The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-17
CLARA HAM0N
CASE GOES To
JURY TODAY
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from the cradle to debauch her.
Clara wept intermittently duripr
Champions TRADE against JAZZ
Hamon.
A sensation was sprung when
Champion charged that Tnnk
Ketch has his clutches safely fas-
tened onto the millions Of the dead
man."
L. V. Mullen, brother Of J. &
Mullen. one of the friends Of Ha-
mon. whom Champion branded As
countenancing adultery, lurched
toward Champion.
Sheriff Buck" Garrett grabbed
Mullen and forced him in his chair,
"The nation isn't interested in
this case because Of Clara's popu-
larity-she isn't known out Of town
but because Of Jake l. Hamon.
THE throbbing heart Of this ma.
ton is anxious to know why the
powerful Hamon snatched . girl
from high school.
Jake Hamon confessed to the
world this girl was pure and
chaste.
'Hamon was the only man in
her life.
1T was not a bullet that stole
Hamon from his wife; he stole
himself 10 years ago.
ut was not Clara Smith that
brought the tears and mourning
here: it was Jake L. Hamon.
"Hamon knew he was to blame.
That's the reason he said he shot
himself. He said to the sheriff:
Don't prosecute Clara Smith;
I am to blame
Frank Ketch, who told Clara he
would see that she was acquitted if
she released claims against the
Hamon estate, is fine example OF
a law abiding citizen.
'The prosecution is run BY those
who want to project their clutches
in the middle of lannon's millions.
1.-THE state asked Clara IL she had
any children and if there wss a
will.
There is only one way to rf1e
the Hamon estate-that is to hus-
tie her OF to the penitentiary.
"Hamon was drunk that day. Ev-
eryone who saw him said he was
drunk but Kelly Roach and Bill
Nichols-ald they were drunk, too.
"Those interested In The Hamon
millions are the ones who cooked
up the states case"
Champion grabbed the pistol.
laid by Jimmie Mathers. another
defense attorney, on a table to ylsu-
alize the states charge that cara
shot Hamon while lying In bed.
"Jim, you're Jake and I'm Clara
yelled Champion. brandishing the
gun.
Murder Fans Laugh.
Murder fans laughed at this;
Clara cried.
prince Freezing, where Is the
powder burns on the shirt II ha-
mon was shot with the gun against
his breast?" asked Champion
He spread lannon's bloody per-
Gale shirt out on the table. Clara
sat on one side; Mrs. Hamon on
the other.
"Was there a reconciliation be-
tween Hamon and his good wife
They say he was going to cnahse
his life and join the church.
wasn't he making a good start
getting drunk with Bill Nicnois
and Kelly Roach on the SaDoat1
and then picking up a cnair anu
trying to kill a little girl!
"If the grave could open up Inc
dead man would say to you:
"'Remember, am the one VIM
stole this girl from purity.
Remember, l set a horrible eA'
ample of open and notorious adult
cry
God. breathes there a man wne
would say death for this litie sni'
No Middle Ground.
There is no middle ground IL
this case; either death or liberty
there's no middle ground. .,
"Girls like this will forever Ok
acquitted as long as the spirit o.
God lives"
Jimmie Mathers. Ardmore pose
cutting attorney, who is one OF tne
defense attorneys, appeared peloft
the grand jury box.
Gentlemen" he said, your yer.
dict will be flashed to millions o'
mothers"over the country.
There she sits like a mouse IN
trap with the Hamon millions CLOS
ing in on her.
mo verdict can give back to ne,
her sweet childhood that she MAJ
when she met this social outlaw.
Jake Hamon burned the scarie'
letter on her breast. Your verdic
will say whether she will be I'M
sport of every passing libertine-
Gentlemen, tell her to 60 AM
sin no more.
"The state does not expect . con
viction: it expects . hung jury.