Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-08-09
TRACY FOUND DEAD
FAMOUS OUTLAW ENDS HIS LIFE
WITH A BULLET
Posse Had Forced the Escaped Convict
10 Take Refuge I'm n wheat Field

Spokane, Wash, Aug. Harry
Tracy, the notorious outlaw, who.
with David Merrill, escaped from the
Oregon penitenitiary at Salem on
June 8, after killing three prison
guards, killed himself early yesterday
morning after being wounded by the
rife of one of a posse in pursuit.
Tracy was surrounded in wheat
field near Fallowes, station on the,
Washington Central railroad about so
miles west of Spokane Tuesday night
Word was sent back TO Davenport, the
county seat, and large number of
armed men hurried to the scene.
The posse under Sheriff Gardner
opened fire on the outlaw, and one
bullet pierced his right leg between
the knee and thigh. About 20 min
utes after being wounded he shot him
self with one of his Tevolvers, and his
body was found after daybreak. The
revolver with which he killed himself
was grasped tightly III his right hand
Harry Tracy escaped from the Ore
ogn pentenitiary at Salem on June 8
in company with David Merrill after
killing four men-Frank W. Terrell,
G. r. T. Jones and b. +. Tiffany,
guards. and Frank Ingraham, a con-
Wet who tried to prevent his flight
| On June % Tracy killed Merrill near
Napavine, Wash, shooting him from
| behind and leaving his body i'll the
| forest, where it was found ON July 10.
| On July 3, near Seattle, i'll fight
with a posse Tracy shot and killed
Charles Raymond, a deputy sheriff ;E.
E. Bresse, a policeman, and mortally
wounded Neil Rawley, who died on
the following day, and wounded Carl
| Anderson and Louie Zsfrite, newspa-
per reporters.
Tracy committed many feats of dar-
ing during his fight, in the course of
viii CHI he eluded various posses when
apparently surrounded, and held nu-
me1ous farmers, whom he forced to
furnish food and clothing, and ly
threats of numbering their families
compelled them to cover up his tracks.
| Tracy was hunted down by posse
of Creston citizens Surrounded, he
engaged III running battle with his
pursuers. His leg was broken by
bullet and an artery bled profusely.
He crept into wheat field and tried
to tie up the artery. Becoming desper-
ate he put his revolver to his head
and fired bullet into his brain At
daylight his body wasfound, already
cold No sheriffs were near when the
battle was i'll progress, and private
citizens of Creston will get 1.-THE re-
ward
Perhaps his greatest show of daring
was displayed on July 2 at South Bay.
nearOlympia, when he held up six men
and forced four, including Capt. Clark,
of large gasoline launch, to embark
on Puget sound and pilot him up
stream for ten hours.
J In 1897 Tracy murdered Valentine
Hoge, "a Colorado cattleman, and VIM,
| Strong, a boy in the same state. A
total reward of s., 600 was offered for
his arrest, George A. Mcbride, of
Washingt on, offering 81, 500 for his
capture, dead or alive. The state of
Oregon offered $1,000, and brother
of one of the guards killed at the pen
itentiary offered 500.
The reward for Merrill's capture
amounted to 81, 500 which has been
claimed by Mrs. Wagner, the berry
picker, and her son, who found the
body near their home.