The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-11-29
Whom He Had Beaten to Death,
in a Big Trunk,
AND THEN BAN AWAY.
The Brute of a Husband, Who Took
Two Th0ust nd Dollars of His Vic.
tins Money, Tells His Wife's
Mother That Fight Start.
ed About Whisky.

ed About Whisky.
Through confession Of his OWL
mother, and uncle and brother.in law
John Hammond now stands &C FUSED
Of the murder Of his wife, whose body
vas found squetz d into q trunk In
the fireplace Of their home on South
F.rry street, Albany, N, Y The po-
lice learned Tuesday / iyht that Ham.
mo d vas in NJ ntrt a and bis arrest Ii
imminent.
Although Hammond showed extra,
ordinary foresight in preventing the
evidences Of his alleged crime from at
tracing attention, he could not, &C.
aordinQ to bis relatives, bear the bur.
d. Of bis guilt alone. Before going
to Montreal on NV mber IA, he told
his mother and brother In law that
he had killed his wife and concealed
her body In a trunk.
JLmes Manglni, Hammond's broth.
erin law, was arrested Tuesday In
Cohoes and brCu yht to Albany. He
rold the police that on the night Of
N ,vember IA Hammond called on him
ard induced him to accompany him to
R,use's Point. o. the way there both
men took a number of drinks, and
Hammond faally told Mangini that
on Sunday before he and his wife had
quarrel]ed.
According to Mangipi's story, both
Hammond and his wife had been
drinking. Hammond wanted another
drink and bis wife would not let him
have it. In a fit Of rage he picked up
an empty bottle and bit her on the
head. He lefs her lying on the floor
and went into the n xt room for more
liqlor. When he came back she was
dead.
Then Hammond, according to Man.
gini's story, roped her body and put it
In the trunk, taking pains to stop up
the doors and windows and to sprinkle
chloride OF lime oyer the body and the
room. .
Mangini says that on the train
Hammond sho wed him q roll contain
ing 81, 900 In bills. It was learned
Tuesday that shortly before the crime
was c )mmltted Hammond induced his
wife to draw large SUMS from several
banks. Ga Monday, the day follow.
log the murder, he bought a $500 fur
oveycoat.
Hammond's story Of the crime, as
told by Mangini, does not agree with
The conclusions reached by the physi-
clans who examined Mrs. Hammond's
body and who found unmistable marks
of strangulation and many bruises.
Mangini left his brother-tn law at
Rouse's Point, where Hammond told
him he was going into Canada. The
police are searching in Montreal and
the vicinity. The HammondS are a Can.
adam French family and it is thought
that the husband Of the murdered
woman may be hiding with one Of his
Canadian relatives. The Cohoes police
late tn ssday night declared that they
had definite information that Ham.
mond Is In or near Montreal.
Mangini says that Hammond was
on the verge Of nervous collapse on
the trip toward Canada. At Rouse's
Point they went together to visit an
uncle Of Hammond TO whom the fugi-
tive also COL I ,ssed that he mad killed
his wife.
The autopsy upon the woman's body
has shown that she was strangled with
great violence, and that before death
she was brutally beaten or kicked.
The stranger gripped her 80 tightly
that the hyoid bone at the base Of
the tongue wa fractured. The body
mas many bruises on the face, chest
aud hips.
There seems to be little doubt that
the murder was commiJte1 on the
afternoon Of Sunday, November IL,
for neighborS on that day heard the
piano PLACED as she often played it,
for she was a musician Of considerable
ability. The neighbors say that the
playing stopped abruptly, and that
after that no sound was heard from
the Ham nond apartment, though
Hammond himself was seen about the
house later that day.
Hammond told a woman living on
the first floor Of the ht Use, which was
owned by Mrs. Hammond, that his
wife had gone down the river to buy
a farm, and would be absent several
days.
1t was learned Tuesday that on No
vember 10 Mrs. Hammond drew up.
ward OF $500 from the savings
bank, at first receiving a Nsw York
draft, but next day exchanging it for
cash.
Important In this connection is the
fact than On Monday, November ID,
a man declared to be Hammond or
dered from a leading clothing house
all expensive fur o~vercoat. They could
not fit him, and asked for a deposi:
on the oruer. He left what was sup
posed to be two ten-dollar bills, but
when the clerk examined them, after
Hammond had gone, he found the
bills were 500 each. At an5ther
place the same man bought other
clothing and left his name and ad
dress.
When the house was searched Mon.
day morning a new pocketboOk was
found behind the piano. 1t had a
small lock, but had been cut to pieces.
1t is believed that this contained the
money drawn from the bank by Mrs.
Hammond