The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-07-09
LAMAR GOES AGAIN
To THE CEMETARY
FOR HIS WITNESS
Starts to Tell What James
Keene Said and Commit
tee Calls Halt
NO HONOR HE SAYS
FOUND IN STREET
Honor Has No Place In Stock
Manipulations He Tells SEN
ators--He and LATTER
bach Excused

WASHINGTON. July David
lamar and Edward Lauterbach de-
livered their valedictories TO the sem
ate lobby investigators today. and
were excused from further attendance
upon the sessions OF that body.
This closed the chapter Of Incl
dents and accidents which began with
Representative A. Mitchell Palmers
extraordinary testimony as To his in
terchange OF views with Lewis Cass
Ledyard, more than a week ago. Dur
Ing their services as witnesses Mr..
Lamar and Mr.. Lauterbach. partlcu-
vsthe. former. have furnished ssas
senate with the. most romantic and ea>
.r&ATti4aAl3 testimony RI which a
Legislative committee has ever been
called upon to listen,
The wind-up of Mr.. Lamar's tes-
timony was equal in interest, daring
and originality with anything that
had preceded IL, He made the as
eertion that in Wall Streets ethics
the end justifes the means" after
previously telling the committee that
In Wall Street parlance and Wall
Street practice, when an operator, the
leader of one OF the great manipula-
lions Of the vas; machine. puts his
bands To the pillow honor flies out the
window"
"your metaphor is mixed but your
meaning is plain Senator Reed in
REJECTED,
The Henry Resolution
Mr.. Lamar swore 10 the commit
tee that he was the anthor OF the
Steel resolution. introduced lay Repre-
sentative Stanley. nearly two years
&c. and upon which was predtcated
the tnvcrffrarfpn Of the affairs OF the
United States Steel corporation. This
was reiterative. but as Mr.. Lamar had
also been acclaimed the author OF the
Henry resolution upon which the
money trust investigation was based.
the committee sought enlightenment
on that point as we'll. Senator Nelson
was the interiocutor.
Can you give las any Information
about the origin of the Puto money
trust investigation? asked Senstor
Nelson.
Z Mr. lamar demurred
You don't want TO so into that
Senator Nelson Insisted upon an an
swer
We'll. all know Is what Mr.. James
r. Keene told me-" said Mr. lamar
The committee smiled. for this con-
vcyed to them further exemplifica-
tica OF Mr.. Lamar's unusual ex
-pefience in having all Of his corrn-
torative witnesses now amors the
cemetery population. The announce
ment that Mr. keene was his inforrn~r
and his only source OF information
caused the committee to drop this
ltne Of inquiry at once. Al this point
Mr.. Lamar toll tho committee he had
been unfairly treated by his OPP.
yonents.
Says He's No Thief.
Il have had lot wished on me hv
my opponents" said the witness
s'They have caused the newspapers to
confuse my identity with a man named
Alfred Lamar. who ran a string of
hosus bucket shops in New York. and
deftauded men and women right ard
left. I am no thief. and ! never ran
Z bucket shop
Again the examination sw tched
and Mr. Lamar told the committee
that he and Lauterbach had been
great friends.
Il lost about sa.5oe.ooo Of my
private fortune trying TO aid Mr..
1Auterbach." exclaimed the witness
he added however. that Iauterhach
was entirely innocent in all their rela-
lions. and that he had accepted his
word at all times. This statement
led to an exhaustive statement by
Lamar, as to what knowledge was
present In the mind OF Lauterbach as
10 the various impersonations in which
he. Lamar. had engaged. and of the
truth or faisity Of the alleged
friendly offer from Speaker Clark
through Senator Stone. OF Missouri
10 the great Wall Street interests
Lamar backed and fumed, but the
ANAL outcome of Senator Reeds rapid
4re questions on this point failed to
bring out anything very definite. as to
Just how far Lamar had abused Lau-
terbach's confidence.