The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-23
Leaves Trail of Dead Officers
in Oregon Before Com
hitting Suicide.

with him to place called Ballard, six
miles from Seattle. There he ordered
the man to proceed along an isolated
path and say nothing of what had trans
pired.
On the afternoon OF July 3, Tracy
encountered posse at Bothell, near
Seattle, and by quick maneuvcring
fred five shots, killing a deputy sheriff
and wounding several others in the
party. Later in the day he met an aged
farmer driving along the outskirts of
Seattle. He seized the team, made a
prisoner of the old man, and drove to
the residence Of Mrs. r. II. Vanhorn.
He made the old man accompany him
into the house and ordered Mrs. Van
horn to prepare meal for him. A
butcher boy called at the back door,
and when Tracy was not looking she
told the boy the bandit wns in the
house. He rushed to Fremont and told
Sheriff Cudihee and Policeman Brecse
These men and two others went to the
Vanhorn home and secreted themselves
near the entrance.
Kills a Policeman.
Presently Trncy stepped out, with
the old man on one side and another
man on the other. The officers could
not shoot without endangering the in
nocent parties, so Breese called out
Tracy, drop that gum Instantly
the bandit wheeled and fred, killing
Breese. The next shot mortally wound
ed another one of the men. He contin-
ued with his involuntary companions as
shields until he reached place of safe
ty. Then he dismissed them.
Thereafter many stories are told of
brave posses which started out to get
Tracy and which. when it was learned
the bandit was near, turned and fed.
Many depredations, thrilling fights
With posses and more thrilling escapes
followed during the month of July. In
one instance Tracy called at farmer g
house near Kent, Wash, ordered the
farmer to go to Seattle and buy him
,45'caliber revolver and 100 rounds of
ammunition, and warned him that If he
failed or betrayed him he would slay
his entire family. Needless to say the
man kept faith.
On August 8, 1909, a posse went TO
the Eddy ranch, whore Tracy was sup
posed to be. They saw man come out
Of shed whom they suspected was
Tracy, but not being positive they re-
Trained from firing. Later in the day
Tracy was unhitching a team in the
barnyard. In the meantime Eddy had
told the posse that the man was Tracy,
Takes His Own Life.
The posse stepped out and demanded
that the outlaw surrender, but instead
of doing 80 he used the horses as
shield and retreated to the barn, where
his rifle was hidden. He slipped out a
side door into wheat field. At every
motion Of the wheat the posse fred a
volley. Finally Tracy fred one shot
and then all was silent.
The posse decided that it would be
dangerous to go into the field at night,
so the field was surrounded. The next
the men made their way
through the grain and found that Tracy
had committed suicide by blowing the
side Of his head Off with his huge re-
volver, He had carried out his boast
that he would never be taken alive. He
knew he could not escape, as he was
surrounded and wounded by one Of the
shots from the posse, 80 he took his
life.
Tracy's body was taken to the Salem
prison, for the double purpose of having
it officially identified and to demon.
strate to the convicts, who looked upon
Tracy as a hero, the folly of attempt
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