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PACJESEKilTT- frfEDFORT) MATL TRIBUNE, JfEDFORD. OREGON", TUESDAY. MATifTT 1.', 1921 L BY DR. E. IBM Ity h change of dates In his meeting schedules Mod lord has been offered an opportunity to secure on6 of America's . leadlUK union evangelists, Dr. K. J. lliilln and party.- 'J hey have recently closed a great meeting in Itoseburg and are now in a second meeting at Walla Walla, Washington. They go from Walla Walla to Klamath Falls and then to .Mod ford In the month' of May, On Friday evening of last week tho Ministerial association with, a rep resentative body of laymen from the different churches met in the library and alter reading of telegrams, letters from business men Including the cham ber of commerce president and mayor of Itosebu-g It was decided unanim ously to accept the offer mario Med ford In securing the party for the open date left which was May. t hough the time was not the best month In the year yet all felt that the opportunity of securing a man of such ability would balanco the Inopportune time. Mud ford churches are united and It is believed that with a great leader such as Dr. Itulgln and party that great good will como from a united effort such as this meeting will tie. Br. Bui Kin is credited 'with being a greater gospel, proacher than Wily . Sunday, pr. Hulgin's Jcador of songj Mr. Lewis, is '.41 wonder both, in song- and with children and-Mrs. IavIb is his equal in her wont 'an fdnrtfst. -A1 'great tabor jmclo will bo orocted large enough to1 kcCOlWhiodntf fcrnnt mirtirHinna Tho! j .. ' , ,,'" 7 ', fuujui oi ot:ourg ocsmcs uaniters, lawyers, real estate men and other prominent loaders in Kosoburg's civic affairs say that Dr. Hulgin's meeting thero has done Hoseburg more good than anything that has ever come to them. Medford's churches are prepar ing ror tnii greatest campaign over launched In the Rogue River valley GIRL BARES SECRETS OF LIFE (Continued From Fage One), McLean," sho replied, continuing: "I am getting to that. Ho said 'you have been riding with somebody haven't ; you?; and 1 said, 'no, you know I haven't.' I knew that he knew I hadn't. Ho was crazy drunk. Wtjon he didn't find Ids gold knlte, ho saw a knlfo over on tho dresser he-had given mo n long timo ugo, an old knlfo of his just to sharpen pon cils and uso around tho room and I had-It shnrponed. It was very, very Aharp. Ho roaehod for that knlfo, and said 'I would just ns soon Hit your throat as draw on thU cigar.' Anyway when ho reached for that knife, I knew tho time had come, I unconsciously or consciously, or somehow reached hack and in my purse on tho window sill got my ilttlo gun. 1 asked him to stand oaeu and let mo pass, "Well, what did you do with the gun, with tho pistol, when you got. hold of It, what did you do with U?" McLean asked. .."What did 1 do, what would anyone do with It If they thought their lily was In danger?" she repliod. Kim Draws Her (itm. "Mover mind that, what did you do with It?" her counsel asked. I held It on him," sho went on, "o.did back away sort of behind a chair und put his hand on tho hack ot tho chair. Ho did not raiso his hands. 1 didn't ask him to. 1 passed him too. Ho backed around to the door behind our rooms nnd then I went to the door to get out. Holding my hand like this (indicating) to back up to the door to unlock it, he had locked K vhon Hill went out. I Could not see him for he wos a little hark hf the' corner of the bath room, 80' when ' i 'Unlncked the door 1 had to' lot hfrp iret otit of my sight, p. Ti i i' The Jnn (Joes OH. i.oPAnd' understand when J unlocked thoi duop. to go,; In . that ( Instant he turned,, off tho light and raised the elixir to stt'lk me.. ) could see from the lght .jiif the; hall through the transom. lie struck mo with that ohalr and tho gun went off." The defendant left the stand and wiilkod before the Jury box to illus trate her version of it. "And I .was unlocking the door like this find' holding the gun on Mr. Hamon, hut ho was Just out of my sight for a minute nnd ho got around tho corner nnd the chair came down on mo and It knocked the gun out on the floor liko that nnd l( went off as It fell, or 1 pulled the trigger, or