The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-21
HAMMOND AIDED BY
DISCREPANC IES
IN TESTIMONY
Stories as To Accused's Movements
in Bank Basement When Money
Sacks Disappeared Don't "Jibe"
In Some Particulars.
Too Poor To Buy Clothes, Chauncey
Says, He Converts Loud Check Suit
Into Plain Black.

The CLASSY" little melodrama. The
Great Satchel Mystery, or Who Go'
the SIT .000?" with Chauncey w. Ham
mond in the role of heavy was
played TO an almost empty house
under the direction OF Judge Phelan
on the recorders court circuit, Satur-
day. The LOBBY OF the court was prac-
tically deserted when the trial was re-
sumed, Saturday morning but the at.
tendance increased slowly as the
morn wore on.
Only two women were present, and
one OF them was Hammonds sister,
Ina, who occupied her accustomed
place at one end of the front row oil
seats reserved for the public. as the
court rules did not permit her TO ap-
proach nearer. But her tenure OF this
seat was OF short duration, for she
was obliged TO retire when the court.
on motion of Attorney Murtha. or
dered all witnesses, both for the
prosecution and the defense. excluded
from the room.
Thus it became apparent that Miss
Hammond will take the stand in her
brothers behalf. presumably TO testify
as to some OF his movements on the
day of the robbery, Nov. 10. The
other woman also proved TO be wit
ness and the lobby was left in undis-
puted possession OF the male specta-
tors.
Discrepancies In Testimony.
Although the trial has only just be-
gun, Attorneys Murtha and Mistersky.
for the defense, have already succeed
ed in uneartting some discrepancies
that may become very important. I'M
less the prosecution clears them up.
W. f. Rambo. paymaster Of EMF.
plant No. /. who was on the stand
practically all of Saturday forenoon.
testifies positively that the satchels
containing the money for plants No.
and 4, about .$16,s00, disappeared
from the committee room while he was
in e wash room just across the hall,
in the basement of the First National
bank. Noticing they were gone, when
he returned, he made inquiries as 70
what had become of them and was
told by r. A Lude. paymaster of
plant No. 3, that Hammond had taken
them upstairs to the vault.
Lude, who followed Rambo on the
stand. did not recall that Rambo had
left the room at all. So far as Lude's
recollection is concerned. therefore
Rambo must have been in the com
mittee room when Hammond took the
grips, and Murtha insists that testi-
mony TO this effect was given in the
notice court examination
Murtha also forced an admission
from Rambo. on cross-examination
that when Hammond came back on
the occasion when he is alleged 10
have picked up the grips. and said he
was looking for his gloves. he merely
looked around the room and then went
our, leaving the grips untouched on
the floor OF the committee room. They
were still in that position, he said,
when he went across the hall TO wash
his hands and he saw nothing OF Ham
mond as he passed from one room TO
another.
Lude's Story Different.
Lude, on the other hand, says moth
ing OF Hammond coming in and going
right out again after looking around
for his gloves. According to his story,
Hammond came in, made a remark
about his gloves, and then offered 20
carry the satchels upstairs, TO which
1.ude assented.
What has become of Chauncey
Hammond's loud checked suit?" is a
question that some OF those interested
in the case have been asking them
selves. AS a matter of fact, the mod
est suit of plain black he now wears
and the loud check Of former days are
one and the same. And thereby hangs
tale.
my suit had been talked about so
much that / didn't want TO attract any
more notoriety on that score said
Chauncey, Saturday morning. i
couldn't afford TO buy a new suit,
either, notwithstanding that $1,000
they are trying TO make out | got
away with. Well, there is a tailor IL
my ward over in the county Jail, and
he found way out OF the dilemma. He
discovered that the suit could be
turned into a PLAIN black by simply
pulling out the white threads. So
three or four of us got at IL one day
and here's the result"
And just TO show that 1t was tho
game old suit, Hammond turned up
his sleeves and there, on the inside
were evidences of the loud check that
once was.
Rambo's Testimony.
Rambo was the first witness called
Saturday morning. His testimony
was substantially repetition oi
that given in Hammond's police
court examination. He identified
the checks on which the money
used In making up the pay rolls on the
day I'm question were drawn and the
envelopes used in distributing tbs
money. In describing the use of tn,
cash machine employed I'm this worl
he said
"You touch the figures 90. for in
stance. and SO cents comes out"
"Td like ore of those, observe
Prosecutor Van Zile.
"rd like anything could touch fol
sc cents SO easily"
Mr.. Rambo went into full details as
TO the course followed i'm making M
the pay roll Hammond. he saitl. came
down into Subcommittee room Of the
First National bank, whore the WORK
was done, early in the afternoon. &C
cCmpanied by Mr. Miller. bis success
ssr as paymaster OF plant No. A. lie
was III and out OF the room several
Il res during the afternoon. the wit.
ness said Others engaged with Ram
10 were his assistant. Mr.. Whiting.
and Mr. Ludc paymaster Of plant No.
q.
Rnmbo said he was in the room