Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-16

most daring bandit IN the annals OF
American history--Harry Tracy.
For more than two months the BRAY
est and most daring guardians OF the
peace in the far Northwest have been
engaged in the most difficult undert.N'
Ing of their lives. Harry Ira.
Cy. who has, been rightly termed
americas first and only Musolino,
has startled and thoroughly aroused
the interest not only of the entire
country. but OF the whole world by his
reckless daring and wonderful proves
In Guiding the hand of the law.
The lone man who held up all Italy
has { Western double. who for pure
criminal ability and cold.blooded muir.
der has never had an equal on the
American continent. Even the terrible
deeds Of the James gang, the Younger
brothers, and other notorious bands OF
desperadoes and man killers pale
before the recital OF Tracy's shocking
record of murders and crimes Of every
hue and description. Up to the time
OF writing his total number of victims
Is nine, to say nothing of the number
Of persons wounded and the vast
amount Of property stolen and made
off with.
Aiming for Canada.
Since his daring escape from the
Salem, Ore. penitentiary, the vicious
bandit made steadily his way
northward toward the Canadian Dor.
der whence II was evidently his in.
tention to cross into the rugged aud
sparsely settled portions OF British Co.
lumbia. All along his course he has
eluded his pursuers by sheer daring
and bloodthirstiness. He has hesitat.
ed at no crime. no matter what its ma
ture. To sacrifice the life of a fellow
ioan seemed as nothing to him. Even
his bare subsistence has been gained
OF the point OF a revolver. To all ap.
pearances he knows no fear and is lost
tC all the better impulses of humanity,
He has passed through well.settlc !
portions OF the country where farm
houses were comparatively plentiful
and where his capture was imNino1t,
rather than go a few miles out of his
course and take 10 the mountainous
country, where he would have the Off
GERS OF the law at a decided disadvau.
tage. All who opposed him were
struck down with the same merciless
and impartial hand. Breakfast din.
ner and supper were obtained by com.
polling farmers TO furnish food at bic
beck and call.
And now he has even gone so far n
the great game OF hide and seek as 10
Kill his partner, David Merrill, the
man who escaped from the peniten.
tiary with him and who, SO far as is
known. has aided him all along in hia
hiding from justice.
oeroninno's Kind Offer Declined.
At the same time Geronimo, the "a
nous Apache Indian chief, offered his
services to the Government to the eN'
tent of getting out upon the trail CT
Tracy and attempting his capture. lAe
has offered TO capture the convict anu
deliver him, dead or alive, to the au'
thorities on his own responsibility
But Uncle Sam is apparently wary In
regard TO the offer of the Indian chief,
Fifteen years ago Geronimo led sever
al hundred Indians in an escape from
General Miles in Oregon, and the Coy
eminent was put to the expense 81
81 D00.U0O to round UP the band.
one dark, cold night early in Febrn
airy, 1899 detachment OF policem'
81 ptn nI "a
arrest q pair of crooks In Portland
Ore. They had been hunting them Iul
months, but in spite OF the fact ma
the Portland police force Is very eli.
Cient a long series OF daring hOld-,Ip
and robberies had been committee
was staked upon the capture Of th'
two robbers, for they always operates
together and so many OF their VIC
tins had described them with suci
minuteness that the police We're eel
tain all the jobs were done by this On
pair The detectives had worked mar,
on the cases, and finally came TO tn
conclusion that the two young suspt
C!uus.looking fellows who OCCASIONAL
ireQuented a house on Market street
near First, were the much wanted Gu
arits. They also learned that the old
or OF the two was David Merrill, wn
lived in the house with his mother
brother and stepsister known crop'
originally from Vancouver, Wash,
tough. FEARLESS fellow who would ~
uD a night and was a dead shot. rh
other fellow was Harry Tracy =
whom they knew little, except that /
vas a tough customer and as a soI
MARKS man.
Capture Of Merrill.
One night a posse surrounded Me-
riYs home aud captured him, He WI
desperate and attempted TO put up
fight. The odds. however, were to
great and he surrendered while vi
mother, wild with excitement, insist2
that her son was no criminal and be-
ggd the 9nicers not TO take him ava,
Seeing that her pleadings We're val
she uegan TO abuse them and fna.
denounced Harry Tracy, who, she Il
sisted, had led her son into his Wa
waTdness. Then she determined TO
reyepged upon her sons pal. Her b,
was in the tolls already, and Il was !
more than right that Tracy shou
share his fate he could be caugH
gh. sa,G o. rue offiTerS Hlul1 fglll