The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-04
DESPERATE CONVICT
REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE BY
HARRY TRACY.
CAPTURED CREW OF LAUNCH.
TOOK TEN-HoUR TRIP WITH THEM
ON PUGET SOUND.

Capt. Clark Tells How the Daring
Escapnde Was COnducted-After
Leaving the Launch Tracy Was
COrnered in the Woods by a Posse,
of whom He Killed One, Fatally
wounded sheriff Willis of Seattle
and Wounded Another Man-Gov-
ernOr Mcbride May BE Asked to
Call Out Militia.
Seattle, Washn., July 3.-Tracy, the
Oregon convict and desperate, has
added another murder to his already
long list and has escaped again.
After a hard fought battle with sew
eral officers near Bothell this after
noon, he held up a farmer with
horse, took the horse and made his es-
cape, going northward toward the
Snohomsh county line. A second
poose of officers has been organized
and is in pursuit.
Tracy Adds Two More to List.
Seattle, Wash. July S.-Capt Clark
of the steam launch H. and S. to-day
gave a thrilling ccount of the trip of
himself and crew up the sound yes
terday in company with Harry Tracy,
the escaped Oregon convict, who, at
the point of a rifle, forced all hands
to embark and pilot him northward
For nearly ten hours Tracy was
commander of the craft by virtue or
force, finally abandoning it and escap-
ing into the woods.
I'VE had been working at Southpoint.
I entered the company's house N the
morning and found a man with gun
there. 1 supposed the boys were play
ing some prank and paid no further
| attention to him or to the other men,
| but proceeded to eat breakfast. When
through breakfast l reached my hand
into my pocket and then for the first
time the stranger spoke:
Take your hands out of your pock-
cts. Captain. he said.
You have a gun there. 1t is no
use for you to draw it.
| after ordering the cook to put him
| up a lunch he ordered four of us to
tie the other two men in the party and
then proceed to the launch. Arriving
at the LAUNCH he helped us to get I'M
der way, all the time keeping his hands
on his rifle.
IAN day he exercised the most ex-
aspera ting vigilance to prevent us
from getting the drop on him in any
| mannenr or even from discussing the
matter among ourselves, for the pur-
pose of forming a plan for some sort
of action. We were all unarmed. on
Just one occasion during the day did
! there seem to be for a single moment
an opportunity to take him at dis
| advantage That was off McNeills
| Island, when he leaned over the side
| of the launch to take shot at the
seals.
Tracy Was on the Watch.
GAS he was firing, the chance for
which l had been watching seemed to
present itself and 1 made move to-
wards him, thinking to push him over
| while his back was turned. AS / did
so he raised up slightly as though he
had abandoned the idea of shooting
and in order to elude any suspicion
as to my intentions, l turned my face
| away AZ though to look after the
boat. He fired, and before l could
| turn my attention to him he had
turned around the reloaded his rife"
Tracy is still at large. He was cor
| nered at Boutwell,, 22 miles north or
Seattle, and a fight ensued in which
| three men were shot. Tracy is re-
| ported wounded.
whipped shcrim's Posse.
A special train with an additional
| posse on board has left here for Both
| well. 1t is hoped to intercept Sheriff
| Cudiho of King county and have him
request Gov. Mcbride, who is here, to
| call out the militia. The body of
Charles Raymond, a deputy sheriff of
Snohomish county, who was killed in
the battle with Tracy, was brought
! here tonight. On the special train
| were several physicians who will at
| terd to the wounds of Sheriff John
Willis of Seattle, who was probably
! fatally shot in the fight. 1t is reported
/ that one other man, name yet UNI
| known, was also wounded The latest
! io got a h0rep al nd