The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-07-07
BY Coll Murray.

After a chase since sunday after.
noon lasting mine hours IN when
fully 100 mites were covered,
sheriff tudihee returned 20 the city
al $40 o'clock this morning With an
aoiuteiy no new knowledge "t
rncy'H movements after the lhttyf
icft Port Madison In IA rowbuat with
Inhnnnn'r hired man. Anderson,
sheriff Cudihee. upon receipt - the
startling news yesterday that Tracy
had escaped from ktnH county,
across the sound. al once organised
q posse of sums uf the beat man
hunters az hts disposal and charter
inR tho Puget Sound rushnat Cone
pany'a splendid tug tie aeA Lion,
started IN pursuit In cudihr".H
party there Wefe Detectives ADAMS.
Clark aud nufkman. q the local poo
lice force Deputy Sheriff Mcciri-
Ian. % Thufstuu county Deputy
sheriff James WuoiiefY. Of klns
county j. = Rupru. James oipon-
nell and couple Of newspaper men,
nell ana a couple OF Newspaper men
Including myself.
Captain John u. f.ihhy. manager ~
the tughaht company. vas IN per
scnai charge 81 the steamer
Found the Story True
We went at once to Port Madison
and verified the story Of the presence
u Tracy at the johnson home. Dep.
uty Cook was already on the ground
with a posse investigating the fituhs
ton Cook WAS ordered 60 remain
near Port Madison and the remain
der ~ Va started for sidney "
was thought pnssthie that Tracy had
gone overland from Port Madison TO
Sidney and from there g. Tacoma,
a. - 81
on the way up she sound towards
sidney the shore line Nas carefully
watched aud every ru~ beat OF suH-
plcinua object % shore was
promptly investigated The boat
men met acre questioned. but failed
h. give any Information. Sune Of
the rRnchsrs whose places Nsfc VIE
tied knew anything q the whrirs
aboutn o. the beat which vac dc.
rcribsd a. q eilnksr built. iAp-rtbbri
boat, about "a fest n lenMth painted
white with blue border around W"
top.
Error Causes Much Trouble
The tourney wAs continued 10 sid-
nry and We At uHes called on Mayor
Garrison Iie hal first received the
news Of the cuuxtetia pfsssnee across
the sound from fifemHften. 90 which
place Ia had been telsphoael from
Port uiakeisy. Through an error In
thr Transmission q the message,
which was sent aefuas 10 sidney In
the navy yard tug by Captain Ma
han. Mayor Gafftsan vas led 81 be-
lirve that the euaxtet was on balm
bridge iaiand. IN The nslHhhaE hand -
Port Hiahetcg. Mayer Garrison az
once formed q possa ana sent them
out 10 guard the roads 80 Tacoma.
Sheriff Aaekmhn. Of kttsaq county.
was notified 81 the oaglA " = presence
and had already zone with another
posse.
ON the way 20 sidney We met a
. launch containing = party headed
by Deputy Sheriff bWeiiY. ~ kitsap.
lie told Us that he waH Eaing -
guard the approashss o. inedis
canal uweiiy tui1 ua that be had
heard 4 report before leaving SD
n~y that a woman whose uamr ~
did not know had been heid up Al
her home on the Allen f8ad. about
Is miles from sidney. The deauri9-
sion u the man he said. answered
10 that ~ Merrlu II ceuid not b.
confirmed Al SIDNEY.
Hunting for Tracy
We then started N the TUG for
Port Biakeley t. iuNeatigatr.
Deputy sheriff Mcclellan ieft
oar PARTY AZ Sidney 70 guard the
roads 20 Macon county ard Pierce
county. We unfie the conpiste cir
Gle % aainbftdae island locking Tor
traces - the convict. We found Port
Blakei~y In mere OF less % a turmoil
from the reflufts. but upon question:
Ing the operator Whp had sent the
message 70 Hremrrton discovered
the error a. before stated Thr OUT
laws pruhanls EauFHe Nas then DIS
rtfanea by the officers and 70 was
thought that with Anderson IN tho
boat Tracy may have started down
with the ebb tide to get To Hpni's
canal We crui.sd down the shore
towards Point me- Point - heat him
of that way ST reHhafae ascertain
from people on shuFe whether such
a boat na thnt taken - Tracy had
been seen. Although We called az a
dozen places and talked with rry-
eFni people in haAtE. nothing % value
could be harmed. We arrived OF
Foul weather bluff. ar Ppint-no.
Point aTf,asft 10 o'clock at night and