Page 27 - Catalog 2015

(1) Newspaper (Sunday
Mirror) announcing the 1937
death of Emmett Dalton,

the last of the famed Dalton
Brothers who robbed the
Coffeyville, Kansas, banks

in 1892. Emmett survived
the shootout, served time in
prison, then had a career in

the early movies.
(2) Photograph of Emmett
Dalton, lying wounded,

following the raid on the
banks in Coffeyville.
(3) Photograph of Mexican

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revolutionaries ghting
under the command of
General Pancho Villa, 1915.

(4) List of witnesses,
including Frank Dalton,
of the infamous Dalton

Brothers.
(5)Posse Comitatus
document—from “Hanging

Judge” Issac Parker’s
courtroom signed by famous
US Marshal and Confederate

General James Fagan, 1874—
attesting to the sale of liquor
to the Indians by a white

man.
(6) Pistols, 1884 Colt single
action .44 cal revolver. Heart

and Diamond and Spade of
clubs along with the initial
“H” carved right side grip.

Possibly a gamblers pistol.
John Slaughter Pistol. Red
Bakelite handle with horse

embossed on each side of
handle. John Slaughter was
a Civil War veteran, Texas

Ranger, sheriff, Arizona state
legislator, and gambler.
Recognized for “cleaning

up” the Arizona Territory
and admired by Bill Hickok,
Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid,

and Pat Garrett,
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among others.