The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-08
THE END OF OUTLAW TRACY.
Relic Seekers Stripped the Body of the MUIR
derer as 1t Lay in the Morgue.
HIS HAIR CUT FROM HIS HEAD AS A MEMENTo
Last Escapade Was in Keeping With the Former
Ones, But 1t Led to His Undoing and Death.
Squabble Over the Reward.

Spokane wash, August when the
sheriff, with the body OF Harry Tracy, the
dead outlnw. drove through Davenport this
morning hundreds % persons followed up
the street and crowded about the wagon.
BY the time the wagon reached the morgpe
the streets were crowded and from every
! corner could be heard shouts Of 'thrce
cheers for Lincoln county" TIA, morgue
doors were closed ana the crowd was asked
/ 60 ntaRd back. but several persons wsre
| allowed TO see the body aud then trouble
| began.
Every one wanted a relic ard In a short
/ time Nothing was left but the body, Soma
/ one even picked 30 tine blood stained
( handkerchief which had been used by the
( outlay to keen from bleeding 10 death.
/ Before be could carry the awful relic away
/ he had 70 do I az in paper as Il was too
! wet tn place in his pocket
some oue got the strap which Tracy had
/ pulcd around his leg 60 keep himself from
/ pltedlng Ca death That too, VAS soaked
! WIN blood which Fan from an upper
/ Many locks Of the outlaws hair were
| carried away ana ln somc places BIS head
had been made completely baN HIS
/ trousers NeIe tut into small strips and be.
] fore they We're divided they wrf. cnt into
tMallcr pieces. Many OF Tracy's cartridges
| wore divided among the members ~ The
| pos.r and those that could get al his
hucAsEln bag
HIS LAST EsCAPADE.
[ His last cscapade was on the farm Of
L. 3. Eddy near Felowcs.
/ For two days aud as many nights he hold
the family OF Mr. EDDY under subsection.
/ Here again he showed nerve aud lo,I -heud-
elness, but these very qualities brought
( ""'ul MS u'"AI"| Hai A' mol a'oWed
/ 6. y. Goldunch the lsycaroId BOY, TO
/ leave the rnneh whom he diJ The stc-y .to
d.., nth, h.,.. ,'..,, I,t[,,..,, n, ,..
u"A might nave been Inherent bn, tue
outlaw had Too much faith la estimating
t4,. terr,r 3t- ...rl. ~ ,-,,.,tr.,. y,,Io ,,,..
1 me sim, ,f tbc c,rio,ts ~ rho ho,d,t
| 40 ~ 'Gti w., xxx cApiui,7 "a - punuiN
/ S,b, ''',' u az q. d ." ~ Nc "'i
/ Was SUNDAY afternoon mat Hqlqnheh was
tt,Hll'5 in,'pf9, ~, u'a In' tanie uUi tll
, "'' ,a, i.N't i.' n' ''i.tSeu Slrhuse
, M" g""Pc' hol lAl rom Ns'cLe NC puss,
/ a., ~" Gppu"lNueus tAu 'tlunsV' vac
huoa paid no attcntion to him, not seeing
/ ny mug unu ua! III NM aC'lohs' dust as /,
| out asking MN TO h3yr some snpPeF; WIN
| the reply that me- had Just finished MS sup-
/ per 6o.dhhch ala not oven slackeh the
/ pnct Of his horse, and passed the stranger.
a
| from the man brougn, Goldnnch to a sud
This order the boy obcycd.
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! NAMES nO H''''Vo',Om - -
VIM ms uAuul p'''"iTn' iiaeS So w.,
u'aue H'u'Se't An"" !" Nv "'l'', -,
way 70 t'le NeuI'S, nm i-lN ""' "a, IVY.
20 'Ae h"us '"1n nv ~" 'pe W.,
nors's, oIe NE '"Hf , I sroc ouS' and brd
/ ding
You go nhend ana tell them | am com
ing culolh"nle%, uAe "utiaW, and s.orted
I obeod tn nnn"fi,Sr The coming OF the
! ,IneSt Trncy however. Ecpt close ON IA,
J h"ris oe ~ Ind n,idenfIY nor intend .nL
-, -, H. Mn, chanc,. 10 piye warning
IN tb. va 10 tbc bonse Tracy notice,
/ g, rnno troi,iGg from his mack
! " ,,1I,ot innSint, N God n,nrk said tn,
/ o,,tinw and stonnad 10 pntGer In Inc trail
/ ing rots
1re tbon wont on his ,vnv To the Edd,
| ,.,n,h ~ 'rt,'t,Ir ,h.- E,iddnch nnrfnrnnri