The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-06

the bank they saw their leader PROSTATE on
the ground. Raising their rifles 90 their
shoulders they fired one volley out OF the
windows. Two men fell at the volley. Cash
Ter Ayers fell on the steps Of his 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 be
was carried within. The firing attracted
the attention OF Marshal Connolly, who
was collecting more men for his posse. and
with few which he had already gathered,
he ran hurriedly to the scene Of the conflict.
| A BREAK FOR THE HORSES.
After firing their volley from the win
dows of the bauk, the bandits, approaching
that their only safety lay In flight, at
tempted TO escape. They ran from the door
Of the bank, firing astthey fed. The mar
shals posse IN the square. without orgaul-
cation of any kind, fired at the fleeing
| bandits, each man for himself
| Spea's' trusty Winchester spoke twice
| the Others OF the posse could take aim, an
! Joe Evans and Texas jack fell dead,
both shot through the head. making three
/ dead bandits to his credit. In the general
| fusilade which followed, Grant Dalton one
OF the surviving members Of Texas Jacks
squad, Marshal Connolly, George Cuoine
aud l.. NJ. Baldwin, one of Congdon's
/ 1tCl hSa WIZ was OuL COilttLAlAb "lASi4 ~
tack was made, were mortaliy hit and died
on the field.
A RACE ON HORSEBACK.
Allie Ogee, the only survivor of the band,
succeeded in escaping to the alley where the
| horses were tied and, mounting the swiftest
| horse of the lot, fed south in the direction
! OF the Indian Territory. Emmett Dalton,
who had escaped from the First National
| Bank, mad already reached the alley in
safety. but be had some trouble in getting
mounted, and Allie Ogee had
already made his escape before
Emmett got fairly started. Several
of the posse auticipting that horses would
| be required were already mounted and
| quickly pursued the escaping bandits. En-
met DatOn's horse was no match for the
fresher animals Of his pursuers. AS his pur-
suers closed on him he turned suddenly in
his saddle and fired upon his would-be cap
tors. The latter answered with a volley,
and Emmett toppled from his horse hard
hit. He was brought back to town
and died late this afternoon. He made an
ante-mortem statement, oonfessing to vari
Gus crimes committed by the gang of which
he was a member. Allie Ogee had about
ten minutes start of bis pursuers and was
mounted on a swift borse. At O'Clock
this evening he had not been captured.
THE STOLEN MONEY RECOVERED.
AANOI VIC OhtSAo was ONcE a hodEOu Whn
made for the money which the bandits had
secured from the two banks. 1t was found
in the sacks where it had been placed by the
robbers. One sack was found under the
body Of Bob Dalton, who had fallen dead
upon it while he was escaping from the
First National Bank. The other was found
tightly clinched in Texas Jacks hand. The
money was restored to It's rightful owners.
REMOVING THE DEAD.
The bodies OF those of the attacking
party who were killed were removed to
their respective homes, while the bodies of
the dead bandits were allowed to remain
where they had fallen until the arrival of
the coroner from Independence, who or
dered them removed to the court house.
There he held an inquest, the jury return
Jog verdict In accordance with the facts
The inquest over the bodies of the dead cti-
zenS will be postponed until the result of che
pursuit Of Allie Ogee is known.
During the time the bodies remained in
the square they were viewed by hundreds
of people of this and the surrounding
towns, they having heard of the tragedy
and came in swarms to inspect the scene.
oeEE WILL BE LYNoHED.
The excitement was of the most intense
character, and the fate of Ogee, should he
be captured, was determined by universal
consent. He will be hanged by the people.
Other topics which attracted universal
comment we're the fulhllment OF the proph-
coy that the Daltons would Idle with their
boots on" a peculiar fate which had de-
creed that they should die by the hands OF
their old friends in the vicinity of the place
of their birth, and the excellent marksman-
ship of Llveryman Spears, who. with three
shots, sent death TO as many bandits.
SKETCH OF THE DALToNs.
The Daltons were a numerous family.
There were five boys and three girls. OF
the boys, two are engaged in farming, one
in Oklahoma, where the mother Of the
family lives, and one near Cotfeeville where
three of the Others met their death to-day.
The Daltons were second cousins of the
noted james boys, who de6ed the law in
Missouri for so many years, and through
them were related to the Youngers, who are
now serving life terms of imprisonment in
the penitentiary Of Minnesota.
Bob Dalton was the first of the boys to
| enter upon career of crime. While he
was scarcely more than boy he became a
cattle thief and did a thriving business
| driving off cattle from herds on the Chero.
kee strip and taking them across Indian
territory, where he would sell them. lie
was joined soon after he entered tho business
by his brother, Grafton Dalton.
THE DALToNs' DEPREDATIoNs.
Their depredations became so frequent
and 80 troublesome that cattlemen organ
lied to drive them from the strip. A posse
OF COW boys was formed for that purpose
and gave the DaItons hard chase, finally
losing them in the wilds of New Mexico.
Next heard of the Daltons
were in California, where thew
took to train robbing. While robbing
a stage there one of the passengers was
killed in the attack. This spurred the
officers to extraordinary efforts to effect
their capture then. and Graf Dalton was
finally captured. While being taken TO a
place Of bookkeeping he was rescued bv
other members of the gang, the whole party
finally escaping, after being chased in Cali.
fornia and through good part of Arizona.
IN INDIAN TERRITORY.
In the spring of 1889 the gang turned ur
in Indian territory when Oklahoma wa:
opened to settlement The Dalton boys
secured choice claim for their mother neal
| Hennessey, where she still lives, supported
| by one of her sons AT the time of the
opening Bob Dalton was United States
marshal. being selected on account Of
| his peculiar fitness TO deal with
desperate characters. After the opening
| he returned to his life of outlawry, and hC
aud Graf were then joined by their brother
| Emmett, the youngest of the brothers. They
were at that time also Joined by Texa,
Jack, and soon gathered about them severa
| desperate characters. 1t was theI
that the most successful period of the Dial
tons career, from their standpoint began.
| Their attention was first directed to the