Threatened with prison time, Smith told Kay that Middleton could be followed to Dalton's camp when he carried him supplies. This family hails from Tennessee, but eventually ends up in Montana by 1883's end. She then traveled to Visalia with her two daughters, as well as her sons Ben, Cole, Lit and Bill, for Grat's trial. Bill had returned to Oklahoma several months earlier, living at his mother's house near Kingsfisher. Grat dropped to the ground and rolled into a gulch about ten feet away. Grat went to the back office and ordered the manager into the front, he then handed the cashier a sack bag and ordered him to fill it with cash from the money drawer. As they approached the camp the bootleggers began to fire on them. The next robbery was on July 14, at Adair, Oklahoma, near the Arkansas border. [11] He was given a life sentence in the Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing, Kansas, of which he served 14 years before being pardoned. He was a saloon keeper in Kansas City, Missouri when he married Adeline Lee Younger. A largely fictional film version of the Daltons' lives was adapted from Emmett's 1931 book. The account given on October 7, 1892, by Coffeyville's The Journal is considered to be the most authentic on events the day of the robbery. He then corrected himself, saying that he meant Bill Powers. Kay learned at the train depot that Bob and Emmett had bought tickets to Ogden and were carrying large telescope bags with them. Bob pretended not to know Emmett, who then tipped him off to the hands of the others. I haven't seen one since I left Missouri. There has been much debate over the identity of the, "sixth man at Coffeyville" reported by witnesses who claimed was accompanying the gang as they arrived in town right before the robbery. Some years later, Lit Dalton asserted that Bob and Emmett had told him many times that they had robbed the train. There is the head of the family, John (Kevin. Thinking they had lost Kay, Bob and Emmett headed to their mother outside of Kingfisher. Updates? They sat to wait for the next train on a bench on the platform, talking and smoking, with their Winchester rifles across their knees. He is buried in the family plot in Kingfisher, OK. Simon and Minnie had no children. Brothers Bob, "Grat", and Emmett had first worked as lawmen for the federal court at Fort Smith, Arkansas and then for the Osage Nation. Sheriff Kay even pointed out during the trial that Beckenridge had overlooked Grat's rights. Coleman Dalton, Louis Kossuth Dalton, Littleton Lee Lit Dalton, Franklin Frank Dalton, Gratton Grat Hanley Dalton, William Bill Mason Wil farmers of this country. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out. 6 July 1879, d. 6 Jul 1879 in MO. Short then went to the rear platform with his rifle. At about 8am, a telegraph messenger came into the room and handed the deputy marshal a telegram, reporting the robbery at Red Rock by the Daltons at 10pm the previous night. Cubine's partner, Charles Brown, was standing unarmed next to him and went to pick up his Winchester. Group of outlaws in the American Old West, This article is about the group of outlaws. At first, it looked to Kay as if it had been an inside job as it was obvious Grat had simply unlocked the cell door with a key and broke through the basement window to get out. Leona outlived all of her brothers and sisters. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. Bob and Emmett were hiding out in a ranch barn a mile west of Malaga, and after arriving the brothers talked until morning. Bill went to Paso Robles and bought a saddle, but after that could not afford anything else as he was broke. Geni requires JavaScript! It became apparent to Kay that Bill had been busy hiding Dean when he arrived, otherwise they would have heard him come in. This was a date that Grat had no intention on making. Some time later, the three dissatisfied members also returned and new plans began to form. However, four of the 15 children loom large in western outlaw folklore: Grat, Bob, Bill and Emmett Dalton. The second possibility is D'Alton, which was later shortened to Dalton, meaning a high hill. As Witty entered the room, he heard a noise come from somewhere inside. Many members of the gang, including Emmett, complained that the $3500 each was not enough to meet their needs. The Dalton family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. This, of course, is where Yellowstone takes place, and is where James settles his family after the death of his only daughter, Elsa Dutton. When he returned the next day to watch the house, he discovered that Bob and Emmett had escaped. Bob Dalton had ambitions. Bill had been in a separate cell from Grat, located upstairs. Short took the prisoner back and placed him in the baggage car. On the night of February 6, 1891, two masked men carrying 44-calibre revolvers held up a Southern Pacific Railroad passenger train near the town of Alila (present day