The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-12

chester to his shoulder he fired, and Baldwin fell to the ground mortally wounded.
 At the other bank, the First National similar scene was enacted. The cashier and others in the bank were made to hold up their hands and the contents of the vaults were emptied in- to a cack. Here, too, the fire from the people on the streets became too severe and they were forced to discard the heavy silver for the lighter and more valuable gold and paper
 Chas. Gumy, another of the bravest men this. or any other town has ever known, opened fire on the bank, but was wounded by shot from one of the was wounded by shot from one of the robbers that splintered the stock of his gun and smashed his right hand into a mass of raw flesh. Friends rushed out to him and dragged him within the shelter of store.
 After leaving the First National Em- met Dalton and Dick Broadwell passed down Eighth street, where they were joined by the three from. the Conden Bank. There Tn front of his shoe stood George Cubine, gun in hand, waiting for them. Two shots ran out simul- taneously and Cubine fell back dead. Charles Brown a fellow workman of Cubine's saw him fall and ran out to help him. Again the deadly rifles of the bandits spoke, and Brown fell a martyr to rigat and the ties of conn radeship.
 Passing down Union street. after kill ing Cubine and Brown, the five bandits espied Thomas Ayres, cashier of the l First National Bank, standing by the curb with d rifle in his hands. Bob Dalton's rifle rang out and Ayres fell, wounded in the head, although the dis tance was more than seventy-tive yards.
 Bob and Emmet then hurriedly dodged behind buildings and were not seen again until they reappeared in the alley where their horses were tied. Grat Dalton and his companions, Bow CTS and Broadwell, regained the shelter of the alley first
 Tn the alley was standing a Standard oil tank, to which magnificent team of grays was hitched. Using the wagon for breastwork, the three bandits prepared to deal death to all who should dare dislodge them.
 All this time I was, so to speak mounting guard over the horses. saw Grat and his companions take up their position behind the wagon and I determined to wait until the most suspicious moment came before at- tempting to do anything. Just at this moment Bob and Emmet came dowr the alleys from the other way, mak- ing for their horses. As I saw then
 they saw me. We had often competed in friendly shooting matches. Ht
 knew that when I fired shot to kill.
 He'll" he exclaimed There's
 Kloehr. I hate to do 1t, but he's go
 to fall" For a moment I was trans
 fixed, watching his face intently as thC
 bird watches the snake about to seizt it. Then instinctively my own rift
 came to my shoulder fired just al Bob pulled the trigger His bullet wen
 wild, glancingly striking the side of tn
 alley, taking tangent course and kill ing both the Standard Oil horses anC entering my barn, where it demolished a buggy wheel But Bob, poor chap lay in the alley, shot through td breast, Emmet fired at me, and re turned the shot He eWas wounded. could see that, but he Kept steadily or His companions behind the oil wagol
 now opened up or me. I had no tim
 to care for Emmet, skirting the ale / paling until he came to a breach, h crawled through and away.
 | Grat Dalton, Powers and BroadweI ? kept up a galling fire on me- I wa 3 not ait Some way felt exalted, lift l ed above everything on this earth. 3 did not fear their bullets; it seemed a though I was invulnerable.
 | Finally, Grat exposed himself, I go l him. Then, seized with sudden ter l TOT, Power1 and Broadwell made l rush for their horses Before the 2 could mount I had hit them, too bu . Broadwell, exerting superhuman effor I dragged himself into the saddle an , rode off. His body was found later be = side a hedge a mile from town.
 Emmet, who had made his way to lumber pile. now reappeared in tn , alley, obviously trying to reach hi a horse. l shot him again. He ha
 enough, and surrendered. and is sti ' doing time at Fort Leavenworth. |