The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-15

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and other members Of her family
arrived shortly before court went
into session
Clara Rested Wen.
The defendant. a triflc palcr than
usual, announced she had rested
well last night.
Erret Dunlap, a prominent oil op-
orator, one OF the men VINO talked
] to HamOn on his deathhCd, was the
| first witness called.
! Dunlap testified that he saw Ham
| In the hospital the second morning
after the shooting
| "He told me he would never leave
the hospital until We boys took him
out, said Dunlap.
| Did you say anything to cncour-
age him - asked Attorney General
I Freezing
II told him he had too many big
! things on to die and he would come
out all right answered Dunlap.
What did he say them asked
Freezing.
ole told me how he was shot"
answered Dunlap.
Jake Didn't Have Chance.
He said he was lying on the
| bed in his room with his coat and
vest off when Clara came in. lie
said she put her left hand on his
forehead and her right arm around
| his neck. He said there was a sCuf-
| fle over the gun az he tried to grab
II. He was lying with his head at
| the foot of the bed, he said. After
he was shot, he said he put his coat
and vest on and walked to the hos
| pital.
HE stated he didn't have
chance to protect himself lie said
he heard her come into the room
and walk up TO the foot OF the bed
and she shot him before he could
protect himself. He said he got hold
Of the gun in the scufflc."
Dunlay testified that Hamon re-
| peated this statement when he vis
tied him the following Saturday.
Did you tell Sheriff Buck Gar
rett. or Former County Prosecutor
Russell Brown what Hamon told
| YOU" asked Attorney w. =. Nc
| Lean In cross examination.
What do you mean asked the
witness.
you read Frank Keath's statement
that the shooting was an accident
and that ne shot himself and Yet
| YOU did not go TO the sheriff or
county attorney and reveal the truth,
did YOU"
They knew it," answered Dun
lap.
"You went to oklahoma City TO
see the governor about this case
! didn't you?'
Denies Jake Gave Him Home.
| The witness said he had known
| TIamon for years and was one of his
closest friends.
He gave you the house you live
in didn't he?" asked counsel for the
defense.
He did not" Dunlap answered.
| bA
| at this. Attorney General Freezing
! demanded the courtroom be cleared
unless order was preserved.
| Witness admitted that he had
| business interests with Hamon and
these interests continued with his
| estate.
Dunlap unlike other witnesses for
the prosecution, said Hamon had
not asked him to promise not to re-
veal how he was shot
Tint it fact that you stated TO
| Russell Brown. county attorney that
| Hamon said 1t was an accident"
asked counsel for the defense.
Witness denied that he had.
| Isn't it true, Mr.. Dunlap that
| few days after the shooting, you
went TO the office Of the county at
torney and asked him to dismiss the
| case" asked Attorney w. p. Nc
Lean.
II did not" witness answered.
He admitted, however, that he
| had asked the county attorney to
| dismiss the adultery charge filed
| against Hamon and the woman after
the shooting,
May Arrest Kctch Yet.
Assistant County Attorney j. l.,
Hodge sprung sensation when
| Frenk ketch, administrators Of the
Hamon estate was called to the !
stand. He declared Ketch an ac-
CessOry after the fact and entered |
protest against Ketch's appearance
as witness.
The evidence has shown that this
| man aided the defendant to escape
| after the alleged crime was com
mitted object to .Is being granted
immunity by the state and to his |
testifying in this case. | have rea-
son for this, your honor" declared
Hodge.
The court overruled the protest.
Hodge Indicated that the county
attorneys office intended filing a
warrant against Ketch If the de-
| fendant is convicted.
| 1T was out OF town the day Hamon
was shot" said Ketch. II arrived
| i'm Ardmore at 1880 o'clock on the !
day he was shot and my first in
formation concerning tho tragedy
| came from a newspaper"
ketch testified he went over TO
| the hospital and Hamon said |
Frank, I'm never going to get
| we'll"
Didn't Believe Accident"
Asked what lamon had said rcla-
| tive to the defendant, KetCh said
"'rhe first thing | said to Hamon
was, Where is she?' He said, 1t
was an accident, Frank ! said
You can't make me believe that.
! lie answered, L want it put out that
| it was an accident. | want you To
| give her 5000 and get her out
| before my wife comes. Tell every
one 1t was an accident, that my gun
went off Your gun couldn't have
| gone Off, Jake | said. lie answered,
| | want 1t known as an accident.
Ketch identified the revolver in
| troduCed in evidence as the one he
removed from the right hand pocket
! OF lannon's oVerCoat, ketCh said
he sent his chauffeur after the girl
and instructed her TO come TO his
| office