Perpetrator
Bob Dalton
- Born
- 13 May 1869
- Died
- 5 October 1892, aged about 23
- Record
- Wikidata Q4932202 · Wikipedia
Perpetrator in The Coffeyville Raid
Leader and planner of the raid; killed in the alley.
1892–1907 · Coffeyville, Kansas · Killed before trial
On 5 October 1892 the Dalton gang tried to rob two Kansas banks at once in a town that knew their faces. In about ten minutes eight people were dead. Read the case.
Dated events
Deputy US Marshal Frank Dalton is killed by whiskey runners in Indian Territory.
The Dalton gang robs a Santa Fe train at Wharton in Oklahoma Territory.
Bob Dalton shoots Lucius Baldwin, George Cubine and Charles Brown and wounds cashier Thomas Ayres.
In the alley Grat Dalton kills Marshal Connelly; Bob and Grat Dalton, Powers and Broadwell are killed, and Emmett is captured.
Bill Dalton, who had ridden with the Doolin gang after Coffeyville, is shot dead by lawmen in Indian Territory.
Emmett Dalton is released from the Kansas penitentiary at Lansing by Governor Edward Hoch.
Emmett Dalton dies in California.