The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-02
THEIR HOT RACE FOR LIFE.
The Close Call of the Dalton Outlaws
While Pursued by Posse of 100.

I AhNA "Ao1 W VIC way - OAAS-VAEr Abh VI COh
Indian in his own right, was In st. Louis
yesterday. He guarded seventeen carloads
| of cattle into the city and left again for the
land of the bucking ponies and dirty blank
cts by an evening train. Burrie is 6-footer,
broad Of shoulder and rather link of build,
bronze checked and sharp eyed. He can
shoot as quick as the next man, as he terms
it, "a heap sight straighter'n most" II 9
talks very huently about his wild life, and
not the least interesting Of his experiences
has been his acquaintance with the Dalton
boys, Grant, Bob and Emmett, whose names
are now verItable terrors to railroad
officials. Bnrrie knows, probably as near
any who are not members of the dalton
gang" the true inwarduess of many of their
teats that have been distorted by deputy
marshals and express messengers.
Il was brought up right alongside of the
Daltons," said Burrie, land for a good,
decent lot of fellows they were as way up
as the next They were drove, simply drove,
into stealing and robbing, but they've
always trested me square. Soon after they
got to going they wrote to me and said {:
You amt got any express cars to rob.
Wen let you alone, Burrie, and we want
you to let US alone l said it was go, and
since that time haven't lifted q haad to
harm them. Anyhow, what good would it
w lhCE AhAShb ~ Oub anu AOOCu luGUl,
aud then might go out and ketch heap of
cold lead in my stomach, and my little wife
would be widow, my Kids orphans, and
my ranch an orphan asylum.
"There were nine brothers OF the Daltons,
| and Cole he moved out to California early,
near Fresno. Charley B. Dalton moved to
Kingfsher, Okla. and went farming there,
and Frank was a United States deputy
marshal, and got killed near Fort Smith,
Ark, while trying to make an arrest. But
Bob and Grant and Emmett they're the
ones the country's talking about Grant
held commission under Deputy Marshal
Carroll at Fort Smith, and Bob one under
the Fort Smith court also. He afterward
went to the Usage agency as a deputy mar
shall, and while there got accused of selling
whisky. This means the peni-entiary If
convicted, you know. EN- let was with
Bob then, and there was a writ issued
against them both, charging the offense.
Bob went to Wichita. where he had 30
answer for it. and gave himself up. He
was there hound over without evidence, and
ALT Houts and Cyrus Reardon went his
bond for 1000. You can guess this made
the brothers, and especially Bob, pretty
blamed mad. 1t was then, aud not till
then, that they started out as law-breakers.
They went out and stole bunch of thirty
horses and drove them to Baxter Springs,
where they were sold. A man named Scott
bunch. They wanted the money to beat
that case at Wichita.
There was fuu on hand when the boys
rode to Baxter Springs, Kan. with that
second lot Of nags. The owners Of the first
bunch were there getting back their horses.
Boo and Emmett and a Creek Indian drove
their second lot to Baxter bold as YOU
please, and Bob went In to see if the way
was clear. As he approached the depot he
met young man who said: Are you the
fellow that lost the horses up in the terri
tory and are up here after themg"
bob says Yes and rides back to EN-
met and the creek. They're dead on to
u.s. he remarked, riding down toward them,
and it's about time we was getting out of
| here
Glen Rogers. q Cherokee, who lost
some OF the first bunch of horses and was in
town hunting for them, drove down past
| tue three of them and nailed 'em for what
they were. Looking up the street, the two
brothers aud the Creek saw the men of the
place rushing into the hardware store after
guns. The chase was on. Grabbing the
best horses in their string, Bob Emmett and
the Creek lit out. Abouta mile out of Bax-
ter Springs the DaltoBs left the main road
and followed Little branch toward the
boundary of the nation. When they got to
the line they found that the country was
divided up into lirtle fields ten acres SQUARE
small herds. SO they had to cut wire. OF
course hey had clippers for the purpose, but
1t was terrible with the gang running them i'll
plain sight. In cutting the fences Bob and
EmmsG did not go straight through or
they'd have never gone mile. They went
! through one fence, then skirted it for half
mile, and would then cut through the next
further on, thus maxi e a zigzag course
through the little squares of fencing, and
thus making their pursuers cut fences, too.
II they had Numbered through in a straight
line in plain sight of tue posse
they'd have been caught and shot
In no time. In that ride the Daltous
cut nineteen fences and only rode distance
OF two miles by the crow. Before they got
through their zigzaging Scott, the pur
chaser of the first bunch of horses, who
knew the country, made a circuit of the
land to head the boys off. As they u ere
| cutting the last fence the Greek yelled:
! There CO es q man.
Bob drew bead on Scott and hollered,
Come up Scott came. What do you
wantP I'm hunting horses Then run
off and find 'em.' Scott didn't stop to say
good-by.
1.-The posse Of 100 men was not very far
off now, and in their chase the Daltous had
| to run through field crowded with hay
| makers. The haymakers made for them
with their pItchforks, but as soon as Bob
shot into the ground by way of reminder
! of what he could do, the laborers skedad-
died. By this time the horses began to peg
out. The Creeks horse was the worst and
broke down. The Indian then wanted to
get up behind Emmett. but EN- told him to
wait until they got through the cornfield.
The last they saw of the Greek was his
black head now and then boboing about in
the corn. When Bob and Emmett
got out of the field with their
tired horses they met a fellow rid
log a good nag and leading IA gray
mare. The Daltons proposed trade, but
the boy didn't want to change. Tue sight
of Bob's gun under his nose changed his
mind and the trade was made. IL took
time, though, and by noon the gang was
within 300 yards. The gray mare was
| fractions and threw Emmett before he had
| gone ten rods He got on again, and they
crossed branch with the posse bowling
close behind On the other side of the
branch the boys separated, and most of the
posse followed Emmett. As he had a fresh
horse, as well as Bob they easily distauced
their pursuers; but, in the trouble with the
skittsh mare, Emmett lost his saddle.
They met again. aud came to a Sorrel
mare with a mule colt. Bob thought
| the mare better than his mount and changed.
The sight OF the mule colt following on be-
| hind its mother and braying pitifuliy when
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