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Note: 1900 Census - 789 GM Americus, Sumter Co., GA; Vol. 63 ED 65, Sheet 8A, #219A
HH as of June 1, 1900 - Enumerated June 6, 1900
Brown St - #110-147-159
Chas. W. Lamar, head, W M Feb 1852, 48, m 20 yrs, GA GA GA, cotton buyer
Josie E., wife W F, Feb 1861, 39, m 20 yrs, 5/7 children, GA GA GA
Marie, dau, W F Sept 1883, 16, S, GA GA GA, at school
Nichols, son, W M, Apr 1885, 15, S, GA GA GA, at school
Frank, son, W M, Apr 1887, 13, S, GA GA GA, at school
Ruth, dau, W F, Apr 1891, 9, GA GA GA, at school
Chas. W., Jr, W M March 1896, 4, GA GA GA
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1910 Census - Militia District 789 Americus City, Sumter Co., GA; ED 110; sheet 9B
HH as of Apr 15, 1910 - Enumerated April 19, 1910
Brown St - #110-153-175
Charles W. Lamar, ,headm M W 53, m 1x for 29 yrs, GA US GA, buyer - cotton
Josehine E., wife, F W 48, m 1x for 29 yrs, 5/6 children, GA GA AL
Nichols, son, M W, 23, S, GA GA GA machinist - railroad
Frank W., son M W 21, S, GA GA GA, travelling sales man - cigars
Ruth C., dau, F W 19, S, GA GA GA
Charles W., son, M W 14, GA GA GA
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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Nick Lamar
Age: 29
Birth Date: Apr 29, 1888
POB: Americus, Ga, US
Occupation: Bar tender
Where employed: In Jail charged with Burglary
Dependents: No
Nearest Relative: single
Race: Caucasian (White)
Prev Mil Svc: not any
Height/Build: tall / slender
Color of Eyes/Hair: brown / black
Signature: Nick Lamar
Reg: June 5, 1917 at 2 Dist, Opelika, Alabama (Lee Co.)
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World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Nichol Ethridge Lamar
Res: Cos Grant & Mark Sts, Brunswick, Glynn Co., Ga - mail at Gen Del
Age: 33
Birth Date: 29 Apr 1885
Race: White
Roll: 1557068
DraftBoard: 0
Age: 33
Occupation: ship builder - U. S. Maritime Corp - Brunswick, Glynn Co., Ga
Nearest Relative: Mrs George H. Lanier - West Point, GA (note: his sister, Marie [Lamar] Lanier)
Height/Build: tall / medium
Color of Eyes/Hair: brown / brown
Signature: Nichols Ethridge Lamar
Reg: Sept 12, 1918 at Brunswick, Glynn Co., Georgia
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U.S., Lists of Men Ordered to Report to Local Board for Military Duty, 1917-1918
Name: Nick Lamar
Gender: Male
Entrainment Date: 5 Oct 1918
Military Camp: Camp Gordon
Residence Year: Abt 1918
Local Board: Lee, Alabama
Box Number: 07
Call No: Deserter
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1920 Census - Lansing Town, Delaware Township, Leavenworth Co., KS; ED 90; pg. 6B
HH as of January 1, 1920 - Enumerated January 10, 1920
Kansas State Penitentiary
Nick Lamar, inmate, M W 33, S, GA GA GA, laundry, puser
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http://www.okolha.net/al_spencer_pg4.htm
Numerous other officers and civilians joined the Henderson posse to scour the area and late in the afternoon, about two miles from where the car was abandoned, a member of the Anti-Automobile Theft Association found a man lying on the ground behind a fallen log. Plainly exhausted, he offered no resistance although armed with a rifle and a .38 revolver, and a belt of cartridges round his waist. He turned out to have a number of buckshot wounds on his back and elsewhere, a partly due to a scar on his neck was quickly identified as Nick Lamar.
A couple of weeks later, Friday, May 4, officers at Amarillo, Tex., stopped a Nash car and arrested the occupants, who transpired to be the much-wanted Big Boy Berry, a convicted Texas horse-thief named Carl Priss, and Al Spencer's girl friend, Goldie Bates. The car was found to have been hijacked from a man in Ochelata, Okla., the evening before the Pawhuska raid.
The trio were returned to Oklahoma where Priss and the girl were freed soon after, no evidence being found to connect them with any current crimes. There was some debate as to what to do with Lamar and Berry. Both were suspected in Oklahoma bank robberies, where the penalty for bank robbry was five to fifty years. In Arkansas, the maximum penalty was twenty-one years, but what tipped the balance was that, presumably, to avoid charges in the Pawhuska affair, the pair confessed to the Gentry robbery and were duly handed over to Arkansas
In the Benton County circuit court at Bentonville on June 2, 1923, they were convicted and consigned to the State Penitentiary; Berry for 7-10 years, Lamar for 15-20 years.
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"Daily Journal-World"
Lawrence, Kansas
Thursday, March 21, 1935
pg. 4
Kansas News Briefs
ElDorado, Kan., March 21 (AP) -- Trial of Ira Clark, ex-Oklahoma convict, charged with robbery of the Benton, Kan., State bank March 12, 1933, opened here yesterday.
Clark is alleged to have stolen $5,000 and a safe valued at $300. The safe later was found on the Ora Brackett farm near Mannford, Okla., along with several other stolen safes.
