The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-10
LAMAR AIDED U.S.,
HIS FRIENDS ASSERT
Didn't He Get Rintelcn Out Of
Country? Besides, What
Law Was Broken?
LAUGH AT PROSECUTION

David Lamar bobbed up in Wall
Street yesterday. smiling and serene.
His dark Eyes sparkled as no left the
office Of his attorney. Carl +. Whitney
Of II william street There was about
him the air Of utmost satisfaction with
himself. and one who has known Lamar
a long timo remarked that he seemed
to be purring with content like = cat
who has just devoured a mouse.
The reason was clear. When he was
asked about the charges Of United States
District Attorney Marshall that Lamar
had received almost $500. 900 from Frank
Rintelen to use In preventing the ship
strikes and the like. Mr.. Lamar re-
marked II have nothing to say"
But Lamar's friends gave Lamars
real answer Suppose he did get $780,
900 from Rintelen. and suppose he did
help In fomenting a revolution In Mex
leo. tell me under what statute can dear
Uncle Sam prosecute HIM? they asked.
In other words. Lamar thinks he can
laugh at the Federal Government and
also at Capt. Rintelen. who was no easy
as to entrust money to him. Friends
Of the Wolf Of Wall Street contend h
the only legal action may be q civil
action on the part OF Rintelen. and
Rintelen In safely tucked away In q
prison In England, where he will stay
until the end Of the war. n he Is not shot
or hanged as a spy.
A. ArGsed by Friends.
Three hypothetical questions were
framed by Lamar's friends. There was
no admission on the part Of Lamar or
his associates that 1.-THE Wolf" has done
anything such as Mr.. Marshall charges
against him. Here is the first hypothe-
sis:
Assuming that Mr. Lamar and his as
s~ociates did take Herr Rintelen's money.
what Federal statute have they violated.
That question was put forward for Mr..
Marshall to answer. Awaiting the prose-
cutor's reply, Lamar's friends make the
further s%upposition that Lamar was In
PRODUCED to Rintelen and the latter said 4:
81 want to start strikes in munition fac
tories and ! want to prevent the ship
ment Of munitions to the Allies. want
also to stir III a revolution In Mexico.
and | am willing to spend a large amount
Of money"
They suppos further that Lamar said
he was. Just the man TO do u a thing
and took hundreds of thousands OF dol
lars from Mr.. Rintelen that he just put
the money in his pockets and did nothing.
thus doing the United States "a great
favor, for by that action he diverted a
large amoun of money from a sinister
purpose and he saved certain industries
in the country from trouble.
Furthermore. II after Lamar got
Rintelen's money he hurried him from
the country. did he not do the United
States another favor. they ask. II
Rintelen paid the money and got no ac-
ton, he may reasonably demand Its re.
turn. but the only way he could possibly
get it would be by a civil action.
At = Loss for Law.
The second Hypothetical question
framed by Mr.. Lamar's friends is:
Assuming that Lamar n his friends
did foment strikes In munition factories,
what Federal statute have they violated.
The third question Is this:
D - they did plan b start a revO-
luton in Mexico, which was not An at
tack on the United States, but which
was to attack another party in Mexico
that might cause intervention by the
| United states. then what Federal statute
have they violated?
In other words, Lamar and his asso-
ciates think that the persons alleged to
have been Interested in the pro-German
activities are immune under the Fed
eral laws. Mr.. Marshall. who has been
in Washington for two days, Is expected
al his office this morning. He may
answer the questions himself. II Is be-