The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-10-07

receiving tellers, and taking the money.
amounting in all to less than $3OO
dumped it into a flour sack with which |
he was supplied, and again sat down. |
while the time lock slowly licked off the |
seconds anu the hands of the clock tar.
dily moved toward the hour of 10. Mean
time Bob and Emmett Dalton were
having better luck at the First National
bank. When they entered the bank
they found within Cashier Ayers, his
son, Albert, and Teller Shepard. None
of them were armed and with leveled re-
volvers the brother bandits easily intimi
dated them. Albert Ayers and Teller
Shepard were kept under the muzzles of
Emmett Dalton's revolver, while Bob
Dalton forced Cashier Ayers to strip the
safe, vault, and cash drawers of all the
money contained in them and had it put
in sack which had been brought
along for that purpose. Fearing to
leave them behind lest they
should give the alarm before the bandits
should be able to mount their horses and
escape the desperadoes marched the off
GERS OF the bank out of the door with
the intention Of keeping them guarded
while they made their escape. The
party made its appearance at the door of
the bank just as Liveryman Spears and
his companions took their position in the
square. When the Dalton brothers saw
armed men in the square they appreclat-
ed their point in an instant, and leaving
the bank officers on the steps of the
bank building ran for their horses.
As soon as they reached the sidewalk
Spears rifle quickly came to position
and an instant later it spoke and Bob
Dalton, the notorions leader of the no
torious gang, fell in his tracks dead
There was not quiver of the muscle
after he fell The bullet had struck him
in the right temple and ploughed
through his brain and passed out Just
above the left eye. Emmet Dalton had
the start of his brother and before
Spears could draw bead on him he had
lodged behind the corner of the bank
and was making time in the direction of
the alley where the bandits had tied
their horses. The shot which dropped
Bob Dalton aroused "Texas Jacks" band
in Condon's bank who were patiently
waiting for the time lock Of the safe
to be sprung at the hour of ten
and running to the window of the bank
they saw their leader PROSTATE on the
ground. Raising their rifles to their
shoulders they fred one volley out of
the window. Two men fell. Cashier
Ayers fell on he steps of the bank, shot
through the groin. Shoemaker Brown
of the attacking party was shot through
the body. He was quickly removed to
his store, but died just as he was carried
within. The firing attracted the atten
ton of Marshal Connolly, who was col
lecting more men for his posse, and with
the few which he had already gathered
| he ran hurriedly to the scene of conflict.
After firing their volley from windows of
the bank, the bandits, apprecating that
their only safety lay in flight, attempted
to escape. They ran from the door of
the bank, firing as they fled. The mar
shals posse in the square. without or
ganization of any kind, fired at the flee
ing bandits. each man for himself.
Spears trusty Winchester spoke twice
more in quick successor before the
others of the posse could take aim and
Joseph Evans and Texas Jack" fell
dead, both shot through the head, max
ing three dead bandits to his credit In
the general fusilade Grant Dalton, one
of the two surviving members of Texas
Jacks squad. Marshal Connolly and
George Cubine were mortally hit and
died on the field. Allie Ogee, the only
survivor of the band, succeeded in escap-
ing to the alley where the horses wore,
and mounting the swiftest horse of the
lot fled south in the direction of the In
dian territory. Emmett Dalton, who
had escaped from the First National
bank, had already reached the alley in
safety, but he had some trouble in get
ting mounted and Allie Ogee had al.
ready made his escape before Emmett
got fairly started. Several of the posse
anticipating that horses would be re,
quired, were already mounted and quick.
ly pursued the escaping bandits.
Emmett Dalton's horse was no match
for the fresher animals Of his pu-suers
The latter answered with volley and
Emmett topped from his horse hard hit
He was brought back to town and dieo
late this afternoon. He made an ante
mortem statement confessing to various
crimes committed by the the gang of which
he was member. Allie Ogee had about
was mounted on swift horse. At
captured.
After the battle was over search wal
made for the money which the banditl
Hdo 6CCulCS lIotli tlC tNo pahho. II Wus
found in the sacks where it had beer
placed by the robbers. One sack wal
found under the body of Bob Dalton
who had fallen dead on it while he wal
escaping from the First National bank
The other was found tightly clenched ir
Texas Jacks hand. The money was re
stored to it's rightful owners.
The bodies of the attacking party wht
were killed were removed to their re
spective homes, while the bodies of thu
dead bandits were allowed to remain
where they had fallen until the arrival o.
the coroner from Independence, who or
dered their removal to the court house
There he held an inquest, the jury re
turning a verdict in accordance with th'
; facts.
The inquest over the bodies OF tn
dead citizens will be postponed until th'
result of the pursuit of Allie Ogee i
, known. During the time the bodies re
NAMED in the square they were reviewe!
! Inv hundreds of people of this and ad