Kay was given a white card from Mexican officials as well as offered a military escort. Bill arrived for breakfast like he said, and the four of them took the same table. Afraid to go near them, Bill left out supplies and food, while there were several times the boys visited Bill's house at night. It became apparent to Kay that Bill had been busy hiding Dean when he arrived, otherwise they would have heard him come in. The first possibility is town of Dalton, in Lancashire, England, which was originally named Dale-ton, and meant the town in the dale. Soon after, Jim Ford noticed Emmett exit a department store, who quickly ducked back inside upon noticing Kay. The Dalton Gang family tree or offspring. Richard Henry Dick Dalton, 85, of Columbia City, died peacefully at 9:40 a.m. Thursday, November 11, 2021, at his home. In order to persuade the townsfolk not to hang him, he agreed to tell them everything they wanted to know. NOTARY PUBLIC NOTE: Complete reverse side of family tree form also Form FT-1 Grandparents Aunts and Uncles First Cousins **First Cousins Once Removed As he lifted the rifle up, Bob shot and killed him. When he returned the next day to watch the house, he discovered that Bob and Emmett had escaped. Re: The Dalton Gang family tree or offspring. Emmett Dalton (May 3, 1871 July 13, 1937) was a train robber and member of the Dalton Gang in the American Old West. A fourth brother, William M. "Bill" Dalton (1866-1894) was an outlaw as well and mainly rode with the Wild Bunch. He was given a life sentence in the penitentiary in Lansing, Kansas and pardoned after fourteen years. Powers tried to mount his horse, but shots from the store also killed him. 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. In the spring of 1942, the brothers, under Tuvia's leadership, decided to gather 30 surviving family members and a few friends. Kay had Bill put his rifle down, backed him into the front room, and checked him for any other weapons. He was married to Julia Johnson Dalton, who survived him. Sheriff Kay soon learned of the horses at Ludlow and that the description of the men who left them matched that of Bob and Emmett. Arrangements by Willis Funeral Home, LLC, Dalton, Georgia. [15] Chris was also reported by a Visalia newspaper to have attended every day of Grat's trial for the Alila robbery. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. On Nov 27, 1887, Frank Dalton and another deputy marshal, Jim Cole, went across the river from Fort Smith to arrest three whiskey bootleggers. Instead he caught a cold from sitting in the fog all night. 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. He was found 2 miles away, dead. Kay did not think much of this until later, when Perry Byrd mentioned Chris breaking Grat out of jail. Bob saw Ayres from about 200ft away and quickly shot him in the head. 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. Kay and Ford traveled the fifty miles to Guthrie, but soon came into problems when dealing with different tribal jurisdictions. Most officers believed that Grat immediately escaped the county, but Sheriff Kay thought otherwise. 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. Part of the ill-fated Dalton raid on two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, he survived despite receiving 23 gunshot wounds. 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. Grat and Middleton told Smith they planned to hide out in the Coast Range and invited him to come with them. 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. Hannah Adeline Dalton (a twin) b. The boys left their horses in Ludlow, which were then discovered a few weeks later by railroad detectives. Kay decided to pursue them with his deputy, Jim Ford, and to capture them if possible. 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. Brothers Bob, "Grat", and Emmett had first worked as lawmen for the federal court at Fort Smith, Arkansas and then for the Osage Nation. In 1931, he published When the Daltons Rode, which was later made into a 1940 movie starring Randolph Scott. 4346 Bailey Ave, Amherst, NY 14226-2133 +1 716-838-2233 Website. The stakeout ended in Montomerys death. Cubine's partner, Charles Brown, was standing unarmed next to him and went to pick up his Winchester. 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. The only agency with jurisdiction over the whole territory was the U.S. 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. The Journal reported that, "no one has yet been found who knows him or anything of his antecedents or history." He is the cowboy in charge of it all, and now current governor of Montana. 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 . The locals who identified him notified a deputy marshal named Ed Short. Emmett had 4 siblings: Elsie Bosiger (born Dalton (Bosiger)) and 3 other siblings. The men split into three groups to cover all approaches to the camp. When told to open the safe, the manager lied, telling Grat it was a time lock and that it would not open for another 10 minutes. The $50,000, however, came out to only $1800 after drafts and securities had been thrown out. ", "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). The three rode so hard down the valley that Owen's horse soon gave out, so they roped and saddled one of Henry Miller's horses. Simon Noel Dalton (a twin) b. When Jim approached Bill said, "Jim, the birds have flown." This train was always accompanied by a crowd of gamblers and prostitutes looking to make money off the recently paid employees, and Grat and Bob had "followed the pay car" together several times before. 