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There are two members of the Utah Robbers’ Roost
gang, it is believed, for whom the officers do not
need to look. Lew McCarty and David Lant, who have
been considered two of the worst men in the famous
gang of modern brigands, are said to be where
officers of the law cannot touch them. This is
especially true in the case of McCarthy. This daring
young fellow, a brother of Tom McCarty, who robbed
the Montpelier bank, joined the Roosevelt rough
riders at San Antonio under an assumed name and it
is said fell in the charge at San Juan hill. He and
John Malmgren had been arrested or cattle stealing
in Sanpete county and while being taken to the
court-room for sentence escaped from the bailiff and
joined the gang. It is known that McCarty
disappeared from the roost a short time before the
Roosevelt regiment was recruited.
David Lant is believed to be with the First
California regiment in Manila. A detective who was
acquainted with Lant has said that he is satisfied
the young fellow joined the regiment at San
Francisco and went with them to the Philippines.
Lant was one of four convicts who escaped from the
Utah penitentiary in October 1897. His home is in
Payson, Utah. |
