The Detroit times., 1910-05-03
HAMMOND FACES
FRESH CHARGE
Examination on Accusation of De-
frauding EMF By Padding Pay
rolls Is Under Way.

Charged with grand larceny by col
lecting s467.07 on the EMF Co pay
roll OF Sept. 4, 1909, by padding" II
with the names OF six fictitious EN-
ployes, Chauncey w. Hammond was
given a partial police court examina-
ton before Justice Stein, Tuesday
morning. The session was Ions
grind of figures, and a resume OF the
system and various duties al Plant
! No. 4, and was adjourned, at noon,
until o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
when the hearing was resumed.
| William +. Schillington, auditor OF
the company. and Charles Bockus,
manager OF Plant No 4, were the W.T.
nesSes III the morning session.
Schillington declared that the pay
roll, made out for the period from Aug.
10 10 Aug. 81. 1909, and payable Sept.
4, contained the names OF A. Kempt,
William Manly, j. ID. Marsh, James
/ Collins Bert Courtney and Fred Haas.
| The last four named were listed at %
cents per hour. Manly at 80 cents,
! and Kempt at As cents. In the name
Of the six men "A total of $4670T was
drawn for the period named. SchiH.
ington and Bockus both testified that
no such men were employed there.
! Schillington swore that the names
were entered on the payroll in Ham
mond's writing. He testified that 1t
was Hammond's duty 10 keep record
OF the daily time cards, post them III
the payroll book, make out his requisi-
ton for pay. and then pay the men. w.
Frank Rambe, paymaster of Plant No.
3, drew the money out Of the bank,
for the Sept 4 payroll but Hammond
paid the men
Under cross-examination Of Attor
ney Charles I. wilkins. for Hammond.
SChillington admitted that Enen he
looked for the cards Of the six alleged
fictitious employees, II was in Deem
Der, some three months after the al
legged payroll padding
who had those cards in their Gus
tody during all Of that time?" asked
Attorney r. wilkins, indicating a de-
Tense based on the double ground,
that Hammonds records might have
been tempered with. or that others
might have mixed things up and made
them look bad for Hammond. Ham
mond insists that the payroll padding
cases are persecution, instigated BIZ
the fact that he was blamed for the
disappearance OF the $1,000 satchels
later
Schilington testified that employ
ment cards, or discharge slips. would
be found in the paymasters office. as
a record for every employe. present
and past, in the plant. but he said
that no cards either OF employment
or discharge. were 10 be found charged
10 the names on which Hammond is
alleged TO have drawn S467.07
Manager Bockus was a very eau
tous witness. Under direct exanina-
ton, he answered questions very flu
emily and very decisively. But cross
examination made him wary and
shifiy. Attorney wilkins succeeded in
making him qualify many of his de.
cidedly positive statements. in many
rather important regards. Under Iii
rect examination. Bockus was a ye~y
aggressive and dangerous witness to
( the defense. He was a sort Of SUI
preme power at Plant No. 4, and notn.
ing could well he done without his
consent and knowledge. and be done
without suspicion of wrong. He hred
every man whose name was on The
payroll. and he never hired Kempt.
Manly, or the others mentioned. II
their names were there they were
/ there Illegally. He knew every die
sinker and Zimmerman, the only class
drawing those wages. and he didn't
/ know the alleged fictitious six If
/ foreman hired a man, he had 20 re-
port to Bockus.
! II was the decisive style Of his test
h f,,l. 4
/ for the defense. but when he vae
cross:examined. he fell into the habit
Of failing to remember many things
he was confronted with names that Le
wasn't really familiar with he said
. lie couldn't name all Of the men in the
plant. Off hand He finally admitted
when certain names were shown hilH,
that men were occasionally hired with.
out his knowledge.
lie admitted that a James Collins
cid work at the shop at one time lie
wasn't sure whether Collins was work
! ing there now or not. He wouldn't
swear positively that a man named
Kempt had never worked there rte
admitted that boys at 10 cents an hour
we're hired in the paymasters Office.
had access TO some OF the paymaster's
official lists and occasionally made
entries in the payroll book. lie In
sisted that Hammond. though, was
THE only person who knew the com
/ bination Of the safe.
The only person in the world"
asked wilkins.
Yes, because Hammond told me
/ he was going to change the combina
ton" was the positive reply.
do you know whether he changed
the combination? was the next ques-
ton.
NO, can't say that do know, q"
was the answer.