Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-15
HA|M0N NURSES
DENY WOUNDED
MAN CONFESSED
w ounded Man Used
Very Profane Lam
guage, Ayers One.
Minister Never PRAYED
With Him Either,
Testify Witnesses.

Ardmore, Okla. March 14-The
state rested it's case Monday in the
trial Of Clara Smith Hamon, charged
with having murdered last November,
Colonel Jake j.. Hamon, Republican
national committee man from Okla
homa and millionaire oil and railroad
man. The defense. casting aside its
right to make an opening statement to
the jury, rushed through the greater
part of its witnesses. AS the court
adjourned the defense informed the
court Clara lannon's sister and niece
would procede the defendant on the
stand and with Clara's estimony, the
defense would rest its case.
In it's announced effort to break
down the testimony that Colonel Ham
on had made dying statement, the de-
fense called the two nurses at the
Hardy sanitarium who, respectively.
testified that thy had been on duty with
the wounded man during the II hours
period from Z p. m. and Z a. m. from
the time he came to the hospital.
Always With Patient.
The Young woman, Clara Belle
Homer. of Warren. Pa, and Rosa Can
non, Of Ardmore, said that during the
time Hamon was in the hospital, they
in turn. were not away from his side
more than five minutes or ten minutes
at time and then only to prepare
medicines. and that they had at no time
heard the wounded man make state-
ments to visitors that he believed he
was dying or that Clara Hamon snot
him. -.
Miss Homer testified that during his
profane language Charles Coakley
If the defense counsel. explaining when
Attorney General freezing objected. to
the question which led to that state
ment that it was desired to bring out
the fact that Colonel Hamon dld not
believe he was dying and that IN MS
state of mind was not such as a dy-
ing man assumes.
Fondles, Kisses Clara.
Miss Cannon testified that she tele..
phoned Clara Hamon at the nolel
whare Hamon was ssiot in the morning
after he arrived at the hospital. lie
said Clara came to the hospital. Cot
onrl Hamon having requested that she
do that. She said that, despite testl-
mony of DR.. Hardy that no one was
in the room with the wounded man
when Clara arrived, she had remained
and that the colonel had raised his
arms. taken Clara Hamon into them
and kissed her. c,
Miss Cannon testified that Colonel
Hamon cursed much, especially wheh
his stomach troubled him.
The young woman also testlfied tha1
no diving state nent had been given 70
the Rev. T. G. Irwin, and that neither
Colonel Hamon nor the minister prayed
in the sick room. The preacher pse,
yiouslv had testified that he had prayed
with Hamon.
Pastor Denied Interview.
Miss Cannon said that DR.. Irwin
came to the hospital but all that Soi-
onel Hamon said to him was that he
felt too badly to talk with him and TO
come back IN the afternoon.
Court recessed Monday just as the
name of Mrs. w. i. Walling. sister of
the defendant. was announced as the
next witness It was announced that
she would be presented as the de-
fense's first witness Tuesday and that
she will be followed by the defendants
niece, with Clara Hamon herself being
called to the stand as the defense's !
last witness.
Attorney General Freeing Monday |
night said that. Judging from the ra-
pidity with which the testimony had
been gotten in, the trial should be in
the hands of the jury by Thursday
evening.