Notes from Obituaries. 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. Kay's deputies were carrying ten gauge, double-barrel shotguns, loaded with buckshot, and they leveled them at Dalton. Grat ordered Elwood to unhitch one of his horses, which he did. 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. By that time, Bill had been moved downstairs into what was Grat's cell. . Then, noticing the vault door was open, Grat ordered both of them into the vault, where the safe with the gold was. Their only grandchild with the surname Dalton was Charles Coleman Dalton. He moved to Hollywood, California, and became a real estate agent, author, and actor, and died in 1937 at age 66. Delynn Jorgensen 7/29/12. As they approached the camp the bootleggers began to fire on them. The baggageman carelessly stuck the revolver into a pigeon-hole messagebox and went to work at the other end of the car. Soon after, Jim Ford noticed Emmett exit a department store, who quickly ducked back inside upon noticing Kay. Grave of Dalton gang in Coffeyville, Kansas, Bob Dalton, with an unidentified woman (possibly Eugenia Moore), May 9, 1889. For some reason, however, the body was buried as Bill Powers. Leona outlived all of her brothers and sisters. The mountain was a natural fortress, rocky and heavily wooded, with a good view of the surrounding countryside. He was afraid some of his friends would be hurt, but Bob assured him there would not be any shooting, and that it would all be over before anyone knew what happened.
Yellowstone: Dutton Family Tree, Explained - collider.com This, of course, is where Yellowstone takes place, and is where James settles his family after the death of his only daughter, Elsa Dutton. Neither was he in Merced or Livingston. 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 asked Rucker if there was anyone else around and she replied that there wasn't. This was also confirmed by Lit Dalton, who had owned a saloon in San Miguel from 1889 to 1890. Attention: . 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. Kay had Bill put his rifle down, backed him into the front room, and checked him for any other weapons. They had no children. [9] Bob had planned the entire robbery. They were also accused of robbing a bank in El Reno, Oklahoma, on July 28, but this was based on little evidence, as no one identified any members of the gang. 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. He then ordered the baggageman to ignore him and to go back to his work. The $50,000, however, came out to only $1800 after drafts and securities had been thrown out. The brother of James Dutton, Jacob (Harrison Ford) became the family patriarch in his brother's stead in the early 1900s.
When The Daltons Were Here - 209 Magazine He then corrected himself, saying that he meant Bill Powers. Montgomery was alleged to be posing as a deputy marshal. The gang specialized in bank and train robberies. 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. They put the gold into the sack, forced Ayres in front of them as cover, and went out the front door. This was on the property of a man named Jim Riley, about eight miles from the present-day town of Taloga, Oklahoma. Kay and his deputy were following only one or two days behind them, but couldn't get any officers at the towns ahead of them to make an arrest. 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. 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 Dutton family tree from '1883', '1923', and 'Yellowstone', explained Walker in Wichita. Grat then rode to a home seven miles south of Livingston, the home of his friend ex-supervisor W.W. Gray. 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. He also said that Grat was accompanied by Riley Dean, the man who had been arrested with Bill for the Ceres robbery, as well as a dog. Knowing that Kay was hot on their trail, they traveled east through Arizona into New Mexico. Emmet's grave is pictured in the final panel of the story alongside his brothers and a sign that says "The Daltons died without taking their boots off" Each grave has the hat of the respective owner placed on the Crucifix with Bob Dalton's being shredded with bullet holes. Teresa Mae Estes, age 66 of Franklin, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at the Kettering Health Network - Main Campus surrounded by her loving family. On May 23, 1894, Dalton and his new gang robbed the First National Bank at Longview, Texas. 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." There they played poker all night and won $100. 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. Family Tree. The cellmates would sing and talk to drown out the sound of the saw. Kay knew this was untrue as he had seen two men cross the road. 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.