something as ho hit me. 1 don't know. The gun went off. "I had the pistol In my hand when Mr. Hamon hit mo with the chair and it Went off. I didn't mean to LAXATIVE Aded People 'HE BANE of old age is constipation. The bow els become weak and unable to perform their functions without aid. the mildest and gentlest The use of harsh cathartics and makes the constipation Tablets are a favorite with and older on account of I a. aaleaMHIWlll'llll i i H'lti ill! i 111 nboot him;" shn continued, nosing her Rtory and gt'ttltiK tyaiic to a queB tion and answer basis. v Lovo Ix tiers Head. court n-tfHHt'U at noon until 2 p, in., wnn luu young woman still on tho Ktnnd. Defense counsel request ed the extra thirty minuteH so that the state could read fifty-six haters writ ton to the defendant by Colonel Ilamon and which it desires to read into the record. Immediately upon recess, Mrs. Ila mon, the widow, joined Attorney General reeling in the task of read ing the letters. "They are nil old letters," the widow wild, after having read a halt dozen or bo. "They were written away hack in' 1914 and 1915 when he really was infatuated with her. There are none written lately." I it fore leaving the stand at noon Clara said her marriage to Colonel Jlarnon's nephew was for the for mer's convenience and that she never lived with him a minute "and it was not supposed they would live to gether." 1 went under the name of Clara Smith part of the timte and also under the name of H anion," sho said. "f used tho nnmn Hamon for .Mr, Hamon's convenience. I have given cheeks signed Clara It. Smith when I bad the money In the bank as Clara Hamon." She told about having purchased tho pistol with which Mr. Jfamou was killed. Shu said: "M r, 1 (anion gave mo the money and told me to buy ll." "upon tho day Mr. Hamon was shot after the pistol was fired what took place, what, did you say to Mr. Ilamon, if anything relative to the light in the room?" queried her eoun sel. ' Clara repliod: "lie- said 'Clara, you hit me: or it hit me' something liko that, I don't remember positively. I said 'Mi.' Hu man I am stiro 1 didn't hit you,' I said 'lie on the bed and T will call Dr. Hardy. 1 think I said Dr. Hardy; he was always our best friend. He said 'no, don t, don t, I en said 'no, don't,' don't, 1 can walk to t(lo hoHpital.' I said 'but I must call Who doctor If you are hit, I must call the doctor; he Bald 'yes, I am hit, Clara, 1 will go to the hospital my self.' He raised his vest to show me whoro ho was hit; there was n spot of blood about that big around," and she curved her fingers to illustrate, breaking down nt this point and cry ing. He left tho room, she said. Call It Accident. " 'I will say it was an accident; if anyone asks you about this tell them it is all right, I will make tho expla nations,' " sho quoted him. Sho said after tho shooting she changed clothing, which she said had been torn bndly In tho fight, went out and put away hoc motor car and re turned to her room where sho spent tho night. Now, tho next morning, where did you go what was the first place you wVnt to tho next morning?" Air. Mc Lean asked. "I went to tho hospital to see Mr. Hamon," she replied. "He had asked the nurse to call me," Hho, said sho remained at the hos pital only a few minutes and then went to Mr. Ketch's office. Now you heard Mr. Ketch's state. moot on tho witness stand as to what took place there. Was bis statement practically the same in tho main?" she was asked. "No, I can't remember all of his atabemeut, hut I know much of It was Incorrect," sho replied. Ketch, former business manager for. Hamon and now administrator of the estate, testified ho gavo - Clara $5,000 -on Hamon's instructions, nnd had directed that she leave Ardmore and remain away, Tho noon recess for two hours then was ordered. Witness Weeps. Reconvening of rourt was delayed by tho crowd which had swarmed In side tho bar. Clara Hamon was called to the stand at 2:07 p. m. ' Clara did not answer questions In tho dramatic tones in which she had detailed the story of the shooting of Hamon nt the morning session. She spoke In n full, -firm, low voice and dlfl not waste words in her replies. "Mr, Hnmon held out bis arms nnd pulled me