Desperado Warry Tracy Foils Pursuit Around Seattle July 6
Tracy, the famed desperado, eludes sheriffs and armed pursuers after a night of evading bloodhounds and shifting shelters. He mingled with a Jerold family, danced, aided by local townsfolk, and slipped away into bush and water along Lake Washington, sending a terse statement about Merrill as a treacherous opponent.
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Wash
Warry Tracy
Sean
Kent
Tracy Hay
Tracy
Jerold
Piener
Maya
W. J. McKinney
Jerolde
Renton
Lake Washington
Burrough
Jerold Ranch
Merrill
Boston Weather Recap Shows 66 to 79 Degree Day
Boston woke to mild relief as rain ended and humidity fell from 80 to 56 percent. Thermometer readings hovered in the mid to upper 70s with a single 66 dip around mid afternoon, a brief rise to 76, and a warm 79 by evening, accompanied by a light nine mph breeze.
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Boston
Alen
Boys Rob Men Under Cover of Newspapers They Offer for Sale
Three men were robbed yesterday afternoon in Newspaper row and nearby by boys selling papers. Dr Charles Sturtevant Hyde Park medical examiner pursued a boy who pressed a paper into his face and lost his gold watch. The suspect John Rhine 16 lived 222 Harrison avenue denied theft but was held on larceny charges. Two earlier victims reported losses of 10 and 20 dollars.
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Charles Sturtevant
Hyde Park
Sturtevant
Washington Street
Sturtevents
Devonshire Street
Devine
Station 2
John Rhine
Harrison Avenue
Rhine
Dr. Sturtevant
More Arms for Tracy Threatens Family in Kent
Oregon convict Harry Tracy, sheltering at E. M. Johnson’s home two miles southeast of Kent, forced Johnson to buy a revolver and ammunition in Tacoma. Tracy menaced the family, compelled meals, and kept Johnson away until his return with two revolvers and 100 cartridges, while watching for pursuers.
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Kent
Wash
Harry Tracy
Oregon
E. M. Johnson
Tracy
Johnson
Tacoma
Seattle
Palmer
Tracey
Royal send off for John Howlett at Hampton House
John Howlett, popular host of Dooley's Hotel, Portland Street, left for Denver to attend the A O H national convention and visit friends. A large gathering at the Hampton House presented him with a travelling bag and toilet set by the Klondike Associates, with speeches by John Gorman and others. A meerschaum pipe was given to Dennis Patrick Murphy, secretary of the Klondike Associates, as music and toasts closed the evening.
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John Howlett
Boniface
Dooley’s
Portland Street
Hampton House
Haymarket Square
Howlett
Denver
Cal
Klondike Associates
John Gorman
John E. Bresiin
Clancy
Bogan
Doyle
Flynn
Morrison
Dennis Patrick Murphy
Klondike Associlates
Messrs
Henry Flynn
Dennis P. Murphy
Joseph Clancy
John Doyle
P. C. Bogan
Charles Marden
James O’connell
Mrs Randall Held in Petro Kidnapping Case
Eva L. Randall appeared in Mast Boston court with Judge Emmons finding probable cause in the Willie Petro case and holding the woman to the grand jury on a kidnapping charge related to the boy.
Plucky Captain Newman Sets Sail for England in Small Launch
Captain William C. Newman and his 16 year old son embarked from New York in a 38 foot kerosene powered launch named after A A Low. They expect to cover about 3800 miles to Falmouth in roughly 20 days at eight miles per hour, carrying 60 days of provisions. The craft features an 8 by 8 foot beam and carries a Feodor Hirsch 10 horsepower kerosene engine. The crew plans to proceed to London after reaching Falmouth. a return voyage remains undecided.
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New York
William C. Newman
Falmouth
England
Newman
A. A. Low
Feodor C. Hirsch
Kerosene Oil Engine Company
Adirondacks
A. A. Low & Bros
London
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Skwear
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Pain Leaf
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Hamburg
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Wallace
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Ozford
Unis
Our Clan
Ets
Rockers
Brussels
Florenti Gize
Seoul
Joe Blood Bests
Bunch Ze
Gibson
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