The herald., 1894-06-09
His Wife Identifies His Nor
tai Remains.
Killed While Trying to Escape
the officers.
He Made Two Jump, In the Air ani
Died.
A Package CoataininE whisky Was tn,
Means of Tracing HIM to His
Lair and OF Settling
His Account.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ARDMoRE. /. T.. June 8.-By a shot
from q ri6s in the hands OF Deputy
United States Marshal Hart, today, 1t is
believed the long -hunted-for train rob
ber Bill Dalton, has been laid low.
The Identification is complete. His
widew is here under arrest, and to! her
attorneys your correspondent has sent
two kilograms. The first went to G. 81.
Blivens, No. 140S Van Ness avenue, San
Francisco, and read:
My husband, Bill Dalton, 10 dead.
Come at once. / want his remains sent
horne.
The other was addressed to Mrs. A. l..
Dalton, Kingfsher. and reads:
Bill Dalton here dead. Come at once
if you wish to see him.
{Signed) JENNIE DALTON.
The story of how he Was tralled is as
follows:
Yesterday desperate character
named Wallace, accompanied by two
women, came to Ardmore. and after pur-
chasing over 5000 worth of goods, went
to the express Office and called for a
package, which was given him. He WAS
arrested on suspicion.
Tho package was broken into and
found to contain several gallons of
whisky. From these parties it was
learned that the whisky was for some
old people said to be living near Elk,
and from incautious remarks by the
women the officers concluded it belonged
to the Daltons, the Long View robbers,
L. l. 10 kN s,>k - ~. l. l<O.
hood of Elk.
The man was locked up, and rosse
OF United States deputy marshals started
for the robbsrs' rendezvous. The place
whore they had reason to believe their
game was in hiding was surrounded by
the posse about a. m. today. While
the men were taking their positions
Dalton was seen to come out, look around
and Immediately return. The officers on
the east eide were discovered by him
through window, and pistol in hand
he jumped through q window on the
north and started to run east. Sheriff
Hart was less than 80 yards from the
house, and called to him to halt. For
reply he turned around and tried to
take aim while running, and just then
the A caliber winchester of the officer
spoke. Two jumps in the air was the
only motion after this.
The fleeing man, with grosn.
sank to the ground. Mr.. Hart ran up
to ask him what ne WAS doing there,
but he was too near dead to reply and
expired without word. The house
was searched and over 150 letters, be-
sides numerous rolls of bank bills were
found, proving him to be Bill Dalton,
and the money proved him to have been
the leader of the Long View bank rob-
bers.
The remains were brought to this city,
and when his wife was told he was dead
she became hysterical snd almost sue
cumbed to the shock. There was a re-
ward of several thousand dollars on Dali
toms head. The deputy who killed him
has wired to Long View that he has
positive evidence that it is Bill Dalton
who was killed and that he committed
the robbery.
ARDMoRE. 1. T., June S.-Mrs. Dalton
says she was born in Merced county,
CAL, where she married Dalton in 1884.
Her maiden name was Nellie Van Ness.
They came to the territory in 1891, and
have had two children. Mrs. Dalton is
81 years of age and her husband was 20.
She is well educated and appears to be
very intelligent.