The Dalton Gang, attempting to rob two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, is shot by the townspeople on October 5, 1892; only Emmett Dalton, with twenty-three wounds, survives, to spend the next fourteen years in prison.
Also known as The Dalton Brothers because three of its members were brothers, the gang specializes in bank and train robberies.
The oldest brother Frank had been a Deputy U.S. Marshal, but was killed in 1887.
In 1890, Gratton "Grat", Bob, and Emmett turned to crime after not being paid as lawmen.
Their middle brother William M. "Bill" Dalton never joined any heists with his brothers but served as their spy and informant.
After their death he will form his own gang with Bill Doolin, known as the Wild Bunch, or the Dalton-Doolin Gang.
The gangs are first cousins through their mother to the Younger brothers, who rode with Jesse James.
The Daltons are active later than and independently of the James-Younger Gang, who are much older.