Earlimart, California). Grat began to say something about a horse, but then became suspicious. They were recognized and, coming out of one bank, were met by wild gunfire from vigilante citizens. Kay knew this was untrue as he had seen two men cross the road. After having a deputy watch Middleton's place, he learned that Middleton was buying enough groceries to last three months and was seen driving east of Sanger. Bill arrived for breakfast like he said, and the four of them took the same table. In the spring of 1942, the brothers, under Tuvia's leadership, decided to gather 30 surviving family members and a few friends. Following behind Marshal Connelly was John Kloehr, still in the stable. At 10pm he looked at his watch and announced to Yoes aloud that it was his bedtime, but that he would be back to have breakfast with him in the morning. Sheriff Kay soon learned of the horses at Ludlow and that the description of the men who left them matched that of Bob and Emmett. Tuvia, who had been protected farther to the northalong with a few family membersby non-Jews, soon joined his brothers. The Dalton Gang was a group of outlaws in the American Old West during 18901892. Kay knew that, besides Beckenridge's sabotage of the case, Grat would probably be found innocent and their case against Bob and Emmett would fall through. Grat then shot him in the head and killed him. Chris Evans' family ridiculed reports of any such involvement or that Tom had been killed, but otherwise never disclosed his actual whereabouts. Lewis Dalton was a saloon keeper in Kansas City, Kansas, when he married Adeline Younger, the aunt of Cole and Jim Younger. Bill, thrown off his guard, quickly turned around and mimicked the greeting, "Kay! After Frank's death, Grat moved back from California and took over his brother's job as deputy marshal at Fort Smith. Many newspapers at the time assumed that an unknown member of the gang escaped. With Bob as the leader, the boys recruited mostly men who had grown up with them in Oklahoma. The weather conditions during his escape led him to becoming sick with pneumonia, so he stayed near Livingston for several weeks, sleeping in Gray's cupola and watching the surrounding plains with an eyeglass for any sight of a posse. Ken Haas 4/22/12. It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of James Dalton Hatcher of Bono, Arkansas, who passed away on February 28, 2023, at the age of 66, leaving to mourn family and friends. Instead he caught a cold from sitting in the fog all night. Emmett thought Grat would mess things up if he went alone with Powers and Broadwell, and thought they should trade places. Sometime before the Alila robbery, but after Grat, Bob and Emmett had all arrived at Bill's ranch in 1890, Grat had been rumored to have been in possession of rare two dollar bills. Each time they stopped sawing, they plugged the hole with soap and soot. There was also little incentive among Deputy Marshals to search for potentially dangerous outlaws, their only pay being for fees and a set amount for each criminal they arrested. Married to Cara, he worked the Dutton homestead alongside his nephew,. Since the horse was lame, they could only get $60 for it and Grat was unable to find another horse afterwards. Share. Almost all of Beckenridge's witnesses were bar keepers, gamblers, saloon hanger-ons, or pimps. Around eleven, they noticed Dalton and Dean returning from their hunt, so they sent deputy Perry Byrd to go and retrieve Kay. Kay was informed by Bill's father-in-law, Clark Bliven, that Bob and Emmett planned to meet Cole in Salt Lake, so Kay headed to Chico where he planned to cut him off. Timothy Peter Dalton (born 21 March 1946) is a Welsh actor of film and television. When the train came in at 9:45pm, they backed a wagon up to the express car and unloaded all the contents. Bob and Emmett met Grat and the others in the alley, the sacks of money still over their arms. Grat shipped his saddle and riding rig to Delano and took the train to Traver where he met Bob and Emmett. Corrections? His deputy abandoned him after being wounded. Let me look at one." He then rode away with the dog running ahead of him. [14] Most of Sheriff Kay's information on Chris Evans came from his deputy Perry Byrd, who also happened to be Evans' brother-in-law, but Kay had other supporting information as well. Bob and Emmett ran through the back door and ducked into a saloon across the alley. He was married to Julia Johnson Dalton, who survived him. He would, he claimed, "beat anything Jesse James ever didrob two banks at once, in broad daylight." Witty had gone to the livery stable in Modesto, at the time being jointly run by Chris Evans and John Sontag, and learned that Grat had sold the horse to Evans who in turn gave him the two dollar bills. This Section of the Data Bank contains anecdotes, short stories and whimsical tales of Daltons throughout history. Grat believed him and decided he would wait until it opened. Family Tree. Kay nudged the door open with his elbow, aimed his revolver at Bill and said, "Bill! Kay asked Rucker if there was anyone else around and she replied that there wasn't. My grandfather & great grandfather are both from the US but that's where my knowledge stops. They hoped that a big haul from the banks would allow them to leave the territory and escape Thomas' heat. This was also confirmed by Lit Dalton who had also attended the trial and claimed to have had several hour long conversations with Evans.