Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-11-29
HE NEVER KNEW HIS NAME.
a STRANGE AND TRAGIC STORY.

DAY uDfsc tfctks IT,. NOV. -o.-aT
old man, n; blacksmith, who wen
by the name Of Hosea Lambert, dicd
here a few days ago. He came here
in 1855. after having lost his for
tune in oil speculation. Lambert
was not his,right name, but neither
he nor any one else he ever heart
of knew what his name was oil
where lac came fJni originally. The
name he went by aud his fortune
were both received rs n result Of ar
oli-timel u;ysierieus tragedy Of the
Pennsylvania bScky00ds.
Sto;tlsI,s was one OF the few scat.
tering settlements Of the kind tina;
lay along the liiie OF the road that
passed thFolgIt' the wilderness OF
southern Pennsylvania, between
Phiiadelphia;and the headwaters Of
the Ohio River, west OF Chambers.
burg, inisi2. There was a tavern
there and blacksmith shop. The
blacksmith, was Hosea Lambert,
who had been noted Indian fight
er. Toward evening one day in
March, 1872, an elderly man.
mounted -ou a white horse aud
holding q little child on the
saddle in fort of him, accom-
panied by two young men, rcde
up 10 Stotiler's tavern and took
quarters for the nj bit. They were
travelling westward. The men were
French, and oaly the elderly man.
who was n distinguished looking
nerzap .~,Nr-n lrrsf.rtt . ~ rEfft
old, and seemed to stand In rear Of
the men, although the elderly man
treated it with great kindness.
Blacksmith Lambert, after the
stranger mad gone TO bed, said that
the two young men looked 70 him
lire cutthrosts, and that IL he was
travelling along that road with them
he would keep them ahead Of him.
After breakfast next morning the
strangers resumed their Journey. No
one had learned their names or
their destination. Two hours after
the white horse the elderly French
man and child hal ridden came
gsIlOpiug back 10 the tavern. Its
ssddel was oil, aud there were
streaks of blood on its side. The
blood came from no wound on the
horse. Blacksmith Lambert de-
clared at once that the horses
rider hal been shot in his sad
die and murdered ty his two COM
pauisns. Lambert coIiectet-as many
men rs he could find about the settle
ment, and led him in pursuit OF the
murderers. Five miles from the
tavern they found blood at the road
side and signs OF struggle. Some
distance in the woods they discov-
cred the dead body Of the elderly
Frenchman between two old logs.
He had been shot twice in the bressl
and stabbed several times with a
knife. His saddle bags lay near
They had been ripped open and
| rified. Two men were sent back
with the murdered mans body q
save il from the wolves. Lambert
and the rest started in search Of tn.
mur,ierers. They failei In getting
any trace Of them, and toward nigh
ali but Lambert abandoned this
chase. He declared that he woulC
follow until he found some clue tina
would lead 10 their hiding place.
some miles north OF the road the,
had been following was still NOR
. ancient snd fr,quented thorough
fare, the first that ever crossed :h
State. Lambert turnei! Lis coursl
: through the wood toward that road
his destination was wayside ioI
J cabin where half-breed nameS
Hagar lived. II was In wild an
4 isolated spot, near the second road
=, He reached there some time af,e
dark. The old womau,s cabin furn
, iished shelter ut times 10 travellers
{ and Lambert was admitted
r bright FIRE was burning in the hi
fireplace, making the small rOor
E very bright. He stood his rifle ]
la corner, and was advancing I
! speak TO Mother Hagar. when fror
: another room suddenly issued
1 binding fash and a loud report. d.
bullet grazei Llmbert's temple an
e buried itself in the wall behind him.
0 The ex-Indian fighter drew hl
tomahagk and sprang into tn
room. 4 man holding n gun cor
frontei him, and vent down befor
the woodman's blow. Another ma
rushed out of the room 10y bac
Idoor. A rifle lay on the table in tn
room. Lambert seized IL and ran
. the door. The man was eyihg towar
! the WOODS, his fJrm plainly 6utiine
in the moonlight. Lambert fire
and the man fell. The man Lambel
! had knocked down had regaired hl
! | feet. but tae blacksmith felled hiI
i again and bound him with rop<
T, Hagar brought him. He recognize
!. in his prisoner one Of the murderei
Of the old Frenchman. LambeI
went out and found that the man b
( had shot was dead. He was III
] other Of the two men. who had bee
/ OF the Frencnmau's party In Po'
session of the man Lambert foun
ri ESQ in English bank notes In
d child was in Hagar's bed III
II Next morning Lambert placed III
dead assassin and the. I've one %
q his horse. and carrying the child !
u his arms started for S.attler's setti
J ment. The child was unable 70 te
n lis name, and tho psisaserrefuse
U 10 open his lips. Lambert arrive
:. Al the tavern at fiightfall. Is
l. minutes afterward, iAfteDa ooane
of the woodmen presens she psisol
er wss taken to tree IN font Ghtl
Tavern and hlngel. ofhe two mu
ie-ers were buried bsfisafh the ire
i rh.ir victim was turted on LAT
. bert's farm. The 8 ehiid7o ~,
taken In charge by the blacSsmiv
70 Not a thing coulI be found thai ga
= the slightest clue 70 us iden,is..
/ The mystery wac nescr,cieareu u
Z, Lambert adopted tbeehiid aua q
In .,is own name. lie jpytst1l y
$500 in trust for the boy, AMI wns
n 10. latter becaneietf age the .
% blacksmith gave him 81 hfg as u
{. result OF the investc,ene! Inc o.
10 learned the blacksmith's uao
Lambert died when iIis adopfe1 2
was 81, leaving him an estate VOC
az. 900. This the heir iucressed =,
fortune Of 500, 900, which was Y
- | fortune he lost in oil speculation
~ the early days Of that exeiteniel
~ He worked at his old trade OF oiae
er smithiug In the iumser region =
10 IN = few days before .he died.
4 never made any sfon 10 fathom