The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-24
HAM M0ND's fA11
MAY Be DECIDED
FRIDAY
Prosecution Rests and Defense VIII
Probably Finish Putting In Tsstt
mony During Defendants v
Won't Take Stand.
Suspect Said To Have Spent Ssver6
Hours Near Place WHARF 1npty
Money Sacks Were Found.

After less than SIX days OF teok14
mony, the end OF Chauncey w. Ham &
monds trial on the charge Of stealing3
$4,000 from the EMF. Co., = int
sight The present outlook Is that thoI
case VIII go to the jury Friday. or IN
any event, not later than SATURDAY.
morning. Every effort will be made
to close the case, az far az the test1-
mony Ia concerned, Thursday after
noon. The defense has only 10 wit
nesses. and three of these already
have been sworn.
Whether to put the defendant On
the stand Is q question the attorneys
are still debating. Attorney James
r. Murtha. the senior counsel. doe
not regard II necessary and the probe
bilities now are that Hammond win
not testify.
From the lips of Chief of Detectives
James Mcdonnell, who took the stand
as the last witness for the people,
Thursday morning. came the story on
which the defense relies. together
with the discrepancies existing In the
states case. to secure Hammond's &C.
Quittal. This was the story Ham
mond told Capt Mcdonnell after his
arrest az to his movements on the af-
ternoon and evening Of Nov. -. the
day Of the robbery.
He has stated our defense exactly
as we expect to establish It." said At
torney Mistersky. when the captain
left the stand. In fact, the attorneys
were 60 well satisfied with the way
the captain had told the story. that
Attorney Murtha waived his opening
statement to the jury and his as
sociate at once took up the examina-
ton of the defendants witnesses
when Prosecutor Van Zile rested his
case at 11:40.
Hammond's statement to Chief Nc
Donnell, as related by the latter. was
substantially a repetition OF the testt-
mony that has gone before. except 80
to the testimony of Guard Frank Cor
slime regarding the second set or
grips.
Capt. McponneIis story.
Hammond told me-" related tho
captain, that he played ball after
dinner. Then he went over to the
plant and went down to the bank with
Miller. his successor. He remained
there. helping them with the pay roll
and about A O'clock he and Miller LETT
AAO coAa AC WCAs DaSh W ACth 49,
OF his gloves and carried two grips ~
to the bank vault. After that he join
ed Miller again and they had q drink
or two. In front Of the Metropolis
they met a man named Perry. boat
builder on West Jefferson-ave. They
talked for little while and about
o'clock Hammond said he took car
and went directly home. In the eve
ming he went to Clark's dancing acad-
envy, and after his class had finished
he went to the Grand cafe with sew
eral friends and remained there till
he went home, about II o'clock"
Capt. Mcdonnell said he also ques-
toned Hammond about his move
ments the day before. Nov. Is, but
he couldn't remember much about
them. He denied visiting william
Fraser, Pere Marquette employe. at
the foot OF Nineteenth-st. that night
said Mcdonnell.
Mr.. Murtha's crossexamination was
very brief. He simply brought out
that Hammond had given himself mp
when he read In the papers that he
was wanted and seemed surprised
when the captain decided to lock him
up.
Hammond's First Witnesses.
Pearl and Ethel Ward, sisters, %
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