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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-11
WILL CLARA SMITH TRIAL
END WITHIN FEW DAYS, OR
BE LONG DRAWN.OCT?


CONTINUED from page ~
who We're on the jury which sentenced
Hammer are: b. F, Loughridge, and
d. E. Allen. Loughridge is farmer
of Lone Grove, while Allen is a black
smith at Ardmore.
Mr. Loughridge was also one of
the jurors who served during the
trial Of the state of Oklahoma VS..
Thedford Fuller, and in which the de-
fendant, aged II, was alleged to have
shot off the head of w. F. Carl. aged
50. at Provence last January.
The jury in this case had found
the defendant guilty of manslaughter
in the first degree and sentenced him
10 serve four years In the peniten-
tiary.
County Attorney Mathers had ask
ed for the death sentence for Fuller
during his closing address to the jury
in this case.
This verdict returned by the jurors
caused great deal of unfavorable
comment among those familiar with
the details of the case, for Fuller had
signed a written confession in which
he had admitted that he had shot
Carl intentionally, that he had plan
ned the killing, and that he had ar
ranged an abb prior to the actual
shooting. The reasons Fuller gave in
his confession as TO the cause Of the
shooting were that Carl had mistfeat-
ed his is year old sister, who was
the wife Of the man whom he shot.
and that he had struck another sis
ter of Fuller's.
Thus, summing up. it is really a
difficult question to form an opinion
as to what strength the evidence pre-
sented will bear on the jury.
In one case, one Of the jurors who
is sitting in the Clara Smith trial at
the present time had assented to a
penalty of life imprisonment when
the defendant Stoutly maintained that
! he was innocent of the crime and
presented an alibi, and in the other
case, he had agreed to four
year sentence for q man who had
murdered another
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-11
PERSONNEL OF JURY IN
WHOSE HANDS RESTS THE
FATE OF CLARA SMITH
CONTINUED from page D

age. lie has one boy and a girl, age
ten and three respectively. Berwyn is
a small town 10 miles north Of Ard
more. Mr. Thomas moved to Carter
county IA years ago from Tennessee.
Owning bank, playing the losing
end Of the farming game has not been
so disastrous to me" Mr.. Thomas
commented. Money has been tight,
but have always pulled the old
farms out of the hole in a pinch"
d. NJ. sellars, IS years old, has
one boy. He is a merchant Of
Springer, a community 10 miles north
OF Ardmore, combining farming and
general merchandising as profes-
sion. Mr.. Sellars is n widower.
n. J.. Wilkes moved to Carter coun-
ty % years ago from Texas being a
native Of the Lone Star state. The
father OF one boy. two years old. He
wanted to discuss more his sons
fatherly traits than any other ques-
tion concerning his life. Mr.. Wilkes
is 81 years old and the proprietor o!
q cigar store here.
A. ID. Davis IS years old, Is the
only unmarried man on the jury.
I'm not a bachelor by disposition ~
Mr. Davis smihngly said, but I've
vet to see the woman whom be-
Hcye will be equal to her husband ~
Mr.. Davis IS well-to-do oil operator
and the owner Of several fine farms
In Carter county He moved TO this
county from Tennessee and has re-
sided at Fox, 80 miles northwest Of
Ardmore, for 81 years
Il. K. Poole. one ot two to whom
the custody OF the jury has been en-
trusted when outside the courtroom
il "a familiar character In Carter
county court circles SiNty-two years
OF age. a pioneer ranchcr, Mr. Poole
Is the father of two boys and one girl,
an talented musicians. His Oldest
son. IS years. Is studying violin in the
Boston conservatory of Music while
the girl. the Youngest of the three
children Is. at five years, an excellent
pianist. The other son. 10, is now
playing one OF the leading roles ~
Ardmurc high school musical circles.
Mr. Poole has lived In Carter county
26 years. the town OF Poolevilie. near
Ardmore. having been Incorporated
and named In his honor
The bailiff who IS active In the
charge Of the jury j. u, Payne, has
been serving since the induction into
office Of Judge r. y. Champion. Mr.,
I Payne Is the father Of boys and one
I girl. three Of whom are married. Al
though bookkeeper by profession
Mr.. Payne has always Inclined toward
law and earnestly pursucs his duties
lie has resided in Carter county ?,
| yeara. aud Is q natlve Tennesaeean.
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at the courthouse however, where two
hundred seats occupied yesterday by
veniremen and witnesses today were
available for spectators. Actual open
ing OF the trial yesterday was unat'
tended by expression of great interest
locally, but as the day lightened crowds
in greater numbers besieged the court
room and county building. Locally il
was said the interest displayed at the
trial opening was not a barometer OF
the attention here. but that it was
believed selection Of a jury would be
long drawn out When word spread
quick strides in that formalty were
being made, the crowds began to ar
rive for hearing the evidence. which,
it has been indicated by counsel for
both sides may prove sensational and
risque.
Further indication that might be
true was pointed to as borne out with
] the counsel's arrival in court this
morning each understanding he was
to present your own case and we will
ours" That was the parting injunc'
| tion late last night after conference
Of all members Of counsel who met in
an effort to agree on the period OF
years which might be gone over in
adducing evidence of incidents in the
lives of Clara Hamon and the man
she is charged with having killed.
The downpour Of rain was increased
/ in volume as the hour arrived for
the jury inspection OF the rooms in
the hotel, caused the court order that
the iurymen would remain in the box
until the rain had relented.
1t was stipulated in the order that
| If the rain had not let up at the time
Of convening Of court schedule for
$3.50 the jury would not visit the
scene of the alleged shooting until the
noon recess.
The rain did not deter the specta-
tors from crowding the court room,
however, as at 9I5 all available seats
in the court room filled with standing
people. A part of the right wing Of
the room had been reserved for the
jurymen called in the last summons
and the witnesses.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-11
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-11
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-11

