(Original Caption) New York: Held In Contempt Of Court. Mystery writer Dashiel Hammett (Left), chairman of the Civil Rights Congress’ Bail Fund, and W. Alphaeus Hunton, a trustee, are handcuffed together as they enter a police van after being remanded to cells for contempt of court, July 9. Both men refused to answer Federal Judge Sylvester Ryan’s questions about who put up the money for the four Communist leaders who have jumped their bail. Another trustee, millionaire Frederick Vanderbilt Field, has been sentenced to 90 days on the same charge.