The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-10
Emmett Dalton Submits to an
Operation This Morning.
JOked With Doctors Before An
eSthetic Was Administered.
TOOK OVER AN HOUR.
Surgeons Say He Will Recover
Use of Arm.
Mother Failed to Arrive as He
Had Hoped.

| "Goodby, boys, if / don't see you
again in this world 1 will in the next, "
were the last words of ex-Bandit EN-
NETT Dalton as he succumbed to the
ether administered previous to an oper-
alton performed at Bethesda hospital
this morning by DR.. John Outland, who
is attempting to save the light arm
which was shattered by a Winchester
ball during the raid on the Coffeyville
bank in October, 1892.
Dalton is under a sentence of death
for his part in the affray which cost
the lives of two of his brothers and
their pals as we'll as several Coffeyville
citizens, and was paroled from the state
penitentiary for four months so that
he could enter a hospital for the op-
Grafton which was performed this
morning. Necrosis of the bone set in
about Is months ago. though it had not
troubled him for the past ten years.
1t was the intention of Dalton to have
the operation performed in Kansas City
but he changed his mind and came to
Topeka Saturday and Monday entered
operation which took place this morn
ing. He did not dread it as most patti
ents would but was anxious to get 1t
over with.
at a quarter of 9 this morning and af-
ter joking with the attending physi-
clans climbed up on the operating ta-
BILE and prepared for the ether. There
was not a bobble and a few moments
later he drifted out into the unknown
world and for an hour and ten minutes
DR.. Outland, alternately chiseled, scrap
ed and cut in his attempt to remove
the diseased portion of the bone
There is but little doubt but the op-
Grafton will prove success is the opin-
ion of DR.. Outland and Doctors Ernest
and Powell who assisted in the opera
1exl1 iS hn
another slight operation may be neces-
sary later on to remove small portions
of diseased bone that have been over
looked.
between the elbow and shoulder and
several pus cavities and particles OF
necrosed bone removed. NeltheT OF
the Joints at the elbow or shoulder
were affected and it is more than
likely that Dalton will not oniy re-
cover the use of his arm, but his fin
gers as we'll and that in time the arm
will be as strong as before 1t was in
jured.
The mark of the rifle ball could be
plainly seen and the wonder is that
the present trouble has been averted
as long as 1t has About half of the
bone was chiseled away for space
of three inches and this cavity Will
have to be filled with a new growth
of bone before the arm will be of use.
Dalton had dreaded the operation
more from the 1acl lndI the surgeons
insisted on administering an anesthet-
ic than fro mthe operation itself, but
submitted when told that the opera
ton would be a long one and an anes-
thetic necessary. He was cool and
collected and asked DR.. Outland to
keep him under the influence of the
anesthetic as long as necessary to
make a good job of the operation.
Don't hurry the affair."" he said, for
I can wait and 1 want a thorough job
made of it,
1t was expected that Mrs. Dalton of
Okla, mother Of patient, |
would arrive in time for the operation
but she was delayed and Dalton took
a philosophica1 view of the matter |
and insisted on the operation taking |
place this morning as IT had been ar
He readily recovered from |
the effects of the anesthetic, though |
as he expressed it. his tongue was
thick for awhile, though he was not !
sick, as is often the case.