William Dalton (1650 - 1722) - Genealogy 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. When approached by Kay, Bill told him, "The boys were there when I went to sleep, and when I awakened they had unlocked and gone. When the train came in at 9:45pm, they backed a wagon up to the express car and unloaded all the contents. During an attempted double bank robbery in Coffeyville, Kansas in 1892, two of the brothers and two other gang members were killed; Emmett Dalton survived, was captured, and later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder,[1] although he later asserted that he never fired a shot during the robbery. 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. Brothers Bob, "Grat", and Emmett had first worked as lawmen for the federal court at Fort Smith, Arkansas and then for the Osage Nation. Hello!". He then rode away with the dog running ahead of him. When Middleton returned, Kay arrested him at his home and threatened to send him to San Quentin if he didn't give up Grat's hideout. The most Dalton families were found in USA in 1880. Gratton Dalton, called "Grat" Dalton, (March 30, 1861 to October 5, 1892) was an outlaw of the Old West, and leader of the Dalton Gang. Unclaimed. Littleton "Litt" Dalton, who was a good and hard-working citizen, believed that his younger siblings became lawless because of the bad influence of . 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. Kay stopped Grat in the street and said, "Say, I hear you have some two-dollar bills. In the gunfight, 200 shots were fired. As Doolin and Dalton were accepted as leaders of the gang, it became known as the Doolin-Dalton Gang, and also as the Wild Bunch.
Dalton Gang - HistoryNet None of the Dalton gang was hit. Chris had continually attested his innocence and any confirmation of his already rumored association with the Dalton Gang would have damaged his case. As Witty entered the room, he heard a noise come from somewhere inside. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). 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].
Dalton Family History | Find Genealogy Records & Family Crest 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.
Grat Dalton (leader of the Dalton Gang) - geni family tree Played by country music icon Tim McGraw, James Dutton is the patriarch of 1883. Bob Dalton had ambitions.
The Dutton Family Tree - Yellowstone, 1883, 1923 Characters In 1918, he portrayed himself in the movie version of his book Beyond the Law. Emmett had 4 siblings: Elsie Bosiger (born Dalton (Bosiger)) and 3 other siblings. Hensley grabbed Dean and took him over the ridge to Kay so they could handcuff him to an oak tree. 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. This is why Grat was able to notice Deputy Wagy hiding in a yard across the street from the jail. He was married to Julia Johnson Dalton, who survived him. ", A caricature of Dalton appeared in the 1954 Lucky Luke album Hors-la-loi where he's depicted as the tallest of the Dalton brothers. They hid behind some rocks and an oak tree and waited as one of the men approached them. 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. 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. 6 Jul 1879, d. 13 Sep 1928 in Oklahoma City. Outside of a drug store across from the First National, George Cubine was standing with his Winchester aimed at the front door of the bank, awaiting the exit of Bob and Emmett. So you see there are direct relatives all over! Tuvia, who had been protected farther to the northalong with a few family membersby non-Jews, soon joined his brothers. Their older cousins were the outlaw Younger brothers. Riley would feed the outlaws, and would do the same for any passing officers, but he would never reveal each other's whereabouts to either parties. Hello!". The only evidence found at the robbery was a coat made from a tailor from Visalia. Smith was told to leave and both Bill and Grat agreed to tell their story, but only if they showed that there was no first degree murder in the robbery. On Nov 27, 1887, Frank Dalton and another deputy marshal, Jim Cole, went across the river from Fort Smith to arrest three whiskey bootleggers.
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Re: The Dalton Gang family tre - Genealogy.com Kay nudged the door open with his elbow, aimed his revolver at Bill and said, "Bill! They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. They then robbed the next train a few minutes later, securing about $50,000. Bill, thrown off his guard, quickly turned around and mimicked the greeting, "Kay! A posse assembled by U.S.
