They did however find pieces of a file and a hack saw blade in the prisoner's toilet. 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. Doolin, Newcomb, and Pierce visited the Daltons' mother in Kingfisher to console her after her sons' deaths. The night before the robbery at Red Rock, Judge Burford, US District Attorney for Oklahoma Horace Speed, and deputy marshal George Yoes (son of Marshal Jacob Yoes, the Daltons former employer at Fort Smith) were sitting in a hotel lobby in Kingfisher, where they were talking about the cases that would be in court the next day. alton, Louis Kossuth Dalton, Bea Elizabeth Lelia Phillips (born Dalton), Littleton "lit" Lee Dalton, John Franklin Dalton, Grat Roy Reynolds Dalton, Roy Johnson, Genie Gilstrap Perrier (born Dalton), May 3 1871 - Cas Co, Belton, Cass County, Missouri, United States, July 13 1937 - Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, United States. The Dalton Gang's criminal enterprise was ended on October 5, 1892 when they attempted to rob two banks at once in Coffeyville, Kansas. Soon after, Jim Ford noticed Emmett exit a department store, who quickly ducked back inside upon noticing Kay. Bob had planned for the gang to tie their horses to a post behind the Condon Bank, where it was protected from the center of town by brick walls. In August 1891, Charlie Bryant was spotted in Hennessey, Oklahoma, after leaving the gang's hideout to visit his brother in Mulhall. 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. Four of the gang were killed in the ensuing gun fight. 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. Unless there was a high enough reward being offered, they would instead choose to focus their attention on petty criminals. Short took the prisoner back and placed him in the baggage car. 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. As he lifted the rifle up, Bob shot and killed him. 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 Journal acknowledged witnesses statements then and in a later article that there were two major unanswered questions: who was the sixth man seen riding into town with the gang, and what happened to him? Emmett Dalton was born on month day 1927, to Percy Dalton and Laney Dalton (born Shields). (He was pardoned in 1907, reformed, and led a respectable businessmans life in Los Angeles until his death on July 13, 1937.) 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. Tuvia, who had been protected farther to the northalong with a few family membersby non-Jews, soon joined his brothers. They sat to wait for the next train on a bench on the platform, talking and smoking, with their Winchester rifles across their knees. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Bill went to Paso Robles and bought a saddle, but after that could not afford anything else as he was broke. Evans, however, claimed that he had received the bills from the Sol Sweet store after cashing a check there. My grandfather & great grandfather are both from the US but that's where my knowledge stops. He then quickly charged down the mountainside tearing through the brush. I haven't seen one since I left Missouri. With Bob as the leader, the boys recruited mostly men who had grown up with them in Oklahoma. For some reason, however, the body was buried as Bill Powers. Chris Evans' family ridiculed reports of any such involvement or that Tom had been killed, but otherwise never disclosed his actual whereabouts. Bob pretended not to know Emmett, who then tipped him off to the hands of the others. 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. Williams. The first possibility is town of Dalton, in Lancashire, England, which was originally named Dale-ton, and meant the town in the dale. Timothy Peter Dalton (born 21 March 1946) is a Welsh actor of film and television. From their position, Kay and his deputies were fifty yards from Dalton and Dean, who were both discussing their plan to hunt one of Elwood's hogs for Christmas dinner. After Bill and Riley Dean were brought to the Visalia jail, Sheriff Pervis of Stanislaus County, S.P. After being left on the sidewalk by Bob and Emmett, Thomas Ayres had run into one of the hardware stores and grabbed a rifle. The posse tried firing at Grat through the brush, but he managed to run the mile back to Elwood's ranch. 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. Emmett was able to mount his horse unwounded, and began riding away, but after noticing Bob was hit, turned around and attempted to lift Bob onto his horse. How did they ever cut that bar out without my knowing it?". They played poker all night in Traver and then traveled to Tulare to do the same. Though much of the evidence showed that Grat was in Fresno the night of the Alila robbery, including the testimony of several witnesses, the influence of the powerful Southern Pacific Railroad caused him to receive an unfair trial. 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. Richard Henry Dick Dalton, 85, of Columbia City, died peacefully at 9:40 a.m. Thursday, November 11, 2021, at his home. This led to a heavy argument between Bob and Emmett and created bitterness between them on the way to the robbery. 