Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-08-01
Lamar. "Wo1f of Wall Street,.
Has Had Interesting Career
Man Who Has Provided Thrills In Lobby Probe, Feared,
Hated and Held In Awe BY Men Of Minions-Rich To-
day; Broke Tomorrow-Has Had so Aliases.

York.
Presently we find Lamar in the berth
OF gum shoe man" for the great
~financier, James r.. Keene.
The pair pooled interests, and made
q heavy cleanup in United States
Leather common.
The late E. H. Hartman once de-
clared that Lamar, in 1901, offered to
prevent Keene and his bull pool from
bringing adverse litigation against the
southern Pacific railroad II Hartman
would form an alliance with him Ola
MARI Hartman declared that he con-
sidered the offer a virtual holdup, so
ne declined and proceeded to smash the
Keene pool.
At the close Of 1911. Congressman
believed Lamar, DESTROYS in behalf Of
pear interests OF p~rolonging the Stan
ley steel probe. had acted in close
touch with H. B.. Martin, secretary Of
the Anti-Trust league. This s%accusa-
ton recalled that in 1902, Aspinwall
Hodge. bernard Smith, brotherinlaw Of
lamar and William III. Curtiss sued
the United States Steel corporation
and others to prevent retirement OF the
preferred stock and the issuance OF
$26O.O00, 900 bonds instead. James II.
Lancaster. posing as a steel expert.
that the steel plant was not
worth more than $500, OOO, 900. Yet
later he admitted he was not a steel
expert, that he wa only an auto shop
man, n that Lamar had offered him
$500 for making two affidavits.
Lancaster struck for more pay when
he learned OF the stake for which La
mar was playing. and then received an
offer of $3.50 a week and $4,000 when
the suit should be settled. Finally.
however, he said. he signed a release
for $500.
It also developed at that time that
n Peter Power, who appeared as a
PLAINTIFF in the suit to prevent the
Great Northern-Northern Pacific mer-
ger, had apparently been one Of La
mars friends-"for alu received"
In June, 1910, Lamar denied that he
had circulated a rufnor that the Stan
ley. steel committee could be bought
up" and modestly declined to credit
himself with the boast that he had
started the whole investigation.
Still another coup-a proposed raid
or steel-had Lamar as a central figure.
A western senator had planned to use
facts presented by Judge Lamar."bu
he destroyed the speech when heygot
some inside incarnation.
Lamar, however, gained his chief no.
Itoriety from his reputed connectionNwit
the Monk Eastman gam Of thugs in
New York. This episode grew out of
trouble with a ~coachman, who refused
~ PICK ny MIO. lamar pOOule. An
assault followed. Counter actions were
filed. Then the coachman claimed that
he was followed@by thugs and finally
beaten up at the door of the court
house in Long Branch, when he was
on his way to testify about Lamar.
Smith-Lamar's brotherinlaw and
Lamar were arrested for alleged COM
plicity in the assault, and later Monk
Eastman and Joseph Brown, another
notorious ~QQnV2far uyoro fakon intn
custody as principals.
Two Tammany lawyers, Senator
Thomas F. Grady and John Hoyer,
stepped into the breach, following in
Idictments of the quartet. A sensation
al trial followed, and all the men
were acquitted.
It was not until 1904 that the police
finally got Monk, and, 1t Is alleged
"railroaded" him to do a bit" at Sing
Sing. from which he wal pardoned in
1909.
Horse Driver.
Meantime Lamar figured occasional
ly in the limelight as a driver of fast
horses, as owner Of a home at Red
Bank and on Fifth avenue In 1906
he was ousted by the supreme court
from possession of a houAe in New
York which he had. retained against
Albert g. Spalding. the owner. who
had fOreclosed a mortgage thereon.
Then came the episode Of the chorus
girl. Mrs. Lamar told reporters In 1909
that h would sue for divorce be-
cause OF lL4amar's alleged attention. to
one Marie Leonard. chorus girl. La
mar left the house hatless. Then 1t
was that Mrs. Lamar sounded the
praises OF tho handsome. stock-ma-
nipulator. wonderful husband.
The next day he summoned the
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