Bielski Brothers' Biography | Facing History and Ourselves The actor Tyler MacDuff portrayed Emmett Dalton in the 1957 episode of the CBS documentary drama series You Are There entitled "The End of the Dalton Gang (October 5, 1892). This was unknown to Grat, since the Dalton brothers had all assumed that Emmett had killed the fireman. 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. He then quickly charged down the mountainside tearing through the brush. Bob and Emmett ran through the back door and ducked into a saloon across the alley. She was born on April 10, 1956, in Berea, Kentucky, the daughter of the late John M. & Eliza Jane (Isaacs) Webb. Some years later, Lit Dalton asserted that Bob and Emmett had told him many times that they had robbed the train. Through her brother, Adeline was an aunt of Cole and Jim Younger, of the famous James-Younger Gang. 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. Numerous myths were published about the gang. James is also a Civil War veteran, one who suffers from PTSD in a time long before we knew what it was. After a hearing, Bill was held for trial for the Alila robbery, but he quickly secured bondsmen and was released. While the Indian Nations had their own tribal law enforcement, these agencies had no jurisdiction over non-Indians. He would, he claimed, "beat anything Jesse James ever didrob two banks at once, in broad daylight." They did however find pieces of a file and a hack saw blade in the prisoner's toilet. Unless there was a high enough reward being offered, they would instead choose to focus their attention on petty criminals. Leona outlived all of her brothers and sisters. 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. As soon as the judge had finished, Bill announced, "Well, I can prove that I was not there, and not by accident either."[6]. The eight armed guards on the train all happened to be at the back of the train when it pulled in. Eddie Milton Payne, age 78, of Dalton, Georgia, passed away Monday February 27, 2023 at Hamilton Medical Center. Brother of Charles Benjamin Dalton; Henry 'Cole' Coleman Dalton; Louis Kossuth Dalton; Bea Elizabeth Dalton; Littleton "Lit" Lee Dalton and 11 others; Lelia Dalton; Frank Dalton, Deputy U.S. 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. Kay knew from this that Cole was able to supply the boys with guns and ammunition. 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.
Timothy Peter Dalton - Genealogy - geni family tree Dalton family history shows that the name has two possible derivations. Save. The outlaws had worn masks during the Alila robbery, concealing their identities. When Bill and Dean were acquitted, Bill was rearrested by Kay after his bondsmen were convinced to withdraw by detective Hume. Rumors had circulated for months that Bob had planned to come and liberate Grat, so two of sheriff Kay's deputies, Jim Wagy and Bob Hockett, had been hired by Wells Fargo to guard Grat's cell until he was sentenced and sent to San Quentin. 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!" Let me look at one." Kay believed Chris was either protecting himself by helping Grat break from jail or returning the favor for Grat protecting him. The three returned fire and held out, waiting for the time lock to open. Knowing Grat must've sold or hired a horse, Kay sent Witty to investigate while he kept Grat in sight. Bill Dalton and Bill Doolin had been waiting several miles away with extra horses to aid the gang's escape. Married to Cara, he worked the Dutton homestead alongside his nephew,. Grat had already been known in the San Joaquin Valley as a heavy drinker, fighter, and gambler, so when Kay passed Grat on the street while in Modesto his deputy George Witty was easily able to recognize him. Bill told Kay that Bob was not in the country, that he had stopped at Rucker's place alone to spend the night. On June 1, 1892, the gang robbed the Santa Fe train at a small station called Red Rock at 10pm. He's uprooted his life as a Tennessee farmer in search of a better life as part of the Westward Expansion. The Dalton's couldn't sell their horses in Ludlow and they didn't have enough money for all three of them to take the train to Indian territory, so Bill took the train back to Paso Robles while Bob and Emmett took the train to Salt Lake where they would meet Cole. James Dalton Hatcher Obituary. Late in the afternoon, Kay and Witty were about four hundred yards from the station when they saw two men crouching as they crossed the road from the old stage barn to the station. This was the gang's only job. Bill escaped through a window at the back of the house, but as he ran through a patch of corn he was shot and killed by the deputy marshals. He then saw Grat begin to approach over the hill and planned to wait until he was thirty feet from him before making an arrest. 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. Though he did not participate in any of the hold-ups with his brothers, he acted as their spy and advisor. [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. As he lifted the rifle up, Bob shot and killed him. After splitting the money among themselves, the gang soon realized they needed to rob another train. This led to a heavy argument between Bob and Emmett and created bitterness between them on the way to the robbery. Gloria Satterfield died on Feb. 8, 2018. 