The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 10, 1902, Page 1

Call, VOLUME XCH-— 40. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JULY 10, OUTLAW TRACY MAKES HIS APPEARANCE IN SEATTLE SUBURB, A 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. IS CHASED BY MEN AND BLOODHOUNDS BUT ELUDES PURSUERS SEATTLE, July 10—2:40 A. M.—Tracy has doubled back to the Sound. The posse is wétiting for morning. The dogs are tired Yout owing to the rough country. EATTLE, Wash., July 1o0.—Tracy made his appearance at Green Lake, one of Seattle’s suburbs, late last night. men and the bloodhounds were hurried to the scene. At 1 o’clock this morning a message from Green Lake stated that the hounds took the scent readily and raced off along the lake shore. They passed out of hearing from time to time, and finally fn_llowed the scent entirely around Green Lake and into the north end of Woodland Park. The dogs are being handled in harness to-night in order to prevent them from getting too far zhead and thus giving Tracy a chance to kill them off. The old tacti Under Sheriff Corcoran, who is directing this chase. 4 The report was telephoned to the Sheriff's office by C. D. Hillman, and as soon as possible fifty armed of a large number of men crowding in the chase have been relegated to the background and only a few are following the dogs. The remainder of the posse has been placed in accordance with the instructions of LAWLOR CONFESSES USE OF BLACK HOLE AND STRAITJACKET Investigators of Inhumanity Charged Against Superintendent of Glen Ellen Home Hear Witnesses, Soon Reach Conclu- sion and Return to Report to the Governor. g F. W. HATCH ané J. D. Young, who have for the. iast days been investigating the charges of .brutal treat- nt to the unfortunate in- the Home for Feeble- Glen Ellen, finished v and returned to this two gation was brought- to id" the sevidence loctors at the home was of & damning nature that they > come to a conclusion and in per f mismanagement carried on by Dr. William H. Lawlor, of the Sta of employes of the home ature as to be positively s det The investigat- 2 recital of how half-witted for slight offenses, hment that savor- es and not g & Cki Is to put in him. He soughi to redecessor, Dr. nmates of the home 1 d his explanation been wes P farcical CHARGES SUBSTANTIATED. ernor of the resuit of the investigation mad G Ellen atement as to what would be done with Dr. Lawlor showed that the political appointes is tp be made | s scapegoat for the Governor. Drs. Hatch and Young have found suf- ficient evidence at Glen Ellen to fully sub- stantiate the charges brought against Dr. Lawlor. He will certainly be the man who is really sible for the brutal treatment of half- d ck is Governor Gage himself. trick Gage packed the tors of the Home for Feeble 1 with his henchmen, in- Mackenzie of San Jose. nstigation of Gage, the was asked to declare vacant the superintendent held by Dr. the chairman declined to be mix- €d up in the dirty work and left the room. ss Mackenzie, the willing creature of rnor Gage, had no such scruples. He ‘job” in first-class style, ne was removed from office. dis- ren cal he res of the Governor. m H position prison, sentin as physician at San was, despite the progests press, put into office as suc:xxlor a man who had made a life study of ebie-minded children GOVERNOR ONLY SNEERS. or save himself Gage was will- ing to oust Lawlor, if that worthy was found guilty of the charges brought igainst him. Last nfght Governor Gage de 2 weak attempt to defend Lawlor. he Governor sald: “If Lawlor is gullty of these charges he has only followed out the practice instituted by that expert and t in the treatment of feeble-mind- Dr. Osborne, whom I removed spec ch from office.” e tries iren to defend Lawlor's mis- Geeds by & sneer and unjust accusations Osborne, Gage was informed-last night | Te- | Lawlor, fresh from a | | { | 8 were | he Governor of the disgrace- | chietd | a pitiful exhibition of | a defense to | abolished | | i on £ HATCH 7 STATE INSTITUTION, HELPLESS INMATES OF WHICH HAVE BEEN BRUTALLY TREATED, AND ONE OF PHYSICIANS APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR GAGE TO INVESTIGATE CHARGES OF CRUELTY. — lor. diet of bread and water. with the Governor to-day. to secure testimony. el e B R e e g B e TR, SECURE EVIDENCE OF BRUTALITY. OSITIVE evidence was forthcoming yesterday ‘cruelty had been practiced at the Home for Feeble-minded . Children at Glen Ellen by orders of Dr. The evidence showed that the unfortunate, half-wit- ted wards of the State had been treated with manity at the instigation of the man who was piaced in office through a political job, engineered by Governnvr Gage and his henchmen, including Boss Mackenszie of San Jose. The testimony of attaches and ex-officinals of the institution dinclosed full proof of the charges that imbecile boys had been tmmured in n dark dungeon and kept there for days on a scant Half-witted girls were triced up in camisoles and strapped to beds and fastened to the floor by ropes and iron rings. The evi- dence was so damning that Drs. Hatch and Young, the investi- gators, returned last evening to