3 1902 New Mexico newspapers Outlaw HARRY TRACY ESCAPES from Oregon State Prison

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3 1902 New Mexico newspapers Outlaw HARRY TRACY ESCAPES from Oregon State Prison - he was a member of the Wild Bunch (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) Gang
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inv # Lg 6W-218
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SEE PHOTO----- Lot of three (3) COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPERs, the
Las Vegas Daily Optic
(NM
Territory
) dated July 7, 8, and 9, 1902.
These 3 newspapers contain prominent front page "stacked" headlines and long front page report on the
ESCAPE of desperate wild west outlaw HARRY TRACY, one of the last of the Wild Bunch Gang (also known as the "Hole in the Wall" gang led by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) from the Oregon State Penitentiary
.
Harry Tracy (23 October 1875-6 August 1902) was an outlaw in the American Old West. His real name was Harry Severns. He is said to have run with Butch Cassidy and the Hole in the Wall Gang, and by the time he'd reached adulthood he was actively taking part in acts of robbery and theft. On March 1, 1898 Tracy and 3 accomplices engaged in a gunfight at Brown's Park Colorado in which posseman Valentine S. Hoy was killed. Tracy and an accomplice of the Brown's Creek gunfight were captured but escaped in June 1898 from the Aspen Colorado Jail. In late 1901, Tracy was captured, convicted, and incarcerated at the Oregon State Penitentiary.
In all the criminal lore of the country there is no record equal to that of Harry Tracy for cold-blooded nerve, desperation and thirst for crime. Jesse James, compared with Tracy, is a Sunday school teacher
— Seattle Daily Times, July 3, 1902
With fellow convict David Merrill he escaped on June 9, 1902, shooting and killing corrections officers Thurston Jones Sr., Bailey Tiffany, Frank Ferrell and three civilians in the process. His claim to infamy is the size and scope of the manhunt and the extensive media coverage of same. He evaded capture for a month, mostly taking refuge in the Seattle, Washington area. On June 28, 1902 an argument broke out between him and his partner Merrill, which ended in the two having a duel. Tracy cheated during their duel and spun around early, and Merill was killed. His body was found in July 14. On July 3, 1902, he set up an ambush near Bothell, Washington, where he killed a detective, Charles Raymond, and deputy John Williams during a shootout. Tracy fled, took several hostages in a residence, and engaged other law enforcement officers in a shootout. During that shootout he killed posse members Cornelious Rowley and Enoch Breece. On August 6, 1902, in Creston, Washington, Tracy was cornered and seriously wounded in the leg during an ambush by a posse from Lincoln County. Sheriff Gardner arrived and had the field that Tracy had crawled into surrounded. Tracy committed suicide to avoid capture. The Tracy pistol can be found on display at the White River Valley Museum in Auburn, Washington.
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