Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-03-17
DEFENSE SPRINGS A
SURPRISE IN THE
CLARA HAM0N CASE
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and the defendant and asked the
jurors TO compare the two,
Mr.. Brown asserted Clara Ham
on's story of the shooting was told
from the witness stand yesterday
in a schooled tragic voice
His refereneesto her as a woman
who had crept into the Hamon
home and who had "sold herself
body and SOUL brought from the
defendant no sign of emotion. Her
uncle, Ben Harrison of Spokane,
Wash, who sat beside her for the
first time, scowled at the attorney,
and the faces of the other relatives
about showed signs of marked dis
approval as he referred to the
Smith family as having profited by
the relations of Clara Hamon with
Colonel Hamon.
In opening his address Mr.
Brown made what was interpreted
in some quarters as an apology for
his remarks yesterday in which he
referred to Mrs. J. L. Smith of Ill
Paso, mother Of Clara Hamon, as
1.-The old woman
He paid tribute to his younger
brother, Russell Brown, former
county attorney who placed the in
formation charging murder against
Clara Hamun. -g -.a
Should it be ruled tomorrow
morning that arguments in the trial
are not ended. the defense counsel
will present three of its members
before Attorny General Freezing
makes the final argument.
Speeches Not Limited.
The attorneys will not be limited
in their debate. ., ...
The case made rapid progress to-
day The defense announced that
it rested when Judge Champion
ruled inadmissible letters purported
to have been written by Colonel
Hamon to Clara Hamon.
The state hurried through with
its rebuttal testimony, offering tes-
timony by five Witnesses, three of
whom previously had testified.
Sam Blair, a Chicago reporter
who obtained an interview with the
defendant while she was a fugitive |
in Chihuahua City, Mexico, testified |
that the interview as printed was
"in substance as was given TO him |
He said he wrote it "a hours after
be obtained it and after he re- ,
TUNED to Ell Paso, Tex, and had |
taken no notes. $3.50
Referred to a WIN.
In the interview Blair had quoted
ClaEa Hamon as having referred to
n will, which he said she said she
believed would be kept hidden until
after her trial and then brought
to light; as having told him of the
details Of a fight on the night OF
November 81 when Colonel Hamon
was shot and as having said that
she hated the dead man for the ten
years dominance he had held over
her. |
An effort to introduce as evil
dence a newspaper containing the
interview was objected to by de-
Tense counsel and the objection as
sustained.
Erret Dunlap and DR. Walter
Hardy, respectively business as
sociate of Mr.. Hamon and the sur
geon who operated on him after he
was shot. recalled, testified that
Miss RosR Cannon, a nurse, who
had preceded them on the stand,
had told them she had not seen or
heard what happened when Clara
Hamon went to the hospital on the
morning following the shooting.
Miss Canpon testified she saw
Hamon hold out his arms, pull
Clara Hamon to him and kiss her -,
Upon conclusion of the states !!
rebuttal at 1890 court recessed un-
til o'clock to permit Judge Cham.
pion to prepare his charge.