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Emmett Dalton (May 3, 1871 – July 13, 1937) was an American outlaw, train robber and member of the Dalton Gang in the American Old West.Part of a gang that attempted to rob two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, on October 5, 1892, he was the only member of five to survive, despite receiving 23 gunshot wounds.
Bill Dalton, in death, June 1894. Lit, the last surviving Dalton brother, responded to a book written by his brother Emmett after the latter's death. Lit said that Emmett's book, When the Daltons Rode (1931), was largely fabrication. Emmett had denied accompanying Bob to California.
On October 5, 1892, the Dalton Gang tried to rob two banks simultaneously in Coffeyville. It was an utter failure. Coffeyville residents and lawmen rallied in a shootout against the outlaws, resulting in four of the five gang members being killed. Emmett Dalton was captured and convicted at trial, and imprisoned.
The inset shows gang member Emmett Dalton, who survived the 23 slugs from the gunfight and served 15 years in prison. Photo reprinted with permission from the Annie R. Mitchell History Room ...
After Dalton shot and killed two, his gun jammed, and he was killed by the remaining bootlegger. His deputy abandoned him after being shot. Frank Dalton is buried in Coffeyville, Kansas. After Frank's death, brothers Grat and Bob took over his job as Deputy U.S. Marshal at Fort Smith, Arkansas. Bob soon hired Emmett under him to guard prisoners.
What was known as the Dalton Gang had been dominated by several Dalton brothers, and led by Bob Dalton.Doolin, Newcomb, and Charley Pierce were also members. They took part in the botched train robbery in Adair, Oklahoma Territory, on July 15, 1892, in which two guards and two townsmen, both doctors, were wounded, one of the doctors dying the next day.
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Brothers who became members of the Dalton Gang were: Bob, Grat, Emmett, and Bill, who was the least involved. [2] After the disaster at Coffeyville in 1892, Bill later joined with Bill Doolin to form the Dalton-Doolin Gang, also known as the Wild Bunch. Their father Lewis Dalton bred and trained race horses, and bet on them, mostly unsuccessfully.