Evening star., 1902-08-06
OUTLAW TRACY DEAD
Surrounded in a Wheat Field
Near Spokane.
POSSE OPENED HOT FIRE
AFTER BEING WOUNDED THE
CONVICT KILLED HIMSELF.
His Body Found This Morning by the
Large Body of Armed Men
in Pursuit.
POSSE OPENED HOT FIRE

SPOKANE. Wash. August 6. - Harry
Tracy, the notorious outlaw, who, with
David Merrill. escaped from the Oregon
pcnitentiary at Salem on June 9. after kill
ing three prison guards. killed himself
early this morning after being wounded by
the rifle of one of a posse in pursuit.
Tracy was surrounded in a wheat field
near FallOwes, a station on the Washing
ton Central railroad about 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 the outlaw. and one bullet pierced
his right leg between the knee and thigh.
About twenty minutes after being wounded
he shot himself with one of his revolvers,
and mis- body was found this morning after
daybreak. The revolver with which he
killed himself was grasped tightly in his
right hand.
His Career of Crime.
HAIRY Tracy escaped from the Oregon
state ptnitentiary at Salem on June in
company with David Merrill, after killing
four men-Frank W. Ferreu, G. R. T.
Jones and B. F. Tiffany guards, and Frank
Ingraham, a convict who tried to prevent
rin near Napavine, Wash. shooting him
from behind and leaving his body in the
forest, where it was found on July 10. On
July 3. near Seattle. in fight with a posse
Tracy shot and killed Charles Raymond, a
deputy sheriff; f. Z. Bresse, a policeman,
and mortalIy wounded Neil Rawley, who
died on. the following day, and wounded
Carl Anderson and Louie Zafrite, news
paDtr reporters
Tracy committed many feats of daring
turing his flight IN The course of which he
eluded various posses when apparently sur
rounded, and held up numerous farmers,
whom he forced to furnish food and cloth
ing. and by threats Of numbering their fam
HES compelled them to cover up his tracks.
Tracy was hunted down by a posse of
Creston citizens. Surrounded, he engaged
in a running battle with his pursuers. His
leg was broken by a bullet and an artery
bIed profuseIy.
He crept into wheat field and tried to
lie up the artery. Becoming desperate, he
put his revolver to his head and fired a
bullet into his brain. At daylight this
morning his body was found, already cold.
No sheriffs were near when the battle was
in progress. and private citizens of Cres-
ton Will get the reward.
His Great Daring.
Perhaps his greatest show of daring was
displayed on July = at South Bay. near
Olympia. when he held up six men and
forced four, including Capt. Clark of a
large gasoline launch, to embark him on
Puget sound ard pilot him up stream for
ten hours.
In 1897 Tracy murdered Valentine Hoge,
a Colorado cattleman. and VIM. Strong, a
boy in the same state. y total reward IF
f].tsb was offered for his arrest, George A.
Mcbride of Washington Offering $500 for
his capture, dead or alive. The state Of
Oregon offered 5000. and a brother of one
Of the guards killed at the penItentiary Of
fered S1GU.
The reward for MerriIrs capture amount
ed 10 I,JOO, which has been claimed by
Mrs "aggoner, the berry picker, and her
Son, who found the body near their home