The account given on October 7, 1892, by Coffeyville's The Journal is considered to be the most authentic on events the day of the robbery. Grat then shot him in the head and killed him. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. For the four months that Bob and Emmett spent trying to lose Sheriff Kay in the desert, Grat sat in the Tulare County jail in Visalia awaiting his trial. They cut through Antelope Valley and skirted the desert down to San Diego County before taking the old trail to Yuma. When Jim approached Bill said, "Jim, the birds have flown." Group of outlaws in the American Old West, This article is about the group of outlaws. He claimed that Bob, Grat, and Emmett had all made at least two trips to Bill's ranch in California during that time and that at least one of them would show up to his saloon to get a gallon demijohn full of whiskey to bring back to the rest. Bryant opened the door to the rear platform, and, while Short had his attention on the mounted men, shot him in the back point blank. Bill Dalton and Bill Doolin had been waiting several miles away with extra horses to aid the gang's escape. So you see there are direct relatives all over! (He was pardoned in 1907, reformed, and led a respectable businessmans life in Los Angeles until his death on July 13, 1937.) Lewis Dalton was a saloon keeper in Kansas City, Kansas, when he married Adeline Younger, the aunt of Cole and Jim Younger. Grat heard the revolver shots from the Express agent. As he lifted the rifle up, Bob shot and killed him. Dont stop looking you will find out! Grat could not see the yard Wagy had laid in from his cell and the deputy hadn't told anyone what he had done that night. In 1931, he published When the Daltons Rode, which was later made into a 1940 movie starring Randolph Scott. Unlike the marshals office, the Osage Police paid a monthly salary. Sheriff Kay even pointed out during the trial that Beckenridge had overlooked Grat's rights. Lit noticed that Grat's horse was indeed limp and agreed to help Grat sell it. Ken Haas 4/22/12. Grat ordered the employees to lay on the floor in the back office, and after receiving the signal from Bob, told Powers and Broadwell that it was time to leave. After Frank's death, Grat moved back from California and took over his brother's job as deputy marshal at Fort Smith. Lindsey in Ardmore, Oklahoma, tracked him to the cabin and surrounded it on June 8, 1894. Short took the prisoner back and placed him in the baggage car. Kay told Grat that he knew neither Bob or Emmett killed the fireman. Middleton had been threatened by Dalton for not helping him escape the country fast enough and was afraid of him. After getting tired of waiting, they left, only to learn later the fate of the gang.[10]. Bill Doolin, "Bitter Creek" Newcomb, and Charlie Pierce, none of whom was at Coffeyville, were the only members left of the original Dalton Gang. In order to persuade the townsfolk not to hang him, he agreed to tell them everything they wanted to know. Many members of the gang, including Emmett, complained that the $3500 each was not enough to meet their needs. Before the Coffeyville raid, Bill Dalton had returned to Oklahoma, later joining Bill Doolins gang and then forming his own gang. While the Indian Nations had their own tribal law enforcement, these agencies had no jurisdiction over non-Indians. Kay promised Middleton secrecy, and a horse and buggy, if he led him to within a half mile of Dalton's camp. In 1840 there were 39 Dalton families living in Virginia. Emmett Dalton (May 3, 1871 July 13, 1937) was an American outlaw, train robber and member of the Dalton Gang in the American Old West. Save. Explore the world's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records and resources. On the night of February 6, 1891, two masked men carrying 44-calibre revolvers held up a Southern Pacific Railroad passenger train near the town of Alila (present day Earlimart, California). After he left, the judge asked Yoes who the man was, as he seemed educated and well-informed. Played by country music icon Tim McGraw, James Dutton is the patriarch of 1883. Share. Grat and McCardle fired at each other almost simultaneously. Grat, Broadwell, and Powers entered the Condon Bank and Emmett and Bob hurried across Union Street to the First National Bank. Bob would not allow Emmett to check out the town beforehand in fear that he would be recognized, so this was not factored into their plan. This train was always accompanied by a crowd of gamblers and prostitutes looking to make money off the recently paid employees, and Grat and Bob had "followed the pay car" together several times before. It had been raining for several days prior, and it was so cold the ground was covered in ice. Re: The Dalton Gang family tree or offspring. James Dalton Hatcher Obituary. Left to right: Bill Powers; Bob Dalton; Grat Dalton, Dick Broadwell, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "DALTON Family History: Old West Kansas Dalton Gang KS Heritage Group www.kansasheritage.org", "The Dalton Gang Train Robbery at Adair, I.T. He is the cowboy in charge of it all, and now current governor of Montana. Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love. Deputy Witty entered shortly after, and was told by Kay to go in the room and grab Bill's rifle. At 10pm he looked at his watch and announced to Yoes aloud that it was his bedtime, but that he would be back to have breakfast with him in the morning. At about 8am, a telegraph messenger came into the room and handed the deputy marshal a telegram, reporting the robbery at Red Rock by the Daltons at 10pm the previous night. Hello!". Leona outlived all of her brothers and sisters. Bill, thrown off his guard, quickly turned around and mimicked the greeting, "Kay! Kay's buggy was directly facing the setting sun, so they could not tell who the men were. Smith instead went north and several weeks later was arrested by Kay. Kay believed they did this to throw him off by going south instead of east. The sawing was hid from the jailer by a large box that they would put a blanket over and use to play cards. This was on the property of a man named Jim Riley, about eight miles from the present-day town of Taloga, Oklahoma. Bob and Emmett were able to steal horses and riding rigs. The deputy handed the message to Judge Burford, who read it aloud to the audience. Send flowers to the service of Pastor Terence Hundrey Hambrick Bob and Emmett, meanwhile, had been busy in Oklahoma forming their gang. He is buried in the family plot in Kingfisher, OK. Simon and Minnie had no children. On September 21, Grat Dalton was brought into court to face sentencing, but this was instead postponed to October 6. After the escape, Beck separated from the others and went north, while Grat and Smith went to a friend of Grat's named Joe Middleton, who lived in Hanford. Leona outlived all of her brothers and sisters. When they came back into the front room both Maggie Rucker and the girl remained quiet as they both expected Kay to have been killed. Bill told Kay that Bob was not in the country, that he had stopped at Rucker's place alone to spend the night. He then put the baggage man in charge of Bryant and gave him his revolver. A posse assembled by U.S. The weather conditions during his escape led him to becoming sick with pneumonia, so he stayed near Livingston for several weeks, sleeping in Gray's cupola and watching the surrounding plains with an eyeglass for any sight of a posse. He then threw the butt of his winchester to the ground and the two nervously laughed at each other. On the morning of October 5, the gang emerged from the alley onto the plaza of Coffeyville. Two hardware stores in the town had, meanwhile, begun passing out guns to the local civilians, who began firing through the windows at the Condon Bank. Lit was able to borrow one hundred dollars and a horse from Clovis Cole's business partner Charlie Owen. A largely fictional film version of the Daltons' lives was adapted from Emmett's 1931 book. Marshal. On the morning of Oct. 5, 1892, Bob, Grat, and Emmett, together with Dick Broadwell and Bill Powers, rode into Coffeyville, Kan., intent upon robbing the towns two banks. After being left on the sidewalk by Bob and Emmett, Thomas Ayres had run into one of the hardware stores and grabbed a rifle. Angered by the charges against Grat and Bill which he knew to be false, Bob decided that the best way to help his brothers would be to acquire enough money to pay for their bail and defense. Kay and his deputy were following only one or two days behind them, but couldn't get any officers at the towns ahead of them to make an arrest. He began walking behind his plow when he felt a rifle poke him in the ribs. The locals who identified him notified a deputy marshal named Ed Short. The cellmates would sing and talk to drown out the sound of the saw. The deep canyons of the area, covered with dwarf cedar and blackjack oaks, made it an ideal hiding place. Some time later, the three dissatisfied members also returned and new plans began to form. In the gunfight, 200 shots were fired. Right as she said this, Kay heard someone rush across the floor of an adjoining room and through the crack in the door he could see a man taking position at the window. