The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-06

q. w. CUBiNE, merchauG
c. J. BROWN, shoemaker.
The wounded are:
THOMAS G. AYREs cashier Of the First Ma
tional bank, shot through the groin and cannot
live.
7. A. REYNOLDS wounded in the right breast.
LEWIS DEiTZ, shot in the right side.
1t was rumored month ago that the
Dalton gang contemplated raid upon the
banks of the city, and arrangements were
made to give them warm reception, but
the excitement finally died away and the
street patrol was given up.
About 10 O'Clock this morning the gang
rode into town. They came in two squads
of three each, and, passing through un-
frequented streets, rendezvoused in an
alley in the rear nf the First National
bank. Robert Dalton, the notorious leader,
and Emmett. his brother. went to the
First National bank, and the other four,
under the leadership of "Texas Jack" or
John Moore, going to the private bank of
G. NJ. Condor & Co.
In the meantime the alarm was given.
The Dalton brothers were born and bred
in this vicinity, and had been recognized.
City Marshal Connolly was quickly noti-
fed, and began collecting a posse. While
the marshal was collecting his forces the
bandits, all ignorant of the trap, were pro-
ceeding deliberately with the work of rob-
bing the banks.
Texas Jacks band entered Condon's
bank, and, with Winchesters leveled at
Cashier Ball and Teller Carpenter, de-
manded that the safe be opened. The
cashier explained that the safe door was
controlled by time lock and could not be
opened for about twenty minutes after 10
O'Clock. "We'll wait, said Texas Jack,
and he sat down at the cashiers desk,
first gathering up the money in the cash
drawers.
Bob and Emmett Dalton in the mean
while were having better luck at the First
National bank. When they entered the
bank they found Cashier Ayres, his son
Albert Ayres and Teller w. II. Sheppard.
None of them were armed, and with
leveled revolvers the brother bandits
easily intimidated them. Albert Ayres
and Teller Sheppard were kept under the
muzzles of Emmett Daton's revolvers,
while Bob Dalton forced Cashier Ayres to
strip the safe vault and cash drawers of all
the money and place it in a sack. Fearing
to leave them behind lest they should give
the alarm too soon, the desperadoes
marched the officers of the bank out of
doors with the intention of keeping them
under guard while they made their escape.
The party made their appearance at the
door just as liveryman Spears and others
of the marshal's posse took up positions
in the square. When the Dalton brothers
saw the armed men in the square they ap.
preciated their peril in an instant, and,
leaving the bank officers on the steps of
the bank building, ran for their horses.
As soon as they reached the sidewalk
Spears rifle quickly came into position.
An instant later it spoke. and Bob Dalton,
the notorious leader of the notorious gang,
fell dead. Emmett Dalton had q start of
his brother, and before Spears could draw
a bead on him had lodged behind a corner
of the bank and was making time in the
direction Of the alley where the horses
were tied.
The shot which dropped Bob Dalton
aroused Texas Jacks band, in Condon's
bank. Running to the window, they saw
their leader PROSTATE on the ground.
Raising their rifles, they fired one volley
out Of the windows. Cashier Ayres fell ON
the steps of the bank, shot through the
groin. Shoemaker Brown. of the attack
the body and died in few minutes. The
firing attracted the attention of Marshal
Connolly, who was collecting more men
for the posse, and, with a few he had
already gathered, he ran hurriedly to the
scene of the conflict.
After firing the volley from the window.
the bandits, appreciatins that their only
safety lay in flight. attempted to escape.
They ran from the door of the bank, firing
as they fed. The marshal's posse in the
square, without organization of any kind,
fred at the fleeing bandits, each man for
himself Spears trusty Winchester spoke
twice more in quick -
succession before
the others Of the -
posse could take Gg~v--~-TEsA
aim, and Joseph ~
Evans and Texas y
Jack" fell dead, both