The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-05-04
HAMMOND. FACES
FRESH CHARGE
Examination on Accusation OF De
frauding EMF By Padding Pay
~w rolls Is Under Way


Charged with grand larceny by co..
lecting s467O7 on the E-N F Ca ray
roll Of Sept 4, 1909 by padaln1 Il
with the names OF six acutlous em
ployes, Chauncey " hammond was
given a partial police coagt exam-Ai'
ton before Justice Stoin luesi't
morning. The session was Ions
grind OF figures, and re*nme OF 'h-
system and various aules al t'-"
No. A.
William E Schihlugtom aucTor
the company and Charles BncNls.
manager OF plant No g. were -
nesses IN the moruiae ior
SchiLingtou declared ihal '.c paw
roll, r1adc ont lor the period r0m .Ap
16 10 Aug. 81. 1908, aut pa'aa ~tp.
4, contained. Tie DANES a. henI' %
William Manly, J ID Marsh Same
Collins. Bert Courtney anl ifcd da
The last four named We're listed li go
cents per hour MANS at $40 cents
and Kempt ar 81 CENTS. la ihr niht
Of the six men ,ota. az $500 "-7
drawn for the period aanel Sca
ington ard Bockus Leih testified '.-.
no such men we're employed taero
Sehiilitstoa, .eWore Jsai Tao nam
were entered On tke payroll IA Ham
mond's writing tie testified 'hat
was Hammoud's dusk no keep record
Of the daily sine cards, post them I'D
the payrol booE maze oft his requlol-
ton for pay. and then pay The men ".
Frank Rambe pas master of Plant No
3. drew the money ONT OF the bank.
for the Sept 4-paVruh. br HJmmoni
paid the men
Under cross-eXamination OF Attor
ney Charles wilkins foe Hammond,
SchilliLgton admitted that when ne
looked for the cards Of the six alleged
fictitious employees. il was in Deem
her, some three months after the al
legged payroll padding
Who had those cards in their Gus
tody during an 81 Chat Tine" asked
Attorney f--wiIKrhs. Indicating de
Tense based on the double ground
that fIammonds records might have
been tampercd with, or thar others
might have mixed things up and made
them look bad for Hammond Ham
mond insists that the payroll padding
cases are, persecution, iustlgated By
the fact that he was blamed for the
disappearance of the $1,000 satche!i
later.
Schillington testified that employ
ment cards, or discharge slips, would
be found in the paymasters Office, as
record for every empioye, presen'
and past. in the plant. but he said
that no cards. either OF employment
or discharge, were to be found charged
to the names on which Hammond Is
alleged TO have drawn si67-07
Manager Bockus was a very cau-
tious witness. Under direct examina-
ton, he answered questions very hu-
emily. and very decisively But cross
examination made him wary and
shifty. Attorney wilkins Succeeded in
making him qualify many Of his de
cidedly positive statements, IN many
rather important regards. Undec Iii
rect examination. Bockus was yc~y
aggressive and dangerous witness to
the defense. He was a sort of sn-
preme power al Plant No. (. and notn-
ing could well he done without lis
consent and knowledge. and be done
without suspicion OF wrong He hiter
every man whose name was on The
payroll, and he never hired Kemp.
Manly, or the others mentioned IL
their names were there, they were
there illegally. He knew every die
sinker and Zimmerman. the only class
drawing those wages. and be- diduI
know the alleged fictitious six. II a
foreman hired a man, he had 10 ro-
port to Bockus
1t was the decisive style OF his testi
mony, which looked exceedingly bad
for the defense but when he was
cross-examined, he fell into the habit
Of falling TO remember many things
he was confronted with names that be
wasn't really familiar with he said
lie couldn't name all of the men in the
plant. of hand. lie finally admitted
when certain names were shown hNa
that men were occasionally hired with.
out his knowledge.
He admitted that James Collins
Cid work al the shop az one time he
wasn't sure whether Collins was WORK.
ing there now or not lie wouldn't
swear positively that a man name
Kempt had never worked there tie
admitted that boys at 10 cents an hour
were hired in the paymaster's Office,
had access 70 some OF the paymasters
Official lists, and occasionally made
entries in the payroll book He IN
sisted that Hammond. though. was
the only person who knew the com
bipation of the safe.
THE only person In The world"
asked wilkins
Eyes, because Hammond told me
he was going 20 change the cumhiua
ton" was the positive reply
"Do you know Whother-rc chau-ed
the combination was The next quss-
zion.
mo. can't say thaJ du know
was the answer
IRVINE DrCHENF ON TRIAL