Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-07-15
Ex=Train RObber Sees Free
dom for First Time In
Fifteen Years

ana released from the Kansas ponlten-
tiary at Lansing in order that he
might come to the city to receive
treatment for a wound in the shoulder
| received in the famous skirmish at
Coffeyville, Kan. 1t is believed that a
pardon is in sight for the ex-bandit,
and 1t is possible that he will not be
obliged to stay in prison long after
the expiration of his present parole.
His aged mother. who is now with
him, has been working for his free
| dom for years, and recently her eff
forts have received the Endorsement
Of many prominent Kansans.
Last Survivor Of the Dalton Gang.
Emmett Dalton is the last survivor
of the Dalton gang Of outlaws, which
included the three brothers, Bob, Graf
ton and Emmett, who first sprang into
public notice in 1889 and were wiped
out in 1892 at Coffeyville Kan, where
they attempted to rob the Coffeyville
National bank. Bob Dalton had been
a deputy marshal in the Indian Terri
tory, where he acquired a reputation
discharged from the service for ac-
cepting brides from criminals. Ac-
companied by his brother, Grafton and
| Emmett, he proceeded to California.
They had not been there long before
there was train robbery near Atilla,
In which the fireman of the train was
killed. The Daltons were accused and
indicted. They left the state and for
the next Is months they made crimi-
nal history faster than it has been
made since the days of the Younger
| and James boys.
Big Rewards offered.
| The Santa Fe train robberies at
Wharton and Red Rock, the Missouri
Pacific robbery at Adair and the San
Francisco robbery near Vinita all fol-
lowed In rapid succession. Between
| jobs the gang hid in the Indian Ter
ritory, Arkansas and Kansas. The
railroad and express companies heap
| ed up rewards until they amounted to
$4,000, but there was no captures. The
| Coffeyville raid was the pet scheme
of Bob Dalton. He had lived there,
knew the banks, and was anxious to
Guido the James and Younger exploits
by riding boldly into the town in broad
daylight and plundering both banks
at one haul. The raid occurred in
October, 1892. The gang rode into the
town, hitched its horses in an alley
and started for the banks, each mar
| narrvtnu n Tutpnhacfar 90 4ha to11ox,,
of his arm.
Citizens Give Battle.
But the purpose of the gang wa.
quickly realized, and cry of Rob
bers in the bank!" brought the citi
gems out in force. The defenders O
the town rushed into two hardwar,
stores and armed with rifles and guns
They stole out on the tops of build
ings, in alleys and back lots, Will,
some few stood boldly out in the
street. In the National bank Bob and
Emmett Dalton had compelled the
bank force to hold up its hands and
had dumped $4,000 in cash into 6
sack. Coming to the bank window
Bob engaged in battle with the towns.
people. killing one man and woundinl
three others.
Meanwhile there was more seriou.
trouble for Graf Dalton at the Condor
bank. The bank had a time loci
which frustrated the efforts of tn,
gang to open It, Graf swept up tn,
cash he could find lying around, ex
/ CHANGING q fauy shots 1.,fth tho oit,
zens until he was forced to flee. TIL
gang hurried to the alley where thei
horses were tied, and where they wsr
hemmed in by the citizens to such al
extent that of the Dalton boys onl
Emmett swifter of foot than tn
others, gained his horse. Emmett rod
but a short distance, when to tn
establishment of the citizens, he turn
ed back to help his brother Bob, VIII
had been MORALLY wounded.
Eight Were Killed.
When the smoke of battle cleared
away there were eight dead men. TIL
robbers had lost Bob and Graf DaltoI
Joe Evans and John Moore, and thei
fifth man, Emmett Dalton, had bee
shot until it was thought he could no
{ live. The citizens had lost the cit
$ marshal, a bank clerk and two mer
a chants of the town. Several others ha
= been severely wounded. After Emmett
a recovered from his wounds he wa
tried and sentenced to be hanget
which in Kansas means a life sentenc
J, in the penitentiary. He was but /
: years old when captured. and has bee
b confined in the penitentiary nearly /
= years. He has been spoken Of at a