The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-12-25
TO AVOID CROWDS
Clara Smith May Detrain Before
Reaching ArdmOre.
Every Detail of Legal Reception
Is Worked Out.
BOND Chief OBJECTIVE NOW
Defense Anxious "Mystery
Woman" Escape Jail Cell.
VIII Waive Preliminary Hear.
ing to Get Early Bond.

Ardmore, Okla, Dec. 25.-Miss
Cara Smith who rested in Fort Worth
hotel last night from resuming her
journey here from Chihuahua CITY.
Mex, to answer a charge of murder
IN connection with the death of Jake
l.. Hamon. Republican national com
mitteeman, will arrive in Ardmore at
noon today, Charles, A. CoakIey. of the
law firm of Mathers & Coakley. de-
CARED in statement issued at
o'clock this morning.
Mr.. Coakley, who is a partner in
the law firm of Mathers & CoakIev.
counsel retained for the defense or
MISS smith, arrived here early this
morning after having accompaniea
Ine aamon party from Ell Paso to
sort Worth. He declared that he leff
the party at Fort Worth in order that
ne might prepare advance arrange-
mems mere Tor Miss Smiths preIini-
nary nearing and fixing of bonds.
Miss Smith is in a rornplete stata
od exnaustion and her nerves are shat
tered" Mr.. Coakley said. expIaining
the stop over at Fort Worth for the
nisns ana not proceeding here as
may say she will be sufficientIv abla
70 finish the last leg of her trying
ordeal AMI reach Ardmore at noon"
To Avoid Crowds.
Reports of a threatened breach In
the plans which had been agreed upon
Detore Miss Smith surrendered and
that the statement was made that she
"ouid not return to Ardmore, but
would be freed If known existing ar
rangements regarding her appearance
mere were not to be adhered to, were
/ emphatically denied by Mr.. Coaklev
everything is in harmony; Miss
omitn's stopover in Fort Worth was a
physical necessity. and not due 10 anv
rupture in our plans" Mr.. CoakIey
/ said. oAieS
There was no indication I'm Mr..
Goa akley's statement whether or NOT
Mss smith would enter Ardmore by
Train. Previous plans of her counsel
here called for her detraining ar n
station south of Ardmore and enter
ing tne city by motor car to evade the
crowds which gathered yesterday to
meet every incoming northbound
tram. He did not say whether or not
these plans were still to be carried
out.
The magistrate, county attorney.
Dondsmen and other officials connect
ed with the preliminaries attending
MISS MISS .smiths waiving of preliminary
nearing. her request to be bound over
to the district court of Carter county
Tor trial and application for bail will
be ready today to serve on the woman
When she makes her appearance, Mr..
Coakley said.
Has Many Bondsmcn.
The circulation of a bond late yes-
terday by Fred f. Tucker, former Ok
lahoma state senator and local real
estate man, to be rendered Miss Smith
when she makes her petition for bond.
resulted in affixing of more than fifty
signatures. few of whom represent
ed wealth estimated at between four
and five million dollars. Mr.. Tucker
said late last night men prominent in
the affairs of practically all profess
sions in Ardmore ascribed as bonds
men.
FIR ends of the women as we'll as
, her counsel are determined that she
shall not be placed in Jail upon her
arrival here Mr.. Tucker said.
Nothing would be said in authori-
tative sources available from the de-
fense in the case what Miss Smiths
plans would be If she were granted
bail and given her freedom. It IL
known that she originally planned to
sperd Christmas day with her brother
and sister in Wilson. Okla, a small
town thirty miles west OF here. but
whether or not she intends to make
this visit late today could not be
learned.