The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-06-14
BILL DALTON KILLED.
HE DIES AT THE HANDS OF MAR.
SHAL HART.
the Taking Off of the Bandit
Chieftain Was Not Attended by the
Loss of Other Lives-He Led
the Longview Robbery.
Special to The Statesman.

4 ed up and it turns out that the perpe
y ira ors of that audacious enterpris
!. were the remnants of the notoriou
!, Dalton gang. 1t has been the belle
3 of the United States authorities tina
3 it was the Dalton gang who did tn,
? work. The officers have been moving
mysteriously and the greatest secrecy
has been observed and now that the
: work has been accomplished the story
is no longer withheld as to how they
were rounded up. On Monday last
some parties went to Duncan, L. t., 8
town on the Rock Island railway, and
made purchases to the extent of about
5000. They bought wagon, a lot OF
clothing, some winchesters, ammuni-
ton and other articles. A carpenter
was employed to build a house. After
buying the articles the par.
ty went east in the di-
reotion of Ardmore. Soon after
they were gone it was discovered
the bills they paid out were on the
Longview bank. The bills looked as
if they had been wet to make them
look old. The bank was communi.
Gated with at once and the numbers
on the bills correspondent to those
taken from the bank.
United States Marshal Williams
was notified and a deputy was put on
the trail of the parties at once. Yes
terday party went to Ardmore in
company with two women. They
were in wagon. They bought q
quantity of fine female attire, large
quantity of ammunition, provisions
and mems clothing, much 100 large
for the man that bought them. The
man was never known to have any
money and something wrong was Gus.
pected. An officer looked into the
wagon and found five gallon jug of
whisky. The men and women were
arrested as whisky peddlers. Six
deputy marshals ut once went on the
trail that the suspect came in to town
on and today succeeded in surprising
the gang. They made fight but to no
purpose. When it ended Bill Dalton
was dead. The proof is positive that
it was Dalton and his pals that did
the work. Marshal Williams is now
on the Canadian river but courier is
going to him as rapidly as possible to
notify him of the capture. The off.
GERS who did the work will secure a
reward of many thousand dollars.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
DENIsoN, Tex, June S.-Bill Dalton
is dead. a telegram from Ardmore,
L. T., leaves no doubt that the most
dangerous bandit known to the West
since the death If Jesse James has
succumbed to the inevitable fate of
the oNtlaw-a bullett from the gun of
an offiNer of the law, and the Terri
tory is Md of q man who has been a
terror to peace loving citizens, and
source of great expense to the
government. His murders and
thefts in the territory and the Vest
ern states are too numerous to re.
count, and evidence after the killing
makes it plain beyond doubt that
Dalton led the gang who robbed the
Longview bank few weeks ago, at
which time four lives were sacrificed.
The well authenticated story that
comes from the territory ia that today
two prostitutes went to Ardmore in
the Chickasaw country, and purchGs.
ed goods to the amount of about 5000,
paying cash for the goods and ex-
hibiting large amount of money be-
sides that used. A man who was
with them went to the express Office
end received package containg two
Jugs of whisky. The officers,
who had been shadowing the party
since their first appearance, promptly
arrested the man for bringing liquor
into the territory and held him, be-
lieving that he was connected with
the Dalton gang, which had been con-
tirmed by incautious words dropped
by the party, indicating that they
were just from Dalton's rendezvous.
1t was well known to the officers
that Bill Dalton had a rendezvous at
the little village of Elk in the noun
tains above Caddo creek, 25 miles
away. Thither officers were dis
patched and on approaching the
house where Dalton was supposed to
be, were rewarded by seeing the ont,
law chief come out and take a survey
of the premises. He saw the
officers getting in position east of
the house, but those to the west,
and closer to him, evidently escaped
his observation. Going inside the
house Dalton armed himself prepaIa-
tory to making a desperate fight.
Stepping out of the door again c. Loss