The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-10-11

revolvers on convenient truck and had placed
the desperate in irons. When the train reach
ed Adair Short disembarked to send u teie-
car Bryant had secured one of his weapons
and holding it in his manacled hands fired.
mortaly wounding short;fh e.. oWGsr, now
and pumped four bullets into Bryant's body.
expiring us he pulled the trigger the last time.
There were no fatalities attending the Red
rock robbery, but the Adair robbery resulted
in the death of two men, The express car
was guarded On that occasion and there en was
The place where the train was held up was
in the midst of town. One stray bullet passed
in in the head killed him instantly. Another
physician who hearing the firing had run in
it's direction. was also shot and killed. The
by the robbery in various raids will probobly
Be d at G &
Frisco robbery the Daltons seemed to have
diverted their attention to the robbery of
the only bank in town. The only person in
the bank at the time was the wife of the pres
ident who tainted at the first sight Of the the
money in sight and remounting their horses
rode away. This raid netted them $4,000,
which was such u severe loss to the bank
that it was forged into liquidation.
Today's was the next and last raid Of the
gang, and with it ended the existence of a
of its undertakings by the James and Younger
bands.
Columbia S. G., October 5.-(special)-
Friday will be a harvest day for the
hangman in South Carolina. Two murder.
ers and two murdereresses will leave this
world by the rope route. A fifth, Gus
Deering, an Edgefeld negro, who killed a
fellow workman, had his sentence com
muted to life imprisonment today by Cover
Itllman.
The governor has decided to let the law
take its course in the case of Mildred
Brown, q tl..rteen-year-old Colored girl who
poisoned q white infant i'll Spartanburg by
refusing to interfere; and III the case of
John Williams, a negro who killed Mayor
Henneman of Spartanburg. The governor
has prevented lynching rs a secret COM
mittee had made all arrangements to kill
him if the mercy of the law was extended.
Amanda Terrible, a colored woman of
Newberry viii hang for the murder of her
own offspring The other prospective vic
tim of the hangmans moose is a white man,
William Wilson, of Anderson, who murder
ed his wife.
The Last of the Dalton Gang.
Kansas City, October Ga special to
The Star from Coffcyville, Kan says the
streets are packed today with crowds of
excited people from all parts of this sec
ton, attracted by the terrible Dalton tragedy
of yesterday. On every street corner, in
every alley stand grouns of cit ems eager
ly discussing the attempted bank robberies
Of yesterday with the attendantt tragic re-
suits. At the city Jail an awning has been
improvised, under which lie the! four dead
bandits in collins provided by the county,
with a guard to see that they are not dis
turbed. H.
Since morning a procession of sight-seers,
which seems to be never ending have
viewed the dead outlaws. The desperadoes,
cold in death, their faces uncovered, seem
to possess an attraction for the curious
which is almost without parallel. Among
the thousands who have viewed the bodies
are many who have known the DaItons for
years and while their crimes deserve to
place them beyond the pale Of sympathy,
there is to be found people who can scarcely
suppress a sigh of regret for the fate of
the dead men,