Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-12
MILLIONAIRE OIL MAN
MADE Statement At
HARDYs HOSPITAL
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anybody about this. ! want tO keep
secret fur the sake & my family
On cross examination ~ Hlri
admitted that h. had NOT told "a, rlt
when questioned by Russell r. Brown
then county attorney. who had tic,
an informaiicn against clara Smitl
Hamon, charging murder.
you did not tell Russell Brown N
truth. then. did you Doctor dsfens
counsel asked him. after Il had beer
brought out that Or. Hardy had TOLD
Mr.. Brown tina, Hamon said D. sho'
himself accidentally.
mo" the surgeon replied
DE-. Hardy was asked II h. did no
know an official Investigation by ~
county attorney had the same status
a. hearing N open court. and sal
that rs did not 50 regard H.
nr. Hardy described the course u n.
bullet which he said caused Mr Ha
moa's death as having entered The rlghi
side OF the body betw- the eighth
and ninth ribs. taking a downward
course through the lower RICH, lobe 60
the liver and without penetrating aW
vital organs.
lie said that Mr ilnnon had i1H hin
how he lay In thu bed AZ nc was shot.
and ON cross examination Mr Melon
got upon the floor and h7i fh 1858 %.
Trace the bullets course with rfYl
on his shirt. lie broggh; A.m the sur
gtpn. as h., the lawyer. anl before
hhu with his arms un1.--l ana hoj5
bent forward. that Il tn persons the
had stood before Sir. Mclean and fired
~ hgsici would have taken a s.milal
eoarsc.
Tae dffcus has announced o. ln,cn.
i'oa 0, try4us 20 prove Iiamon was
q I AZ he bFfndiah a chair.
.TonigH counsel Tor the dcieusf said
thai u had scored IL greatest po.n
~ dail % Or H4rdys description o..
thf nelnf unj Witnesses statements
a. o. fhr position % the bed on which
M hssu0n sd he vas lying whom
no ghe de.,rsc sid Clara ilamor
could act have assumed a position "a
lase fired the shot in that manner De-
esass Of the Wall Of the room
Jus Sniith az Hospital.
Dr Hardy testified that GA the morn
ng' ftar Hsinon had been shot. Clara
A mon eme 70 the hospital and was
parr.lttsd - see the wounded mar
altrn.
Tho doctor testified be- told the nurs
TO leave them alone. but that lt,r 81,
had told him Clara Hamon rushed g.
lannon's cot seized h.m 10 her arms
and kissed him Dr. Hardy said b. lv
nothing himself as De- was oui ID, tha
room, and on Crus examination. denied
that the nuns had told him Ham0r
took China IN his arms and kissed her
Their was no wl'nyss 20 anything taa'
might have happened. d. said. and
Clara lIumon lsft within tUo or tnrc,
minutes.
In his opening siHi,msnj O. Oh, jury
Atiorney General On cling uil Frank
ketch. lannon's former business nam
agcS and now adminls'rl; ol the es
tate had provided Clu uam,n with
s.. 900 with which "a, financed hsr sey
eral weeks flirhy 20 Chhlamua CT"
Mexico. after Mr. lilmon died ~.
Afternoon sesfioa OF court was past
ppned an hour while the jury. acc.m
wal, By the defendant. sheriff Car
MI "a two halllffs. went to the suit,
81 mans whcro Hamou was sh,t Tn,
.:rniture and furnishings. win the bed
linens, had been arranged ~ Clara
Iiamon iaaS night IN a. nearly as pos
sihle the zane manner they were when
iiamoa No. slot.
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