The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-07

mead and held a revolver which had
inlllcted the death wound The thumb
Oh his hand was on the trigger of the
pistol. His right hand was thrown
across the lower part of his body and
nrmly grasped the barrel of the IA
nous rifle.
Death was inflicted by a revolver
held close to the forehead. The ton
OF his head was badly shattered.
Two bullet wounds on the left leg
showed the cause of the mans de-
spondency One shot had broken the
leg between the ankle and the
Knee The other cut the
tibial artery which of itself was suf-
nclent to cause death 1t is believed
that both of these wounds were re-
celNed after the convict left the barn
ana made his break for the wheat
held. The fugitive had taken a strap
and buckled it tight around his leg in
an attempt to stop the bleeding De-
spite the tightly fastened strap, the
bleeding continued until he probably
realized his hopeless condition and
ended the struggle. He was dressed
In blue overalls, a white shirt and
Wore no coat or vest; he wore A BIZ
cycle cap and a pair of rough shoes.
lie had one rife and two revolvers.
VIII Be Fight over Reward.
Sheriff Gardner of Lincoln county
and his assistants arrived on the scene
in time to help in the discovery of the
remains, and it is stated that he main
tanned that he and his deputies were
entitled to at least a share of the
booty. This was disputed by the
Creston party, the members of which
maintain that they did the work and
to them belongs the reward. Finally
Sheriff Gardner a n f,lya
the body with the understanding that
he recommend that the reward be paid
to the men from Creston.
The body, effects and the horses of
the desperate were taken in charge
by Sheriff Gardner and taken
direct to Davenport, where they will
be kept. pending the decision
of the final disposition of Tracy's
body. Reports come from Davenport
that wild excitement prevails Stores
are closed and people are crowding
around to get sight of the outlaw. 1t
is stated that a heavy guard is kept
around the morgue, where the body is
kept, as well as around the corpse it,
self, to prevent relic hunters from tear
ing the clothing to pieces and carry
ing away souvenirs. An inquest will
probably be held.
UnterrOrized boy Gave Alarm.
For two days and as many nights
Tracy held the family of farmer 1. B.
Eddy under subsection. Here again
he showed the qualities of nerve and
coolheadedness, but these very quail
ties brought about his downfall. Had
he not allowed c.. E. Goldfinch, the
1S-year-old boy, to leave the ranch
when he did, the story to-day might
be different, but the outlaw had too
much faith in estimating the terror his
words of warning would leave to the
lad.
The story of the exploits of the fam
Gus bandit at the Eddy ranch are
given by the boy who was his servant
for over a day. In the morning
Tracy first made his toilet. A bath
and a shave were included in his
morning makeup, the farmer and his
men having provided soap, towel and
water. When the men started for
their work Tracy discovered they were
constructing an overhead rack in the
barn for the fall crop. the outlaw de-
cided to make himself useful and di-
vesting himself of Winchester and one
of his revolvers, labored with the 9TH
er men during most of the morning.
He kept one revolver, however, in the
holster by his side, ready for in
slant use. During the day the
outlaw wanted MS other weapons,
which had been left with his bedding
and travelling outfit. He sent Goldfnch
after the weapons and proudly passed
them around to the awe-stricken work
men. They were allowed to handle the
weapons and inspect them, but it is
said they took care not to have the
nuZZles of the guns pointing toward
the outlaw. Tracy all this time had a
revolver himself and left no opening
for the farmers to get the drop on
him.
Monday evening Tracy told Goldfinch
he might go. He was cautioned, how
ever, on pain of death, not to tell what
had happened until Wednesday. 1t was
this very display of nerve that had
heretofore made the outlaw appar--
emily safe that this time caused his
ruin. Goldf1nch, instead of being suf-
ficiently terrorized to keep his peace,
soon spread the news and aroused a