The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-15
CLARA SMITH HAMON TELLS
STORY OF THE DAY WHICH
MARKED BEGINNING OF
THE END FOR JAKE HAMON
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the fatal day which marked the be-
ginning of the chapter which told of
the end OF Jake L. lannon's meteoric
career
Speaking calmly, dispassionately and
in well-modulated tones. her enuncia-
tion clear and distinct, Clara said:
The Last Breakfast
"Well we had breakfast about IL
o'clock; l think We had breakfast
about II O'clock after breakfast Mr..
Hamon left me; l presume he went
to his office, he usually did on sun
day morning l went back to my
room and in the afternoon about 2:30
OF o'clock. l don't just remember,
he came back to the room and We had
= very pleasant conversation.
de lay down on his bed to rest
and while he only stayed short time,
perhaps less than a hour, three-quar-
ters OF an hour, | would say, then he
went back 20 the office or he told
me he was going back; said he had
some friends waiting or some politi-
clans, somebody, / don't just remem-
Der who.
Getting Ready for Trip
81 was very busy cleaning up my
room, reading newspapers and getting
my clothes ready to go away to Cali
fornia FOR my trip, and / decided that
] would Ike to have 4 little ride, so
l got in my car and went for a ride;
that was about q o'clock; / started
for my ride about 6 o'clock and
think rode for about AN hour, per
haps u little more than an hour 1t
was about Z, dark enough for the
street lights to be on when 1 came
back
Used PrOfane Language
when | drove up IN front Of the
hotel Mr.. HamOn was sitting out III
front Of the hotel. Mr. Hamon was
sitting out in front in chair: be-
tween MIR. Hamon and the door OF
the hotel there was another chair.
lie Immediately grabbed me as l pass
cd and showed me down in the chair
and said he wanted TO talk to me and
used profane language.
iLOu Suos
81 told him, please don't cuSy here.
don't make scene, if you want to
curse and be mean to me and abuse
me, let's 20 10 the room.
"He continued to curse me and l
noticed that the lights in the car
were on and | said, wait minute
/ want 10 turn the lights off my car.
He turned me loose and I walked
to the car and switched off the lights
when | passed by him, when !
turned TO get through the door, he
again grabbed me by the arm and
jerked me down on q chair and again
cursed. ] said, Go to the room Mr.
Hamon, if you want to abuse me,
there are some men standing there,
you mustn't talk that way here in
public, so he got up and l went up
stairs to my room.
Was Afraid
Il was afraid Of Mr. Hamon, very
afraid of him.
81 saw a look on his face that
had never seen before.
He was drunker than l had ever
seen him in all the years l had knew
him.
He was drunk and crazy. ]
don't think the whiskey was good red
whiskey,' as Mr. Nichols said. He
usually drank good whiskey and he
wasn't usually crazy like that. He
was crazier and drunKer than he had
ever been in all the years l had knew
him.
Doors Locked
when l got to my room the door
were locked between our rooms, and
the bath room door was locked l
rang for Bill the porter l thought
had better eat something.
81 hadn't had anything TO eat all
day. At breakfast, ! couldn't eat my
breakfast. | seldom ever eat any
breakfast, and when Bill came and
knocked on the door, he came in with
ice water and Mr.. Hamon slipped in
with him. l had to unlock the door
for Bill.
81 Was Afraid of Mr.. Hamon"
81 wanted to keep him away from
me for twenty-four more hours and l
could go TO California and wait for
him to sober up and come to me look
ing the sweet, kind, lover, he had
been before.
80. he came in as Bill came in.
Bill poured the ice water in the pitch
er. Mr.. Hamon paced up and down
running his hands through his hair
as he did when he was agitated, and
the minute Bill went out and the
door was hardly closed when Mr.
Hamon said, with an epithet.
where Have You Becu!"
And he grabbed me at the same
time and choked me and he choked
me until was blind and l couldn't
seem TO think"
~Now Miss Clara" interrupted W.
p. Mclean Of her counsel. Just 4
minute
Il will finish the story Mr.. Nc
Lean" said.
"He Choked Me"
He choked me and hit me and
some how he threw me over on the
bed in one Of his licks. and after
he got me on the bed he beat me
and slapped me and slapped me and
hit me two or three times and took
me by one foot and jerked me off the
bed on my back, and / have been
operated on in the back and It hurts
me extremely, and he took pains to
kick me in the back, and he kicked
me and choked lac and I struggled to
get up, and he choked me again and
backed me up against the window and
choked me again and again and
slapped me, and then again he wasn't
satisfied with that and he twisted the
skin on my wrist; he twisted and he
wasn't satisfied with that, he bent my
fingers back and tried TO break them
and then ne said
II VIII Cut Your Throat"
"And he reached for his knife and
the knife had fallen out Of hi9 pocket
In tho afternoon while hc was lying