Harry Tracy | Desperado (Part 2)

The Wild West Extravaganza

Wild West Josh

Education, History

4.8 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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This is Part 2 and the final installment in the series on Harry Tracy. In the previous episode we discussed Tracy's early life, his various scrapes with the law, and his dramatic prison escape. On today's episode we'll follow Tracy as he eludes the authorities, culminating in his ultimate showdown. Miss Part 1? Listen here - Harry Tracy | The Last of the Wild Bunch (Part 1) - https://www.wildwestextra.com/harry-tracy-the-last-of-the-wild-bunch-part-1/ Check out the website for more true tales from the Old West https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ Join Into History for ad-free and bonus content! https://intohistory.supercast.com/ The Saga of the Outlaw Harry Tracy by James Nystrom - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1456373501?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzjoshta02-20&creativeASIN=1456373501&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.YEHGNY7KFAU7&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_asin Merchandise! https://www.teepublic.com/user/wild-west-extravaganza Book Recommendations! https://www.amazon.com/shop/wildwestextravaganza/list/YEHGNY7KFAU7?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	Harry Tracy was of medium height, about 5 foot 8 inches tall, according to prison records, with piercing
0:35.6	blue-gray eyes and sandy-colored hair.
0:38.5	While not necessarily conventionally handsome, Tracy was still said to have been quite the
0:43.2	ladies' man. His face had a certain roughness to it that, coupled with smooth manners and a quick
0:48.7	wit, made him one of the more desirable young men in Seattle's tenderloin district back in the
0:53.6	mid-1890s.
0:55.1	And if we're being honest, it was the ladies that ultimately caused Harry's downfall.
1:00.1	Or should I say his love for the ladies?
1:03.4	Legend has it that despite some initial trouble back east, Tracy attempted to walk the straight
1:08.3	and narrow when he first arrived in Seattle.
1:11.0	Found him a job working as a student fireman for the railroad and rented out a little modest room over on First Avenue.
1:17.2	Ah, but that nightlife was a calling, and the red light districts out to Yessler Street weren't but a short walk away.
1:23.8	Never much given to alcohol or gambling, it was most definitely the women that drew Harry.
1:28.6	In a mere student fireman salary, damn sure wasn't enough to keep them satisfied.
1:33.5	So, Tracy started robin.
1:35.7	Began hanging at the train depot and following his victims back to their hotel rooms,
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