Muskogee. Okla, March i0.--An in
voluntary petition in bankruptcy was
flei in the United states district court
Wednesday by four out-of-state cred
itors against the Oklahoma Auto Man
utacturing Company OF okay. manu-
facturers OF auto trucks. The petition
asserts the company owes 435O,O0O
Preference in payment Of creditors
tas been shown. IL Is charged The
pehtioning companies list claims
against the defendant to the amount
OF $1,000.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-11
NOTICE

All in the city should be busy for
several days now killing rats sa they
are menace to health and property,
and when they are killed they must
be collected and turned over TO the city
scavenger. 1t is violation Of the
city sanitary laws to throw, leave them
on vacant lots. in alleys or leave them
on any premises,
Here are some relibale remedies for
poisoning them. Take one pound OF
oat meal, one pound of brown or white
sugar and a spoonful OF Arsenic, mix
and roll into small biscuits, put where
rats run There is on the market a
phosphorus poison Calready preparedl
spread this on bread and then put a
thin layer Of sugar over the phos'
phorus: place the bread in the garage,
basement or anywhere the rats go.
But take care that small children or
animals do not get the poisoned bread
instead of the rats.
CITY BOARD OF HEALTH.
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-11

House Surgeon at the Hardy San-
torium. Dr. CowleS is the man 10
whom Jake Hamon appealed, it is
stated when first shot 1t was DR..
Cowles who walked with Mr.. Hamon
from the Randol hotel to the sani
torium when the oil man told the
doctor that he had been injured. 1t
has been stated that the iron nerve of
the fatally wounded man held out to
the last. that he refused a cab
and went on foot to the hospital
two blocks distant where he undress-
ed without assistance. in preparation
for the operating table.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-11

Washington.-A delegation OF In
dians from five tribes. the Chippewas,
Sioux. Shawnee. wyandottes and Che
rokee.s asked Secretary Fall to give
consideration to Thomas l.. Sloan, Of
the Omaha tribe, for commissioner OF
Indian affairs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-11
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-11

London-The supreme council COM
pleted the news proposals TO be
formally communicated to the Greek
and Turkish delegates Saturday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-11
THE EXAMINATION OF WIT
NESSES Is UNDER WAY
Continued From Page one>

