6 July 1879, d. 6 Jul 1879 in MO. He began walking behind his plow when he felt a rifle poke him in the ribs. After being found innocent by a Visalia jury, Bill was acquitted and released on October 15. Their mother also came to California from Kingfisher to pay Beckenridge after she mortgaged her home and borrowed money from neighbors. The next robbery was on July 14, at Adair, Oklahoma, near the Arkansas border. Bill Doolin complained that Bob was not dividing the money fairly, and accused Bob of squandering their money on women and gamblers. On May 23, 1894, Dalton and his new gang robbed the First National Bank at Longview, Texas. Yellowstone: Dutton Family Tree, Explained - collider.com 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. 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. Emmett, however, was against the idea. Chris had continually attested his innocence and any confirmation of his already rumored association with the Dalton Gang would have damaged his case. Bob would not allow Emmett to check out the town beforehand in fear that he would be recognized, so this was not factored into their plan. 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. As soon as the judge had finished, Bill announced, "Well, I can prove that I was not there, and not by accident either."[6]. Bob shot him in the head, killing him. Dalton Gang - HistoryNet -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. On Nov 27, 1887, Frank Dalton and another deputy marshal, Jim Cole, went across the river from Fort Smith to arrest three whiskey bootleggers. Many members of the gang, including Emmett, complained that the $3500 each was not enough to meet their needs. 4346 Bailey Ave, Amherst, NY 14226-2133 +1 716-838-2233 Website. The baggageman carelessly stuck the revolver into a pigeon-hole messagebox and went to work at the other end of the car. Marshal. 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. 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. Kay's buggy was directly facing the setting sun, so they could not tell who the men were. 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. 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. In order to persuade the townsfolk not to hang him, he agreed to tell them everything they wanted to know. Emmett Dalton was born on month day 1927, to Percy Dalton and Laney Dalton (born Shields). 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. Neither was he in Merced or Livingston. Timothy Peter Dalton (born 21 March 1946) is a Welsh actor of film and television. 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. Here, they secured more than $19,000. Williams. Afraid to go near them, Bill left out supplies and food, while there were several times the boys visited Bill's house at night. Grat believed him and decided he would wait until it opened. Lit was able to borrow one hundred dollars and a horse from Clovis Cole's business partner Charlie Owen. The Dalton brothers were part of a large family headed by parents Adaline Younger Dalton and James Lewis Dalton. With his revolver in hand, Kay dropped to the ground as they passed the door and slowly entered the station. Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love. Kay believed Chris was either protecting himself by helping Grat break from jail or returning the favor for Grat protecting him. Ford drew his revolver and ran into another store to the alley to cut them off, but soon lost them. Very soon, half the businessmen around the plaza knew what was going on, and the message quickly passed throughout the town. This was only a few months after $2,000 in rare two dollar bills had been stolen during a train robbery outside of Goshen (a robbery later attributed to Chris Evans and John Sontag). Bielski Brothers' Biography | Facing History and Ourselves Condon & Company's Bank and the First National Bank on opposite sides of the street in Coffeyville, Kansas. A fourth brother, William M. "Bill" Dalton (1866-1894) was an outlaw as well and mainly rode with the Wild Bunch. This led to a heavy argument between Bob and Emmett and created bitterness between them on the way to the robbery. In her unpublished novella, Grat Dalton's Ride, Eva Evans, the daughter of the famous California outlaw Chris Evans, tells the story of Grat Dalton's escape from California after the Alila robbery. 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. Send flowers to the service of Pastor Terence Hundrey Hambrick The John Dutton Name As 1883 shows us, James and Margaret Dutton travel out West with their daughter, Elsa, and young son John. The Daltons resided first in Cass county, Mo., then Coffeyville, Kan., then back in Missouri, and finally in the wild Oklahoma Indian Territory. Father of Roy Reynolds Dalton 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. Bob and Emmett, meanwhile, had been busy in Oklahoma forming their gang. The Dalton Gang family tree or - Genealogy.com The Dalton Gang's criminal enterprise was ended on October 5, 1892 when they attempted to rob two banks at once in Coffeyville, Kansas. Without making any noise, Bryant went to the messagebox and secured the revolver. Kay was given a white card from Mexican officials as well as offered a military escort. Genealogy for James Lewis Dalton (1826 - 1890) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. John Dutton Family Tree: Who is James Dutton to John Dutton - Outsider Bill Powers was somewhat of a man of mystery. Part of the ill-fated Dalton raid on two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, he survived despite receiving 23 gunshot wounds. The Deadly Dalton Gang - Legends of America The cellmates would sing and talk to drown out the sound of the saw. After the gang separated with their share of the loot, Bill hid out with his family in a cabin near Elk, Indian Territory. My grandfather & great grandfather are both from the US but that's where my knowledge stops. The $50,000, however, came out to only $1800 after drafts and securities had been thrown out. Each time they stopped sawing, they plugged the hole with soap and soot. