Why did the Dalton brothers form their gang and what was their motivation for robbing banks?
The stories told by Emmett throughout his trial, his incarceration and for all of the years until his death were much the same. He attributed the Daltons “going bad” to the death of one of his older brothers, Frank Dalton. However, after sifting through the rubble left behind by Emmett and closely examining court records, interviews with personal acquaintances and family members and close associates of all available parties concerned, basically it was just something the “boys” decided to do. They were stuck in an economic period in their lives in which nothing seemed to provide them with money enough or a challenge. The brothers became bored with life on the farm and went seeking adventure, but all of this is also ensnared in the love/lust relationships with the two Johnson sisters, Lucy and Julia.
