BOB AND GHAT The two Dalton Brothers Photographed after their Death. PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DALTON GANG TAKEN AKIER DEATH BRODWELL BOP. GRAT POWERS JOHN J. KLOEHR The heroic Liveryman who shot dead Bob Dalton, Grat Dalton and Bill Powers THE DALTON BROTHERS AN© THESR ASTOUNDING CAREER OF CRIME BY AN BYE WITNESS With numerou» illustrations reproduced from photographs taken on the spot GOPVRIGHT 1892 BY LAIRD & LEE (ALL RIGHTS RESERVED) CHICAGO hhlUD &LEE. Vm&msm THE WIZZARD OF THE NEW CENTURY Thoroughly Plain and Practical Language 119 Specially-Engraved Illustrations The very latest Inventions in this Great Science Wireless Telegraphy, X Rays, Trolley and Underground Motors, Dynamos, Telephones, the New Phonograph, How to Wire and Light Houses and Estimates of Cost, Electricity Applied to Medicine and Surgery, Vocabulary of Technical Terms,, etc. A Thousand Marvels described so clearly and graphically as to delight as well as instruct „ . The first work of its kind ever attempted. In fact and name A 20TH CENTURY BOOK. @foth9 special design, 25 cts, Full leather, full gilt, 50 cts. LIVE/ENERGETIC AGENTS Wanted in every locality to sell this splendid book. Liberal terms on application. JFfer «Ol« everutoh&re, or ae»*, postpaid, on reoe^pt of price, by LAIRD & LEE, Publishers, 263.265 Watesh Ave., CHICAGO OONTKNTQfc PART THE FIRS'?. CRIMINAL BOYS. CHAPTER L PAGE A Strange Night's Work—Undertaker Lang's Ghastly Visi­ tors—The Daltons' Covered Wagon and its Silent Occu­ pant—Shot in the Back and Dishonored by His Mur­ derers •,,. 0 CHAPTER II. The Daltons at Home—A Mother of Fifteen Children- Wanderers over the Face of the States—Ten Sons and Five Daughters—A Strong Family Bond—Love's Old, Old Story „. 20 CHAPTER III. Making Love Under Difficulties—Bob Dalton's Heart Clean Gone—The Wiles and Ways of a Country Coquette— Courting by the Roadside—An Outsider the Favorite— The Murderous Gleam in the Repulsed Lover's Eye—A Village Romeo Killed by an Infuriated Rival, •• S§ CHAPTER IV. The law's Defenders—Opening of the Oklahoma Terri­ tory^ April 22,1889—License and Crime Running Riot— How Wretchedly Uncle Sam Rewards His Sworn Serv­ ants—U. S. Deputy Marshals and Their Ill-paid Lives of Constant Peril—The Watch-Dogs Turning Wolves.. 4H CHAPTER V. JM> Dalfcoa Recruits His Gang—The Brawl is* the Gam­ bler's Dsn in Kingfisher—Shooting to Kill—A Brother Officer L*fit Behind, a Corpse—Bob a Born Leader of Men—Hews Stealing as a Living—"On the Scout" For 6 iwan iMMttfiitii i'iiiia» CHAPTER Tl. PA6S The Tulare County Raid—An Express Train Held Up at Alila, on the Main Line of the Southern Pacific—Poor Fireman Radlift Killed by Masked Robbers—Five Men In It; Two Arrested by Detective Will Smith and His Posse—The Rest Escape—Nine Thousand Dollars Re* ward Offered by the Company—The Convicted Grat Dalton Leaps From a Running Train..., 9 66 PART THE SECOND, CRIMINAL MEN. CHAPTER L The Gang's Lair—In the Indian Territory Again—Ransom Payne on the Trail—A Hot Chase—Tiger Jack's Dis­ covery—The Outlaws4 Camp Fire Found Smoking Yet— A Narrow Escape from a Sure and Terrible Death- Foiled Again 75 CHAPTER II. Brother-in-law Whipple Caught Napping—Bob's Horse, Stolen Property, Found in the Kingfisher Butcher's Possession—He is Arrested and Brought to the Wichita, Kansas, jail—The Boys Swear Vengeance—Testimony Fails to Convict Whipple—He is Set at Liberty—Great Rejoicing Among the Outlaws—"They are Traidof UsP* CHAPTER III. The Wharton Hold-up on the Santa Fe Line—The South Bound Passenger Train Robbed by Three Masked Men —An Oath and a Boast: "We Done It!"—A Posse In­ stantly Formed, Ransom Payne at the Head—Bob, Em­ met and Charlie Bryant the Guilty Parties—The Three ©f Them Recognized by the Train Hands...,.., 92 CHAPTER IV. Sob Dalton in Love Again—His Fame Gains Him the Heart of Daisy Bryant—He Buys Her a Farm near Hennessy, O. T., where the Gang Carry on Riotous Liv­ ing—This new Lair Discovered by Ransom Payne—His Approach Made Known to the Daltons—They Vanish in Time, Leaving Behind Charlie Bryant Sick in Bed— The Tragic End of the Captured and his Captor. 