The Washington herald., 1908-04-19
.TULSANS LEAVE CITY
Pass Their Last Day Here in
Seeing Sights of Capital.
NOTED EX.OUTLAW IN PARTY
Bob Dalton. Leader of Famous Dali
ton Brothers Band, Is Now He
spected and Wealthy Citizen of
oklahoma TOwn-Severai Times In
neutrality-suspicious. on Parole.

Tulsa band OF boosters, after a two
days visit to the Capital, left Washing
ton yesterday for Baltimore.
After spending to-day in the Monu-
mental City, the party will go to Phila-
delphia and New York. on Wednesday
the boosters viii start homeward. after
having been on the road FOR two weeks.
The party separated into small groups
and visited every place of interest in
Washington, yesterday, some going TO
Mount Vernon. Many of them went to
the Capitol and called upon Legislators
with whom they were acquainted and
urged the passage Of the bin removing
restrictions on the Indian lands.
Protection for Capital.
Prior to departure, at o'clock yes
terday evening" Mayor Rhode. Of Tulsa.
told a reporter OF The Washington
Herald that he had received communion
tions from home, saying the house and
senate OF Oklahoma had passed a reso-
luton providing for the protection OF
capitalists In the new and youngest
State. He said;
We want capitalists 10 come to Tulsa.
and 70 all parts OF Oklahoma. We need
them ] am sure they viii find they
need our country 10 invest their money
They have been holding back for some
time fO- fear the farmer would receive
the most benefit from the legislation.
The house and senate have acted with
wisdom. Now any who have money 10
invest and care TO go into business,
may find field in Tulsa and protection
under the laws OF the State Of Oklahoma
that cannot be found elsewhere in the
West
Don't take the impression from what
I said that money grows on bushes in
our country. But you can get it If you
have the right stun in you. Il is there
10 be made
I'VE can offer you a deal more than
any other city in the West. We are
growing and we want young men 10 come
out and grow with the town. Ten years
from now We expect to have a population
Of 50,5e0.
Noted ex-OutIaw I'm Party.
In the party IS a man who was once
a prominent figure, who, perhaps, figured
as conspicuously in the history of Kansas.
Missouri and Illinois as any other in
diyidual in those Commonwealths. 1t was
OF the Dalton brothers, who committed
many daring rohberies and hold-ups.
During the existence Of the band, tray
cling men crossing and entering these
States. did so expecting to be held up
by the Dalton boys. They robbed mail
and express trains, banks, stores, and
travellers.
The gang was finally broken up by the
constabulary OF the three States, aided
by Pinkerton detectives, who came down
from Chicago. These men have made
plots for writer's OF dime novels Many
a young American has read Of the ex-
ploits of the Dalton boys.
After the gang was broken up and the
members sent to prison. the country in
which they operated became peaceful and
prosperous. Bob Dalton and his brother
we're sents need 20 long terms In prison in
Kansas, and served a considerable por-
ton of their time.
Released on Parole.
Both were model prisoners. giving the
wardens of the jails little or no trouble.
A few years ago Bob Dalton was given a
parole, or, as is known in England a
ticket of leave. He went to work for a
shoe concern in Chicago. After staying
there a short time he found employment
as a butcher. later going 10 the Territory
OF Oklahoma and engaging in the same
business.
After the State was created by Congress
and Tulsa became one of the thriving
cities. Bob Dalton became one of her most
respected citizens and merchants.
He continued to be a butcher. the husi.
ness he learned during his prison life
He is now considered one of the wealth.
lest and most influential citizens in Tulsa
His life and habits since coming out of
prison refute the saying that an ex-con-
Wet cannot retrieve himself.
Mr.. Dalton told of the fight he had
made to live down his past life and az |
the success he had had. He said he csre |
from good parents, God-fearing people |
and he had been given a good school |
education. better than the ordinary how
at that time had received.
He is a well-preserved man of ner-
haps fifty years, is six feet tall. and |
built In proportion, and carries himself /
with dignity. He shows none Of the ef- |
fects Of the hard life he led while operat- |
ing as a l1ighwayman.