Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-07-24
EM NETT DALTON |S OUT QN
 PAROLE

JUL e6
 KANSAS CITY, No, July lG. Be.
 ~ild'rcd by the busy scenes and new
 signts confronting his eyes, Emmett
 Dalton, thr oN'rain robbcr, is enjoy.
 'ng the first bit of freedom he has
 spent outside of prison wall. in nearly
 fifteen years. A week ago he was
 granted a four months parole by Gov.
 "rnor lioch and released from the
 Kansas pcnitcntiary nt Lansing in or. |
 der that he might come to the city to |
 receive treatment for I wound in tbe
 shoulder, received in the famous skirm.
 ish at Concyvillr Kan. It is believed
 that pardon is in sight for the cx.
 bandit, and it is probable that he will
 not b" obliged to stay in prison long
 after tho expiration of his prescn,
 parole. His aged mother who i. now
 "ith him. has been working for his
 freedom for years. aui recently her
 efforts have received the indor,cment
 many promincn, Kaus1us.
 Last Survivor Of the Dalton Gang.
 Emmett Dalton is the last surviving |. member of th" Dalton gang of outlaws , wnich included the three r.otber. pol.
 "ra''on and Emmett, who first sprang [, mo public notice in issp. and wcro
 wiped out in lNo2 ai CoGcvvillc. Kan. where they attempted to Fob tbc cof
 i'yvillc National bank. Uob D,t,o, hhd been deputy marshal in the In. v "''h Territory. where hc ac1uircJ ,
 reputation for nerve and daring. In :, IN'' he was discharged from fbc sor
 wee Tor accepting bribos from c,;,,
 inal'. Accompanied by his brother.
 'ra''on and Emmett. ho proceeded io ~ '''ii"rn''. They had uot been tboro long before there was train robbery '" h''r Aiilln. in which Inc fireman ,f V" Inc train wa' killed. The Dal,ons were ~, h''uSrd and indicted. They left tb. U" s'a''' and for 'hc next eighteen months 'h'y made criminal history faster than W " had been n,dc since the days of ,bc '"' onngcr and James boys. P'
 BE Rewards Offered.
 The santa Fc robbcrics nt Wharton '' md Red Rock, the Missouri Pacific ''' robbery at Adair and the San Franci.co '' robbery near Vinita all followed in o'" ap'd succession. Between jobs the ,'' 'hhg hid in inc Indian Territory. Az. ..' ''hSaS and Kansas. The raiIrooJ o,J '"'' Npr''' companies hcapcd up rewards VI" "'" they amounted to s25.OOO. Inn, '"" "'ie were no captures. The Cogcv tue ''' t'l' was the pet scheme of Rob ''S' '"t'h' II" had lived there. know ,bo sId' '"NS' ana was anxious to outdo tho '"' ""'N ana Younger exploits by riding '''' 'iI'y into the town in broad davlicb. to n" plnndcring both banks at ono o,,I com nc rad occurred in October 1900 \ n' gang rodc into the town, hitchcd st' horses m an alley anI started for brou . pahks, each man carrying n Win. 'yai ester in the hollow of his arm. latte
 Citizens Give Battie dunn Bui the purpose of the g,n, of o lckiy realized. and n cry of "roh,a.. and the bank,' brought the ci,i,ors ,, fnall iorce' The defenders of inc tov, prom 'hed into two hardware s,o-o. , Tn hed with rifles and guns. Tbev s,,,o comp U" 'he tops of buildings, in alleys cratic back lots. while som. few stooa ago, d'y out in the streets. In ,h. litiga ''o"al bank Bob and Emmett Dalton No' nll | f comPe'"d the bank force to hold cured us hands aod had dumped seo. .oOO he cal 'ash into sack. Coming to the TWO . windows Bob enpaocd |, h,,,,, the ta the townspcople. killing nm. u,n molyb "onnding three others. worke eanwhile there was more sor,or. dumps DIG Tor Grat Dalton at the Condop s2O,OO k. The bank had t;mo Io,L The D" frustrated the efforts of the gang Pany, I'eh It, drat swept up the cash ho t' s' q lying around. exchanpiny n fov the CIT ' with the citizens untiI mo w,. county 'd to flee. The gang hurried ,o The alley where their horses were tied. w. k. where they were hemmcd in by the banks nns to such an extent that of ,bo near F on boys only Emmett, swifter of residue than the others, gained his horse old to, lctt rode but short distance from [ !, to the astonishmcnt of the elf. to thcs he turned back to ho,r his brotbcr buried who had been mortally wounded. son ab'
 Eight Were Killed. complc hen the smoke of battle cleared death there were eight dead men. The The FITS had lost Rob and Grat Dalton. gold m Evans and John Moore, and their and tai man, Emmett Dalton had been of taili until it was thought he could not by tho
 The citizens had lost the city stated hal. bank clerk and two mer.
 Is of the town. Several o,he,. an, ARIzo