IOll dSt Alst'
facts which the defense would seek to
establish, the state asked for a recess
OF 10 minutes for a discussion Of per-
tinent facts with its leading witness.
j. s. Mullen, First Witness
With tha ending Of the recess the
calling of the witness for the state
was in order.
The first witness called was ]. S.
Mullen of Ardmore in the land and oil
business and ne was examined by At
torney General Freezing.
Mr.. Mullen said he became asso-
ciated with Hamon when the latter
came here to build railroad. He said
he first saw Clara Hamon in the sum
mer or fall of 1913 and she actually
worked as a stenographer and priv
ate secretary for Hamon.
Witness Dined With Clara
He said he saw the two together
frequently ami had dined with them
and been on trains with them. Mullen
said Hamon and Clara began occupy
ing adjoining rooms shortly after Au-
gust, 1913.
CrOss-Exam of Mullen
W. p. Mclean of Fort Worth. cross
examined Mr.. Mullen. 1t was brought
out that Hamon was man feet II
inches tall and weighed 1873 pounds,
that Clara is below the average height
and frail. Under questioning Mr.. Null
len said the one would be no match
for the other in physical combat.
At this point the court complained
of an electric fan and Jake Hamon, Jr.,
moved chair and turned off the cur
rent.
Mr.. Mullen said most times he saw
Clara and Hamon in their rooms she
was clad in ordinary street attire.
w +. Myers of Oklahoma City. a
hardware salesman, said in November
1920, he sold 25 calibre automatic
pistol to Clara 3. Smith," the date
being near November 8. The pistol
sale record was marked exhibit A.
and the pistol itself "B" Mr.. Myers
was recalled and testified he at the
same time sold the pistol purchaser
a magazine full of cartridges. The
defense admitted Clara Hamon had
been the purchaser.
Court adjourned promptly at noon
until 1:30 o'clock.
Mike German active vice president
of a bank in Ardmore, testified he
had seen Clara in lannon's Office
frequently working as a stenographer
when Hamon first came to Ardmore
Mr.. German said once in 1915 ht
thought me saw Clara with a small
pistol in her hand standing near Ha'
mon and she ran into another room
as he entered.
This testimony was brought out over
strenuous defense objection. Th'
court over-ruled an objection that Il
was remote and irrelevant and had M
part in this trial. He was not eros:
examined.
DR.. l.. G. Harlow, an eye specialist
said on September 10, 1920, Clara came
to his office and in her purse she
carried small automatic pistol. or
cross examination he answered only
one question, saying the handbag was
cloth and little larger than his hand
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-11

Dr. Walter Hardy, chief of staff of
the Hardy Sauitorium, of Ardmore,
one Of the recognized leaders in the
science Of medicine and one Of the
most skilled surgeons in the south
west. pr Hardy gave his best eff
forts and exerted his most skilled en-
deavors in a futile fight to save the
life Of Jake L. Hamon following his
fatal wounding, accidentally sef-in-
flicted, or at the hands Of the de-
fendant in the case now ON trial.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-11
WHILE HEAVENS WEEP AND
THREATENING THuNDERS NUT
TER. CLARA SMITH SHEDS TEARS
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erabl, effort was necessary 10 free
the Jam. No comment was audible on
the part ol The defendant, sheriff and
hut one or TWO uf the Jurors. After
the inspection was completed the jury
headed by the sheriff and Mrs. Hamon
returned over the same course to the
court house.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-11

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Crowds Stay ut Noon
Standing Room at Premium

Standing room at the morning ses-
sion was ut more Of premium than
at yesterdays session. No combat this
was the presence Of much larger
number OF spectators seeking en-
trance 10 The chamber.
During the recital of the prosecu-
lions statement which opened the
case, the court was hushed into al
most deathly silence. the spectators
who leaned forward to hear une low
tones Of the attorney general In his
opposition rumarks. raising to rigid
positions az uhe case gradually was
drawn with increasing force to the
CLIMAX OF the statement
The same grave attention attended
the questions and answers OF the Wit
nesses who testified, broken now and
then by objections by either defense
o. the tension eased BY the falling
OF some amusing or lntlmatlng remark.
Day broke here today under gray
sluea and with heavy downpour Of
gEn. II id not deter early arrivals
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-11

He said he saw the two together
frequently ami had dined with them
and been on trains with them. Mullen
said Hamon and Clara began occupy
ing adjoining rooms shortly after Au-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-05-26
Pure Bred HOlstein Sale.

The Holstein breeders of Mile Laos
county are consigning some very good
purebred Hols teins to be sold at public
auction, miles south of Milaca, at
the Peterson farm, on the Scenic high
way, on June 8, at p. m. This will
give anyone looking for g purebred
bull, also purcbred females, a good
chance to get such an animal at
reasonable prices.
The animals listed for sale arc of
good showing end from high produc-
ing strains. Nothing will be offered
at this sale that cannot be put into
most any herd and be credit to the
herd.
Several bulls of serviceable age will
be offered for sale, also some from 6
months to a year old. Quite few
Upgrade females arc listed, so if
you arc looking for anything better
than you have, here is your chcnce to
get it. Watch your papers for the
ad and we will be looking for you on
June 8. Bus service three times daily
Waldo Hammargren,
County Agent.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-05-26
Better Late Than Never.

