The Washington times., 1913-07-04
.LAMAR'S LIFE TALE
READS LIKE ROMANCE
"Wolf of Wall Street" Hated,
Feared, and Held in Awe by
Men of Millions.
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he is an American and a Methodist.
He admits that he has operated In
Denver under the name Of Lewis. He
admits. too. that he has used fifty or
more other aliases in his manifold
dealings.
He talks of millions as a street
urchin would speak Of dimes
And why should he not, for he has
dealt in millions-in bold coups tnas
paratiye poverty the next Today he
is counted a very wealthy man
Here is the story OF his nfe-a story
of a career that reads like tale from
a fanciful romance.
He was born near New York city, and
started In the market game at the age
of eighteen years. Continuously since
then he has been the center of some
escapade that startled the Street
AS a youth he managed to gam tne
aged president of the Third Avenue
Railroad Company. He had droppe9
his real name, just as DR.. Jekyn dropped
his Identity. 1t vanished forever-or X
least Lamar thinks-forever.
Hart owned about 5000 600. Lamar
was lis confidential man. Hart became
the center of long litigation. ano
when the final accounting came, ms
IS 00o. 900 fortune had dwindled to ~
0oo,0oo. Who got the money? This Is
a secret that has never been soiVeo
David Lamar lived in Omaha as pae
vid II. Lewis for five years. but lert
there about 1892. He conducted nov
city advertising business. one OF ns
schemes was to furnish large blotter
to banks for use on their counters
fresh bIotter was delivered every day,
Lewis obtaining his pront from aa-
vertisements printed on the blotters.
The banks finally cancelled their con-
tracts, alleging it would be an easy
IT,
blotters to get copies OF signatures from
them. Thereupon Lewis brought an
action against several banks for breach
of contract In that action Judge
George A Day. Of Omaha, acted as his
attorney
In the pictures of David Lamar,
known as 1.-The Wolf of Wall Street,
Aaltntans have recognized the man who
promoted various schemes there in 1SS2.
When Lamar first went to Atlanta he
lived like a prince He secured large
amount of money from s. w. Hall,
prominent man. with which he proposed
TO start a society paper. Next Lamar
got 81, 500 from DR.. Joe Jacobs for an
advertising scheme. This failed, and
Lamar went to Mobile.
While in Mobile he was believed by
some to be New York capitalist:
Lamar was involved in an electric
1895, which resulted in his being charged
with bribery.
Lamar was denounced "a the city
council, and II is recalled that he left
his hotel between sunset and sunrise
while the police authorities were hunt
ing him.
Lamar represented a Northern syn
dicate, which owned one of the electric
lighting companies in Lynchburg, and
his alleged methods involved him with
councilmen. whose announcement caused
him to leave Lynchburg.
Morgan interested.
. Ten years after he left Omaha,
Lewis by that time known as Da-
vid Lamar. was In touch with affairs
In New York to such an extent that ].
p. Morgan & Co. telegraphed to Omaha
asking Judge Day to go to New York
and see If Mr.. Lamar. speculator and
stock operator, was the stationer and
advertising man known In Omaha as
Lewis" Judge Day went to New York
where he easily picked out Lewis"
York
Presently We find Lamar in the berth
OF gum shoe man" for the great finan-
cier, James R. Keene
The pair pooled interests, and made
& heavy cleanup in United States Lea
ther common
The late E. n. Hartman once declared
that Lamar, in 1901 offered to prevent
anu MS OuAI pun DTlnBlIR
adverse litigation against the Southern
Pacific railroad IL Hartman would form
an alliance with him Uamar). Harri-
man declared that he considered the
offer virtual holdup. so he declined
anG proceeded 10 smash the Keene pool
At the close of 1911, CONGRESSMAN
Martin w. Littieton charged that he
believed Lamar, desirous in behalf of
bear interests of prolonging the STAN
ley steel probe. had acted in close
touch with H. B. Martin, secretary of
the Antitrust League. This accusa-
ton recalled that in 1902, AspinwalI
Hodge, Bernard Smith. brother-in-law
of Lamar. and William II. Curtiss
tion and others to prevent retirement
of TIE preferred stock and the issuance
of So. 900 bonds instead. James H
Lancaster, posing as steel expert,
swore that the steel plant was not
worth more than 500, 900 000 Yet later
he admitted he was not a steel expert,
that he was only an auto shop man,
snd 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
however. he said. he signed a release
for $500.
It also developed at that time that
one Peter Power, who appeared as a
plaintiff in the suit to prevent the
Great Northern Northern Pacific
merger, had apparently been one of
Lamar's friends-"for value received"
In June 1910, Lamar denied that lac
had circulated a rumor that the Stan