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. Wagy said, "Here is your hole", and kicked the broom handle onto the floor. Their mother also came to California from Kingfisher to pay Beckenridge after she mortgaged her home and borrowed money from neighbors. On June 1, 1892, the gang robbed the Santa Fe train at a small station called Red Rock at 10pm. [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. Kay nudged the door open with his elbow, aimed his revolver at Bill and said, "Bill! Lindsey in Ardmore, Oklahoma, tracked him to the cabin and surrounded it on June 8, 1894. Short took the prisoner back and placed him in the baggage car. Teresa was a member of the Full Gospel Outreach Church and . James Lewis Dalton and Adeline (Younger) Dalton (whose sons gave their name to the Dalton gang) had fifteen children and ten of those fifteen were boys. Laney was born on May 23 1903. Bob and Emmett returned fire and left Ayres on the sidewalk. Dalton took part in several robberies with the Wild Bunch, including a gun battle on September 1, 1893, at Ingalls, Oklahoma Territory, where three deputy U. S. marshals were killed. 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. Virginia had the highest population of Dalton families in 1840. 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. 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. Lit said that Emmett's book, When the Daltons Rode (1931), was largely fabrication. Bob Dalton had ambitions. 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. lton, Louis Kossuth Dalton, Beatrice "bea" "lelia" Elizabeth Dalton, Littleton Dalton, Franklin P "frank" D James Lewis Dalton, Adeline Lee (6) Dalton (born Younger). Grat then shot him in the head and killed him. Evans, however, claimed that he had received the bills from the Sol Sweet store after cashing a check there. Bill Dalton agreed to join them and soon took part in several robberies, but Lit refused in disgust. He was the son of the late Lush and Nellie Payne and was preceded in death by his . Tom Evans, on the other hand, was reported to be the fraternal twin of outlaw Chris Evans, who at the time of the Coffeyville raid was a fugitive hiding out in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains. This is why Grat was able to notice Deputy Wagy hiding in a yard across the street from the jail. Notes from Obituaries. 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. While six men were confirmed to had been seen riding into town, other witnesses that day were all in agreement that upon reaching town there were only five men in the group. Kay knew from this that Cole was able to supply the boys with guns and ammunition. Christian Johannes Dalton abt 1892 - 09 Oct 1961 managed by Toni Andrews. He's uprooted his life as a Tennessee farmer in search of a better life as part of the Westward Expansion. Both men were hit several times by stray shots; Dr Goff was fatally wounded. They decided to form a gang and started robbing trains and banks. Bill had returned to Oklahoma several months earlier, living at his mother's house near Kingsfisher. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. 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. The second possibility is D'Alton, which was later shortened to Dalton, meaning a high hill. Kay telegraphed his deputy George Witty and told him to check on Bill Dalton and to immediately notify him when he was found. Bob and Emmett were able to steal horses and riding rigs. 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. This was also confirmed by Lit Dalton who had also attended the trial and claimed to have had several hour long conversations with Evans.[16]. They sat to wait for the next train on a bench on the platform, talking and smoking, with their Winchester rifles across their knees. Emmett Dalton was born on month day 1927, to Percy Dalton and Laney Dalton (born Shields). On the night of September 27, Grat and two cellmates, Arvil Beck and W.B. As they exited the door, an American Express agent opened fire with his revolver. Hello!". 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. 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. This would've been while Grat was on active duty as Deputy Marshal in Indian Territory, but Sheriff Kay claimed that Grat had told him that he had made two extended trips to California while serving as U.S. Around eleven, they noticed Dalton and Dean returning from their hunt, so they sent deputy Perry Byrd to go and retrieve Kay. The gang specialized in bank and train robberies. 