Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1892-10-13
THE DALTON MATTER.
A Few Stray Notes Following
Last Weeks Account.

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THE DAILY CHIEFTAIN was probably
the frss paper to publish the story ol
the Dalton raid on Coheyvile last
week. on Wednesday. The "forms'
had just gone to press when the word
came by wire of the awful tragedy;
twenty minutes later the press was
again started and fairly perfect ac-
count ofthe affair was given. tits un-
necessary to state that THE DAILY
CHIEFTAIN was popular sheet that
day
Cofeyville has been in an uproar
ever since the raid, people travelling
from all sections TO view the scene OF
the bloody encounter Emmett Dalton
is still alive aud j. g. Anderson, OF
this city, who saw him, believes he
will recover. Cashier Ayers is also
improving and there Is a fair prospect
of his getting we'll. Mrs. Dalton and
oldest son, Ben, went up from King
fisher, Oklahoma, and attended the
funeral and it is safe to say, were the
only mourners.
Apparently, the fatal mistake OF the
outlaws was IN hitching their horses
in the alley, in direct range of lsham
Bros, & Mansur's hardware store, as
that place answered the double pur-
pose OF supplying guns and ammunition,
as well as answering for fortress.
From this point of vantage, by the
time the robbers entered the alley,
lead was being poured down it like
a shower of hail stones. Five men
and four horses fell within the dis
tance of hundred feet, and Bob,
Graf and Texas Jack were killed with
in five feet of each other. II seems to
be matter of question il there were
more than five OF the robbers, AS Bob
and Emmett Dalton took care Of the
Condor bank and Texas Jack, Grat
Dalton and ore Tim Evans, visited the
First National. The report that Tom
Heady was with the outlaws and was
killed was an error, as he was seen the
next day and showed eonclpsively that
he had not been in their company.
A day or two before the raid the Dali
tons took dinner at Jim Mehlin's near
Alluwe, and went down to his neigh
Dor, Bob Patton, aud bought a horse,
paying 500 for it. They were also in |
the vicinity of Halsel's ranch trying
to buy horses.
The Wells Fargo Express Company |
are arranging to pay reward for the
Daltons to the families OF the men
killed in the raid-a sum sufficient to
at least show its appreciation of their
bravery, though there was no reward
at the time of the battle.
The banks of the country will be asked
to contribute to a like fund.
Since being captured Emmet Dalton
has done considerable talking. Prob
ably the following statement made by
him ls the most interesting;
"On the first of Oct, 1892, met the
boys south of Tulsa, and they asked
me how much money | had. told
them about $50. asked them how
much money they had and they said
about 5000. asked them what they
were going to do and they said this
town, CoEeyyille, had been talking
about them. and some Of the people
had been trying to get them captured.
| told them knew it was lie; that
they used to have lots of friends here.
Bob said be could discount the
James boys work and 20 w 9pd rob
both banks at Coheyville in one day
| told him did not want any oiit al
all He said had better go along and
help and get some money and leave
the country; that if stayed around
here | was sure TO get caught or killed.
On the morning of Oct. 3rd we sad.
died up north of Tulsa in the Usage
nation and rode about twenty miles
toward Coneyvile, and we talked it
over that day. / tried to prevail on
the boys not to come up for the peo-
Pile here had done us no harm. 1hey
said all right, if didn't want to come
they -four would come and give the
town a round up. | told them if tha at
was the case might as well come with
them. | came for the love of my
brothers, and | knew that | would be
chased Just as hard il didn't come as
| would be if did, and had no mon
ey to get out of the country.
We camped in the timbered hills on
The head of Hickory creek about -
miles from Cofeyville on the night of
.he 4th and in the night TIVE saddled up
and rode to the DAVIS farm, in the
Onion creek bottoms, and this morn
ng (the 5thl as we fed our horses some
,orn, l asked them if they we're still
coming up here. They said they were.
told them it would not be treating
he people right as they had always
us.
asked them how they were going
o do it. Bob said that we would ride
n about half past nine in the morn
ng, saying that there would not be
lalf so many people in town to hold
Up aud we wouldn't have to hurt any
)ne.
He told me he would like TO have me
20 with him because | was quick on
DOT and that he and l would go to the
First National Bank and let the others
10 to q. NJ. Condon's. He said that
We would ride in and hitch at the old
;. NJ. Condor building. He said we
would hitch there so that people would
lot see us until We got right into the
,anks.
When we got to the lumber yard we
Jaw that the street was all torn up
md he said, Let us ride down in the
lley and hitch All FIVE Of the hor-
es belonged to Bob. He bought one
IN the End, and the others next morn
ng. am first cousin Of Bob and
Cole Younger. My mother is a sister