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Instead he caught a cold from sitting in the fog all night. Smith, Sheriff Kay learned from them that Grat had actually made the opening in the bars several days before the robbery after being slipped a saw from someone on the outside. Emmett had denied accompanying Bob to California. From Phoenix, Kay followed the Daltons by horse and stage from Prescott, Gila Bend, Tucson, and then to Nogales, Mexico. Wagy said, "Here is your hole", and kicked the broom handle onto the floor. Powers tried to mount his horse, but shots from the store also killed him. This, of course, is where Yellowstone takes place, and is where James settles his family after the death of his only daughter, Elsa Dutton. Grat had already been known in the San Joaquin Valley as a heavy drinker, fighter, and gambler, so when Kay passed Grat on the street while in Modesto his deputy George Witty was easily able to recognize him. They missed Bob and Emmett by only twelve hours in Cananea, then lost their trail completely in Fronteras. During the robbery, one member of the gang and four citizens were killed in a shootout. Grat's trial didn't start until that June and it lasted three weeks. Bob also hired Emmett under him to guard prisoners. Sheriff Kay soon learned of the horses at Ludlow and that the description of the men who left them matched that of Bob and Emmett. Emmett Dalton survived the raid but received 23 gunshot wounds. 4346 Bailey Ave, Amherst, NY 14226-2133 +1 716-838-2233 Website. The next robbery was on July 14, at Adair, Oklahoma, near the Arkansas border. Sheriff Kay was forced to give up the chase in order to return to California for Grat's trial. Kay learned at the train depot that Bob and Emmett had bought tickets to Ogden and were carrying large telescope bags with them. Even though Sheriff Kay had given up his pursuit of the boys, they still had a $3000 bounty on their heads posted by Wells Fargo and the Southern Pacific Railroad, encouraging lawmen in the area to pick up where Kay had left off. ", "Emmett Dalton Biography Oct. 5-10, 1892", "The Eagles on Desperado: "We were quite taken with the idea of being outlaws", "Emmett Dalton His Life After the Coffeyville Raid", "Heck Thomas Tough Law in Indian Territory", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dalton_Gang&oldid=1142764666, Articles needing additional references from December 2022, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Charles Benjamin "Ben" Dalton (18521936). For some reason, however, the body was buried as Bill Powers. When not preying on the railroads, the gang spent their time digging out large rooms into the steep hills in the cedar brakes on the Northern Canadian River. 6 Jul 1879, d. 13 Sep 1928 in Oklahoma City. Judson Elwood was plowing his six-horse team when he heard the shots up the mountain. Though he did not participate in any of the hold-ups with his brothers, he acted as their spy and advisor. Dalton was born to Lewis and Adeline Dalton and was the youngest of the Dalton brothers. On October 5, 1892, the Dalton gang attempted this feat when they set out to rob the C.M. The Lehman family is a prominent family of Jewish German-Americans who founded the financial firm Lehman Brothers.Some were also involved in American politics. Omissions? Bill escaped through a window at the back of the house, but as he ran through a patch of corn he was shot and killed by the deputy marshals. Smith was told to leave and both Bill and Grat agreed to tell their story, but only if they showed that there was no first degree murder in the robbery. ratton Hanley DALTON, Charles Benjamin DALTON, Henry Coleman DALTON, Litlleton Lee DALTON, William Mason DALTON, Eva May DALTON, Robert R "Angeles, July 14.W)A retired and respected citiaen at his death, James Lewis Dalton, Adelaine Sullivan Dalton (born Younger). Emmett Dalton survived the raid but received 23 gunshot wounds (as referenced on Q102). In close order, the five crossed Walnut Street from the alley to the Condon Bank, holding Winchester rifles close along their legs. After Kay finished talking to the cleaner, Deputy George Witty reported to him that telegrams from the coast said Bill was not in Paso Robles or Estrella. They played poker all night in Traver and then traveled to Tulare to do the same. Bob and Emmett returned fire and left Ayres on the sidewalk. Each time they stopped sawing, they plugged the hole with soap and soot. Towards the end of the trial, Sheriff Kay, Detective Smith, and District Attorney Power talked to Grat while taking him back to his cell from the court room when Beckenridge wasn't present. Kay was informed by Bill's father-in-law, Clark Bliven, that Bob and Emmett planned to meet Cole in Salt Lake, so Kay headed to Chico where he planned to cut him off. He was then taken back to Visalia to await his trial for the Alila robbery. He told Kay that Grat's camp was on a steep mountain in the Sierra Nevada, close to the Kings River and about fifteen miles northeast of Sanger, but that they would never find the place. After splitting the money among themselves, the gang soon realized they needed to rob another train. Kay asked Rucker if there was anyone else around and she replied that there wasn't. They