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. He was married to Julia Johnson Dalton, who survived him. On September 21, Grat Dalton was brought into court to face sentencing, but this was instead postponed to October 6. If someone in the gang had escaped, there would be nothing gained by Emmett for admitting it. She then traveled to Visalia with her two daughters, as well as her sons Ben, Cole, Lit and Bill, for Grat's trial. This mountain would later be known as Dalton Mountain. After the gang separated with their share of the loot, Bill hid out with his family in a cabin near Elk, Indian Territory. 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. 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. 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. James Lewis Dalton from Jackson County, Missouri and Kentucky was the father of all four boys. 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. I am trying to see if I am related, and if so, where. 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. In El Paso, they found out that Bob and Emmett had headed to Albuquerque and then took the train to Topeka, Kansas, where the rail ended. Many newspapers at the time assumed that an unknown member of the gang escaped. The man was Riley Dean and he did as he was told. Smith instead went north and several weeks later was arrested by Kay. 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. 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 posse tried firing at Grat through the brush, but he managed to run the mile back to Elwood's ranch. Their older cousins were the outlaw Younger brothers. As a former lawman, Bob knew the difficulty officers had enforcing laws in Indian and Oklahoma Territories. Son of James Lewis Dalton and Adeline Lee Dalton Looking to earn more money, Bob also became part of the Osage Nation police force in addition to his job as a deputy. Chris had continually attested his innocence and any confirmation of his already rumored association with the Dalton Gang would have damaged his case. 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. They cut through Antelope Valley and skirted the desert down to San Diego County before taking the old trail to Yuma. Bill told Kay that Bob was not in the country, that he had stopped at Rucker's place alone to spend the night. He spent 15 years in prison in Kansas State Prison, before winning a pardon in 1907. 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). 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. He then threw the butt of his winchester to the ground and the two nervously laughed at each other. Notes from Obituaries. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out. Emmett was sentenced to life in the state prison at Lansing, Kansas, by Judge J.D. As Emmett reviewed the roles of the various participants, he concluded by saying, "Then there was Tom Evans down tending the horses." 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". She was born on April 10, 1956, in Berea, Kentucky, the daughter of the late John M. & Eliza Jane (Isaacs) Webb. Emmett reappears on a wanted poster in Les Cousins Dalton his character of tallest of the Dalton Brothers being taken over by Averell Dalton. He also brought Bob along as a posse member. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Hello!". While Bill was playing his guitar, Wagy noticed that he was trying to cover up where the break had been made. Condon & Company's Bank and the First National Bank on opposite sides of the street in Coffeyville, Kansas. A posse assembled by U.S. He attended Irving elementary school and he graduated from Morton East High School in. Attention: . On May 23, 1894, Dalton and his new gang robbed the First National Bank at Longview, Texas. Right before the deputy ordered Grat to drop his weapon, a dog appeared ten feet from Grat and began barking at the lawman. Emmett had denied accompanying Bob to California. The remaining years of Emmetts life were spent on the stage, writing a book on the family and the Raid "When the Daltons Rode" in 1931 and as a real estate developer in California. The Dalton Gang's criminal enterprise was ended on October 5, 1892 when they attempted to rob two banks at once in Coffeyville, Kansas. He moved to California and became a real estate agent, author and actor, dying at the age of sixty-six. Grat and McCardle fired at each other almost simultaneously. 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. The lawmen aimed their rifles at the man and Hensley ordered him to drop his rifle and unbuckle his revolver belt. 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. Kay believed they did this to throw him off by going south instead of east. After he left, the judge asked Yoes who the man was, as he seemed educated and well-informed. Right as Hensley left, deputy McCardle heard the sound of footsteps come from the same direction where they had spotted Dean. Save. Thinking it might be Bob, Kay demanded that Bill tell him where he was. 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 . Bill Doolin, "Bitter Creek" Newcomb, and Charlie Pierce, none of whom was at Coffeyville, were the only members left of the original Dalton Gang. 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. 