St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-06
The Notorious Daltons At
tempt to Rob Two Banks
at Coffeyville, Kan.
A Bloody Battle Takes Place
Between the Bandits
and Citizens.
Five Of the Bandits and Five
Citizens Killed in the
Encounter.
Only One Bandit Escaped, and
Armed Men are Pup-
suing Him.

COFFEYVILLE, KAN, Oct. 5.-Ine
Daltons have been eXterminated-
wiped off the face of the earth. Caught
like rats in trap, they were today shot
down, but not until four citizens of this
place yielded up their lives in the work
of determination.
Six of the gang rode into town this
morning and robbed the two banks of
the place. Their raid had become known
to the officers of the law, and when the
bandits attempted to escape they were
attacked by the marshaPs posse. In the
battle which ensued four of the despera-
does were killed outright, and one was
so fatally wounded that he has since
died. The other escaped, but is being
hotly pursued. Of the attacking party
four were killed, one was fatally and
two were seriously wounded.
The Dead Are:
BOB DALTON. desperado. shot through
the head.
graf DALTON, desperate, shot through
the heart
EMMETT DALTON, desperate, shot through
the left side.
JOSEPH EVANS, desperado, shot through
the head.
JOHN MOORE, Texas Jack, desperado
shot through the head.
IT. c. CONNELLY, city marshal. shot
through the body.
In BALDWIN, bank CLERK. shot through
the head
CIV. CUBINE, merchant. shot through
the head.
c. j. BROWN, shoemaker, shot through
the body.
THOMAS G. AYERS, cashier of the First
National bank, was shot through the groin
and cannot live.
II. A REYNOLDS, of the attacking party.
has wound in the right breast, but it Is not
considered necessarily dangerous.
LOUIS DIETZ, another of the attacking
party, was shot in the right side. His wound
is not fatal.
1t had been rumOred month ago that
the Dalton gang was contemplating an
immediate raid upon the banks of the
city. Arrangements were made to give
them warm reception, and for over a
week patrol was maintained night and
day
To Give Warming
of the gangs approach. The raid did
not take place, and then came the re
port from Deming, n. NJ, that United
States officers had had battle with the
band in that territory and that three of
the bandits were killed. This report
was believed here to have been circu-
lated by the Daltons themselves, the
intention being to divert attention from
their real intentions and to lull the peo-
pie OF the town into sense of security.
The people, however, were not so easily
deceived. and when the report of the
disaster to The gang in New Mexico
was denied vigilance was renewed.
Still the expected raid was OF made.
Finally the patrol was withdrawn last
Saturday, although every stranger was
carefully scrutinized as soon as he ap-
peared on the streets.
1t was 0 O'Clock this morning when
the Dalton gang rode into town. They
came in in two squads of three each,
and, passing through unfreQuented
streets and deserted alleys, rendez-
voused in the alley in the rear of the
First National bank. They quickly tied
their horses, and. without losing a mo-
ment'S time, proceeded to the
Attack Upon the Banks.
Robert Dalton, the notorious leader
of the gang. and Emmett, his brother,
went to the First National bank; the
other four. under the leadership OF
'TeXas jack" or John Moore, going to
the private bank OF c. Nj. Congdon &
Co.
In the meantime the alarm had al
ready been given. The Dalton boys
were born and bred IN this vicinity, ana
were we'll known to nearly every man,
woman and child in the town. In their
progress through the town they had
been recognized. City Marshal Con-
nelly was quickly notified of their ar
rival, and almost before the bandits
had entered the bank he was collecting
a posse to capture them if possible, to
kill them if necessary. He ran first to
the livery stable of Jim Spears, a dead
shot with Winchester, and a valuable
man in any fight. Then he summoned
George Cubine, merchant; Charles
Brown, a shoemaker; John Cox, express
agent, and other citizens who could be
conveniently reached. Stationing them
about the square, which both of tn
banks faced, he haStened to augment
his posse by summOning other citizens
for impromptu police duty.
The Robbers at Work.
While the marshal was collecting his
forces the bandits, all ignorant of the
trap that was being laid for them, were
proceeding deliberately with their work
of robbing the banks. Texas Jacks
band had entered Congdon'S bank, and,
with their Winchesters leveIed at CASH
ier Ball and Teller Carpenter, had Or
dered them to throw up their hands.
Then Texas Jack searched them for
weapons, while the other three despera-
does kept them covered with their rifles.
Finding them unarmed, Cashier Ball
was ordered to open the safe. The cash.
ier explained that the safes door was
controlled by time lock. and that it
could not by any means short of dyna-
mite be opened before its time was up,
which would be 10 o'clock, or in about
twenty minutes. swell watt" said
the leader, and he sat down at the CASH
ier's desk.
"How about the money drawers?" he
asked suddenly, and, jumping up, he
walked around to the cages of the pay
ing and receiving tellers, and, taking
the money, amounting in all to less than
$500, dumped it into -four sack, with
which he was supplied, and AGAIN sat
down. while the time lOcI. slowly tickpd