This is where. [15] Chris was also reported by a Visalia newspaper to have attended every day of Grat's trial for the Alila robbery. 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. In 189091 they took to robbing gambling houses, trains, and banks and were joined by their brother Bill, until then a married, respectable citizen, whose career had been wrecked by his being linked to his brothers. He's uprooted his life as a Tennessee farmer in search of a better life as part of the Westward Expansion. 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 . 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. Their older cousins were the outlaw Younger brothers. Marshals Service, but it was quickly becoming fragmented due to power struggles between newly formed district courts and jealousy between marshals over their different jurisdictions. By that time, Bill had been moved downstairs into what was Grat's cell. Kay found out that, before they had arrived, Bob and Emmett had got into a fight at one of the saloons there and badly beat up two cowboys before leaving for Topeka. Bill had been in a separate cell from Grat, located upstairs. This is why Grat was able to notice Deputy Wagy hiding in a yard across the street from the jail. Father of Roy Reynolds Dalton 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. After Frank's death, Grat moved back from California and took over his brother's job as deputy marshal at Fort Smith. Two hardware stores in the town had, meanwhile, begun passing out guns to the local civilians, who began firing through the windows at the Condon Bank. As Witty entered the room, he heard a noise come from somewhere inside. Emmett had denied accompanying Bob to California. 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. Bob and Emmett, meanwhile, had been busy in Oklahoma forming their gang. He asked Latta not to publish the information until after his death.[13]. 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 mountain was a natural fortress, rocky and heavily wooded, with a good view of the surrounding countryside. Sheriff Hensley and deputy Ed McCardle where guarding a trail that led to the summit of small and narrow ridge. Grat was taken back to jail to await his sentence. 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. 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. After being found innocent by a Visalia jury, Bill was acquitted and released on October 15. 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. Build your family tree online ; Share photos and videos ; Smart Matching technology The only evidence found at the robbery was a coat made from a tailor from Visalia. 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 boys left their horses in Ludlow, which were then discovered a few weeks later by railroad detectives. By 1882, the family lived in northeast Oklahoma and by 1886 they had moved to Coffeyville in southeast Kansas. He married Minnie McDaniel on July 30, 1910. The three returned fire and held out, waiting for the time lock to open. 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. After having a deputy watch Middleton's place, he learned that Middleton was buying enough groceries to last three months and was seen driving east of Sanger. McCue of the Montgomery County District Court for second degree murder. Walker in Wichita. 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. lton, Louis Kossuth Dalton, Beatrice "bea" "lelia" Elizabeth Dalton, Littleton Dalton, Franklin P "frank" D James Lewis Dalton, Adeline Lee (6) Dalton (born Younger). Thinking they had lost Kay, Bob and Emmett headed to their mother outside of Kingfisher. 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. But that is not known. Middleton had been threatened by Dalton for not helping him escape the country fast enough and was afraid of him. 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]. Numerous myths were published about the 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. The newly formed Oklahoma Territory had organized their own sheriff and city police departments, but there was so far very little cooperation between them. [17] After the attempted robbery, Emmett was taken upstairs above the drug store to be treated by Dr. Wells. Littleton "Litt" Dalton, who was a good and hard-working citizen, believed that his younger siblings became lawless because of the bad influence of . He spotted Bob just as he had killed Brown and aimed his rifle at him from behind the store window. Bob and Emmett ran through the back door and ducked into a saloon across the alley. In January 1889, Grat and Bob both became deputies first under Marshal Jones and later under Marshal R.L. Corrections? The Dalton family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The three went out the side door crouching and dashing across Walnut Street to the alley where they had hitched their horses. 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. Detective Smith decided to chime in, but Grat said he wouldn't say a word while Smith was present. A very large portion in the Oregon Area as well! 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. It became apparent to Kay that Bill had been busy hiding Dean when he arrived, otherwise they would have heard him come in. Unless there was a high enough reward being offered, they would instead choose to focus their attention on petty criminals. The eight armed guards on the train all happened to be at the back of the train when it pulled in. They then robbed the next train a few minutes later, securing about $50,000. The outlaws had worn masks during the Alila robbery, concealing their identities. I am trying to see if I am related, and if so, where. When Kay returned to Visalia, he immediately went with detective Smith to the tailor of the coat found at the Ceres robbery. Charles Dalton 18 Oct 1850 Little Catalina, Newfoundland - 10 Oct 1904 managed by Stan Vardy. 