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PLEADING FOR DALTON'S PAROLE (DALTON, EMMETT.) MOWRY, E. U. Autograph Letter Signed, from Mowry (a member of the Kansas Penitentiary Parole Board?)
PLEADING FOR DALTON'S PAROLE (DALTON, EMMETT.) MOWRY, E. U. Autograph Letter Signed, from Mowry (a member of the Kansas Penitentiary Parole Board?) to Kansas Governor E. W. Hoch, petitioning for Dalton to be paroled so that his arm could be treated to avoid having it amputated. 5 1/2 pages. 2 folded 8vo sheets; minor staining and soiling. With a 1908 letter from Adeline L. Dalton (his mother) to "Sister Mowry" thanking her for all that she has done for Emmett. Kansas City, 18 May 1907
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Notes: "... His arm that was shot at Coffeyville is giving him a great deal of trouble again, and needs another operation... Emmett looked sick and feverish, and is unable to raise his hand to his mouth... what I am asking is that you please parole Emmett, that he may go to some good hospital and have this given proper treatment. Imagine the torture he has endured with this arm. I know his worst enemy would not wish him to lose his right arm, maybe his life. He is not one to complain and has taken his punishment like a man, but the time has come, it seems to me to be merciful..."
During his capture, after a failed bank robbery in Coffeyville, Dalton was shot over 20 times, with his right arm all but shattered by rifle slugs. The rest of the Dalton gang were killed in the gun fight. Miraculously surviving, Emmett Dalton pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life. After serving 14 years, the Governor granted his parole to seek medical attention and after meeting Dalton during his recuperation from the surgery, granted him an unconditional pardon in November 1907.
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