18 Facts About Bob Dalton

Robert Rennick Dalton was an American outlaw in the American Old West.

Bob Dalton was tried and convicted, and served 14 years in prison before being pardoned.

Brothers who became members of the Dalton Gang were: Bob, Grat, Emmett, and Bill, who was the least involved.

That same year Frank Bob Dalton was offered a job in the Indian Territory.

Bob Dalton was appointed as a Deputy US Marshal out of Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Frank Bob Dalton established a good reputation as a deputy marshal, and was the most noted of the Bob Dalton brothers to be engaged in lawful work.

Bob Dalton soon hired Emmett to guard prisoners at the fort's jail.

Bob Dalton killed a man in the line of duty, which he claimed was in self defense.

Bob Dalton was hired by the Osage Nation to organize its police force; he took Emmett with him as a deputy.

Bob Dalton began to make plans to rob a train with the help of Emmett and Grat.

Bob Dalton discovered that the brothers were actually making their way to Utah to throw him off, tracking them to the town of Ogden, Utah.

Bob Dalton believed they were preparing a robbery or to break Grat out of jail.

Bob Dalton sold the lease to his ranch in San Luis Obispo County, moved his family to his wife's parents in Livingston, California and left for Kingfisher, Oklahoma.

Bob Dalton arrested Bryant and took him by train to jail at Wichita, Kansas.

Bob Dalton did not have a guard or did not inform US Marshal Grimes at Fort Smith.

Bob Dalton opened the door to the rear platform and, while Short had his attention to the mounted men, shot him in the back.

Bob Dalton was sentenced to life in prison but was granted a pardon by the governor after 14 years.

Bob Dalton is buried at the Coffeyville, Kansas Cemetery under a group marker for himself, his brother Grat, and Bill Power.