102 CHAPTER V. PAGt Tb& Summer of 1892 sees the Gang Reorganized—The Red Rock Hold-up—A Second Attack on the Santa Fe Road —Only a few miles from the Theater of the Wharton Robbery—Another Posse in full Pursuit—But Ransom Payne is not there to Lead—The Desperadoes Escape Easily and are Soon Ready for Another Haul,.,,, 112 CHAPTER VI. The Famous M., K. & T. Robbery—Eight Bold Outlaws Overcome Nine Armed Detectives—The Robbery of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Train at Adair surpasses all Previous Records—Armed Guards Driven back into their Car and the Booty Hauled off in Triumph—One Man Killed and Four others Wounded—No one except the Express Officials and the Outlaws Know How Much Money was Taken—An Eye-witness* Startling Testi- mony. • 188 PART THE THIRD. DEAD CRIMINALS. CHAPTER L Ransom Payne to the Rescue—Posses aggregating over Onw Hundred Men Organized by the Brave United States Deputy Marshal—He Leads the Most Determined Band oftheL aw's Defenders—Large Rewards Offered by the M., K & T.—The Brigands are Tracked and Forced to Disperse—The El Reno Bank Outrage Wrongly Ascribed to the Daltons—Bob's Plans for Robbing the Coffeyville Banks Maturing—His Night Visits to the City—Druggist Benson's Startling Adventure 1% CHAPTER II. On Their Way to Coffeyville—The Meeting with Emmet- Bob Dal ton's Loud Bragging—"I'll See Jesse James and Go Him One Better!"—What the Men Did on the Eve of the Raid—The Gang is Met Approaching the Village —Were there Six Robbers or Fiver—The now Historical Fence where the Horses were Tied—Marching in Soldiers'Step and Array—Recognized! ,..,.,.*14!t § wtamam CHAPTER IIL mm Robbing Two Banks in One Day—The Utreateet Feat of the kind ever Attempted—Grattan Heads the Party to the Condon Bank-—The Cashier's Marvelous Presence of Mind—Three Minutes Gained Saved the Bank—Bob and Emmet Raid the First National—$20,000 Stowed in a Bag—Cool and Collected, Both Parties Begin Their Retreat^ Laden with Spoils.,....... a, •••••• .160 CHAPTER IV. The Great Coffey ville Tragedy—The Daltons'Last Fight— How the Wait of Three Minutes Proved a Fatal One— Fearful Exhibition of Bob Dalton's Skill with a Rifle— His Deadly Aim Accountable for Three Deaths—Only the Quickness of Brave John Kloehr Succeeds in Over­ powering Him—A Total of Four Citizens Killed and Three Wounded — The Desperadoes Cling to Their Booty to the Very Last—Emmet Dalton's Love for His Brother Causes Him to be Captured, Wounded Almost to Death—Broadwell Found Dying on the Road 168 CHAPTER V. After the Fight—Mourning for the Dead—Thousands ci Visitors Pouring into the City—More Details About the Killed Desperadoes—Young T. N. Russel the Slayer of Broadwell—The Ghastly Sight Within the City Jail- Burying the Bandits in the Potters Field—Talk of Lynching Emmet Nobly Subdued—The Citizen-Heroes Committed to Their Graves —The Dalton Family Arrives—Also Broadwell's Relatives—A Trustworthy Statement from the Lips of Emmet Dalton—The Wounded Robber off to Independence Under Close CHAPTER VI. The Scattered Remants of the Dalton Gang Threaten Dire Revenge—"The Whole Crowd Ain't Dead, by a—Sight!" —Heroic John Kloehr Receives a "Skull and Cross- Bones" Warning—The Coffeyville People Ready for Them—Universal Sympathy for the Victims and the Intrepid Defenders of the Law—The Bankers all Over the Country Subscribe Large Sums—The R. R. Com­ panies Urged to Pav the Rewards—A Gold Medal Pre* gented to John J. Kloehr by His Chicago Admirers—A Tragedy not soon to be Forgo£t<§a THE DALTON BROTHERS And Their Astounding Career of Crime PART THE FIUST CRIMINAL BOYS CHAPTER I. A STRANGE NIGHT'S WORK—UNDERTAKER LANG'S GHASTL18 VISITORS—THB DALTONS* COVERED WAGON AND ITS SILENT OCCUPANT—SHOT IN THE BACK AND DISHONORED BY HIS MURDERERS. A dark, dreary night in December, 1888. On the ©pen plains of Southern Kansas, the wind blows a hurricane of snow. The roads disappear under the white covering, and the city of Coffeyville, in Montgomery county, Kansas, just three miles from the Indian Territory limits, steeps the steep of the just. It is a prosperous, strictly law-abiding com­ munity, populated with bright, active, sociable people who are proud of their promising town and m fft£ DALTON BROTHERS of the good days ahead for it and for them. Thg spires of numerous churches rise, here and there, as material evidence of the people's culture and religious feelings, while, in the business part or the city, several blocks of substantially-constructed brick buildings are clustered in sign of business activity. Indeed, Coffeyville is a worthy represent­ ative of that indomitable American spirit which has made the West a joy for the eyes and the hearts of men. But to-night, the inhabitants have all withdrawn to their cosy homes, and doubtless enjoy the sweets of well-earned repose. It's almost one o'clock already, and hardly a light is visible inside the closed houses. Suddenly the dull rumbling of a covered wagon is heard at a distance. It is rolling from the western direction, and the driver on the front seat is talking with some one seated behind him.