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Do we Know who Killed Bob Dalton?

by | Oct 30, 2017 | Ask the Marshall, Departments

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Do we know who killed Bob Dalton? Paul Randall — Tucson, Arizona. The shooter who fired the shot that killed Bob Dalton on October 5, 1892— from a borrowed Model 1873 Winchester .44-40—was liveryman John Kloehr, who owned the stable next to “Death Alley.” While attempting to rob two banks in Coffeyville, Kansas, with his brothers, Bob got hit by a shooter inside J.T. Isham’s hardware store. When the wounded Bob sat down, another bullet hit his chest. As he slumped to the ground,


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