The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 9, 1902, Page 1

VOLUME XCII-NO. 39. SAN FRANCISCO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, .1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DESPERADO TRACY, SURROUNDED BY HALF A HUNDRED MEN, LEISURELY TIES HIS UNWILLING COMPANION TO A TREE AND SLIPS AWAY BEFORE THE POSSE BEGINS AN ATTACK > MAKING - | MUCH OF | MORGAN Kaiser Lavish in His Favors to the Rich American. Accords Him the At-| tention Due a Vis- iting Monarch. Financiers of Berlin Fear a Yankee Coup. Bpecial cable to The Call and the New York | Herald. ( ght, 1902, by the Herald Publishing | BERLIN, 8 —Notwithstanding J. S statement that he Pierpont B for pleasure, he man- mber of conferences steamehip man- iness men. Hotel res of visitors ons, appealing “refche Amer- aged t with an agers, Bristol w of all for for foundling for new mber came with suffering and want. a bodyguard, a like a prize- to sufficient nt. y for the Morgan ce with special tele- iser to Pots- stables and ch as is - wed aly upon ing monarchs. RELAYS OF ROYAL EQUIPAGES Early 2 party, including Mr. M Mr. Widener, rel Elkins 3 E von Hollendorf, | glase, Miss Douglass, Mrs. Good Griscom and v Griscom, found spe- == Westm Mrs yre R g to take them to Versailles of Germany. s of royal equipages to e new palace, where ts were shown. n toSans Souci Park, rederick the Great used to ride to elsberg, with romantic lso made to the | ick, William and erred. fect and at all st were special guldes and structed by the Kaiser to Luncheon was ser he afternoon the to find the of the dire Royal Museum awalting m. He also had recefved special in- ns from Kaiser Wilhelm to take | through the chief museums of the | city CALIFORNIA FRUITS SERVED. ening Herr Uhl of the Hotel | pleasant surprise in borate menu with an the ev ed reproduction of Herr Max atest painting of Kaiser Wil- Hussar uniform. The menu in- | ornia fruits.” received a number of visit- ors ening. Before departing a telegram was sent to the Kaiser at mende, sig hy all members of the party, expressing thanks for the cour- tesies extended. A response came from the Kaiser, expressing pleasure at Mor- B visit visit has provoked lively discussion the newspapers and on the Stock Ex- | to what new coup Mr. Morgan ir change ction is expressed over Mr. | tement that the steamship | cause to fear a combina- s the Parliamentary Secretary the Admiralty, H. C. Arnold-Forster, William Redmond, the Irish | firmed the report that J. P.| 2 had offered to place all the Brit- | ish ships in the new combine at the dis- | pesal of the Admir: for the next fifty ye certain terms. He added that the offer had not yet been accepted, because a be It with only in relation to British shipping generally and the At- lentic trade proposition which was being wery carefully considered by the Govern- ment ENGLAND WILL MAINTAIN LARGE ARMY . IN AFRICA Fifty Thousand Men to Permanently Garrison the Conquered Boer Republics. LONDON, July 9.—The Daily Mail this ng says the permanent garrison in South Africa is to be 50,000 men, under command of Lieutenant General ton. Besides this force, the sys ing a large number of reservists scattered throughout the country, either on farms or in official positions, will be extensively s 0 mor: followed. The reservists could be called | upon for service in case of an emergency. " | Chamberlain Fast Recovering. | LONDON, July 8.—Austin Chamberlain, | son of Joseph Chamberlain, the Colonial Becretary, said this evening that the lat- ter’s progr was so satisfactory that he’ expected to leave the hospital to-morrow. | | courtesy. { The pair | down and rested in the dense brush be- UTLAW TRACY increased the number of his marvelous criminal exploits yesterday by slipping out of the very grasp of the law. hounds surrounded a house near Renton, Wash., in which he was known to be harbored. While the posse lost precious minutes in formulating a plan of attack, Tracy | tied his unwilling companion, Anderson, to a tree in the back yard and then leisurely stole away. Ten minules later the officers learned of his escape. At 1 o’clock this morning Sheriff Cudihee had the bloodhounds called off and returned to Scattle, leaving a strong guard about Tracy's supposed hiding-place. Anderson -furnishes proof thet Tracy is being assisted by friends. % L Fifty armed men with blood- [ ¥ Special Dispatch to The Call. EATTLE, July 8—Tra the extraordinary outlaw, the pur- sued of thousands, and the feared of tens of thousands, to-day lengthened the list of his criminal achievements eluding a posse of fifty armed men, who were Wiw.in a stone's throw of the house he occupied, near Renton. Before slipping away within easy reach of rifie balls, he abandoned his unwilling by companion, Anderson, John Johnson's hired man, but first took the precaution of tying him securely to a tree in the back yard of the house of Mrs. Charles Jorrel. Tracy now thought te be hiding somewhere between Seattle and Renton, and it is believed that his capture cannot be long delayed. The story of Anderson substantiates the earlier reports that Tracy has many friends in the region who are