this city and verbally reported their findings to Governor Gage. Dr. Hateh, in speaking of the investigation, said that he and Dr. Young had found enough evidence at the home to warrant o decision ns to making a report.to the Governor. Hatch nor Dr. Young thought it ecessary to g0 outside the home Both Governmor Gage and Dr. Lawlor saw fit to make unwar- ranted attacks on Dr, Osborne, the former superintendent of the o that gross ‘William H. Law- shocking inhu- A written report will be filed Neither Dr. P 4l nown for his kind and gentle treatment of the unfortunate witless wards of . the State. The proceedings at Glen Ellen yester- day were carried out by Drs. Hatch and Young with commendable promptness. In the morning they drove to the home of against @ men who earned world-wide re- | Mrs. L. A. Thompson, who for. eight years =4 was in charge of Paxton Hall at the Glen Ellen Institution. The investigators were accompanied by Dr. Lawlor and the rep- resentatives of the press, who were in- formed by Drs. Hatch and Young that the taking of testimony would be public. Continued on Page Two. | little earlier | Cardinal Rampolia, g ROBBER ATTEMPTS MURDER Masked Outlaw Tries to Burn His Victim. Woman Is Rescded From Her Flam- ing Residence. | Armed Men Intent on | Lynching Seek Miscreant.’ Special Dispatch to The Call. SEATTLE, July 9.—A masked desperado invaded the little town of Ferndale, ten mileg north of Whatcom, this morning. Wilson's grocery store was held up and robbed, the home of Mrs. Mary Gifford was entered, Mrs. Gifford was beaten, bound and gagged, the house was robbed of $300 in cash and then set on fire. The hour fixed by Wilson as the time of the robbery of the grocery store is a than the tfme at which Mrs. Gifford was robbed, so that the two crimes may easily have been the work of the same man. John Wilson was alone in his grocery | about 9:30 o'clock, when the place was entered By a masked man, roughly dress- ed. Wilson was competled to throw up his hands at the point of a revolver and forced into a back room of the store, the door of which wag locked upon him. The robber.then: rifitd - the till and safe, securing about $50, and quickly departed. | Wilson remained locked in the back room about ten minutgs, when his assistant returned and released him. Mrs. Gifford’s home is directly opposite the Wilson grocery. She says it was about 10 o'clock when a masked man, whose description corresponds to that given by Wilson, opened the front door and seized her. The robber bound and gagged her and after found $300 in cash which she had in the Wouse. Without releasing the woman. the mis- creant deliberately set fire to a bed and left Mrs. Gifford to be burned. The house was soon in flames, and the fire attracted the attention of neighbors, who rescued Mrs. Gifford just in time. In the con- fusion the robber got away. Mrs. Gif- ford was unable to give much of a de- scription of the man, but noticed that he wore rough and untidy clothing. A Nundred men armed with rifles and shotguns are now searching the country for the fiend, and a lynching is almost certain if he is caught, Sheriff Brisbin and a small posse left Whatcom at noon for the scene of the crime. VATICAN DELIVERS ANSWER TO TAFT MNote Concerning Religious Affairs in the Philippines Now Being Translated. ROME, July 9.—The answer of the Vat- ican to the note of Governor Taft of the Philippines, concerning religious affairs in the archipelago, which was handed to Papal Secretary of State, on July 3, was delivered to Judge Taft at a late hour to-night. As the Vat- lcan’s reply is in French, it is being transluted by Bishop O'Gorman of Siouc Falls, 8. D., and Major Porter of the of- fice of the judge advocate of the army. It will be telegraphed to Washington to- night. Since Judge Taft has been in Rome he has sent about 20,000 words by cable to the Washington authorities. A HEAT CLAIMING MANY VICTIMS IN THE EAST NEW YORK, July 9.—The police rec- ords up to 9 p. m. showed that seven per. sons had been killed and eleven prostrat: by the heat in Manhattan. In Brooklyn, where some street thermometers regis- tereG 9 degrees at 1 o'clock this after- ncon, two deaths and five prostrations were reported. PITTSBURG, July 9.—Six deaths from the heat and ten serious prestrations have been reported since yesterday. The mill workers are the greatest sufferers, Slogl e King Steadily Improving. LONDON, July 9—King Edward's progress is reported to-night as uninter- ruptedly favorable. The King reclines on a movable couch most of the day. Some of his physicians are still in constant at- tendance upon him. It was announced this afternoon that it was the King's present intention to be taken on board the royal yacht early next week. —_— Secretary Chamberlain Is Improving. LONDON, July 9.—Joseph Chamberlain, the Colonial Secretary, who was injured in a carriage accident Monday, left Char- ing Cross Hospital this morning and re- turned to his home in Princess Gardens. A bulletin issued says he is Progressing satisfactorily, but that perfect quiet is essential. a short search | | EATTLE, July 9.