The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-08-13
TRACY SUIC4DED.
The Tragic End of the Daring and
Desperate Outlaw.
he WAS HUNTED AND CHASED
Over Four Hundred Miles and
Was SurroUn0e ted in ::
Field Where Ee hi;icd
IF;,,,Snyf

Field Where E!e Killed
Himself.
Harry Tracy, the notorious outlaw.
who with David Merrill. escaped from
the Oregon penitentiary at Salem on
June 9. after killing three prison
guards, killed himself early Wednes-
day morning after being wounded by
the rifle of one Of posse in pursuit.
Tracy was surrounded in a wheat field
near FellOweS. a station on the Wash
ington Central road about 80 miles
west of Spokane Wash. Word was
sent back to Davenport, the county
seat and 4 large number Of armed
men hurried to the scene.
The posse under Sheriff Gardner
opened fire on the outlaw, and one bull
let pierced his right leg between the
knee and thigh. About 20 minutes
after being wounded he shot himself
with one of his revolverS and his body
was found Wednesday morning after
daybreak. The revolver with which
he killed himself was grasped tightly
in his right hand.
After battling the officers Of two
States, after a wonderful flight Of near
ly 400 miles across Oregon and Wash
ington Tracy was hunted down by
four citizens of the little farming town
Of Preston and lone deputy sheriff.
Sheriff Gardner and posse arrived iG
time to guard the wheatfeld through
the night but the work had already
been done.
THESE GET THE REWARD.
The posse that will share the re-
was made up as follows:
C. A. Straud. deputy sheriff: DR.. +.
C. Lanter, Maurice Smith, attorney:
J. J. Morrison, railway section fore
man, and Frank Lillengen. These
men armed to the teeth set out from
Preston Tuesday afternoon about ?
O'Clock. They were working on the
information of q youth who had been
forcibly made the companion Of the
Oregon convict for over p hours at
the ranch Of L. B. Eddy On Lalle
Creek, about three miles south from
Fellowes, a station on the Washing
ton Central railroad. The party made
all possible haste in getting to the
ranch. When within few hundred
yards of the farm they encountered
Farmer Eddy moving in one of his
fields. While engaging him in con-
verSation they saw man issuing from
the barn door.
is that Tracy?" asked one of the
party.
1t surely is replied Eddy.
The party separated, Lanter and
Smith accompanying Eddy in the di-
rection of the barn while the other
two men swung around to the other
side. Two of the man-hunters stepped
behind the barn on Slight eminence,
from which they could watch every
thing that went on and Eddy con-
tinued on up to the door. Tracy
came from the barn again and began
helping his host unhitch the horses.
He carried no rifles and turned sharp
ly to Eddy and said: Who are those
men?"
II don't see any men," said Eddy"
Tracy pointed out the Two men.
EDDY informed his companion who
the men were and the outlaw made
leap for the barn door. The pur-
suers stepping bit closer, commanded
hold up your hands"
The outlaw jumped behind Eddy
and thus placed the farmer end his
horse between himself and his pur-
suers. He commanded the farmer to
lead his horse to the barn and re-
mained under cover moving toward
shelter. When near the stable he
broke and dashed inside. He quickly
reappeared rifle in hand and started
on a dead run.
Turning on the two men nearest
him, the desperate fired two shots
but without his usual luck, neither
bullets taking effect. Without wait
ing for further firing Tracy made a
dash down the valley leading south
from the barn and headed for the
brush.
OPENS \ FUSILADE.
In an instant the man-hunterS were
An pursuit, firing as they ran. Coming
to a cock Tracy lodged behind it, and
resting his gun on the rock began a fu-
silade. Eight shots in all were fired
;by the outlaw, none hitting its mark.
Seeing he was not succeeding, he bolted
for wheat field close by. At the edge
Of the field he stumbled, falling on his
face, and crawled into the grain on
his hands and knees. 1t was grow
ing dark and the purSuers not daring
to move in closer decided to surround
the place and wait for daylight. In
meantime Sheriff Gardner, with Police
men Stauffer and Gemmerin. Spokane.
Jack O'Farrell, Of Davenport, and
other reinrOrcementS, had arrived on