Morning journal and courier., 1892-10-06
news BY TELEGRAPH.
From All Quarters.
A DESPERATE BATTLE.
The Notorious Dalton Gang
Exterminated.
L0HD 1ENNYSoN CANNOT RECOVER.
Challenged to Race for the
Americas Cup.
STATESMEN REID and MNNLEY.
Testing the International
Copyright Law.
STATESMEN REID and M'kINLEY,
DESPERADOES KILLED.

The Dalton Gang Robs Two Kansas
Banks Overcome by PIucky
MarshaIs Posse While Trying to
Escape-Members of Both Parties
Killed In the Battle.
CoFFEYv1LLE, Kan, Oct. 5.-The Dalton
gang has been exterminated. Six of the
gang rode into town this morning and
robbed the two banks of the place. When
the bandits attempted to escape they were
attacked by the marshaps posse In the
battle which ensued four desperadoes were
killed and one was 80 badly wounded
that he has since died. The other es-
capped, but is being hotly pursued.
Of the attacking party, four were killed,
one was fatally injured and two were seri-
ously wounded. The dead are:
Bob Dalton, desperate, shot through the
head.
Grant Dalton, desperate, shot through
Emmett Dalton, Desperate, shot through
the left side.
Joseph Evans, desperate, shot through
the head.
John Moore, "Texas jack" desperate,
shot through the head.
T. G. Connolly, city marshal, shot
through the body.
L. M. Baldwin, bank clerk, shot through
the head.
G. W. Cubine, merchant, shot through
G.. j. Brown, shoemaker, shot through
the body.
Thomas G. Ayers, cashier of the First
National bank, was shot through the groin
and cannot live
T. A. Reynolds of the attacking party
has a wound in the breast, but it is not
considered necessarily dangerous.
L. A. Detz, another of the attacking
party, WAS shot in the right side. His
wound is serious.
1t had been rumored a month ago that
the Dalton gang was contemplating an i'm
mediate raid upon the city banks.
Arrangements we're made to give them a
warm reception and for time patrol
warning. The raid did not take place and
finally the patrol was withdrawn last
Saturday, although every stranger was
carefully scrutinized when he appeared on
the streets.
Bob and Emmett Dalton on entering the
First National bank found within Cashier
Ayers, his son Albert and Teller w. 81.
Shepard. None were armed, and with
levelled revolvers the bandits inundated
were kept under the muzzles of Emmett
Dalton's revolvers, while Bob Dalton forced
Cashier Ayers to strip the safe vault and
cash drawers of all the money contained in
them and place it in sack. The despera.
does then marched the officers of the bank
out of the door, intending to keep them
under guard while they made their escape.
The party appeared at the bank door just
as Spear and his companions of the mar
al "a
When the Dalton brothers saw
the armed men they ran for
their horses. Thereupon Spear fred and
Bob Dalton fell dead. Emmett had the
start on his brother and lodged behind
corner of the bank and ran for the alley
where the horses were. The shot which
dropped Bob Dalton aroused "Texas Jacks"
band in Congdon's bank. Running to the
windows they saw their leader prostrate5
and fred one volley out of the windows1
Cashier Ayers standing on the steps of
his bank and Brown of the posse were shot
and Brown soon died. Marshal Connolly,
with few men he had gathered, ran to the
scene of the conflict. The bandits rushed
from the door of the bank, firing as they
| fed. The marshars posse fred at the
robbers and Spears Winchester brought
down and killed Evans and "Texas Jack"
In the fusilade Grant Dalton, one of
| ACAoo oooh SHuooS aAoiohoA OoAhchy,
George Cubine and L. A. Baldwin, one of
| Conedon's clerks, who was out collecting,
were MORALLY hit and died on the field.
Allie Ogee. the only survivor of the gang,
reached the alley and mounting the swift
est horse fled toward Indian terri
tory. Emmett Dalton reached the
alley safely, but had trouble in
getting mounted. Several of the
posse were mounted and pursued the es-
Gaping bandits. The pursuers closed on
Emmett Dalton and he turned and fired
upon them. The pursuers answered with
volley and Emmett toppled from his
horse hard hit. He was brought back to
town and died this afternoon. He made
an ante mortem statement confessing to
the various crimes committed by
the gang. Allie Ogee at 10 o'clock to night
had not been captured. One of the sacks
containing the stolen money was found
under the body of Bob Dalton. The other
was found tightly clutched in Texas jacks
hand. While the bodies of the dead ban
dts lay on the ground they were viewed
, by hundreds of people.