The county commissioners of Ben
ton have decided to issue quarter
of million bonds, to grade and gravel
the highway from Sank Rapids by
way of Foley to the Mile Lac coun-
ty line, and make it first-class road.
This is a most important highway
and while the work might have been
done two years ago without cost to
the taxpayers, it is case of better
late than never. The bonds will be
paid by the state from the automobile
fund, and by taking action now the
people will have the benefit of this
good road without further delay. A
we'll built and graveled highway, I'M
der the supervision of competent care
takers, will be good road for many
years, as it is not subjected to the
heavy travel of the Jefferson and the
National Park highways, which as a
matter Of economy should be hard sur
faced in the near future.
We commend the action of the Ben
ton county fathers, who have awak-
ened to the Importance of good high
ways.-St. Cloud Journal-Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-05-26

farm to market roads prior to build
ing of transcontinental roads ?............
IL. Do you favor the Great Lakes
st. Lawrence waterway project? ?
.....................
Is. Do you favor legislation MAX
ing the short selling of farm products
illegal !.....................
ID. Do you favor passage of a
truth-in-fabric law?
Is. Do you favor legislation guar
anteeing farmers the right to market
their crops Comparatively on ma
tionwide scale ?.....................
16. Would you favor establishment
by congress of an export corporation,
empowered to loan $5O,OOO,OOO to for
eign nations for the purpose of Ameri-
can farm products ?.....................
The reports from the various town.
ships must be sent to Mr.. Hammar-
gren not later than June 10 and in
order to do this it is necessary to
change the dates of the meetings of
the Greenbush and Princeton units
from June ID and Is to June and 8.
The Greenbush unit will meet in
the afternoon of June at the home Of
Louis Normandin. 1t is expected a
poultry expert will address the meet
ing. The Princeton unit will meet in
the evening of June 8 at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Stark.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-05-26
FEDERAL HIGHWAY BILL.
Attacked by American Farm Bureau
Federation as Unfair to the
Rural Population.

AVI0CACO W <AuaSAAN0M "a !" A1sAA SsssA
Federation as Unfair to the
Rural Population.
In an argument against the Town
send federal highway bill before the
senate postoffice committee the Ameri-
can Farm Bureau federation contend
ed that the measure at issue, if
passed, would build highways for the
idle rich and leave the food and raw
material at the far end of mud
road.
ut is our belief" said the fedora
ton representatives, that the Town
send bill would do just this: In Sec
ton 6 of the bill it is provided that no
project shall be approved by the COM
mission in any state until that state
has made adequate provision for the
maintenance Of all highways selected
by the commission.
"Under this paragraph the commits
sion could lay out system of high
ways in a state and that state would
be compelled to make provision for
maintenance of the whole system be-
fore any project would be approved.
This would handicap many states,
making them provide for maintenance
before the roads were constructed and
would favor those states already hav-
ing a good highway system, as doubt
less much of this roadway would be
adopted as a part of the Townsend
SYSTEM"
In advocating federal, state and
local funds for the building of farm
to market" highways, the federation
argues:
''The farmers insist that the ad-
ministration of the federal road funds
be by the department of agriculture.
Farmers are more interested in good
roads than any other group of citizens.
1t is their only means Of transporta-
ton. They cannot get to and from
their work by trolley cars, but have
to use the highways for transporta-
ton from their homes and farms for
business or pleasure. Another very
important use is for transporting their
children from home to school.
Cali our foodstuffs and raw mate
rial for clothing must be carried over
these highways before it can reach
the manufacturer or professor, who
makes it ready for food or raiment for
distribution to the consumer. It seems
monstrous that a road system should
be proposed that leaves out Of consid-
GRAFTON almost entirely the roads that
are essential to the business of 40 per
cent of the population, the owners of
one-half Of our wealth, and the people
who operate about one-half of our
automobiles and trucks"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-05-26
Forty-Five Years.

Forty-five years ago last week Cen
eral Custer ana his troops rode out
from Fort Lincoln on their last ride
to oppose the Sioux warriors under
Chief Grass, who were standing out
against the advance of the white man
across the prairies of Dakota.
Forty-iv years later, to a day, the
Sioux Of the slope country, Dakota,
assembled again in the region of old
Fort Lincoln. But it was not to give
battle, it was not to oppose the ad-
vance Of the white man. It was to
pay sorrowful yet proud tribute to the
grandson of that old Chief Grass that
they gathered. On Holy Hill, which
overlooks the Missouri of their faith
ers, they gathered, and the rights that
were theirs were funeral rites for the
last of their hereditary chieftains,
grandson of the old chief who once
fought the fathers of the white men
who now join with them in rites of
their own faith.
For the body of Albert Grass, first
Indian in the United States to volun-
teer for battle against Germany, was
brought back for burial in the soil of
his tribesmen. It had been taken from
its restingplace where he had fallen,
beside the Paris-Soissons road, in July,
1918, and had been brought back at
the request of the Sioux who wished
to bury their warrior in holy Indian
ground.
Forty-five years, brief as it is when
measured against the background of
history, is as cycle in it's transition
from another life, another race, an
other dominance in the chronology of
man. Those rites for Albert Grass
this week celebrate far more than the
glorious achievement Of this Indian
warrior-the American hero.-Minne-
apolis Tribune.