Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-15
LETTERS WRITTEN BY
CLARA SMITH TO SLAIN
MILLIONAIRE ARE nEl'
coNTiNrEp FRoM rAoE oxr

be prosecuted and that the dying w
sid he did not wan, that and again ~
h. hss shot hl;.ss!s accidentally"
While Mrs Jake Hamun was on n
,tlnd. Clara Hamon watched her clos'
~ and listened iniently 10 her fir
voice replies TO counsel's questions A
only one point did the witness yois
CULVER That was when she began &
tell 81 the rich lingerie and other az
Iarei she found m Clara lIamoni
room.
In similar statements Mrs Hanoi
had frequently broken down and cried
When her voice aniyerd today At
This juncturc. counsel quickly sioppet
and changed the schedule.
J. II. Edwards. Of Topeka. Kansas
president OF the Kansas Life Insurance
Company. identified life Insurance
ApplicAtion from Clara Hamon. signed
Clara II. Smith," In January. 1917. To-
which she said she had been born on
October 20. 1881. That point was
brought out. according 20 states coun
sel. 70 prove that Clara Hamun was ~
years old when she frs, bcgan her as
sociation with Hamon and was not a II.
year-oid girl.
No Dying statement.
In It's announced effort o. break the
testimony that Hamon made dyine
statement. the defense called the Nv,
nurses at the Hardy Sanitarium VIII
Progressively testified that they had bee
ON duty with the wounded man duFin
the IL hour periods from seven y. u
and seven a. m. from the time he cam,
20 the hoapltai.
The young woman. Clara Belle Hon
Ter, uf Warren. Pm. and Rosa Cannon
OF Ardmore. said that during the tin
Harfion was at the hospital they in tut
were not away from his side more tn.
five or ten minutes at one time. an
then only 20 prepare medicines. ar
that thsy had nj No time heard the
wounded man make statements TO via
tors that he believed that he was dyin.
or that Clara Hamon shot him.
Miss Homer testified that during b
lingering. Hamon used very profai
language Charles Coakley 81 the d,
fense counsel. when attorney Freolii
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the statement osaid he desired 10 bril-
but that hamon did not believe he ".
dying and that his state Of mind "
not such as dying man assumes.
Miss Cannon testified she telephon
ciara Hamon az the hotel where u
nun was sho, on the morning after H,
arrived a III hospital. She said D
Clara came Immediately to the Hospital
dalnon having requested that she Cd
ihst She sid hat. despite TESTING
% Or. HARDY, ;hai no one was In 20
rvosn with N, wu4ndd man uh.
cius arrived she hid renmln d .r,
lat Hauiuu had 'iised his arms, tss.r
Cara Hamcn into them and kis-, d
her.
Miss Gamma le-tia-i fh8t n u"
r'irsyi Frequently. sr.- nils n 20 h.
stsfnath troubled h.m
The young woman alsr testified Iilf
No dying settlement had BON msd, O.,
h. Rev. r : iNn ami thr rr.ihn
ianon ncr "a. minister pay Bod Do
s.eis room. Tho prscnr iu, ir4 s.
bad testified ,hli o. had prayed With
sisB.n auG that ttr !aft.g ha4 rvI I'd. ..
% bis s.ns
Nlss Cannon sail ~ Irwin cam, o.
The hospital sul AZ igat Hsmel $50
- Inn Kss thar b. feli 900 badly O.
Eaik WITH him and pls,-e BE- com. bsck
IA The Afternoon
Defendant g. Testify.
Couit yccess-h in,hy ~, 80 ia.
name III air y Il Nagm.. sister e..
ihe defendant was announced as IA,
text witness Il Was stated she woulf
b pfesrat - the dcfenses first wltncs.
ulnQTrVw. md that she would be- FOL
cNed by the defendants neice. Clar
ioinon herself being called to the stand
y the defenses last witness.
The defense previously had Indicate
- Csc IL that the shot which killed
he IA man politician was fired Will
b. was TN q drunken and brutal con.
dilion" and while he was making an
ATTACK on the defendant. probably
while he was hrandishing a chair.
Attorney General Freezing tonlgh,
aid that judging from the rapidity
with which the testimony had been
tAken the case would be given to the
jurS By Thursday morning.
When an effort was made today 20
recall Everett W. Sails. chauffeur.
who drove Cara Hamon from Dallas
% Cisco. Texas. whore she took a train
p, 81 Paso. 70 cross the international
ine into Mexico. II was found tina,
ALA had told the clerk that he had
Den released. had drawn his per
Dem. and milesge and had left Ard.
Dors., A certified copy q an indlci.
nent charging sallis with highway
ebbery IN Piiishurg county then Wa
ead 70 the jurors.
Ihree witnesses testified that Salts
spntation Tor honesty and yeraeity
rs bad.
~ Protection Asked
Two letters were read into the record
Today. Neither had a date line. one
<.s mailed from Kansas City, Missouri.
kpril .. 1918. II was written on the
stationery q one OF the leading hotels.
u follows:
MY dear:
Il am jus, sick. am 80 worried and
- mad Audrey came up last night
knd xhe told us that one Of the boys
kt -ths academy told her that Ms. IL
had written one Of the boys there and
|oid everything and added a great
many hss Audrey never knew heforc
hat you were even married. or anv.
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