The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-08

NETT was SHOT through the body with
a rife and in the head and neck with
a shotgun loaded with small shot be-
sides the wound in his arm which is
surgeons were determined to ampu-
tate the arm but Dalton, who was but
boy of seventeen, defied them and
said that he preferred to die rather
than to submit to the loss Of his arm.
Has No Plans for Future.
What are your plans for the
future?" was asked Emmett Dalton.
Il have no plans for the future
other than those necessary for saving
my arm. l expect mother to be with
me in a few days and then 1 will go
under the care of the doctor and make
a fight to save my arm, nothing be-
yond this. You know that my parole
expires on the first day of November
and then 1 must go back to the peni-
tertiary if for no other reason than
because 1 have told my friends that 1
would"
Representative Chalk Beeson of
Dodge City has been one of Dalton's
staunchest friends and If there is a
man IN the state competent to pass
upon the character of such a person.
age it Is he. Beeson has worked for
the release of Dalton so that his arm
could be cared for and he is one of
the many who feel that the parole
should be made permanent subject to
prisoners confined in the state institu-
tons.
He has absolute confidence in Dali
ton and said: II would stake my life
on my belief that when the parole ex-
pires that has been granted Dalton he
VIII be at the door of the penitentiaFy
ready to assume his old duties. I
think that he has been punished suffi-
GENTLY for his misdeeds and that If re-
leased that he would make useful
members to society.
He was but a boy when he was led
into this trouble by his brothers and
their pals and 1t is matter of record
that Emmett Dalton protested against
the raid. and had he deserted his
brothers he might have made his es-
cape after the fight was over. Dalton
is on the square and his treatment of
his friends will demonstrate that fact,
and 1 think that he has suffered
enough to atone for his part in the
affair."
The sentiment voiced by Beeson is
widespread and while no protests have
been made even from the community
about Coffeyville, which suffered as a
result of the raid. there is feeling
there that the parole should not be
extended beyond the time necessary
for the operation and the recovery of
the patient. This sentiment, however,
is mostly confined to those who direct
ly suffered as result of the raid and
is not general.
has avoided publicity as much as pos
sible and has not not as yet called on
Governor Hoch, doubling the pro-
priety of such action. though he will
probably have talk with him before
he goes to the hospital tomorrow
morning.
Emmett Dalton is one of the young
est of a family of fifteen children, ten
boys and five girls, three of the broth
ers living in California. The youngest
son is with his mother in Oklahoma.
Harry Richter. ex-lieutenant governor,
knew all of the Daltons when he was
a trader in the Indian Territory, years
before the raid and when Grant and
Bob were United States marsha1s. He
said: Emmett. who was then just
chunk of boy, used to come to my
store with his brothers frequently. He
was a fine little chap and 1 don't think
that he would ever have gotten into
this trouble had 1t not been for his
older brothers. He was a boy and
they were grown men, and he admired
them as such. and was easily led as
any youngster of his age would have
been"