Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-08
CONVICT TRACY
STILL AT LARGE.
ro,y indians Are Watching for
The Murderer
rrARpS LYING IN AMBUSH
never No Hot ON the Trail ss
xov-slany wild Bumors Are
AGoaf. 4.

e...ua wash, July 7,--slnce Tracy
80 oscaped convict, left the Johnso"
.one saturday at Port Madison an
'y ,,.,, m real clue has been dscoV-
,s as 10 his whereabouts Forty IN
,.s. arc watching for the murderer IN
gitsap county , J., ,o,nv
' %so coast OF the Kitsap Is being
.,sored Guards are lying IN ambush
Z ,be approaches to Bothell' The au-
.,,,les are waiting for the next APP
,onoe Of the convict, They can
sSo no movement until he agaia
saws himself, For the time heiny
rracy has vanished as completely as If
,yollowed by the earth
rho bloodhounds from Walla Walla
,enltentlary arrived tonight at 3
5c,ock They came to Seattle too late
~ ,oken 10 Port Madison, as at first
,aoded Unless the murderer shows
mn aealn in Kitsap county the MOUNDS
~ Am =" Sst no taken across the sound,
W." MA INC Sea Lion has been under
/ ar, ali night. ready to leave at a
s sea notice. with the animals on
,onrd she was prepared to leave for
os Mace on Puget sound where the
"rir,nal may put IN an appearance
Noysr since Tracy escaped from the
ealSm nententiary have the officers
been SO hot on this trail.
sheriff Cudihee viii return IRON fort
Madison m the morning where nc
want This afternoon In a launch
Investigation today showed that the
renorts Of Tracy's presence In Kitsap
aopnw were unfounded. The man seen
no tbe Indian woman on the Port Mad
,son reservation proved to be a ciip-
Med beachoomber,
He carried rifle and In several ways
bore slight resemblance TO the mui-
Gerer. He has been on the beach for
some time. ,t''.''
The report that a woman was held up
10 miles Beyond Sidney by man re-
sembllng Tracy, turned out to be ilc-
lion. The story was based ON the fact
tnat logger without money had APP
naared al house and asked for a meal.
He was returning to his camp from
Seattle
The boat found on the beach at Mil
ler's bay belonged to a rancher named
Samuel tI0rsley, 1t had not been
moved from its position
Beyond guarding the different points
threatened by Tracy and waiting for
his next appearance. the authorities Of
the different counties on the sound
have no definite plans They are rur-
ming eaon report down and looking for
facts.
Al me extreme head Of MIller's bay,
the Whitehall boat, which carried
Tracy and Anderson away from Port
Madison Saturday night has been
found In II was pair Of oars.
EyWyhing else had been carried away.
The boat had been pulled in from
Ne beach and slowed away In clump
oihushes, and Tracy evidently felt
secure In the belief that II would not
BE- found for several days at least.
This very fact may lead to develop
meny somewhat earlier than any one
had hoped for.
The head Of Mlller's bay is but a few
miles overland from Port Gamble. II IL
directly north OF the Port Madison In
dian reservation, where, according TO
an indian woman, Tracy was seen yes
tsrisy afternoon. Sheriff Cook. with
q posse, left Port Madison early this
nanng to search Miller's bay dis
tla in response TO information re-
oersd from the Indian reservation.
Immediately after the finding Of the
bat The party discovered fresh trail
leading into the forest Tracks Of two
mn we're plainly discernibe, and there
vHno doubt in the minds Of the mem-
Den Of the posse that they were hot
On he track Of Tracy and his unwill-
u partner Anderson. Shortly after
hon, Deputy Cook and his party made
lhtr way into the dense forest, and
! VIII probably be late tonight before
lhsy are again heard from.
After q frutless chase after Tracy,
covering l25 miles and extending from
f9nl No Point just south Of WILDLY
fand, 70 point within Il few miles
dlg harbor, Sheriff Cudihee and
PSe returned this morning to the city
2 the tug Sea Lion.
Every possible point on the sound,
loln on the east and west shores. has
zen furnished with carefully prepared
ssetlptions Of Tracy and Of Anderson
ihe authorities Of the northern coun-
yea bordering the sound have taken
NE chase, and considerable addi-
pors have been made thereby to the
Isung force. The Hood canal coun-
m s being patrolled by two squads of
me search for Anderson Is being
hoecuted along the west shore Of the
tho with Port Madison Indian res
Swuon as the starting point
Mern Cudihee at $3.50 o'clock this
e nso,ns is preparing to go to Port