Evening star., 1921-03-16
IBOTH SIDES CLOSED
| IN HAM0N TRIAL
Court Takes Recess for
Preparations of Judges
Charge to Jury.
By the Aseocia ted Press.


ARDMoRE, Okla, March 16.-Intro-
duction Of testimony in the trial Of
Clara Hamon. charged with the mur-
der of Jake l.. Hamon, was completed
after a brief morning session and
court was recessed until pm. to per-
nit Judge Thomas w. Champion to
prepare his instructions to the jury.
Each side was allotted five hours for
arguments, and it was said that if the
judge had prepared his charge by the
time court reconvened they will be
begun Immediately.
The court will Charge the jury on
three points: Murder, which. upon
conviction. would carry a sentence of
deAth or life Imprisonment; first de
gree manslaughter, the sentence of
which upon conviction would be from
four years to life Imprisonment. and
second degree manslaughter, with a
minimum fine of 81.
s. Prince Freezing, state attorney
general, in charge Of the prosecution,
said that H. H. Brown, special prose
cutor, would make the opening argu-
ment and that he (Freeling). would
close for the state.
Arrangement OF Argument.
w. p. Mclean of Fort Worth, Tex.
leading counsel for the defense. an
nounced three Of the defense corps Of
H. Mathers Of Ardmore, county attor-
ney OF Carter county, who was re-
tanned by Clara Hamon before he as
sumed office, will make the opening
argument; Joe Ben Champion, twin
brother OF the presiding judge, will
SPEAK next and Mr.. Mclean will close.
Mr. Mclean said that the defense
mad submitted proposal to the state
counsel to permit the case to go to
the jury Immediately after the Judge
read his charge and without argu-
ments, but that the state had declined.
Numerous Reports OF Threats.
There were numerous reports about
the county building this morning of
threats made against state counsel
smu smiItr .he Jurors should a verdict of
gulity De returned against Clara
Hamon. Sheriff Buck Garrett said.
however, that no such reports had
rsached MIN, with one exception. that
OF letter written to a member of
tne de1ense counsel in which a warn
thss mSs gwen OF possible violence to
lne ueLendant should she be acquitted
n; II. Brown. special PROSECUTOR.
SAID dangerous threats had been made
against him, but he would NOT %
into details o' 81
Death Penalty Not Asked.
attorney General freezing pointed
OUT that IN his opening statement he
nad not referred to a death penaltv
should Clara Hamon be found p,,iIty
and said he would asl, nenai;v
Mnicn the jurors ''in their Judgment
Hnd f Mt; he said he would not change
from that in his argument.
There was much doubt exnressAd
as to whether the court wonid be
ready with his instruction at 2 nm
ana II was thought probable an ad,
Journment until tomorrow mornine
at o'clock would be taken.
lannon's Letters Ruled Out.
The defense formally rested when
Judge Champion ruled that letters
written by Col. Hamon were inadnis-
sible as evidence. The defense notad
an exception to the ruling of the
court. VI '"e
sam Blair, newspaper man. who oh
tained an interview with Clara Hamo,
at Chihuahua City, Mexico, was called
by the state as it's first witness in re~
buttal. ="
Blair said he saw Clara Hamon first
and twice later.
Asked regarding any statement the
defendant may have made concerning
a Will left by Hamon, Blair said he
brought up the subject and that CI.r.
said she believed there was a will and
that it was being kept hidden mill
after she might be tried.
Blair asserted the young woman had
in substance said what he had re-
ported.
IS. Prince Freezing, state attornev
general in charge of the prosecution.
offered as part of the trial record
copy of newspaper containing the
interview obtained by Blair. The de-
fense objected. however. and was sus-
tanned.
Erwin c. Daniels, a Denison. Tex.
service car driver, said he had driven
Clara Hamon from Denison to Dallas
and that on the trip he had seen a
pistol in the defendants handbag.
Nurse COntradicts Dunlap.
Today seemed quiet and draggy
after the startling developments Of
yesterday. which piled on in rapid
succession.
Miss Rose Cannon. a nurse at the
hospital where Hamon died, was re-
called to the witness stand. She said
she had not told Errett Dunlap that
she had been surprised to see Clara
Hamon come to the hospital, as she
had believed Clara had departed from
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