The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-09
WIDOW IS
There TO
ASK GIRL
Be KILLED
Brings Own Prosecutor,
Who May Take Part for
"Ham0n Estate"
BY CARL VICTOR LITTLE

AhDMOftEs ohit-, MAfch -
Clara Smith Hamon strolled down
Main street To-Day. and didn't attract
any more attention than the cowboy
cop tramping his beat.
On any OF the hundreds OF other
Main streets in the country. crowds
would have gathered and fingers
would be pointed at Jake Hamon's
chic girl, who stands trial for his
murder tomorrow.
But Main Street in Ardmore liz
/, Main Street In Ardmofe. and not
comparable TO any other in the coun-
try. The South meets the West and
forms Ardmore. This town OF 10000
inhabitants is typically Southern in
It's aspect, with dash OF cowboys
and Indians thrown in to give .
wild and woolly" Western effect
PUBLIC OPINION
ACQUITS CLARA HAMON
! Public opinion has acquitted Cara
Hamon---shc is not guilty OF the
charge OF siaying Jake Hamon, pic
lturesque millionaire promoter and
politician. in the eyes OF the Ard
moreites.
However. the offspring Of the
union OF the South and West are not
all wrought up over the case A
conviction. perhaps. would cause a
slight ripple: then Ardmore would go
back 10 work coaxing oil out of the
ground and raising turbulent crops
OF politics.
Years ago Jake Hamcn moved into
the Randol hotel on Main Street.
with a woman who was not his wife
Clara Smith Hamon.
Tongues did not wag them out of
town: the morals commission did not
cali on them.
Ardmore figured that was Jake's
and Ciara's business. and then went
about its own affairs.
OF course Jake Hamon and Clara
Hamon were counted In on the So
cial affairs of the frontier CON-
munity.
MRS. JAKE HAMON
BRINGS OWN ATTORNEY
Mrs. Jake Hamon reached here to-
day from Chicago. to demand death
her home and killed her husband
With her came Jimmy O.Brien,
wearing a red necktie and carrying
a moose under his arm. He is
former assistant states attorney in
Chicago. and is acting as Mrs. Jake
lannon's attorney.
I'm going to do all in my power
10 avenge my husbands DEATH" said
Mrs. Hamon. Il brought Mr..
|oBrien because he has a reputation
for getting convictions.
I'm going the limit TO get Clara
Smith Hamon fully punished for the
home she wrecked and the life she
took"
Mrs. Hamop will be the star wit
ness for the state.
"She stole Jack from me. the
mother Of his two children, and sent
me into exile" continued Mrs.
Hamon. Then she shot him down.
Before the bars of justice. Ill de-
msnd the limit for this woman
O'Brien's avowed business in life
is 10 convict those charged with MUIR
der
He came here. hired by Mrs.
Hamon for the purpose OF getting"
Clara Smith Hamon.
ROPES OBRIEN
SLIPS MOOSE SklLLFULLY
O'Brien earned the name OF
Ropes oBrien because OF the skin.
full way he slipped the moose around
mems necks during his argument bc
fore juries. lie always wears a rec
necktie at a murder trial-that's ths
reason he came to Ardmore with one
on.
When Mrs. Jake Hamon hired
Ropes" O'Brien. IL meant that sho
was going thru with the case--that
she had resolved vengeance is
mine-'
Ropes" o'Brien technically has
been hired to represent the estate a
Jake l.. Hamon.
OBrien. at the request OF Mrs.
Ha,non. Immediately sought S. l..
Freezing, attorney general OF Okla.
homa, and chief prosecutor. TO SEQ
IL he can join the prosecution. IL
will be up to Freezing whether
OBrien win take leading role.
Even tho o'Brien is not taken into
the fold of the prosecution, IL Is un-
derstood that he. as COUNSEL for Mrs.
Hamon, will have the right 10 cross.
examine witnesses when the estate
is involved.
Most of the witnesses viii involve
the estate. o'Brien believes.
The prosecution has kept in a
mystery the central points on which
II will try TO send Clara Smith
Hamon TO the penitentiary for the
murder of Jake Hamon.
But three features arc expected to
develop at the trial. starting tomor-
row, of the young woman who shot
and killed the multi.miilionaire OH
man and politician. after associatlns
openly with him for ten years.
They are:
FIRST-4That Hamon was being
blackmailed on the day he was shot
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