lending him assistance. TRACY PROPOSES DANCING. The Tracy whom May Baker, an eigh- is | teen-year-old girl of Seattle will remem- | | ber for the rest of her life, is a seemingly tender-hearted man with a prodigious love for little children, a conversationalist of brilliancy, a merry-hearted ‘“‘josher,” a man with a decided respect for woman-, hood, but above all 2 man with an iron nerve. Miss Baker, Mrs. W. J. McKinney, Mrs. | Charles Jorrel and the latter’s children were with Tracy in the Jorrel home for more than four hours. The last hour or so the house was surrounded by armed guards, but Tracy never showed the least apprehension. Miss Baker complained of being cooped up in the house- all day. Tracy proposed they should darice to pass away the time. The story of Tracy’s visit to the Jorrel home reaqs like one of Alexandre Dumas’ romances. Nothing that Jesse James ever did in the way of daring and audacity could equal the calmness of the now famous outlaw while in the house. He treated the women with the greatest He entertained them with his conversation, soothed Mrs. McKinney's 6-year-old child, Ada McKinney, when she became frightened. He carried water for the dinner, chopped wood and made himself generally useful when the posse had formed an almost complete circle around the house. He carried on a mild fiirtation with Miss Baker, and the two for several hours were engaged in an in- tellectual battle. FEARS THE REPORTERS. Some new phases of the murderer's character developed during the visit that the women were unable to analyze. He Saw a newspaper man go down the track not fifty feet away and he told the women there was the posse's advance agent. He intimated that he was fleeing from the reporters, who wanted to in- terview him, and not from the guards. And this was when many men were sta- tioned on all sides. Before he walked from the house through the guards he gave the women several mementoes. The Jorrel home is situated about two miles up the track of the old Columbia and Puget Sound Rallroad. After loafing around Renton for the night, Tracy with Anderson in tow, started up the track. journeyed slowly. They sat side the track a few rods on the Renton side of the Jorrel home. They rested for some time until Miss Baker and Mrs, Mc- Kinney passed them. Miss Baker and Mrs. McKinney were out picking black- berries. Tracy watched them for a long time. | , LEACY S PEROF7Z TH | | DESPERADO TRACY AND INCIDENTS OF HIS SPECTACULAR FLIGHT. PICTURES OF THE OUTLAW ARE FROM PHOTOGRAPHS TA- KEN AT TIME OF INCARCERATION IN OREGON PENITENTIARY. Once they were so close that he could almost have touched them with his hand. They passed on up the track from Ren- ton toward the Jorrel home. Tracv ven- tured nearer the track. Just then Charles Jorrel, an 18-year-old boy, came up th track. He heard something snap. He looked back, walked on a few feet and looked again. in the morning. & “I’'M TRACY,” HE SAID. “Hey!” cried Tracy. “Stop a moment, He stepped from the bushes and walked up to the lad. ‘“Well, I guess you have heard of me,’ remarked the convict. He smiled pleasantly as he spoke. The two women were a few yards away. “That's Tracy,” sald Mrs. McKinney, jestingly, when the murderer spoke the first time. “No,” said Miss Baker, “I don’'t know who you are.” “Well, I'm Tracy,” sald the outlaw. His words created consternation among the trio. ““Now, don’t be afraid,” said Tracy, “I wen’t hurt you.” “Well, Mr. Tracy,” said Mrs. McKin- ney, recovering from the shock, “I am glad to see you.” “I would never have known you by your pictures,” exclaimed Miss Baker. “‘Ah, now you are jollying me,” sald the slayer of half a dozen men. ‘But don't be afraid, I never harmed a woman in my life,”” and as he spoke he took off his hat respectfully to the two women. ‘Wken he heard that young Jorrel’s home was a few rods up the track, he informed the party that all would have to go there. Before they reached the house he sent the boy ahead to warn the mother of the approach. “Tell her,” Tracy said, “that I bring harm to none of hers.” APPEARANCE OF TRACY. They entered the house and Tracy took off his hat to Mrs. Jorrel. Tracy went in by, the front door as he spoke and sat down on the trunk at the side of the room. In five minutes he had quieted all fear among his listeners with the excep- tion of Mrs. Jorrel, who was somewhat nervous throughout his visit. With the one exception he made them all feel at home. As Tracy sat on the trunk his un- willing companions were able for the first time to observe him closely. He looked fresh and strong. Eliminating his eyes, his face was serene and pleasant. It was then 11:30 o'clock The eyes, however, were an unnatural dark blue. He had an uncomfortable habit of rolling them when he made a threat. The women say that he did not | look gnusually thin, but seemed to be in | fine physical condition. Mentally they say he was one of the keenest men they | ever met. He was | suit and wore a black felt hat. His trousers were much too short, a matter of much merriment to himself. He wore no tie nor collar, but had jewelry to spare. Mrs McKinney's child began to cry when Tracy