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Criminal organization
Dalton Gang
Dalton gang following the 1892 Coffeyville, Kansas raid. Left to right: Bill Powers; Bob Dalton; Grat Dalton, Dick Broadwell
Founded
March 21, 1890
Founding location
Pawhuska, Indian Territory
Years active
March 21, 1890 – October 5, 1892
Membership
9
Activities
Bank and train robberies
The Dalton Gang was a group of outlaws in the American Old West during 1890–1892. It was also known as The Dalton Brothers because four of its members were brothers. 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.[2] He was paroled after serving 14 years in prison.[3]
Brothers Bob, "Grat", and Emmett had first worked as lawmen for the federal court at Fort Smith, Arkansas and then for the Osage Nation. They started stealing horses to make more money, and then fled the area. They decided to form a gang and started robbing trains and banks. While their older brother "Bill" Dalton never joined any heists, he served as their spy and informant.
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. Numerous myths were published about the gang. 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.
^"Sentenced to Life Imprisonment". Lawrence Daily Journal. Lawrence, Kansas. March 8, 1893. p. 1. Retrieved June 19, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
^"Back to Prison". The Evening Star. Independence, Kansas. November 1, 1907. p. 4. Retrieved June 19, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
^Elliot, David Stewart (1892). Last Raid of the Daltons: A Reliable Recital of the Battle with the Bandits at Coffeyville, Kansas, October 5, 1892. Coffeyville Journal. pp. 1–66.
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