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itI:4reinIB;jVQ86Q*1,oiveit-!«.ri-!:t13.!0-nt'il-iinill'anirtdietedlayUB3kRE)b-ileniort•atoWitty, are i © men held up th* train at Cere .For th© p ewtit lh« 'rua inwudiwaa of tlHM gnfit CHfinot l« tmdtt Itaoin, The iatorruat'oa having been r© 'i-ivcd, the Ofllcers rlt;xl* ni» iti a hug*? to* well knowu rend* zw.x of tlu» Daltons *ad other desperate ©liaractew, four lutae from Trav r.IRk-hii-g tlicir lifttw, Htey walked up to th© house, when lltll Dalton stepped out *ilh bia li-wl* op, without waiting tor thft ofliiwu to make kuowu tbeir ei-raud.fcuuiu ou© was heard to ran oot through tr«e back door, and Deputy Witty r*n thmqgri the bouse in pursuit.Tbo linu-ii ih railed tip sv«r»l -tet 'roiu Uie eround, and uwter ii the «b-ber had laktn r-hue Witty ordered him out, but u*«lt; mao madH no move to obey and tiid lint *\vn answer, hut all thH while kept bia gun leveled on the ollitwWitty e-id: uWell, I’ll find a way *'» get yon,” mid r*» tuhia buggp a»lt;d tr his 9tioigou. idr«m, who wan in th Custody oi tflurtjf Ka) , cried ©lit, '‘Don’t Bhoot hi • ; 1M get him out.’* Dalton tlum told ihh other r. ldjiir to «nne out, ami lib did.They avre brought to Yitulia on Hie fi?hoi/ii£ -rdn ami lodeod in jdl. K*y also tuok pus■ii-aaiiHi of Mieir guns mid hnraen. Llm Imreta were worn out.Dalton arid Unto Say they were iii Travar on the eight of tt.u robbery and urn profitHUl Dalton ia a brother oi Grattan I’ahort »'»«■ in i-*il h~r© AwaUiuir sen* tentH for hoKUiig up uuiu No. 17 on Fob* ruary 21,THEY ASSWHIt THE UKhOKU'TlOS.Kill, wbn ih out on $511,001) bail, w:is hem las? Moi.(Wand Tth-aday and calledou Grattou. Hh appeared excited and hie luuinio atirarp-d Gift attention ofKay* who piit ku additional u»© d oi ibrea men on duty. Diltfm left on th©jiiiriiiigh train r -r UodcFt-i on Tuesday.It ia nuL jKiSnivuly known if Dean hc--i_ compnied him nr not. Tbuy a«3wer the meager des -riptinn oi tho Ceres rob-burs, Da ll‘n briny: iho short on© end !an tin* tulloi e.Diky Desii is afttiloon keeper of Uau-f«»rd. Jle Wfta u fovuiur rt-riident of imn-islnus timniy, and in a ctuiain oi iho b att bcivfl if Otikdhle It was he w11o, with Du»c Kuuitt, bart an oucouater withthe Carmichael bova of ibnt county while at worte on a UirtiBhuiK mftfhmft near Oakdale s-wml years ago at wmculime FugutKaestBbbed. Dean has con^ sldereable pri-pprtv at lino lord, and is paid to be well i IT.MAftfite nucKsa is it. ‘The place whew th«y were found is a house that ilt; kept by a well known character by the uamo of Mag Hooker. Sbe also will be arrest ed uulei»sfiUe tel la ell she knnwH fthoui the aflair, and as nhe ia not ixndh on n heroic mold, being rather frail and fickle, aim will probably beenrae on important wiioeas, oot only in tiiia, but other mhberiaa.Dean arrived at Maeki©Rueker'fibou9© Saturday nlkdit Dallon relumes to talk. All he will wy is that IwnevorEuw Duhu iiulil yeyterdny. When Dalton was re* leased oo h^il ha was e«eu on the Hunion! trail talking.with Deuu.IDKSrriKICAItiS CRUT-MH.yherill Kay ia certain that the men are tlie oops who held up the train ut Ceres beyond the per- ad venture rd a doubt-Heaaid the third man would be raptured cfore lomoTfuw noon- Dntil then liedid not di airo to £-aj hw be learned thDrobbers’ wii ere a hours nr their coonectt Q with tbo holi-lip at Certa on Thurnday oight.A third mun, by tlrn naiuo of Middls-; ton, is tmmi’iiuiitt'd f»r ns the men who furnished Dalton unlt;l Dcno with boreea.That the light men h-*YO been CBugbt is beynml qiiKPtioD. They ha?© b on imdBrtbti bu*vhIIbuv© of Will Smith, a railroad Uttoctlvn, and \hv Visalia ofli-uera for xbreo weeks past. Smith, discovered that tliuy had bought gimfl, ammunition a:id liunbs in dan FranWeco and promplly notified the Till ora countyidlU:t£eBnt ^uiitli and thg rest did not onepeet that anniher train jobbery was to be coin milled, rmt on tha contrary anpposed that Ibo preparations being maria wet© a part nf an organfeed movement to break open the jail here and liberate ijrant Dalton, unnvicred of bt^iog engaged in tlifc Fixlov rubbery. For thi-reaBun uo attempt was made to follow Uieui,eVKUY MOVaCENT KSOWK.As soon OB ae-'B »i tbe (Jerea robbery reached iliia county every town was wiitclmd sud the oiGcerH waited for the return of DM ton und Deau. The sweat on their homea had not dried when Sheriff K»y and hisrirpulyfiurpriaed tho rob-burn ut Man Uni'ker’u plico.Every luov. moiii of the rubbers for a week past w known, und they have fcacn traced tu Muduslo and back again to where they were captured. Enough ia known to convict bo Mi men, and it iB Baid Ionfeht that Dean dtairea lo turn statft'a evidence.On ilin forcnonn of the robbery lha two men were iu Modesto. Thev stopped in iront ol 6upi»rvisur TuolLlll5, residence a d ioqnired of him about the difliaoue to Ceres and Reyptf switch. Whhc there they diemuunteii ftnddnched tbehhOTBPB.Towards evening they lutchod Ineu horses to the Uuicb on Clinton Whit-more’a summer fallow near lha ra it re ad tlitce-quart.-rfi of a mile from Cdrefc They then walkKl to Oernn mid jnmpftc nn the tender when the paBienger trsir Btopjied. They had oo mask*, arid Dalton carried a shoigun and Dean a rifle.Dalton waa ihe oue who shot th© rail road dotp.elivB, Lea Harris.Tnz USE or RETREAT.After tho attempt to rob Iho train thi robbers jumped on their harees, anc fording tbs river near tirayaoo, made thi fontbille on the Weat Sid© and gradaath workfttl their way Eoutb till they though -they could enter Tulure county will eufety. Bui hscnpe was fropoa«tble, a the orticere hud hot lo paiieutly awai their arrival and then arrest them.It ia euppoeed the buld-up was for Ur pnrjiQBe of obUumug uioa y to bai Ciroctfin Pfiltnn out of jail, when botl lutbuded to leave the country.EBBVLOded u ptnedi ofrunandally1060tab-ThftandS91, S, ulinlly l, or id in iten* sijibt (ally © in-who le or ther road iten-pftSwhoroadpas-paee,ralo,oiltywhh i pri-juryiy airday up a 3et08 rater, ten oang theirnearmen(116.
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Fresno Weekly Republican
Fresno, California, US
Fri, Sep 11, 1891
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