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. Sterling, MontgomeryCO, KY Died: 16 Jul 1890 in Dearing, KS Father: Benjamin DALTON Mother: Nancy RABOURN Generations earlier, James Lewis Dalton's (D'Alton) forbears had left France for Ireland. On the morning of October 5, the gang emerged from the alley onto the plaza of Coffeyville. After they realized they were no longer being pursued, Bob and Emmett began to form what would be known as the Dalton Gang. In 1954, the actor Robert Bray played Emmett Dalton in the episode "The Dalton Gang" of the syndicated western television series, Stories of the Century, starring Jim Davis as fictitious Southwestern Railroad detective Matt Clark. 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. After Kay finished talking to the cleaner, Deputy George Witty reported to him that telegrams from the coast said Bill was not in Paso Robles or Estrella. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). He arrested Bryant and took him on a train to be committed to the jail at Wichita, Kansas, without notifying Marshal Grimes at Fort Smith. na Randolph Dalton, Emma Dalton, Robert Rennick Dalton, Eva May Dalton, Mason Dalton, Henry Coleman Coleman Dalton, Gratton Hanley Dalton July 13 1937 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. Bill arrived in Paso Robles and was arrested by Sheriff Kay fifteen minutes after getting off the train and was taken to Visalia. Short then turned and the two shot each other to death. 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. Kay hung around Grat for a few hours and talked to him most of the time until Witty returned. Bob and Emmett then took a train headed back to Needles before stopping at Kingman. Closed now : See all hours. Grat rode away from the house, jumped the horse over an old rock fence, and began yelling and firing his revolver in the air so that Dean would know that he had escaped. In 1931, he published When the Daltons Rode, which was later made into a 1940 movie starring Randolph Scott. Since the horse was lame, they could only get $60 for it and Grat was unable to find another horse afterwards. Part of the ill-fated Dalton raid on two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, he survived despite receiving 23 gunshot wounds. The men split into three groups to cover all approaches to the camp. There were three Dalton brothers in the gang: Emmett "Em" Dalton, born in 1871; Robert "Bob" Renick Dalton, born 1869; and Gratton "Grat" Dalton, born 1861. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out. Emmett married Julia Johnson Lewis on September 1, 1908 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Bill Dalton came into the hotel lobby and began to speak to deputy Yoes in a loud voice, so everyone around them could hear. Members have married into the prominent Morgenthau, Loeb, and Bronfman families.. He was given a life sentence in the penitentiary in Lansing, Kansas and pardoned after fourteen years. Chris had continually attested his innocence and any confirmation of his already rumored association with the Dalton Gang would have damaged his case. The posse tried firing at Grat through the brush, but he managed to run the mile back to Elwood's ranch. Emmett had 4 siblings: Elsie Bosiger (born Dalton (Bosiger)) and 3 other siblings. The ride from Mojave to Barstow almost cost them their lives, as they only saw water once in those seventy-five miles of desert. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. After being found innocent by a Visalia jury, Bill was acquitted and released on October 15. Wagy hid all night in a yard across the street but saw nothing. Smith, escaped from the Tulare County jail in Visalia while Sheriff Kay was in San Francisco. Kay believed they did this to throw him off by going south instead of east. Husband of Julia Johnson Lewis As they exited the door, an American Express agent opened fire with his revolver. Since Grat's location was in Fresno County, Kay telegraphed Sheriff Hensley in Fresno, and the two made plans to assemble a posse in Centerville. Afraid to go near them, Bill left out supplies and food, while there were several times the boys visited Bill's house at night. This mountain would later be known as Dalton Mountain. They had no children. Knowing that Kay was hot on their trail, they traveled east through Arizona into New Mexico. This was also confirmed by Lit Dalton, who had owned a saloon in San Miguel from 1889 to 1890. While in jail, a train robbery occurred near Ceres, on September 3, 1891, but was unsuccessful with no money being taken. Father of Roy Reynolds Dalton When they came back into the front room both Maggie Rucker and the girl remained quiet as they both expected Kay to have been killed. As Emmett reviewed the roles of the various participants, he concluded by saying, "Then there was Tom Evans down tending the horses." 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. 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). He was married to Julia Johnson Dalton, who survived him. 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. Percy was born on October 4 1897. He began walking behind his plow when he felt a rifle poke him in the ribs. Kay told Grat that he knew neither Bob or Emmett killed the fireman. The three returned fire and held out, waiting for the time lock to open. My grandfather & great grandfather are both from the US but that's where my knowledge stops. In 1840 there were 39 Dalton families living in Virginia. Through her brother, Adeline was an aunt of Cole and Jim Younger, of the famous James-Younger Gang. The next robbery was on July 14, at Adair, Oklahoma, near the Arkansas border. He's uprooted his life as a Tennessee farmer in search of a better life as part of the Westward Expansion. He moved to Hollywood, California, and became a real estate agent, author, and actor, and died in 1937 at age 66. 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]. After the train left Hennessey, and was approaching the stop at Waukomis, Oklahoma, Short noticed a group of mounted men who looked as if they were trying to beat the train, and feared it was the Dalton Gang coming to free Bryant. By Stephanie Dalton March 03, 2008 at 03:10:47 Hello, I am trying to find a family tree for the Dalton family of which 2 members of the Dalton gang are from. A fourth brother, William M. "Bill" Dalton (1866-1894) was an outlaw as well and mainly rode with the Wild Bunch. This resulted in the first robbery at Whorton, May 1891, where the gang stole $1200. Bill told Kay that Bob was not in the country, that he had stopped at Rucker's place alone to spend the night. The gang was also assisted by Bob's lover Eugenia Moore, known by her aliases "Tom King" and "Miss Mundays", who acted as their informant, but was also a notorious horse thief and outlaw. The first possibility is town of Dalton, in Lancashire, England, which was originally named Dale-ton, and meant the town in the dale. Sheriff Hensley and deputy Ed McCardle where guarding a trail that led to the summit of small and narrow ridge. She denied any wrongdoing by her sons, stating that they were in fact lawmen, and told Kay they had gone to Guthrie if he wanted to talk with them. The Dalton Gang was a group of outlaws in the American Old West during 18901892. When they arrived, Bob had to think quickly, and decided instead to tie their horses in an alley across from the bank to the west, near the city jail, which offered them little protection. After their unsuccessful career in California, they decided they could do much better in their home country, and unlike their first attempts, they began carefully planning their robberies. 