New Britain herald., 1921-03-15
HAM0N GIRL TELLS
 OWN STORY ABOUT
 SHOOTING OF JAKE
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He choked me and hit me and
 somehow he threw me over on the | bed After he got me on tho bed
 he beat mo and slapped me and hit mo two or three times and took me by ono foot and ierked me off the | bed on my back. I had been oper- I ated on in the back and it hurt me | extremely. He took pains to kick me | in the back. struggled to get up l and did get up and he choked me
 again and backed me up against the ! window and choked me again and again and slapped me and then again he wasn't satisfied with that. so he twisted the skin on my hand. He wasn't satisfied with that. He bent my fingers back and tried to break them and then he said:
 Threatened To Kill He'd.
 T will cut your throat and he reached for his knife.
 '-The knife had fallen out of his pocket in the afternoon while he was lying on the bed and l picked 1t up and put if over on the table after he walked out of the room and then when he didn't have the knife in his pocket he reached for the knife had given him on a little gold chain and somehow that knife wasn't there. He looked around and meantime he was, choking and beating me very bad. He said you have been hiding with some body haven't you and I said no you know I haven't
 When he didn't find his gold knife he saw a knife over on the dresser he had given mo a long time ago just to sharpen pencils. It was very. very sharp. He reached for that knife and said I would just as soon slit your throat as draw on this cigar
 Anyway when he reached for that Knife l knew tho time had come. internationally or consciously or somehow reached back and in my purse on the window sill got my little gun. asked him to stand back and let mo pass"
 Well what did you do with the gun with tho pistol when you got hold of 1t" Mclean asked.
 what would anyone do with it if they thought their life was in dan ger the young woman replied.
 Never mind that. what did you do with it. tho counsel asked.
 T held it on him" she went on.
 He did back away sort of behind chair and put his hand on the back Of the chair. He didn't raise his hands. l didn't ask him to. wasn't 1 very far from him when I passed be- I tween the corner of tho bed and Mir. and the chair to get the door | 10 get out. I backed around to the ] door between our rooms. Holding my hand like this (indicating) to | back up to the door to unlock 1t, the ock ho had locked when Bill went | put. I couldn't see him. The bath -oom is four feet and he had to be a little back of the corner of the bath 'oom when I unlocked the door so I lad to let him out of my sight. And, when unlocked the door to go. in hat instant he turned off the light md raised the chair to strike me and lid strike me. could see the giim- nor of lights in the hall. He struck no with that chair and the gun went 1T.
 The defendant left the stand and 'alked before the jury box to illus rate.
 And I was unlocking the door like his and holding the gun on Mir. Iamon. but he was just out of my Ight for a minute and he got around | he corner and the chair came down l n mo and 1t knocked the gun out on | nc floor like that and 1t went of as l
 fell or pulled the trigger or some- hing as he hit me. don't know. he gun went off.''
 Bursts Into Tears.
 Mrs. Hamon was led from the court l pom in tears today after counsel for le defense attacked c remark made | y IT. Fl. Brown. state counsel. re- .rring to the defendants mother as | m old woman" Ciara's mother and sister also broke ito tears. and f1rore resulted when n attempt was made to clear the 1urt room after applause greeted { le statement made by defense coun- ,. Several minutes after the order clear the court. not q score Of per ,ns had departed and court ad- burned for an hour. after attorneys ld made explanation of their re- arks which had created the distur- . lnce. ;