[16]. They had not been to the town for several years, though, and the hitching post had since been removed during street work. The second train robbery by the Dalton Gang in Oklahoma was at a small station called Lelietta on September 15, 1891, about four miles north of Wagoner, Oklahoma. Left to right: Bill Powers; Bob Dalton; Grat Dalton, Dick Broadwell, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "DALTON Family History: Old West Kansas Dalton Gang KS Heritage Group www.kansasheritage.org", "The Dalton Gang Train Robbery at Adair, I.T. All in the band were killed except Emmett, who was wounded and spent 14 years in Kansas State Penitentiary in Lansing. The baggageman carelessly stuck the revolver into a pigeon-hole messagebox and went to work at the other end of the car. detective Will Smith, and Wells Fargo detectives Hume and Thacker arrived to bring the two men to Modesto to stand trial for the Ceres robbery. Beckenridge showed up to the trial late and drunk, and neither the defense, nor the prosecution mentioned that the fireman had been accidentally killed by the expressman. Emmett was then hit in the back with a load of buckshot. Grat noticed him, but before he could aim, Kloehr shot him in the throat. Emmett Dalton was portrayed by Frank Albertson. Marshal; Grat Dalton (leader of the Dalton Gang); Bill Dalton (co-leader of the Wild Bunch); Eva May Dalton; Bob Dalton (Dalton Gang); Leona Randolph Dalton; Nancy May Dalton; Simon Noel "Si" Dalton; Hannah Adeline Dalton and Robert Renick "Bob" Dalton less, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Dalton. The Daltons were also featured in yet another Randolph Scott Western, Randolph Scott himself plays Bill Doolin in the film, "The Dalton Gang" is a half-hour, 1954 episode of the American TV series, The Dalton Gang appears in the Italian comic book, This page was last edited on 4 March 2023, at 07:01. Emmett Dalton (May 3, 1871 July 13, 1937) was an American outlaw, train robber and member of the Dalton Gang in the American Old West. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Dalton. The three returned fire and held out, waiting for the time lock to open. Right as she said this, Kay heard someone rush across the floor of an adjoining room and through the crack in the door he could see a man taking position at the window. He was a saloon keeper in Kansas City, Missouri when he married Adeline Lee Younger. Arrangements by Willis Funeral Home, LLC, Dalton, Georgia. Sheriff Kay was forced to give up the chase in order to return to California for Grat's trial. The first look into the Dutton family technically began with Yellowstone, but the first branch of the family tree is filled out with the characters we met in its prequel, 1883. As Emmett reviewed the roles of the various participants, he concluded by saying, "Then there was Tom Evans down tending the horses." While Bill was playing his guitar, Wagy noticed that he was trying to cover up where the break had been made. Both men were hit several times by stray shots; Dr Goff was fatally wounded. Kay was given a white card from Mexican officials as well as offered a military escort. After a hearing, Bill was held for trial for the Alila robbery, but he quickly secured bondsmen and was released. Before they could leave however, they received another telegram notifying them that the two were spotted in the southern part of Utah. He died in Los Angeles on July 13, 1937. This was unknown to Grat, since the Dalton brothers had all assumed that Emmett had killed the fireman. In close order, the five crossed Walnut Street from the alley to the Condon Bank, holding Winchester rifles close along their legs. Bill was finally able to get a loan on some horses from a local rancher, but they were still short one saddle and one of the horses was not fit for a hard ride. Bill was interviewed by the Fresno Expositor in September 1891 saying, "The truth is I am like Paddy Miles' boy --- no matter what goes wrong or what depredation is committed, Bill Dalton is always charged with the same."