Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-06-12
Three GUARDS KILLED
BY TWO PRISONERS
Latter We're Escaping From the
Oregon Penitentiary.
ARMED THEMSELV YES WITH RIFLES
And Shot Two Guards Inside
the Prison.


Salon, Ore, June 9. Two desperats
prisoners, Harry Tracy, sentenced IL
30 years, and David Morrill,, Il 13-yea
man, serving sentences for assault an;
robbery committed in Multnomah
county, escaped from the penitentiau
this morning after killing three guards
Frank Terrell, shop guard, and S. r
Jones and Ben Tiffany, fenccmen.
The prisoners employed in the foundu
were marched to work at O'Clock,
and had entered the molding room,
with Shop Guard Terrell inside and
Guard Stapleton in an adjoining room.
without warning Tracy and Merrill
appeared with rifles. Tracy aimed al
Terrell, when Ingram, life prisoner
attempted to reach and disarm Tracy
Instantly Merrill shot Ingram and
Tracy shot Terrell, tho latter dying
almost instantly
Tracy and Merrill scaled the wall
near the northeast corner stockade by
a ladder. From outside the wall Guard
Jones was shot twice and killed.
Tiffany was also shot and he dropped
from the fence, engaging the fugtiveS
| in a fight. Ills gun was soon empty
and he was taken by the convicts and
used us shield while they made for
the timber.
When once out of the range of the
prison they stopped and deliberately
killed Tiffany, escaping into the timber
Immediately.
Duacan Ross, new guard was on
the fence, near Tiffany, having been
ordered up to rslieve the latter Ross
was unarmed and the convicts shot at
him, one bullet striking him in the
forehead. inhicting slight scalp
wound.
A large force OF men is now searching
for the fugltiyes, who are known to he
in the timber between the prison and
the reform school, and as they are
desperate battle is expected before
they can be secured. The prison
authorities offer 81, 600 reward for the
capture of the prisoners.
The three guards killed had families
Great excitement prevails in this cit!
and scores of men arc leaving for TIN
woods, armed and determined to ruI
the murderers down. A farmer ha
Just reported that he saw the fugitive
in the woods near the reform schoo
four miles west of the city.
The arms are believed to have bee
thrown over the stockade Sunday nigh
10y friends among oScurslonlstS WI
came from Portland.
Ingram, tho wounded prisoner, wa
sentenced from Linn county for KILN
) his brother in 1891.
Portland, Ore, June 8. Harry Trao
was arrested in Portland On FobruaI
! 9th, 1899, after an exciting battle wit
Detective David Weiner. Tracy, WI
! was wanted for burglary, was waikiki
4 along tho street when the detective M
Q him. Tracy fired two shots at the d
tective and thon jumped into the eneil
. of u southbound Northern Pacific trai
$ with his revolver at the head Of 81
n engineer. He ordered the engineer
g 90 ahead at full speed. Tho conduct
9 stopped tho train, however, and, seeil
:, that his plan had been frustrate
: Tracy jumped from the engine %
: started to run. Half a dozen she
II were fired at the fugitive, one of viii
took effect, and he was captured.
: month afterward, while being tax
" from Jail to the courtroom, he {
d changed several shots with the Jail
~ but was overpowered.
y Dave Merrill was arrested on Fe
% ruary 9Th, 1899, in house where
had hidden largo quantity of plumb
IS Merrill, who had committed numerc
Of robberies with Tracy, gave informant
which led to the location of the latt