Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-14
ALL DEAD SHOTS.
CONTINUOUS PISTOL PRACTICE OF TEE
DALTON GANG.
They Fad Been Marshals-Tha Lie q a United
States Officer in tina. Region is Admirably
Adapted as a kindergarten for Despsra-
doss-A OoGsyviIs Mans Story.

dOss-A OoEsyviIls Mans Story.
ST. LOUIS, October 13.-"Had the
Daltons showed up about a month ago,
when they were expected, they wouldn't
have had as much show as they did when
they came, and that wasn't much"
said w. L. Isham TO reporter. Mr..
Isham Is member OF the hardware
firm from whose stock the citizens OF
Coffeyville armed themselves with Win
chester rifles on the morning OF the 5th,
and riddled the bodies Of Bob, Grant
and Emmett with bullets when the
gang" tried 10 rob the Cofeyville
banks.
"About four weeks ago a couple Of
very bad-lOoking citizens OF the prairie
rode into Coffeyville and jumped of al
our place. Coming In with a swagger
they invested Ia q couple OF the best
Colts revolyerS we had, with plenty Of
ammunition. They then went TO the
livery stable and bought fast horse
there, and then TO the harnessmaker's,
where they got saddle. After making
these purchases they shook the town
for the time being at least. Their en-
trance and exit seemed OminOus, and
the banks at once made prepara-
tiOns 10 receive the robbers should
they take it into their heads 70 hold
upa cashier or so. Everybody Thought
that thew would select the day that
Sells circus was in town, but they
didn't. The Condor Bank has two doors
-One leading out from either side OF
the wedges point, and Mr.. Condor, the
President, had one OF these closed. A
couple OF men, we'll loaded with re-
yolvers, were stationed for days at that
point waiting for the DaltOns. But they
were late. By the time they did come
all the preparations for their reception
had been abandoned, and the found the
town practically on its back. II didn't
take the burg long to get on its feet
though.
''As Is well known they were Deputy
United States Marshals before the be-
ginning OF their lawlessneSS; and, dis
covering how easy the robbers made.
good their escape after committing big
thefts, thought il would be good idea
TO try the vocation OF banditti on their
own account.
SEVER since I've known them, though,
they have been great shots. Down in
the part of the country in which they
generally hang out, below the State
line, they bore the reputation OF being
IS good marksmen as DR.. Carver or
Buffalo Bill. The first thing that
drew my attention to this was the fact
that all three Of the boys used TO make
it business to come TO the store for
great quantities Of 44-Caliber cartridges.
One day ] said 70 Bob! What do you do
with all the forty-fodrs you buy?
Shoot with EN- he answered la
eouically, and then in minute added:
4 practice shooting at trees from horse
back
A GANG OF PISTOL EXPERTS.
THAT is inst what they were up to,
and that was what made them such
magnifeenk shots. From the time they
were little kids they did this. and kept
E up ue|fly TO the day OF their death.
PeSeL. tree stands In that part OF
Ia and Tslntry but whose trunk is bored
- ar 1ton revolver balls. They we're
"suCn-sxpeIts ths.Athey could ride at a
dead run down along a barbed-wire
fence and hit every post as they plunged
past them. They never missed. Hit
ting a couple Of Quarter-dollarS tossed
simultaneously into the air was an easy
trick for them to do. / suppose that a
larger percentage Of the crack pistol
and rifle shots never were gathered TO-
gether In a single company. This was
one fact that struck the people with ter
rOr, for everybody knew that o sheriFs
posse could be found that would be a
match for them in fight on equal
ground.
'The life Of the United States Mar
shalS is we'll calculated to make robbers
Of a good many men. You see, their
business IS to catch men with whisky or
who are hunting In the Indian Territory
and take them TO Fort Smith under ar
rest. On such arrest expeditions as
these the deputies are paid thirty cents
for every mile they take their prisoner,
and are given in addition whatever out
ft the arrested may possess. This
places a premium on bribery. Its well
known that no one need be arrested
down there for either hunting or carry
ing liquor into the Territory If he only
!, has sense enough TO "fX" the Marshal
EN- They are, as a rule, looking for money,
atssnd il they get as much as they could
~ AXE by trip they will let
5 Ouas culprits go In peace. Often
90 " get hold OF tenderioOtS, and after
Y DOuO'ing them with a flourish of guns,
ent Fine away their Winchesters, their
cents, and their saddles and leave them.
.ney carry out part Of the law
of 3Onfseating the criminals goods.
~ for the whisky law, as applied to the
Territory, that IS a dead letter TO all
whONcan work the Marshal. To those
who cant, unfortunately, even though
they have but an ounce in their valise,
four years In prison is the penalty en-
forced.
'Thns you can see the kindergarten
in which the DaltOns received their
schooling. 1t is only wonder to me,
knowing their character now, that they
didn't go into the business Of robbing
trains before they did"
Good Meeting at Mason City.
Special Telegram 10 thS REGISTER.
MASON CITY. w. VA, October Ia
The greatest Democratic demonstration
of the camDaiQn in Mason county thus