Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-10-12


them were procseding del,barately
with their work of robbing the banks.
Texas Jacks band had entered
Cougdon's baok, and with their
Winchesters leveled at Cashier Bal
and Teller Carpenter had ordered
them to throw up their hands Then
"Texas Jack" searched them for
weapons while the other three des.
peradoes kept them covered with
their rifles. Finding them to be un-
armed Cashier Ball was ordered to
open the safe. The cashier explain
ed that the safe door was controlled
by time lock and that it could not
by any means short of dynamite be
opened beforelt time WAS up, which
would be 10 o'clock or in about
twenty minutes. "We'n wait" said
the leader, and he sat down at the
cashiers desk. How about the
money drawers ?" he asked suddenly,
and jumping up he walked around
to the cages of the paying and re-
ceiving tellers and taking the money
amounting in all to less than $500,
dumped it into a -four sack with
which he was supplied, and sat down
while the time lock slowly licked
off the seconds and the hands of the
clock tardily moved towards the
hour of ten
Bob and Emmett Dalton in the
meanwhile were having better luck
at First National bank, when they
entered the bank they found within
Cashier Ayers, his SOD, Bert Ayers,
and Teller w. II. Sheppard. None
of then were armed and with level
led reyolvers the brother bandits
easily intimidated them. Albert
Ayers and Teller Sheppard were
kept ueder the muzzles of Emmett
D.lton's revolvers while Bob Daltou's
forced C,shier Ayers to strip the
safe vault and cash drawers Of all
the money containing in them and |
place it in q sack which he had !
brought along for that purpose.
Fearing to leave them bshind lest |
they shculi give the alarm before !
the bandits should be able to mount |
their horses and escape, the despar
ADDE'S marched the officers of the |
bank out of the door with the iuten-
ton of keeping them under guard |
while they made their escape.
The party made its appearance al
the door OF the bank just as Livery
man Spears and his companions of
the marsh ls posse took their posi-
ton in the square. When the Dalton
Brothers saw the armed men in the |
square they appreciated their peril
on the instant and leaving the banks
Off ,ers on the steps of the bank
building ran for thsir horses. As
soon as they reached the sidewalk
Spears rife quickly came to position.
An instant later it spoke and Bob
Dalton, the notorious leader of the
notorious gang. fell in his tracks,
dead. There was not a quiver of a
muscle after he fell The bullet had
struck him in the right temple and
plOughed through his brain and
passed out just shove the LETT eye.
Emmett Dalton had the start Of his
brother and before Spears could
draw bead on him he had lodged
behind corner of the bank and was
making time in the diraction of the
alley where the bandits had tied
their horses.
The shot which dropped Bob Dali
ton aroused Texas Jacks" band in
Congdon's bank, who were patiently
waiting for the time lock of the safe
to be sprung with the hour of 10.
Running to the windows of the bank
they saw their leader PROSTATE on
the ground. Raising their rifles to
their shoulders they fred one volley !
out Of the windows. Two men fell
at ths volley. Cashier Ayers fell on
the steps of the bank, shot through
the groins. Shoemaker Brown, of ,
the attacking party, was shot through :
the body. He was quickly removed ,
to MS shop, but died just as he was |
carried within. The firing attracted |
the attention of Marshal Connolly,
who collecting more men for his posse
and with the few which he had al |
ready gathered, ran hurriedly TO the G
scene of the conflict.
After firing their voiley from the
windows of the bank the bandits ran
from the door of the bank, firing rs
the fled. The marshal's posse in The !
square, without organization of any I
kind, fired at the fleeing bandits, =,
each man for himself. Spears trusty
Winchester spoke twice more in y
quick succession before the others OF !
the posse could take aim, and Joseph II
Evans and Texas Jack" fell dead. q
both shot through the head, making :
three dead bandits to his credit. In +
the general fusilade Grant Dalton, '
one of the two surviving members Of '
Texas Jacks squad, Marshal Con- .
nelly and George Cubine were NOR q
tally shot and died on the field. e
. Allie Ogee, the only survivor of o
The band, succeeded in escaping to G
the alley where the horses were tied, y
md mounting the swiftest horse of
the lot, fled south in the direction
Of the Indian territory.
Emmett Dalton, who had escaped
rom the First National bank, had
'lready reached the alley safety but
lie had some trouble in getting = =
mounted and Allie Ogee had already :;
made his escape before Emmett got u
airly started '
Several ot the posse anticipating L
hat the horses would be required q a
we're already mounted and quickly =,
the escaping bandits. EN- u u
nett Dalton's horse was no match y
or the fresher animals Of his pur- I,
uers. As his pursuers closed on e e
him, he turned suddenly in his saddle =
md fired upon his would be captors. Il