Bob also hired Emmett under him to guard prisoners. Unlike the marshals office, the Osage Police paid a monthly salary. Looking to earn more money, Bob also became part of the Osage Nation police force in addition to his job as a deputy. In January 1889, Grat and Bob both became deputies first under Marshal Jones and later under Marshal R.L. Bob discovered his location in Timber Hills while Grat was away searching in Coffeyville and went ahead to lead the posse in making the arrest himself before Montgomery could escape the territory. Montgomery was alleged to be posing as a deputy marshal. In August 1888, the two formed a posse to arrest a man named Charley Montgomery. He also brought Bob along as a posse member.
Frank is buried in Coffeyville, Kansas.Īfter Frank's death, Grat moved back from California and took over his brother's job as deputy marshal at Fort Smith. His deputy abandoned him after being wounded. Frank shot and killed two, but his gun jammed and he was killed by the remaining bootlegger. As they approached the camp the bootleggers began to fire on them. On Nov 27, 1887, Frank Dalton and another deputy marshal, Jim Cole, went across the river from Fort Smith to arrest three whiskey bootleggers. 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. Through her brother, Adeline was an aunt of Cole and Jim Younger, of the famous James-Younger Gang. He was a saloon keeper in Kansas City, Missouri when he married Adeline Lee Younger.
James Lewis Dalton from Jackson County, Missouri and Kentucky was the father of all four boys. 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. Numerous myths and rumors were published about the gang. While their older brother "Bill" Dalton never joined any heists, he served as their spy and informant.ĭuring their run, the group rose to national prominence and due to the nature that surrounded their exploits, they were accused of various robberies all across the country but operated chiefly in California, Kansas, Oklahoma Territory, and Indian Territory.
They decided to form a gang and started robbing trains and banks. They started stealing horses to make more money, and then fled the area. īrothers Bob, "Grat", and Emmett had worked as lawmen for the federal court at Fort Smith, Arkansas, and then for the Osage Nation. He was paroled after serving 14 years in prison. 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, and was captured, and later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, although he later asserted that he never fired a shot during the robbery. The gang specialized in bank and train robberies. They were also known as The Dalton Brothers because its founding members were brothers. The Dalton Gang was a criminal group of outlaws that was active during the American Old West from 1890 to 1892. Left to right: Bill Powers Bob Dalton Grat Dalton, Dick Broadwell Dalton gang following the 1892 Coffeyville, Kansas raid.
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