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. 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). Kay and Ford traveled the fifty miles to Guthrie, but soon came into problems when dealing with different tribal jurisdictions. Hannah Adeline Dalton (a twin) b. The deep canyons of the area, covered with dwarf cedar and blackjack oaks, made it an ideal hiding place. Bill Dalton agreed to join them and soon took part in several robberies, but Lit refused in disgust. Bob and Emmett were able to steal horses and riding rigs. Re: The Dalton Gang family tree or offspring. Played by country music icon Tim McGraw, James Dutton is the patriarch of 1883. Sheriff Hensley and deputy Ed McCardle where guarding a trail that led to the summit of small and narrow ridge. The only evidence found at the robbery was a coat made from a tailor from Visalia. People . 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. If someone in the gang had escaped, there would be nothing gained by Emmett for admitting it. After the escape, Beck separated from the others and went north, while Grat and Smith went to a friend of Grat's named Joe Middleton, who lived in Hanford. The Journal reported that, "no one has yet been found who knows him or anything of his antecedents or history." Joining afterwards were Bill Doolin, Dick Broadwell, Bill Powers, and Charley Pierce. 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. Geni requires JavaScript! Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. 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. He offered to admit this in court if Grat and Bill told the true story of the robbery. He married Minnie McDaniel on July 30, 1910. Send flowers to the service of Pastor Terence Hundrey Hambrick 6 Jul 1879, d. 13 Sep 1928 in Oklahoma City. [9] Bob had planned the entire robbery. Here, they secured more than $19,000. Henry Starr was arrested in 1893 and held for trial at Fort Smith. There have been several other nominees suggested to be the sixth man seen riding into Coffeyville, including Bill Dalton, George Newcomb, and Bill Doolin, all of which have never been confirmed. [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. The four future outlaws first worked as cowboys, but, in 1887, their older brother Frank, a federal deputy marshal, was killed by whiskey runners; in deference, Grat, Bob, and Emmett pinned on lawmens badges. After they realized they were no longer being pursued, Bob and Emmett began to form what would be known as the Dalton Gang. After making the opening, they ran around the corridors, kitchen, and basement for several nights. In August 1888, the two formed a posse to arrest a man named Charley Montgomery. Henry Coleman "cole" Dalton, Bea Elizabeth "lelia" Dalton, Franklin "frank" (U.s. Marshall) Dalton, Willia Dennis and Heather, Source: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8861394, OkieSeeker, Source: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25161106, Dennis Pleau, Source: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86873301, Cas Co, Belton, Cass County, Missouri, United States, Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, United States, Kingfisher Cemetery, Kingfisher, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, United States, Bill Dalton (co-leader of the Wild Bunch), Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1791-1963, Kingfisher, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, United States. After a hearing, Bill was held for trial for the Alila robbery, but he quickly secured bondsmen and was released. Also wounded were captains Kinney and LaFlore, but they recovered. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. In 1840 there were 39 Dalton families living in Virginia. Kay told Grat that he knew neither Bob or Emmett killed the fireman. Grat noticed him, but before he could aim, Kloehr shot him in the throat. He would, he claimed, "beat anything Jesse James ever didrob two banks at once, in broad daylight." He then ordered the baggageman to ignore him and to go back to his work. Grat ordered the employees to lay on the floor in the back office, and after receiving the signal from Bob, told Powers and Broadwell that it was time to leave. Grat returned to Oklahoma in the spring of 1892 and shortly afterward joined his brothers gang. Unlike the marshals office, the Osage Police paid a monthly salary. As the Daltons made their way west down the alley towards the horses, Town Marshal Charles T. Connelly came through the livery stable into the alley and ran east towards the plaza without noticing the bandits behind him. After the gang separated with their share of the loot, Bill hid out with his family in a cabin near Elk, Indian Territory. Street work was being done at the time, and one of the workers noticed the men dog-trotting across the alley with rifles, and began to yell, "The Daltons are robbing the bank!" In 1883, viewers meet the Duttons who settle in Montana near Yellowstone National Park and found the Yellowstone Ranch.James Dutton (Tim McGraw) is the patriarch of the family, a Civil War veteran . 