Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-03-12

from Oklahoma, Friday 5broul
which ran the gamut from hui
When S. p. Freeing, state attorney
general, dramatically bent oyer chair
and unwrapped package done up in
newspapers, to bring out from their
folds the blood stained undergarments
was shot on the night of November y.
courtroom.
Sobs Bring Recess.
In a moment it was broken by the
uncontrolled sobbing of Mrs. Jake Ha-
mon, who saw for the. first time the
garments her husband had worn.
Thirty inches away, the breadth Of
a table between them the defendant,
Clara Smith Hamon, joined the older
woman in tears and sobs that could be
heard over the court room.
The widow could not control her
sobbing despite the effort Of her son.
Jake L. Jr., to comfort her, and the 10
year old boy placed his arms about
his mother and led her from the court
room.
Clara Aids Counsel.
During a five minute recess ordered
here by the court, Clara Hamon COM
posed herself, and questioning of DIR.
W. w. Hardy, regarded as one OF the
states chief witnesses, was resumed.
She listened intently and dry eyed to
the questions, answers and debate of
the counsel. From time to time the
young woman whispered to her counsel.
Regarded as hardly less dramatic
were DR.. Hardy's statements under a
strenuous cross-examination that Jake
L. Hamon was found to have been suf-
fering from cirrhosis of the liver when
he was operated on for the bullet wound
and could not have lived two years
longer; that Clara Smith Hamon is
suffering from serious malady from
which she probably cannot recover, and
through DR.. Hardy, of
lannon's alleged dying statement, in
which he said, referring to Clara Ha-
mon. that is the woman who did the
business. She got me while / was
living on the bed Just about as I am
now"
Kissing Story Causes Mirth.
The crowd laughed loudly a moment
and quickly was raped to order when
William p. Mclean of Fort Worth,
Texas, of decense council. objected to
a question Attorney General Freeing
asked DIR. Hardy regarding the surgeon
having been kissed by Mr.. Hamon when
he arrived at the Hardy sanltar,un.
"Oh. we object said Mr.. Mclean.
I'VE do not care anything about this
love affair between these two men.
+. The crowd again laughed when Free
ling objected to question by MIR.
Mclean regarding the degree Of in
toxication Of Mr.. Hamon upon his ar
rival at the hospital Il
That would take another witness,
the attorney general said. 1.-THE doctor
has not qualified as an expert On
Through John NJ. Carlock, Oklahoma
state senator. and DR.. Hardy. the
state brought out that Mr.. Hamon
walked to the hospital after he was
shot Mr.. Carlock was introduced as
the only witness who saw Mr.. Hamon
from the time he was wounded IN the
suite he occupied with Clara smith
former wife of his. nephew. IN
4 downtown hotel. until he arrived Mt
he Hardy hospital.
Bought Gun In Oklahoma City.
Through w. w. Meyers, Oklahoma
City hardware salesman, the state m
reduced testimony that Clart Hamon
lad, under the name Clhra b. Smith.
the pistol exhibited in court |
Is the one from which the fatal bullet |
vas fired, and DR.. f. c. Harlow, an
Ardmore eye specialist, told the Jury
lie had seen Clara Hamon with n sim
lar weapon few days before the
shooting.
Bearing out the states opening
'tatement, Mike German. active vice |
president OF bank in Ardmore. testl-
led he once had seen Clara Hamon in
lake lannon's office where she was !
Employed for while after coming to
Ardmore in 1918, as stenographer
md private secretary, with what ap..
lose to her employers side. Mr.. Cor
md that Clara Hnmon ran when be
approached. |
Drank on Night Of Shootlag.
Kelly NJ. Roach, Of Oklahoma City.
estified that on the evening Mr.. Ham
= was shot he had delivered to him a
lfe insurance policy for $2O0,OOO and
Iad taken two drinks Of whisky while
If. Hamon had three. He denied MIR.
tamon. was intoxicated, the defense
'ressing hard on that subject.
Deiense counsel has Indicated it
you'd attempt to prove that Hamon
z gas shot while making an attack on
lara Hamon while he was intoxicated,
nd Friday repeatedly referred to f.the
ight IN questioning the negro maid
'no formerly made up the rooms used
y Hamon and Clara Smith, and in
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