Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-10-13
WIPED OUT THE GANG.
The Graphic Story of the Stirring
Battle with the Dalton
Gang.
Emmett Dalton Confesses the
Red Rock, Wharton and
Other Robberies.

of the First National bank. Robert
Dalton, the notorious leader of the
gang, and Emmett, his brother, went
to the First National bank, the other
four, under the leadership of "Texas
jack" or John Moore, going to the
private bank OF G. NJ. Congdon & Co.
The Dalton boys were born and
bred in this vicinity, and were well
known to nearly every man, woman
and child in town. In their progress
through the town they had been
recognized. City Marshal Connolly
was quickly notified of their arrival,
and almost before the bandits had
entered the bank he was collecting 4
posse to capture them if possible, to
kill them if necessary. He ran first
to the livery stable Of Jim Spears, a
dead shot with d Winchester, and a
valuable man in any fight. Then he
summoned George Cubine, a mer-
chant; Charles Brown, a shoemaker;
John Cox, express agent, and other
| citizens who could be conveniently
reached. Stationing them about the
square, which both of the banks
faced, he FASTENED to augment his
posse by summoning other citizens
for impromptu police duty.
Texas Jacks band had entered
Congdon's bank and with their Win
chesters leveled at Cashier Ball and
Teller Carpenter had ordered them
to throw up their hands. Cashier
Ball was ordered to open the safe.
The cashier explained that the safes
door was controlled by a time lock
and that it could not by any means
short of dynamite be opened before
its time was up, which would be 10
o'clock, or in 20 minutes. "We'n
watt" said the leader, and he sat
down at the cashiers desk.
show about the money drawers"
he asked suddenly, and, jumping up,
he walked around to the cages Of the
paying and receiving ~tellers, and,
aking the money. amounting in all
no less than $500, dumped it into a
-four sack with which he wa supplied
and again sat down while the time
lock slowly licked Off the seconds
and the hands of the clock tardily
moved towards the hour of 10.
Bob a:.d Emmett Dalton in the
meantime were baving better luck at
the First National Bank. When
they entered the bank they found
within Cashier Ayres, his SOL Albert
Ayres and Teller W. Fl. Shepherd.
None of them were armed, and, with
leveled revolvers, the brother bandits
easily inundated them. Albert
Ayres and Teller Shepherd were kept
under the muZzles o; Emmett Dalton's
r~evolvers while Rob Dalton forced
Cashier Ayres to strip the safe vault
and place it in a sack which had been
brought along for that purpose.
Fearing to leave them behind, lest
they should give the alarm before the
bandits should be able TO mount their
horses and escape, the desperadoes
marched the officers OF the bank out
of the door with the intention of
keeping them under guard while
they made their escape. The party
made its appearance ct the door Of
the bank just as Liyeryman Spears
and his companions of the marshal's
posse took their positions in the
square.
When the Dalton brothers saw the
armed men in the square, they appre-
ciated their peril on the instant and
leaving the banks officers on the
steps of the bank building ran for
their horses. AS % as they reached
the sidewalk Spears rifle quickly
come to position. An instant later il
spoke and Bob Dalton, the notorious
leader of the notorious gang, fell in
his tracks, dead. There was not a
CULVER Of a muscle after he fell. The
bullet had struck him in the right
temple and plowed through his brain.
and passed out just above the left
eye. Emmett Dalton had the start of
his brother, and before Spears could
draw a bead on him he had lodged
behind a corner of a bank, and was
making time in the direction of the
alley where the bandits had tied their
horses.
The shot which dropped Bob Dal-
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 n volley out of
the windows. Two men fell at the
volley- Cashier Ayers fell on the
steps OF the bank, shot through the
groin. Shoemaker Brown, of the
attacking party in the square, was
shot through the body. He was
quickly removed to his 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 he had already gathered, ran
hurrledly to the scene OF conflict.
After firing their volley from the
windows of the bank the bandits.
approaching that there only safety
lay in flight, attempted to escape.
They ran from the door of the bank,
dring as they fed. The marshal's
posse in the square, without organiza-
tion of any kind, fired at the
fleeing bandits, each man for himself
Spears trusty Winchester spoke
twice in quick succession before the
others of the posse could take aim,
and Joseph Evans and "Texas Jackn
fell dead, both shot through the
head, making three dead bandits to
his credit. In the general fusilade
Graf Dalton, n of the Two surviving
members of Texas Jacks squad,
Marshal Connolly and George Cubine
we're mortally wounded and died on
the field.
Allie Ogee, the only survivor Of the
band, succeeded in escaping to the
alley where the horses were tied, and
mounting The swiftest horse in the
lot, fled south in the direction of the
Indian Territory. Emmett Dalton,
VINO had escaped from the First