The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-15

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 (Reproduction in Part or in Whole Absolutely Prohibited- | Ardmore, Olzla.-"Darling, don't you understand I love you dearly; that my life is wrapped up in you and that am only happy when with you ?'' wrote Jake l.. Hamon, oil mas lter and Republican leader of the southwest to his Hove child" Clara Smith Hamon, now on trial charged 1 with his murder.
 Little pet,'' Kitten and the | sweetest little person on earth'' were the Oil Kings favorite terms of en- dearment for the girl who later shared | his career and,faces a jury in the lit | tie court house here, charged with his death.
 The letters will be introduced in Clara Smith Hamon's trial by the de- fense.
 Most of them were written between 1914 and 1915 when the accused wo- man was attending Lexington College | in Missouri at Hamon's expense and some of the most of the endear1ng ones were penned after the girl had | signed the contract presented in evil 1 dence yesterday by the state in which she agreed to ''drop out of the Oil Kings life on the payment of $1 and l other considerations.''
 | The letters show that Hamon was 1 madly in love with the accused wo- man and his thoughts centered on her | instead of the wife who sits in the l court room. In one letter Hamon l told of his wife's arrival in Ardmore l and declares she came to kill both | him and the girl
 | 'Mrs- H. came up from Fort Worth 1 Sunday night" he said in this letter '@The night clerk at the hotel turned | her into my room. She found your hat and then the maid told every | thing that she knew and later more.
 ''She was trying to have us both ar rested. She had employed old Judge x@f A,,l- IT, the banks and talking. Sent for MT. and Mrs. Bryan Had them talk to her Said she had come over here to kill both you and me
 l ''She had been told by some one | that you were still in Ardmore and was not going away.
 ''She moved into the parlor bed room and stayed two days. have had one h of a time. Never was embarrassed like this before in, my life.
 "I wished several times that the train which brought me back had been wrecked and had never got here.
 'I will never spend any time in Ardmore from now on- I was glad you were not there to take the pun | 1shment I had to.
 Hamon, empire builder and paliti- cal czar, 20 years older than the girl, was in constant fear that she would fall in love with a younger man. ac- cording to his love letters In one of his letters he wrote. ~I have no one with me in Ardmore I know where there is one little person who would love to take charge there quick and scold me and when I left Ardmore to go right along with me
 You know what you must do unhappy. Make up your mind calm fy and will do everything to help you possible for me to do.
 l IT were younger and better look | WOnld "a HoI but l cannot help my age nor looks.
 When l ask the little person to come what will be the answer?"
 In another letter he mentions his nephew, Frank Hamon, who later went through a marriage ceremony with the accused woman to give her the Hamon name and thus protect the lovers from scandal.
 The Myrtle" mentioned in one let ter IS Clara Smith Hanaon's younger sister, now Mrs. Van Allen James o1 Los Angeles, California. It reads:
 1T received your letter. Was very much pleased the way you expressed your sentiments toward me.
 Now, Pet, keep this in mind, you are the one and only real little per son.
 Frank is just a big ugly boy, not a thing fancy about him and has no
 money except his salary. will ask him for his picture the next time see him. Am afraid he is not pretty enough for Myrtle and that she might not De cOnIented to marry a pOOI man. l woul dtrade the world to be his age, then would make the real little person love me dearly.
 You are absolutely wrong about
 my not wanting to see you when you
 are i'll. Little kitten, when I see yoH
 l will love you almost to death.
 TT want to see you so badly. Car
 hardly wait -+
 '1 love you more dearly than ever
 On July 2T, 1915, he wrote: : - Dear, do you really love me -.
 really want you, good sweetheart ant ;. true, like you were
 e Darling, turn back to me. No othe, man will ever love you as I do. Yol f are my real life.
 Darling, please be square with me . You know, dearest, what I expected = and what I wanted. You can neve V realize how I hayes uffered these las q few days. Words cannot express it l. There is never a second of time
 don't want you with me. Don't ge