Arizona republican., 1921-03-12
HhMON' 'S SDYING STATEMENT TO DOCTOR GIVES
 NEW ANGLE II
 MURDER TRIAL
Dying Man Told Dr. Hardy
 Clara Hamon Never Gave
 Him Chance; Made Prev ious Attempt On His Life
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 ARDMORE, Okla. March 11-clara smith Hamon, on trial here charged With the murder of Jake L. Hamon. to- uay returned to the hotel rooms occu- pied by herself and Mir. Hamon and in the presence of the jury rearranged tne furniture as it was on the night Of the shooting. A short time later when taking of testimony was resumed. she heard Dr. Walter Hardy repeat words he claimed Hamon said to him when. suffering with bullet wound, Hamon applied at the doctors sanitariun for aid
 I'm shot, by Clara Smith I told you she would do it. were the words the physician testified were spoken by Hamon at that time. To this the de- fendant listened dry-eyed. although shortly before she had broken down in tears when the clothing worn by Hamon the night he was shot was shown Sight of these garments also affected Mrs. Hamon, the widow so deeply that her 19-year- old son assist ed her from the court room
 Allegations that Clara Smith Hamon had once pressed a pistol against Hamon's body and had frequently quarreled with him during their years Of association, were made by :. P Freeling, attorney general of Okla homa, in charge of the prosecution, in his opening statement To the jury
 He further declared that the defen- dant and Hamon had openly lived to- gether illegally here. She was 22 years old when she first knew Hamon, Mir Freeling asserted.
 Complaint Amended
 It developed that Hamon was killed with a solid steel bullet and that the information against the defendant which had referred to a "leaden bullet" was amended yesterday Clara smith Hamon pleading mot guilty" as she did recently to the original inforrna- ton.
 The defendant was simply gowned today and she and the widow, Mrs Jake L. Hamon, gave no sign of recog- milton.
 The evidence would show. MT Free ling said. that Jake l.. Hamon came to Ardmore in June. 1913. from Lawtcn Hamon, a lawyer, came here to build a railroad and then branched into the oil business. He was followed soon afterward, the prosecutor said, by Clara Smith. then mature woman of 22."
 "She is now 32," he added. For a time she acted as stenographer and they immediately began living togefh- CT, Mrs Jake Hamon and Jake Jr-, re- maining at Lawton. Their life then became one of open and notorious adultery"
 The attorney general referred to Mrs. Jake Hamons visit to the rooms | Hamon and Clara occupied. and as serted Hamon sent his wife away and continued to live with Clara. He re- ferred to many trips Clara and Hamon took and to Hamon having sent his protege to schools in Texas and Mis- souri. He spoke of frequent quarrels and said that at one time Hamon | called an officer to force Clara to give | him papers, and that at that time Clara attempted to obtain a pistol nearby. First Attempt to Kill | On another occasion, Ereeling said, | a visitor found Clara with a pistol | pressed against Hamons body"
 The attorney general told of another visit of Mrs. Hamon to her husbands apartment, where he said she found | costly lingerie and toilet articles and also a revolver, which she removed.
 Mir. Freeing touched upon Hamon's political rise to the position of Repub- | lican national committeeman of Okla homa and of the Republican victory last November. He said the quarrelS between him and Clara increased to i estrangement. and that Mir. Hamon concluded that he should return to his | family and become a church member. When the defendant learned of this decision she purchased a pistol at Oklahoma City, two weeks before the | shooting, he said.
 On the day of the shooting, MT. | Ffeelln Sald. fiamOn was WllA LFlebuS when summoned by telephone to his rooms about 6 D. In- Two hours later. he said. Hamon left the hotel and walked quickly to a hospital and there told Dr. Walter Hardy that Clara had shot him and advised the doctor Don't tell until you have to; spare the wife and children"
 During her arraignment by Attorney General FreeliDg in his talk to the jury Clara Hamon at one time sobbed and buried her face in a handkerchief It came at the point m the description of Hamon's alleged statement 10 his business partner Erret Dunlap, in which MT. Hamon was quoted as hav- ing said:
 Knew She Would Kill Him
 "I knew she would do if some
 time but thought she would have
 given the old man a chance. She
 never cave the old man 2 chance.
 She shot him while he was lying
 down."
 The first state witness. J. $. Mullen. former business partner of Hamon. testified he frequently had seen the two together in their hotel suite.
 He said he had been on trains with them and that they had occupied tho same drawing room
 pr. F. C. Harlow. an Ardmore eye , specialist. testified he had seen the