Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-09
BILL DALTON SHOT DEAD.
The Career Of The Long Hunted
Train Robbsr Ended.
The Identification said 90 be Com.
Dicto-- The Details OF Sue
Iragedy.

ARDMoRE, 1. T., June S.--By the
death Of VIII Dalton at tho hands Of
Deputy Uniiod States Marshal Hart
today, II " believed that tho long.
hunted ana seatched.for train robbsr
has been laid low.
Tho Identification IL complete. Hio
widow is here under arrest, anu Tor her
attorney your Correspondent hss sent
two tulo grams. The frat went 70 T.. h.
Blivtus, l4J7 Van Neas avenue, San
FmucacI, anj reaii:
"My nutblud, 1914 Dalton, " dead.
Come at once. / want u!8 remains sent
n0uc.n
The other one was addressed to Mrs.
A. l.. Dalton, kingtinor, aud tcaus;
"Bill Dalton 10 here duau; come at
once u you wish TO seu him.
(signyu) JENNIE DAL1ON.0
Tho story OF how no wac billed 10 %
iollOwt: Yesterday afternoon dcspo.
rate character named Wallace, accom-.
panied ~ two women, camo 10 Ari.
more, AMI alter purchasing over 500
worth VI goods tue man went ~ the
oNpfuts Cillge aud called Tor O. package,
which was given him. Hu was or.
rcstoi on suspicion. The package was
broken Into and found to contain sew.
ofal gallons 0f WHISKY. Ff0m these
paroles 10 was learned mat tho whisky
was Tor old people Haid TO DO living
near Elk, ana from iucRutious re-.
marks by the women tue oillcrrB con.
cludcd A. belonged 10 tho DallOns,
the Long View JauE fobburo, who are
known " be Ia tue neighUOfhogd Of
Elk.
The man was locked up and q posse
OF United states deputy marshals start.
ei tor tho roUbsfs' rendezvous. rho
place where they had reason ~ believe
their game was hiliDg was surrounded
by the posse about u. IN. today. While
tue men were taking their positions,
Dalton was seen TO come out, look
around anu Immediately return. The
snlcufs On tho east side were discovered
by him through a window anu pistol
Ia hand lac jumped through the win
dow on tho north aud started 10 run
cast. Sheriff Hart was l0ss than thirty
yards nom tho house aud called 10 him
" halt For reply he turned around,
titled TO take aim while running, anu
Just then the ii-calibot Winchester Of
the officer spoke. Two Jumpj la tho
air was tho only motion after this by
fleeing man. win gt0an he sank ~
rue ground. Mr. Hart ran Up 10 atk
MIN what no was doing there, but he
was too near dead 10 reply anu expired
without a word. The h0uso was
searched and over 100 letters, besides
humorous rolls Of crisp bank bills, were
iouni, proving him 10 be- Bill Dalton
and tn0 money proved him 10 o0 the
leader Of the Long View bank robbers.
Tue remains were brought 10 this
city, ana when his wife was told he
was deau che became hyaterioal and
Alm0It succumbed To the shock. There
was n reward Of several Thousand
dollars on Dalton's head. The deputy
who Killed him has wired 10 Long Wow
that no has positive proof that It IL
BIZ Dalton who was killed, aud that he
cOp1niitted the robbery,
Mfe. Dalton says she was born In
MERGED county, California, where she
married Dalton In 1854. Her maiden
name WAS Nellie Van Ness. They
came 10 the territory 10 1891, aud have
two children. Mrs. Dalton IL u yvafs
old, and her husband wRs 20. She IL
we'll educated anu appears ~ be- very
Intelligent.