The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-08

- Ia LIE, WASH, July I.-SInce
y Tracy, the escaped convict, left
the johnson home Saturday at
Port Madison. absolutely no real clue
has been discovered as to his where
abouts. Forty Indians are watching
for the murderer in Kitsap county.
The coast of the lower sound is being
patrolled. Guards are lying in ambush
en- the approaches to BotheII. The an
thorities are waiting for the next an
pearance of the convict They can
make no movement until he again
shows himself. For the time being
Tracy has vanished as completely as if
swallowed by the earth.
The bloodhounds from walia Walla
penltentiary arrived tonight at q
O'Clock. They came 70 Seattle te-~-i=eS.
10 be taken to Port Madison. as at first
intended Unless the murderer shows
up again in Kitsap county the hounds
Will not be taken across the sound.
The tug Sea Lion has been under
steam all night, ready to leave at a
moments notice, with the animals on
board. She was prerare,i TO leave for
any place on Puget sound where the
criminal may put in an appearance.
Never since Tracy escaped from the
salem penitentiary have the officers
been so hot on this trail.
Sheriff Cudihee will return from Port
Madison in the morning, where he
went this afternoon in launch
Many Rumors Afoat.
investigation today showed that the
reports of Tracy's presence in Kitsap
county were unfounded. The man seen
oy the Indian woman on the Port Mad
ison reservation proved TO be a Grip
pied beachcomber-
He carried a rife and in several WAYS
pore slight resemblance to the muir
derer- He has been on the beach for
some time.
The report that woman was held up
ten miles beyond Sidney by a man re-
sembling Tracy. turned out to be fc-
uon- The story was based on the fact
that logger without money had ap-
peared at house and asked for a meal.
he was returning to his camp from
Seattle
The boat found on the beach at Mil
Ter 8 bay belonged TO a paocneF named
Samuel Hcrsiey. IT had not been
nova from us 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 run
ming each report down and locking for
facts.
Whitehall Boat Found.
AT the extreme head of MiIer's bav.
the Whitehall boat, which carried
Tracy and Anderson away from Port
Madison Saturday night, has been
I IS In 1t was a pair of oars.
everything else had been carried away.
The boat had been pulled in from
the beach and slowed away in clump
Of bushes, and Tracy evidently felt
secure in the belief that II would not
De found for several days at least.
This very fact may lead to develop
ments somewhat earlier than anv one
had hoped for.
The head of Miller's bay is but a few
miles overland from Port Gamble. 1t is
directly north of the Port Madison In
dian reservation, where, according to
an Indian woman, Tracy was seen YES
terday afternoon. Sheriff Cook. with
a posse, left Port Madison early this
morning to search Miller's BAY dis
tr1ct in response to information re-
ceiyed from the Indian reservation.
immediately after the finding of the
boat, the party discovered a fresh trail
leading into the forest Tracks of two
was no doubt in the minds of the men,
bers Of the posse that they were hot
on the track of Tracy and his unwilI-
ing partner, Anderson Shortly after
noon, Deputy Cook and his party made
their way into the dense forest, and
IL viii probably be late tonight before
they are again heard from
After a fruitleSs chase after Tracy.
covering 125 mile and extending from
EDra1- - Dr.
island, to point within A few niles
Of Gig harbor, Sheriff Cudihee and a
posse returned this morning to the city
on the tug Sea Lion.
Every possible point on the sound. !
both on the east and west shores. has
been furnished with carefully prepared |
descriptions of Tracy and of Anderson.
The authorities of the northern coun- /
ties bordering the sound have taken |
up the chase. and considerable addi- /
tons have been made thereby to the I
force. The Hood canal eoun- |
Try is being patrolled by two squads of |
officers.
The search for Anderson is being |
prosecuted along the west shore of the |
sound. with Port Madison Indian res I
as the starting point.
Sheriff Cudihee at $50 o'clock this !
evening is preparing to go to Pert |
Gamble to join Cooks party.
Probably Assisted by ex-Convicts-
Absolutely not one word has been
received that would indicate the where /
abouts of Harry Tracy since he left 4
Port Madison at O'Clock Saturday 1
night II was rumored this morning I
that he spent yesterday at the Port
Madison Indian reservation. but this
-eport lacks confirmation. The author
ties now believe that Tracy lied when
le told the Johnson family that he