Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-05-20

The Jail now sends its long time con-
victs 10 Brooklyn, having filed up
most of the other pens in the United
States. Overproductlon and long
hauls seem to 6e the only danger to
the vast volume OF business done by
this Jail. ,
There were some ladies in the jail. 1
had never seen any lady convicts be-
fore, so went up stairs to see them. A
lady felon who chews navy tobacco Is a
sad sight. l hope I may never see it
again. hate also to see lady taking
care OF q little child that has been re-
Gently boru to her In cell 40.
I would rather follow her to her grave
than see 3 perfect lady trotting an
anonymous baby inside the walls OF a
penitentiarY. We spent the Sabbath
in CoffeyVilie, the scene OF the great
Dalton fight, which occurred on the
5th day Of October, 1892. Colonel
Elliott Of the Journal kindly piloted US
around over the field OF battle, and
having been on the ground at the time
knew ever inch Of it. He was in II
pitched battles in the war, but says this
was the most savage and murderous
work he ever saw, though 1t occupied
| but 10 minutes.
Colonel Elliot in his printed account
says that the morning Of the 5th dawn
ed bright and beautiful.
Five solitary horsemen might have
been seen going towards the town OF
Coffeyvills. One Of them used tobacco,
but otherwise they were perfect gents.
! They wore false whiskers, which showed
/ that they did not wish TO be recognized.
The use of tobacco aRd false whiskers
leads TO an ignominous death aR9
should not be encouraged.
These men rode into the town just
about as the banks were opening, as
Bob Dalton discovered on looking at
beautiful gold repeater, presented to
him by g prominent citizen by request.
They hitched their horses In an alley
marked the GALLEY OF death" In the
diagram herewith given. Here there
are bullet marks yet to show how hot
was the conflict in that neighborhood,
and an old stable there has been car
ried away for relics.
Condon's bank, marked exhibit A.
faces the plaza. A plaza is place where
Alliance people hitch their teams and
where greaSers sell hot tamales made
of boiled breast Of buZZard inside 4
corushuck. The plaza by day has a
fringe OF demoraliZed teams around ii,
each team consisting OF one horse and
one mule. II is safe to say that in the
southwest fully two-thirds Of the teams
ara thus arranged. Why il is do not
know unless il started that way by &C
cdent, and when the set was broken
ii made II impossible TO set II right
again.
Three Of the robbers entered Condon's
bank to overdraw their account. Mr..
CARPENTER turned from his ledger to
wait on these men, whose footsteps he
heard, when he found a powerful
Endorsement In the way OF three win
chesters, alsng with a sight draft for
the amount on hand.
Grafton Dalton made profane re-
mark to Mr.. Carpenter regarding the
state Of the country and the slack con-
dition of trade. This convinced Mr..
CARPENTER and Mr.. Ball, the cashier,
that the men were not all they should
be. These bank officers said very
little, but held their hands higher than
usual, Mr.. Ball ripping one OF his
sleeves under the arm.
Mr.. Dalton then took from his person
a two buShel grain sack and asked the
bank TO put its money in there. He
said he would see that no one disturbed
them al all
l forgot to say that Mr. Dalton had no
account whatever At Condon's bank
and as a matter Of fact had no claim on
the bank.
They got all there was In sight-some
81. OOO-and they demanded what was
in the vault, but Daltan was told that
the time lock would not open till $3.50.
IL was really 90 minutes ofa0 at that
time, but Dalton was afraid TO look al
his watch, as he had TO keep his gun
pointed that way or something might
have happened to him, for the bank
was not at that time friendly with the
Daltons.
Dalton said he could wait till the
time lock opened, but soon he got In q
hurry and made a coarse and protane
remark.
Meantime two customers came into
the bank and concluded to remain
there. BY this time the citizens had
discovered the character Of the men
and began to shoot into the bank from
tho hardware stere marked G. The
firing brought more armed men, and
seon the robbers were besieged in the
| bank and had to retire to the back room,
where they held a directors meeting
to discuss whether they should close
the bank or resume business. They
had left their bag in the front room
and did not dare so back after it, the
firing was so hot, so they got one OF
their prisoners to go out on his hands
and knees TO bring il back to where
they were.
Meantime the other two robbers had
been more successful at the First Ma
tional bank, and had secured $4,000.
THIS bank is marked b on the diagram.
Finally the unhappy robbers in Con-
don's bank got out and exchanged shots
with the citizens, who were giving 10 to
them redhot. CofTeyville men, especi-
sIIy Mr.. Isham, the hardware man and
Mr.. Kloehr, q livery stable man, are
dead shots. One Of the robbers was
wounded in the arm so that he could