The Detroit times., 1910-03-26
HAMMOND IS nG
GUILTY, jury
DECLARES
Freed on Charge Of Stealing @17 No
From EMF, But still Hsla 81
Accusation Of Padding Con
Germs Payrolls.
Bail Light in Latter Case, am -
PENDANT May Get Bondsman
During the Afternoon.

Expectations OF an early verdict a.
acQuittal In the case OF Chauncoy W.
Hammond, charged with stealing ST.
600 from the EMF. Co.. Nov. ~.
last, by switching satchels In the Fire
National bank. were realized. SatuT-
day morning. when the jury, aftog
two hours elaboration, brought -
Its finding.
Not guilty" announced the foreman.
Norman Bennett. and Hammond. ct.
ting In his accustomed place bepl0o
the counsel table, breathed q sieh %
relief. For. In spite of his hopeful A.
titude and his calm demeanor through,
out the trial. Hammond began q
show traces OF anxiety after the Jury
retired and more particularly aftof
the first hour had passed.
AS the Jurors turned to leave thu
room, Hammond took each by the
hand and thanked him warmly.
Hammond still Locked Up.
But in spite OF acquittal, the young
defendant was not permitted to GO
free Two other larceny charges,
growing out OF alleged padding OF pay.
rolls, are pending against him In the
police court. and Chauncey had
scarcely finished shaking hands with
the last juror before a court offcor
had snapped a pair of steel bracelets
on his wrist and started back to tho
county Jail with him.
Every effort will be made by HAM
mond's lawyers. Murtha and Mister.
sky. to secure their clients release
on bail during the afternoon. Ham
mond's first words to Attorney Mister
sky when the latter called at the Jail
to see him, just after the verdict was
announced, were:
For Gods sake. let me out OF here
as soon as you can. | want to get
home for Sunday"
Bail In each case stands at $1,000,
with one surety, and the attorneys arc
confident OF being able to secure
bondsmen, II not today, by Monday 1t
the latest. Hammond is not worrying
about the other charges.
Il haven't thought Of them at all.
he said. II scarcely know what they
are all about. but the prosecution
hasn't any better show of convictin8
me In those cases than they had ~
this one. What do you think one fell
low said TO me over there In court,
when the jury's verdict was announced.
He said, You're lucky, Hammond
don't see how you can call II luck
when the jury acquits a man who IL
innocent. | certainly had nothing to
do with the disappearance Of that
money"
There was no scene In court when
the verdict was announced. as might
have been expected. There was not
even a greeting between Hammond
and his faithful sister, Miss Ina Ham
mond, who has stood Loyalty by him
since the day OF his arrest Miss HAM
mond's first thought was for tho
mother. waiting anxiously at home.
She stood close to the door Of the
court room, and as soon as the fore
the nearest telephone to nash the
ing II.
Jury Takes Four Ballots.
Four ballots were taken by the jury.
On the first seven men voted for ac-
quittal. two for conviction and there
were three blanks. On the second and
third ballots the vote stood IL TO one
for acquittal and on the fourth the
twelfth man was won over.
I'VE went over the case thoroughly
and threshed out every point" said
Foreman Bennett. Why did we &C
quit him? Simply because we thought
the prosecutions case had not been
proven. There were two men beside
Hammond who had an opportunity TO
switch those grips. The switching
might have been done before Ham
mond took the grips upstairs and put
them In the vault One big point we
could not get away from was that soma
OF those other paymasters had keys
that opened the satchels containing
the stones. which were found In the
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