Hello!". He soon discovered a worn place in the carpet and found a trap door hidden underneath. Kay and Ford traveled the fifty miles to Guthrie, but soon came into problems when dealing with different tribal jurisdictions. ", "Emmett Dalton Biography Oct. 5-10, 1892", "The Eagles on Desperado: "We were quite taken with the idea of being outlaws", "Emmett Dalton His Life After the Coffeyville Raid", "Heck Thomas Tough Law in Indian Territory", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dalton_Gang&oldid=1142764666, Articles needing additional references from December 2022, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Charles Benjamin "Ben" Dalton (18521936). They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Kay asked Rucker if there was anyone else around and she replied that there wasn't. 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. The mountain was a natural fortress, rocky and heavily wooded, with a good view of the surrounding countryside. 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. While in jail, a train robbery occurred near Ceres, on September 3, 1891, but was unsuccessful with no money being taken. 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. It became apparent to Kay that Bill had been busy hiding Dean when he arrived, otherwise they would have heard him come in. From Phoenix, Kay followed the Daltons by horse and stage from Prescott, Gila Bend, Tucson, and then to Nogales, Mexico. Ayres was not killed, but he remained paralyzed for life. 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. Frank is buried in Coffeyville, Kansas. Several civilians were wounded in the fighting. They waited until the heavy bearded, two-hundred and thirty pound man was thirty feet from them. He married Minnie McDaniel on July 30, 1910. Kay decided to pursue them with his deputy, Jim Ford, and to capture them if possible. 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!" My grandfather & great grandfather are both from the US but that's where my knowledge stops. Sheriff Kay was forced to give up the chase in order to return to California for Grat's trial. When they entered the cell, Bill took out his guitar, sat on a soap box, leaned against the bars of the corridor and began to play a popular song he put his own words to and titled, "You'll Never Miss My Brother Till He's Gone". Emmett Dalton was born on month day 1927, to Percy Dalton and Laney Dalton (born Shields). He moved to California and became a real estate agent, author and actor, dying at the age of sixty-six. When Grat recovered, he was able to escape with the help of his brother Cole. After Frank's death, Grat moved back from California and took over his brother's job as deputy marshal at Fort Smith. This is now known as Dalton Alley. Short then went to the rear platform with his rifle. When not preying on the railroads, the gang spent their time digging out large rooms into the steep hills in the cedar brakes on the Northern Canadian River. He attended Irving elementary school and he graduated from Morton East High School in. This is where. The lawmen aimed their rifles at the man and Hensley ordered him to drop his rifle and unbuckle his revolver belt. On Nov 27, 1887, Frank Dalton and another deputy marshal, Jim Cole, went across the river from Fort Smith to arrest three whiskey bootleggers. In the midst of the shooting, Powers told Grat he had been hit in the arm. John III leads what is known as the Dutton Ranch today. 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. He spotted Bob just as he had killed Brown and aimed his rifle at him from behind the store window. 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. na Randolph Dalton, Emma Dalton, Emmett Dalton, Robert Rennick Dalton, Eva May Dalton, Mason Dalton, Henry Coleman Coleman Dalton, Gratto May 3 1871 - Belton, Cass, Missouri, United States, July 13 1937 - Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States, James Lewis Dalton, Adeline Lee Dalton (born Younger). He then rode away with the dog running ahead of him. On the night of September 27, Grat and two cellmates, Arvil Beck and W.B. Threatened with prison time, Smith told Kay that Middleton could be followed to Dalton's camp when he carried him supplies. 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. Dalton Family History | Find Genealogy Records & Family Crest Dalton Gang - HistoryNet None of the Dalton gang was hit. Attention: . The Daltons were featured in Randolph Scott's Western. First recruited were George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb and "Blackfaced" Charlie Bryant, who had received his nickname because of a gunpowder burn on one cheek. Southern Pacific detective Will Smith visited Grat's cell almost every day during the trial trying to get a confession out of him and Grat began to despise Smith. 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. Welcome to The Dalton Chronicles Emmett married first name Dalton (born Arthur) on month day 1950, at age 23 at marriage place, North Carolina. Bob and Emmett returned fire and left Ayres on the sidewalk. This led to a heavy argument between Bob and Emmett and created bitterness between them on the way to the robbery. Smith, escaped from the Tulare County jail in Visalia while Sheriff Kay was in San Francisco. 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. Genealogy for James Lewis Dalton (1826 - 1890) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Emmett Dalton was portrayed by Frank Albertson. Kay stopped Grat in the street and said, "Say, I hear you have some two-dollar bills. 