The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-10
ACCUSED
GIRL IS
WORRIED
BY trial.
Clara Says Howing Wind
Is Bad Omen; She's Glad
Weather Is Bright

By CARL VICTOR LITTLE
COURTHOUSE. ARDMoRE. Okla.
March ie.-speedy justice viii be
meted out TO Clara Smith Hanon,
~ was asured tooay when y tentz,
tive jury had been selected within
three hours after her trial on the
charge OF numbering Jake Hamon
started.
Judging from the speed In select
ing the tentative jury. both the de-
fense and the prosecution are deter.
mined to get the trial over br1skiy.
| All challenges for cause were
completed when court adjourned for
lunch. All that was left were Per.
emptory challenges.
II. II. Brown. special prosecutor
for Carter county. who is aiding At
torney General Freeing. examined
the tentative jurors.
Clara listened aftenttveiy 70
Browns questioning. She studied
the ~ men quixxicaiiy-
CLARA ENTERS COUHr
WITH HER MOTHER
The defendant entered the court
with her aged mother. Nrs- James
Smith, Of Fl Paso. who sat beptds
her. They were accompanied BY the
counsel ter the defence and her sis
ter. Msa Myrtle James. IT los An
gclee. A thin. blue veil covered her
lace. ahe Kept her -handkerehief a.
her mouth a. she nervous,y <witch-
ed. Her sunile uas eons and - was
extremely neFvolan.
Clara directly faced the judgs's
bench. her sister aod mother on
either side Of her. Neither ee tlem
exchanged word
Clara. sswho has been confIoeat
shruout the days preceding the trial.
seemed to have lost . bit OF her
4, courage.
II feel sad-extrcmeiy sad today
she said to me But I must win
I'm going thru. with thix''
Clara regards the bright spring
weather as q good omen.
HOWIING WIND - Ae :
MAKES HER Blue
Its the bowling wind that makes
me blue" she said. The Indians
had a tradition that q howling wind
was an evil omen
Freezing. while questioning Jurors.
asked each one: N you knew that
Jake Hamon was . bad man and dis
loyal TO his. family. would that in
nuence you in deciding the fate Of
the defendant"
Clara lost her initial nervousness
as the examination preceded She
no longer twitched nervously, and
seemed TO have regained her cour-
age. Her main effort centered on
keeping her mother buoyant
1t took the state one hour and
twenty minutes to select ~ tentative
jurors. The state examined 20
vcniremen- The chosen IL al aid
they were impartial.
Among the tentative IL were seven
farmers, two factory workers ana
three business men. ID. r. c. Laug-
ridge. 70. and James Avery, rs. were
the oldest men chosen, They conld
have been exempted from jury ser
vice because they were above 50
years Of age. but they did not ask It.
JUDGES TWIN BROTHER
DEFENSE COUNSEL
J. b. Champion. twin brother OF
the judge. who is a counsel for the
defense. Immediately started TO ex-
anime the 12 tentative Jurors ap-
proved by the state.
Self defense will be Clara's plea. Il
was made certain. when Attorney
Champion, in his examination. asked
each II he believed in the right Of
everyone to defend himself in case
OF an attack.
CLARA Bt.USHES AT
LAWYERS QUESTIONS
Mrs. Jake L. Hamon, widow. who
wants vengeance, was not in the
court room.
Ropes" O'Brien said his client
would not come until after the jury
Is chosen.
Clara blushed and cast her eyes
down as Freezing said to venire.
man J. s. b. Appolios: did YOU
know either Jake Hamon or Clara
Hamon by reputation?"
II had heard talk about them,- he
answered.
Appoilos was excused. a He was
the seventh Juror examined. The
first six were acceptable to the
state.
An array Of expensive legal talent
surrounded the pretty 27-year.old
defendant Walter Scott and Billy
Mclean. two members OF the firm OF
Mclean. Scott and Mclean, OF Fort
Worth. Tex, were there
One day Jake Hamon said to Clara.
III you ever need good lawyers. call
on Mclean, Scott and Mclean
She did.
The defense also includes Charles
A. conkley and Jimmy Mathers. OF
Ardmore. and Joe b. Champion. twin
brother Of Judge Champion.
White-haired Prince Freezing. at
torney general of Oklahoma. assisted
by IL. H. Brown. Ardmore, repre-.
sented the prosecution. Frceling
Turn Il Rnep 4 Cr1uur.n "a