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. In close order, the five crossed Walnut Street from the alley to the Condon Bank, holding Winchester rifles close along their legs. Bill told Kay that Bob was not in the country, that he had stopped at Rucker's place alone to spend the night. While their older brother "Bill" Dalton never joined any heists, he served as their spy and informant. The man was Riley Dean and he did as he was told. After Bill and Riley Dean were brought to the Visalia jail, Sheriff Pervis of Stanislaus County, S.P. Kay suspected that this was probably the work of some suspects he had from Visalia, but the railroad detectives demanded the arrest of the remaining Dalton brothers. Kay stopped Grat in the street and said, "Say, I hear you have some two-dollar bills. The tailor remembered the coat, but he couldn't remember who had bought it, only that some girl had picked it up once it was clean. One of the brothers moved to oklahoma yet died in California. ", Jim Wagy also showed up after the break out to overlook the scene. The two left California in February 1892 and rode for a hundred and seven days before reaching Kingfisher. Powers tried to mount his horse, but shots from the store also killed him. After the escape, Beck separated from the others and went north, while Grat and Smith went to a friend of Grat's named Joe Middleton, who lived in Hanford. 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. Kay nudged the door open with his elbow, aimed his revolver at Bill and said, "Bill! 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. Kay learned at the train depot that Bob and Emmett had bought tickets to Ogden and were carrying large telescope bags with them. In the album the disastrous double bank robbery of Coffeyville, Kansas is depicted but different to what took place, Emmett Dalton is seen killed along with his brothers which also include Bill Dalton who actually never took part in the raid. 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. He soon discovered a worn place in the carpet and found a trap door hidden underneath. 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. Some time later, the three dissatisfied members also returned and new plans began to form. When Bill and Dean were acquitted, Bill was rearrested by Kay after his bondsmen were convinced to withdraw by detective Hume. When he returned the next day to watch the house, he discovered that Bob and Emmett had escaped. He was found 2 miles away, dead. In August 1888, the two formed a posse to arrest a man named Charley Montgomery. This also suggests that John Dalton was not a young man, and this could have been a second wife. Through her brother, Adeline was an aunt of Cole and Jim Younger, of the famous James-Younger Gang. They were recognized and, coming out of one bank, were met by wild gunfire from vigilante citizens. After securing bondsmen, Bill immediately went to Merced and hired John W. Beckenridge, the best attorney in the San Joaquin Valley, to defend Grat. Husband of Julia Johnson Lewis He was a saloon keeper in Kansas City, Missouri when he married Adeline Lee Younger. GANGSTER DIES HOLLYWOOD, July 14. This was unknown to Grat, since the Dalton brothers had all assumed that Emmett had killed the fireman. Grat then shot him in the head and killed him. James Lewis Dalton from Jackson County, Missouri and Kentucky was the father of all four boys. Wagy said, "Here is your hole", and kicked the broom handle onto the floor. Grat then rode to a home seven miles south of Livingston, the home of his friend ex-supervisor W.W. Gray. Their only grandchild with the surname Dalton was Charles Coleman Dalton. Cole had split up with Grat at Gila Bend, Arizona after the two got in argument in which Cole was trying to convince Grat not to join Bob and Emmett. Kay sent Ford after Bob and Emmett while he went to the Ogden police to get them to begin searching the city. The Daltons were featured in Randolph Scott's Western. Emmett Dalton was portrayed by Frank Albertson. After splitting the money among themselves, the gang soon realized they needed to rob another train. 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. On the night of September 27, Grat and two cellmates, Arvil Beck and W.B. Alex Murdaugh claimed the family dogs caused Satterfield, 57, to trip, but her death was not reported to the coroner and an autopsy was not initially . Elizabeth was born on January 13 1715, in Baltimore, Prince George's, Maryland, USA,. They did however find pieces of a file and a hack saw blade in the prisoner's toilet. 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. 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. [2] He was paroled after serving 14 years in prison.[3]. Grat noticed him, but before he could aim, Kloehr shot him in the throat. Kay did not think much of this until later, when Perry Byrd mentioned Chris breaking Grat out of jail. He was a saloon keeper in Kansas City, Missouri when he married Adeline Lee Younger. NOTARY PUBLIC NOTE: Complete reverse side of family tree form also Form FT-1 Grandparents Aunts and Uncles First Cousins **First Cousins Once Removed Family Tree. Emmett had 4 siblings: Elsie Bosiger (born Dalton (Bosiger)) and 3 other siblings. 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,. 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. Emmett Dalton survived the raid but received 23 gunshot wounds (as referenced on Q102). Kay's buggy was directly facing the setting sun, so they could not tell who the men were. After a hearing, Bill was held for trial for the Alila robbery, but he quickly secured bondsmen and was released. 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. The Dalton brothers were descendents of Timothy and Elizabeth Dalton of Bedford Co., Virginia and "Lighthorse" Harry Lee and Charles Younger through their parents, James Lewis Dalton (1826-1890) and Adeline Lee Younger (1835-1925). 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. Lewis Dalton was a saloon keeper in Kansas City, Kansas, when he married Adeline Younger, the aunt of Cole and Jim Younger. Bob and Emmett were able to steal horses and riding rigs. 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. He was married to Julia Johnson Dalton, who survived him. On October 5, 1892, the Dalton gang attempted this feat when they set out to rob the C.M. They hid behind some rocks and an oak tree and waited as one of the men approached them. First recruited were George "Bitter Creek" Newcomb and "Blackfaced" Charlie Bryant, who had received his nickname because of a gunpowder burn on one cheek. 