The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-11
PROSECUTOR
MERCILESS
in CHARGES
Clara Hears Statement
Without flinching: Wit
nesSes Tell OF Pistol
ny CARL VICTOR LITTLE

BY CARL VICTOR LITTLE
COURTHOUSE Ardmorc. Okla.
March il.--Ciara Smith Hamon
heard herself branded as rich mans
chattel and a cold -bloosied murderesz
and did not vince today. q
The pretty defendant. charged with
staying Jake Hamon. miracle man"
os the Southwest. went under fire
when Prince Freeing told the jury
what the state expected TO prove.
J. s. Mullen. capitalist. took tho
stand as the first witness.
"Hamon came TO Ardmor- In 1913
10 build n railroad" he said.
ASSOCIATED WITH
JOHN RI>GIl>G
with him was associated John
Ringing. the circus man.
II first saw the defendant in Ard
more In 1919 She was Hsmon's prt-
vate secretary or s,cnoxrapher.
"Shc remained in that capacity for
seven months.
''Hamon was frequently In her
company out OF Office hours.
have been In his rooms at the Randoi
hotel She vns there.
They took up then residence In
the Randoi hotel in August. 1914"
w. r. Mclean cross examined the
witness
In answer 10 questions. Mullen
said Clara was fraii and Jake phys
icaiiy strong and that hs did not
believe she would be a match for him
an fight.
Mike German. Arirnore banker.
took the stand. He knew Jake
Hanon when he came 20 Ardmore In
1913 from Tawton. Okla.
II made social calls AZ Hamon's
rooms freauentIy.- testified Cor
man.
I'm 1915 saw the defendant with
what thought was n pistol She
turned and Immediately went into
the other room
OPTICIAS SAYS
HE SAW PISTOL
DIR. y. r. Harlow. op,ician. testified
that he saw a pistol when Clara
opened her handbag In his store.
September rs. 1920.
w. r. Meyers. who works In storm
4 Erickson's hardware store. Okla.
homr City. next sat In the witness
chair.
he testified fhat the defendant
bought q pistol shortly before Hamon
was killed.
Prince Freeing. prosecutor. told
the jury how the state expects to
prove her guilty OF numbering Jake
Hanon.
Freezing said Clara followed Ha.
mon to Ardmore In 1913 and became
his stenographer.
They began living together as
husband and wife, he charged. "ia.
mons wife and children remained
back IN Lawton.
HAMON SENDS
HIS WIFE AWAY
''The life OF the defendant and Ha.
mon continued
AT one time Mrs. Hamon visited
their rooms. She found their clothes
interrningied.
'Iamon sent his wife away.
But fortune smiled on Hamon. He
became wealthy. Many trips were
taken By Hamon and the defendant.
lie paid all the expenses.
Tie sent her to school he educated
her.
'rhe defendant was Jealous OF Mr..
Harnon. They had lovers quarrels.
the usual result OF Illicit love.
I'm 1917 Harmon called an officer
to his apartment because he wanted
some papers. The officer found the
defendant there with revolver. But
tho officer secured the papers for
Hamon.
Mrs. Hamon, an exile, went to
Chicago with her children.
Later she returned to Ardmore
with her little girl and visited her
husbands apartment
FOUND DEFENDANT
AND A REVOLVER
"she found the defendant there
and the defendant ran.
"She found a revolver on the chair.
she found rich lingerie OF the defend.
ant In her husbands rooms. Mrs.
Hamon left.
men ftafDDr1 D-fahF ~ potiii'si
power. he grew powerful.
'"rhe estrsngernent between the dc.
fendant and Harnon started: he real.
lied he must stop his way OF living.
He determined to quit the old life:
take his family back; join the
church.
Immediately after the November
elections, when Hamon was swept In.
10 power, the defendant purchased
pistol at hardware store in Okla.
homa city.
''On November 2i Hamon met
some friends in his office.
''rhe phone rang In his office. He
tried TO break off tho communication.
He took several drinks.
about o'clock he said he would
be back soon.
He never came back to his OF.
flee.
"He went across the atreet and