Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-23
EMBEZZLEMENT OF
S5,442.54 CHARGED
AGAINST LAW CLERK
Walter ]. HammilI, Employed by
Lindabury. Depue & FauIks,
Under Arrest.
BAIL FIXED AT $4,000 BY
JUDGE WILLIAM P. MARTIN
Three Charges Made Against
Prisoner-Search Horne
for Securities.


Walter ]. Hammill. Of ss4 Washing.
ton avenue. BeHevine, Is under ar
rest and in the county Jail today on
three charges of ernbezzlemeat pre-
ferred by Kinsley Twfning. of the
firm Of Lindabury. Depue and F'aulks
by whom Hamill was employed as
law clerk
IN the complaints, which were sworn
! out before County Judge William
L. Martin, sitting as a committing
magistrate, late yesterday afternoon
Hammill is charged with embezzling
IS. 442.54 the time of the embezzle-
ments being in June and July OF this
year.
That the total amount of the en-
bezzlenent is far greater than the
$500 specified in the complaints, is
evidenced by the fact that Hammill
after pleading not guilty to the
charges at II o'clock last night was
/ held in $4,000 bail By Judge Martin.
the bail being fixed AZ 5000 on each
of the three complaints.
Arrested by Detective.
Hammill was taken into custody
about o'clock last night by County
Detective Sergeant Walter Godfrey
and Thomas ?. Meyer, and at once
taken to the Court House Clerk
Thomas McLelland. of the Criminal
Court. was notified that Hammill was
prepared to furnish bail and ca nae 70
the Court House.
With Godfrey and Meyer and Ham
mill he went TO the home Of the
prisoners mother-in-Iaw. IN Bellies
Vile, where she qualified in bail for
him in the sum of $4,000. Arrange-
ments for another 81, 900 in bail had
about been completed when about II
O'Clock Hanmiil was taken to fudge
Martins home TO plead TO the coTn-
plants aaginst him. After he had
pleaded not guilty the bail was fixed
at $4,000. and, unable TO raise this
amount, Hammill was taken TO the
county jail.
I The complaints are as follows- On
( July : he is charged with converting
a check for S361-51 given by Ross u
/ Wiel1ham & Co., to Bindahur1. Depue
| & Faulks for legal service for his own
use; on June "A IL is charged he used
a check for s100 given 10 the Er1n
! by the Hill Bread Company for hia
own use. While the third comprising
I charges him with embezzling on JnnN
! and various times thereafter 81
seek Securities
! Chief of Detectives XYeimer and
+ Walter Godfrey visited the HannaiH
/ home in Belleville this morning and
searched for securities in the way of
stocks and bonds that It Is believed
Hammill had abstraeted from the
strong-box of the firm. After making
a search Weimer and Godfrey went
7 to the office of Lindabury, Depue 4
4 Fanlks. where they We're closefed
with Mr.. Twining, who made the
[ cOmplaint for a long time.
While no one connected With the
! firm of Lindabury. Depue & Faults
viii talk about the matter, II is
understood that the embezzlement IS
| far larger than appeared on the sasr7
/ face Of the three warrants on winch
Hammill WAS arrested.
The manner in which the bail Vas
arranged would indicate this tosssae
true. When Judge Martin was hrs%
asked TO issue warrants, late yester-
day afternoon. he was only Informed
of the transaction involving the
, checks for S1o0 and S3675l. ON these
two complaints bail was fixed ct
So 600. Later Judge Martin Was iIl-
formed that the amount of the eIfI
bezzlement would be larger. and
was asked To increase the bail
placd it at $4,000.
Still later in the evening eh was in
vealed a still larger shortage. and
was told that another warrant would
be asked for Bail was then raised to
81. 0o0, and Hammill had made ar
I rangements TO furnish this amount.
: BUT when the amount of S4.97o-o3 was
named in the third complaint. with
intimations that the total would he
still higher, Judge Martin placed the
/ bail at $4,000.
It is understood that besides getting
/ money from the general accounts of
i the firm Hammill has also dipped into
/ the personal accounts of both Fred =,
Faulks and Richard Y. LindaburS. as
well as those of several estates- Mr..
Lindabury has been out of the city q
great deal recently in connection with
the United States Steel Corporation
cases, and il is said that Ha1nmiiI
had charge of his personal accounts.
In making a search of HanrnIll' !
home today ii is understood that
Chief of County Detectives FrecericlS
! Weimer and Detective-Sergeant God-
! frey found documents bearing on thu
/ thePts Of Hammill. Both officers rel
| fused today to tell what evidence in
the way of documents they found n
I Hamnilrs home
At the Court House no estimate on
the amount taken by Hammill could
be obtained, though it is intiu1ated
that the amount is far larger than
specified in the three Complaints on
which he was arrested. That this id
; undoubtedly true is evidenced by tha
large bail in which Hammill IS held
Hammill's bank book and automo1
bile were seized. The detectives ard
also said to have found papers in hid
home today indicating how the se-
curities involved were disposed Of.
Hammill was taken to the Co1l4'1
House from the Jail at O'Clock thi7
afternoon for hearing on the scared
warrant before Judge Martin Thd
procedure was rather unusual It wal
apparently for the purpose of giving
him an opportunity to make expis1laa
tions in regards TO the papers tha1
were found
Mrs. Hammili is in st. Barna bas'
Hospital recovering from an epera1