East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-06-19
HILL MURDERER
TRACED BY HOUNDS
TRAIL INDICATED HE
Is NO STRANGER
Seattle Criminal Chasers Take Blood
Scent, Howl Pierce Woods on Wind
ing Course and Return to Scene of
Crime

Taking scent from a bloodstained
cloth dropped by the murderer of the
Hill family half a mile from the scene
of his crime, Brady" and "Sam,"
bloodhound veterans of a dozen sem
sational chases after criminals, fol-
lowed the tight -day-old scent for half
a mile yesterday before they lost 1t
and their trainers gave up, says the
Portland Oregonian.
Although the dogs gave no direct
service, they helped to confirm sus-
picions of Investigators of the case,
and gave new impetus to the search
for the criminal who, the morning of
June ., slew William Hill, his wife
and two children in their beds.
After the dogs we're given the tell
tale cloth at the Hill home they took
the trail in great excitement and lit
orally pulled their keeper by a de-
vious route to the point where Sheriff
Stevens had picked up the cloth the
day of the murder. There the tread
of many feet effaced the trace and
though further efforts were made TO
find a new trail the dogs lost Interest.
Dog Traced Tracy.
BRADY" the elder dog, a battle
SCARED veteran, participated in the
chase after Harry Tracy, worked In
the chase of the murderer OF Cover
nor Stunenberg in Caldwell Idaho
on the murder of Sheriff Harvey
Brown i'm Baker City, and took part
in trailing Frank Smith, who escap-
ed from the City Jail five years ago
and was run TO his death in Clacka-
mas county.
The dogs were brought here from
Seattle by II. II. McDermott and Sam
Bradford, with the approval of Sher-
iffs stevens and Mas. A posse con-
sisting of these officials, Deputy
Sheriffs Leonard and Phillips and T
+. Cowing, jr., n brother of Mrs. Hill
went to the scene of the crime Satur-
day afternoon in automobiles and al
once set the dogs to work.
The house of death was opened and
a roll of rags and fowls, used by the
murderer to remove the trace OF his
crime. was opened, From among the
lot were selected a bit of toweling
streaked with the marks OF bloody
fingers. which hard been dropped tr
the path in front of the De!ke home
half a mile from the Hill house and
within so feet of the point where the
Az was stolen.
The dogs started in the direction o
chicken house near the dwelling
Thrice they circled the CHECKER
house, returning TO point nea'
where they started, then passed II
front Of the house and emitting weirc
howls. struck northward out on th'
path alongside the Willsburg road.
For fully 200 yards the dogs fol
lowed the gravel path, then in from
of the home OF r. Y. Appleby, cross
ed the road and insisted upon goinl
through a barred gate into the woods
Here commenced n winding wood
land path, arched over by dens'
groth OF ferns, alders and firs. Al
the way they tugged at the leash anC
bayed frantically. The posse follow
ed the cry in automobiles, and in from
of the Delke home. where the AK wa
stolen and the bloody cloth found
they returned to the road. Furthe'
they could not be persuaded to go
The trainer said that. on the greer
underground, the scent would holC
for long time, but in the open road
travelled by hundreds of persons, 1
was lost.
Along the path followed by the dog
there were many spots where 1t wa
evident that tramps had gathered
but as the vicinity is much frequent
ed by vagrants, nothing distinctly,
could be picked out