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. 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. [15] Chris was also reported by a Visalia newspaper to have attended every day of Grat's trial for the Alila robbery. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Father of Roy Reynolds Dalton In 1931, he published When the Daltons Rode, which was later made into a 1940 movie starring Randolph Scott. Without making any noise, Bryant went to the messagebox and secured the revolver. They decided to form a gang and started robbing trains and banks. Charles Dalton 18 Oct 1850 Little Catalina, Newfoundland - 10 Oct 1904 managed by Stan Vardy. Many newspapers at the time assumed that an unknown member of the gang escaped. Bob ordered him to drop the gun, and when he failed to answer, shot him with his Winchester, killing him. When Emmett and Bob went out the back door of the First National Bank, they were met by Lucius Baldwin, who had been watching the door with his pistol. If someone in the gang had escaped, there would be nothing gained by Emmett for admitting it. He died in Los Angeles on July 13, 1937. 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. John Dutton III John Dutton III ( Kevin Costner) is a man that hardly needs any form of introduction. (He was pardoned in 1907, reformed, and led a respectable businessmans life in Los Angeles until his death on July 13, 1937.) As Witty entered the room, he heard a noise come from somewhere inside. Walker in Wichita. On June 1, 1892, the gang robbed the Santa Fe train at a small station called Red Rock at 10pm. Judson Elwood was plowing his six-horse team when he heard the shots up the mountain. Kay told Grat that he knew neither Bob or Emmett killed the fireman. 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. This, of course, is where Yellowstone takes place, and is where James settles his family after the death of his only daughter, Elsa Dutton. Yellowstone: Dutton Family Tree, Explained - collider.com Through her brother, Adeline was an aunt of Cole and Jim Younger, of the famous James-Younger Gang. Standing with his back towards him was Bill Dalton, watching the horses and buggy Kay had just left, while nervously working the lever of his winchester. Hannah Adeline Dalton (a twin) b. 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. Bill Dalton agreed to join them and soon took part in several robberies, but Lit refused in disgust. Eddie Milton Payne, age 78, of Dalton, Georgia, passed away Monday February 27, 2023 at Hamilton Medical Center. 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. Group of outlaws in the American Old West, This article is about the group of outlaws. Bob saw Ayres from about 200ft away and quickly shot him in the head. Very soon, half the businessmen around the plaza knew what was going on, and the message quickly passed throughout the town. One night, Jim Wagy heard a noise in the basement and upon investigation discovered that someone had tried to break the lock to the grated window. 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. 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. He told Kay that Grat's camp was on a steep mountain in the Sierra Nevada, close to the Kings River and about fifteen miles northeast of Sanger, but that they would never find the place. Montgomery was alleged to be posing as a deputy marshal. James Dalton Hatcher Obituary (1956 - 2023) | Bono, Arkansas 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. 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. On the morning of October 5, the gang emerged from the alley onto the plaza of Coffeyville. 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. Doolin quit the gang, along with Newcomb and Pierce, due to the mismanagement of finances. They made the mistake of leaving the train dark, though, which made Bob suspicious, and the gang allowed the train to go by. Send flowers to the service of Pastor Terence Hundrey Hambrick He moved to California and became a real estate agent, author and actor, dying at the age of sixty-six. 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. Bill Dalton came into the hotel lobby and began to speak to deputy Yoes in a loud voice, so everyone around them could hear. Emmett had 4 siblings: Elsie Bosiger (born Dalton (Bosiger)) and 3 other siblings. Joining afterwards were Bill Doolin, Dick Broadwell, Bill Powers, and Charley Pierce. Emmett was sentenced to life in the state prison at Lansing, Kansas, by Judge J.D. As he lifted the rifle up, Bob shot and killed him. What Bill didn't know is that Beckenridge was also a consulting attorney for the Southern Pacific railroad. As they approached the camp the bootleggers began to fire on them. When Jim approached Bill said, "Jim, the birds have flown." When Bill left Barstow by train towards Needles, he decided the boys could not make the trip by horseback so he stopped in Ludlow to intercept them. 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. On the morning of Oct. 5, 1892, Bob, Grat, and Emmett, together with Dick Broadwell and Bill Powers, rode into Coffeyville, Kan., intent upon robbing the towns two banks. Family will receive friends for visitation on Friday, December 2, 2022, at Mynatt Funeral Home Halls Chapel from 4:00pm until time of memorial service at 6:00pm. 