Sumter County GaArchives News.....Lamar, Peter Obtained Money by Fraud - Statement from Col. Jack Brown .
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"The National Republican" .
Washington City, District of Columbia

Thursday, July 22, 1886

COL. JACK BROWN'S STATEMENT.

Washington (812 New Jersey avenue), July 21, 1886.-- Editor National 
Republican:  Referring to the article headed "Obtaining Money by Fraud", that 
appeared in the Republican this morning, I submit that, while the statement in 
question is substantially true, yet I deny, with emphasis, that this 
information was given by me to that or any other newspaper; and as my name has 
been connected with that of PETER LAMAR, I further submit that an explanation 
is necessary.  LAMAR, Judge Crisp, and I are from the same town, and the judge 
will corroborate me in the assertion  that up to eight or nine years ago (ca 
1877-1878), when the former left for California, no young man was in better 
standing, morally and intellectually, in Americus, Ga, than PETER LAMAR.  He 
was thoroughly educated, of an excellent family, and held, and had been 
admitted to practice law after undergoing a searching and rigid examination, 
and when I met him in Washington last April, after an absence of many years in 
foreign lands, I found in him a man in the full bloom of manhood, possessing a 
splendid physique, a fine address and cultivated mind, with his early training 
embellished by extensive travel.  Having never heard anything against his 
character for honesty and integrity, it was but natural that I should take him 
cordially by the hand and introduce him to my friends.  Alas!  My eyes were 
opened on last Saturday, when Mr. Bond was discharged from the asylum, as to 
Peter's demoralization since his departure from his native heath, eight years 
ago.  It seems that extensive travel has not only embellished his high native 
intellect and splendid natural physique, but sharpened his wits and corrupted 
his morals.

However, as the REPUBLICAN says, I met Peter about noon on yesterday by 
accident, when I told him that Bond had been discharged from the asylum, 
as "cured" and had told his story.  By the first train he left for parts 
unknown.

Through the public press, unassisted by me and without my procurement, the 
world knows the reasons and particulars of his flight.  Simply in vindication 
of Judge Crisp, myself, and others, who have introduced him to friend and 
commended him to the kind consideration of appointing powers, I have indicted 
this short note of explanation.  Respectfully, Jack Brown.     END 

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