He also brought Bob along as a posse member. Judson Elwood was plowing his six-horse team when he heard the shots up the mountain. Grat lowered his winchester, fired, and the jumped behind cover all in one quick motion. Sheriff Kay was forced to give up the chase in order to return to California for Grat's trial. 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. When Grat recovered, he was able to escape with the help of his brother Cole. While Bill was playing his guitar, Wagy noticed that he was trying to cover up where the break had been made. On Nov 27, 1887, Frank Dalton and another deputy marshal, Jim Cole, went across the river from Fort Smith to arrest three whiskey bootleggers. John Dutton III John Dutton III ( Kevin Costner) is a man that hardly needs any form of introduction. Why in the world do you suppose they went away and left me behind? Littleton "Litt" Dalton, who was a good and hard-working citizen, believed that his younger siblings became lawless because of the bad influence of . Due to the sensationalism that surrounded the Dalton Gang's exploits, they were accused of robberies all over the country but operated chiefly in California, Kansas, Oklahoma Territory, and Indian Territory. Lewis Dalton was a saloon keeper in Kansas City, Kansas, when he married Adeline Younger, the aunt of Cole and Jim Younger. James is also a Civil War veteran, one who suffers from PTSD in a time long before we knew what it was. 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. For the four months that Bob and Emmett spent trying to lose Sheriff Kay in the desert, Grat sat in the Tulare County jail in Visalia awaiting his trial. After serving 14 years in prison for the crime, Dalton capitalized on his notoriety to author books and become an actor in Hollywood. Members have married into the prominent Morgenthau, Loeb, and Bronfman families.. The next robbery was on July 14, at Adair, Oklahoma, near the Arkansas border. Since Emmett had originally attempted to convince his captors that he was Charles Dryden, until he realized that it was hopeless, his word is considered by many to be of questionable value. Kay knew from this that Cole was able to supply the boys with guns and ammunition. He decided to watch the outside of the place at night to see if he could catch in the act whoever was trying to open the grating. Married to Cara, he worked the Dutton homestead alongside his nephew,. They had no children. James Lewis Dalton from Jackson County, Missouri and Kentucky was the father of all four boys. The Daltons had plenty of friends in the area willing to hide them and easily lost Kay once they were in familiar territory. 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. . While in jail, a train robbery occurred near Ceres, on September 3, 1891, but was unsuccessful with no money being taken. Two hardware stores in the town had, meanwhile, begun passing out guns to the local civilians, who began firing through the windows at the Condon Bank. A posse assembled by U.S. Kay's buggy was directly facing the setting sun, so they could not tell who the men were. During the robbery, one member of the gang and four citizens were killed in a shootout. Unlike the marshals office, the Osage Police paid a monthly salary. Kay believed Chris was either protecting himself by helping Grat break from jail or returning the favor for Grat protecting him. 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]. Marshal S.T. He then quickly charged down the mountainside tearing through the brush. [18] No one then or later asked him about the horse tending remark, but it couldn't have referred to Bill Powers because his role as an active participant is well recorded. With the help of non-Jewish friends, they began to collect guns to protect themselves. The ride from Mojave to Barstow almost cost them their lives, as they only saw water once in those seventy-five miles of desert. It became apparent to Kay that Bill had been busy hiding Dean when he arrived, otherwise they would have heard him come in. Tuvia, who had been protected farther to the northalong with a few family membersby non-Jews, soon joined his brothers. He claimed that Bob, Grat, and Emmett had all made at least two trips to Bill's ranch in California during that time and that at least one of them would show up to his saloon to get a gallon demijohn full of whiskey to bring back to the rest. When told to open the safe, the manager lied, telling Grat it was a time lock and that it would not open for another 10 minutes. Detective Smith decided to chime in, but Grat said he wouldn't say a word while Smith was present. When the train came in at 9:45pm, they backed a wagon up to the express car and unloaded all the contents. After Frank's death, Grat moved back from California and took over his brother's job as deputy marshal at Fort Smith. 6 Jul 1879, d. 13 Sep 1928 in Oklahoma City. Attention: . After he left, the judge asked Yoes who the man was, as he seemed educated and well-informed. Kay suspected that Bob and Emmett might be back in California to free Grat from jail, and took Deputy Witty with him to the Cross Creek station in his buggy. The brothers who were members of the Dalton Gang were Bob, Grat, Emmett, and Bill.[4]. 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. After Bill and Riley Dean were brought to the Visalia jail, Sheriff Pervis of Stanislaus County, S.P. Kay sent Ford after Bob and Emmett while he went to the Ogden police to get them to begin searching the city. They fired at the bandits through the car windows and from behind the train. Emmett thought Grat would mess things up if he went alone with Powers and Broadwell, and thought they should trade places. In order to persuade the townsfolk not to hang him, he agreed to tell them everything they wanted to know. Dalton took part in several robberies with the Wild Bunch, including a gun battle on September 1, 1893, at Ingalls, Oklahoma Territory, where three deputy U. S. marshals were killed. 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. By the time Grat reached his mother's he had lost forty pounds. First recruited were George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb and "Blackfaced" Charlie Bryant, who had received his nickname because of a gunpowder burn on one cheek. Deputy Witty entered shortly after, and was told by Kay to go in the room and grab Bill's rifle. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Beatrice Devonna Dalton, please visit our flower store . 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. 