New Britain herald., 1921-03-15
|bMON GIRL TELLS
 bWN STORY ABOUT SHOOTING OF JAKE
(fth Tears in Her Eyes, She De- CIareS He Was Crazy Drunk
 Lon That Fatal Night
AVS GUN WENT OFF AS
 . AVIAN STRUCK HER HAND

l 4MAN STRUCK HER HAND Didn't Do It.r Accused Protests,
 Ns She Takes Revolver md Demon RCs(tcs to Court Just How the Fatal
 shot Was Ffred--Dccinres That She i,ocsn't Know What Happened. Ardmorc. okla. March 15.-Ciara |pmon. charged with the murder of Ike r.. Ilamon, took the witness knd In her trial hero today. Hhc defendant was composed and lkc in wCll-controllcd voice. She l | ah wns go years old. She said
 had known MT. Hamon for
 tny years. | don't know just how |,ny v,tF since I was a school girl l nNtun."
 says Hamon Was Drunk. | ,Syo defendants voice broke as she kdl that Col lIumon cursed her on E evening he was shot and tears Saf into her eyes. Her voice drop
 low and she said:
 k'Ho was drunker and crazier than syor had boon in all the years [h known him. Tells of Shooting. When the defendant reached the lint in her story of the actual |~inr she left tho witness stand |d taking the pistol with which anon was shot in her hand. she ustratod how the shot was fired. ''I didn't go to do it." she said. The ! stol went off when he struck it, or ]
 pulled the trigger or something: ! know not what.r
 . Finally Breaks Down. When Clara tried to tell how Col. | |wron after hc was shot had said, | Yam hit" and had showed her the | pod spot forming on his shirt, she oko down.
 1t was after few preiimlna " cstions in which she said she know | LL Hamon was married and that he I educated her SO she might work | him, that she was asked. to tell q jury hcr story. ## nWc had breakfast about II ]
 Eek" she said. After breakfast 1 I. Hnmon left me: I presume he ITO his office; he usually did on nv morning. I went back to my on and in the afternoon he came ek to tho room and we had a very pnsant conversation.
 ''He lay down on his bed to rest \ he only stayed a short time. Then Event back to the office. 'T was busy cleaning up my room d EcttIng my clothes roady to go -ay to California and I decided that would like to have a little ride so I [ In my car.
 p4t was about '. dark enough for \ street lights to be on when I came rk. When [ drove up to tho hotel , .fIamon was sitting in front in a Mir. Retwecn MT. Hamon and the or of the hotel there was another air.
 Grabs Her by Arm. ''Hc immediately grabbed me as I ased and showed me down in the air and said he wanted to talk to and used profane language. n told him please don't curse here. u't mako a scene. If you want to
 hn and be mean to mo, let's so to , room He continued to curso mo ] 4 I noticed that the lights in the car TO on and | snid Wait q minute: u&o turn the car lights on. He mo loose and I walked to tho and switched off the lights.
 Wanted to Avoid Sccnc nvhon passed by him, and turned get the door he again grabbed me
 the arm jerked me down on n fir and again cursed. I said 'Go to , room MT. Hnmon If you want to a, lae me there nrc some men stand
 there, you must not talk that way 70 in public He got up and | wont stairs to my room, I was afraid or ,~IIamon. very afraid of him. I saw ook on his fncc that I had never In before. He was drunker than | d oven seen him In all the years { known him. Ho was drunk and Izy. don't think tho whiskoy was d rcd whiskey as Mir. Nichols said.
 usually drank good whiskoy and he sn't usually crazy like that. When .to my room tho doors were locked voen our rooms. and the bathroom 'r wnA locked. rang for tho porter nouRht I had better eat something ndnt had anything to cat all day. ( breakfast I could not eat.
 Afraid Of Hamon.
 kn Blli tho porter came in with
 water MT. Hamon slipped with l. I had 10 unlock the door for . I was afraid of MT. Hamon.
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