entered the house and Mrs. Jorrel looked terrified. The outlaw called the child to him. “Now, now, litle girl,” he said, passing his hand around her shoulder and strok- ing her hair, “don’t cry. I wouldn't let any one harm an-innocent little thing like you.” s When the guards collected around the house afterward the child crept to Tracy's side for protection. SHERIFF GETS THE NEWS. The news that Tracy was at Jorrel's house was recelved by the Sheriff a lit- tle after 2 o'clock. Seventeen-year-old Thomas Jorrel, son of the rancher, ar- rived at the Sheriff's office with a gold and a silver watch, saying that Tracy had arrived at his father's house, and, after eating a hearty meal, had sent him to a neighboring house with the two watches with instructions to try and sell them. He told the lad if he were given away he would kill the whole family, the boy included. The boy, knowing that it was Tracy, concluded to bring the watches in to the Sheriff’s office, hoping that the desperado would remain there until a searching party could arrive. The watches answer the description of those stolen from the Johnsons. The first posse, in charge of Deputy Sheriff McClellan, took the 2 o’clock car for Renton. At that place a locomotive, placed at the disposal of the Sheriff by the Pacific Coast Company, was in readi- ness to convey the man nhunters a mile and a half up the Columbia and Puget Sound Rallroad to the immediate neigh- borhod of the Jorrel house. The second posse, headed by Deputy Sheriff Cook, started for Renton at 3 o'clock with ~the bloodhounds. Sherift Cudihee with® several deputies left for Renton at 3:30. FOSSE AT THE HOUSE. When they reached the place the of- dressed in a black | o ficers scattered and took positions so that they could watch the house to. the best advantage. The pecullar actions of Mrs. Jorrel convinced them that Tracy was still in the house. On the arrival of Sheriff Cudihee the posse closed in on the house, only to learn from Mrs. Jorrel that Tracy had given them the slip. He had left the house by a rear door ten minutes earlier and while the officers were taking up their positions to watch the place. He hid a few minutes in some of the bushes and then quietly slipped away through the woods toward Palmer. The wonderful nerve of the convict was never more fully exemplified than in this instance. In the back yard of the Jorrel home Anderson, the man he had kept a prisoner from the time he left Port Madi- son, was found tied to a tree. Tracy had bound Anderson to the tree while the posse were in full view of the house and then made his escape. The bloodhounds were almost imme- diately let loose on his trail. Tracy headed for Cedar Mountain, but soon con- trived to conceal himself in the woods. The trail was lost and the néunds had to be called in. To-night Tracy is thought to be somewhere between Seattle and Renton. EXPERIENCE OF ANDERSON. Reluctant Companion of Tracy Tells of His Trip. SEATTLE, Wash.,, July 8—Made a beast of burden for two days and a half, every command emphasized by the click of a rifle pointed in hl’ direction, be- hind which glittered the eyes of a man hunted to the death; bound hand and foot all one night, blindfolded: and left with a guard and compelled always to L 4 walk in front with a deadly rifle aimed at his back whenever traveling, had been the fate of John Anderson, a hardworking laborer, who up to the time he fell into the clutches of Harry Tracy, convict and murderer, knew no other life than to work hard all day, eat heartily and sleep soundly. Since Saturday niglit, when he was kid- naped by Tracy, Anderson had not had a moment’s peace. When he was not working for Tracy he was always kept under the muzzle of the rifle that has blotted out the lives of so many men and he was simply terrorized by the threats of the murderer. Though his imagina- tion is not very active, Anderson shows the effect of the strain that was put on him and it will be many a day before he will regain the peace of mind that was his before Tracy found him. Anderson, who since last Saturday had been the unwilling companion of Tracy in the mad flight to elude the officers of the law who are swarming through the country on either side, gained his free- dom to-day. When found he was tied hand and foot, and even after gaining his liberty he seemed dazed and in constant fear lest Tracy return and make good the threat to kill him. Anderson is a large muscular man but the strain of trying to keep up with Tracy has told on him. Even while safe in the Sheriff’s office the poor fellow seemed to see the glittering eyes of the desperate murderer looking at him and he was nervous and unstrung. Despite Anderson’s physique and the fact that he is used to working hard every day he was no match in strength or energy for Tracy and the convict told him that he was feeling better every day. The story of the trip from Fort Madison with Anderson at the oars and Tracy sit- ting in the stern with the rifle carried al- ways ready for instant use Is a dramatic one, told even in Anderson’s broken Eng- lish, and marks Tracy as the aerviest and coolest criminal of the age. When Tracy made his sensational escape from the Jorrel house, the posse pushed in back of the house and Ander- son was found, bound hand and foot. C. B. Yandell slashed the cords that bound him and the man was helped to his feet. He was badly cramped from having been tied so long and for several minutes after gaining his liberty he was speechless. He was plied with questions on all sides, tut in his eyes was the look of a hunted animal. He was still under the spell of Tracy's personality and it was not until he was taken to Renton_and given a Continued on Page Two. + NEARIN END OF STRIKE Senator Hanna Says Settlement Is in Sight. Terms Will Be Satis= factory to Coal Miners. Roosevelt Striving to Bring Struggle to a Close. Special Dispatch to The Call. POTTSVILLE, Pa., July 8.