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. Bob also hired Emmett under him to guard prisoners. In El Paso, they found out that Bob and Emmett had headed to Albuquerque and then took the train to Topeka, Kansas, where the rail ended. At Guthrie, Kay and Ford noticed that there had been some sort of celebration the night before as they were greeted by three white men hanging from a large tree at the entrance to town and noticed the streets were lined with several groups of black men playing Craps on the sidewalks. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out. Meanwhile, Emmett and Bob had entered the First National Bank, covered the officers and two customers, and ordered the cashier, Thomas Ayres, to open the safe with gold and cash. The only evidence found at the robbery was a coat made from a tailor from Visalia. Sheriff Hensley and deputy Ed McCardle where guarding a trail that led to the summit of small and narrow ridge. They had no children. The family will receive friends at the Willis Funeral Home on Saturday from 6:00 - 7:30 P. M. Interment will be Monday, March 6, 2023, at 12:30 P. M. at the Chattanooga National Cemetery. The newly formed Oklahoma Territory had organized their own sheriff and city police departments, but there was so far very little cooperation between them. A later report in the Visalia Times-Delta, a major newspaper in Visalia, California, attributed to "a relative of Mrs. Evans" (most likely Chris Evans brother-in-law Perry Byrd, a deputy of Sheriff Gene Kay) stated, "Tom Evans killed at Coffeyville, Kansas, when the Dalton brothers made their famous raid on the banks of that town, was the twin brother of Chris."[19]. Kay and his men made their way to a rock ledge that Middleton told them would bring them within a few feet above Dalton's camp. The Journal then went to state that, "The other dead body proved to be that of Tom Evans" and marked number six on their map of the shooting area as "Where Tom Evans fell" and in three other references to him The Journal called him Tom. They decided to form a gang and started robbing trains and banks. Emmett Dalton survived the raid but received 23 gunshot wounds (as referenced on Q102). The mountain was a natural fortress, rocky and heavily wooded, with a good view of the surrounding countryside. When he returned the next day to watch the house, he discovered that Bob and Emmett had escaped. A rail ticket from California to Indian territory was too expensive for the boys, so Bob and Emmett crossed the Tehachapi's and began riding across the Mojave Desert while Bill went ahead by train to lay out food and supplies for them. Afraid to go near them, Bill left out supplies and food, while there were several times the boys visited Bill's house at night. Kay promised Middleton secrecy, and a horse and buggy, if he led him to within a half mile of Dalton's camp. 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. It has been speculated by those seeking to answer the confusion that Bill Powers possibly escaped and it was Tom Evans who was killed, as originally reported, or that Tom Evans was just an alias of Bill Powers. The next day, Christmas Eve, 1891, the posse of both Sheriff Kay and Sheriff Hensley woke up at three in the morning and ascended the mountain to Dalton's camp. The eight armed guards on the train all happened to be at the back of the train when it pulled in. Their older cousins were the outlaw Younger brothers. Doolin quit the gang, along with Newcomb and Pierce, due to the mismanagement of finances. In 1918, he portrayed himself in the movie version of his book Beyond the Law. Many newspapers at the time assumed that an unknown member of the gang escaped. People . 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. Late that night, they received a telegram notifying them that men matching the description of Bob and Emmett were seen taking a southbound train many miles south of Salt Lake. They made the mistake of leaving the train dark, though, which made Bob suspicious, and the gang allowed the train to go by. 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). Most officers believed that Grat immediately escaped the county, but Sheriff Kay thought otherwise. Hannah Adeline Dalton (a twin) b. A detailed bio on a Dalton Brothers webpage declares "We play two kinds of music: Country and Western" and notes that the group took inspiration from country legends including Willie Nelson,. Hello!". In August 1891, Charlie Bryant was spotted in Hennessey, Oklahoma, after leaving the gang's hideout to visit his brother in Mulhall. He married Minnie McDaniel on July 30, 1910. He moved to California and became a real estate agent, author and actor, dying at the age of sixty-six. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Leading the pursuit was Bob's old friend, Deputy Marshal Heck Thomas, whose renown skills as a deputy kept the gang constantly on the move and in hiding. The deputy handed the message to Judge Burford, who read it aloud to the audience. From Phoenix, Kay followed the Daltons by horse and stage from Prescott, Gila Bend, Tucson, and then to Nogales, Mexico. Eventually, Bill Dalton left Doolin to form his own Dalton Gang. He was then taken back to Visalia to await his trial for the Alila robbery. The Dalton brothers were part of a large family headed by parents Adaline Younger Dalton and James Lewis Dalton. He is buried in the family plot in Kingfisher, OK. Simon and Minnie had no children. John III leads what is known as the Dutton Ranch today. Angered by the charges against Grat and Bill which he knew to be false, Bob decided that the best way to help his brothers would be to acquire enough money to pay for their bail and defense. The lawmen aimed their rifles at the man and Hensley ordered him to drop his rifle and unbuckle his revolver belt. He had gone to school at Robbins Corners near Coffeyville, and knew several hundred people in town. The Dalton brothers were descendents of Timothy and Elizabeth Dalton of Bedford Co., Virginia and "Lighthorse" Harry Lee and Charles Younger through their parents, James Lewis Dalton (1826-1890) and Adeline Lee Younger (1835-1925). Wagy said, "Here is your hole", and kicked the broom handle onto the floor. Bob shot him in the head, killing him. Bob saw Ayres from about 200ft away and quickly shot him in the head. The Dalton Gang family tree or offspring. A storekeeper who was sweeping the sidewalk a few feet away noticed Bob, Emmett, and even Grat, who was wearing a fake mustache, and ran inside his store.