The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-07

is kept around the morgue where the body is kept as we'll as around the
 corpse itself to prevent relic hunters
 from tearing the clothing to pieces and carrying away souvenirs.
 An inquest probably will be held. For two days and as many nights
 Tracy held the family of Farmer L. B.
 Eddy under subjection. He again he
 showed the qualities of nerve and cool { headedness but these very qualities
 brought about his downfall. Had he
 not allowed G. E. Goldfinch, the eight
 een-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 give to the
 lad
 The story of the exploits of the fa- nous bandit at the Eddy ranch are given by the boy who was his servant
 for over a day. It was Sunday after { noon that Goldfnch was riding horse
 across the prairie not far from the Eddy
 farm. He noticed strange man camp
 ed not far from where he passed. To
 all appearances the stranger was just | having his supper but young Goldfinch i paid no attention to him not seeing
 anything unusual in his actions. Just
 as the boy was going by, the camper
 called out, asking him to have some supper. With the reply that he had
 finished his supper, Goldfinch did not even slacken the pace Of his horse and ! passed the stranger. It was then that
 an imperative command from the
 stranger brought Goldf1nch to a sudden stop. He was ordered to come back. This order the boy obeyed. With his
 usual ceremony he soon made himself
 known. He inquired the way to the nearest farmhouse and was directed to
 the Eddy place. Tracy at this time still had two horses. One he rode, the other, the boy says, was loaded with grocer ies. meat, sugar, coffee, and bedding.
 You go ahead and tell them I am coming" commanded the outlaw. Goldflnch readily complied and start ed ahead to announce the coming of the
 guest. Tracy, however. kept close on
 the heels of the lad, evidently not in- tending to give him 8 chance to give
 warning
 On the way to the house Tracy mo-
 ticed a rope trailing from his pack ani- nal. That's leaving a bad mark" said the outlaw, and stopped to gather in the trailing coils. He then went on
 his way to the Eddy ranch. Arriving there, Goldfnch performed the service allotted to him and soon told the fam l fly who the visitor was. The night passed without any special happenings, so far as the lad relates. In the morn | ing Tracy first made his toilet. bath
 and a shave were included in his morn ing makeup, the farmer and his men | having provided soap. towels and wa
 ter When the men started for their
 work Tracy discovered they were con- structing an overhead rack in the barn for the fall crop. The outlaw decided
 to make himself useful. and, divesting himself of his Winchester and one of 1 his revolvers, labored with the other
 men during most of the morning. He kept on the revolver, however, in the
 holster by his side, ready for instant use.
 During the day the outlaw wanted his other weapons which had been left | with his bedding and travelling outfit. He sent Goldfinch after the weapons and proudly passed them around to the awe stricken workmen. They were al lowed to handle the weapons and in- spect them, but it is said they took care not to have the muzzles of the guns pointing toward the outlaw. Tracy, all this time. had a revolver himself and left no opening for the farmers to get 1 the drop on him That the outlaw stood in no fear of Eddy and his men attempting to take advantage of the opening was vouched for by himself, 1 he having remarked to the farmer q am not afraid of you" During the day the outlaw remarked that he needed a new holster, one of his revolvers being i unsupplied. Young Goldflnch was in structed to find the leather, after which 1 the outlaw soon made one.
 Monday evening Tracy told Goldflnch
 he might go. He was cautioned, how ever, on pain of death, not to tell what had happened until Wednesday. It was this very display of nerve that had heretofore made the outlaw apparently
 safe, that this time caused his ruin. Goldfinch, instead of being sufficiently terrorized to keep peace, soon spread
 the news and aroused a posse.