... life of crime they decided one last robbery was in order to gain enough money to leave the country. That's when they devised the plan to rob the two Coffeyville banks. Grat, Bob, and Emmett Dalton were accompanied by Bill Powers and Dick Broadwell when they rode into Coffeyville on Oct. 5, 1892. From the minute they walked into town their plans ... their hands were ready to resist the escape of the unwelcome visitors" ("The Dalton Gang's Last Raid,1892" 1). Fig.1. John Kloehr, Eyewitness to History 11 Oct. 2003. After leaving the banks the Dalton gang immediately came under the gun fire...

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