The Seattle Star Newspaper, July 8, 1902, Page 1

| FOURTH EXTRA--- OUTLAW TRACY » NE CENT A COPY #2 4 4 #4 SIX CENTS A WEEK yOL.4 | NO, 118; THE SEATTLE STAR. _ — = - me SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, TUESDAY RIVENING, JULY 8, 1902, HE Only Paper tn Seattle That Dares to Print the News # A A 25 CENTS A MON'’TE. ONE CENT A COPY DEMAND YOUR CHANGE IMPRISONS THE GERALD FAMILY ERS $130 p. m—A report has just been received at the sheriff's office that Tracy at tf:15 this morning met two women on the railroad track near Renton and two oniiles from the Gerald house, and ordered them to accompany him. He proceeded to the Gerald house and announced to the family that he was Harry Tracy, arid that they had better treat him well. Fifteen minutes after he had entered the house he sent young Gerald with the two watches to the neighbors. When Gerold left he had the two wonien imprisoned with the family in the house. Ex-Deputy Sheriff McKay of Port Madison, who is now in the city, positively identified Johnson's boat found under Newell's wharf. At 3 o'clock this afternoon he made a thor- ough exarsination of the craft, and by the copper patch and ‘pecs said he could not be deceived. : Tt now seems that the report made by J. F. Elliott to the Ster office yesterday, though not published, to the effect that he had seen 2 man ariswering Tracy's description im the woods Ddetween Columbia and the lake Sunday noon, may be true. Etiiott said yesterday that while walking through the “Woods a couple of hundred yards from the Renton railroad track Sunday, near noon, he suddenly came upon a man an- fwering the description of the outlaw. He was within 200 feet of Rim when the individual believed to be Tracy, suddenly Gaappeared. Itis believed at the sheriff's office that the original theory thet the murderous desperado has all the time been trying to take Palmer cut-off, is the correct one. Whether Tracy spent Sunday night in the city is not Die, but as matters now stand, it is thought probable that the many rumors current upon the streets Sunday night, dae the outlaw was seen in the tenderloin, may not have been groundless. At 11 o'clock Sunday night, a well defined report was sent f0 the sheriff's office that Tracy was in Andy Erisman’s taloon. Under Sheriff Corcoran passed the story up as ridic- tous, becanse it was believed at that time the outlaw was on the Port Madison Indian reservation. If Tracy rowed directly from Port Madison to Seattle on Saturday night at 9 o'clock, he could haveeasily gained South Seattle, made away with his impressed companion Anderson, and then spend several hours in the tenderloin with ne certain chance of detection ! 2:30 p. m.—The startling news has just been received at the streriff’s office that Outlaw Tracy is at Rancher Gerald's house, two miles below Renton, on the Cedar Mountain road | Rancher Gerald, arrived at the sheriff's office with a gold and a A little after 2 o’¢lock, t7-year-old Thomas Gerald, son of jeer watch, saying that Outlaw Tracy had arrived at his fath- | Jer s house at if:jo this morning, and after eating a hearty meal i had sent him 6 4 neighbor's house with the two watches with the instructioris 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 into the sheriff's office, hoping that the desperado | would remain there until a searching party could arrive. | Sheriff Corcoran says the watches answer the description lof those stolen from the Johnsons. Young Gerald describes Traey . and the officers \ believe that it is he, and is trying to make cut-off by the | Cedar Mountain road. 3p. m.—Sheriff Cudihee with a companied by Guard Carson and his bloodhounds, have WHITE BOAT FOUND left for Renton. At 145 this afternoon Sheriff Cudihee received a tele- |phonic communication from South Seattle stating that John- son's white boat, used by Tracy in his escape from Port Madi- son, had just been found on the mud flats there. The boat answers the description of the Johnson boat per- fectly. The small copper patch on the port side amidships which the Port Madison boat is known to have had, was found on the boat. It lies on the beach at South Seattle, near Newell's mill. It is believed that Tracy is either in Seattle or else has cut across country past the pesthouse on to Columbia, thence to Palmer cut-off, where he is known to have friends. Tracy's boat was found underneath the wharf near New- ell’s mill, about noon today. Only one man’s tracks were found leaving the boat. This would prove that the outlaw has mur- dered Anderson, and in some way disposed of his body. CLEWS FOUND WORTHLESS The two clews which were most relied upon by Sheriff Cudihee’s men yesterday were the old Indian woman's story that she had seen and talked with Tracy Sunday, and the re- —— finding of Tracy's boat at Miller y ny near Port Gamble. ¢ man the Indian woman saw was 4 crippled beach comber who had been on the Port Madison reservation for several days. Practically his only resemblance to Tracy was the fact that he carried a rifle and were corduroy pantaloons. The boat found at Miller cove belonged, as Cudihee’s men found out to their great disappointment, to a rancher named Samuel Horsley. t bore a general resemblance to the boat stolen from Johnson. BELIEVED TO BE MERRILL A telephone message to the Star from its correspondent at Everett, received this morning, says: “William Nutting and Charles Berry, citizens of Everett were walking along the Great Northern railway track near the freight depot, last night, when they espied a suspicious look ing individual sneaking off from the railroad, as though to avoid them. An order to halt was disregarded. Nutting started in pursuit, when the unknown drew a revolver and fir- ed three times, the bullets passing close to the pursuer. Nut- ting pulled his own gun and returned the fire. “In the meantime Berry approached and also began shoot- ing at the unknown man, who turned his attention immediate. ly and delivered several ineffectual shots, finally retreating in the dark, Nutting and Berry hastened to police headquarters and gave an alarm that they believed the stranger to be Mer. rill, the escaped convict. “This morning a search in the vicinity of the skirmish re- vealed no traces of blood. The unknown evidently escaped with a whole skin.” MAY ADD ANOTHER THOUSAND The city of Seattle may add to the big price already upon the head of Tracy, the outlaw. At the city council meeting last night Councilman James introduced an ordinance in structing the board on ep works to offer a reward of $1000 for the apprehension of the notorious outlaw. The bill will come up again next week. Councilman Murphy of the Ninth ward introduced an ord inance for the family of E. E. Breece, the Fremont police offi- cer =e killed by Tracy. This bill alse will lie over for one w WILL IT COME T@ THIS? ‘? “MEN, BE CAREFUL, WE HAVE HIM!" PORT GAMBLE, July 8.