Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-24
'tCLARA.S SMITH ]
INTER VIEWED By
ESP0lVDEN'I'
Talks on Many Subjects
y During Course Of Talk
IL. Which Lasted an Hour.
Clears 4 up Dispute over Name
!. Says i is Clara Barton
Smith Hamond.

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sSt Smith Hamond.
4 Aboard Mrs. Clara Smith lannon's /;
Train. Via Big Spring Tex. Dec. "a -
tBy the Associated Press. Conse-i
Grafton of her future energies to atom i
Ing to her family for the sorrow she. !!
has brought 1t. and determination
never again to waste another hour Of
her life were avowed late today by
Mrs. Clara Smith Hamon. en- route TO
Ardmore. Okla, to answer charge
OF murder in connection with the
death of Jake l.. Hanaon. In
In an interview with the corre-
.spOndent of the Associated Press last
Ing nearly an ,hour, Mrs. Hamon
spoke earnestly on religion. philoso-
ply, psychic research, art. fancy
impressions Of Mexico where she
stayed three weeks. ..}S
Before giving herself to the custody
OF Sheriff Buck Garrett of Ardmore,
Okla.,, in Juarez Wednesday night,
Mrs. Hamon sedulpusly avoided dis
cussing the charge against her and
mentioned lannon's name only once
when she referred to her opposition
to his retiring from active life. !,
First Interview.
Y Interview took place In Miss
6ndth's stateroom in the presence Of
Charles IA. Coakley one Of her attor-
neys and Sheriff Garrett. It was the
first interview granted by her since
her surrender. II have just been
reading some of the many letters
have received from my dear friends"
she began, pointing to a package Of
papers on the table before her. The
sentiments expressed in them are 80
sweet and move me so much that with
my present limited strength can on
ly read few at. a time. I wanted to
tell you. of the wonderful friends ]
had in Chihuahua City. They were
deeply religious. though not ortho-
dox. They mothered and fathered mo
as II were a child. They brought
me flowers and even toys. and they
would tuck me to bed when sought
to thank them as my benefactors.
They protested that there was only
ono benefactor and whatever they did
was done BY Him through them az
friendsa 1t. was a. great spiritual lee-
son and experience for me-that visit
to Chihuahua CITY,;
I Liked McEicans.
.,,As 1toid them before I lefr,,s before
! entered Mexico. I hated Mextcans;
but sslafts.it ytng I! then, ,asssAa non.As
\ j could adopt It foS .myaelf. They; be-
lieye In spirits. Although I3doS not
bay that this belief is wrong. know
THAT I need my own levelheaded re-
7liEfon--for 1 have one Of my own.
am too much afraid gof myself to let
myself 2dabble in the occult.
when get back to Mexico-and ]
irtenl to go there again to- rest
shall teach my friends something OF.
the ventilation Of cleanliness and d,
hvgiene."
pected to resume her secretartal ca.
reer. Miss Smith replied:
rs. II have no plans. u know only that
I ). shall devote myself to making
amends to my family for the suffer-
ing have brought on them. shall
never again waste even an hour of
rrecious time left me. I do not be-
lieve people should ever. retire from
active work. ]. have always opposed
any suggestion that Mr.. Hamon
should retire.
Miss Smiths face still is slightly.
drawn from the strain of her recent
E5exDerlenCeS.l LOOK RO1 d %HGW saw q IL
nation as she added: @s5s
81 believe that every one must. grow
even during old age. When people
don't grow, it Is their fault"
4 ReferrinEsto the place of women IN:
American life she said: S,.su
IT frequently told my Chihuahua
City friends knew could never
make a. Mexican. man happy; Z they
take their wives too much for grant
ed, and they do not believe that wom-
en- should have will of their own, \: 4
SiShe informed the corresp spondentt
she had learned how to- do Mexican
drawn work and showed him 9 lacey
specimen of her first effort. 1t look
ed like good specimen.
81 would much prefer to read a
good book to doing this sort Of thing
After its done. ], ask. r1yself Whetner
its worth while after all. @ AZ N c. 81
Es IN the course Of the interview she
Insisted her name is Mrs Clara Smith
1 Hamon and not Miss snnitll.
WIN plead ..Not Guilty is.s5
Ardmore, Okla, Dec. II 24.--olara.
Smith Hanon will enter q plea Or
an OF (suiIty,'sto the charge OF mur-
( der filed against her In connection
with the death pf AXE y. Hamon.
Republican national commute q :. emah,
when ttl1e case comes up for trial here
AZ January term Of court, James II.
Mathers OF the law firm Of Mathers
and :Coakley counsel for the accused
woman, said in a signed statement Is
,sued here. reviewing the incidents
connected with the Hamon case. cs,
Ardnaore. Okla, Dec. "a -, - BY the.
evidence which we have in our. hands. Z;
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