Arizona republican., 1920-12-05
Hamon's s Widow Not To Prosecute Clara Smith
 If She Is Apprehended
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ARDMORE,- Okla. Dec. 4.-My stery surrounding the shooting of Jake L. Hamon, Republican national commit teeman from Oklahoma, tonight was no nearer public solution Three events marked resumption today of the inves tigation of Hamon's death, which oc cured Nov 26, after he was shot Nov. 21.
 Russell R. Brown, county attorney of Carter county, announced a warrant W ould be taken out for any person that evidence showed was instrumental in spiriting from Ardmore Clara smith, against whom a charge of assault with intent to kill has been placed
 A statement was made by Mrs. Ha- mon, the widow. that she did not be- lieve Miss Smith fired the fatal shot and that she would not prosecute Miss Smith should she be apprehended. In another statement Mrs. Hamon said she would gladly become her husband s successor as national committeeman II the honor were offered her. The clothing worn by Mir. Hamon when he was shot and the weapon from which the bullet was fired had not been placed in the hands of County Attorney Brown tonight following his request to Sheriff Garrett yesterday for these articles. Sheriff Garrett was away from Ardmore. last night and un- i til his return this evening. Upon ms return he issued statement denying he ever had the bullet pierced clothing or the pistol and characterized as fin famous published statements which the sheriff said tended to indicate he lpurposely was withholding the articles 1 Sheriff Garrett stated he had not had 1 the articles in his possession and that he had made two attempts to obtain inc articles from Frank l.. Ketch, for merly business manager for Hamor
 and now administrator of his estate
 but that Mir. Ketch was out of Ard
 more on one occasion and could not DC located on the other.
 Mir. Ketch has been away two day: to west Texas oil fields, where MT. Ha- mon was credited with immense prop erty holdings. MT. Ketch was accom- panied by Jake Hamon, Jr.
 County Attorney Brown said the cas'
 was no nearer solution than it has beer
 since the supposed trail of Miss Smitl was lost at Cisco, Tex, to which plac' she was driven in an automobile iron Dallas. Tex, several days ago, ant
 there purchased a ticket to Fl Paso II Tex.
 MT. Brown, who retlreS lroin OAliS
 Jan. 1, In commenting on statemen by Charles A. Coakley, law partne
 of MT. Browns successor, J. H. Math i CTS, that MT. Brown probably would b appointed a special prosecutor afte the new county prosecutor is fnducte' Unto office, since the Coakley- Mather firm had been employed to defend Mis
 Smith, said he could not say Wha might happen a month from now. In her verbal statement Mrs. Hamoi
 expressed implicit faith in MT. Ha
 mon. She expressed herself as bein : satisfied by conversation with hir while in the hospital that Miss Smit did not shoot him and that the shoot ing was accidental.
 Mrs. Hamon, in saying she Woui ! gladly become the Republican natlons committeeman should the place be oi
 fered. remarked on her keen interest z politics for several years and said sh , would like to carry on Mir. Hamon 1 work.
 n 'Tt would be greater than the fine' ! monument that could be erected to n
 | memory she said.