The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-14
TRAGEDIES FILL
A W0MAN'S LIFE
Mother of Notorious Bandits
Visiting in Wichita.
MARRIED UNDER A TREE
Owned the First Piano West
of ST. Louis,
HAD ELEVEN CHILDREN
Four Killed and 0a9 of Them
in Prison.
HAD ELEVEN CHILDREN

Mrs. Dalton wore goId-r1mmed spec
raoles and was thoushtfuuy rocking her
self In an arm chair in the south parlor
Of the Key stone Hotel, when a repor-
ter for the Eagle called on her yesterday.
In the han opposite where she sat were
two noisy children. playing. and admiring
her hat in mirror was a country gin
with round cheeks. and a consciousness
cf some beauty Lrs. Dalton was not
noticing either. She rocked away gently.
and thought Surely no stranger to her
history and TO her troubles would realize
that she was the mother Of three or four
Of the most notorious bandits shat have
ever enriched the crimson history OF the
western border. Four OF her sons died
violent ceaths-one in the enforcement.
and three Ia The violation OF their
c0untry's laws. Another one was shot
ana captured IN y raid on a bank. He
IS now IN the penitenuary. His name
IS Emmett Dalton and his age is q. He
was a bandit at IS and spent his nine
teenth birthday in the penitentiary where
he has remained ever since. 1T IS to SCI
cure parole for this son that AIrs. Dali
ton is In Wichita en- route from KING
fisher to Topeka, where she viii meet
Governor Stanley this afternoon.
Airs. Dalton is an interesting. If not
really a remarkable woman Her maiden
name was Younger and her father was
distantly related TO the notorious Mis-
souri, family Of that name. She IS SIS
years Of age. and has been a mother for
nearly forty-nine years. The youngcs
of her eleven children, Simon, by name.
is a soldier in the Philippines and his age
is % Ms. Daltons hair. notvitirstand-
ing living through three tragedies I'm
which four OF her sons were killed. IS
stlI brown. il is combed smoothly and
El0ssily down over her temples, accord
ing u tile old style and is carried care
fully back over her ears. Her face is
white. but not noliceably wrinkled until
ner heart Yields TO her emotions; then
the tears and wrinkles both appear 60
evidence her troubled life. she has pride
bat her modest matronly maa1crs con-
ccal IT, She is an agreeable c0nvcrsa-
tonaIist and speaks with gentle candor
She imprescs one strongly and few Of
even those who are siEfully prejudiced
against mother on account OF the sins
of her children. ever leave her without
liking her. She has tho faculty OF MAX
ing every man remember his own mother.
She is in manner and aruessncss so typi-
cal Of the average woman who has chic
dren.
AIRS Dalton is Wei educated and was
wen reared. She was born ip Missouri
OF cavalier stock. Her father was the
owner or HOO acres of land. twenty-five
miles south OF Kansas city and on his
plantation were many slaves. 1t Is said
that She owned the first piano west Of
ST. Louis.
She left school one Friday evening at
the ace Of Us. and the following Monday
She was welded to Nr. Dalton. Her
father owned mansion I'm the colonial
style and surrounding It was q blue grass
tract Of ten acres. All the planters ia
the neisEborhood, scions of famous Vir-
ginia ana Kentucky families. we've i'm
Vited and thev brought their slaves along.
u was rala day ana the tan umbers
of the plantation res2u-ded with negro
minstrelsv It was the harriest day of
lor Hfc but She never dreamed that 1t
would lee fruitful ~ So many awful trag-
edias.
one cloud passed over 3Irs Dalton's
soul that day. IL i fCreelaloUcd the
clouds Of after Ife she does not recouect
st. When she was dressing for tae ca~e-
rucnv. which was programmed Tor parlcr
in the mansion. her father sent hlr word
thar the ceremony would take place
ln5er am elm tree Ia the t-1l graas lawn
She sent back a message go him saying
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