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Facts
on the Dalton Raid |
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The Dalton Raid – the last
great gun battle between the
outlaws of the old Southwest
and the forces of law and
order – took place in
Coffeyville, Kansas the morning of
October 5, 1892 in the Plaza
area where this Dalton
Defenders Museum is now
located.
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The gun battle lasted just
12 minutes. Eight men –
four on each side – were
killed, and four, one of
them a bandit, were wounded.
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Citizens killed in the Raid
were:
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Charles T. Connelly,
a 46-year-old school teacher
who also served as the Marshal.
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Charles Brown, 59, a
shoemaker.
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George B. Cubine, 36,
another shoemaker.
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Lucius M. Baldwin,
23-year-old clerk in the
Read Brothers store.
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The dead bandits were:
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Bob Dalton, leader of the
band, who was 30
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Grat Dalton, age 33.
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Bill Power (Tim Evans)
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Dick Broadwell
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Bob, Grat and Power are
buried in Coffeyville’s
Elmwood Cemetery, where
Frank Dalton, another
Dalton, brother killed in the line
of duty as a U.S. Marshal,
is also buried. Broadwell’s
body was returned to
Hutchinson, Kansas, by his
relatives.
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Emmett Dalton, 20, wounded
in the Raid, was sentenced
to life in the Kansas State
Penitentiary as Lansing, but
was paroled after 15 years.
He died in Los Angeles on
July 13, 1937.
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Citizens wounded in the Raid
were Charles T. Gump, who
sounded the initial alarm;
Thomas G. Ayers, First
National Bank cashier; and
T. Arthur Reynolds, a clerk
in the Isham's Hardware
Store.
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A sixth man rode into
Coffeyville with the
bandits, but did not engage
in the gun fight. Following
the death of a Caleb Padgett
in Hutsonville, Illinois, in 1938,
The Coffeyville Journal
received a letter in which
he identified himself as the
sixth bandit.
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The Gang tied its horses in
what was to become “Death
Alley.” Bob and Emmett went
to the First National Bank,
while the other three
bandits went to the Condon
Bank.
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Two factors turned the
attempted daring holdup into
bloody failure. Cashier C.M.
Ball of the Condon Bank
stalled Grat, Power and
Broadwell with the fiction
that the time lock on the
vault had not released.
This gave citizens time to
organize for the defense.
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Eighth Street was torn up
for a paving project,
forcing the bandits to leave
their horses in Death Alley
which was in line with the
Isham's store, where
citizens found a ready
supply of Winchesters and
ammunition.
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