The Washington times., 1913-07-02
DAVID LAMAR ON
/ STAND At INQUIRY
Lobby Committee Of Senate Be-
gins Hearings on Charges
| Made by Judge Lovett.
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get I.auterbach once more in favor OF
the big financiers, and playing it to the
yer ylimit, Lamar. according to his
statement, even got the real Palmer to
call up Ledyard and got Ledyard to call
Up the real Palmer and arranged over
the phone a telephone conversation De-
tween Ledyard and the actual Palmer.
He did this. he asservated, at a point
where, after getting Ledyard and Lau-
terbach together. he wanted to drop the
matter and get out from under. he
declared that he had even called up
Ledyard's Office from his own home IN
Riverside drive, knowing fuil wen tnat
Ledyard would be able to trace the can.
Furthermore, though not recalling
that he had ever used the names OF
other members of Congress. he said ne
had used the names of other persons
over the phone times without NUMBER.
IsPieturesque.
The Wolf" made a picturesque ap-
pearance when he came on the stand.
He enteeed the committee rooms a
little before the hearing began. and
sat far back. He was at once picked
out as Lamar from his pictures as
they have. appeared in the newspaper,
at ease, but once he got into his
marvellous story he was seemingly
himself, keen, COOL collected, incisive'
and apparently unconcerned ABOUT
consequences.
suit, with a gray tie, and immaculate
Vhite vest A well-trained pompa-
&our seemed to add TO the strength OF
a strong, intelligent swarthy coun-
tsnance AS he talked his jet black
eyes cleaned and in his testimony
were frequent protestations that he
wanted the committee to know ne IN
tended to reveal all.
They say that the ancestry Of The
Wolf goes back to the brigands OF
Sicily or somewhere in the south OF
Europe. Be this as 1t may, as he came
before the committee today. dark alert.
inscrutable and gave his exposition OF
what occurred, II was impossible to look
at him and not think Of these stories
Of his ancestry. He was asked by the
piled he had gone under the name OF
Lamar for twenty years. eyond that
he would not tell. He asked for time TO
consider whether he should disclose to
the committee his real name.
Study Notes.
While Mr.. Lamar testified. Maxwell
Evarts, attorney for the Union Pacific.
Lewis Csssiedyard. counsel for Nor
gan & Co.. and Paul D. Cravath, sat
near. Mr. Ledyard studied closely his
typewritten notes showing the conyer-
sation with Lamar as stenograp8er
nd eaken them down and written them
out Lamar said he knew Iedyard had
a stenographer taking down The con-
II heard the stenographer taking
notes" he testified.
But in spite of this, or because of II.
he went ahead pouring out TO Palmer
rh,T h. n adj
visinE that Lautherbach be employed
and offering Morgan & Co. "ehe whole
Government"
Before Lamar began. Congressman
/. Calder went on the stand denied that
he knew Martin NJ. Mulhall, and de-
mand q full investiGation of Mulhali' s
imputatiors relative TO himself: Lamar
was then called and described himself
as operating in stocks, giving his ad-
dress as 3s2 Riverside drive. New York.
He took up the charges of Judge Low
ett charging Edward Lauterbach was
eneSged in a scheme to blacknail the
Union Pacific and that certain members
OF Congress were partners to that"
He explained that because of these
charges he had asked permission Of
the committee to appear. He then en-
barked in a long and intricate story OF
anairs In the street in connection with
Union Pacific and Steel, leading up to
or having a bearing on the question
Morgan & Co. bringing out that Led
yard was the man in Morgan & Co.
who was chiefly opposed 10 Lauter-
bach, because he suspected Lauterbach
Of blackmajl. and representing THAI
Lauterbach had suffered greatly In loss
OF business because Of the fight finan.
cial interests had made on him.
Tribute To SD"
In the course of his story, he paid q
warm tribute to Ed Lauterbach." who.
he said. had big heart, was the friend
Of the poor and needy, and who couldn't
keep a dollar in his pocket because he
gave II to anyone who asked help.
Further. he declared that through a
most gigantic lobbying deal. the Union
Pacific had s.. .oOo, 600 added to its prop
erty by forgery and told the circum-
stances in detail. He told Of his close
relations with ]. P. Morgan, with
Keene, Russell Sage and other great
hnanciers as glibly as II he were telling
Of meeting his grocer or / neighbor
ne8t door.
he had not met Riordan for eight
years. he said. AMI used his name be-
cause IL came into his head As for
Palmer, he once saw him at the Bal
umore convention.
Paul d. Cravath went on the stand
after Lamar, made a statement in the
defense OF the Union Pacific and called
Lamar the most unconscionable Of
liars. Afterward Lewis Cass Ledyard
took the stand to give his version of
the phone conversations with Lamar.
There was a warm debate Of more
than an hour as to the course of pro-