The evening world., 1913-07-05
CAREER OF Lamar,
wall ST. WOLF"
FULL Of VARIETY
1t Includes a Change of Name
and Covers a Wide Range of
Cities and Diversions"

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David Lamar. who told the Senate
lobby Investigating committee that he
had impsrsonated c,nressmen rior-
dan and Palmer in telephone commun..
cations promising Congressional infiu-
| encs to leading hnanciers. said that he
had perpetrated the same sort Of tele.
phonio deceit times without number. /"
and posed generally A. the fairy god.
mother Of Wall street and the protect.
Ing angel OF his good friend "Latti.
Eddie Lauterbach. has a most divert
ing and varied history sven 20 far a. Il
10 known.
The established record Of his career
during the time he has been living un-
der the name Of Lamar and, sparsely.
when he possessed the name Of David
II. Lewis and was . stationer In Omaha,
carries through criminal and OWL
courts: places him behind the ticker
In bear raids in Wall street; touches
fist nshts In corridor and on the paw.
ment Of Exchange Place. ana contains
. hint At divorce and the name Of an
actress.
Lamar admitted that he had not al.
ways used the name under which he
now passes. He was coy on the stand
when asked to give list of his various
aliases. So far ~ the records Of his
manifold activities carry. he was first
David H. Lewis. back In Omaha, In
1850. Then he d!d q small business a. q
stationer. with Q side line Of business
advertising blotters. When q furni-
ture company Instituted q suit Of re-
paevin asainSt him to recover ONCE M.
lures he had not paid for. Lamar In.
uuced Edward Haymaksr. Of Omaha,
TO 30 on his bond and then left town.
The bondsman had TO settle.
Reports Of his presence In Denver.
Kansas City. st. Paul and Excelsior
Springs. NO.. filtered back to Omaha.
but Lewis never returned in person.
HART's FORTUNE DWiNpLEp
AND LAMAR JOINED kEENE.
Just when he came to New York u
not clear. His first appearance en- the
financial horizon here was when he
began one Of his now famous ''friend-
ships" With Henry Hart. the aged
president Of the Third Avenue Railroad
Company. Hart possessed about $780,
900 when Lamar (that was his name
them became Hart's confidential secre-
tary. After the long litigation concern
Ing the Third Avenue property the aged
president had about 100000 ieft. Then
Lamar became what the late r. II. Har-
r'man characterized a. ''sumshoe man
for Jim Ksene." end what Morgan
called the wolf In Wall Street."
Lamar's lengthy statement on the
stand Wednesday about his association
with the late Russell Sage and how ne
advised Uncle Russell" In 1897 In the
matter Of the Union Pacinc receiver
ship Ii all news to Wall street "Uncls
RUSSELL" never advertised that he took
advice from any man.
Meanwhile prosperity seemed to have
settled upon the shoulders Of the erst-
while solicitor for blotter advertise.
ments. He paid $4,000 for . handsome
residence at No. 6lS Fifth avenue in
April OF 1905 He bought several fast
trotting horses. one OF which no named
Nathan Sraus. and he used to out.
distance everything on the Speedway.
He also contributed largely to certain
charitiesL
II was during the time that Lamar
was "gum.shoe man for Jim Keens"
that his name nrst came prominently to
the fore In connection with an attempt
made to murder James McNahon. who
was Lamars coachman at his country
homo On Rumson road. near Red Bank.
N. J. McMahon had been impudsnt to
Mrs. Lamar.
HIRED MONK EAoTMAN AND
SOME OF HIS "oANG."
She complained to her husband. and
Lamar undertook to thrash the coach
man. With fha rasult that ha 1ox