Alvin Purdy and Nick Lamar, also charged with Clark in the Benton robbery, are serving sentences for other robberies in the state penitentiary.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19350321&id=7-xFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Cb4MAAAAIBAJ&pg=2887,361804
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Subj: Re: directions to Sumter Co. Cemetery
Date: 6/15/03 4:56:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From: alanande@@bellsouth.net
To: VCJFreeman@@aol.com
Hi Valerie,
Incidentally, the Lamar family is listed in the 1891 city directory and included Marie, her sister Ruth, and two brothers Nicholas and Frank. Nick Lamar was involved in a murder case in 1910 when he killed Eugene Gunn at a cardgame in the Barlow Block uptown (108-110-112 Jackson St). We have the local papers on microfilm at the library and you can read about the whole thing. It was quite a sensation.
You can reach me at 206 Barlow St., phone 229-924-1921 (it's unlisted so don't lose this).
I look forward to meeting you both in person.
Alan Anderson, archivist
Sumter Historic Trust, Inc.
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"The Constitution"
Atlanta, Georgia
Monday, September 28, 1908
Policeman Cloud Will Recover
Americus, Ga. September 27 (Special) - Policeman William Cloud who was dangerously shot while on duty a few nights since by Nick Lamar a white man whom the officer had reprimanded for boisterous conduct on the streets, will recover.
Lamar is still in jail. Bond has been assessed at $1000 and this will be furnished shortly.
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From: lamardetective@@yahoo.com
To: VCJFreeman@@aol.com
Sent: 1/6/2014 3:39:33 P.M. Pacific Standard Time
Subj: E # 1-------Fw: Kansas State Penitentiary Inmate Nick Lamar 1920
On Saturday, January 4, 2014 1:19 PM, Thomas Lamar Farnum <lamardetective@@yahoo.com> wrote:
To Whom It May Concern,
On Dec 31, 2013, I wrote an email to this web address entitled: Leavenworth Inmate: Nick Lamar.
After doing more research I have discovered that I was mistaken in what I had said in the email. After looking at the 1920 Federal Census again, I found that it was actually for Kansas State Penitentiary, now Lansing. I assumed it was Leavenworth, but I was wrong.
So now I am curious if there are records for Kansas State Penitentiary available? The subject of my request is of course, Nick Lamar, an inmate from Georgia at Kansas State Penitentiary in 1920, according to the Census for that year. Having looked through historic newspapers I think I made the discovery that he may have escaped from this facility in about 1922. It appears that he led a notorious life, and after escaping, ran with "The Spencer Gang" who created much havoc in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas in the 1920's. It seems that Nick Lamar was caught in about 1923 and possibly sent back to this facility. Then, perhaps in about 1933, it seems that he was caught again in crime and possibly returned there. Anyway, the real thing I am trying to find out is if he died in the prison systems, and am trying to find a death date, and place. I am also wondering if there could be information in the Freedom Of Information Act that I could obtain. Any information would be helpful.
Thank you,
Thomas Lamar Farnum, Jr.
20350 Hole In One Drive
SPC 63
Redding, CA 96002
Phone (530) 378-1085
email: lamardetective@@yahoo.com
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From: lamardetective@@yahoo.com
To: VCJFreeman@@aol.com
Sent: 1/6/2014 3:41:00 P.M. Pacific Standard Time
Subj: E # 2-----Fw: Nick Lamar
On Monday, January 6, 2014 3:12 PM, Thomas Lamar Farnum <lamardetective@@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dear Stephen,
Thank you so much for this information. The website you suggested is a very nice site, and I did find the prison record for Nick Lamar on there.
Hope you have a wonderful New Year!
Thomas Lamar Farnum, Jr.
On Monday, January 6, 2014 2:14 PM, Stephen Spence <stephen.spence@@nara.gov> wrote:
Dear Thomas,
I've received both of the e-mails you sent. Thank you for your inquiry.
I did do a search for Nick Lamar in the Leavenworth federal facility before you sent the second one. Obviously that search came up empty but the good news is the Kansas State penitentiary records are still intact and available.
They are at the Kansas State Historical Society. You can find their contact information at KSHS.org.
In terms of locating death records independent of his prison file, birth and death records are the domain of the state.
If you think he died in Kansas the staff at the state historical society can help you with that as well.
If he died in a different state, just contact the state archives for the appropriate state.
Please let me know you if have any questions.
Sincerely,
Stephen Spence
Archives Specialist
National Archives at Kansas City
stephen.spence@@nara.gov
816-268-8016
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From: lamardetective@@yahoo.com
To: VCJFreeman@@aol.com
Sent: 1/6/2014 3:41:58 P.M. Pacific Standard Time
Subj: E # 3--Nick
Nick is on page 3 of this:
http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/individuals/graphics/prisoners_l.pdf
From this website:
http://www.kshs.org/p/archival-records-for-genealogical-research/10940
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From: lamardetective@@yahoo.com
To: VCJFreeman@@aol.com
Sent: 1/6/2014 3:43:15 P.M. Pacific Standard Time
Subj: E # 4--Nick
Got crime? Why should I be having all the fun?
First link is in 7 parts (pages). Nick is mentioned throughout:
http://www.okolha.net/al_spencer_pg1.htm
Following link is a different version of same story, but has more tidbits. It is 3 pages.
http://oklahombres.org/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/2876036794/m/3856014035/p/1
Now I'm looking into the Arkansas aspect of his capers. In early Jun 1923 he and Jess D Paul aka Big Boy Berry, pled guilty at the Benton County Circuit Court, Arkansas, for one of the bank robberies. Still exploring! T-------
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