Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1892-10-20
THE DALTON GANG.
Attempt to Rob Two Banks at
COffeyVille, Kan.
A Battle Follows and All bui
One Are Killed.

-Four Outlaws and -Four Citizens KILLED
Outright, and Several People Wounded
Some FataIly-An Attempt to Guido tn,
James Boys Results In Their AnnIhila
tion-One Escapes.
CoFFEEvILLE, Kan, Oct. 6.-The Dal
ton gang of outlaws, the most notorious
in the west, was wiped off the face Of
the earth here yesterday, but in the bat
tie, which resulted in their extermina
ton, three good citizens were killed and
two fatally wounded. The desperadoes
who had grown bolder as they thought
they were above all law and that the of
fcers of the county were powerles'
against them, had attempted to raid thu
banks Of this city, their old home, wheI
they met the fate which they so wei
merited.
Had they confined their efforts Il
train robbery, they might now be alive
but emulation of the James boys proved
their ruin. This was their first at
tempt at bank robbery and their last
piece of outlawry. The six outl avn
came into town together on horseback
about 9:3O o'clock and leaving theil
horses in an alley, walked rapidly acros!
the square and four entered Condon'l
bank and two the First National. Al
Condon's bank the desperadoes were
told by Cashier Ball that the lock would
not be open until 10 o'clock, so holding
their Winchesters on Ball and Teller
Carpenter, said they would wait, taking
meanwhile, the money in the drawer.
Bob and Emmett Dalton were the two
who took in the First National. Here
were Cashier Ayres, his son Bert, and
Teller w. H. Shepperd. They WERE
forced to give up all the money in the
safe, which was hastily showed into
bags. The Daltons then forced the
three out of the front door and followed
right after them. The alarm had in the
meantime been given, and as the out
laws appeared, George Culbin, a mer
chant, and Express Agent Cox shot one
of them, badly wounding him.
The outlaws then returned the fire
killing Culbin. The robber in Condon's
bank shot out of the window hitting
Ayres and Brown. Both robbers rar
back through the bank when they WERE
met by Baldwin and fatally wounded
him. The citizens, being thoroughly
aroused by this time, were hot and
heavy after them and, after a fight il
which City Marshal Connolly was killed
succeeded in killing the four desperadot
named and mortally wounding Emmett
who lies in a room here. He will die be-
fore many hours, if not in one way then
in another.
Jim Spears, livery stable keeper,
! with his Winchester rifle, killed three
| of the outlaws in as many seconds. This
created such diversion that other citi
zens were enabled to get close enough tc
kill another of the robbers. The two
remaining robbers dropped their plum.
der and mounted their horses, but q
posse was quickly in pursuit and one
more of the bandit gang fell from his
horse mortally wounded about two miles
from town. The sixth and last was still
being pursued at latest accounts. The
man who got away is supposed to be
Allie OGee.
Great excitement prevails, and if the
other man is found he will be summari
| ly dealt with. The large rewards fol
| the capture of the outlaws dead or alive
will, if the citizens wishes are respect.
ed, go to the families of the murdered citi.
zens. All of the money was recovered
| to cent and turned over to the banks
Emmett Dalton has made a partial con-
| fession that his gang was the same that
robbed the Pacific express car on the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway al
Adair station. in the Indian Territory
| last July, and committed other daring
| robberies.
The news was telegraphed to Parsons
shortly after 10 o'clock and General Su-
perintendent Frey, of the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas railroad, with his special
car, in which were thirty or forty trusty
citizens with Winchesters and shotguns
came to Coffeyville to assist in running
the desperadoes to bay. They found on
their arrival that there was but little
work for them to do, as the plucky in
habitants at Coffeyville had wound ur
the careers of the desperadoes.
The list of the dead and wounded are
as follows: r
The dead are:
Bob Dalton, desperado.
Grant Dalton, desperate.
Tom Heddy, desperado.
| An unidentified desperate.
G. T. Connolly, marshal of Coffey.
| vile.
George Cubine, merchant.
Charles Brown, shoemaker.
Lucius Baldwin, clerk in Browns
shoe store.
Those fatally wounded are:
Emmett Dalton, desperate.
Thomas G. Ayres, cashier of the
| First National bank.
Those slightly wounded are:
T. A. Reynolds, citizen.
Louis Deitz, citizen.