The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-10-06
In A TRAP.
Nine Deaths Tell the Story of an
Unsuccessful Raid
FIVE ROBBERS, FOUR CITIZENS.
The Notorious Dalton Gang Rob Two Banks
at cotfeyvilIe, and Then Go Forth to Meet
Their Fate-One Only Escapss-ThreO
Killed by One Man-Detalls OF
the Terrible Battle

gang has been exterminated and wiped OF
the face Of the earth.
Caught like rats in q trap they were to-
day shot down. but not until four citizens
Of this place had yielded up their lives in
the work Of determination.
Six of the gang rode into town this
morning en0 robbed two banks % this
place. Their raid had become known to
the officers Of the law and when the bandits
attempted to escape, they were attacked by
the marshars posse. In the battle which
ensued four desperadoes were killed out
right and one SO badly wounded that he
since died. The other escaped, but is be-
ing hotly pursued.
OF the attacking party four were killed,
one fatally and two seriously wounded.
The dead are:
BOB DALTON, desperate
GRAFTON DALTON, desperado.
EMMETT DALTON, desperate.
JOSEPH EVANS. desperate
JOHN MOORE C'Texas Jack'') despe-
RADIO.
r. C. CONNELY, city marshal.
l.. M. BALDWIN. bank clerk.
@. w. CABENE, merchant
G. ]. BROWN, shoemaker
IAE WOtNOED.
THOMAS G. AYERS, cashier Of the First
National bank, shot through the groin and
cannot live
r. q. REYNOLDS, wounded in the right
breast.
LAS DrTz, shot in the right side.
IL WAS rumoreu q month ago that the
Dalton gang were contemplating q raid
upon the banks Of the city, and arrange
ments were made to give them warm re-
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away and the street patrol was given up
About 10 o'clock this morning the gang
rode into town. They came in two squads
OF three each, and passing through the IN
frequented streets, rendezvoused in an
alley in the rear Of the First National
Bank.
Robert Dalton. the notorious leader, 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. M.
Congdon & Co. In the meantime.
TIE ALARM WAS GIVEN
The Dalton brothers were born and bred
in this vicinity. and had been recognized.
City Marshal Connely was quickly notified
and began collecting posse. While the
marshal was collecting his forces, the
bandits all ignorant Of the trap. were pro-
ceeding with the work of robbing the
banks
Texas Jacks" band entered Conqdon's
bank and with Winchesters leveled at
Cashier Bell and Teller Carpenter, de-
manded that the safe be opened. The
cashier explained that the safe door was
controlled by time lock and could not bs
opened for about twenty minutes
we'll watt said the leader, and he sat
down at the cashiers desk. first gathering
up the money in the cash drawer.
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were having better luck at the First Ma
tionel bank. When they entered the bank
they bound Cashier Ayers, his sea, Al
bert Az ers, and Teller w. II. Shepherd
None OF them were armed, and with lev
eled revolyers the brother bandits easily
intimidated them. Albert Ayers and Teller
Shepherd were kept under the muzzles of
Emmett Dalton's revolVers while Bob Dali
ton forced Cashier Ayers TO strip
the safe. vault and cash drawer.
Of all the money and place it in sack.
Fearing TO leave them behind lest they
should give the alarm tco soon, the desper-
ADDE'S marched the officers of the bank ouE
OF thu door with the intention of keeping
the N under guard while they made their
escape The party made its appearance 1t
| the door Just as Liveryman Spears and
others Of the marshaFs posse took positions
| in the square. When the Dalton brothers
saw the armed men in the SQUARE
THEY APPRECIATED THEIR PERIL
on the instant, and leaving the bank ON
GERS On the steps of the bank building, ran
for their horses As soon as they reached
I the sidewalk Spears rife quickly came
into position and an instant later it spoke
and Bob Dalton. the notorious leader Of
the notorious gang, fell dead.
Emmett Dalton had the start Of his
brother aud before Spears could draw q
bead on him had lodged behind the corner
/ Of the bank and was making time in the d.
rection of the alley where the norses were
! tied. The shot which dropped Bob Dalton
aroused Texas JaclE's'' band in COngdon's
bank. Running to the windows they saw
| their leader PROSTATE upon the ground.
Raising their rifles they fred one shot out
Of the windows. Cashier Ayers fell on
the steps of the bank, shot through the
groin Shoemaker Brown, of the attack
| ing party in the square, was shot though
the body aud died IN few minutes Tho
| firing attracted the attention OF Marshal
Connolly, who was collecting more men for
! the posse, and with the few he had already
gathered ne ran hurriedly 10 the scene OF
the conflict.
After firing volley from the windows
the bandits appreciating that their only
safety lay in fight, attempted TO escape.
/ They ran from the door OF the bank, firing
/ as they fed. The msrshals posse in thu
SQUARE. without organization of any kind.
fred at the fleeing bandits each man for
himself.
SPEARS TRusTY WINCHESTER
spoke twice more in quick succession be-
! fore the others OF the posse could take aim,
and Joseph Evans and Texas Jack" foil
dead. both shot through the head. making
three dead bandits to his credit In the
general fusillade Grant Dalton, one of the
fvo surviyiug members of the Texas
Jack's SOU adj, Marshal Connely and George
| Csbene were mortally ait and died on the
field.
Allie Ogee, the only survivor Of the
band, successfully escaped TO the ale