had not been to the town for several years, though, and the hitching post had since been removed during street work. As Witty entered the room, he heard a noise come from somewhere inside. In 189091 they took to robbing gambling houses, trains, and banks and were joined by their brother Bill, until then a married, respectable citizen, whose career had been wrecked by his being linked to his brothers. The Dalton Gang's criminal enterprise was ended on October 5, 1892 when they attempted to rob two banks at once in Coffeyville, Kansas. Four of the gang were killed in the ensuing gun fight. After pointing out the location of the camp, Middleton left in a hurry and the two posses spent the night on the living room floor of the nearby Elwood ranch. The Daltons had plenty of friends in the area willing to hide them and easily lost Kay once they were in familiar territory. Short then went to the rear platform with his rifle. They had been following the Southern Pacific pay car as it made its way down the valley from Oakland to Bakersfield to pay railroad employees. On June 1, 1892, the gang robbed the Santa Fe train at a small station called Red Rock at 10pm. After a hearing, Bill was held for trial for the Alila robbery, but he quickly secured bondsmen and was released. They did however find pieces of a file and a hack saw blade in the prisoner's toilet. By Stephanie Dalton March 03, 2008 at 03:10:47 Hello, I am trying to find a family tree for the Dalton family of which 2 members of the Dalton gang are from. Kay suspected that Bob and Emmett might be back in California to free Grat from jail, and took Deputy Witty with him to the Cross Creek station in his buggy. Williams. Since Grat's location was in Fresno County, Kay telegraphed Sheriff Hensley in Fresno, and the two made plans to assemble a posse in Centerville. Kay and his deputy went to Ogden where they notified the police to keep watch for the Daltons. Hannah Adeline Dalton (a twin) b. The two left California in February 1892 and rode for a hundred and seven days before reaching Kingfisher. Kay decided to pursue them with his deputy, Jim Ford, and to capture them if possible. Officers were watching Lit at Clovis Cole's, but didn't think to watch Owen's place. To help pay him the two thousand dollars he asked for, Bill sold almost all of his horses and mules. Then, noticing the vault door was open, Grat ordered both of them into the vault, where the safe with the gold was. The Dalton Chronicles consists of articles contributed by the late DGS Member Rodney Garth Dalton of Utah who passed away on August 28th, 2012. Joining afterwards were Bill Doolin, Dick Broadwell, Bill Powers, and Charley Pierce. Outside of a drug store across from the First National, George Cubine was standing with his Winchester aimed at the front door of the bank, awaiting the exit of Bob and Emmett. Part of the ill-fated Dalton raid on two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, he survived despite receiving 23 gunshot wounds. Their mother also came to California from Kingfisher to pay Beckenridge after she mortgaged her home and borrowed money from neighbors. There they played poker all night and won $100. Through her brother, Adeline was an aunt of Cole and Jim Younger, of the famous James-Younger Gang. GANGSTER DIES HOLLYWOOD, July 14. The Daltons were also featured in yet another Randolph Scott Western, Randolph Scott himself plays Bill Doolin in the film, "The Dalton Gang" is a half-hour, 1954 episode of the American TV series, The Dalton Gang appears in the Italian comic book, This page was last edited on 4 March 2023, at 07:01. The boys left their horses in Ludlow, which were then discovered a few weeks later by railroad detectives. Cubine's partner, Charles Brown, was standing unarmed next to him and went to pick up his Winchester. This led to a heavy argument between Bob and Emmett and created bitterness between them on the way to the robbery. He's uprooted his life as a Tennessee farmer in search of a better life as part of the Westward Expansion. The baggageman carelessly stuck the revolver into a pigeon-hole messagebox and went to work at the other end of the car. They had no children. Bill Dalton agreed to join them and soon took part in several robberies, but Lit refused in disgust. As they exited the door, an American Express agent opened fire with his revolver. [7] The gang secured about $18,000. Sterling, MontgomeryCO, KY Died: 16 Jul 1890 in Dearing, KS Father: Benjamin DALTON Mother: Nancy RABOURN Generations earlier, James Lewis Dalton's (D'Alton) forbears had left France for Ireland. Attention: . The Dalton Gang family tree or offspring. [2] He was paroled after serving 14 years in prison.