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- Meanwhile, Bill Dalton left Doolin to form his own gang. On May 23, 1894, the Dalton Gang robbed the First National Bank at Longview, Texas. This was the only job by the gang before three of its members would be killed by various posses and the last one was sent to prison for life.
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In late 1894, gang member Bill Dalton was killed by U.S. marshals. Rewards were offered for the capture or death of remaining gang members, a lure that sometimes turned friends into foes to collect the money.
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Bill Dalton agreed to join them and soon took part in several robberies, but Lit refused in disgust. Henry Starr was arrested in 1893 and held for trial at Fort Smith. As Doolin and Dalton were accepted as leaders of the gang, it became known as the Doolin—Dalton Gang, and also as the Wild Bunch.
Bill Doolin was a Western outlaw who led a gang through robberies in Oklahoma and east Texas, 1892–95. A member of the Dalton brothers gang, he alone missed the bloody ambush of the Coffeyville, Kan., bank robbery (Oct. 5, 1892); his horse had pulled lame long before reaching town.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Doolin was involved in a shooting at Coffeyville, Kansas, in July 1891, and joined the Dalton gang shortly thereafter. He participated in railroad robberies at Leliaetta (near Wagoner), Red Rock, and Adair, but he was not present when the gang was overwhelmed at Coffeyville in October 1892.
Eventually Dalton left Doolin to form his own Dalton Gang. On May 23, 1894, Dalton and his new gang robbed the First National Bank at Longview, Texas . During the robbery one member of the gang and four citizens were killed in a shootout.
Aug 18, 2009 · Meanwhile, Bill Dalton left Doolin to form his own gang. On May 23, 1894, the Dalton Gang robbed the First National Bank at Longview, Texas. This was the only job by the gang before three of its members would be killed by various posses and the last one was sent to prison for life.
By September 1891, the Wild Bunch had teamed up with the Dalton Brothers Gang to rob several banks throughout the region. A year later, however, Doolin took control after most of the Daltons were killed in a raid on two banks in Coffeyville.
