San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-14
Immediately Clad, Suaye
Financier, Arrested in
Mexico, Leaves San An
tonic Sunday to Enter
New Jersey JaiI-Fled
and Forfeited $4,000
Bail.

Closely guarded in the United States
marshars office, David Lamar. known
as the 'Wolf of Wall street. spent
the day. Saturday. in transacting mys-
terious personal business known only
to deputies guarding him and which
! they can not reveal. 1t was rumOrcd,
however, that the former fugitive in
Mexico, endeavored to establish long
distance telephone connections with
, William j. Burns, director of tie bu-
reau of investigation of the department
of justice at Washington, and with
parties in New York.
Clean shaver, Immediately clad,
and with an unusual air of assurance,
the erstwhie Wolf of Wall street"
courteously but firmly declined TO dis
cuss either the past, present or fu-
ture. Neither would he discuss mat
tiers foreign TO his case.
IF you will look back over my
record, gentlemen, you will find that
/ have never given ali interview. /
prefer not to discuss anything"
Tickets were purchased and draw
Ing room engaged on the Texas
Special to leave San Antonio at S:1J
o'clock Sunday morning for the North.
Lamar will be taken to New York by
Deputy United States Marshal Guy
Walker and Chief of Police A. U.
Van Ripper.
In Mexico Nine Months.
Since commitment papers have not
g..
the Hudson county Jail of New Jer-
sey to which be was sentenced for
twelve months following his convic-
ton on an Indictment charging vi0-
lation of the Sherman antitrust act.
he is being taken to New York under
a removal order issuel by the federal
court at FL Paso.
The case on which Lamar is I'M
der sentence dated bacl: to days before
the United States ENTERED into the
war with Germany. An indictment was
returned against Lamar and six prom
inent men, one of whom was Ger
man consul, charging ther. with con-
spring to prevent the shipment of
munitions to the Allie. Three of the
seven were convicted.
While the case was under appeal,
to the Supreme Court of the United
States, Lamar. who was under a S25,-
900 bond, escaped into Mexico. The
bond has since been forfeited and col
lected. Lamar has been in Mexico for
the last nine months, according to a
statement he made in an unguarded
moment.
Expelled by Oregon.
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have engaged in financial transae-
tons of great magnitude. Meanwhile
Director William J. Burns of the bu-
reau of investigation If the Depart
ment of Justice was directing n search
into many countries for Lamar. Two
agents, X. j.. Baca and II. J.
.Jentzer. sent into Mexico found him.
When certain information was laid
before President Oregon. the Next
can executive issued an order for
Lamar's deportation. Under article
80 of the Mexican constitution. the
deportation of any foreigner guilty of
acts prejudicial to the interests of
the government.
While Lamar was being taken from
I Mexico City TO the border. he was
removed from train at Torrcon b.
authority of writ of ampara. a le-
. gal preceding having somewhat the
nature of both habeas corpus writ
and an injunction.
Following the receipt of information
here that Lamar had been taken off
the train at Torreon. Gus T. jones,
agent in charge of the bureau of in
vestigation of San Antoniu. went into
Mexico accomDaripd by T.. r. Need.
ham. agent stationed at Laredo. The
hearing on the writ of ampara which
had been set for October IL, was
moved I'M TO October S.
At the Torreon hearing. Lamar al.
legged that instead of his being deported
by presidential order based on the
! "perniciOus foreigner" article Of the
/ Mexican constitution. that he was IN
reality being extraditcd. The offcnss
with which he was charged in the