The Washington times., 1902-07-20


ties.
When Tracy changed his mind about
landing at Tacoma he probably made 4
| mistake, for Seattle and Kings county
| have fntrusted the preservation of their
/ peace to one of the pioneer heroes Of
law and order in the Northwest. SLcr-
| i'll Ed Cudihee is known throughout all
/ that country as the bravest and the
wisest of the officers of the old school
who were used to dealing with Just
such desperadocs. He and his brother
John went to Colorado from the timber
I camps of Michigan and settled In Lead
vile. An organization of ruffians ter
rorized that town, numbering any off,
| cial who undertook to check their law
| lessness. They finally made 1t so
strong that the good citizens made .
general demand of the mayor to rid the
town of the outlaws.e
The mayor responded by organizing Q
posse to exterminatc the gang. and
among the first volunteers were the
| Cudihee, brothers. Both were strangers
to fear, but Ed combined with physical
courage an intelligence that soon made
him captain and eventually a leader
of the posse that completely annihilated
the gang and restored order In tie
town. Then Ed Cudihee found lIfo az
policeman a trife monotonous in
Leadville, so he moved farther west.
Joining the police force of Seattle, he
became a detective, then chief of de-
tectives, and about a year ago was
elected sheriff of the county.
Had Tracy known this. he might have
avoided Seattle, or, at least, have ap-
preached 1t more carefully, for as soon
as Jack Williams, the first of Cudihee's
deputies to hear of the matter, learned
that Tracy was in Kings county he pre-
pared for trouble. He Immediately sent
word to his chief, and then, aeccrrs-
MED by another deputy and the news
paper men, he set out in search OF the
bandit.
Tired and Sleepy.
When Tracy sent Scott back to ths
launch he was evidently lonely, tired,
and sleepy. What he did during the
time is uncertain. He may have gone
into the city and come out again, or
he may have slept in a barn or fence
row.
In the meantime Sheriff Cudihee ar
rived and took charge of the hunt. Not
since he fired the first gun in the
prison at Salem was the desperate out
law in the danger he was While Crdihee
was on his trail The veteran man
hunter was in his element. Unerringly
he tracked Tracy to Fremont, where he
learned that he had stopped at Mrs.
Van Horns. The sheriff's arrival at
tracted some attention, and Officer
Enoch E. Breeze and Neil Rawley VOL
unteercd to join the sheriff Cudihee
urged them not to follow, but they dis
regarded his advice. and, as shown
later. paid their lives for the privilege
of enabling the noted desperate to es-
cape the one man who could have land
ed him.
Cudihee's Tactics.
Cudihee knew that there was hut one
successful way TO fight Tracy. and that
ly, shooting from ambush. lie knew
perfectly well that Tracy was a crack
shot and would fire at the drop of
he had every advantage. in
being well armed and utterly cbl;v.ous
10 all consequences. Cudihec reasoned
that there was only one way to get
Tracy. and that was to shoot him from
cover, when he was unaware of danger.
He determined to take no chance of
VINO wanted TO accompany him to the
scene of the fight to stay away II they
valued their lives.
The sheriff drove 100 yards beyond the
Van Horn house and then left the
buggy, carrying Jack Williams rifle in
his hands. He also had his revolver.
Steadily he erept back to the house
and got inside the park and concealed
himself behind stump. He located
himself so that he could watch the cot
tage and could have good range, COW
ering Tracy when he came from the
house. whether he went to one side or
the other OF the team. The sherin fg-
ured that Tracy would take Johnson to
the wagon again and make him drive
away in the darkness.
The next thing the sheriff saw, after
a few minutes, was three men
emerging from the house. One walked
between the other two. This was Tracy.
and he carried a gun. The sheriff got
ready for action and was preparing for
Tracy to get within close range, when
Breeze. ]. l. Mcknight, and Rawley
rushed up out of the darkness.
Breeze, standing with gun in hand,
about ten PAGES from Tracy. shouted:
Throw down that gun, Tracy!"
Immediately Tracy wheeled and fired
point blank at the officer. Then he fred
,gain and again. the third shot evil
iently taking effect in Rawley's body.
Both fell to the ground. With an oath
Tracy turned, looked for more victims.
and then dashed through the fence
about seventy-five yards to the east Of
Iudihee.
Was Bad Shot.
The sheriff leveled his rifle at the
apidly disappearing convict and fired
vice. Evidently neither shot took ef-
ect. Tracy then disappeared into the
darkness and the dense brush of the
ark, going in a southeasterly direc-
ion. Rawley lay on the ground gasp
ng for breath and groaning pitifully,
he blood pouring from his wound.
'reece lay few feet away, stone dead.
lie had never uttered a word.
Since that time the bandit has scud-
ed about the city in most bewilder-
ng manner. Hard pressed. he crossed
neck OF the sound. stole sailboat.
nd fled some thirty-fve or forty miles
p toward the Canadian line. The reve-
ue cutter Grant pursued this boat
Capture seemed certain, when sud-
emily ths desperate reappears near the
Gene of the first fight, and. eludlng all
ursuit. circles the city, making OF in
direction toward the Cas-
ade Mountains. The region toward
-hich he is travelling is inaccessible,
nd unless accidentally shot before ne
cts far IL is certain that for the