Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-12
PARTING KISS
PLAYS PART.N
HAMON TRIAL
Former ArdmOre Police Chief
Relates Conversation of
Ketch and Clara.
GUN REQUEST DENIED

4 COURTHOUSE, ARDMoRE, oklas
March 12-The dead Jake lannon's
political power was revealed today in
the trial of Clara Smith Hamon, his
secretary-protege, charged with his
murder.
Jake lannon's pal, w. D. Nichols,
former police chief of Ardmore and
now In the oil game, in testifying for
the State said:
al was with Jake just before he
died. Hamon and | talked politics. |
think he was the Republican leader
of the United States. He told me he
would die and begged me to go
straight to Warren Harding to get
some of his friends taken care of
with political jobs"
ARDMORE, Okla. March 12.-Brand-
ing of Clara Smith Hamon as an ad-
ventures and deliberate slayer of Jake
L. HamOn was continued today. The
woman accused of the murder Of the
Oklahoma millionaire and politician was
to face Frank L. Ketch, business man
ager and adviser of Hamon.
Ketch is one of the leading witnesses
for the State.
KetCh was the man HamOu asked Tor
as soon Is he was operated on in the
Hardy hospital and was one of the few
who had words with HamOn before he
died.
The State, by his testimony. viii at
tempt to prove the heartleSsness of the
defendant and deliberation in Staying
Hamon.
DEFENDANTS AGE
IMPORTANT ISSUE.
The age Of Clara Smith Hamon is to
play an important part in the trial The
State according to Special Prosecutor
Prince Freezing. is to attempt to prove
that the defendant is %.
The defense holds that she is q. Es
tablishment Of the age is important in
asmuch as it will determine the exact
~sge when she grst met HamOn ten
years ago.
Around this hinges the question wheth-
er she was seduced from the little cOun-
try store at Lawton, or whether she left
with HamOn, fully realizing what she
was doing.
The parting kiss Of Jake Hamon and
the defendant is to play a big role as
the trial progresses.
This became evident when the defense,
IN an attempt to prove HamOn bore Clara
no i'll viii after he was shot. asked Dr..
Hardy. a State witness, If HamOn did not
kiss Clara when she called on him the
day after he was shot.
DENIES HAMON
KISSED DEFENDANT.
Hardy vigorouslr denied Hamon kissed
her and accused the defendant Of forcing
a kiss on Hamon.
The defense is to introduce the testi-
EnOny of Rose Cannon, nurse, to try to
establish its side of the kissing story.
Freeing expected to finish up with all
of his witnesses today. If he is success
full in cleaning his slate, testimony for
the defense will be started Monday.
For the first time since the trial
started the courtroom was filled long be-
fore Judge Champion called for order.
Senssti onsl developments on the second
day Of the trial brought out the murder
sfsns early.
SAYS CLARA
TOTED GUN.
Jerry Foster, garage man, was the first
witness for the State when court opened
today. He said he had seen Clara Smith
HamOn tOting a gun several times in the
last year.
Foster said he saw Clara the day after
daInon was slot- he declared lara ;
hands and throat were not scared as
the defense maintains, the result Of Ha-
mons alleged abuse.
Judge Champion is going to recess
court at 2 p. m today until Monday, he
announced.
Foster testified that Hamon paid Clara's
garage bill.
Under cross-examination By "Wild BIZ
Mclean, defense counsel the witness did
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