Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-08
BRITISH SODOMITES.
THE ECLEvELAND-STR SCANDAL
FULLY EXPOSED.
One of the Boy Inmates of Hammond's
Notorious House Makes Sworn State
ment-The Names of the Frequenters.

ianu-StreeG mouse, London, and who
escaped with Hammond to this country
today made a statement concerning the
notorious place, and swore to its truth
before James A. Hillyer, notary public,
in the presence of several witnesses.
Hammond is under sentence of two
years in the penitentiary for grand lar
ceny, and the boy, vino has heretofore
been afraid to tell the story because OF
Hammond's threats of personal vio-
lence, now tells it voluntarily. Young
Ames was secretary for Hammond, and
says he wrote many letters last year to
English noblemen, demanding hush
money. His sworn statement in part is
as follows 4 a
In June, 1888, Thomas Conway, boy
10 years Of age, told me Of the existence
OF the house kept by Hammond, on
Cleveland street, London, and induced
me to go there with him. AS the life
was an easy one and money wes plenty.
| remained there until June. 1889, at
which time the discovery of the nature
OF the house compelled Hammond and
myself to leave London. The house, I
was told by Hammond, had been run
ming between three and four years, and
during the year | was there about
twenty men visited the house reg
ularly. Many of these were intro
duced into the house under false names,
and the names Of some were never
known, either to Hammond or myself.
Seven OF the men became personally
acquainted with, and their names were
The Earl of Euston, Lord Arthur Som
erset, Robert Jervoice, the queens
officer, O. X. Mitland, Percy Stafford,
the capitalist; Hugh Waglin, banker,
and Captain Barley. of the army.
All the visitors to the house were
from the highest class, and they were
always liberal with their money. Then
the expose occurred which caused the
house to shut down. Hammond took
me with him and went to Calais and
from there went to Paris. In Paris we
stayed three weeks with Mrs. Ham
mond's sister, and then we went to
Langley, France. At Langley, HAM
mond was met by Arthur Newton, a
lawyer acting in the interests of the
visitors to the Cleveland street house,
and he wanted US to go to America at
once.
On the following day two English de-
tectives went to the French officers and
had Hammond expelled from the coun-
try. They told him to leave by noon
time. In July, 1889, we left France and
went to Belfast, and then to Halanzy,
where we stayed three weeks. While in
Halanzy, Newton. the lawyer, sent word
to Hammond to 60 to Antwerp. where
he would meet him and arrange matters.
We met Newton at Brussels. and in a
room in one Of the hotels there Newton
asked Hammond what he would take
to go to America. / was in the
room at the time and Hammond
told him that he would have to
have $4,000 to start with. The matter
was finally compromised between them
for G800. We sailed under fictitious
names on the steamer Pennland for New
York, and when we arrived there q man
named Harris. who had been sent by
Newton to see that we arrived all right,
paid $4,000 over to Hammond.
Hammond cannot write, and since he
has been here I have done that work for
him. have written letters for him de-
manding money from the Earl OF Euston
and Lord Somerset and Robert
Jervoice' since ( we have been
here, and within the past
month wrote and registered letter to,
Jervoice demanding 91OO for Ham
mond, who stated that he was in trouble.
Whether or not Hammond ever received
any return | cannot positively state.
While Hammond was running the Hay
market saloon once asked him for
money. He was very pleasant, and Of
fered me some whisky to drink; but I
did not touch it, as there was sub
stance in the bottom which looked like
poison.