Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-13
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PITIFUL FIGURE
BEFORE INQUIRY
Former Republican Leader QuaiIs
as He Tells Investigators Of Re-
Iations With Wall St. Wolf.
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man of talent who rose from poverty
10 high place, only 10 lose his place
and his fortune In the hog mire Of
finance and politics.
Associate of Lamar.
Lauterbach to-day presents the
miserable spectacle Of being ar
raigned as the working partner Of
David Lamar. a party to his schemes
and the benefactor OF the evil genius
Of the subtle Wolf" whose swapping
was directed at all men-cNccpt Lau-
terbach. And verify the friendship Of
the Wolf was more blightiug than
his enmity.
Out Of the haze OF obscurity came
LauterbaCh. His father was Scion
Lauterbach; his mother Nina. He was
born August r. 1874, in New York,
He went to the public schools then To
the College Of the City Of New York,
whence he was graduated in 1854. lie
was admitted 10 the bar IN 1856 and
was first employed with the firm Of
Townsend Dyett g. Morrison. lie
progressed until I'm 1877 he became a
member Of the firm of Hoadley, Bau-
terbach &, Johnson. Many important
law cases came his way. He grew
rich.
He was a director I'm many corpora
tons At one time ne was president
Of the Alabama Great Southern Rail-
way, one Of the chief links in the
Southern System. In the Emigrant
Aid Society. the Society for Ethical
Culture. the Home for Aged and In
firm, the Hebrew Benevolent and or
r.h A 10 hF04F
Institute and many other organiZa-
tiOns he was worker and officer
Was Mckinley Partisan.
LauterbaCh was one OF the States
Big Four at the national convention
that named Mckinley at St. Louis.
He was chairman Of the Republican
County Committee, and in 1898 was a
candidate for the United States SEN
ate TO succeed Senator Murphy.
He became the right-hand man OF
Boss Plat. only to be sidetracked
when he fought his chief and Lemuel
Ely Quigg was given the Lauterbacn
scepter. In all Of the political events
Of his party and his time he had
part and a voice. He Championed the
cause OF the Jews at all times, sought
to relieve their oppression at home
and abroad and in many ways earned
the gratitude Of many people who viii
never forget his Soodly acts In the
mass OF condemnation he has brought
upon himself
His Sons Death.
The decline set in during the year
1908 when Lauterbach's son, Alfred.
was killed in an automobile accident
while crossing a bridge I'm Westches-
ter Lauterbach had married, I'm his
days Of poverty. Amanda Friedman,
who had saved "a dot from the admin
istratiou of her fathers household ex-
penses. She was a woman of grace
In the days when she came To his
home. To them were born four chill
dren: Mrs Edith McDavitt, Mrs Flor
ence Hirschhe1d. Miss Alice Lauter-
bach and Alfred LauterbaCh
Shortly after the death OF the son
/ friends Of the family heard that Lau-
terbach and his wife had separated
and that the home at 76i Fifth
Avenue no longer contained the pair
II soon developed that the family
split upon the question Of suing the
New Haven Road for killing the son.
Upon the details OF the suit the hus-
band and wife Quarreled and she
finally filed suit for divorce, charg-
ing him with intimacy with women
Of questionable character. with cru
city and with failure to provide.
mt feAE ~ 'NAtaiA l AAlf Af p IIlilflk OF
the end to the LauterbaCh career.
Likewise 1t injected into the story the
name Of a woman who occupied high
position and who was esteemed to
possess millions.
What Wife Told.
The divorce was granted in 1911
and the court ordered the papers
sealed. But the wife made public
enough charges to make talk and TO
throw a new and strange light upon
the career OF the man she sued. She
charged that she took him as an uu,
couth young man 10 whom her family
objected. that she loaned him the
money she had saved from her faith
er's household. that she taught him
the ways of polite society.
year after the divorce Lauter-
bach Indignantly denied that he had
sustained friendly relations with Mrs
Philip Van Nalkenhurg. widely known
as the $4,000 600 widow" Mrs. Van
Valkenburg, who lived ut the ST
Regis, was being sued for a picture
that Samuel J. Wolf. an artist. had
painted. Lauterbach was witness.
and Alexander Strouse, counsel for
the artist. asked Lauterbacb to ex-
plain his relations with Mrs Philip
Van Nalkenburg.
Society papers toasted the lawyer
for his defense, In heated fashion. of
B the woman of fashion and means.
Later II was stated that Philip Van