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. [15] Chris was also reported by a Visalia newspaper to have attended every day of Grat's trial for the Alila robbery. They had not been to the town for several years, though, and the hitching post had since been removed during street work. Lit was able to borrow one hundred dollars and a horse from Clovis Cole's business partner Charlie Owen. Notes from Obituaries. Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love. Kay was given a white card from Mexican officials as well as offered a military escort. Taking fire from the hardware store, Bob was hit in the head and the heart, killing him instantly. Teresa was a member of the Full Gospel Outreach Church and . They decided to form a gang and started robbing trains and banks. Emmett thought Grat would mess things up if he went alone with Powers and Broadwell, and thought they should trade places. When he returned the next day to watch the house, he discovered that Bob and Emmett had escaped. [9] Bob had planned the entire robbery. The Dalton Gang's criminal enterprise was ended on October 5, 1892 when they attempted to rob two banks at once in Coffeyville, Kansas. Kay decided to place both men under arrest and took them to Visalia. Bob ordered him to drop the gun, and when he failed to answer, shot him with his Winchester, killing him. Bill Doolin, "Bitter Creek" Newcomb, and Charlie Pierce, none of whom was at Coffeyville, were the only members left of the original Dalton Gang. After splitting the money among themselves, the gang soon realized they needed to rob another train. Lewis Dalton came west from Kentucky to Missouri during the late 1840s and in the 1850s, he was trading horses and running a saloon in Westport, Missouri (now Kansas City) when he married Adeline. 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. Emmett Dalton survived the raid but received 23 gunshot wounds. Grat believed him and decided he would wait until it opened. Williams. They sat to wait for the next train on a bench on the platform, talking and smoking, with their Winchester rifles across their knees. Eventually, Bill Dalton left Doolin to form his own Dalton Gang. 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. Omissions? Tom Evans, on the other hand, was reported to be the fraternal twin of outlaw Chris Evans, who at the time of the Coffeyville raid was a fugitive hiding out in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains. Dont stop looking you will find out! 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 was about 13% of all the recorded Dalton's in USA. He is buried in the family plot in Kingfisher, OK. Simon and Minnie had no children. Bob and Emmett then made their way to the end of the back alley onto Eighth Street, where they could hear the townspeople shooting at the Condon Bank. This Section of the Data Bank contains anecdotes, short stories and whimsical tales of Daltons throughout history. When Jim approached Bill said, "Jim, the birds have flown." What Bill didn't know is that Beckenridge was also a consulting attorney for the Southern Pacific railroad. First recruited were George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb and "Blackfaced" Charlie Bryant, who had received his nickname because of a gunpowder burn on one cheek. They were recognized and, coming out of one bank, were met by wild gunfire from vigilante citizens. 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. 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. The locals who identified him notified a deputy marshal named Ed Short. Judson Elwood was plowing his six-horse team when he heard the shots up the mountain. While their older brother "Bill" Dalton never joined any heists, he served as their spy and informant. In the two weeks following the robbery, Bob and Emmett hid out in the mountains near Bill's ranch. Grat, Broadwell, and Powers entered the Condon Bank and Emmett and Bob hurried across Union Street to the First National Bank. Kay believed Chris was either protecting himself by helping Grat break from jail or returning the favor for Grat protecting him. They cut through Antelope Valley and skirted the desert down to San Diego County before taking the old trail to Yuma. Evans, however, claimed that he had received the bills from the Sol Sweet store after cashing a check there. Short took the prisoner back and placed him in the baggage car. They used the bar they had cut out to pry open the grating in the wood room window and, instead of risking going and putting it back, left the broom handle in its place. Review. 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. 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. There is the head of the family, John (Kevin. Kay suspected that this was probably the work of some suspects he had from Visalia, but the railroad detectives demanded the arrest of the remaining Dalton brothers. 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. Brothers Lit and Bill Dalton were also visiting their mother, and Doolin proposed that they join his group to avenge their brothers. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of James Dalton Hatcher to show support. Tuvia, who had been protected farther to the northalong with a few family membersby non-Jews, soon joined his brothers. Almost all of Beckenridge's witnesses were bar keepers, gamblers, saloon hanger-ons, or pimps. Before the Coffeyville raid, Bill Dalton had returned to Oklahoma, later joining Bill Doolins gang and then forming his own gang. Yoes told the judge that he was Bill Dalton, the brother of the notorious train robbers, and the judge asked him to introduce them when he came to breakfast. When Kay returned to Visalia, he immediately went with detective Smith to the tailor of the coat found at the Ceres robbery. He is the cowboy in charge of it all, and now current governor of Montana. 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 was married to Julia Johnson Dalton, who survived him. Ignoring the advice of the people in Hennessy, he also took the prisoner without a guard. Grat entered the Condon Bank and pointed his Winchester at the cashier, ordering his hands up, while Powers and Broadwell took positions at the door. 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.