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. They decided to form a gang and started robbing trains and banks. After being found innocent by a Visalia jury, Bill was acquitted and released on October 15. Grat could not see the yard Wagy had laid in from his cell and the deputy hadn't told anyone what he had done that night. [7] The gang secured about $18,000. When he returned the next day to watch the house, he discovered that Bob and Emmett had escaped. 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. Bryant opened the door to the rear platform, and, while Short had his attention on the mounted men, shot him in the back point blank. He is known for portraying James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989), as well as Rhett Butler in the television miniseries Scarlett (1994), an original sequel to Gone with the Wind. Bill Doolin complained that Bob was not dividing the money fairly, and accused Bob of squandering their money on women and gamblers. The John Dutton Name As 1883 shows us, James and Margaret Dutton travel out West with their daughter, Elsa, and young son John. With his revolver in hand, Kay dropped to the ground as they passed the door and slowly entered the station. (UP) , Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina, USA, May 3 1871 - Belton, Comt De Cass, Missouri, tats-Unis, July 13 1937 - Comt De Los Angeles, Californie, tats-Unis. They hid behind some rocks and an oak tree and waited as one of the men approached them. By that time, Bill had been moved downstairs into what was Grat's cell. Dalton Brothers, four train and bank robbers famous in U.S. Western history: Grattan ("Grat"; 1861-92), William ("Bill"; 1863-94), Robert ("Bob"; 1870-92), and Emmett (1871-1937). 6 Jul 1879, d. 13 Sep 1928 in Oklahoma City. On October 5, 1892, the Dalton gang attempted this feat when they set out to rob the C.M. After splitting the money among themselves, the gang soon realized they needed to rob another train. His older brother Frank Dalton, a Deputy US Marshal, was by all accounts the strongest of the brothers, and always kept his brothers in line. Knowing that Kay was hot on their trail, they traveled east through Arizona into New Mexico. He spotted Bob just as he had killed Brown and aimed his rifle at him from behind the store window. 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. Grat's trial didn't start until that June and it lasted three weeks. Ignoring the advice of the people in Hennessy, he also took the prisoner without a guard. This was unknown to Grat, since the Dalton brothers had all assumed that Emmett had killed the fireman. Kay checked on his Visalia suspects, who at the time were running a livery stable in Modesto, and was convinced they were not involved with the Ceres robbery. 108 reviews #16 of 84 Restaurants in Amherst $$ - $$$ American Greek Vegetarian Friendly. [17] After the attempted robbery, Emmett was taken upstairs above the drug store to be treated by Dr. Wells. Frank is buried in Coffeyville, Kansas. He then corrected himself, saying that he meant Bill Powers. Grat began to say something about a horse, but then became suspicious. Smith, escaped from the Tulare County jail in Visalia while Sheriff Kay was in San Francisco. This was about 13% of all the recorded Dalton's in USA. His contributions to researching the Dalton surname and his family lines will always be enshrined in the Dalton Chronicles. He spent 15 years in prison in Kansas State Prison, before winning a pardon in 1907. He attended Irving elementary school and he graduated from Morton East High School in. Kay learned at the train depot that Bob and Emmett had bought tickets to Ogden and were carrying large telescope bags with them. 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. Condon & Company's Bank and the First National Bank on opposite sides of the street in Coffeyville, Kansas. 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. He was then taken back to Visalia to await his trial for the Alila robbery. This was also confirmed by Lit Dalton, who had owned a saloon in San Miguel from 1889 to 1890. They had not been to the town for several years, though, and the hitching post had since been removed during street work. Part of the ill-fated Dalton raid on two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, he survived despite receiving 23 gunshot wounds. There they played poker all night and won $100. Bill had returned to Oklahoma several months earlier, living at his mother's house near Kingsfisher. Short then went to the rear platform with his rifle. Their father, Lewis Dalton, a rambler and saloonkeeper, abandoned his wife Adeline (ne Younger), who was forced on her own to rear their 15 children during the difficult period of the American Civil War and Reconstruction. Both men were hit several times by stray shots; Dr Goff was fatally wounded. They started stealing horses to make more money, and then fled the area. After pointing out the location of the camp, Middleton left in a hurry and the two posses spent the night on the living room floor of the nearby Elwood ranch. Grat dropped to the ground and rolled into a gulch about ten feet away.