The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-12-25
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S 4 ClArs Smith Hamon On .
Z ~. ~. warrant The woma1's
s-ssa "a they were ready, 70
~ 4 wit d hsbsas corpus Il
| r 1nns authorities placed her
Y 800 asraGl
~ lafenss VIII be the plea Of
- ~ When she goes on trial, &c
~, i'1g 70 The Law hrm Of Mclean
Il vant the law to take -
I ss1sue.s Nrs. Hamon declared to-
1sv r want the world to know
- s1ofy. I am ready for trial"
1870 vas NO secret about my
xeee,frre from Ardmore, except
M I wanted to avoid notoriety.
Ss1 there have been Just lots OF
NJ about me in Mexico.s q
III. Hamon said she remained
I, Ardmore "A hours after the
!. sbootiug. Then, she said. in com
any With her sister, Mrs. d. D.
Vaiiing. she went to Durant. then
"a Denison, Texas. and thence to
flalias By auto. From Dallas she
took an auto to Cisco, going into
MEXICO by way Of Ell Paso.
Reason Of Surrender. "
While officials Of the country
over were seeking her. she wa3
! eating Thanksgiving dinner with
her parents In FL Paso, she reveal
I "a, She gave two reasons Tor sur
rendering. They were:
II. I was ready to end the case
~ letting the law take its course
and put an end to this dreadful no.
toriety. !,
=. I was told my mother and
father could not stand the strain
: Of having me away and l could not
beaf to grieve them"
Tho woman declared 1t was her
uncle, B. F. Harrison. an Iowa min
q, Who brought about her surren-
dsf. :.
n only want what Is Just and
rieht, and ! believe l will get It.
Just because one is disappointed in
one man does not mean all men
will prove . disappointment"
Aftsr Thanksgiving dinner at
hons, she left for Juarez. she said.
Attorneys for the girl declared
that interviews with their client
ssat broadcast over the country
from Chihuahua City by press as
ISOLATION were "nine-tenths false"
Mr.. Hamon confirmed the ex-
cissivs interview with e. w. Sails.
Dallas chauffeur. published in the
Dallas Dispatch two days after she
III through that city.
The details Of the flight as given
ct BY Sails are correct. she said,
/ ut sAs could not remember all Of
hsf conversation with the chauf-
islr. Her attorneys warned her to
y rsticent.
"Last Christina"
Fort Worth. Texas, Dec. 26.-(By
United Press. )-"Yes. this IL Christ
rs eve," said Clara Smith Hamon
= she sat in = large easy chair in
" oflces Of Mclean & Scott late
Yesterday, waiting to ind out what
- was going to do next. She was
kginning to feel better after her
old ride from Benbrook.
what was I doing this time last
0ristmas?" she repeated. Last
Christmas eve was happy, 20
hppy was almost afraid"
ohe seemed to forget she had q
y u2sner and went on as though
tlktng to herself. "Mr. Hsmou
~ sngrossed deeply in politics
~ had been gradually working his
wv up among the powers that be
! he political world.
sNis indomitsble ambition blind
4 him, and mo, too. to the fact
0at the ladder he was climbing to
| 1l1f1eal power WAS made of split
~ vorm-eaten wood and the
ligher he climbed the more dan
e1fuss his position came. l did not
soAAoS ~ I0cus 00I u0vS uAu uuCu
tns 70 think since last Christmas.
Lat Christmas eve / was in
1euoes waiting for him. l knew
\ Ne coming and I hoped he had
- besn drinking. The day seem
= 1cng and l thought the night
volh never come.
He finally came. He had been
- short trip to the oil fields and
= ~ some lands l had insisted
~ As buy had proven very valua-
We were very happy and l
moe the vague fears that had
D e6sfSd me. These moments of
y Mysttslness! But they are always
~ Soe-and. oh. the price!"
- paused . moment, and then
~ %: He gave me . pin set
N 9lamonds and told me to get
wraps and We would 90 out to
me-. Down on the street was
n nooor car, another Christmas
6sf nat was last Christmas.
MS Christmas / hardly know
- an facing. But I am not
PAY INCREASE.