Grat and McCardle fired at each other almost simultaneously. Right as Hensley left, deputy McCardle heard the sound of footsteps come from the same direction where they had spotted Dean. He was John Dutton III's brother but he died only hours after he was born. There they played poker all night and won $100. Grat entered the Condon Bank and pointed his Winchester at the cashier, ordering his hands up, while Powers and Broadwell took positions at the door. A storekeeper who was sweeping the sidewalk a few feet away noticed Bob, Emmett, and even Grat, who was wearing a fake mustache, and ran inside his store. He was a saloon keeper in Kansas City, Missouri when he married Adeline Lee Younger. Kay and Ford checked all the stages and trains out of Ogden and telegraphed ahead of all others. Grat began to say something about a horse, but then became suspicious. He was found 2 miles away, dead. Father of Roy Reynolds Dalton In close order, the five crossed Walnut Street from the alley to the Condon Bank, holding Winchester rifles close along their legs. Emmett Dalton was born on month day 1927, to Percy Dalton and Laney Dalton (born Shields). Grat's trial didn't start until that June and it lasted three weeks. As Emmett reviewed the roles of the various participants, he concluded by saying, "Then there was Tom Evans down tending the horses." James Lewis Dalton from Jackson County, Missouri and Kentucky was the father of all four boys. Bob discovered his location in Timber Hills while Grat was away searching in Coffeyville and went ahead to lead the posse in making the arrest himself before Montgomery could escape the territory. A later report in the Visalia Times-Delta, a major newspaper in Visalia, California, attributed to "a relative of Mrs. Evans" (most likely Chris Evans brother-in-law Perry Byrd, a deputy of Sheriff Gene Kay) stated, "Tom Evans killed at Coffeyville, Kansas, when the Dalton brothers made their famous raid on the banks of that town, was the twin brother of Chris."[19]. 6 Jul 1879, d. 13 Sep 1928 in Oklahoma City. Frank is buried in Coffeyville, Kansas. James Lewis Dalton from Jackson County, Missouri and Kentucky was the father of all four boys. On June 8, 1894, while he was playing with his daughter on the front porch of his farm home in Ardmore, Okla., lawmen crept up on him from behind and shot him dead. Hannah Adeline Dalton (a twin) b. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Lit was able to borrow one hundred dollars and a horse from Clovis Cole's business partner Charlie Owen. 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. In the midst of the shooting, Powers told Grat he had been hit in the arm. 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. The actor Tyler MacDuff portrayed Emmett Dalton in the 1957 episode of the CBS documentary drama series You Are There entitled "The End of the Dalton Gang (October 5, 1892). In it she implied that her father was the one who helped Grat Dalton escape from the Visalia Jail, lending credibility to an earlier claim made by Sheriff Gene Kay of this being true. Short then turned and the two shot each other to death. 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. Late in the afternoon, Kay and Witty were about four hundred yards from the station when they saw two men crouching as they crossed the road from the old stage barn to the station. Before they could leave however, they received another telegram notifying them that the two were spotted in the southern part of Utah. Brothers Bob, "Grat", and Emmett had first worked as lawmen for the federal court at Fort Smith, Arkansas and then for the Osage Nation. Leading the pursuit was Bob's old friend, Deputy Marshal Heck Thomas, whose renown skills as a deputy kept the gang constantly on the move and in hiding. 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. [12], Lit, the last surviving Dalton brother, responded to a book written by his brother Emmett after the latter's death. Kay knew that, besides Beckenridge's sabotage of the case, Grat would probably be found innocent and their case against Bob and Emmett would fall through. When Emmett and Bob went out the back door of the First National Bank, they were met by Lucius Baldwin, who had been watching the door with his pistol. Some years later, Lit Dalton asserted that Bob and Emmett had told him many times that they had robbed the train. The brother of James Dutton, Jacob (Harrison Ford) became the family patriarch in his brother's stead in the early 1900s. This also suggests that John Dalton was not a young man, and this could have been a second wife. na Randolph Dalton, Emma Dalton, Robert Rennick Dalton, Eva May Dalton, Mason Dalton, Henry Coleman Coleman Dalton, Gratton Hanley Dalton July 13 1937 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. McCue of the Montgomery County District Court for second degree murder. As a former lawman, Bob knew the difficulty officers had enforcing laws in Indian and Oklahoma Territories. Kay moved quietly across the floor and pushed the door a little farther open with his revolver. He attended Irving elementary school and he graduated from Morton East High School in. He then put the baggage man in charge of Bryant and gave him his revolver. Grat and Riley then made their way out of camp with their rifles on their backs and Kay decided they would set up an ambush and wait for their return. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Dalton. When Bill and Dean were acquitted, Bill was rearrested by Kay after his bondsmen were convinced to withdraw by detective Hume. They were recognized and, coming out of one bank, were met by wild gunfire from vigilante citizens. As Doolin and Dalton were accepted as leaders of the gang, it became known as the Doolin-Dalton Gang, and also as the Wild Bunch. 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. He was afraid some of his friends would be hurt, but Bob assured him there would not be any shooting, and that it would all be over before anyone knew what happened. He moved to California and became a real estate agent, author and actor, dying at the age of sixty-six. 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). They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Several civilians were wounded in the fighting. Kay believed they did this to throw him off by going south instead of east. Riley would feed the outlaws, and would do the same for any passing officers, but he would never reveal each other's whereabouts to either parties. The Dalton Gang's criminal enterprise was ended on October 5, 1892 when they attempted to rob two banks at once in Coffeyville, Kansas. Kay had Bill put his rifle down, backed him into the front room, and checked him for any other weapons. Kay checked on his Visalia suspects, who at the time were running a livery stable in Modesto, and was convinced they were not involved with the Ceres robbery. Frank shot and killed two, but his gun jammed and he was killed by the remaining bootlegger. The Dalton Gang was a group of outlaws in the American Old West during 18901892. The Journal then went to state that, "The other dead body proved to be that of Tom Evans" and marked number six on their map of the shooting area as "Where Tom Evans fell" and in three other references to him The Journal called him Tom. Marshal. 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. A very large portion in the Oregon Area as well! Detective Smith decided to chime in, but Grat said he wouldn't say a word while Smith was present. He is the cowboy in charge of it all, and now current governor of Montana. So you see there are direct relatives all over! Southern Pacific detective Will Smith visited Grat's cell almost every day during the trial trying to get a confession out of him and Grat began to despise Smith. 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. Grat first rode to Charles Owen's ranch across from Clovis Cole where he stayed for a few days. At the station, the gang took what they could find in the express and baggage rooms. Emmett, however, was against the idea. After the train left Hennessey, and was approaching the stop at Waukomis, Oklahoma, Short noticed a group of mounted men who looked as if they were trying to beat the train, and feared it was the Dalton Gang coming to free Bryant. Arrangements by Willis Funeral Home, LLC, Dalton, Georgia. The second train robbery by the Dalton Gang in Oklahoma was at a small station called Lelietta on September 15, 1891, about four miles north of Wagoner, Oklahoma. They decided to form a gang and started robbing trains and banks. 6 Jun 2001 Family Group Sheet Husband: James Lewis DALTON died at age: 64 Born: 16 Feb 1826 in Mt. He moved to California and became a real estate agent, author and actor, dying at the age of sixty-six. Bill told Kay that Bob was not in the country, that he had stopped at Rucker's place alone to spend the night. 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. Standing with his back towards him was Bill Dalton, watching the horses and buggy Kay had just left, while nervously working the lever of his winchester. Geni requires JavaScript! Condon & Company's Bank and the First National Bank on opposite sides of the street in Coffeyville, Kansas. Bill arrived for breakfast like he said, and the four of them took the same table. Kay's deputies were carrying ten gauge, double-barrel shotguns, loaded with buckshot, and they leveled them at Dalton. Kay stopped Grat in the street and said, "Say, I hear you have some two-dollar bills. The Daltons told their stories, but neither Kay or Beckenridge ever cleared up the murder point and ruined Grat's case. Beckenridge showed up to the trial late and drunk, and neither the defense, nor the prosecution mentioned that the fireman had been accidentally killed by the expressman.