Arizona republican., 1891-01-09
THE BOY CONFESSES Expose of the Cleveland
 Street Scandal. Hammond's Assistant De- sribes the Resort. ; Tells of the Escape to Europe and Subsequent Flight to
 This Country.

SEATTLE, January S.-Herbert John Ames, aged 10, who was inmate of Charles K. Hammond's notorious Cleve- land street house in London and who escaped with Hammond to this country, today made statement concerning the notorious place and swore to it's truth before James A. Hallyer, notary, in the presence of several witnesses.
 Hammond is under sentence of two years in the penitentiary for grand lar eeny, and the boy, who has been here toiore 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 statement in part is as fol- lows:
 ''In June, 1888, Thomas Conway, a boy 19 years of age, told me of this house kept by Hammond, on Cleveland street, London, and induced me to go there with him. As life was an easy one and money was plenty, l 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 had been running between three and four years and during the year was there about twenty men visited the house regularly. Many of these were in- troduoed into the house under false name and the names of some were never known, neither to Hamond or myself. Seven of the men became personally acquainted with and their names were the. Earl of Euston, Lord Arthur Somer- set, Robert Gervois, A. R. Maitland, Percy Stafford, Captain List Hugh Waglin, banker, and Captain Barber, of the army.
 "A All visitors to the house were from the higher classes and they were always liberal with their money. Then the ex- pose occurred which caused the house to shut down. Hammond took me with him and went to Calaise and from there we went to Paris. In Paris we stayed three weeks with Mrs. Hainmond's sis ter, and then We went to Langley, France. At Langley Hammond was met by Arthur Newton, a lawyer, in the interest of the visitors to the Cleveland street house, and he wanted us to go to America at once. On the following day two English detectives went to the French officer and had Hammond ex- pelled from the country. 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 Ha- lanzy Newton sent word to Hammond to go 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. l was in the room at the time, and Hammond told him that he | would have to have el5,OO0 to start with. The matter was fixed for ESO00. |
 "We sailed under ficticitous names l and when we arrived at New York man named Harris who was sent by Newton paid G4000 over to Hammond. | l have demanded money from Earl | Huston and Lord Somerset since we have been here and within the past | month l wrote and registered letter demanding el00 for Hammond. Whether | or not Hammond ever received any money l cannot say. While Hammond | was running the Hay Market saloon | once asked him for money. He was | very pleasant and offered me some whisky but 1 did not touch it as there was substance in the bottom of the | glass which looked like poison."