—Representa- tive Patterson of this district, who arrived | home to-night, says that he spent most of vesterday in conference with Senator Hanria regarding a settlement of the strike of the anthracite miners. Mr. Hanna | told Mr. Patterson that negotiations were | in progress that would possibly lead to an early settlement of the difficulty. ‘When questioned as to the manner in which this was to be done, Senator Hanna refused to give any particulars. As this Congressional district is largely composed of anthracite miners, Mr. Patterson asked for some assurance that the settlement would not be derogatory to the interests of the miners. In reply to this he was given to understand that the terms would likely be highly satisfactory to the United Mine Workers. PRESIDENT PROMISES AID. Mr. Patterson had several interviews with President Roosevelt, who also prom- ised him to use every means in his power to end the strike speedily. Daniel Gilden of Coaldale is getting up a petition of 100,000 voters to Senator Quay, asking him to use his influence with the corporations to end the strike, and threat- ening to turn the State of Pennsylvania over to the Democrats if this be not done. WILKESBARRE, Pa,.July 8—~A na- tional defense fund, to which all organiz- ed labor and the public in general will be asked to contribute, is the latest proposi- tion placed on foot to help the striking anthracite coal miners, if they need as- sistance in their struggle for higher wages and a shorter work day. Henry White of New York, secretary of the Na- tional Garment Workers, a member of the conclliation committee of the National Civic Federation, had a long conference with President Mitchell to-day, during which the plan was approved by the min- ers’ chief, and Mr. White will at once be- gin preparations to carry out the plan. President Mitchell wants it understood, however, that the miners’ union will ac- cept no aid until its own resources are exhausted. WHITE EXPLAINS PROJECT. Mr. White said to-day: The scheme, in brief, contemplates the con- centration of the emergy and resources of or- ganized labor in behalf of the miners’ cause, a result which has never before been achieved: It involves'the raising of a given amount of money each week, with which provisions and other necessaries of life will be purchased. The plan has the approval of President Gome pers and it will be placed before the executive council of the American Federation of Labor for indorsement at its sessions which open in San Francisco next week. The operators are counting upon the means of the miners soon becoming exhausted, and when it is demonstrated to them that funds will be forthcoming to prolong the contest in- definitely, if need be, the situation will be changed materially. The Lehigh Valley Coal Company to- day succeeded in starting its Henry wash- ery at Plains. The coal thus taken from the coal banks is not sent to market, but is used under the company’s boilers. SUES BROKERS FOR FAILING TO DELIVER THE BONDS New York Firm Begins Actions Growing Out of San Francisco Street Railway ‘“Corner.” NEW YORK, July 8.—Zimmerman & Forshay, the New York Stock Exchange firm, around which the recent curb mar- ket ‘“corner’” in San Francisco Street Railway 4 per cent bonds centered, have’ begun actions in the Supreme Court against, various brokers who sold bonds to them “for delivery when issued” but failed to make delivery when called upon after some of the first lot of the $5,000,000 bonds had reached this city. The attor- neys for Zimmerman & Forshay have served more than a half-dozen curb brok- ers with summons. A representative of the firm sald to-day: “The amount involved is about $120,000, representing the difference between the price at which the bonds wre sold to Zimmerman & Forshay and the price at which they bought the bonds in. They bought the bonds in for themselves at a price they bid themselves.” The brokers served with summons take the ground that the bonds are not issued as yet, as Brown Bros. & Co., the syndi- cate managers, have made no official an- nouncement of the issue. COSTA RICA VOLCANOES ARE IN ACTIVE ERUPTION MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 3—The Democracia of this city reports that the volcances of ‘Mirad Valle and Rincon Vieja, Costa Rica. situated respectively eighty and sixty miles southeast of Lake Nicaragua, are in active eruption.