Bob was born in 1869. He was the son of James Dalton and Adeline Younger. He passed away in 1892.

Coffeyville, Kan. Oct 6 - The Dalton gang has been exterminated - wiped off the face of the earth. Caught like rats in a trap, they were shot down, but not until four citizens of this place yielded up their lives. Six of the gang rode into town Wednesday morning and robbed the two banks. Their raid had become known to the officers of the law, and when the bandits attempted to escape they were attacked by the marshal’s posse. In the battle which ensued four of the desperadoes were killed outright and one was so badly wounded that his death is momentarily expected. The other escaped, but is being hotly pursued. Of the attacking party four were killed, one was fatally and two were seriously wounded.

The dead are:
Bob Dalton, desperado, shot through the head, Grant Dalton, desperado, shot through the heart, Joseph Evans, desperado, shot through the head, John Moore (“Texxas jack”), desperado, shot through the head. T.C. Connelly, city marshal,shot through the body. L. M. Baldwin, bank clerk, shot through the head; G. W. Cubine, merchant, shot through the head, C. J. Borwn, shoemaker, shot through the body, Emmet Dalton, desperado, shot through the left side, is expected to die; Thomas G Ayers, cashier of the First national bank, was shot through the groin and cannot live; T. A. Reynolds of the attacking party had a wound in the right breast, but it is not considered necessarily dangerous; Lui Detz, another of the attacking party, was shot in the right side. His wound is serious but is not fatal.

It was 9 o’clock Wednesday morning when the Dalton gang rode into town. They cam in two squads of three each and passing through unfrequented streets met in the alley in the rear of the First national bank. They quickly tied their horses and without losing a moment’s time proceeded to the attack upon the banks.

Robert Dalton, the notorious leader of the gang, and Emmet, his brother, went to the First national bank, the other four, under the leadership of “Texas Jack”, or John Moore, going to the private bank of C. M. Congdon & Co.