of Rem
ton, and Albert Sprague. Mr.. Sprague
and Miss Williams were returning to
Renton from a drive out into the coun-
try in a buggy. The story of the en-
counter was told by Miss Williams as
follows:
Il had been watching the road ahead
for several minutes, when / saw the
outlines of white horse. The evening
was growing very dark, and 1 could not
see very plainly. Evidently the rider
Of the horse saw cur buggy at the
same time we looked at him, for he inn
mediately turned the horse off the
road into the brush and hedge along
the roadside. 1 thought this act very
suspicious. For that reason I watched
with closer interest. In the shadow of
a large fence, and half concealed by the
the side of the animal opposite us. We
were close upon him then.
Stolen Horse Seen.
'As we drove by the horse 1 got a
very good view of it, but could not see
the man anywhere. The animal was
gray coated and of little less than or
binary height. My suspicion of the man
and his intentions grew more when
had seen the place where he had dis
mounted, for it was alongside a tall
fence. There was no gate anywhere
near the point, had he intended to enter
the field and dismounted for that rea-
son."
The horse seen by the young couple
riding in the buggy answers in every
way an animal stolen from the pas
ture of John Mordich's farm some time
Tuesday night. Murdoch's report of his
loss was current on the street shortly
before Miss Williams had told of the
experience on the night before. Nor
dich is certain the horse was stolen, be-
cause of there having been no opening
through which the horse could have es-
capped from the fencing about the field.
The general opinion is that should
Tracy have ridden the horse up the
road towards Seattle Tuesday night,