Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-06-13
BILL DALTON KILLED.
THE NOTORIOUS OUTLAW
SHOT BY A DEPUTY.
He Was Taken by Surprise by Deputy
Jr ted States Marshal Locke aud Shot
While Aiming His Gun on the OhiciaI
His Wife Identities the Body.

AIDNoRE, Ind. Ter, June o. =
Stretched out on pine board in the
rooms of Undertaken Appolis, on Cad
do street, in this city, Bill Dalton, the
noted desperate, bank robber and
murderer, lies stiff and cold, victim
of the unerring aim of c. Loss Hart, "a
deputy United States marshal at
tached to the force of Captain l.. L.
Stowe of this city. A wound on the
right side of the spinal column near
the hip shows where the deadly mes
senger did its work.
The Identification is complete. His
widow is here under arrest and has
sent two kilograms, signing her name
''Mrs. Jennie Dalton" The first went
to c. 'ffs- Blivens, 14o7 Van Ness ave-
nue., San Francisco, and read: my
husband, Bill Dalton, lies here dead.
Come at once. | want his remains
sent home" The other one was ad-
dressed to Mrs. A. L. Dalton, King
fisher, and read: bill Dalton here
dead. Come at once if you wish to see
him."
Thursday afternoon a man named
Wallace went to the express office and
called for package, which was given
him. He was arrested on suspicion,
the package broken into and found to
contain several gallons of whisky
From him it was learned the
whisky was for other people, said to
be living near Elk, and from incau-
tious remarks the officers concluded it
to belong TO the Daltons, the Long
view bank robbers, who were known
to be in the neighborhood of Elk, a
small town twenty-five miles north
west of here. The man was locked
up and a posse of United States Dep
uty marshals started for the free
hooters rendezvous.
Dalton Taken by Surprise.
Yesterday while the men were talk
ing their positions Dalton was seen to
come out, look around and immediately
return. The officers on the east side
were discovered by him through
window or by some one in the house,
and pistol in hand he jumped through
a window on the norCh and started to
run east Loss Hart one of the posse,
was less than thirty yards from the
house and called on him to halt.
For reply he tried to take aim while
running and just then the Winchester
of the officer spoke.
The two jumps into the air were
the only motions after this by the
t1eeing man. His pistol fell from his
hand and with a groan he sank down.
Mr.. Hart ran up to him and asked
what he was doing there, but he was
too near dead to reply, and expired
without a word. The house was
c-fas lad
sides numerous rolls of crisp bank
bills were found, the address proving
him to be Bill Dalton and the money
proving him to have been the leader
of the Longview bank robbery
The remains were brought to- this
city, and when his wife was told that
Bill Dalton was dead she became hys-
terical and almost succumbed to the
shock. Dalton was a man about five
feet nine inches tall, weighed about
11o pounds and had black curly hair:
clean shaven, large head and neck
and well built. lie was dressed in
woolen shirt. yellow suspenders.
black pants and top boots, and looked
the typical outlaw.
The Outlaws Wife Talks.
In the Sherman house Mrs. Bill Dal-
ton, nee Jennie Blivins, lies stricken
from the blow which killed her hus-
band. In reply to questions Mrs. Dal-
ton said: 81 was born and raised in
California, where | first met Mr. Dali
ton. We were married March Ii, 1884,
in Merced county in that state, where
we lived together until 1891. when he
left for this country. | followed IN
1899, and we have remained here since
that time.
''Mr. Dalton was 30 years of age and
has mother aged 90 and four broth
ers, Charles, Coleman, Littleton and
Simon who live at present in OlSlaho-
ma Territory. We have lived with
the Wallace family only month and
were in no way related to them. My
people live in San Francisco, my
fathers residence being 1407 Van Ness
avenue, and | also have two brothers
and one sister living in that state"
Mrs. Dalton is blonde, intelligent,
refined and cultured, and keenly feels
her present position. She is % years
of age and has two children, the eld-
est, Charles, being s years old, while
daughter, Oracle, aged 6, is a hope
less invalid. Messrs Dick and Brown,
attorneys of this city, have been en-
gagged to defend Wallace who was ar
rested, and will also represent Mrs.
Dalton in the legal complications
which may arise. There can no
longer be question of the identity
of the dead man, as Mrs. Dal ton, re-
plying to direct question said: eyes,
that is Bill Dalton, and / and my chill
dren are his lawful and sorrowing
wife and orphans"