He was married to Julia Johnson Dalton, who survived him. James Lewis Dalton from Jackson County, Missouri and Kentucky was the father of all four boys. 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? Unlike the marshals office, the Osage Police paid a monthly salary. 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. Condolences can be left for the family at www.mynattfh.com. Members have married into the prominent Morgenthau, Loeb, and Bronfman families.. Then, noticing the vault door was open, Grat ordered both of them into the vault, where the safe with the gold was. 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. As soon as the judge had finished, Bill announced, "Well, I can prove that I was not there, and not by accident either."[6]. He was then taken back to Visalia to await his trial for the Alila robbery. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dalton-Brothers, Okhlahoma Historical Society - Dalton Gang, Dalton brothers - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up). The brother of James Dutton, Jacob (Harrison Ford) became the family patriarch in his brother's stead in the early 1900s. By the time Grat reached his mother's he had lost forty pounds. As they exited the door, an American Express agent opened fire with his revolver. [17] After the attempted robbery, Emmett was taken upstairs above the drug store to be treated by Dr. Wells. Kay promised Middleton secrecy, and a horse and buggy, if he led him to within a half mile of Dalton's camp. Kay tracked the Daltons to their mother's home, and kept watch of the house for a few days before being forced to return to Kingfisher because of bad weather. 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. He then quickly charged down the mountainside tearing through the brush. Hello!". 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. They put the gold into the sack, forced Ayres in front of them as cover, and went out the front door. They made the mistake of leaving the train dark, though, which made Bob suspicious, and the gang allowed the train to go by. Family Tree. Without making any noise, Bryant went to the messagebox and secured the revolver. Evans, however, claimed that he had received the bills from the Sol Sweet store after cashing a check there. He had gone to school at Robbins Corners near Coffeyville, and knew several hundred people in town. After Bob and Grat were killed at Coffeyville, Bill Dalton formed another gang with Bill Doolin, known as the Wild Bunch or the Dalton-Doolin Gang. This Section of the Data Bank contains anecdotes, short stories and whimsical tales of Daltons throughout history. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. He married Minnie McDaniel on July 30, 1910. He asked Latta not to publish the information until after his death.[13]. The only evidence found at the robbery was a coat made from a tailor from Visalia. When Kay returned to Visalia, he immediately went with detective Smith to the tailor of the coat found at the Ceres robbery. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out. Their older cousins were the outlaw Younger brothers. He had Bill lift the carpet and open the trap door and, instead of Bob, they discovered a man named Riley Dean, a saloon hanger-on from Visalia and Traver. Henry Coleman "cole" Dalton, Bea Elizabeth "lelia" Dalton, Franklin "frank" (U.s. Marshall) Dalton, Willia Dennis and Heather, Source: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8861394, OkieSeeker, Source: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=25161106, Dennis Pleau, Source: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86873301, Cas Co, Belton, Cass County, Missouri, United States, Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, United States, Kingfisher Cemetery, Kingfisher, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, United States, Bill Dalton (co-leader of the Wild Bunch), Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1791-1963, Kingfisher, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, United States. Ignoring the advice of the people in Hennessy, he also took the prisoner without a guard. 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. Their only grandchild with the surname Dalton was Charles Coleman Dalton. Detective Smith decided to chime in, but Grat said he wouldn't say a word while Smith was present. Dalton family history shows that the name has two possible derivations. 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. He was a saloon keeper in Kansas City, Missouri when he married Adeline Lee Younger. 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. 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. This also suggests that John Dalton was not a young man, and this could have been a second wife. Kay doubled back to Kingman and learned that the boys had taken a train to Phoenix with the money they made. Born December 3, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, he was a son of the late Winston S. and Walburga (Petersen) Dalton. 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. 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. Bob Dalton had ambitions. Before they could leave however, they received another telegram notifying them that the two were spotted in the southern part of Utah. 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. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of James Dalton Hatcher to show support. 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. NOTARY PUBLIC NOTE: Complete reverse side of family tree form also Form FT-1 Grandparents Aunts and Uncles First Cousins **First Cousins Once Removed In the spring of 1942, the brothers, under Tuvia's leadership, decided to gather 30 surviving family members and a few friends. Emmett reappears on a wanted poster in Les Cousins Dalton his character of tallest of the Dalton Brothers being taken over by Averell Dalton. After their unsuccessful career in California, they decided they could do much better in their home country, and unlike their first attempts, they began carefully planning their robberies. 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. The mountain was a natural fortress, rocky and heavily wooded, with a good view of the surrounding countryside. 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. A largely fictional film version of the Daltons' lives was adapted from Emmett's 1931 book. Bob and Emmett ran through the back door and ducked into a saloon across the alley. 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. 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. Doctors W. L. Goff and Youngblood were sitting on the porch of the drug store near the depot. 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. James Lewis Dalton from Jackson County, Missouri and Kentucky was the father of all four boys. Grat and Middleton told Smith they planned to hide out in the Coast Range and invited him to come with them. 6 July 1879, d. 6 Jul 1879 in MO. 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 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. After getting tired of waiting, they left, only to learn later the fate of the gang.[10]. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. On May 23, 1894, Dalton and his new gang robbed the First National Bank at Longview, Texas. 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. Judson Elwood was plowing his six-horse team when he heard the shots up the mountain. During the robbery, one member of the gang and four citizens were killed in a shootout. Bill Dalton came into the hotel lobby and began to speak to deputy Yoes in a loud voice, so everyone around them could hear. 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. They had planned to meet with Grat and cross the plaza to the alley, where they could make their escape, but word of the robbery had spread through town. Neither was he in Merced or Livingston. He was married to Julia Johnson Dalton, who survived him. Montgomery was alleged to be posing as a deputy marshal. Kay noticed the bills were perfectly new and asked Grat where he got them. 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. 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. He was the son of the late Lush and Nellie Payne and was preceded in death by his . 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. Build your family tree online ; Share photos and videos ; Smart Matching technology 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. 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. 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 was taken back to jail to await his sentence. Frank shot and killed two, but his gun jammed and he was killed by the remaining bootlegger. After Frank's death, Grat moved back from California and took over his brother's job as deputy marshal at Fort Smith. They missed Bob and Emmett by only twelve hours in Cananea, then lost their trail completely in Fronteras. He died in Los Angeles on July 13, 1937. Through her brother, Adeline was an aunt of Cole and Jim Younger, of the famous James-Younger Gang. Bill arrived in Paso Robles and was arrested by Sheriff Kay fifteen minutes after getting off the train and was taken to Visalia. Emmett married Julia Johnson Lewis on September 1, 1908 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Notes from Obituaries. Chris Evans' family ridiculed reports of any such involvement or that Tom had been killed, but otherwise never disclosed his actual whereabouts. This was in addition to the jailer, J.M. lton, Louis Kossuth Dalton, Beatrice "bea" "lelia" Elizabeth Dalton, Littleton Dalton, Franklin P "frank" D James Lewis Dalton, Adeline Lee (6) Dalton (born Younger). A posse assembled by U.S. Review. He is buried in the family plot in Kingfisher, OK. Simon and Minnie had no children. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. 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). Four of the gang were killed in the ensuing gun fight. People . Grat and McCardle fired at each other almost simultaneously. James is also a Civil War veteran, one who suffers from PTSD in a time long before we knew what it was. Henry Starr was arrested in 1893 and held for trial at Fort Smith. 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. Leona outlived all of her brothers and sisters. The stakeout ended in Montomerys death. [7] The gang secured about $18,000. Emmett was sentenced to life in the state prison at Lansing, Kansas, by Judge J.D. 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.