The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-02
Doc Bares Apolonio
Suicide Pact

last March g." he said. 1--WE de-.
cided to hire Harry TO get the goods
on Joe. She didn't want to get q
divorce from Joe; she just wanted
to catch him with q woman 80 she
could have It on him. You see she
wanted to know how to act, her.
SELF" DIR. Hammer explained.
So they got the private detective,
Harry Thompson, and the period
Of trailing another woman's hus-
band began.
Every day or 80 the private
sIeuth would call around to report
and incidentally, DIR. Hammer
SAYS. to collect five or ten dol.
lars"
DIR. Hammer says he paid the
private detective abOut q hundred
dollars In cash. Mrs. Ap0lOniO paid
nothing. DIR. Hammer advanced
the money, he explained. "because
i was interested in her and would
do whatever was necessary ia
make her happy"
when money ran low, he started
giving the detective promissory
notes. First he gave . note for
$50. and later he gave one for
He denied that he recently gave
Thompson a $500 note, although
Thompson stated yesterday that
he has such a note.
Along about this point, DIR. Ham.
mer's story began to lag.
How did you happen to get the
Buffalo gunman in on the deai?''
he was asked.
Il don't know anything about q
gunman." he was quick to reply.
Harry Thompson said that II he
was to catch Joe red.handed he
would have to get somebody to helm,
He said he knew a 'gO-getter.'
After some conferences with TbOmp.
son and with Mrs. ApOIonio, il was
decided to hire the 'gO-getter.'"
LangdOn Enters Case
The ''go-getter" came. It was
Detectives Robert F. Langdon, of
the Ninth police precinct. DR..
Hammer was introduced to the
"go-getter,' and understood the
latter's name was Robert e. Law
renee. He emphaticalIy, even a
little angriIy, denied Detective
LaWrence's" assertion that the
"go-getter" was introduced As an
iout-and.Out gunman from Buffalo.
n. Y, with IL successful ''murGlel.
jobs" to his credit.
Again DR.. Hammers story became
sketchy. His lawyers, three of
them, We're present and they inter
posed objections to the questions
which were now being asked. The
questions were designed to elicit
how the "gO-getter" happened to be
given 81, 100 in promissory notes
within the short period of two days
for q little bit Of ordinary trailing
Of . man supposed to be nm to nro-
miscuOus flirtations.
Framed, He Says
"I gave him the notes lust to
show / would play square," DIR.
Hammer said. ''They doubIe-crOssed
me. The whole thing Is n frame.
up. / trusted Thompson and he
framed me and he framed her, too. !"
The little spinologist had now
reached his crucial point in his
story. The story he gave out
probably will be the basis of his de-
tense.
There was some talk of bump.
Ing off JOe.' but I always thought
they meant to catch him."
He was questioned further re.
garding the Origination Of the sup
posed plot to dump off joe"
Plot Suggested, He Says
"They suggested it," he said, re.
ferring to Private Detective ThOmp-
son and City Detective Robert
LangdOn. 'But Mrs. ApOI0nio kept
telling me she didn't want no
dirty work."
From that point on In the inter.
view the little family doctor per.
sisted in the statement that there
was a plan to murder Apolonio, but
he said 1t was suggested over and
over by the detective and was
turned down time and again by
himself and by Mrs. ApoIOnio.
One more important fact, which.
may have an important bearing on
the case when 1t comes to trial, was
brought out by DR.. Hammer.
About 8 year ago. he says, he
needed large sum Of money and
he went to the ApOlOniOs for help.
He declined to say what the money
was needed for.
Tells About Policies
But they let me have over $1,000
in cash at one time and gave my
note for 1t. Joe asked me what
security i could give. told him 1
had $1,000 life insurance policy,
and / made this over to Mrs.
ApOIoniO. She IL the beneficiary 20
secure that debt"
Scientists now say that lAziness
Is q DISEASE "