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. They hid behind some rocks and an oak tree and waited as one of the men approached them. 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). 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. Lit said that Emmett's book, When the Daltons Rode (1931), was largely fabrication. Henry Coleman "cole" Dalton, Lewis Kossuth Dalton, Bea Elizabeth Dalton, Littleton Lee "lit" Dalton, Lelia Dalton, F Roy Reynolds Dalton, Roy Johnson, Genie Gilstrap Dalton. 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. Right as Hensley left, deputy McCardle heard the sound of footsteps come from the same direction where they had spotted Dean. Kay nudged the door open with his elbow, aimed his revolver at Bill and said, "Bill! Emmett was then hit in the back with a load of buckshot. 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. Coleman Dalton, Louis Kossuth Dalton, Littleton Lee Lit Dalton, Franklin Frank Dalton, Gratton Grat Hanley Dalton, William Bill Mason Wil farmers of this country. Towards the end of the trial, Sheriff Kay, Detective Smith, and District Attorney Power talked to Grat while taking him back to his cell from the court room when Beckenridge wasn't present. He then quickly charged down the mountainside tearing through the brush. Emmett Dalton received 23 gunshot wounds and survived (he was shot through the right arm, below the shoulder, through the left right, in some accounts hip and groin, and received 18-23 buckshot in his back). Build your family tree online ; Share photos and videos ; Smart Matching technology To help pay him the two thousand dollars he asked for, Bill sold almost all of his horses and mules. Kay talked to their mother for several hours and she even invited him in for breakfast. 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. Dalton Gang Ancestors - Dolton.org However, James and Adeline only had one grandchild who carried on the Dalton name. In August 1888, the two formed a posse to arrest a man named Charley Montgomery. Grat and McCardle fired at each other almost simultaneously. After he left, the judge asked Yoes who the man was, as he seemed educated and well-informed. Grat then shot him in the head and killed him. While their older brother "Bill" Dalton never joined any heists, he served as their spy and informant. Instead he caught a cold from sitting in the fog all night. James Dalton Hatcher Obituary. The Daltons told their stories, but neither Kay or Beckenridge ever cleared up the murder point and ruined Grat's case. This was in addition to the jailer, J.M. He offered to admit this in court if Grat and Bill told the true story of the robbery. She then traveled to Visalia with her two daughters, as well as her sons Ben, Cole, Lit and Bill, for Grat's trial. The ride from Mojave to Barstow almost cost them their lives, as they only saw water once in those seventy-five miles of desert. FAMILY TREE, Amherst - Restaurant Reviews, Photos & Phone - Tripadvisor She was born on April 10, 1956, in Berea, Kentucky, the daughter of the late John M. & Eliza Jane (Isaacs) Webb. Kay believed they did this to throw him off by going south instead of east. The man was Riley Dean and he did as he was told. 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 promised Middleton secrecy, and a horse and buggy, if he led him to within a half mile of Dalton's camp. In the two weeks following the robbery, Bob and Emmett hid out in the mountains near Bill's ranch. Wagy told him that he must've slept in a draft, to which Grat replied, "Yes, it must have been pretty cold in the yard over there last night." Kay knew this was untrue as he had seen two men cross the road. Save. Alex Murdaugh and family linked to 3 more mysterious deaths - nypost.com Bill told Kay that Bob was not in the country, that he had stopped at Rucker's place alone to spend the night. Maggie Rucker, the woman who once ran the Cross Creek Overland station, was sitting with another girl alone in the front room, silently making dresses. 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. The Lehman family is a prominent family of Jewish German-Americans who founded the financial firm Lehman Brothers.Some were also involved in American politics. Isham Dalton - Historical records and family trees - MyHeritage However, four of the 15 children loom large in western outlaw folklore: Grat, Bob, Bill and Emmett Dalton. Emmett "Em" Dalton, Dalton Gang (1871 - 1937) - Genealogy Kay noticed the bills were perfectly new and asked Grat where he got them. Grat then rode to a home seven miles south of Livingston, the home of his friend ex-supervisor W.W. Gray. The family traces back to Abraham Lehmann, a cattle merchant in Rimpar, Bavaria, who changed his Yiddish (German-Jewish) surname Lw (Loeb) to the German . Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Beatrice Devonna Dalton, please visit our flower store . 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. This is why Grat was able to notice Deputy Wagy hiding in a yard across the street from the jail. The first possibility is town of Dalton, in Lancashire, England, which was originally named Dale-ton, and meant the town in the dale. Grat and Bob Dalton, Dick Broadwell, and Bill Powers were all killed. Laney was born on May 23 1903. James Lewis Dalton from Jackson County, Missouri and Kentucky was the father of all four boys. James Lewis Dalton from Jackson County, Missouri and Kentucky was the father of all four boys.

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