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Show MONTANA . HANGED Hayes and Lebeau Pay the Penalty on the . Gallows Butle. Mont..' April 2. William A. If ayes, accessory to the murder ot ! Guard John Robinson at the state prison pris-on March 8, 1908, was expected at : Deer Lodge today. Hayes -neck was 1 not broken by tho fall and he hung I for 8 minutC6,, slowly strangling to death in the presence or a large crowd of invited guests.. I Helena, Mont., April 2. A special to the Record from Kallspell says ; that Frederic Lobeau, convicted ot ' the murder of R. Yoakum, was hanged ! today. Just1 prior to the execution. ! Lebeau became very ill and almost ! broke down. He regained his nerve, j however, and walked to the scaffold. , He made a statement, Just beiore the I trap fell, to the effect that he was innocent. |