The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-10-06
FATE OF The DALTONS
Rejoicing at the determination
of the Outlaws.
OBTAINED AT A HEAVY COST

Three Citizens Killed and Two Fatally In
jured-- Five of the six Desperadoes Shot
Down--ons Managed to Esoape--AIl the
Money Recovered.
CoFFEYvILLE, Kan, Oct. 6.-The Dal.
ton gang of outlaws, the most notorious
in the West, has been wiped off the face
of the earth, but in the battle which re.
suited in their determination three good
citizens were killed and two fatally
wounded.
The desperadoes, who had grown bold
er as they thought they were above all
law and that the officers of the county.
were poweress against them, attempted
to raid the banks of this city, their old
home, when they met the fate which they
so well merited. Had they confined their
efforts to train robbery they might now
be alive, but emulation of the James
boys proved their ruin.
| Bob and Grant Dalton, Tom Hardy and
an unknown member of the Dalton gang
| are dead.
Emmett Dalton is very dangerously
wounded.
City Marshal G. T. Connolly, George
| Cudine and Charles Brown, shoemaker,
are dead.
Cashier Thomas G. Ayers, of the First
National Bank, and Lucius Baldwin, a
clerk in Read Brothers store, are fatally
| wounded, and 7. A. Arnold and Lewis
Deitz are slightly injured.
1t is the result of an attempt of the
Dalton gang to rob the bank of Q. M.
Condor & Co. and the First National
Bank in this city yesterday morning at
9:45 o'clock.
One of the gang succeeded in making
| his escape.
The six members of the gang came into
town on horseback, and leaving their ami
mails in an alley, walked rapidly across
the square, four entering Condon's and
two gong to the First National Bank.
At Condon's Bank they were told by
Cashier Ball that the time lock would not
be opened until 10 o'clock, so holding
their Winchesters in their hands they
told Ball and Teller Charles Carpenter
that they would wait, taking meanwhile
the money in the drawer.
Bob and Emmett Dalton were those who
visited the First National Bank. Here
Cashier Ayers, his son Bert and Teller
w. IL. Sheppard 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, following right after
them.
The alarm had in the meantime beer
given, and as they came out George Gu
dine and Express Agent Cox shot at one
of the robbers, badly wounding him. The
robbers returned the fire, killing Cudine
and the robbers in Condor g. Co. s Bank
began shooting out of the window, hit
ting Ayers and Brown.
Both robbers ran back through the
bank, when they were met by Baldwin
and they killed him.
The citizens being thoroughly aroused
by this time were after them hot and
heavy and succeeded in killing the foul
men named above and mortally wound
ing Emmett.
Coffeyville is the old home of the Dal
tons, and it is peculiarly appropriate that
the world should be rid IF the gang b!
our citizens.
The large rewards for their capture,
dead or alive if the citizens wishes aar,
respected, will go to the families OF thu
murdered citizens.
All the money was recovered and
turned over to the banks.
Emmett Dalton has made a partial con
fession that his gang was the same thai
robbed the Pacific Express car on the
Missouri, Kansas g. Texas Railway, a
Adair station in the Indian Territory last
July, and committed other daring bur
glariess
The news was telegraphed to Parsons
shortly after 10 o'clock, and Genera
Superintendent Frey, of the Missouri
Kansas g. Texas Railroad, with hi
special car, i'll which were 30 or 40 trust,
citizens with Winchesters and shot guns
came to Coffeyville to assist in running
the desperadoes to bay. They found oil
their arrival that their was but littl
work for them to do, as the plucky in
: habitants OF Coffeyville had wound u
the careers of the desperadoes.