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 next robbery was on July 14, at Adair, Oklahoma, near the Arkansas border. 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. 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. Bob shot him in the head, killing him. What Bill didn't know is that Beckenridge was also a consulting attorney for the Southern Pacific railroad. The deep canyons of the area, covered with dwarf cedar and blackjack oaks, made it an ideal hiding place. Even though Sheriff Kay had given up his pursuit of the boys, they still had a $3000 bounty on their heads posted by Wells Fargo and the Southern Pacific Railroad, encouraging lawmen in the area to pick up where Kay had left off. ", "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). Dalton was born to Lewis and Adeline Dalton and was the youngest of the Dalton brothers. Evans, however, claimed that he had received the bills from the Sol Sweet store after cashing a check there. In 1931, he published When the Daltons Rode, which was later made into a 1940 movie starring Randolph Scott. He offered to admit this in court if Grat and Bill told the true story of the robbery. Hannah (Dalton) Pecker 29 Sep 1756 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 29 Sep 1838 managed by E. Gatlin last edited 7 Dec 2022. Before they could leave however, they received another telegram notifying them that the two were spotted in the southern part of Utah. 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). The Dalton Gang family tree or offspring. Review. The locals who identified him notified a deputy marshal named Ed Short. The ride from Mojave to Barstow almost cost them their lives, as they only saw water once in those seventy-five miles of desert. Dalton Brothers, four train and bank robbers famous in U.S. Western history: Grattan (Grat; 186192), William (Bill; 186394), Robert (Bob; 187092), and Emmett (18711937). John III leads what is known as the Dutton Ranch today. 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. 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. Grat heard the revolver shots from the Express agent. This also suggests that John Dalton was not a young man, and this could have been a second wife. Bill Dalton agreed to join them and soon took part in several robberies, but Lit refused in disgust. Bob and Emmett were hiding out in a ranch barn a mile west of Malaga, and after arriving the brothers talked until morning. He moved to California and became a real estate agent, author and actor, dying at the age of sixty-six. Bill went to Paso Robles and bought a saddle, but after that could not afford anything else as he was broke. Without making any noise, Bryant went to the messagebox and secured the revolver. Explore the world's largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records and resources. In August 1888, the two formed a posse to arrest a man named Charley Montgomery. Witty did have a clue from another deputy that two strange men had been seen hanging around after dark on the open plain near Traver and at the abandoned Overland Stage station at Cross Creek. Condon & Company's Bank and the First National Bank on opposite sides of the street in Coffeyville, Kansas. Percy was born on October 4 1897. Expecting there to be an escape, and because none of the other deputies would listen to him, Wagy decided to quit. Wagy said, "Here is your hole", and kicked the broom handle onto the floor. Smith instead went north and several weeks later was arrested by Kay. He spent 15 years in prison in Kansas State Prison, before winning a pardon in 1907. On September 21, Grat Dalton was brought into court to face sentencing, but this was instead postponed to October 6. The plan was that Bob and Emmett were to rob the First National Bank while Grat, Broadwell, and Powers robbed the Condon Bank across the street. Doolin quit the gang, along with Newcomb and Pierce, due to the mismanagement of finances. 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. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of James Dalton Hatcher to show support. 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. Kay doubled back to Kingman and learned that the boys had taken a train to Phoenix with the money they made. Kay apologized to Grat and let him go, but upon visiting the Sol Sweet store Kay learned that Evans had received gold instead of two dollar bills when cashing his check. For a time, Bill Doolin and his partners operated under outlaw Henry Starr (Cherokee), hiding out about 75 miles northeast of Kingfisher, from where they made several raids. 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. The Dalton brothers were part of a large family headed by parents Adaline Younger Dalton and James Lewis Dalton. When Jim approached Bill said, "Jim, the birds have flown." Emmett Dalton (May 3, 1871 July 13, 1937) was a train robber and member of the Dalton Gang in the American Old West. He was given a life sentence in the penitentiary in Lansing, Kansas and pardoned after fourteen years.