Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-07-15
HORSETHIEVES
ARE SENT UP
Roy Lambert and Oscar Hayden Are
Quickly Disposed Of by Fergus
County Officers.
NEITHER ONE is YET OF AGE
Though Not Yet in Their Majority
They Have Made a Good Start
IN the Crooked Road.

The population of Deer Lodge was
increased by at least two yesterday,
when Sheriff Slater turned over to War.
den Tom McTague of the state peni-
Tertiary Roy Holmes Lambert, of Fer.
gus county and oscar James Hayden,
elstwhile of Bozeman. but in Deer
Lodge as the result of the decree of
fudge Cheadle of Fergus county. The
time worm saying, what is our loss
is Deer Lodges gain" could hardly be
used In the present instance. Though
young in years, 20 and Is respective.
ly, Lambert and Hayden have doubt.
less won al enviable distinction
among the fellows OF their set. II all
comes from being brought up in the
right way for that sort of business
and started out young.
Lambert, who has spent the great.
er part of his life in Fergus county,
is a young fellow OF more than aver.
age shrewdness and had his talents
been trained in the right direction
would have probably made a law-abid.
ing, creditable citizen. But owing to
u~nfavorable environments IL is little
wonder that he began his career by
spendlng a term in the reform school.
b. c. White a superintendent of
the Miles City institution at that time
and paroled the boy after he had been
in the institution for eleven months.
Ii was but a few years after that be-
fore young Lambert acquired for him.
self a reputation for gratifying his
fancy for other peoples property, par
Ilcularly horses. and the means by
which he came into these possessions
were not of the ordinary course of
purchase or trade. He simply round.
ed them up. drove them into another
the officers were informed that he had
gathered together a large band out
west of the mountains and according
ly went out to look him up, The out.
fiji Of which Roy Lambert was the boss
was chased down into the bad lands,
where. through a clever ruse, Roy
managed to give the officers the slip,
leaving them between fifteen and
twenty head OF horses. which he had
gathered on his way down from Gilt
Edge and vicinity.
The chase was temporarily abandon.
ed by the Fergus county officers. but
they never relaxed their vigilence and
sent descriptions Of the fugitive TO
the officers of surrounding counties.
They would hear of him in different
places. but Lambert had friends who
kept him pretty well informed of the
movements of the officers. He went
up into Choteau county from this
county, but later worked his way
around into Meagher county, picking
up en- route a horse belonging to Ike
Hensley of Castle. He was joined
by young Hayden in the second raid
and the boys were together when they
drove off some horses belonging to
James Hodges, who lives about eight
miles from Stanford, and who would
have been the complaining witness
against the boys had the cas- come to
trial.
The officers here were informed that
Lambert and Hayden were In Boze-
man. the information being derived
from the movements Of Mrs. Marble,
of Gilt Edge. who is Hayden's sister
and a good friend of I.amberts.
City Marshal Big JACK" Robinson,
of Bozeman. on the night of the cap
ture. Saturday week, detailed a small
boy TO watch the house occupied by
the Marble woman. Early in the
morning Hayden came in. which fact
was reported to the marshal, but he
decided to go after Lambert first. as
he was known to be the chief crimi.
nal. Accordingly the chief went out
into a forest skirting the town and
soon discovered the boys horses. A
further search revealed Lambert ly-
ing on the ground with his handker.
chief spread over his face. The Off
Ger quietly secured the horse thiefs
weapons, took the handkerchief from
his face and then had to pull him
ABOUT to awaken him. Lambert then
Jumped up. and. for an instant. show
ed fight, but realizing that the officer
had all of the guns. he surrendered
ana was mdTCHtu luto luNu.
Later the marshal went to the house
entered by Hayden and placed him
under arrest. Being advised by tele.
phone of the arrests. Sherin Slater
left Monday for Bozeman. The boys
had their stories all fixed up and
neither would give in until Wednesday
when Slater put Hayden through a Sc.
we're sweating and at last got him to
confess to having stolen the horses
and made him tell all the details OF
the theft. Finding that his partner
had given in. Lambert also confessed
to the sheriff. They were brought
to Lewistown Friday and at 3 o'clock
Saturday afternoon were arraigned be,
fore Judge Cheadle, having first signi'
ed their intention of pleading guilty.
Lambert was the first sentenced and
in consideration of his comparative
youth the Judge let him of with a
sentence of two years.
Hayden at first decided to take the
statutory time of twenty-tour hours TO
plead. but after being in jail for a few
moments changed his mind and was
brought back and given n year. He
got a lighter punishment because, in
the opinion of the court. he a been
influenced in his career of wrong do
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