The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-12-08
HID SLAIN WIFE
Whom He Had Beaten to Death,
in Big Trunk,
AND THEN RAN.AWAY.
The Brute of Husband, Who Took
Two Thoussud Dollars of His Vic.
thus hloney, Tells His Mifes
Mother That Fight Start.
cd About Whiskey.

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Through confession of his own
mother, and uncle and brother-in. law
John Hammond now stands &C used
Of the murder Of his wife, whose body
was found squeezed into q trunk In
che fireplace Of their home on South
Fsrrg street, Albany, N. Y The po-
lice learned Tuesday light that Ham
mo dwas In Mtntrt al and his arres t is
imminent.
Although Ham nond showed extra.
ordinary foresight in preventing the
evidences OF his alleged crime from at.
traoting attention, he could not, &C.
aordiuR to his relatives, bear the bur.
den. OF his guilt alone. Before going
to Montreal on Nov, mher IA he told
his mother and brother.in. law that
he hsd killed his wife and concealed
ner body in a trunk.
,raes Mangini, Hammond's broth.
erin Jay, was arrested Tuesday in
Cohoes and brcu yht to Albany. He
told the police that on the night OF
N )vember Ia Hammond called on him
al d Induced him to accompany him to
Rousess Point. On the way there both
men Cook number OF drinks, and
HamEond finally told Mangini that
on SuGday before he and his wife had
gu srfellcd.
According to Manginis story, both
Hammond and his wife had been
drinking. Hammond wanted another
drinkEand his wife would not let him
have u. Ia fit Of rage he picked up
an empty bottle and hit her on the
head. He left her lying on the floor
and went into the next room for more
iiqlors When he came back she was
dead,
Then hammond, according to Man.
ginis story, roped her body and put It
IN thetrunk, taking pains to stop up
the dS'ts sSnd windows and to sprinkle
chlorig s. 4me oyer the bcdy and the
sSac.ss' t$5 .s, = 4ssS.g,-el
Malgini says that on the train
Hammond showed him a roll contain.
ing $4,000 In bills. 1t was learned
Tuesday that shortly before the crime
was ,mmitted Hammond Induced his
wife TO draw large sums from several
banks. Ga Monday, the day follow.
Ing the murder, he bought $500 fur
Overc0at.
Hammond's story CT the crime, as
told by Manglni, does not agree with
the conclu lions reached by the physi-
clans who examined Mrs. Hammond's
body and who found unmistab!e marks
OF strangulation and many bruises.
Mangini left his brother in law at
Rouse's Point, where Hammond told
him he was going into Canada. The
police are searching In Montreal and
the .clnity, The Iammonds arc a Can.
adian. French family and tis thought
that the husband of the murdered
woman may he hiding with one Of his
Canadian relatives. The G Jho police
late Tu ,Sday night declared that they
mad defnite information that Ham
mond Is In or near Montreal
Mangini say s that Hammond was
on the verge Of nervous collapse on
the "trip toward Canada. at R)use's
Point they went together to visit an
uncle OF Ham mond to who m the fugi.
Tive also Col :sstd that he mad killed
mis- wife.
has shown that she was strangled with
great violence, and that before death
she was brutally beaten or kicked.
rhe stranger gripped her SO tightly
that the hyoid bone at the base OF
the tongue was fractured The BODY
has many bruises on the face, chest
and hips.
There seems to be little doubt that
the murder was committed ON The
afternoon OF Sunday, November u,
for neighbors on that day heard the
piano played as she often played it,
for she was a musician Of Considerable
ability. The neiRhbors say that tie
playing stopped abruptly, and THAI
afJer that no sound was heard from
the Hammond apartment, though
Hammond himself was seen about the
house later that day.
Hammond told woman living on
the first ll)or Of the house, which was
owned by Mrs. Hammond, that his
wife had gone down the river to buy
\ farm, aud would be absent several
days.
1t was learned Tuesday that on No.
'Oui'S' ~ HAlo' iidihllUilu uIcW up
ward OF $3.50 from the savings
banls, at first receiving New Yolk
draft, but next day exchanging it for
cash.
Important In this connection Is the
fact chan On Monday, November 13,
a man declared to be Hammond or.
dered from leading clothing house
all expensive fur overcoat. They could
not fit him, and asked for a deposit
on the order. He left what was sup.
posed to be two ten. dollar bills, but
when the clerk examined them, after
ll,mmond had gone, he found the
bills we're 500 each. At another
place the same man bought other
othlng and left his name and ad
dress.
When the house was searched Mor,.
day morning new pocketb0ok was
found behind the piano. 1t had .
small lock, but had been cut TO pieces
1t is believed that this contained the
money drawn from the bank by MIRA
Hammond.
The house where the murder occur
red was formerly used as O. police sta
tion, and at least three suicides ant
several fires are said to have occurred
there. The families now living ther,
are respectable folk.
A funeral In the upper story OF tht
South Ferry street house Tuesday lee
to the discovery Of tho murder q
large gathering Of people was drawn