The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-07-05
TRAIL OF BLOOD
CONVICT TRACY LEAVES ONE IN
THE VICINITY OF SEATTLE.


Kills Two Men and Wounds Twos
Others, One of Them Probably
Fatally-Has Two Battles
With Posses and Wins
Them Both.
Seattle, July 4,-The deadly VIM
chester of Tracy, the terrible Ore
gen convict, has added to more hui
man lives, and probably third to
its list of victims. In two hot bat,
ties with sheriff's posses in the vi
cinity of this city today two men
men were shot dead, and of two
others wounded, one will probably
die. Tracy killed Policeman S. S.
Breeze and wounded fatally Neil
Rawley in the city limits last even
ing, after having murdered Deputy
Sheriff Charles Raymond, of Sno-
homish county, and probably fatal
ly wounded Deputy Sheriff John
Williams, of King county, earlier
in the day. In his desperate flight
for safety yesterday, Tracy proba-
bly, covered sixty miles of distance
He was first encountered by Seat
tie posse near Bothell at 3:3o in the
afternoon. Evidently the convict
saw his pursuers before they saw
him. He had taken a com mand-
ing position in clump of hinge
frs, and opened fire before he was
discovered. He fired five shots in
ali. Raymond was instantly killed
by one of the Winchester rife balls.
Another struck the raised rifle held
by Williams, split in four parts and
entered the deputy sheriff's breast.
1t was believed at late hour last
night that he would live.
After trailing Tracy for some time
the posse approached cabin. AS
they neared it. the face and neck
of the convict suddenly appeared
above stump. At the same mo-
ment he flung his Winchester rifle
into position across the stump. The
report came almost simultaneously
with his appearance. He had fired
poiut blank at Anderson, one of tn
party, The bullet grazed the lat
ter's face. Anderson tumbled head
long into a ditch, partly stunned.
The cold water into which he fell
revived him, and he was on his
foo
Tracy again fred twice, and Ray
mond, who had just crouched to
shoot, reeled backward against An
derson, and dropped to the ground,
stone dead. AS Raymond Reeled
back, Sefert, another member of
the posse fred at Tracy, and the
convict turned his attention to-
to him. Sefert fell to the ground,
and fired again at the convict. Ira
cy twice shot savagely in quick
succession at his assailant. And
erson in the meantime had plunged
into the brush to flank the convict.
He met Nelson and Brewer. Be-
fore they could move step Tracy
fired three times, and second la
ter, Williams crawled out of the
brush on his hands and knees into
the open around the cabin with
blood apparently streaming from
every point. He was shot three
times under the heart, and even as
he appeared to view, lurched to one
side, aud stretched out unconscious.
As Williams collapsed, Tracy
disappeared. The whole adj
venture had hardly consumed
more than two or three min
utes. Raymond lay dead, still
ciutching his >revelver. Williams
had his gun still firmly grasped in
his hand. The smoke Of the battle
had hardly drifted from the scene
before the survivors were working
over the dead and wounded.
After leaving the stump, Tracy
filed through the forest like a hunt
ed animal. The pursuers had no
chance to follow him, even had they
so desired. Tracy next appeared on
the road leading from Bothell to
Seattle. There he met Farmer
named Johnson in wagon. Tracy
told the farmer that he was dep
uty sheriff looking for T.acy and
that he wanted to go to Seattle.
"Drive me toward the city as
quickly as possible, he said. The
farmer obeyed. When last heard of
they were driving rapidly towards
Seattle. Tracy's next desperate
exploit was within the city limits
of Seattle. There he appeared at
the home of Mrs. Van Horn at the
southwest corner of Woodland
Park. He had with him two men
whom he had ordered to follow his