WILLIAM "BILL" DOOLIN (1858 – August 24, 1896) was an American bandit and founder of the Wild Bunch, an outlaw gang that specialized in robbing banks, trains and stagecoaches in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas during the 1890s. Doolin then became a member of the Dalton Gang. On October 5th, 1892, the Dalton Gang made an attempt to rob two banks simultaneously, in Coffeyville, Kansas. The robbery attempt was an utter failure, with a shootout ensuing between Coffeyville citizens and lawmen, and the outlaws, leaving four of the five gang members dead, with the exception of Emmett Dalton. Historians have since indicated that there was a sixth gang member in an alley holding the horses, who escaped. Emmett Dalton never disclosed the identity of the sixth man, but speculation continues that it was Bill Doolin…
THE EAGLES "Doolin Dalton "(1973)
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