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. Re: The Dalton Gang family tree or offspring. Grat, Broadwell, and Powers entered the Condon Bank and Emmett and Bob hurried across Union Street to the First National Bank. He then ordered the baggageman to ignore him and to go back to his work. He then quickly charged down the mountainside tearing through the brush. 6 Jul 1879, d. 13 Sep 1928 in Oklahoma City. Chris Evans and Grat Dalton had become friends while working together in Tulare County during the summer of 1888, at the Grangers Bank of California's wheat warehouses in Tipton and Pixley. Bill arrived for breakfast like he said, and the four of them took the same table. They fired at the bandits through the car windows and from behind the train. Bob and Emmett ran through the back door and ducked into a saloon across the alley. Grave of Dalton gang in Coffeyville, Kansas, Bob Dalton, with an unidentified woman (possibly Eugenia Moore), May 9, 1889. 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. 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. Emmett was then hit in the back with a load of buckshot. 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. When the train came in at 9:45pm, they backed a wagon up to the express car and unloaded all the contents. The Dalton Chronicles consists of articles contributed by the late DGS Member Rodney Garth Dalton of Utah who passed away on August 28th, 2012. Soon after, Jim Ford noticed Emmett exit a department store, who quickly ducked back inside upon noticing Kay. Kay and his deputy went to Ogden where they notified the police to keep watch for the Daltons. [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. 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. 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. Hannah (Dalton) Pecker 29 Sep 1756 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 29 Sep 1838 managed by E. Gatlin last edited 7 Dec 2022. Numerous myths were published about the gang. The first look into the Dutton family technically began with Yellowstone, but the first branch of the family tree is filled out with the characters we met in its prequel, 1883. Expecting there to be an escape, and because none of the other deputies would listen to him, Wagy decided to quit. John Dalton, who was the brother of William Dalton the Elder, married Mary Newman Brockenbrough, the widow of William Brockenbrough on 6 May 1702. The locals who identified him notified a deputy marshal named Ed Short. Flashback: See U2's Country Alter Ego the Dalton Brothers Smith, Sheriff Kay learned from them that Grat had actually made the opening in the bars several days before the robbery after being slipped a saw from someone on the outside. ", Jim Wagy also showed up after the break out to overlook the scene. 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. 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. Emmett Dalton - Historical records and family trees - MyHeritage The first possibility is town of Dalton, in Lancashire, England, which was originally named Dale-ton, and meant the town in the dale. Marshal S.T. 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. Many newspapers at the time assumed that an unknown member of the gang escaped. When we first meet the Duttons owners of the sprawling Yellowstone-Dutton Ranch in Montana we see right away this is no ordinary family. He's uprooted his life as a Tennessee farmer in search of a better life as part of the Westward Expansion. He then ordered the bags of silver on the vault floor into his bag, containing $1000 and weighing about 200lb. James is also a Civil War veteran, one who suffers from PTSD in a time long before we knew what it was. Smith instead went north and several weeks later was arrested by Kay. Laney was born on May 23 1903. They missed Cole by several hours who had already taken the train to Salt Lake where Kay and his deputy followed. Welcome to The Dalton Chronicles On his death bed, Emmett told Frank Forrest Latta that he had robbed a train in California, and had used the alias William McElhanie. Through her brother, Adeline was an aunt of Cole and Jim Younger, of the famous James-Younger Gang. Closed now : See all hours. [12], Lit, the last surviving Dalton brother, responded to a book written by his brother Emmett after the latter's death. Bob and Emmett were hiding out in a ranch barn a mile west of Malaga, and after arriving the brothers talked until morning. He was the son of the late Lush and Nellie Payne and was preceded in death by his . 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. Brothers Bob, "Grat", and Emmett had first worked as lawmen for the federal court at Fort Smith, Arkansas and then for the Osage Nation. Bob pretended not to know Emmett, who then tipped him off to the hands of the others. As they exited the door, an American Express agent opened fire with his revolver. 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. The road curved behind some willow trees, and Kay told Witty to drive past the house, passing close to the door, and then to drive back. 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. He was given a life sentence in the penitentiary in Lansing, Kansas and pardoned after fourteen years. The Daltons told their stories, but neither Kay or Beckenridge ever cleared up the murder point and ruined Grat's case. 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? They played poker all night in Traver and then traveled to Tulare to do the same. 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 Dalton Gang's criminal enterprise was ended on October 5, 1892 when they attempted to rob two banks at once in Coffeyville, Kansas. 