The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-03-11
HAMOM
BOWS HER HEAD,
SObS At TRIAL
Prosecution Charges She
Shot Hamon Without
Giving Him Chance

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Al'pNoltl. piIt. March IL.
Clara Smith Hnmou ou ttial tor tho
alleged murder at Itk" l. Ii1muu
bowed her h'ud aut sphbcd tuda,
when tho prosecution told tn" jury
that Mt llluon describing the
shooting. said hc never had al
chance. tho old man never had "a
chance, she shot me as | lay about
llk, am now
Ilnmun was ON e hospital cot when
he made the statement to lirr,t Dun
Tap ut Ardm"r". Attorney General
Freeing iu charge ot tho prosecution
said m, state began the iutIuduD.
tipu ui VT urSS's az the morning
session and -four Witnesses had been
heard before 60, luncheon recess.
III, defendant wds simply guwu"d
today and -h, 3ud the widow, Mrs
Jake l.. ll,mnu, gave NO sign OF
recognition.
Says Clara l. &. >ow.
Th' ,NIdru,, would show, Nj
Ir.,IiuE said. that Jak" L. Hamun
came To- Ardu,prr IN June, 1919, from
l.aWtuu iiamuu. LAWYER. cam"
her. To- nuild railroad and th"u
hunchrd iuto the oil nusiu,ss. lie
was followed soon Iiurward, ne
prosecutor said, 10y clara Smith, then
"a mature woman ~ @".'
she Is now az he added. For q
time she acted as sJ'nuritph"r ana
they Immediately began i,iug to-
gcthcr. Mrs Jake liamun ana lak'.
ir.. remaining at lIWtou Their life
then b"Dam" one OF open ana NO
toriuus adu.'ory.'
The attorney general referred O"
Mrs Ink, Humon visit tu the rooms
litWou gud CLARA occupied. ana a.
sorted llimuu sent his VII" away ana
continued fu 1--we with clara. Tie r'.
i'lrt fu many uIp= IHrI ana
Hamou took and go Ilimou having
s"ut his prut"E' goo schools In I"Na"
and Missouri lie spoke nf frequent
uu1Ir'Is ana said that nt uu" time
tluWuU called uu uilDrf - inir"
CaIp 20 give him papers Hud mat ti
that tim, clara attempted tu obtain
u pistol nearby.
ON another occasion. Fr',ilug said.
% NifiioI found clara With pistul
'ur, zsyd tE..V-' lannon's body
The arturu'. general told of HnHth-
,r visit oI Ms HIiuuu tu hri hus-
bands apartment Wh'. bee said she
found costly hugrrI" and TOILET ar
uclos end also H revolver which she
removed.
Tells of Political Rise.
mons political ris" tu IA" position of
republican national committeeman az
Oklahoma and of the republican vie
tory last November. li' said th' quar-
rolls between him and clara Increased
the enlargement and that Nr lia-
mon concluded that %" should return
to his family and h"Duw" church
member. when the defendant learned
this decision sh, par, has"d pistol
a. b al hAF lrfuTt
IT." shooting hr said
ON III, dan oi m" shuOtiur. Nv
Fr,oling said, llamun was with
friends when summoned lN t'lv-
phon" tu his rooms about siN .. m
Two hours later. h- said. liuu"u lott
the hotel and walked quickly to q
hospital and there told pr Walter
Hardy that clara he'd shot him and
advised the doctor don't tell until
you have to, spare the wife aud chill
| dTeu."
| During her arfaignmcut by Attor-
| npy General Freezing iu his talk to
| thu jury, clara liamou at one tim"
sohb-d and buried her face In "a
| handkerchief II came at the point
in the description or IIamou's alleged
| statement tu his business partner, Er-
| -ct Dunlap, In which llumnu was
| quoted Hs having said.
| ~ knew sh, would do II some time
| hut | thought she would have given
| the old man chance. Sh" never
gave IA" old man chance. She shot
| him whil, hy was lying down"
| Travelled Together.
| Tho first state witness T. 5 Null
| len, former business partner of lia-
| mon, testified h" frequently had seen
| the two together IN their hotel suite.
| llr said h" had been on unins with
them and that they had occupied tn"
| sam" drawing room.
| br T. G utrluW. an Ardmor, cy,
| specialist. testified h" had seen tn"
| younger MIS-. iIamou with an auto
matte pistol f"w days before iin-
| mon was shot
W T.. Meyers. IN oklahoma city
| hardware salesman testified he had
sold Clara ~ Smith" an automatic
| pistol ana defense counsel submitted
| that their client was the person who
hhd made the purchase.
Spectators during the noon recess
scurriod about with plAtt"rs at sand
| witches hard huilrd eggs and pics,
| while numerous others who remained
! In IN" court room had brought
lunches with them.
The morning following the shoot
| ing Clarn went iu thu in'irmury and
| saw iiamuu tor two ur three minutes
ana lcn immediately Er'lup said.
Told to Get Clara" Away.
Tho attorney general said IumuU
az tTH' told lIuuk J.. k"tnh. his bust
| ness manager that 'luH did not
/ shoot him. but later admitted u when
l<,tch said ho knew she did krtch
I was told To- give clara 5000 and
/ set her away trovuuE continued
then describing incidents connected
/ with h,r flight iu" which hc sad
k-trh and Hamuu Jointly were re-.
/ sponsihl,
Tho dcf,udanrs nIght from Nrd-
/ more south into Texas was dos rib"d
hy NJ. Freeing At Dallas, Do, -aId
Clara attempted tu uutaiu AN uirplaur
nud. failing. muturDd west tu WaNu
hachic. TrN. whor, she observed two
officers aud druN, away carrying iu
her mum two uutumHu, pistols The
statement pid tluu' rode Zoo Cisco
rrd took triiH for ~ paso. II con.
tlnurd with description ut 'u,u's
flight to chihuahua. M'Nicu, and her
difDovcry there lN u newspaper man
The pistol with whirh hr slid Ht-
tContinued on pagr Iwo.l