The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-04
TWO NEWSPAPER REPORTERS
ARE WOUNDED IN THE
SHORT SkIRMISH
EXCITEMENT HIGH
OVER sHERFF'S DEATH
Captain of Launch and Crew Captured
by Ruffian and Compelled to Carry
Him on a Voyage Lasting
All Day.

SEATTLE, Wash, July 3.-Harry
Tracey, the escaped Oregon convict, is
leaving a trail of blood behind him in
his endeavors to elude his pUrsuers.
One man dead and three seriously
wounded is the story so far.
Deputy Sheriffs Raymond and Will
liams, accompanied by Carl Anderson
and two newspaper reporters, and a
number of citizens, came across Ira
cey concealed in a cabin on the banks
of Squaw slough, two miles from
Bothell. When the posse came in sight
Tracey opened fire and Raymond fell
mortally wounded. Williams and the
two reporters were both hit.
During the battle Carl Anderson
was slightly grazed on the arm, and
Leo Sefriet, another reporter, was
wounred in the face. So intense is
the excitement over the killing of
Raymond and the wounding of Will
. liams that an effort is being made to
have Gov. Mcbride call out the state
. militia. Tracey was last seen below
Bothell and was headed for Seattle in
wagon. The first posse which left
for Bothell was composed of Deputy
Sheriffs Williams, Nelson, MCGEE,
r Beineir and Snyder.
Tracey was seen walking the track
of the Seattle & International railway
about 1880 o'clock this morning by
Jack Freeman, night watchman at
the state university. He at once
notified the sheriff's office, and the
pursuit began. The posse of deputy
sheriffs were soon joined by a num-
Der of citizens.
Sheriff Cudahee was at Squatah
when the word of the battle was first
received, and Immediately left for
Bothell. Winchesters have been fur
niCh 10 NV har. i
the hunt for Tracey is now on in
earnest.
Captures a Launch.
Capt. Clark, of the steam launch
H. & S, today gave a thrilling account
of his cruise trip up the sound yester-
day in company with Harry Tracey,
the escaped Oregon convict, who at
the point of rife forced all hands
TO embark and pilot him northward.
For nearly ten hours Tracey was COM
mander of the craft by virtue of force,
finally abandoning it and escaping into
the woods.
I'VE were in the company of Tracey
from o'clock in the morning until
half past in the evening yesterday"
said Capt Clark, who continued. I'VE
mad been working at South Point,
carrying oysters from one bed to an
other. I entered the company's house
at $3.50 in the morning and found a
man with a rifle there beckoning me
to the door leading to the stairs l sup
posed the boys were playing some
prank, and paid no further attention to
him than to the other men, but pro-
ceeded to eat breakfast The rest of
the men seemed unusually quiet, but
even that did not arouse my suspicious
AS the other men had already been
appraised of the conditions they were
somewhat uncommunicative. After
breakfast l put my hand in my pocket
and then for the first time the stranger
spoke: Take your hands out of your
pocket, captain said he. You have a
gun there. 1t is no use for you to draw
Who are you?' I demanded.
Tracey he replied.
Goes to Work systematically.
After ordering the cook to put him
up lunch he ordered four of us to tie
the other two men in the party and
then proceed to the launch Arriving
at the launch he helped us to get un-
derway, all the time keeping his hands
on his rife.
I'VE set sail about 10 o'clock and It
was his first desire to land on the
beach near Tacoma, as he said he
wanted to go as close as he could to
McNeils island in order to take a shot
at the guards there.
"All day he displayed the most dar-
Ing recklessness regarding the taking
of human life, and all day he exercised
the most exacting vigilance to prevent
us from getting the drop on him in any
manner, or even from discussing the
matter among ourselves for the pur-
pose of forming a plan for simultane-
Gus action. We were all alarmed.
"At just one occasion during the dav
did there seem to be a single oppor-
tunity to take him by surprise That
was off McNeilS Island, when he lean
= ed over the side of the launch to take
shot at the guards. That was the
only time during the day he actually
shot his rifle, although he was con-
stantly pointing it at men and objects.
AS he was firing the chance for which
had been watching seemed to present
itself and l made move toward him.
thinking to push him over the barge
while his back was turned. AS I did so
- he raised up slightly, as though heshad
abandoned the idea of shooting. and
in order to elude any suspicion as TO
my intention l turned my face away
as though to look after the boat He
fired, but before l could return my at
tention to him he had turned around
and reloaded his rifle"
Tracey Escapes Again.
After his battle with several Off
- GERS near Bothell this afternoon he
held up a farmer with a horse, took
the morse ana maze good his escape,
going north toward the Snohonish
county line. A second posse of Off
GERS has been organized at Bothell
and is in pursuit, but the chances are
against them for tonight at least as
the country is a very difficult one to
! operate in such case as this.
Kills Another Officer.
SEATTLE, Wash, July 4, a. M
Tracey entered the town of Fremont
late tonight and in a fight with the
oihcers killed Policeman Dresse and
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