16 Jul 1902
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1902
Page
1
The body of the companion of the much wanted outlaw Tracy is found with fatal wounds. The injuries support a reported duel in the depths of the forest and confirm the danger surrounding the fugitive.
A Chehalis report says the body of Dave Merrill, dead after a June 9 duel with Harry Tracy near Tumwater Canyon, was found by Mary Wagner and her son in Napavine. They will seek a $2750 reward. the scene included a bullet wound and spent 30-30 shells.
Deputy Coroner H. L. Mead impaneled a jury and inspected a body dumped in the woods about a mile south of Chehalis. The corpse, badly damaged, was brought to town for identification amid assertions from Warden J. T. Jones and L. W. Studebaker, with bullets found in the body and items including a briar pipe, seven 30 caliber shells, and dented clothing.
The body of Dave Merrill, an Oregon convict, was found near Chehalis five miles from town in a thicket close to the Lewis county poor farm. Mrs. Waggoner and her son spotted a shoe and unearthed a man wedged between two legs with head beneath. The coroner will hold an inquest. Merrill is identified by his brother Ben Merrill and Oregon Warden Jones.
In a clearing nine paces north Tracy found the first cartridge and Merrill lay dead ten paces south. Two more shots finished the deadly act, hitting Merrill in the back and neck. Tracy then moved the body, firing twice more, before burying it under brush beside an old cedar stump.
Details from Chinese papers on the Kaichi disaster report a sudden explosion near Hsakuan during a salute to Atago. Estimates place deaths between 140 and 250, with only two survivors. The blast shook ships nearby and was felt as far as seven miles inland. Captain Lee and several officers were ashore at the time.
Special Dispatch reports from Billings that Abe Farwell, sought after in Helena by letter, is dead. Captain J. C. Bond recalls Farwell dying 11 or 12 years ago at his Carbon county ranch, now the Siles 1 brewery site. Farwell drank whiskey in Laurel, died the same night, and an inquest was held.
A Seattle Post Intelligencer dispatch from Enumclaw Washington reports that Tracy dined Sunday with Morris Garner at the Gannon farm on Boise Creek three and a half miles southeast of Enumclaw. Garner says a masked man identified as Tracy entered the house, ordered the Garners to sit and be watched, shaved a Garne r, took trousers, and left with a gun glistening in the sun. Residents report distant smoke and a possible hiding camp east of town, shifting theories on Tracy’s route from Palmer toward Enumclaw. A railroad watchman near the White River bridge saw movement around noon.
The Republican state judicial convention named new nominees: Moses Whybark of Bollinger county Henry Lamb of Pettis county and Edward Higbee of Schuyler county for the supreme court and Edw C Elliott of St. Louis for the St Louis court of appeals. Resolutions endorse the Philadelphia and Jefferson City platforms.
Denver detectives report the hijackers who fled a Denver and Rio Grande train robbery are traced 30 miles from the scene. Three posses surround the area and a battle is expected tomorrow as authorities close in.
Special Dispatch reports Mrs Daniel Creekmore died at her Hill Creek home in Columbus on Sunday night after a prolonged illness of typhoid fever. No recovery was expected.
A violent cyclone hit Chalon sur Saona on July 15 causing immense damage. Several river vessels sank and the Alcasar was destroyed with streets and shops flooded.
The Topeka weather report notes extreme heat with temperatures reaching 98 degrees at noon. The heat causes numerous prostrations and continues to affect residents across the state.
Sheriff thwarted a planned escape led by H. St. John Dix ex bank president and Bud Cox with John Harrigan and Read as key figures. Saws were smuggled into the jail but a larger frame blocked passage. Read warned and fear spurred delay. launch planned to take fugitives to British Columbia.
A sweeping wind storm from the international boundary wreaked havoc in northern North Dakota. Borup and Thompson were destroyed, Eldorado reported damage to a 250 population town, with telegraph lines down and little communication. No confirmed death tolls yet, but damage appears widespread.
After agreements with four railroads, Chicago freight handlers and teamsters seem set to return to work. The Lake Shore Michigan Southern and others signed scale July 1, boosting pay for truckers but denying union recognition and overtime rules. A mass meeting and ongoing talks keep the strike active for remaining railroads.
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