—Frank Stark, a logger, had an exciting time with Tracy man-hunters at this place last night. Stark had come to Seattle early yesterday morning to take a job in the woods about five miles from this place. to secure work, and last night while returning to take the boat for Seattle, he was approached about a half a mile up the county road by four armed men, and told to throw up his hands. Stark complied at once, and one of the men, a Seattle morning paper reporter, approached him and exclaimed: “Men, we've got our man, he’s Tracy!” The other three members of the searching party formed a circle about the now thoroughly scared Stark, and, with leveled Winchesters, proceeded to question him. The reporter took off the new-found Tracy's hat and carefully examined his features. The lower part of the face bore some resemblance to the outlaw, whereupon the re- er exclaimed in loud tones: “Men, be careful; shoot at his move, for we have the desperado!" The party overlooked the fact that their “Tracy” had no Winchester, and in fact no other means of defense. Stark tried to @xplain to his captors the circumstances of his being out alone on the county road, but it wouldn't The victim was led into town and to the wharf where the Lydia Thomson was ready to sail to Seattle. Stark was taken aboard and the boat had reached Port Ludlow before a satisfactory explanation secured the man’s release ’ Stark continued on his way to Seattle, and on arriving found that the industrious reporter had already notified the au- thorities of his famous stunt. At the dock where the Thomson lands were six deputies from the sheriff's office, armed to the teeth, ready to take “Tracy” to the county jail The reporter explained matters, begged Mr. Stark's par- don for the mistake, and the deputies filed back to the sheriff's office and told Under Shewff Corcoran that there was “nothing in it.” TRIES TO SLAY HIS WIFE, THEN KILLS HIMSELF The little town of Fall City was | marriage they moved to Fall City. shocked last ight by the commis- | Acute wae born to them. beets | ago Yatex and his wife quar- sion of @ terrible crime. After St- | roi04 “They separated and. since tempting to murder his wife, from | have not lived together. Yates has whem he had been separated for | been engaged in work in Seattle and more than @ year, Iver Yates shot |at O'Brien. His mother and brother, and oy 4 wounded himeeif, He | John Yates, lives at the latter place 0 it died two ure after he 4 shot | Yesterday iver Yates was in hivoweit. His wife was # ‘ik with | City and was heard to remark that a bullet betwee but the he and his wife had made up and evolver Was of @ stn iiber and | were going to live together. | the bullet did not vate. It) Last night at 7 o'clock he went tc vent under the skin came out|his wife's home on the outskirts of near the right tempi. The skull is| Fall City. It is believed that thought to be fractured. t Dr. | quarrel ensued and then he tried t attend-| kill her. Just how many shots were | her re-| fired is not-known e will! When found by a man named en the 4 o'clock | Cowles, who happened to call at the | house @ few minutes later, the | wounded Woman was lying on the floor almost unconscious with the | bullet hole in her forehead. Yates | was on the other side of the house | shot twice through the head, doth | bullets entering from the right side. | Yates was still alive but unconscious. | "Brien. About three years ago he| He lived until 9 o'clock when he ‘a married to the woman who now | breathed his last. * At death's door, the result of his Mrs. Yates was carried iurderoug assault. Soon after their | room and is still alive. rain to take ch: thoroughly iny ittle 18-months-oid daughter of the inhappy couple was in the house vhen the tragedy occurred. The hild in now being cared for by *ighbors, Iver Yates formerly lived at to her FEAR FOR THE BLAKELEY VICTORIA B. C,, July 8.—G rave apprehension is beginning to > be felt for the brig Binkeley, which was bought and operated by the Pacific Exploration Co, of this city, to seek buried pirate ° treasure on Cocos isiand. The Blakeley left here with the prom- oters and crew early in January, and although May 1 was set as the time-limit for her return, she haw never been heard of since. Relatives of those aboard ar most distracted over the absence of news, and the only concern now is not for th cess of the expedition, but the safe return of rejatives. H. M. 8. Phaeion leaves for @ southern oruise on July 12, and will make a special search for the vessel, at the eoli citation of triendeof those aboard. ry 9¥eeeres Ce ee oe He failed | WEATHER FORECAST Tonight and iny, fair. ADAMS & BLANCHARD, 719 Second Ave. | . Beattio and Vicinity | Our Great Semi-Annual Clearance | Sale Commenced This Morning | Put Your Valuables Where They Will Be Safe The Seattle Safe De- posit Vauits Went through the great Seattle Fire without @ blister, and are absolute. ly Burglar Proof. Boxes for rent by the month or year Safe Deposit Building 701 Firet Ave. This is the sale at which everything in the store—with the exception of If, & W. Collars and Cuffs, and Stetson Hats, on which we have to keep up prices according to contract sells at actual cost We mean business. 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