Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-15

Viewer mllo that, what aid you
de-wtth ~" her counsel -asksd.--
. held 1t on him." she went on.
Backed Away.
He did back away sort Of behind
a chair and put his hand on the back
OF the chair. he did not raise hts
hands. I didn't ask him TO. I passed
MIN too. ! passed him. HI backed
and then ] went to the door 10 get
out. Helding. my haad like this In,
A1cattns? to back up to the door to
'l1lock Il, the lock he had locked
when Bill went out, and when he did
that I could not see him, you under.
stand, the bathroom Il four feet and
he had TO be a little back Of the
corner Of the bathroom when / un,
iockedsthe' door TO 80. in that instant
the chair to strike me ana did strike
me. I could from the. night Of the
hall. tina light that comes In the
room from the outside through thu
transon. The lisht In my room wal
not lit. Mr.. Hamon turned il on
himself. He struck me with that
chair atd the gun went off,"
The defendant lett the stand and
walked before thu jury box to illus,
~ t~tA Wv 3fSPpSA lH@ LlNv
weapon with a thud as her arm low,
ered. under the chairs impact.
>\"l. didn't mean to shoot him" she
continued CLOSING her story.
Crowd Goss Wild.
Ardn,ere, Okla. March l5,-rhe
trial d Clara smttht Hannon, charsed
with the murder Of Jake l.. Hamon,
was thrown into . furore this. morn
Ing when the spectators burst into
'wtl9 handclapp!nE and the defendant
broke into tears and was led from the
court room with tears streaming from
This outbreak Of applause and cl.r,
Hannen's breakdown came after ". P.
M ses;::ly & i f i! i. i Sssss. s sss4isi
prosecutor, who had told the court:
WELL We are willing for the Jury
to know how they took it, the old
by the "old woman" Mr.. Brown re.
tegred TO Clara lannon's mother.
MI, Mclean: who prior to Mr.,
family took" the sssoeisticn Of
Clara with. Colonel Hamon.
The old woman. as, he calls her,
will be on the witness stand and can
testify, and shs-!is. in my judgment, as
COED. a woman as has given birth to
any-!awyer-tn this case" =
The hA~ndclapp!ng was stilled in a
na9HeHt, but II had been loud and ap-
PsFently' was from all over the court
Ordered RooH Cleared.
The court ordered the room cleared
but the spectators were reluctant to
Move. and after efforts OF deputy
sheritts and tailirs to remove the
court reversed ttself, first az resss4rded
the newspaper men and women and
finally the spectators were permitted
to remain although given a lecture
and pointed warning.
f. Recess Ordered
|. Clara Hamon could not compose
herself sufficiently to return t. the
court room and a enerhouF recess was
y don't care what they do with
me-" she said as tears streamed. but
they must let my poor old moths.
s: P. Fre<as. state attorney gen,
and told the court he would insist on
the same order in this trial as AZ any
ether and that at the pext demon
etTatlen would ipsist'on the room be-
tnf cleared for the remainder OF the
Mr., Mclean arose and told the
court his remark had net been made
under stress Of TBS situation. bYt That
stands"
The court room remained jammsd
to capacity and steady hum and
throo Of conversations went on.
After the outbreak had suhsided
Bud Ballwell. a deputy sheriff took
the grown son OF 'epe Of the attorneys
connected with the prosecution from
the court room and searched him for
frearnas, but found none:
fendant. had just left the witness
stand when the remarks Of the coun-
sci ptecipltated the outbreak of APP
plause.
Mrs, wallins testified that Clara
Hamon was born in 1893 and is ct
years old. but a. few moments later
said that she was 20,
"Ptd yeV know Jake Hamen dur
wasn't very well acquainted with him:
! only saw him q very few times" she
First Witness.
F. I. Carter Of Oklahoma City, an
electric linsnaan,. wa the first witness
called by the defense when court con
veneq at 9:45 a. IA. Defense attempt
ed to sukstaAtiate a statement eharg.
ed asaiAst W. =. Nichols, former chief
mesy ''s That .eattes had eve e.
Nichols sae:.eHs held f1amon's hand
Until the and canae ana the wound
was an accident"
Carter admitted he heard Nichols
make such . statement. The witness
was passed by the state.
G. 9. Wytes, . mechanic OF an Ard
raore~Earage, took tina stand as the
second defense witness. He testified
to having aided In mounting new tires
on Clara's meter car. at her request.
the Saturday before the shooting.
He also said that Clara Questioned
hina ABOUT shipping her car to Cali
Tor hex il she decided to ship it. The
wttness\ was asked by the state Il he
had noticed any bruises on her face
or hands. and Sytes replied that she
was holding one Of her hands in a
peculiar position. hut did not know
whether 1t raj a natural condition or
occastoned throughs pain.
Mrs. v. D. Wallfng, q sister Of the
defendant. followed on the witness
stand. Mrs. Walltng testified her own
age WAS 80 and that the defendant
was in about her ttenty-ninth year
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