New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-07
Taken from Waldorf TO
Cage-May Face Fraud
Charge day.
SAYS ARREST DEFIES
u. S. COURT APPEAL
}. p. Morgan & Co. and
Steel Co. Concerned i'm
Present Action.

'N''''' was 'i"ppth III lHt W dluO'l
Astoria by special agents of the De
partment of Justice early last evening.
and spent the night in steel cage in
the Greenwich st. station. To-day he
will appear in the United States court
to plead TO an indictment charging him
with impersonating officers of the
United States with intent TO cheat and
defraud the United States Steel Cor
poration and the firm Of j. p. Morgan
e. Co.
AT least the government expects that
he viii be called upon 10 plead After
he had recovered his nerve the
Wolf became extremely tame when
Special Agents Joseph A. Baker and
Charles J. Scully placed handouts on
his wrsts-he announced that he was
going "to make this man Marshall
sweat for "presuming 20 arrest me
while | am under the protection OF the
United States Court for the District Of
Columbia"
IL is his contention, ss explained by
Louis b. Williams. his counsel in New
York. and Lorris Meyers. whom friends
retained last night to try 10 secure
Lamar's release on bail, that so long as
he was under bail in the District Of
Columbia he had a perfect right TO 20
wherevcr he pleased
Lamar in City Three Weeks.
I've been here three weeks" said
Lamar TO reporters. "and I've been in
every hotel in New York That was
my privilege. ! saw the District At
torney al dinner in one Of the hotels
the other night. Last night ] saw a
tInch Of his assistants in another. II
they've wanted me so badly they have
been dead slow. that's all. But they
haven't any right TO hold me-. See II
they have"
Whether Lamar thought he was Sc
cure or not. the fact is that he was the
most surprised man in New York when
Baker and Scully tapped him on the
shoulder as he hastened through pea
cock Alley" at the Waldorf and told
him to come along. He started 70
pro.sst. bit wlted when told that.
whether he liked it or not. he was go
ing to be locked up. The special
agents hustled him to the Park Row
Building, the Offices Of the special
agents. and surprised Division Superin-
tendent Ofiey by introducing their
man.
Lamar had By this time recovered his
nerve. and demanded that he be given
an opportunity TO see counsel. Mr..
Williams was telephoned for, and q
representative Of his Office soon ar
rived He demanded to know by what
right Lamar was held The bench
warrant. issued in July year ago,
charging him with impersonating Rep
resentatives A. Mitchell Palmer and
Daniel J. Riordan, Speaker Champ
Clark and United States Senator Will
lam j. stone, was shown.
The lawyer contcnded that the arres.
was Illegal, as nsmar's case is now on
it's way to the Supreme Court Of the
United States. on his appeal from an
order OF United States Commissioner
i'm Washington ordering his removal TO
New York. The argument did not pre-
vail. and Lamar vas taken 10 the
Greenwich st. station, while the law
yer and other friends who had hast
cned TO the rescue went IN search Of
bail.
"WoIf" Fails TO Get Bail.
At the station Lamar gave his age as
Gftv.6ye. his occupation as IAN op-
erator in Wall Street" and Lanesboro,
Mass. as his place of birth. lie saw
more friends. ana until late IN the
rioht was hopeful Of getting bail.
Ills friends. however. had difficulty
In obtaining anybody who could quail
;fv and. as il grew late decided it was
;nnossible TO secure the signature o.
a federal Judge TO bal! bond.
Ian,ar's indictment followed the
declaration more than year ago by
president Wilson that secret lobby
vros at work undermining the efforts
of the administration. In the inquiry
.bo. followed Judge Lovett. chairman
or The Union Pacific, charged that an
attemnt had been made 10 blackmail
the company in the name OF certain
,nonbers of Congress. Subsequently.
hcfore tho Senate Lobby Committee, he
named Lamar as one OF the men.
ia+cr Lamar admitted that he had
.oIanboned 10 Lewis Cass Ledyard and
otbers impersonating members OF
Corrress. and advising them that ny
on,nIov;nr Edward Lsuterbach the firm
- Noroan & Co. and The steel Cor
,orot;on could end investigations and
i.,;oatiop that would prove annoying
arG cvpensive. He did this. ne SAID
80 nth anv idea OF causing Morgan
e. 20 10 lose money. but 20 get his old
Sriend Lauterbach back into the good
craces OF big business.
IN fhis and other evidence Lamar
,,.os indicted. and ARE e,ted IN WASH
incton. lie gave a bond OF S3,OOo 20
onnear here. but later surrendered
himself and sued out writ OF hsDeas
cornus. attacking the validity OF ms
;nd;ctment. The lower court decided
acains. him and he appealed. This ap-
peal Is now pending.
S;p.o he was indicted and arrested
In Washington. Lamar has ngnred IN
an attempt - secure an inYestgali alioh
~ mo United States steel Corporation
or8 also OF the Affairs Of the Union
and Southern Pacific railroads, enarg-
.,,- ., tba. The steel Corporation IN SIX
,.osrs ,ms had illegally obtained rebates of
$-S ooo 600. and that Ss2.000,OOO OF the
ssoets of the railroads had disappeared
over night. Both cases were dropped.