The Coffeyville bank robbery occurred on 5 October 1892 when the Dalton Gang - consisting of the brothers Bob, Emmett, and Grat Dalton and their gangmates Bill Doolin, Bill Powers, and Dick Broadwell - set out to rob the C.M. Condon & Company's Bank and the First National Bank in Coffeyville, Kansas. Bob planned to carry out one last heist so that he and the gang could acquire the wealth necessary to flee the country, but Emmett was opposed to the plan, as the brothers had once lived in Coffeyville, and they knew several hundred people in the town. In addition, they were unable to reconnoiter the town due to their recognition. Instead, they rode into town with fake beards, pretending to be local farmers. Bob was disappointed to find that the hitching post by the Condon Bank had been removed for road work, but he ignored Grat's advice to call off the heist and went ahead with the plan. Grat, Powers, and Broadwell robbed the Condon Bank as Bob and Emmett robbed the First National Bank, but they were spotted by livery yard owner Mike McKenna as they walked through the alleyways to the banks, and McKenna alerted half the town to the Dalton's intent to rob the bank. Two hardware stores in town handed out guns to the local citizens, who began firing through the windows at the Condon Bank; Powers was wounded in the arm. The gang rendezvoused in the alley with their money sacks draped over their arms, and, as they made their way towards their horses, they shot the Town Marshal Charles T. Connelly (Emmett's former schoolteacher) in the head and killed him. However, Bob was shot in the head and heart by the posse members in the hardware store, and Powers was also killed while trying to mount his horse. Emmett was struck in the back by buckshot as he tried to lift Bob onto his horse, and he was wounded by 23 gunshot wounds. Broadwell was hit several times and managed to ride off before succumbing to his wounds and being found dead 2 miles away from the town. Bill Dalton and Bill Doolin, who had been waiting a few miles away with extra horses for the gang, grew tired of waiting and soon rode off, only to learn about the gang's fate later on. The shootout left 4 outlaws and 4 lawmen and posse members dead, while Emmett was wounded and captured, and 4-6 townspeople were wounded. Dalton and Doolin went on to form their own gang, the Doolin-Dalton Gang, while Emmett was pardoned in 1907.
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