Pueblo chieftain., 1921-03-15
CLARA SMITH HAMON
TO GIVE TESTIMONY
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had released Hamon from all obliga-
| tions for relations heretofore exist
| ing between us and claims for money
the state also sought. according to
states Attorney General Freezing to
show generalization and that Mrs.
Hamon, the widow, had been threat
ened.
| Mr.. Ketch testified, over the objec-
ton of ]. L. Hodge. assistant county
attorney, that developments last Sat
urday were sufficient to show that the
/ administrator is an accessory after
| the fact of the offense for which the
defendant is being prosecuted" Mr..
Hodge took the action, he said, because
]. II. Mathers, county attorney, is
acting as part of the counsel for Clara
Hamon.
Judge Champion ruled that Mr..
Ketch's testimony might be taken and
later Attorney General F,reeling said
the fact that he had testified rendered
Mr. Ketch immune under the Okla
homa code.
Mr.. Ketch testified that on lannon's
request he had drawn 5000 from his
personal account and given it to Clara
Hamon with a demand that she leave.
He said Hamon at first denied that
his protege had shot him, but then
had amended that statement and di-
rected that the money be given to her
and that she be gotten away.
Il want it given out l did 1t myself
and give Clara some money and have
her get away" ketch quoted Hamon
as having said.
My wife will be here and I want
Clara to go. Tell the world any kind
of a story; that I dropped the gun;
anything"
Mr.. Ketch, on cross examination said
that Clara Hamons had some invest
ments jointly with the Hamon estate
and also with him personally
He told me he went to his room late
in the evening. threw off his coat ana
vest and lay on the bed for rest,
Mr.. Dunlap testified regarding a con-
versation with him at the sanitarNlrn.
az had been there only short
time when l heard Clara come in and
she laid her left hand on my head ana
l felt her right on my shoulder when
she shot, he further quoted Hamon.
The first defense witness was Rus
sell B. Brown, former county attorney,
who filed the murder charge against
Clara Hamon. Mr.. Brown said MI
Ketch had Informed him that the un-
derclothing and shirt worn by Hamon
and recently produced in court, hao
been burned. Mr.. Ketch a few min,
utes previously had denied he hao
made that statement.
Sheriff Buck Garrett and deputy,
Bud" Ballew, testified that in his last
remarks to them. Hamon had told
them ''he shot himself fooling with an
automatic and that DR.. Hardy, who
previously had testified Hamon told
him Clara shot him. also had held
out to the very last, 1t was an acci-
dent
Sheriff Garrett said Hanon told him
the day before he died that he hao
heard rumors that Clara Hamon
would be prosecuted and that the
dyin~ man said he did not want that
and again said he had shot himself
accidentally. DR.. S. D. Port said he
gave Hamon an anacsthetc before ne
was operated on and the night before
he died he was at the bedside. The
witness said Hamon told him Ito
gauge my anAesthetic because he had
been drinking heavily
on cross-cxarpination the physician
said Hamon was not drunk.
Clara Belle Homer Of Warren:
Pennsylvania, nurse, who ATTENDED
Hamon said she had not heard Hamon
tell any one how he was shot nor had
he told her.
At this point, Mr.. Mclean in an ar
gument as to the adnissability oil
evidence. said It was the defense's con-
tention Hamon made no dying state
ment-
Miss Homer had said Hamon had
used very profane" language while
at the hospital.
Rosa Cannon, another nurse, tesi.
fled that he called for Clara and that
when Clara came Hamon held out his
arms. drew her into them and kissed
her.
She said that Mrs. Irwin who gave
dying statement OF Hamon. carne once
and Mr.. Hamon told her to come back
again and they did not talk much
She said Hamon did not tell her the
defendant shot him. She said Clara
face and hands showed no bruises.