Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-10-13

TIE DALTON DRoTHEEs
one was so badly wounded that he has
since died. The other escaped. but he
is being holly pursued.
or the attacking party four were killed,
one was fatally and two seriously
wounded. The dead are:
BOB DALTON, desperate, shot through the
| head. ,
GRANT DALTON, desperate shot through the
EMMEr DALTON desperate, shot through
JOSEPH EVANS. desperate. shot through the
John MOORE, alias Texas Jack" desperate,
| shot through the head.
7. c. CoNNELLY, City Marshal, shot through
L. NJ BALDWIN. bank clerk. shot through the
q. W. CUBINE. merchant shot through the
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. Rennolds OF the attacking party
has a wound In the right breast, but 1t
Is not considered necessarily dangerous.
Lais Deiz, another of the attacking
party, was shot in the right side. His
wound Is a serious one, but is not fatal.
It was 8 o'clock when the gang rode
into town, in two squads of three each,
passing through -tfnfrequented streets
and deserted alleys to the alley in the
rear of the First National Bank, They
I quickly tied their horses, and without
losing q moments time proceeded to
the attack upon the 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 pri-
vate bank Of q. NJ. Congdon & Co.
BEEN the sTen FSe h bSs6R BCSs
born and bred in the vicinity, and were
we'll known 10 nearly every man, woman
and child. Almost before the bandits
had entered the bank Marshal Connolly
was collecting posse. He ran first to
the livery stable OF Jim Spears, dead
shot with Winchester and a valuable
man In any fight. Then he summoned
George Cubine, n merchant; Charles
Brown, q shoemaker; John Cox, express
agent, and other citizens who could be
conveniently reached, stationing them
about the square, which tosh of the
banks faced.
Robbers Go Through the Banks.
While the marshal was collecting his
forces the bandits, all ignorant OF the
trap that was being laid for them, were
proceeding deliberately with their work
of robbing the banks. Texas Jack 9"
band had entered Congdon's bank, and
with their Winchesters leveled at
Cashier Ball and Teller Carpenter had
ordered them to throw up their hands.
Then Texas Jack" searched them for
| xxyhfl hn
ADDE'S kept them covered with their
rifles. Finding them to be unarmed
Cashier Ball was ordered TO open the
safe. The cashier explained that the
safes door was controlled by a time
look 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 about twenty minutes. We'll
wait" said the leader, and he sat down
at the cashiers desk.
Bob and Emmett Dalton in the mean
while were having better luck at the
First National bank. When they enter
ed the bank they found within Cashier
Ayers, his son, Albert Ayers, anC
Teller w. H. Shepherd. None o.
them were armed, and with
J leveled revolvers the brother bandit:
, easily inundated them. Albert Ayers
and Teller Shepherd were kept under
the muzzles of Emmett Dalton's 1evol
J vers while Bob Dalton forced Cashier
Ayers to strip the safe vault and casf
drawers OF all the money contained IL
them and place it in a sack which haC
been brought along for that purpose.
Bob Dalton Dies In His Boots.
Fearing to leave them behind, les
[ they should give the alarm before tn,
. | ~ ho oh 20 vol
, horses and escape, the desperadoei
!. marched the officers OF the bank out o
the door with the in ention of keeping
them under guard while they made thei
escape The party made its appearance,
at the door of the bank just as Livery
man Spears and his companions of the
MarshaPs posse took their positions il
the square. When the Dalton brothers
cav the armed men in the square the.
appreciated their peril on the in
slant, and leaving the bank OF
ficers on the steps of the banl
building, ran for their horses. Al
soon as they reached the sidewall
Spears rifle quickly came TO position
An instant later It spoke and Bob Dal
ton, the notorious leader OF the notori
Gus gang, fell in his tracks, dead. Their
6 was not CULVER of muscle after h
. Tell. Inc pullel III. sIuSA MN W ~
; right tempe and ploughed through hi
brain and passed out just above tn
left eve. Emmet Dalton had the star
OF his brother, and before Spears coul
< draw n bead on him he had lodged be
: hind the corner OF the bank and wa
a making time in the direction OF tn
alley where the bandits had tied thei
horses.
The shot which dropped Bob Dalto
aroused Texas Jack" and his men 1
Congdon's bank, where they were pa
' tiently waiting for the timelock of tn
u safe TO be sprung with the hour OF II
n Running to the windows OF the ban
G they saw their leader PROSTATE on th
n ground. Raising their rifles to the
: shoulders they fred one volley out {
. tho windows. Cashier Ayers fell o
. the steps of his bank, shot through tn