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

Tracy moved about a few months in.
ally drifting into Colorado, where he
naturally iell in with a tough gang Of
kindred spirits operating near the
Utah. Colorado and wyoming borders,
and passing from one State TO anOthrr
as frequently as the officials Of any To-
cality became vigilant.
| For a time they were under the lead
ership OF George Curry, who is suppos.
ed to have taken part with his leader
, in the Wilcox train robbery. He is
known TO have been concerned while
in Wyoming in the robbery of a bank
at Belle Fourche and that of the postof
fee at Big Piney. Here they commit.
ted numerous crimes, one of them be.
ing the killing Of ranchman named
Hoy, for which tombstone is now serv.
ing lite sentence at Canyon City, bu:
which II is believed by many was the
work Of Tracy.
Captured by Posse.
After the killing of Hoy, the citt.
zens OF the county arose in seli.de
tense. and posse was organized to
capture the freebooters. In pitched
battle fought against deputy sheriffs,
Tracy killed Deputy Sheriff Valentine
Day and escaped for the time being
with Liant. Bennett and Johnstonc
we're captured. and Be-nett was 1T
once lynched. Tracy and Liant were
captured about six miles from Powder
Springs several days later They Dad
wandered far, their feet were bleeding
and they were so exhausted from the
loss of food and sleep that neither was
able to hold gun, although Tracy mad
one. taken, II is said from the bdly Of
Deputy Sheriff Day.
After their arrest they were placed
in the Jail at Aspen, Colo, for safe.
keeping. and Governor Wells, of Utan.
wired Governor Adams, asking that
they be turned over to the Utah gov.
eminent as escaped prisoners. Gov.
ernor Adams consented, but Tracy and
Liant held different views on the Quas'
ton. On the night of June 22. 1891.
they escaped from the Aspen Jail, and
in doing so beat Jailer Jones into al.
sensibility with a poker. Jones went
into the cell 70 remove the dishes from
which the prisoners had eaten their
supper. He was attacked by LEnt.
armed with a poker and beaten iGtu
insensibility. Tracy then possessed
himself OF the jailer's gun. but they
were chagrined to find that he didn't
have the keys which would admit thcm
10 freedom. Nothing daunted, they
hid in the jailroom, and when Sheriff
Fisher entered to search for his jaiIt:
he found a pistol muzzle in his face
and heard Tracy say: Throw up your
hands," Instead Of doing so, Sheriff
Fisher turned and ran for his life, ex'
planning atterward that he went for
his gun. When he returned with thc
weapon both men were gone. Ian,
has never been captured or heard Of
since.
Went to Oregon.
Tracy also disappeared for the time
Seemingly ne went straight to Oregon
probably because Merrill, who was al
so member of one of the gangs. live.
in that part of the country, but very
little is definitely known of these twc
years.
II is also certain that when he ant
Merrill were finally landed at Salem
Warden James and his assistant super
lntendent, ]. D. Day, underestimate,
the resourcetulness and daring Of thei
two prisoners and trusted too conf
, IDENTIFY in the strength of the bastil'
!, they ruled. At all events. he did no
attempt TO separate the two men, VIII
continued month after month to labo
in the stove foundry OF the prison.
| On the morning of June 8, 1907