Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-07

tStANhAaSN AAom An9t NatCsl 1851
the cause a the mans despondsncy. one
shot had broken the les between the ankle
and the knee. The other cut the tlbial
artery. which Of itself was sunicient cause
for death.
It Is believed that both Of these wounds
we're received after the convict left the
shelter Of the rock and made his break
for the wheat Geld.
The murderer had taken q strap and
buskled It tightly around his leg In an at
tempt to stop the bleeding. Despite the
tightly fastened strap. the bleeding con-
tinued. until he probably realized HIS hope
less condition and ended the struggle. He
was dressed in blue o~veralls, a white shirt
ana wore no coat or vest. He wore a
bicyole cap and 4 pair Of rough shoes. He
had one FiHo md two revolvers.
Diapute Over the Reward.
sherin Gardner Of Lincoln county and
his assistants arrived on the scene In time
to help in the final discovery Of the re-
mains and II Is stated that he maintained
that he and his deputies were entitled 10
At least = share Of the booty. This was
disputed BY. the Creston party. the mem-
bers Of whom maintain that they did the
work and to them belongs the reward.
Finally Sheriff Gardner was allowed to
take the body. with the understanding that
he recommend that the reward be paid to
the men from Creston.
The body, effects and the horses Of the
notorious mar were taken in charge. BY
Sheriff Gardner and taken direct to Daven-
port, where, they win be kept pending the
decision, OF the nnal disposition Of Tracy's
body. Reports Como from Davenport that
wild excitement prevails. Stores are closed
and people are crowding around to get a
sight Of the outlaw. II Is stated that a
heavy guard is kept around the morsue
where the body Il kept, as, we'll ,aa ground
the corpse itself, to prevent relic hunters
from tearing the clothing to pieces and
carrying away souvenirs. An Inquest prob
abIy. will be held,
rHHErg TFuSy vgvHPvu rum tnu oregon
state pdnitentiary At Salem on June . In
company with David Merrill. after killing
four men-FrankfW W, Terrell. O.. r. T. Jones
and.B. r. tiffany. guards. and Frank Inera-
ham, a conyict-who tried to prevent his
flight
Trpey'a Nurderous Record.
one June as Tracy killed Merlin near
Napayine. Wash. shooting him from be-
hind. and fehsink bis BODY In the forest,
where It was found on July is. On July g.,
near Seattle. IN a asbt with a posse Tracy
shot and killed Charles Raymond. q deputy
sheriff; =. .. Bresse. a policeman. and NOR
tally wounded Neil Rawley. who died on
the following day. and wounded Carl Andei-
son ana Louie seafsit. newspaper reporters.
Tracy committed many feats Of daring
during his hight, IN the course OF which
he eluded various possess. when apparently
surrounded, and held up numerous farmers,
whom he forced to furnish food and cloth
ing, and BY threats OF numbering their
families compelled them to cover up his
tracks. Perhaps his greatest show OF dar-
Ing was displayed on July 2 at South Bay,
near olympis. when he held up six men
and forced four. including Captain Clark
Of = large gasoline iauhch. to embark with
him on Puget sound and pilot him up
stream for ten hours.
In 1887 Tracy murdered Valentine HoRe.
. Colorado cattle man. and william
Strong, q boz "a the same state. A total
reWard Of $500 was offered for his arrest.
Governor Mcbride OF Washington Offering
$500 for hlz capture dead or alive. The
state Of WRshinGton offered es.Oo0 ana a
brother Of one Of the guards killed at tho
penitentiary offered 500.
The reward for Merrilrs capture
amounted to $500 which has been claimed
BY Nfe Wp8eohsf. tha berry picker. ana
her SON. who found the body near their
home. sis
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