Biography
August Lambrecht, also recorded as August Lembrecht, was a German immigrant and blacksmith in Helena. He was prosecuted for comments criticizing the American government and defending Germans during World War I. His case involved testimony from an operative who approached people suspected of disloyalty. Lambrecht was imprisoned at Deer Lodge and released on September 14, 1919. He later moved to Oregon.
The original Montana State Prison intake form lists an age of 56, birth in Germany, and occupation as blacksmith. It records actual receipt at Deer Lodge on 1919-02-11 and sentencing on 1919-02-08 in the state sedition case. The admission is distinguished from an earlier arrest, and the printed sentence is distinguished from actual service; no physical discharge is supplied. It includes named frontal and profile photographs. Source: https://clcowgill.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/a-m.pdf#page=22
The original Montana State Prison descriptive intake form records the sentence date as 1919-02-08. This sentencing entry is separate from receipt at the penitentiary.
