The record-union., 1891-09-07
CERES TRAIN ROBBERS.
WILLIAM DALTON AND WILEY
DEAN ARRESTED.
They Tally with the Descriptions OF
the Tall and Short Men Who
Held Up the Train.
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| tMERCED, Sept. 6.--The full detective
force which is after the Ceres train rob-
bers met here yesterday afternoon by ap-
pointment in the FL Captain parlors.
Those leading the chase are Sheriff Cum
| ningham, Deputies Stockiard and Sell
| Detectives Hume, Lawson, Packer and
Smith, and although forty-eight hours
have passed since the attempt at robbery,
these brave men have not taken any rest,
going night and day, not for the reward
offered for the arrest of the villains, but
to bring them to justice, if possible, and
rid the country of them.
Detective Lawson was interviewed by
an Associated Press reporter last evening
and said: I'VE have nothing we can make
public just now, but can say that at our
meeting to-day we all agreed that Bob
and Emmet Dalton, who are now at large
and the men who figured in the Alila
train robbery, had something to do with
! this"
The Daltons are we'll acquainted with
| the country and people here, and if they
are connected with it, it will be hard to
convict them if arrested. Lawson brought
tramp to town this afternoon who was
on the wrecked baggage-car. This man.
who gave the name of Colclough, gave
the detective good description of the
short man who figured in the robbery,
and he thinks he could identify him if he
saw him. The officers are confident they
will cage their game within a week.
TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED.
GOSHEN, Sept. 6.-Sheriff Kay passed
through here tonight for Visalia with
two men supposed to be the Ceres train
robbers.
y DALTON AND DEAN ARRESTED.
l1IMERCED, Sept. 6.-News has just been
received here by Detective Lawson,
which is authentic, to the effect that Bell
Dalton and Wiley Dean were arrested
near Iraver this afternoon and lodged in
the Visalia Jail. Great excitement was
created here by the news, as Dalton was
out on bonds for another alleged robbery,
and all his bondsmen were residents of
Merced, where his attorney, J. w. Brock
inrldge, also resides.
PARTICULARS OF THE CAPTURE.
VISALIA, Sept. 6.-Wm. Dalton and
Wiley Dean were captured late this after
noon about three miles south of Trayer,
Two men were seen to ride up to the
house of Maggie Rucker. Immediately
Sheriff Kay and Deputy Witty went to
the house. VIM. Dalton came to the
door and was ordered to throw up his
hands. He obeyed, but declared that he
was alone. Kay refused to believe this,
Guu DVDuIy WHY W0uL CDrOugn the
house and into the rear, where he found
Dean Kidding in the cellar with rifle.
He ordered him to surrender, and Dean
did so. Two horses and a number of
rifles were captured. The horses bore
signs of hard riding.
William Dalton is brother of Grattan
Dalton, now in Jail awaiting sentence for
holding up the train at Alila last Feb
ruary. William was charged with being
an accomplice, but was out on bail, his
case being set for October 9th. William
called on his brother at the jail last Tues
day. He was in very excited state, and
it was feared that an attempt would be
made to rescue Grattan, and three extra
guards were employed to guard the jail
William, however, left at midnight of
the same day for Modesto, seven miles
north of Ceres, the scene of the late rob-
berry.
Dean arrived at Maggie Rucker's
house last night, and Dalton claims that
he never saw him till to-day.
Sheriff Kay is positive that the men
are the robbers, but refused to say how he
obtained the information leading to the
arrests. He will start again tomorrow,
and is confident he will capture the third
robber very soon. The men answer the
description of the Ceres robbers. Dalton
is short and Dean tall man. 1t is
thought that the robbery was for the pur-
pose of getting money to bail Grattan
Dalton out.