South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-03-16


lights. As ] passed by him. when
tried TO get through the door, he
again grabbed me by the arm and
jerked me down on a chair and
again he says. You --
what are you doing2'
II said go 10 the room, Mr..
Hamon. If you want 10 abuse me;
there are some men here. You
m,snt talk that way In public"
$50 he got up and L went upstairs
% my room. 7 was afraid OF Mr..
Hamon-very afraid OF him. saw
a look on his face that YOU had
never seen. He was drunken than
] had ever seen him IN all the years
] had known hmm. He was drunk
and crazy. 7 don't think The whisky
was good red whiskey. as Mr.. Mich
OILS said He usually drank good
whisky and he wasn't usually crazy
like that When 1 got to my room
my doors were locked between our
rooms and the bath room door was
locked I rang for Bill, the porter,
as / had not had anything TO eat
all day At breakfast I couldn't eat
I seldom 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.
I had TO unlock the door for Bill
was afraid Of Mr.. Hamon.
wanted 10 keep him away from me
for "a more hours and j could go to
California and wait for him 10 sober
up and come to me looking tire
sweet kind lover he had been be-
fore.
SO ne came IN as Bill came in.
Bill poured the ice water in the
pitcher. Mr.. HamOn paced up and
down. running his hands through
his hair. as ne did when he was
agitatcd. And the minute Bill went
out and the door was hardly closed,
Mr.. FIamon said:
Clara Says He ChOked Her.
'You-where have you ben p
He grabbed me at the same time
and choked me and he choked me
until 1 was blind and 1 couldn't
seem 20 think.
s.He choked me and hit me and
somehow he threw me over on the
bed in one Of his licks and after
ne got me on the bed, ne beat me
and slapped me and hit me two or
three times and took me by one leg
and jcrked me of the bed on my
back. L have been operated on In
the back and II hurt me extremely
RE took pains 20 kick me in the back
and he kicked me and choked me. /
struggled TO get up and did get up,
and he choked me again and backed
me I'D against the window and
choked me- again and again and
slapped me.
'uIe wasn't satisfied with that and
ne twisted the skin on my wrist;
ne twisted and he wasn't satisfied
with that. he bent my fingers back
and tried 20 break them.
"And then he said. Will cut
your throat and he reached for his
knife.
Hunts For His Knife.
1.-The knife had fallen out of his
pockets in the afternoon while he
was lying ~ the bed, and L picked
il up ard put 81 over on the table
after he walked out Of the room
and then when he didn't have the
knife In his pocket he reached for
the knife 7 had given him, little
gold chain. and some how, some
way. that knife wasn't there. He
looked around and IN the meantime,
in the interval. he was choking me
and kicking me and beating me
very badly. I cannot remember all
OF il: 10 ~ too much for anybody TO
remember. 1 endured that sort OF
torture.
"He said YOU have been riding
with somebody havn't you %" and
/ said "No. YOU know I havn't'
knew that no knew I hadn't. He
was drunk and crazy. Wnen he
didn't find his gold knife. he saw
a knife over on the dresser he had
given me long time ago-an old
knife OF his-just 90 sharpen pencils
and use around the room. 7 had it
sharpened. tt was very, very sharp.
~He reached for that knife and
said.
"I would just a. soon slit Your
throat as / would draw on this
cigar
when he reached for that knife,
] knew the time had come. I un-
consciously, or consciously. or some
how. reached back IN my purse on
the window sill and got my little
sun. asked him TO stand back
and let me pass
Holds Gun ON Him.
o-"Well. what did YOU Go with
the gun. with the pistol. when YOU
got hold OF it2"
Ar held II ON him."
an right. describe what took
place"
Ale did back away. sort Of
behind a chair. and put his hands
on the back Of the chair He didn't
raise his hands didn't ask him
20. I wasn't very far from him
when I passed the corner OF the bed
and Mr.. Hamon and the chair 20
set 10 the door t0 get out lie
backed around TO the door between
our rooms and then I went 10 the
door 20 get out Holding ms hand
Hko this 90 back up TO the door
and unlock &C. the lock ne had
locked when Bill went out. and
when he did tnat I couldn't see
him. He was little back of the cor
ner Of the bathroom when / un-
locked the door. SO i had 20 let him
out Of my sight And. understand.
when I unlocked the door 90 go In.
that instant he turned of the light
ard raised the chair 90 strike me
and did strike me. ] could see from
the light Of the hail. the ught that
comes In the room from the outside
through the trausom
The light in ms room was not
IL Mr Han-nn fmr.cl A. nnt him