The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-07-04

ing, headed by Deputy Sheriff Quilter
and bound for BotheI. did not encoun-
Ter Tracy and almost before they had
reached their destination the phantom
IKE murderer had not only reappeared
IN another locality. but added another
victim to his ever growing list OF hui
another
Shortly after o'clock this evening
Tracy was located in the home of Mrs.
, h. h Van Horn at the southwest cor
ner of Woodland park. The news was
conveyed TO Fremont by a butchers
boy, who broke the intelligence lust
as Sheriff Cudihee drove into the
suburb from Bothell. The house was
quickly surrounded, but Tracy again
exemplified his unprecedented luck and
iron nerve by deliberately fighting his
way through the guards, killing Po-
nceman E. E. Breez, mortally wound
ing Guard Neil Rawley and disappear
ing into the brush forard Earenua
ts-zk- Sherfn Cudfhee twice had
bead upon the desperate, but was m
able TO fire for the reason that the
fugitive had taken the precaution to.
walk between two impressed men
whose lives would have been imperiled
had the sheriff opened fire with his
rifle.
AT 9 O'Clock this evening a delivery
boy went to Fremont from this city
for the purpose of delivering some
groceries at the home of Mrs Van
Horn, which is a two-story house sit
uated on the Richmond beach road.
Ate Supper Calmly.
He was met at the door by Mrs. Van
Horn who cautioned him to keep quiet
She Historically whispered In his ear
the startling information that Tracy
was at that moment eating mis- dinner
In room adjoining the kitchen. The
boy tore from the premises post haste
and, delivering his box. started his
horse on the dead run for Fremont. He
stopped on the main thorougllIare and
disseminated the information which he
received At this juncture Sheriff Cudi-
ihee. who had secured 4 buggy at
BotheH and driven towards the city
knowing that Tracy was headed in this
direction. appeared on the scene.
The news of the desperado's
proximity to Ere mont struck terror
into the hearts of bystanders, but a
few resolute men quickly resolved to
make desperate attempt to surround
the Van Horn home.
Pa>olman BreeZ, Neil Rawley, a coal
miner, and j. I. Knight, a local insur-
ance man, quickly armed themselves
and headed toward the spot. Sheriff
Cudihee, without the loss of a mo-
ment's time, also repaired to the place,
distributed themselves around their
unsuspecting quarry. Cudihee secreted
himself in d spot which would COM
mand an unobstructed view of the
team hitched in front of the Van Horn
home, and the three other volunteef
guards took up positions in a semi
circular fashion on the opposite side of
the road.
Neither had to wait long. for hardly
fOd hnr al -ac
Tracy, walking midway between an
aged rancher, whom he had held up
at the point of his gun and forced to
drive him toward Fremont, and an
other man who mysteriously disap-
peared after the shooting. left the house
from the front door. What followed is
best told in the words of Mr. Knight,
who participated in the thrilling en-
counter which Immediately followed:
Story of Last Tragedy.
we got the boy to direct us to the
house." said ne, 'and stationed our
selves as described. We readily located
the spot by the fact that the team was
hitched in plain view in front of the
gate. was hiding within six feet OF
the team. Tracy and two men came
out, the desperate walking between the
two. They approached the horses from
the side opposite where / was con-
cealed. and passed within six feet of
where l was crouching. 1t had grown
dark so that it was only a matter of
conjecture as the position occupied by
the three men. Bresz arose and called
out. Drop that gun, Tracy just as the
middle man passed around where / lay
concealed. No sooner had the words
left his lips than two shots rang out
in quick succession. and by the flash of
the last one I saw Breez reel and fall
to the ground. l did not know at the
time that one of the bullets lad also
found a target in Rawiey. who 1 could
see by the fash stood within a few
feet of Breez. ] am certain that Breez
also fired before he fell to the ground
Here 1 arose from my place of con-
ceaIment and fired two shots at the
retreating murderer
1t appears that Sheriff Cudihee saw
Tracy and his companions from the
moment they left the house until the
duel between Breez and Tracy oc-
CURED.
He was helpless to act however for
the desperate was constantly moving
and kept in a position where to have
opened fire from Cudihee's position
would have placed the lives of two in
nocent men in imminent danger. AS
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