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 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. He would, he claimed, "beat anything Jesse James ever didrob two banks at once, in broad daylight." 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. Hannah (Dalton) Pecker 29 Sep 1756 Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 29 Sep 1838 managed by E. Gatlin last edited 7 Dec 2022. 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). This also suggests that John Dalton was not a young man, and this could have been a second wife. Grat heard the revolver shots from the Express agent. 108 reviews #16 of 84 Restaurants in Amherst $$ - $$$ American Greek Vegetarian Friendly. They missed Cole by several hours who had already taken the train to Salt Lake where Kay and his deputy followed. 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. 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. Lewis Dalton came west from Kentucky to Missouri during the late 1840s and in the 1850s, he was trading horses and running a saloon in Westport, Missouri (now Kansas City) when he married Adeline. Hensley grabbed Dean and took him over the ridge to Kay so they could handcuff him to an oak tree. When Kay returned to Visalia, he immediately went with detective Smith to the tailor of the coat found at the Ceres robbery. . Percy was born on October 4 1897. 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. They hoped that a big haul from the banks would allow them to leave the territory and escape Thomas' heat. 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. Bill immediately threw his guitar on the bed and exclaimed, "Now what in the world do you know about that? Kay noticed the bills were perfectly new and asked Grat where he got them. 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. A detailed bio on a Dalton Brothers webpage declares "We play two kinds of music: Country and Western" and notes that the group took inspiration from country legends including Willie Nelson,. Kay believed Chris was either protecting himself by helping Grat break from jail or returning the favor for Grat protecting him. William was born on March 24 1690, in Lunenburg, Virginia, USA. 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. 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. They had not been to the town for several years, though, and the hitching post had since been removed during street work. He soon discovered a worn place in the carpet and found a trap door hidden underneath. Omissions? They put the gold into the sack, forced Ayres in front of them as cover, and went out the front door. 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. 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. Ignoring the advice of the people in Hennessy, he also took the prisoner without a guard. As they approached the camp the bootleggers began to fire on them. After splitting the money among themselves, the gang soon realized they needed to rob another train. Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love. Father of Roy Reynolds Dalton Delynn Jorgensen 7/29/12. After being left on the sidewalk by Bob and Emmett, Thomas Ayres had run into one of the hardware stores and grabbed a rifle. Some years later, Lit Dalton asserted that Bob and Emmett had told him many times that they had robbed the train. 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. Elizabeth was born on January 13 1715, in Baltimore, Prince George's, Maryland, USA,. 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). They turned around, and went through the back door, carrying both rifles and sack bags, while taking two other bank employees as cover. Here, the Santa Fe had found out about the Daltons' plans and attempted to set up a trap for the gang, filling the train with heavily armed officers. He then put the baggage man in charge of Bryant and gave him his revolver. Grat dropped to the ground and rolled into a gulch about ten feet away. ratton Hanley DALTON, Charles Benjamin DALTON, Henry Coleman DALTON, Litlleton Lee DALTON, William Mason DALTON, Eva May DALTON, Robert R "Angeles, July 14.W)A retired and respected citiaen at his death, James Lewis Dalton, Adelaine Sullivan Dalton (born Younger). Ken Haas 4/22/12. 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). Build your family tree online ; Share photos and videos ; Smart Matching technology The Dalton Gang's criminal enterprise was ended on October 5, 1892 when they attempted to rob two banks at once in Coffeyville, Kansas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Dalton. He moved to Hollywood, California, and became a real estate agent, author, and actor, and died in 1937 at age 66. Before the Coffeyville raid, Bill Dalton had returned to Oklahoma, later joining Bill Doolins gang and then forming his own gang. 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. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). He was John Dutton III's brother but he died only hours after he was born. He then corrected himself, saying that he meant Bill Powers. Bill Doolin complained that Bob was not dividing the money fairly, and accused Bob of squandering their money on women and gamblers.