The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-10-06

where the horses were tied and mounting
the swiftest Of the lot fed south In the
direction of Indian territory.
Emmett Dalton, who escaped from the
First National bank, had already reached
the alley IN safety, but had some trouble in
getting mounted. Several OF the posse
quickly mounted and pursued the escaping
bandit. Emmett Dalton'a horse was no
match for the fresher animals Of his pur-
suers. As they closed on him be turned
suddenly in the suddle and fired upon bis
would-be captors. The latter answered
with volley and
EMMETT ToPPLED FROM HIS HORSE
hit hard He was brought back to town
and died late this afternoon. He made an
ante norton statement confessing 70 var
ious crimes committed by the gang.
Allie Cgee is still at large
After the battle was over search was
made for the money the bandits secured
from the banks and it was found IN the
sacks Whsre il had been placed by the rob-
bers 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 tightly
clencbed in Texas Jacks hand.
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 10 remain
where they had fallen until the arrival OF
the coroner from Independence who
ordered them removed to the court house,
there 20 be held for inquest, the jury re :
turning verdict according to the facts
During the time the bodies remained in
the square they were viewed by hundreds
of people of this and surrounding towns
who, having heard Of the tragedy, came ID
swarms TO inspect the scene
The excitement was of the most intense
character aud the fate of Allie Ogee,
should he be captured was determined by
universal consent-he will be hanged by
the people. The other topics which attracted
universal comment were in fullhlment OF
tie prophecy that the Dsltens would Idle
with their boots on, F" a peculiar fate which
was dreaded by them, and that they should
die by the hands OF their old friends in the
vicinity of their place Of birth aud the ex-
cellent Workmanship of Liveryman
Spears, who with three shots sent death to
&c many bandits"
HISTORY OF THE DALToNs.
The Daltons were numerous family.
There were five boys and three girls. Of
the boys two are engaged in farming, one
in Oklahoma, where the mother lives. and
one hear Coffeeville, where three of the
brothers met death today. The Daltons
were second cousins of the James
boys aud through them related to
the Youngers, now serving life
terms of Imprisonment in the penitentiry
of Minnesota for train and bank robberies.
Bob became a cattle thief when mere boy
and was soon joined by his brother, Graf
ION. They were finally run out of the ter
ritory and the next heard of them was in
California. where they took to train and
stage robbing. After exciting experiences
they returned to Indian Territory in the
spring of 1888, when Oklahoma was
stead for their mother. where she still
lives. At the time of the open
ing Bob Dalton was United States
deputy marshal, being selected on
account of his peculiar fitness
30 deal with desperate characters. After
the opening he returned TO life Of out
lawry. and he and Grafton were joined by
their brother Emmett, the youngest of the
brothers. and Texas jack and several
other desperate characters. From this
time their record as robbers OF express
trains and perpetrators of other outrages
is fires. in the public mind
LATER.
Emmett Dalton lis not dead but he is
slowly dying in q room in hotel here, aud
death is expected at any moment. The
indignation against the robber was so
intense this afternoon that the citizens
wanted to lynch the dying bandit To
prevent this the coroner gave out the
statement that he was already dead. Up
TO IL o'clock tonight Allie Ogee had not
been captured.
Late tonight an Associated Press repre-
tentative had talk with Emmett Dalton.
He declared that the stories of hidden
treasures are allcnonsease. .If there had
been hidden treasure" he said, I'VE
would all have been alive today IL was
because we we're all broke that we
planned the Coffeyville raid. We were
being hard pressed by officers down in the
territory and Bob decided that we would
have to get out Of the country. He
planned the robbery about two weeks ago
while we were camped in the Usage
country. We tried TO persuade him not to
do it, and then he called US towards. That
settled it and we started"
II was with great difficulty the bandit
told his story, as he was suffering terribly
from the wound in his side. The ply
eician says he cannot possibly survive.
The wounded cashier is resting easier to-
night