Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-03
An ImpersonatOr
 Of Congressmen
DAVID LAMAR" ADMITS THAT HE
 IS THE MAN.
TO HELP LAUTERBACH
Admits That Lamar" is Not His Real
 Name and Refuses to Disclose It- Enjoys Excitement He Has Caused.

Washington, July PA story of mis- representation, impersonation of public men and organized efforts to influence Wall street fnanciers, probably without parallel in the history or congressional investigation, was unfolded today be- fore the sena te~1obby committed
 A prosperous looking, self possessed individual calling himself David Lamar of New York, self described as an "op- orator in stocks" and admittedly the bearer of several assumed names, was the principal in the remarkable session. With entire abandon, arousing the committee to laughter at times by his naive admissions, he told of his imper- sonations, his participation in attempts to influence Wall street operations, and his association with Edward Lauter- bach, a New York lawyer, in efforts to have Lauterbach retained by the Nor gan firm, the Union Pacific and other great interests to head off congression- al activity in Washington.
 Assumed Various Names.
 He teIephoned to financial men and lawyers in the names of Representative Palmer and Representative Riodan He assumed the gujse of Chairman Mo- Combs of the national democratic com- mittee to telephone to Chairman Hilles of the rqepublican national committed
 Lewis Cass Ledyard of New York, counsel for the Morgan firm, was one of his attempted victims MT. Ledyard came to the witness stand today armed with a verbatim account of all the con- VersationS held with Lamar, who had represented himself as Congressman Palmer.
 As he read the record of the conver- sations, in themselves unusual in their T Ter, ! and nodded. saying That's right" and skipping his leg with apparent enjoy ment.
 To Aid His Friend, Lauterbaoh.
 The purpose of his impersonations, Lamar contended, was to secure rein statement for his friend, Edward Lau- terbach, in the good graees of the Nor gan firm.
 Members of the committee tonight demanded that Lamar remain in Wash fngton for reappearanGe tomorrow. Ed ward Lauterbach, wha recently testi- fled before the committee, was recalled from New York by telegraph tonight, and Henry B. Martin, s local man who has figured as head of the Anti Trust league" was also Subpoenaed to ap- pear.
 Lamar declared he prepared the res- olution for the Stanley Investigation Of the steel trust; that it was given to Martin who gave it to Congressman introduced in the house of representa- tives by MT. Stanley with but a few technical changes from it's original form.
 No Attempt to Exiort Money.
 Lamar denied that there had been any attempt at extorting money from any of the New York financial men The story evolved during the day mainly through the Ledyard testimony indicated that the latter had been to various members of the Morgan firm to tell them of the Steel trust' fnves- tigation resolution which Lamar had prepared, but that none of the Morgan firm members would pay any attention to the matter or make any effort to stop it.
 Lamar paved the way for Lauterbach to call upon Ledyard, according to the testimony given by Ledyard and cor roborated by Lamar. In an interview February 8, 1913, between Ledyard and I-auterbach, the latter declared he came direct from Senator Stone, who represented Speaker Clark, and that he had a proposal to make to the Morgan interests for the heading off of con- gressional activity against the steel corporation.
 Senator Stones Vehement Denial.
 Senator Stone took the stand before Ledyard had finished and denounced the whole thing as a malicious fabri cation and common lie" Members of the senate commiteee agreed in the belief that it was a fabrication, ana Lamar clinched the matter by breaking in and admitting there was no truth In the allegations. He admitted that he had prepared the outline of the con t tod fN \ steel corporation attorney, but he could give no explanation of his purpose ex- cept that the whole thing was a farce.
 The story of how Ledyard had kept Lamar on the telephone time after time until he could locate the real Con gressman Palmer in Washington; how he had once succeeeded in getting Pal mer over the long distance telepehona when the bogus Painter" was on an- other telephone and how he had final ly traced the inpersenatOr to a tele- phone in Lamar's apartment on Rive= side drive, held the committee and spectators almost dl:mfounded for more than an hour.
 Called Lamar "a Liar"
 Paul D. Cravath one of the attor- neys for the Union Pacific, and Maxwell Evarts, counsel for the Southern Pa cif1c, testified briefly as to their experi- enceS With the IeIepnO1e IInpeTSOndlGI. During his testimony early in the day Lamar interjected an attack upon the Union Pacific, claiming there had been Justification in the books of the com pany in 1909 by which nearly $S0,00O had disappeared from It's surplus.
 MT. Cravath immediately denied this tern1ing Lamar liar" a character ization which the committee insisted should be withdrawn. Cravath declar- ed the attack had been expected for several days as part of a bear raid to depress the value of the stock for speculative purposes.
 Declined to Give Real Name.
 While Lamar was on the stand Chair man Ovcrman aEdeavored to make him give his real name. but the witness re- fused. He admitted under Overman's questioning that he had been in Den yer under the name of David H. Lewis but denied he had used the name of Simon Wolfe. He said Lamar was not his name, but declined to give the