The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-07

SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. 6.-Harry
Tracy, the notorious outlaw, whose es-
capades have filled the nation for the
past sixty days, lied dead in Daven-
p rt, bullet from his own revolver in
his brain. Cornered, wounded and des-
perate, Tracy took his own life.
Sheriffs posses and others are dis
putting the possession of his body.
Sheriff Cudihee, of Seattle, who came
across the state to take up the long
and battling chase, positively identified
the outlaw at the inquest today. The
death was intensely tragic.
Details of the Tragedy.
SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. 6.-Harry
Tracy, the notorious outlaw, who, with
David Merrill escaped from the Ore
gon penitentiary at Salem, on June g.,
after killing three prison guards, killed
himself early this morning, after be-
ing wounded by the rifle of one Of the
posse in pursuit.
Tracy was surrounded in wheat field
near FelloWes, a station. on the Wash
ington Central railroad, fifty miles
west of Spokane, last night. Word
was sent back to Davenport the county
seat, and large number of armed men
hurried to the scene.
The posse under Sheriff Gardner
opened fire on the outlaw and one bull
let pierced his right leg between the
knee and thigh. About twenty minutes
after being wounded he shot himself
with one of his reVolverS and I1iS-hody
was found this morning after day
break. The revolver with which he
killed himself was grasped tightly in
his right hand.
Tracy was hunted down by a posse
of Creston citizens. Surrounded, he
engaged in a running battle with his
pursuers. One of his legs was broken
by bullet and an artery bled profusely.
He crept into a wheat field and tried to
tie up the artery. Becoming desperate,
he evidently put his revolver to his
head and fired bullet into his brain.
At daylight this morning his body was
found, already cold.
Sheriff Arrived Too Late:
After battling the officers of two
| states, after wonderful flight of near
| ly 400 miles across Oregon and Wash
| ington, Tracy was hunted down by four
| citizens of the little farming town of
| Creston and a sole deputy sheriff
| Sheriff Gardner and posse arrived in
| time to guard the wheat field through
| the night; but the work had already
| been done.
The posse that will share the reward
was made up as follows: G. A. Straub,
| deputy sheriff. DR.. E. c. Lantes, Maur-
| ice Smith, attorney; ]. J. Morrison,
railway section foreman, and Frank
Lillengen. These men, armed to the
teeth, set out from Creston yesterday
| afternon about o'clock.
They were working on the informa-
ton of the Goldfnch youth, who had
| been forcibly made the companion of
| the Oregon convict for over twenty
| four hours at the ranch of L. B. Eddy
on Lake Lake creek, about three miles
| south from Fellowes, a station on the
| Washington Central railway. The par
| ty made all possible haste in getting
to the ranch. When within a few hun
dred yards of the farm they encoun-
tered Farmer Eddy moving in one OF
! his fields. While engaging him in con-
versation, they saw man issuing from
the barn door.
'Is that Tracy?" asked one of the
party.
| 'It surely u.s." replied Eddy.
The party separated, Lanter and
Smith accompanying Eddy in the di-
rection of the barn, while the other
two men swung around to the other
side.
"Who Are Those Menu"
Two of the men hunters stepped be-
hind the barn on a slight eminence, or