3-31-14 fdl man charged in hammer beating

A jury trial is scheduled this week for a man accused of  nearly beating a Fond du lac man to death with a hammer.  Forty year old James Graham is accused of bludgeoning Ronald Robertson at an east 9^th Street residence more than five years ago.  Robertson received more than 70 staples to close wounds in his head.  Graham told investigators he throught he had killed Robertson and fled to Milwaukee.  Graham was arrested but failed to show for a preliminary hearing in May of 2009.  Graham was arrested as a suspect in another case, identified through the warrant and taken into custody in January of this year.