Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-07-15
EMMETT DALTON IS
NOW OUT ON PAROLE
LAST SURVIVING MEMBER OF A
FAMOUS GANG OF ROBBERS, is
FREE FOR SHORT WHILE.

Special to the Herald.
Kansas City, Mo-, July 15.-Bewil-
dered by the busy scenes and new
sights confronting his eyes, Emmett
Dalton, the ex-train robber, is enjoy
ing the first bit of freedom he has
spent outside of prison walls in nearly
fifteen years. A week ago he was
granted a four months parole by Gov
ernor Hoch and released from the
Kansas penitentiary at Lansing in
order that he might come to this city
to receive treatment for a wound in
the shoulder, received in the famous
skirmish at Coffeyville, Kas. 1t is be-
lieved that a pardon is in sight for the
ex-bandit, and it is potable that he
will not be obliged to stay in prison
long after the expiration of his pres
ent parole His aged mother, who is
new with him, has been working for
his freedom for years, and recently
her efforts have received the indorse-
ment of many prominent Kansans.
.Iast 50 kor CT Dalton Gang.
ing member Of the Dalton gang of out
laws, which included the three broth
ers, Bob, Grafton, Emmett, who first
sprang into public notice in 1899 and
were wiped out in 1892 at Coffeyville,
Kas., where they attempted to rob the
Coffeyville National Bank. Bob Dial
ton had been a deputy marshal in the
Indian Territory, where he acquired a
reputation for nerve and daring. La
1889 he was discharged from the SER
vice for accepting brides from Grim
inals. Accompanied by his brothers,
Grafton and Emmett, he proceeded TO
California. They had not been there
long before there was a 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 eighteen
months they made criminal history
faster than it had been made since the
days of the Younger aud 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 Terri
tory, Arkansas and Kansas. The rail
road and express companies heaped
up rewards until they amounted to
$4,000, but there were no captures.
The Coffeyville raid was the pet
scheme of Bob Dalton. He had lived
there, knew the banks, and was anX-
ious TO Guido the James and Younger
exploits by riding bodily 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 I'm an al
ley and started for the banks, each
man carrying a Winchester in the hol-
low OF his arm
Citizens Give Battle.
But the purpose of the gang was
quickly RELAXED and a cry OF Rob
bers in the Bank" brought the citi-
zens out in force. The defenders Of
the town rushed into two hardware
stores and armed with rifles and guns
They stole out on the tops of build
ings, in alleys and back lots, while
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 i'm cash into
sack. Coming to the bank window.
Bob engaged in battle with the towns
people, killing one man and wounding
three others.
Meanwhile there was more serious
trouble for Graf Dalton at the Con
don Bank. The bank had time lock
which frustrated the efforts of the
gang to open it. Graf swept up the
cash he found lying around, exchang-
ing few shots with the citizens until
he was forced to flee. The gang hur
ricd to the alley where their horses
were tied. and where they were hem
med in by the citizens To such an eX-
tent that of the Dalton boys only EN-
NETT, swifter of foot than the others,
gained his horse. Emmett rode but a
short distance, when. to the astonish-
ment of the citizens. he turned back
TO help his brother Bob, who had been
MORALLY wounded.
Eight Were Killed.
When the smoke of battle cleared
away there were eight dead men. The