The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-12
4CLARA SHOT ME-" WITNESS QUOTES
 RAMON AS SAYING
Girl Returns to Hotel Room With Jury and ArrangeS Fur niture as It Was on the
 Night of Shooting
By Associnted Prnsn

 | Ardmore, Okla, March 11--Clara smith Hamon, on trial here, charged with the murder of Jake l.. Hamon, today re- 7 turned to the hotel rooms occupied by herself and MT. Hamon and. in the pres ence of the jury, rearranged the furnl- ture as it was on the night of the shoot ing. A short time later. when taking of testimony was resumed. she heard the testimony of pr. Walter Hardy that Ar. l Hanon came to his sanitarium with the declaration: Pm shot by Clara Ha- mon" A subsequent statement of Ha- mon s to the eject that he was shot while lying in bed also was quoted by pr. Hardy.
 While Dr. Hardy was on the stand the state offered in evidence the blood stained undergarments of Hamon, which previously it had been said were burned to prevent his wife seeing them.
 pr. Hardy testified that MT. Hamon staggered toward him, pale of face and kissed him on the forehead. In reply to the doctors question. he said: T told you she would do it. I'm going to die am weak and l went to go to bed"
  Clara Hamon. the jury visited the hotel where Hamon was shot. first inspecting the room occupied by Clara Hamon and joined by connecting door to that oc- cupied by MT. Hamon.
 CLARA ARRANGES FURNITURE
 Clara Hamon personally arranged the furniture and effects as near as possible to the location on the day of the shoot ing. It was noticed that only by ex- treme effort did she maintain her com posture, dropping into chair just as soon as she had completed the few changes.
 Dr. Hardy told of caring for MT. Hamon when he came to the sanitarium, and quoted an admonition given by MT. iia- mon, thus:
 Doctor, take my right hand. want you to promise me you never will reveal how l was shot, except in open court As Attorney General Freeling displayed the underclothing Hamon had worn. and a gown he was, placed in at the hospital, both Mrs. Jake Hamon and Clara wept into their handkerchiefs Dr. Hardy said the hole in the under clothing and shirt corresponded with the wound; that the garment looked just ths same.
 Mrs Jake Hamon was unable to com pose herself, and her son led her sobbing from the courtroom.
 Judge Champion called five-minute recess.
 | It was the first time Mrs. Jake Hamon had seen the garments. Previous state- ments by aamons friends had indicated they had been burned to keep the wido" from seeing them.
 RALLIED AFTER OPERATION pr Hardy said after the operation tta- mon rallied and had the use of his facul- ties.
 He said Clara Hamon came to the hospital the next morning and was per mitted to see Hamon alone, the nurse be- ing withdrawn
 'She did not stay more than two min utes maybe three," Dr. Hardy saia. After Clara left, pr. Hardy said he went in and Hamon said he was gong to oie.
 That's the woman u at did the worh. | was lying in the same position as am now" he quoted Hamon as say'ns ..Hamon then wass8ying on his back on the hospital cot.
 pr Hardy said the bullet which killed Han.on entered between the eight ana ninth rib, and lodged four inches lower at the back penetrating the liver
 pr Hardy described the day-Dy -day ol the Hamon case, and said that ueatn was brought about by the wound
 On Thursday after Hamon was snot on Sunday all indications pointed 10 change. His condition gradually grew worse with heart stomach and Kidney l flnctlOllS ldHhiS NHiNH iA~ morning at o'clock, he sad.
 "A gunshot wound in the liver, repiied Dr Hardy to question as to what caused Hamon's death.
 Under cross examinations pr. Hafdy testified that MT. Hamon was found to have been suffering from cirrnosis ol the liver when he was operated on TOT the bullet wound and could not have lived two years longer.
 During cross examination w. r. Mc- Lean os defense counsel lay upon the floor and had the surgeon trace the bullets course with black peneli on his white shirt Later he brought from inc surgeon. as he, the lawyer, stoou before him with his arms upraised anu body bent forward. admission that II q person then had stood before Mir Me Lean and fired the bullet would have taken similar course
 SAW OPERATION
 Kelly M Roach of Oklahoma city life insurance and oil man, was another witness for the state. He said he came to Ardmore on November 21 to deliver 10 Hamon a goo GOO life insurance polcy' t1e said he learned Hamon was at sanl- tariiim and went there and saw an op- eratron on Hamon by which buhet was removed from the back.
 Mike German active vice president or a hank in Ardmore. testified he had seen Clara in Hamon's office frequently worN- ing aS a StenOgrapher when haiHon H'Se came to Ardmore Mir German said once in 1915 he thought he saw Clara wlth small pistol in her hand standing near Hamon. and she ran into another room he entered.
 This testimony was brought out ov0 strenuous defense objection. The court oyerruled an objection that it was remote and irrevelent and had no part in this trial.
 ADMITS BUYING GUN
 w. H. Meyers of Oklahoma City, hardware salesman, said in November, 1sa, he soId 25-calibre automatic pistoi to Clara B. smith, the date being near November g. The pistol sale record was marked ..Exhibit A" and the pistol itseI .B'' Mr. Meyers was recalled and <stl fed he at the same time sold the pistot purchase a magazine full of cartridges. The defense admitted Clara Hamon hau been the purchaser
 Myrtle NJ. Skane. formerly maid at the hotel where Hamon was shot. testineo Hamon had room 2S in hotel here anu Miss Clara Smith had No 2s; that 'no rooms were adjoining. and the peo n No. 2S gave intimation of having been slept in, and that the one in room S did not show it had been used
 On cross-examination she said she nao
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