Arizona republican., 1896-09-02
The Noted Outlaw Gone
 at Last.
Filled Full of Lead TsrriIsossal IsiSis tibssl i'blssslFs
 Commando
The Identification Beyond Doubt, the Reward Paid, and His Re-
 formation Postponed.

reward to Deputy United States Mar shal Heck Thomas for the death of Bill Doolin, the last member of the fa nous Dalton gang, Capt. F. J. Dodge, special officer of the Wells, Fargo & Co.'S express, returned to Kansas City this morning from Guthrie, Ok. He had seen and identified the dead body of the noted outlaw, and the testimony of many who had known Doo1in sat isfled the officers as to his identity.
 Doolin was shot last Monday and his body was held at Guthrie until Captain Dodge could identify it. There wiu be a funeral this morning and the remains of Bill Doolin will be buried at the Guthrie cemetery.
 The story of the end of the outlaw, Thomas, is as follows:
 Of late Doolin had been spending his nights at the home of his wife in Lawson, a village of 150 inhabitants, about sixty-five miles from Guthrie. Mrs. Doolin is postmistress of the town and lives with a 2-year-old daughter in little cottage in the outskirts 1t was customary for her outlaw hus- band to go to his home after dark at night and leave again before daylight. The villagers knew of his presence, but they were afraid to report it to the authorities.
 When Marshal Thomas learned of Doolin's whereabouts he detailed two men ito watch the premises. Mrs Doolin suspected that her home was under surveillance and advised Bill to leave. He declared, however, that he would never go away until he had killed four of the posse which after ward captured him. Captain Dodge said that, after all, it was only by chance that Doolin was caught When he left his house at 2 o'clock in the morning, armed with a Winchester and a 45-caliber Colts revolver, the mar shal and his posse were moving to the house preparatory to making the cap ture. It so happened that Doolin walked in the direction from which the posse was approaching and before he was aware of their presence, the outlaw heard the command "Haltv' Then someone cried, Hold up your hands" D oolin brought his Win chester to his shoulder and fired two
 
 were spoken. At almost the same in stant members of the posse fired a volley from their shotguns and Mar shal Thomas discharged his rife. Doolin stumbled, and as he fell for ward fired of his revolver. His body with twenty4one buckshot wounds and rifle bullet that had torn it's way through his breast was taken to Guth- rie
 For some time the health of the noted desperado has been failing. In the fight which followed the robbery of the Southwest City, Mo-, bank by the Dalton gang, Bill was hit by a bullet which lodged in his skull and was not extracted until after the desperado's death. After the Dalton gang had robbed the bank of Cimmaron, Ok. June 10, 1893, they were pursued by Sheriff Frank Healy of Beaver county and in a battle between the officers and the outlaws Doolfn was shot in tht right heel, the ball ranging upward into the ankle. From this wound he never recovered and these, together with rheumatism, from which he ha6 suffered, broke down his constitution
 Bill Doolin was credited with si1 train robberies and three bank rob berries and was implicated in many murders. The revolver, the firing O. which was the criminals last act, was given to Captain Dodge by Marsha Thomas and he brought 1t home in hi! pocket. It had been fully loaded, ont cartridge only being discharged.
 Mrs. Doolin, Captain Dodge says, ac cepted the situation philosophically and does not show any malice toward the authorities who killed her husband She married the desperado three year ago with the expectation of effectinl his reformation, but in this she signal ly failed. She is a member of a re spected family in Oklahoma.