The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-09-15
OUIWITIED THE OFFICERS
The Lake Shore Train Robbers Lo-
Gated in Owcn n Count.
Notorious Bill Dalton and His Gang
Said to Have Passed Through Here
Wednesday Night.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indians napolis Journal.
SPENCER, Ind. Sept. 14.-Four OF the
desperadoes that held mp the Lake Shore
tram, near Kendallville. headed by mono
other than the notorious Bill Dalton, of
train and bank robbing fame. ore now be-
lieved 10 DO hidden somewhere in the hills
north of this city. Dalton and his three
oonfederates were seen and recognized on
q car on the local Indianapolis 81 Vim
cennes freight train this afternoon at Ro.
mona, o small station six miles east of here.
by Sam J.. Sanders, railroad detective.
Some one has been following hot on the
heels of the gang since Tuesday morning.
They were tracked to Indianapolis. where
they are supposed to have boarded an /. ~
V. freight near the stOokyards some time
last night. They rode as far as Brooklyn.
about thirty miles out from the city. and got
Oft and lay concealed until this afternoon.
Someone ar that point saw the men open q
car in the yards and climb IN just as the
train was pulling out. Detective
Sanders had come on 30 k0-
mona. in this county, and when
the train pulle d in he spotted the car with
the broken seal and took peep in the
small opening. He was looking for cattle
thieves but claims TO heve recognized Bill
Dalton, whom he knew in the West, and
says there were three with the noted dos
perado. He sent q dispatch 20 Sheriff
Johnson here that the men were coming
through and were all armed. The sheriff
had barely time to collect posse. The
news spread over the town that there was
going TO be despesata-6gat and several
hundred men with shotgunS col
lected ut the station. Ali placed
sherif and TOOK took 1 up their position on
behind cars. piles OF lumber and anything
that offered itself IN the shape of breast
works. Presently the train appeared and
IL man tagged il above the station. After
consultation with the trainmen CON-
mittee passed along the cars TO locate the
robbers A car was found with the door
showed half back, but there were no signs
of Dalton and his men, and 1t Is believed
they jumped from the freight before it
reached the city and struck Oft across the
country.
It is only about thirty miles TO Cory. In
the edge of Clay county. near which place
last November the young desperate. Els
worth Wyatt, member of the Dalton
gang. was arrested In the house OF his
uncle, Squire McGrif. by Captain Hyland,
OF. Tore Hahte. together with Sheriff
Stout, OF Vigo county. Sheriff Hlxon. of
the Coffeyville tkan.) bank robbery. W hen
Emmett Dalton and other members of tho
gang were shot. Bill Dalton and Wyatt
were old pals" 1t is known that years
ago the Daltons m ado this their old stamp.
ing grounds. and they are known to have
many friends in the wild section of the
State between here and Terre Haute who
would hide them for weeks If necessary.
The country IS eplit up with bluffs and
hills In which there arc many unexplored
caves and cavernous recesses eifording an
excellent retreat Dalton visited these
parts several years ego, and 10 has always
been believed that In addition to Wyatt
there were several other members of his
gang that came from this part of Indiana.
believed To have been Ellsworth Wyatt,
and 1t is thought not altogether an i'm
probability that Dalton and Wyatt are the
men who planned and executed the Lake
Shore hol6-up.