The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-11

the inspection was completed the jury
headed by the sheriff and Mrs Hamon
returned over the same course to the
court house.
Clara Smith Hamon went on yia!
for The alleged murder of Jake l..
Ham0n under an amended information
10 which she. through her attorneys.
entered plea of not guilty it be-
came known early today
The information, which in Oklahoma
has the status of a grand jury indict-
ment in other states asserted that
clara Hamon did kill Jake l.. Hamon
with 4 leaden bullet fired from pistol
sne held in her nand.
Upon examination of the bullet which
made the wound on November 2l last.
from which Hamon died five days
later, ). p. Freeing, state attorney
general. in charge Of the prosecution,
found that it was not leaden, nor steel
jacketed with a leaden core as fre-
quently used with automatic pistols,
but was Of solid steel
1t was purely technicality Attor-
ney General Freeing stated, but TO
cover all makes and manufactures Of
bullets, the amended Information charg
ed. Hamon was killed with a metal
lie" bullet.
Defense counsel agreed to the sub
stitution OF the Information, and en-
tered the same plea OF mot guilty"
which Clara Hamon entered at her
formal arraignment few days ago.
She was not requested to stand and
plead, as on that occasion.
EpitOme Of Outline
Attorney General Freeing, in out
lining the testimony he said would be
adduced through witnesses. gave veri-
fication for the first time to many ru-
mors existent in Arimore and pub
Iished in newspapers since lannon's
death. He said that it would be testf-
flied that Hamon had stated he was
~shot while lying in bed, and that the
course of the bullet through his body
would bear out that statement.
The prosecutor said that Frank
cKetch, business manager for Mr.. Ha-
rnon at the time of the shooting, and
since administrator for the estate. had
;presented Clara Hamon with $1,000
which financed her flight to Chihuahua
City, Mexico, and that the money
had been presented after Hamon had
ut first denied that the woman shot
him, then admitted it, and directed
M.at nothing be said Of that fact;
Aat IA. h. hne1ta1 MN NN a
sake OF his wife and two children,
and that Clara be gotten away so that
the matter might be smoothed over.
He described the flight Of Clara
Hamon from Ardmore saying she Dad
taken train TO Durant, Oklahoma,
and then journeyed in relays Of au-
tomobile from there to Cisco, Texas,
where she boarded train for FL Paso.
Separated by Narrow Table
The defendant and Mrs. Hamon, the
widow, again today occupied chairs
separated by a 13-inch table. The
younger woman did not look at the
woman shrouded in mourning, al
though the latter occasionally turned
and stared at the defendant.
During her arraignment by Attorney
General Freeling in his talk 10 the
jury Clara Hamon. at one time sobbed
inaudibly leaning forward and burying
her face in a handkerchief. 1t came at
q point in Attorney General Freeling's
description of lannon's alleged state
ment TO his business partner, Erret
Dunlap, in which Mr.. Hamon was
quoted as having said:
She Never Gave Chance
81 knew she would do it at some
time. but ! thought she would have
given the old man a chance. She
never gave the old man a chance. She
shot him while he was lying down
The first state witness, j. 5. Null
len, former business partner Of Ha-
mon in his railroad building, testified
ne frequently h@i seen the two to-
gether in their hotel suite, and most
times the defendant was garbed in or
dinary street apparel. He said he had
been on trains with them and that
they had occupied the same drawing
room.
DIR. Harlow Saw Gun
Or. T. c. Harlow, an Arimore eye
specialist, testified he had seen the
younger Mrs. Hamon with an auto
matte pistol q few days before the
oil man-politican was shot.
W. r. Meyers, an Oklahoma city
hardware salesman testified he had
sold Clara b. smith" an automatic
pistol and defense counsel submitted
that their client was the person who
had made the purchase.
Aluaoueh the court room was prac-
tically cleared OF spectators when the
noon recess was taken, the crowd
that had waited in the corridors dur
ing the morning session rapidly filled
all the seats made vacant
Crowds Stay at Noon
Tue people seemed TO sit eager thru
the noon recess in order that they
might nave q seat when the court re-
there with platters containing sand-
wiches, hard boiled eggs and pies while
numbers of those who remained in the
court room unearthed from their ap-
parel lunches brought with them.
Many waited outside tae main en-
trance OF the court room TO pass "a
word or have glance at the defend
ant and the widow ot MIR. Hamon US
they filed between counsel and friends
10 outlets OF the court house. Mrs,
Clara Hamon held a short conference
with her attorneys.
Standing Room at Premium
Standing room at the morning ses-
sion was at more Of premium than
at yesterdays session. No combat this
was the presence Of much larger
number OF spectators seeking en-
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