Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-03-13

ltaln0n, OklanUflh natlOnaI GeDuD-
lican committeeman: had declared
on his death bed that he had been
shot by Clara Smith Hamon, as he
lay on. the bed in his hotel room
was introduced at the womanS
trial today. w. r. Nichols, a bust
ness associate of Hamon. corrObo-
rated testimony of yesterday as tC
the shooting, and Rev. r. r. Irwin
who conducted lannon's funeral
quoted Hamon as saying Clara
Hamon had told him that the at
fair was a ''frame-up by others
and that she was sorry for what
she had done.
Politics, which gained Hamon
national renOwn, was touched on
when one witness stated he had
been told by Hamon to take direct
to Warren Harding tho appoint
ment to office of several of IIa-
mons friends. In whom Hamon
still expressed deep interest,
Had paid Her Off.
This was frame-up by others, -
Rev. 7. e. Irwin, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Lawton,
who delivered Mr.. lannon's funeral
oarion, testified the dying man told
him. Three times l had paid her
off, but this is the last time"
DR.. Irwin, apparently speaking
with emotion, declared he did not
want to do any one an injustice
and insisted on being permitted to
make an explanation as a prelude
to direct replies to questions asked
by both state and defense counsel.
Both sides, however. sharply de-
manded that he "reply to the ques-
ton, Doctor never mind the ex-
plantations"
The clergyman did not have di-
rect information from Hamon that
the young woman had shot him, he
said.
Not so with w. 3. Nichols, for
mer chief of police of oklahoma
City, Okla, and. business and po-
litical associate of Mr.. Hamon.
Said Clara Shot Him.
Mr.. Nichols was the second man
through whom the state had
sought to introduce an alleged dy-
ing statement from Mr.. Hamon and
his testimony, like that of K, M.
Roach, an oklahoma City insur-
ance man yesterday, was that he
had been told by Hamon he knew
he was dying and that Clara Smith
Hamon shot him.
"Bill, she got me-" Nichols
quoted Hamon as saying, and con-
tinued that the wounded man had
asserted he was lying down for a
rest when Clara Hamon came to
him, placed her left hand on his
head and fired into his body.
Walked to SanitariIm.
He told how Hamon had said he
threw up his left arm to knock
aside the firearm, but too late. then
leaped up, knocked the tiny auto
matte pistol from the woman's
hand, recovered it from the floor,
placed it in his pocket and then
walked to the sanitarium, where
he died in five days.
The witness said he was in Mr.
lannon's office the following
morning when Clara Hamon en-
tered and agreed. on demand of
Frank Ketch, business manager FOR
Mr.. Hamon then, and now admin
istrator of mis- estate. that she
leave Ardmore.
No More Disgrace.
mo more disgrace Tor the
Hamon family" Nichols quoted
Ketch as saying. why you talk
as if I did it." he said Clara re-
pIied. "He did it himself and will
tell you so"
Mr.. Ketch replied, according to
Nichols, that he did not want to
discuss it, but that Clara must
leave as Mrs. Jake Hamon was
coming from Chicago.
on cross examination Mr., Nlch-,
OILS denied he had seen bruises ana
marks on Clara lannon's face ana
hands. Other witnesses. when
questioned closely. denied her face
and hands bore marks.
Demanded $4,000.
Through Mr.. Nichols 1t was
brought out that Clara Hamon de-
manded $4,000 from Ketch, with
which to leave Ardmore. ana that
the business manager agreed TO
get it, -...u.
Defense counsel has been strict
in bringing statements from edCH
of the three state witnesses VINO
swore to knowledge of the manner
of the shooting that they had kept
it secret. ..,.-...,
Each testified he had been bound
TO secrecy by Hamon and that Mr..
desire was that nothing
be said, unless necessary. that ms
family might be spared humiiia-
ton. .-..
other points brought out today
we're that f. w. Sails, q chaufteur
IF Dallas, Tex. had driven cara
Hamon from Dallas to CISCO. TEX,
where she boarded train for III
paso en- route to Chihuahua CITY,
Mexico; that she had attempted 10
,ent an airplane at Dallas ana that
On the trip west from Dallas she
1ad ridden with two pistols parity
in her lap,
Sails testified he made the first
regarding having driven
or the defendant, to a newspaper
nan. and received $50.
said She Had Shot a Man.
He said she told him she had
hot a man, hoped he died, and
hat she had asked whether a new
n old pistol was the better to shoot
man with to kill him. Sails said
,e told her an old one. as rust and
;irt then would help make incl