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. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. For some reason, however, the body was buried as Bill Powers. 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. She then traveled to Visalia with her two daughters, as well as her sons Ben, Cole, Lit and Bill, for Grat's trial. Right as Hensley left, deputy McCardle heard the sound of footsteps come from the same direction where they had spotted Dean. Kay stopped Grat in the street and said, "Say, I hear you have some two-dollar bills. Emmett had 4 siblings: Elsie Bosiger (born Dalton (Bosiger)) and 3 other siblings. After Bill and Riley Dean were brought to the Visalia jail, Sheriff Pervis of Stanislaus County, S.P. James Lewis Dalton (1826 - 1890) - Genealogy - geni family tree (He was pardoned in 1907, reformed, and led a respectable businessmans life in Los Angeles until his death on July 13, 1937.) Grat was taken back to jail to await his sentence. He offered to admit this in court if Grat and Bill told the true story of the robbery. This was a date that Grat had no intention on making. 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 posse tried firing at Grat through the brush, but he managed to run the mile back to Elwood's ranch. Delynn Jorgensen 7/29/12. The deputy handed the message to Judge Burford, who read it aloud to the audience. The boys left their horses in Ludlow, which were then discovered a few weeks later by railroad detectives. Kay knew from this that Cole was able to supply the boys with guns and ammunition. Short then turned and the two shot each other to death. 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). But that is not known. Bob Dalton had ambitions. One of the brothers moved to oklahoma yet died in California. Dalton Brothers | American outlaws | Britannica Grat then rode to a home seven miles south of Livingston, the home of his friend ex-supervisor W.W. Gray. Elizabeth was born on January 13 1715, in Baltimore, Prince George's, Maryland, USA,. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. 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 also suggests that John Dalton was not a young man, and this could have been a second wife. 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]. 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. The three returned fire and held out, waiting for the time lock to open. Richard Henry Dick Dalton, 85, of Columbia City, died peacefully at 9:40 a.m. Thursday, November 11, 2021, at his home. Grat shipped his saddle and riding rig to Delano and took the train to Traver where he met Bob and Emmett. James Dalton Hatcher Obituary (1956 - 2023) | Bono, Arkansas Some time later, the three dissatisfied members also returned and new plans began to form. 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. Leona outlived all of her brothers and sisters. However, James and Adeline only had one grandchild who carried on the Dalton name. As he lifted the rifle up, Bob shot and killed him. The ride from Mojave to Barstow almost cost them their lives, as they only saw water once in those seventy-five miles of desert. He moved to California and became a real estate agent, author and actor, dying at the age of sixty-six. 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. The three then rode to the ranch of Clovis Cole, northeast of Fresno, and asked Lit if he could furnish them a horse and saddle. By 1882, the family lived in northeast Oklahoma and by 1886 they had moved to Coffeyville in southeast Kansas. Virginia had the highest population of Dalton families in 1840. Lehman family - Wikipedia If someone in the gang had escaped, there would be nothing gained by Emmett for admitting it. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. 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. The Dutton Family Tree - Yellowstone, 1883, 1923 Characters In 1918, he portrayed himself in the movie version of his book Beyond the Law. Almost all of Beckenridge's witnesses were bar keepers, gamblers, saloon hanger-ons, or pimps. James Dalton Hatcher Obituary. Threatened with prison time, Smith told Kay that Middleton could be followed to Dalton's camp when he carried him supplies. In August 1888, the two formed a posse to arrest a man named Charley Montgomery. 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). [9] Bob had planned the entire robbery. 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. 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. Their older cousins were the outlaw Younger brothers. Omissions? 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. Grat Dalton (leader of the Dalton Gang) - geni family tree He was found 2 miles away, dead. (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. 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. Group of outlaws in the American Old West, This article is about the group of outlaws. Obituary | Teresa M. Estes | Dalton Funeral Home Husband of Julia Johnson Lewis 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. 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. He was married to Julia Johnson Dalton, who survived him. NOTARY PUBLIC NOTE: Complete reverse side of family tree form also Form FT-1 Grandparents Aunts and Uncles First Cousins **First Cousins Once Removed Grat and McCardle fired at each other almost simultaneously. 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. Four of the gang were killed in the ensuing gun fight. Dalton Gang - Wikipedia 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. Charles Dalton 18 Oct 1850 Little Catalina, Newfoundland - 10 Oct 1904 managed by Stan Vardy. He was a saloon keeper in Kansas City, Missouri when he married Adeline Lee Younger. After splitting the money among themselves, the gang soon realized they needed to rob another train.