[3]. By the time Grat reached his mother's he had lost forty pounds. William was born on March 24 1690, in Lunenburg, Virginia, USA. They made the mistake of leaving the train dark, though, which made Bob suspicious, and the gang allowed the train to go by. The eight armed guards on the train all happened to be at the back of the train when it pulled in. They hid behind some rocks and an oak tree and waited as one of the men approached them. Dalton family history shows that the name has two possible derivations. na Randolph Dalton, Emma Dalton, Emmett Dalton, Robert Rennick Dalton, Eva May Dalton, Mason Dalton, Henry Coleman Coleman Dalton, Gratto May 3 1871 - Belton, Cass, Missouri, United States, July 13 1937 - Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States, James Lewis Dalton, Adeline Lee Dalton (born Younger). There is the head of the family, John (Kevin. Many newspapers at the time assumed that an unknown member of the gang escaped. Bill arrived in Paso Robles and was arrested by Sheriff Kay fifteen minutes after getting off the train and was taken to Visalia. By 1889, however, they had drifted into horse stealing, while still wearing badges, and a year later were discredited and forced out of policing altogether and took up horse thievery full-time, gathering together a gang. The family traces back to Abraham Lehmann, a cattle merchant in Rimpar, Bavaria, who changed his Yiddish (German-Jewish) surname Lw (Loeb) to the German . Notes from Obituaries. The Dalton family came from Jackson County, Missouri. He spotted Bob just as he had killed Brown and aimed his rifle at him from behind the store window. The Dalton Gang's criminal enterprise was ended on October 5, 1892 when they attempted to rob two banks at once in Coffeyville, Kansas. The $50,000, however, came out to only $1800 after drafts and securities had been thrown out. Hannah Adeline Dalton (a twin) b. This would've been while Grat was on active duty as Deputy Marshal in Indian Territory, but Sheriff Kay claimed that Grat had told him that he had made two extended trips to California while serving as U.S. The three then rode to the ranch of Clovis Cole, northeast of Fresno, and asked Lit if he could furnish them a horse and saddle. The only evidence found at the robbery was a coat made from a tailor from Visalia. It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of James Dalton Hatcher of Bono, Arkansas, who passed away on February 28, 2023, at the age of 66, leaving to mourn family and friends. Married to Cara, he worked the Dutton homestead alongside his nephew,. The last night they dug a hole in the brickwall of the woodroom, but found heavy iron bars embedded in the wall that they couldn't get in between. While in jail, a train robbery occurred near Ceres, on September 3, 1891, but was unsuccessful with no money being taken. This was only a few months after $2,000 in rare two dollar bills had been stolen during a train robbery outside of Goshen (a robbery later attributed to Chris Evans and John Sontag). Kay telegraphed his deputy George Witty and told him to check on Bill Dalton and to immediately notify him when he was found. Marshal S.T. James is also a Civil War veteran, one who suffers from PTSD in a time long before we knew what it was. The three rode so hard down the valley that Owen's horse soon gave out, so they roped and saddled one of Henry Miller's horses. They put the gold into the sack, forced Ayres in front of them as cover, and went out the front door. He moved to Hollywood, California, and became a real estate agent, author, and actor, and died in 1937 at age 66. After Bill and Riley Dean were brought to the Visalia jail, Sheriff Pervis of Stanislaus County, S.P. Simon Noel Dalton (a twin) b. With the help of non-Jewish friends, they began to collect guns to protect themselves. The most Dalton families were found in USA in 1880. Doctors W. L. Goff and Youngblood were sitting on the porch of the drug store near the depot. After they realized they were no longer being pursued, Bob and Emmett began to form what would be known as the Dalton Gang. The four future outlaws first worked as cowboys, but, in 1887, their older brother Frank, a federal deputy marshal, was killed by whiskey runners; in deference, Grat, Bob, and Emmett pinned on lawmens badges. After being found innocent by a Visalia jury, Bill was acquitted and released on October 15. Due to the sensationalism that surrounded the Dalton Gang's exploits, they were accused of robberies all over the country but operated chiefly in California, Kansas, Oklahoma Territory, and Indian Territory. They were also accused of robbing a bank in El Reno, Oklahoma, on July 28, but this was based on little evidence, as no one identified any members of the gang. The family will receive friends at the Willis Funeral Home on Saturday from 6:00 - 7:30 P. M. Interment will be Monday, March 6, 2023, at 12:30 P. M. at the Chattanooga National Cemetery.

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