The morning call., 1891-03-05
ALILA TRAIN ROBBER Y.
Two Supposed Accessories Now in
Visalia's Jail.
aFsts and Cole Dalton Under Arrest, Charged
With Complicity-A Special Session of
the Grand Jury Called

Ever since the bold attempt to hold up
the railroad train at Alila on the 18Th ult.,
| some of the best detective talent in the
State has been enlisted in the endeayor to
OVertake the bandits.
1t will be remembered that early in the
evening three masked men boarded the
train, which they forced the engineer to
stop. The engineer was guarded by one
robber and the fireman taken back by the
others to the eXprees-car, where Messenger
| Haswell was ordered to open the door.
Instead of complying with this demand
Haswell promptly opened fire on the robbers
who, becoming alarmed, mounted their
horses and speedily escaped. After their
departure the body of the fireman was dis
covered lying beside the eXpress-car, and it
was at first supposed that he had been acct
dentally killed by bullet from the messen-
gers revolver.
1t was cGnclusively proven at the Cor
oner's inquest, held two days later at the
scene of the attempted robbery. that from
the location Of the fireman's wound it could
not have been inflicted by a person in the
express-ear, and it is probable that he was
shot by the robbers before their fight.
DETECTIVES ON THE HUNT.
Captain /. W. Lees, chief of the San
Francisco detective force Detectives Len
Harris, William Smith and W. E. Hickory,
Of the Southern Pacific Bureau, and j. Il.
Hume of Wells, Fargo d Co.'S Express,
have been in the southern counties during
the greater portion of the past two weeks
in pursuit of the three highwaymen, for the
capture of each of whom the Southern
Pacific Company has offered a reward of
5000
On Saturday the officers arrested a man
named GretZ Dalton. about twelve miles
northeast of Paso Robes. The prisoner
was brought to this city, and on Monday he
was taken to Visalia and lodged in the
County Jail. Cole Dalton, a brother of
Gretz, was arrested about ten miles from
San Miguel on Monday, and was also con-
yeyed TO Visalia, where he will bear his
brother company.
The Daltons are said to be cousins of the
notorious outlaws known as the Younger
brothers The detectives do not claim that
the DaltenS are the ALA tEain-r0OberS. but
charge them with being accessory to the
crime, and of acting in completely with the
masked men who killed the fireman. A man
named Jack Parker, who was employed or
Cole DatJn's ranch, is held as a witness,
and was also lodged in the Visalia Jail yes
terday.
TIE ROBBERS ARE KNOWN.
The officers claim that they know the
names of the three robbers, and it is geuer-
ally believed that GreiZ Dalton revealed this
and other Information to the detectives, in
tending to turn. States evidence. Unfortu-
natelY, the three man who actually partici-
pated in the train robbery have departed
from their former haunts and have not yet
been aPprehended. Detective Hume is
positive, however, that they will be captured
eventually
A special session of the Grand Jury of
Tulare County has been summoned to con-
yene in Visaia on Monday. The evidence
against the Daltons, said to be conclusive in
establishing their connection with the gang
OF tran-r0bbers, will be presented, and at
the same time the names OF the active par
Elephants in the crime will also be revealed.
The detectives are confident that the lat
ter cannot vet have made their escape from
the country, and that they are in hiding in
the adjacent mountains of the coast range.
They are probably either in Tulare or san
Luis Obspo counties.
The officers are determined to capture the
robbers and bring them to their deserved
punishment. The profession of the high
wavman has heen highly lucrative in Tuare
County, and has increased in impo rtance
and dignity during recent times. The au-
thOrltles are determined TO stamp it out, and
Will not rest until the entire gang of bandits
Is captured or driven out of the country.