Arizona republican., 1921-03-18

Sidfa Hamon obtained the inforrna- tlon fully seven minutes before the verdict was rendered in open cour; and sat. surrounded by her faniiiv. half smiling. half afraid to believe the nods of assurance that were bent toward her. When Judge T. w. Cham plon mounted the bench and received an affirmative response to his question
 Gentiemen. have you reached yer dict? her eyes intently followed the oalilff as be received the verdict from MT Ldushridge and handed it to the clerk who read it in nervous voice
 Receives Verdict in Tears clara Hamon Sasped audibly in the tenseiy silent court room, dropped i forward in her seat, only to be seized frop behind by her younger brother. Jimmie, squeezed violently and kissed Tears came to her eyes and other members of her family cried with her as she crossed to the standing jurors and haltingly thanked them. The defendant came to the press room to thank newspaper workers holding the arms of Sheriff Buck Gar rett and her brother and with tears streaming down her face. said: {, am the happiest woman in the world"
 She used a secret passage from the l threatened to overwheim her and went Co a lower floor of the building, where she received congratula t,ons.
 Tonight her plans for the future were incomplete. she and members of 1 her counsel said. She is considering a number of business propositions. ac- eording to Walter Scott, of Fort
 Worth. Texas, one of her counsel.
 She probably will remain here day or two and then probably will go to Wilson to stay with her sister a few days. Her father. J. L. Smith is seri- 1 ously ill at Fl Paso. Texas. and it was said she might return there to be with him.
 ! None of the members of the family l of Jake L. Hamon was present when ! the verdict was returned. Mrs. Ham i on. the widow, and her 19-year-old son.
 Jake L., Jr. left when the case was placed in the jury's hands. Mrs. !, Hamon then was in tears and had wept violently as Attorney General s. | P. Freeing, in charge of the prosecu- | tion. had referred to her several times ! in his plea to the jury as a neglected wife and honorable mother, and to | young Jake as a noble boy. and to H.
 year-old Olivebelle as a sweet little girl.
 Wife Not Told of Verdict Although Mrs. Hamon and Clara | Hamon sat opposite each other and ! only 30 inches apart. not once during l the weeks trial did they appear to be come conscious of each other except
 on the days they testified, when each regarded the other closely. gas i Tonight at the home of Mrs. Jake Hamon it was said that she would not
 be told of the verdict until tomorrow because of her condition. MT. Hamon
 was shot on the night of Nov. 21 last. through the upper right body, with a
 25-caliber bullet. He died five days later
 Clara Hamon left Ardmore Nov. 22 and, it was established during the trial on instructions of Mir. Hamon as he lay
 upon a hospital cot and Frank L. Ketch. former business manager for MT Hamon and now administrator for the Hamon estate, and upon s5000 fur nished her by Mir. Hamon through Mir. ketch. She went to Chihuahua City, Mexico, travelling part way across Oklahoma and Texas by automobile. 1 She surrendered at Fl Paso and re- turned here Christmas.
 The trial has been remarkable by its 1 startling developments, according to counsel. A jury was obtained in less than six hours.
 The states case was based on al lleged dying statements of MT. Hamon in which he was quoted as having said
 that he had been shot by Clara Hamon