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Coffeyville Raid Historic
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Emmett Dalton had the start of his brother, and before Spears could
draw a bead on him he had dodged behind the corner of the bank, and was
making time in the direction of the alley where the bandits had tied their
horses.
The shot which dropped
Bob Dalton aroused
Texas Jack's band in Congdon's [Condon's]
bank, who were patiently waiting for the time lock of the safe to be
sprung with the hour of 10. Running to the windows of the bank they saw
their leader prostrate on the ground. Raising the rifles to their
shoulders, they fired one volley out of the windows. Two men fell at the
volley. Cashier Ayers fell on the steps of his bank shot through the
groin. Shoemaker Crown [sic] of the attacking party in the square was shot
through the body. He was quickly removed to his shop, but died just as he
was carried within.
The firing attracted the attention of Marshal
Connelly, who was collecting more men for his posse, and with a few whom
he had already gathered, he ran hurriedly to the scene of the conflict.
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Emmett Dalton was the only member of the
Dalton Gang to survive.
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for photographic prints
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After firing a volley from the windows of the
bank the bandits, knowing their only safety lay in flight, attempted to
escape. They ran from the bank, firing as they fled. The marshal's posse
on the square, without organization of any kind, fired at the fleeing
bandits, each man for himself. Spears's trusty Winchester spoke twice more
in quick succession before the others of the posse could take aim, and
Joseph Evans and
Texas Jack fell dead, both shot through the head, making three dead
bandits to his credit.
In the general fusilade which followed
Grant [Grat] Dalton, one of the surviving members of
Texas Jack's squad, Marshal Connelly, George Cubine and L. M. Baldwin,
one of Congdon's clerks, who was out collecting when the attack was made,
were mortally hit and died in the field.
Allie Ogee, the only survivor of the band,
succeeded in escaping to the alley where the horses were tied and,
mounting the swiftest horse of the lot, fled south in the direction of the
Indian
Territory.
Emmett Dalton, who had escaped from the First National Bank, had
already reached the alley and safety, but had some trouble in getting
mounted, and Allie Ogee had already made his escape before
Emmett got fairly started.
Several of the posse, anticipating that horses
would be required, were already mounted and quickly pursued the escaping
bandits.
Emmett Dalton's horse was no match for the fresher animals of his
pursuers. As the pursuers closed on him he turned suddenly in the saddle
and fired upon his would-be captors. The latter answered with a volley and
Emmett toppled from his horse, hard hit. He was brought back to the
town and died late this afternoon. He made an anti-mortem statement,
confessing to various crimes committed by the gang of which he was a
member.
Allie Ogee had about ten minutes' start of his
pursuers, and was mounted on a swift horse. At 5 o'clock this evening he
had not been captured. [Incorrectly reported. Whether there was actually a sixth robber who
escaped has been widely disputed. If there was, it was not Allie Ogee, who
later wrote an indignant letter to the editor of the Coffeyville
Journal stating that he was employed at a meatpacking plant in Wichita
at the time of the ill-fated raid.]
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Condon Bank showing
bullet holes in windows, 1892
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After the battle was over search was made for
the money which the bandits had secured. It was found in the sacks where
it had been placed by the robbers. One sack was found under the body of
Bob Dalton, who had fallen dead upon it while escaping from the
First National Bank. The other was found tightly clinched in
Texas Jack's hand. The money was restored to its rightful owners.
The bodies of those of the attacking party who
were killed were removed to their respective homes, while the bodies of
the dead bandits were allowed to remain where they had fallen until the
arrival of the coroner from Independence, who ordered them removed to the
courthouse. There he held an inquest, the jury returning a verdict in
accordance with the facts. The inquest over the bodies of the dead
citizens will be postponed until the result of the pursuit of Allie Ogee
is known.
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During the time the bodies remained in the
square they were viewed by hundreds of people of this and surrounding
towns, who, having heard of the tragedy, came in swarms to inspect the
scene. The excitement was of the most intense character, and the fate of
Allie Ogee, should he be captured, was determined by universal consent. He
will be hanged.
Other topics which attracted universal comment
were the fulfillment of a prophesy that the
Daltons would
"die with their boots on," the peculiar fate which had decreed that they
should die by the hands of their old friends in the vicinity of the place
of their birth, and the excellent marksmanship of Liveryman Spears, who
with three shots sent death to as many bandits.
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Bob and
Grat
Dalton
after having been shot in the
Coffeyville raid.
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The
Daltons were
a numerous family. There were five boys and three girls. Of the boys, two
are engaged in farming, one in
Oklahoma,
where the mother of the family lives, and one near Coffeyville, where the
three brothers met their death to-day. The
Daltons were
second cousins of the noted
James boys, who defied the law in
Missouri for
so many years, and through them were related to the
Youngers, who are now
serving life terms of imprisonment in the penitentiary of Minnesota.
Bob Dalton was the first of the boys to enter upon a career of
crime. While scarcely more than a boy he became a cattle thief and did a
thriving business driving off cattle from herds on the Cherokee strip and
taking them across the
Indian
Territory into
Colorado, where he would sell them. He was joined soon by his brother,
Grant [Grat] Dalton. Their depredations became so frequent and
troublesome that the cattlemen organized to drive them from the strip. A
posse of cowboys formed for that purpose gave the
Daltons a
hard chase, finally losing them in the wilds of
New Mexico. The next heard
of the Daltons
was in
California, where they took to train and stage robbing. While
robbing a stage there one of the passengers was killed in the attack. This
spurred the officers to extraordinary efforts to effect the capture of the Dalton Gang,
and
Grant [Grat] Dalton was finally captured. While being taken to a place
for safe keeping he was rescued by the other members of the gang, and the
whole party finally escaping after being chased all over
California and
through part of
Arizona.
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