The Detroit times., 1909-12-04
|HAMM0NO'S HOME
SEARCHED bYCOPs
| FOR MISSING CASH
House Thoroughly Ransacked by Pc,
lice and Two Pinkerton Detec-
tives But No Trace Of
Money Is Found.
Suspects Examination Goes Over
Until Monday After Two Wit
nesses Are Heard

showing traces OF worry, but still
putting up brave front. Chauncey w.
Hammond ex-paymaster of the EN-
+. Auto Co.'S plant No. 4. was brought
INTO police court. Friday morning. for
examination on the Sl7 900 grand lar
ceny charge on which he was arrested
two weeks ago. Although maintain
Ing his innocence. the new larceny
warrants issued against him this
week. growing out of the alleged pad,
ding OF the payrolls seem to have
caused him some annoyance.
That the police are still searching
high and low for the $1,000 Chauncey
Is suspected OF having t"planted,"
came out, Friday morning when a
search warrant covering the Ham.
mond home at No. 3S7 Campbellave.
was dismissed by the court The
search warrant. ii transpires. was
issued Wednesday. and was carefully
suppressed. Detective Fox. who with
Detectives Reid and Good. Robert VI.
Brownson. OF the Emf. and TWO
Pinkerton men. made the search re-
ported, Friday, that nothing was
found. The presence Of the Pinker.
ton men in the case is another new
feature
Previously one Of The Pinkerton
mon had gone To the Hammond home
for the purpose OF making a search.
apparently. but was ordered out by
Miss Ina Hammond. Chaunceys chic
young sister. when she learned that
he had no warrant.
The search was made Thursday ar.
tcrnoon. nearly two weeks after the
robbery According to the sister the
officers thoroughly ransacked the
house. taking up the carpet In
Chauncey's room
But | made them put the tacks
back. just as they found them de-
clared Miss Hammond Il told them
they would make fine lot OF pail
bearers-there were just six, you
know"
The officers were in quandary when
Miss Hammond led them into the
basement and suggested that they
search the coal pile. There are some
II tons in the bin and 10 have ex-
plcred it thoroughly would have beer
a momentous job The detectives
concluded il was not worth while.
Only two Witnesses were examined
Clawson, Mich, chief paymaster for
the EMF. and William T. Miller.
Hammond's successor AT plant No g.
In his preliminary testimony Ram
DO explained the system OF paying in
vogue IN the four Detroit plants Of
the EMF, known as Nos. l. 3. 4
and g. Plant No is in Port Huron
On the day of the robbery. Nov 49,
he, representing plant No l. and the
paymasters of the other local plants
met in the First National bank TO fix
UP the paw rolls for the paying of OF
the men the next day. as previously
published. Working In committee
room in the basement he and Mr.
Whiting. from No. l. had about com
pr ted the pay roll from that plant
when Miller and Hammond came
somewhere around o'clock Miller
had cashed his check and brought the
money In the double.handled satchel
belonging to plant No { Hammond
helping Kim carry il. Frank I.ude.
paymsstcr Of plant No ,. had brought
the amount OF his payroll in anothog
grip and work on these two payrollS
then began
Hammond was merely on hand 10
break Miller in. and while the others
worked he was IN and out OF the room
at frequent intervals The task con
pleted, tho filed envelopes were put in
their respective satchels and the bags
for plants three and four were placed
on tho floor at the head OF the table
ana near the door Of the committee
room, as II is known II was then
rlOse TO o'clock he said. and Ham
mond aud Miller got ready TO go o.,
Shall take the satchels up" Ham
mcnd inquired according TO the wit
nesses. who says he replied
NO, leave them alone. III take
them up myself"
II went on with my work" contin-
ned the witness Some or 10 min.
utes later Hammond came back look
Ink for his gloves and went out"
Did he cone back again." asked
Prosecutor Van Zile.
Not To my knowledge Right after
that | stepped into the toilet room
across the hall TO wash my hands. Al
that time the satchels were still in
the room. at the head OF the table.
When I returned a minute or two lat
" they were gone afterwards saw
two satchels In the vault"
The prosecution saws IL will show
nv the other men in the room al the
time. Lude and Whiting, that in this
interval Hammond came back once
more and said
Shall ] carry The grips up"
The other men gave assent. and the
theory is that as Hammond passed
out with the grips he stopped long
enough 10 switch them for the stone
laden ones he Is alleged To have
previously concealed in an adjoining
room
Both Rambo and Miller identified
the grips found by the police near a
stone pile al the foot OF Nineteenth.
ST. AS the grips in which the money
had been placed. The stones in the
other satchels, the police will show.
came from this same stone pile. The
No. grip was badly mutllated and IL
is the police theory that IL was cut
up as a stall" the object being to
leave the impression that the man
who opened Z rad no key.
Rambo testified that the grip from
plant No 2 contained s69l0.35 and the
ether s9.S77.39. total OF sl6.7S774.
Witness Miller told Of leaving the
bank about o'clock TO see a man I'm
the Union Trust building who owed
him some money He asked Ham.
mond to come along and promised to
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