—Rumors of | the wildest description con- | cerning ‘the convict’s where- abouts are flying around on all | sides. Each coup the notorious murderer has made since his | arrival in King County has been more | spectacular than the last, and it is no | exaggeration to say that the publlg ex- pect his next exploit to -surpass even his calcium light performance at the | Jarrel home near Renton. | The theory was officially advanced to- | day that Merrill is not dead, but is now | with Tracy. It is believed that in the | northern part of King County is a big! cache of plunder from the earlier robber- | fes of Tracy and Merrill, and that a di- | vision is pledged to friends who helped | the men from the Salem penitentiary and who are now helping Tracy. It.is also believed that they separated at Olympia, and that Tracy attracts attention about Seattle while Merrill has made his way to the north of the county. This would account for Tracy's persistent ef- fort to get past Bothell. FEARS OF DEPUTIES. A number of deputies are afraid that Tracy is on his way up the Palmer cut- off and is making for the Cascade Moun- tains. It is not belleved, however, that | he can pass through Palmer without be- | ing observed. If he once gets into the mountains he would net attract much attention. The mountains are known as “a bad country.” They are rough and broken. The greater part is practically unexplored. The criminal would only have to travel a short distance once he reached the rugged hills until he would almost be safe from pursuit. It is doubt- ¢ul, however, if Tracy, with.his evident love for the spectacular, would care to baffle his pursuers altogether. Public interest in the Renton esca- pade show no sign of decreasing. In the excitement ' following Tracy’'s flight through the woods one important item | was overlooked. He told Miss May Ba- ker at the Jarrel home that his real name was Harry Sevvege and that Tracy was his criminal nom-de plume. ‘Whether the murderer was speaking the | truth is a matter for speculation. He told the three women who were his unwilling companions many things which they are inclined to question. The conversation had been in a light"vein, when Miss Baker asked him to tell her his real name, and many believe that Tracy was speaking Jjestingly when he answered f — i b s o . MAY HAVE HIDDEN A -— oy v TRACY'S COMPANION IN CR!ME. A SEATTLE PARK WHERE HE ND A SCENE OF COUNTRY IN WASHING- TON THROUGH WHICH HE TRAVELED. In connection with the Renton flasco Tracy's sanity s questioned by a larze number of people. Many incidents sup- port this theory. Anderson's statement concerning the murderer’s four friends whom: he met after he landed in Seattle is conclusive. No doubt now remains that Tracy Is receiving assistance. With this outside help Tracy's entrance to the Jor- rel home becomes unexplainable. He was not hungry and nothing that he did or sald at the house could excuse his care- lessness. In fact, the only thing he did except. talk to the three women was to wash himself. He saw the train go past with the armed deputies, but made no effort to escape, though he had then every opportunity. Again, the fact that he sent a strange boy down.town to sell the watches and buy revolvers looks queer. The murderer had his friends who were near Renton. If he bad really desired the weapons, the safest way to get them was from these friends. ‘He had parted with them only a few hours before he met the boy. Miss Baker says that the outlaw really thought until neas the last that the lad would re- turn. At least Tracy spoke to this effect. The presence of heavily armed guards around the house did not seem to shake his faith. In uaddition to the watches, Tracy gave the young man $9, every cent he had in his possession, and when he took his departure the whole matter—lad, {money, watches and revolvers— seemed to have slipped from his| memory. OUTLAW’S QUEER ACTION. Tracy’s long stop in the house cannof be explained unless by a stretch of the imagination. It is believed that he wished to see the inside of a happy home again. But tRjis would not be sufficient reasom for his recklessness. If Tracy is the keen judge of human nature his past acts ag- | parently prove him to be, he must have known that he could have chosen no surer way of notifying the Sheriff's office of ais presence at Renton than by sending the lad downtown.- Although only 13 years old, the boy has much of the inde- < pendence and assurance of a man in his | general demeanor. From whatever side Tracy’s visit to the Gerrell home is viewed, it seems the fan- tasy of a disordered brain. It was in rieither reason nor necessity. Its only ex- planation Is that the outlaw is not in his right mind: that the mental strain he has undergone since his bloody rarewell to the Salem penitentiary has proved too much for even his irdn nerves and that he has crossed the invisible line between sanity and insanity. Unfil his last affair with the posse the murderer’s movements seemed the part of a brilllant campaign. His escapades, however, have been growing more spec- tacular; each one has surpassed the last ir a reckless disregard of the common laws of safety. His different flights up to Continued on Page Twey - »