The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-02-04
HdrmaF Is Under Arrest Al
Frankfort, Ky,
Stole A Horse And Buggy At
FrederiCktOWn
Various Items OF Interest
From The court House

Il. Harmar, who has been wanted
in Knox county for two years past
on a charge of horse stealing is
under arrest i'll Frankfort, KY, and
Sheriff Parker left Tuesday night
for that city to secure the prisoner
after securing requisltion papers
on the governor of Kentuck.
Harmar stole a horse and buggy
from Liveryman Jones of Frederick
though he was chased all over Ken
tucky by former Deputy Sheriff Geo.
d. Lewis, he made good his escape.
Some time ago Harmar stole horse
at Frankfort, KY, and was sent
to the penitenCiary for two years.
Recently he was granted six
months pardon and word came to
Sheriff Parker that the man was en-
joying his freedom. Accordingly the
sheriff Immediately telegraphed to
| the officials at Frankfort to arrest
!
afternoon Sheriff Parker received a.
telegram from Sheriff Lee Buckley of
Franklin county, KY, that Harmar
was locked up in jail and would be
held for requisition.
Sheriff Parker left for Kentucky
on the 5:15 train Tuesday evening
and is expected back some time We'd
nesday night with the prisoner. Har-
mar will be locked up In the Knox
county Jail on charge of horse
stealing 20 await the action of the
grand jury at the February term of
common pleas court, which convene
next Monday.
Liberty Was Short
Harmar, or whatever his name
may be, seems to have many aliases
according to the following special
from Frankfort, KY, appearing in
Wednesday mornings Cincinnati En-
Quirer:
Frankfort, KY, Feb. 2.-Liberty
for e. l.. Lamarre, supposed Ohio
man, who has been serving two years
in the penitentiary here, and has
been a mystery at the prison, as well
as the hero of a romantic story, was
of short duration today, when Gov
ernor Wilson pardoned him. Last
night he was arrested at the request
of Sheriff p. j. Parker, of Mt. Ver-
non, Ohio, where, it Is claimed, he
Is wanted on a charge Of horse steal
ing.
At Mt. Vernon he Is known as Le-
mad, alias Stoddard, alias Stockwell.
Parker has gone to Columbus for
requisition papers, meanwhile La
MARIE is held here in the city Jail.
He was released from the peni-
tentiary this afternoon, but the Ohio
officers asked that he be detained.
His story Is that while on his
vacation at Winchester in 1908 he
met a young woman he knew from
Buffalo, N. Y, and they got rig
in Winchester 60 make three days
trip through the Blue Grass. At
Paris he learned the girls parents
had sent an officer after them, believ-
ing they had eloped They fled to
Maysville and crossed the Ohio. He
sent the girl home, giving her what
money he had. The Winchester liv-
eryman caused his arrest on charge
of horse stealing, and he gave the
name of Lamarre, declaring that he
would not disgrace his mother and
sister by giving his right name.
He said he was Yale man, but
nobody could identify him as such.
Finally he gave the name of Ebree,
but this was the name of the editor
of paper at Yale, and Ebree be-
came indignant at such use of his
name. Lamarre gave several other
names and cold various stories, none
of which was wholly true, but some
of which appeared to be so in spots.
but his evident training and manner
caused the officers to believe he had
good reason to conceal his identity.
He said he had sister at Vassar,
but couldn't spell Vassar correctly.
Finally Governor Wilson, after
several Investigations, which, how
ever, disclosed nothing important.
decided to pardon him, and wrote on