The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-11
FREEZING OUTLINES COURSE
OF STATE IN PROSECUTION
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eral Freezing. lie said Hamon first
was Il lawyer, coming here TO build
a railroad and then branching into
the oil business, short time after
Hamon came to Ardmore he was fol-
lowed by Clara Hamon, then a ma
ture woman of % the attorney gem
eral continued.
"She now is 30. For a time she
acted as stenographer and they inn
med.ately began living together while
Mrs. Jake Hamon and Jake Jr. re-
mained At Lawton.
Revives Sordid Story
Their life then became one Of
open and notorious adutry.'
Attorney General Freezing referred
to Mrs Jake Hamon's visit TO the
rooms which Hamon and Clara occu-
pied, and said that Hamon sent his
wife away and continued to live with
Clara.
He referred to many trips Clara
and Hamon took and to Hamon hav-
ing sent his protege to schools in
Texas and Missouri
He spoke of frequent quarreis and
assaults, one upon the other ana
said at one time Hamon called an Of
ficer to force Clara to give him .
papers and that Clara at that time |
attempted to obtain a pistol nearby
On another occasion he said, visi- |
tor found Clara with a pistol press |
ed against lannon's body
He described what he said was an |
other visit of Mrs. Hamon, the widow,
to the hotel apartment her husband
and Clara maintained, and took a
pistol after seeing rich gowns, lin
gerie and toilet articles.
lannon's rise in life was touched
on and Freezing said that the es-
arrangement grew equally and CARA
began to go armed.
Attorney general Freezing said
Hamon realized after the November
election, with the republican victory,
Mr.. Hamon decided with .his ascen-
dency to political prominence, he
should relinquishS his old life, join the
church and take back his family.
The defendant, Attorney General
Freezing said, knew this and pur-
chased a pistol at Oklahoma City
two weeks before Hamon was killed.
he said that on the day Hamon was
killed he (Hamon) and other friends
were together when a telephone con-
versation summoned him to his hotel
room. Attorney General Freezing de-
scribed the rooms in which Clara and
Hamon lived, two adjoining rooms,
with common bath, and said he was
unable TO say which room he entered
After a long distance telephone con-
versation from the lobby, Hamon re-
turned to his own room, where he
remained until o'clock, "A two-hour
period, over which the state, Attor-
ney General Freezing said, cannot in
troduce proof to show what happen
ed
'For Gods Sake Don't Tell"
He said at about s o'clock Hamon
left the hotel, walked quickly TO
hospital. where he told DR.. Walter
Hardy, Clara had shot him, and for
Gods sake, don't tell it until you
have to; spare the wife and child
rem
He said an X-Ray examination
showed downward course of the
bullet from its entry between the
flbIAH anu mum l4bo eAiN 'NNc
four inches below the back.
He said that on the following
morning Clara went to the infirmary
and saw Hamon for two or three
minutes and Immediately left.
Frank Ketch's Part
He said Hamon told Frank Ketch,
his business manager at first that
Clara did not shoot him and then
when Ketch said he knew she did,
Hamon admitted 1t and told Ketch to
give Clara $1,000 and get her away.
Attorney General Freezing described
how Ketch gave her $4,000 and placed
her on n train which took her to
Durant
Attorney General Freezing said
Clara was not responsible for her
flight, but Ketch and Hamon jointly
were.
Clara left, Attorney General Freel-
ing continued after having visited
her family at Wilson.
She went first 10 Durant by train,
her things having been checked, on
Jake Hamons railroad pass, to
Kansas City, while Clara was still at
Wilson. She missed the north train
by minutes and that caused her TO
20 To Durant.
From Durant she went to Denison
by taxicab. Attorney General Free
ling said, after Ketch telephoned her
Hamon could not live. I
Clara bowed her head and sobbed
inaudibly as Attorney General Free
ling told Of an alleged conversation
with Erret Dunlap in which Hanop
said II never had q chance, the old
man didn't have a chance, she shot
me as | lay about like | am now
he was on hospital cot as he talk
ed 10 Dunlap. u knew she would
do IL some time but | did think she
would give me II chance
Tries 10 Hire Airplane
The statement continued that after
reaching Denison, Texas, Clara drove
TO Dallas where she attempted to OBJ
tain an airplane and failing, drove
west to Waxahachie, whore she OBJ
served two officers and drove away
earring IN her muff two automatic pis-
tolls.
The statement said Clara told the
chauffeur she had shot man and
wished she had used an old pistol so
as To assure death. II described the
drive west to Cisco where Clara took
train for III Paso. The statement
continued with description Of Clara's
flight to Chihuahua and her finding
there by a newspaper man and the
statement she is alleged TO have given
him Attorney General Freezing ex'
hibited the pistol with which she said
Hamon was shot, over protest Of de-
fense.
He said he would ask the jury to
return what verdict in its conscience
and Judgment 1t saw fit
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