[5]. Kay found out that, before they had arrived, Bob and Emmett had got into a fight at one of the saloons there and badly beat up two cowboys before leaving for Topeka. However, James and Adeline only had one grandchild who carried on the Dalton name. He then ordered the baggageman to ignore him and to go back to his work. Without making any noise, Bryant went to the messagebox and secured the revolver. On the morning of October 5, the gang emerged from the alley onto the plaza of Coffeyville. Kay's buggy was directly facing the setting sun, so they could not tell who the men were. In it she implied that her father was the one who helped Grat Dalton escape from the Visalia Jail, lending credibility to an earlier claim made by Sheriff Gene Kay of this being true. Born December 3, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, he was a son of the late Winston S. and Walburga (Petersen) Dalton. Marshals Service, but it was quickly becoming fragmented due to power struggles between newly formed district courts and jealousy between marshals over their different jurisdictions. The posse reached Dalton's camp at nine and split into two groups in order to surround the camp, Kay leading one and Hensley the other. Review. Smith instead went north and several weeks later was arrested by Kay. The last night they dug a hole in the brickwall of the woodroom, but found heavy iron bars embedded in the wall that they couldn't get in between. After splitting the money among themselves, the gang soon realized they needed to rob another train. He then sold the lease to his ranch in San Luis Obispo County, moved his family to his wife's parents in Livingston, California, and left for Kingfisher. After being left on the sidewalk by Bob and Emmett, Thomas Ayres had run into one of the hardware stores and grabbed a rifle. He married Minnie McDaniel on July 30, 1910. Condon & Company's Bank and the First National Bank on opposite sides of the street in Coffeyville, Kansas. Although the Daltons may have been inspired by their famous cousins' exploits, the Youngers were much older and were in prison at the time of the Dalton Gang's activities. Laney was born on May 23 1903. The deep canyons of the area, covered with dwarf cedar and blackjack oaks, made it an ideal hiding place. Their older cousins were the outlaw Younger brothers. This resulted in the first robbery at Whorton, May 1891, where the gang stole $1200. He then put the baggage man in charge of Bryant and gave him his revolver. Kay knew from this that Cole was able to supply the boys with guns and ammunition. Kay decided to place both men under arrest and took them to Visalia. While in jail, a train robbery occurred near Ceres, on September 3, 1891, but was unsuccessful with no money being taken. For some reason, however, the body was buried as Bill Powers. On June 8, 1894, while he was playing with his daughter on the front porch of his farm home in Ardmore, Okla., lawmen crept up on him from behind and shot him dead. Bob also hired Emmett under him to guard prisoners. ratton Hanley DALTON, Charles Benjamin DALTON, Henry Coleman DALTON, Litlleton Lee DALTON, William Mason DALTON, Eva May DALTON, Robert R "Angeles, July 14.W)A retired and respected citiaen at his death, James Lewis Dalton, Adelaine Sullivan Dalton (born Younger). The locals who identified him notified a deputy marshal named Ed Short. Part of the ill-fated Dalton raid on two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, he survived despite receiving 23 gunshot wounds. He was born to Lewis and Adeline Dalton and was the youngest of the Dalton brothers. Grat and Riley then made their way out of camp with their rifles on their backs and Kay decided they would set up an ambush and wait for their return. I am trying to see if I am related, and if so, where. He then decided the sack bag was too heavy to carry, and ordered the silver taken out, then stashed what cash he could fit into his coat pockets. Chris had continually attested his innocence and any confirmation of his already rumored association with the Dalton Gang would have damaged his case. The tailor remembered the coat, but he couldn't remember who had bought it, only that some girl had picked it up once it was clean. They decided to form a gang and started robbing trains and banks. Montgomery was alleged to be posing as a deputy marshal. While the Indian Nations had their own tribal law enforcement, these agencies had no jurisdiction over non-Indians. Smith, escaped from the Tulare County jail in Visalia while Sheriff Kay was in San Francisco. Kay talked to their mother for several hours and she even invited him in for breakfast. Detective Smith decided to chime in, but Grat said he wouldn't say a word while Smith was present. This was about 13% of all the recorded Dalton's in USA. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. They turned around, and went through the back door, carrying both rifles and sack bags, while taking two other bank employees as cover. It had been raining for several days prior, and it was so cold the ground was covered in ice. It was also known as The Dalton Brothers because four of its members were brothers. 108 reviews #16 of 84 Restaurants in Amherst $$ - $$$ American Greek Vegetarian Friendly. what to expect 6 months after spinal fusion,

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