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. Virginia had the highest population of Dalton families in 1840. Grat's trial didn't start until that June and it lasted three weeks. 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." Although the Daltons may have been inspired by their famous cousins' exploits, the Youngers were much older and were in prison at the time of the Dalton Gang's activities. Hello!". The deputy handed the message to Judge Burford, who read it aloud to the audience. 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. Grat first rode to Charles Owen's ranch across from Clovis Cole where he stayed for a few days. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. The first possibility is town of Dalton, in Lancashire, England, which was originally named Dale-ton, and meant the town in the dale. Part of the ill-fated Dalton raid on two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, he survived despite receiving 23 gunshot wounds. This was also confirmed by Lit Dalton, who had owned a saloon in San Miguel from 1889 to 1890. Through her brother, Adeline was an aunt of Cole and Jim Younger, of the famous James-Younger Gang. Right as Hensley left, deputy McCardle heard the sound of footsteps come from the same direction where they had spotted Dean. Leading the pursuit was Bob's old friend, Deputy Marshal Heck Thomas, whose renown skills as a deputy kept the gang constantly on the move and in hiding. 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). The Dalton brothers were raised in a large family of mostly well-mannered siblings. Kay talked to their mother for several hours and she even invited him in for breakfast. One of the bars had been cut out and replaced with a broom handle blackened by soot. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. The baggageman carelessly stuck the revolver into a pigeon-hole messagebox and went to work at the other end of the car. Here, they secured more than $19,000. Bob and Emmett then made their way to the end of the back alley onto Eighth Street, where they could hear the townspeople shooting at the Condon Bank. On the morning of Oct. 5, 1892, Bob, Grat, and Emmett, together with Dick Broadwell and Bill Powers, rode into Coffeyville, Kan., intent upon robbing the towns two banks. Doctors W. L. Goff and Youngblood were sitting on the porch of the drug store near the depot. 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). Bill, thrown off his guard, quickly turned around and mimicked the greeting, "Kay! In 1840 there were 39 Dalton families living in Virginia. Emmett was able to mount his horse unwounded, and began riding away, but after noticing Bob was hit, turned around and attempted to lift Bob onto his horse. 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. Leona outlived all of her brothers and sisters. Isham passed away on month day 1811, at age 71 at death place, Virginia. 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. They sat to wait for the next train on a bench on the platform, talking and smoking, with their Winchester rifles across their knees. After pointing out the location of the camp, Middleton left in a hurry and the two posses spent the night on the living room floor of the nearby Elwood ranch. Grat went to the back office and ordered the manager into the front, he then handed the cashier a sack bag and ordered him to fill it with cash from the money drawer. Christian Johannes Dalton abt 1892 - 09 Oct 1961 managed by Toni Andrews. Montgomery was alleged to be posing as a deputy marshal. ", 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. Dalton was born to Lewis and Adeline Dalton and was the youngest of the Dalton brothers. 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 is buried in the family plot in Kingfisher, OK. Simon and Minnie had no children. Eventually, Bill Dalton left Doolin to form his own Dalton Gang. The most Dalton families were found in USA in 1880. 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. 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. Without making any noise, Bryant went to the messagebox and secured the revolver. Joining afterwards were Bill Doolin, Dick Broadwell, Bill Powers, and Charley Pierce. Kay's deputies were carrying ten gauge, double-barrel shotguns, loaded with buckshot, and they leveled them at Dalton. Lit noticed that Grat's horse was indeed limp and agreed to help Grat sell it. Bill had returned to Oklahoma several months earlier, living at his mother's house near Kingsfisher. 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. Hannah Adeline Dalton (a twin) b. 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. Tuvia, who had been protected farther to the northalong with a few family membersby non-Jews, soon joined his brothers. Smith instead went north and several weeks later was arrested by Kay. 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. If someone in the gang had escaped, there would be nothing gained by Emmett for admitting it. Share. His deputy abandoned him after being wounded. 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 brother of James Dutton, Jacob (Harrison Ford) became the family patriarch in his brother's stead in the early 1900s. 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]. 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. Emmett married Julia Johnson Lewis on September 1, 1908 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Let me look at one." From Phoenix, Kay followed the Daltons by horse and stage from Prescott, Gila Bend, Tucson, and then to Nogales, Mexico. He then decided the sack bag was too heavy to carry, and ordered the silver taken out, then stashed what cash he could fit into his coat pockets. Short then went to the rear platform with his rifle. When we first meet the Duttons owners of the sprawling Yellowstone-Dutton Ranch in Montana we see right away this is no ordinary family. As Emmett reviewed the roles of the various participants, he concluded by saying, "Then there was Tom Evans down tending the horses." Bill Dalton came into the hotel lobby and began to speak to deputy Yoes in a loud voice, so everyone around them could hear. Each time they stopped sawing, they plugged the hole with soap and soot. Doolin, Newcomb, and Pierce visited the Daltons' mother in Kingfisher to console her after her sons' deaths.