The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-19
STATE SHOWS HAND.
IN HAMMOND CASE
Prosecutor Outlines Strong Chain Of
Circumstantial Evidence Against
~ Suspect. n

Prosecutor Van Zile showed his ful,
hand In the states little game" with
Chauncey w. Hammond. charged with
stealing $4,000 from the EMF. Co..
last November, when outlining the
peoples case. Friday morning, just
after a Jury had been secured. II was
a far stronger hand than was disclos
ed In Hammond's police court exam.
ination, for II now transpires that the
prosecution will try to establish Ham
mond's presence in the vicinity where
the satchels which had contained the
money were found. cut TO pieces and
stripped OF their contents, on the
night In question. the prosecution
promises 10 show that he spent fully
80 minutes in the neighborhood of
the dog pound. near which the satch-
els are supposed TO have been emptied.
I'VE will show" said the prosecu-
tor, that man answering Ham
mond's description got on a west
bound Fort-st. car at the city hall
about 4;40 o'clock on the evening or
Friday. Nov. 10. We will show that
this man carried two satchels and
that he got off either at Seventeenth
or Nineteenth-st.. and went toward the
river. We will show further that
Chauncey Hammond, got off a Fort
ST. car, west-bound, at Campbell-ave.
shortly before o'clock the same eve
ming and walked home from there
with a young woman Myrtle Cheat
ham) who lived near his house.
1T will appear that. a little after z
o'clock that evening. young man
called for Hammond and they went
TO Clark's dancing academy. We will
show that Hammond. or person an
swering his description, was seen on
Forrest car going west at 1l15 ana
got off in the neighborhood OF Sew
enteenth-st., and that Chauncey Ham
mond was seen on another west-bound
Fort-st car, west Of Nineteenth-st., at
about IL o'clock that night.
THE evidence will also show, gen.
tlemen, that the satchels which had
contained this money, which Chaun-
cey Hammond was seen to pick up in
the committee room OF the First Ma
tional bank were later found in slip
near the city dog pound at the foot OF
Eighteenth and one-half-st., cut and
slashed and with the envelopes in
which the money had been placed for
distribution torn open and emptied OF
their contents"
The case as outlined by the prose.
cutor, If corroborated by the testi-
money, will form as complete a chain
of circumstantial evidence as has ever
been submitted In local criminal an
nails. Attorneys Murtha and Mister.
sky. for Hammond, declare. however,
that they are prepared to account for
Hammond's every movement that
day and are confident of an acquittai.
Hammond. too, is hopeful, as is his de-
voted sister, Ina. who has been In
court daily since the trial started ana
who declares that she will stand by
Chauncey to the last.
1T looks like a good jury, SAID
Hammond, and II the witnesses VIII
testify to the whole truth | am sure
of an acquittal All | ask is fall
chance to establish my innocence.
II Is almost certain that Hammond
will take the stand In his own behalf
He has no police record to be afraid
of and his clean-cut appearance and
his polished manners would tend TO
create a favorable impression pro-
vided the prosecution did not succeed
in rafting him.
With the consent of counsel for both
cides, Judge Phelan decided TO lock
the jury up during the trial. owing to