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

ting down with him along the rails a
few blocks from the center of the town
While they were resting Tracy talked
rather vivaciously, ana with no APP
parent fear OF being overheard They
then walked along the track block
or so further. when the criminal sud-
denly stopped and said: You can so
back now"
What are you going to do?" asked
Scott.
First have to get six-shooter. I
need one badly. 1 must have it. Will
first hold up a policeman and get his
gun Then I'll go out to Lake Wash
lngton and come down TO Seattle Dy
Pike street.
What them" asked Scott. 8
Told His Intentions.
oh" said Tracy, airily, II am going
down to hold up Clanoy's saloon and
gambling house. I hear they have lots
OF dough down there. But" he con-
tInued, IN Seattle 1 am among friends.
This is the only place can make my
getaway They-can catch me in Sc
attic. If they do take me they win
have to shoot me from behind, for no
man can kill me from the front" He
then held out his hand to Scott and
shook hands very cordially with his
unwilling assistant.
'-Goodby," he said. and, turning,
walked down the track toward Seattle,
with a pack strung over his shoulder.
While l was morally afraid of him, =
remarked Scott in telling the story,
yet he made a fellow feel at home"
After leaving Tracy, Scott hurried
back TO Meadow Point and went out to
the launch. He expected to find the
men who were left on board still lying
bound in the bottom of the vessel. but
they had all released themselves before
his arrival. The party went ashore
and came to the city, reaching here
shortly before midnight.
Tracy claimed to his unwilling COM
panions on the voyage that he killed his
partner, Merrill, because of some diff
ferences with him. Something that
appeared in one OF the papers annoyed
Merrill, and he threatened TO Kill Tracy.
The latter challenged him to a duel.
Each was to walk ten PAGES from a
certain line and then turn around and
fire According to Tracy's story, when
he had walked eight PAGES he sud-
denly turned around and shot Merrill
in the back.
The story, however, does not receive
much credence in police circles. 1t Is
believed that Merrill, instead of being
dead. is somewhere in the vicinity of
Shelton, where his sister lives.
The tale of Tracy's escape from
Thurston county is in keeping with the
rest of his adventures. In fact, the
men who accompanied him on the trip
are inclined to believe that the ex-con-
Wet is seeking notoriety. He proved
jolly companion on the long trip in
the launch. joking with Captain Clark
about his red hair. His prevailing
traits. however. says Captain Clark,
are, perhaps, his vanity and gall"
May Have Been in Turpin Gang.
Whether or not Tracy had any pre-
vious knowledge of the topography of
the country surrounding Meadow Point
is not known, but il is certain that he
could have selected no locality more
adapted to his needs. 1t will be re-
called that at this place Detectives
Lane and Adams, together with Mar
shall Hunt of Ballard. encountered and
captured one of gang of notorious
water pirates during the past winter,
namely, Jack Ferguson. the former as
sociste of Jack Turpin, who terrorized
small water craft in the vicinity Of
lower Whinby island for more than two
years before he was taken. With Fen
guson, at the time, was an unknown
companion, who plunged into the dense
underbrush surrounding, the point and
made his escape.
Meadow Point is situated on the edge
of section IS, on a direct line two psses
north of the town of Ballard. 1T ~
three and one-half miles directly fFess
from Green Lake, and six miles south
of Richmond beach. High, precipitogs
bluffs reach almost to the waters edge
on the south side of the point while
on the north a dense growth OF
underbrush runs almost to the waters
, edge. The Great Northern railway line
skirts the edge of the point, and vari-
| Gus small steamers ply within a. stones
! throw of the shore.