The Alaska citizen., 1911-08-07
NOTED BANDIT ON.
MORALS

My advice to the young men and
boys OF the present day is that they
should obey the law to the letter
Never try to hold up bank | tried
II once and served fourteen years
and four months in the state peni.
Tertiary at Lansing. Kan. | had been
sentenced fer life
So says Emmett Dalton. youngest
member OF the notorious band of
outlaws known as the Dalton gang
who threw the town of Coffeyville.
Kan. into panic on the morning OF
October ;. 1892, when they entered
two banks. held up cashiers and Gus
in gold and currency Ii was day
never to be forgotten in the history
Bob Dalton. Graf Dalton. Dick
streets of Coreyville followed the
bank robberies and after it was over
eight men lay dead The stolen
money was recovered
of Kansas. A pitched battle on the
Broadwell and Bill Powers. all OF the
Dalton gang, were riddled with bull
let's and buckshot
George Cubine, Charles Brown. l.u-
cius Baldwin and another man, resi-
dents of Coffeyville, were killed. En-
nett Dalson. pursued by a posse, rode
his horse out into the country. The
chase lasted an hour and half and
today Emmett shows scars Of three
rifle bullets and thirtytwo buckshot.
He lay at the point OF death for
many days.
Emmett and Bob Dalton were
Deputy United States marshals in
the Indian territory during Harri-
sons administration. On September
I. 1892. the gang framed up 10 rob
the Coffeyville banks. and on Octo-
Der the bandits started from
Fields ranch in the Indian territory
and rode a distance of % miles into
Coffeyville. timing themselves so that
they reached the town shortly after
the two banks opened on the morning
OF the fifth. The horses of the gang
We're left in an alley at the rear
OF the First National bank. Bob and
Emmett entered this institution and
held up four employees and three Gus
toners. They stuffed 1923, into a
sack and started out.
While they We're thus engaged the
other bandits were busy at c. NJ.
Condons bank. Broadwell. Power
and Graf Dalton secured $500 in this
place and the five men made for the
alley where their horses were hitch
ed
In less time than ii takes to tell
it, citizens armed themselves and
genuine battle was on. Four OF
the robbers were shot from their
mounts. but the men had given
some account Of themselves before
they had fallen. Fate had decreed,
however. that none Of them should
reap the reward of their raids.
Emmett Dalton, in those days
quick as cat and possessed of iron
nerve and muscles of steel. rode at
top speed out of the town. Though
terribly wounded. he continued his
flight. and it was not until an hour
and half had passed that he was
brought to earth
The posse conducted him to In
dependence for safe keeping He re-
manned in Jail there over 20 days
and then was arraigned on two charg-
es of first degree murder and and
one of bank robbery. A verdict Of
guilty was returned and the prison
er was sentenced to life term in
the Lansing prison.
His excellent department in the
prison won him many friends. Not
black mark was registered against
him during his stay Of IA years and
4 months Governor Hoch paroled
him. and on November s. 1907, grant
ed him full pardon.
Dalton now is in the prime of
life. and he says he will devote his
time teaching lessons from his ca
reer
THE sea of time" he says, is
strewn with wrecks, and most Of
these wrecks are caused by men
and boys not following the true chart
in the voyage of life. The only
chart is the advice of God. wife and
mother and the influence Of happy
home In these you find all the dan
gers pointed out They build a bea-
con on every reef. Always follow
good advice The young man who
refuses to listen to father or mother
goes from bad to worse until he
sinks beneath the wave Of humilia-
ton and disgrace.
BE strong for the right and
against the wrong. Be manly There
Is only one thing in the world that
equals manly man, and that is a
womanly woman. The world is full
OF dudes and butterflies, but men and
women are at a premium. Life is full
of tempter's wiles. Siren songs entice
and the charms of sin allure, and
unless the unwary youth beware, he
will be shared into the meshes Of
sin. If you want to do great good
do not cater to the low or vicious"
Dalton will probably spend the
10 a az no In E0l0ralQ