Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-01-15
HAMMOND IN THE TOLLS.
THE CLERICAL FRAUD CAUGHT
IN NEW ORLEANS,
Mine women called Him Husband
Be swindIed All OF Them
Out OF Money.

"Dr." William Hammond, who is
said to be wanted in several
Northern cities and in Australia,
Honolulu and New Zealand. was
arrested this morning in this city.
He frank ly admitted his identity,
saying that he was not criminal,
but a much prosecuted victim of
the newspapers.
Since 1892 posters have been
hung up in the detective Office of
every big city in the country, re-
questing the police to look out for
a certain "Dr." Will Hammond
The police in this city have been
on the lool o 1t, but never thought
to ciuture MIN until few days
ago, when they received warning
from Chief of Police Basal OF
Franklin Falls, n. H., to look out
r Hammond, as it was thought
that he was in this city. They
shadowed suspicious looking
man here aud arrest, d him today.
To- Their surprise, he acknowledged
his identity. Ii mmond is about
so years old and, it is said, has
been married to nine wives.
II first became well known by
appearing as the minister of Fill
well Baptist Church in Franklin
Falls, n. H He there made love
to wcll.to do widow. Mrs.
Brockway, and married her. 1t
is said he WIS detected in scheme
to defrIud his wife and fled, and
was next heard of in 1892 in Mel
bourne, Australia. He posed there,
according to the police, as an ex-
Protestant minister converted |
from the Catholic faith. lie had
with him very estmable woman,
who he said was his wife ard
VIII m he had married in Malta.
His wife di 'peared and it was
given out that she had died.
Hammond then paid court to a
young lady in Melbourne, married |
her nd swindled her out of some
thing like $4,000, then fled to
Auckl md, New Zealand, where
lie married again. He then APP
peared in Honolulu, but when he
thought that the police were after
him, it is said, he fl d to Japan.
In 1872 Hammond was in Cali
fornia. He had been pastor Of
tie Baptist Church in Yreka,
where he married ole of his flock.
After placing insurance upon her
life she died suddenly, and Ham
mond disappeared soon after, col
lecting the insurance. |
In the latter part of 1867 he
showed Up in Macon, Ga, where
he represented himself as wi
dover and married young wo-
man of good family. This lnfor-
nation s cleaned from the Mayor
of M con. He had not been there |
long, however. before he was ar
rested for selling liquor without a
license. He was bailed out and
disappeared, leaving his bonds
men to settle.
In S,uth Pultney, N. Y, he in
veigled another woman into his
net, and left town with $500 be-
longing to the church. In 1874
he held forth as Baptist minister
and phys clan at Wolf Lake, Ind.
So serious were his depredations
upon the soc ETY. of the town that
when he left they discharged can
non and held a general joili6ca.
tion.
Then he went to Indian V llsge,
Inl.. where h wpn the c. ntidence
( aim ,st every one in tie place.
The woman VIII I'm he called his
wife died there lddenly and un-
der suspicious clrcumstarc ,s. The
pt ople Of that place ehaig4d him
with her murder and he left with
out ceremony.
At Wolf Lake he had also lost a
wife, whose life vas heavily In.
sured.
A short time ago he appeared in
Hallowell, Me-, hung out sign
as a doctor" and was soon do
ing a good business. He deolar-
ca tn t ne had just come from
Central America in search of
health in the pine forests of the
north. lie was identified by the
police of Franklin Falls and In
spector Coulter of Boston. but he