The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-15

session. She spoke in full, firm,
low voice and did not waste words in
her replies
Mr.. Hamon held out his arms and
pulled me down and kissed NE and
asked me to forgive him and said it
never would hi We happened if he had
not been drunk" she said Mr.. Hamon
told her at the hospital when she Wis
tied him the morning after the shoot
ing.
Tears Spring to Eyes
Her voice. wavered and tears came
into her eyes as she said that.
She said Mr.. Hamon told her she
should have lad left town to save
scandal, but to come back that at
ternoon.
She described the conference with
Mr.. Ketch at which she was given
money to leave Ardmore on.
She said when she got to Durant,
Oklahoma. after having missed the
north train from Ardmore, she decid-
ed to return to Ardmore, but when
in the car changed her mind, and
went south by motor car to Denison.
From Denison she said she was
driven by motor car to Dallas where
she tried to get an aeroplane to San
Antonio. She said she could not get
a plane for an hour and that the
ship did not look safe, so she started
to motor to san Antonio.
Acted on ketchs Instruction
She said she was acting on instruc-
tions Of Mr.. ketch. in whom she
had implicit confidence as her friend
and Hamons friend.
She said Everett Sails was her
chauffeur from Dallas, as he testifi-
fled he was but she denied she car
ried two pistols as he had said.
She said she was driven to Cisco,
Texas, where she bought ticket for
FL Paso, Texas
She said she remained in Juarez,
across from Ell Paso, three days, and
then went to Chihuahua City.
Clara said when she left Oklahoma
she was not fleeing from a crime
she had committed, and left because
Mr.. ketch told her to.
She very emphaucally replied Il
did not" when asked If she had told
Sails she had shot man, and that
nothing had been said to Sails about
her having shot a man, and that no
discussion over the subject OF Wea-
pons best for killing men was had.
IF that is true | want to kill my
SELF she said she told Hamon when
he said he had been shot, and that
Hamon took the pistol from her.
She said she did not want Mr.
Hamon 10 die. Her voice waived
again.
Widow Listens Intently
Mrs. Hamon, the widow, listened to
Clara's testimony intently but without
expression.
Leave and never come back, Clara
said Ketch told her. but that when her
Uncle Ben Harrison got 10 her she de-
cided to surrender and return to Ard
more.
while in Old Mexico did you meet
q fellow going under the name Of sam
Blair" Mr.. Mclean asked.
Il did" Clara replied.
She said she had read what pur.
ported to have been an interview with
her, and that it was what she had
told the court this morning,
She said she never had gotten any
money except sl25 from her oil and
motion picture properties, owned joint
ly with, respectively, the Hamon es
tate and Ketch.
Was Not in Bed
He certainly was not Clara replied
when asked If Hamon was shot while
lying on a bed.
Il certainly did not she replied
when asked if she had placed hand on
lannon's head and fired the shot which
killed him.
Cross Examination
On cross examination she said she
was 29 years old and next October
would be 30, and had been living with
Mr.. Hamon eight or nine years"
mo sir, not when l began living
with him." Clara said when asked if
she was II when that arrangement be-
gan.
She said she began working for Mr.
Hamon in 1913 and worked at least
two years.
She said she frequently went to
Kansas City to meet Mr.. Hamon
while she was attending a school at
Lexington, Mo-, but that he did not
come to Lexington. She said he came
to see her at Fort Worth.
Was Not Jealous of Wife
NO, sir; was not" Clara said
when asked If she were jealous Of
Mrs. Hamon, the wife Of Jake Hamon.
She had admitted she knew Hamon
was married and the father OF two
children.
Attorney General Freezing read .
letter introduced yesterday and Clara
said Il will stop Il one way or the
other" In the letter meant she was
ready 10 quit him at any time and
permit him TO return to his family.
wen | expect I was, but | don't
recall any at this time" she said
when asked IL she had been jealous
of any other woman, excepting Mrs.
Hamon at any time.
No. Children Born
us It the Enid matter or Mrs.
II. which keeps me away" said meant
was It a trial at Enid Hamon was in,
or was It Mr. lannon's wife
HE did, always" Clara said when
Attorney General Freezing asked II
Hamon had promised 10 marry her.
Were there any children born
OF this relauons?" Attorney General
Freezing asked
No" replied Clara.