New-York tribune., 1921-03-12
Clara Did It,
Han1onCried,
Says Doctor
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after the shooting. She remained two
or three minutes. The physician de-
MED on cross examination that he had
seen Hamdl when the young woman
entered. put his arms around her and
kiss her.
He did admit, however. in answer to
questions, that nurse told him that
Clara Smith Hamon kissed the wound
ed man.
On cross-examination the physician
admitted that liquor had something to
do with Hamons death, and that if he
had been in normal physical condi-
ton In every respect he might have re-
covered from the bullet wound.
why didn't you tell Dussell B.
Brown CORNER county attorney that
Hamon told you Clara Smith Hamon
shot him ?" Mr.. Mclean asked.
Because | was pledged not to re-
veal it except in open court" answered
the witness.
AT the afternoon session men and
women crowded the entrances to the
room until path had to be cleared
for the lawyers and PRINCIPALS. Wom-
en- with red faces and hats dangling
scrambled Cor places where they could
see and hear. Children under sixteen
years of age were ordered barred from
the courtroom
Through cross-examination of a negro
maid at the hotel where Hamon was
sho. the defense indicated that the
states theory that Hamon was shot
while in his own room would be con-
tradicted. The maid testified in behalf
of the state that the BED in room No
20, occupied by Hamon, appeared slight
ly mussed the day after the shooting
She said she saw no blood on the bed
in the room.
Attorney General Freezing, in outlin-
ing the testimony he said would be ad-
duced through witnesses, gave veritica-
tlon for the first time to many rumors
existent in Ardmore and published N
newspapers since lannon's death. He
said it would be testified that Hamon
had stated he was shot while lying in
bed, and that the course of the bullet
through his body would bear out that
statement.
Woman Weeps Over Charge
During her arraignment by Attorney
General Freeing in his talk to the jury
Clara Smith Hamon at one time sobbed,
leaning forward and burying her face
n handkerchief. 1t came at the
point in Mr. treellng's descr rlptlon OF
lannon's alleged statement to his busi-
,ess partner, Erret Dunlap, IN which
Mr.. Hamon was quoted at having said
II knew she would do it some time,
but | thought she would have given the
cid man chance. She never gave the
old man a chance. She shot him while
he was lying down"
Kelly NJ Roach. of Oklahoma City
testified that he had been present at
an operation on Hamon after the shoot
ing when the bulle1 was removed from
! his back.
w. H. Meyers, an Oklahoma City
! hardware merchant, told the jury that
Clara Smith Hamon a short time before
the killing of the millionaire.
Tells of eWoman's Flight
Mike German, an Ardmore banker
told of having seen Clara Smith Hamor
what looked like a, gun in her hand
This incident, German testified. hap
pened while Clara was employed By
Hamon as a stenographer She fec
from the room as German came in, he
said.
Miss Ella Rission, one of the pro-
prietors Of the hotel, testified that Clara
Smith Hamon occupied her room only
part of the time, but that when she
was in it she paid for it.. Hamon, the
witness said, lived in an adjoining
room.
Myrtle Skane, a negro maid. testi cd
that Hamon and Clara had adjoining
rooms. On the day of the murder the
bed in Clara's room did not look as
though it had been slept in, she said,
but she admitted that she had not seen
the bed in lannon's room since the
day before
The jury late to-day was taken to
the hotel rooms that formed the sub