down nnd kissed and asked me to forgive him and said it never would have happened if he had not been drunk," she said Hamon told her at the hospital when sho visited him the morning after the shooting. Her vtdco quavered and tenr.s came Into her eyes as sho said that. Who said Mr. Hamon told her she should leave town to save scnndal, but to come back (bat afternoon. She described the conference with Mr. Ketch at. which sho was given money with which to leave Ardmore, Hho said sho motored to J)urant, Okla., Intending to return to Ard more, hut changed her mind and drove on south to HenlKon. From Denlson she said she motored to Pallas, where she tried to got an airplane to Han Antonio. Hho said sho could not get u planv for an hour and that tho Hhip did not look safe. so sho started to motor to Han An tonio. Kite said she was uctlng on instruc tions of Mr. Ketch. Hho said Kverett Ha Ills was her For this purpose only laxative should be used. aggravates the trouble worse. Chamberlain's people of middle age their gentle action. ililll chauffeur from Dallas, us he testi fied ho was, ut Hho denied Hho car ried two pistols as lie described. he said Hho waH driven to Cisco, Texas, where she bought a railroad tleket to Ki J'nso. ft Hho said Hhe went to Juarez. Mex leo, across from Kl Paso and re. mained three days and then went to Chihuahua City. Clara said when Hhe left Oklahoma Khe way not fleeing from a erime Hhe had committed, hut left because Mr Ketch told her to. Denies Sullis' Klutciiiciit. Sho very emphatically replied "; did not." when asked If she had told Hnllls Hhe had Hhot a man and that no discussion of what Bun was bent for killing men wan had.. "If that is true, 1 want to kill niv self," Hho Haid Hhe told Hamon when ho said he had been shot and that JIa mon look tho pistol from lier. She said die did not want. Mr. Hamon to die. Her voice wavered nirnin. Mr. Hamon, the widow, listened to tiaras tCHtlmony Intently, but with out changing expression. Leave anil never come "back." i lara said Ketch told her. But that when her uncle, Hen Harrison went 10 ner hho decided to return to Ard more. "While In Old Mexico did you moot a fellow koIiik under the name of Sam lilalr?" Mr. McLean asked. "I did," Clara replied. Sho said she hail read what purported to have been an Interview with her nnd thai It was what she had told the court tills morning. - , Kile said Hho never had Rotten miv money except J 1 2 r. from her oil and motion picture, properties, owned jointly with, respectively, tho Hamon estalo and Ketch. "H certainly was riot," Clara re pliod when asked If Hamon was shot whllo bins- 011,11 bed. "t certainly did not," she replied when asked It she had placed her hand on Hamon's head and fired the shot which killed him. On cross-examination sho said she was '211 yuin old und next October would bo 30 and "hud been living with Mr. Hamon eight or nine years." "No sir, not when I began living with him," Clara said, when asked if sho was 17 when that arrangement began: She aid she begun working for Mr. Ilamon in llll.l and worked ut leust two years. She- Hald sho frequently wont to Kansas City to meet Mr. Ila mon whllo Hho was attending a Hchoo) at Lexington, Mo but that he did not come to Lexington. Sho suld ho would meet her ut Fort Worth. Xot Jealous. N'o sir, I was not," Clara suld when asked If sho wr. Jealous of Mrs. Jake Ilamon. Hho hud admitted sho knew Huinon wus married nnd tho father of two children. Attorney C-cncrnl Froeling read a lotter introduced yesterday in which said, "I will stop it one way or an other." Sho explained that meant Hho was ready to quit Hamon at any time und permit him to return to his fam ily. "Well, I expect I wus, but I don't recall why at this time," sho ans wered when asked if sho had been Jealous of any other wonian, except Mrs. Hamon. "Is it the Enid mifttor or Mrs. H. which keeps me away'" Clara said she meant was it a trial, nt'Knld, Hamon was in, or was It Mr.. Hamon's wife. "Ho did always," Clara suid when Attorney Gcnornl Frccllng asked if Hamon hud promised .to mnrry her. "Wore, there uny children born of this relation?" Attorney Cicncral Froeling asked. 'No," Cluni replied. Uproar In Court Room AItrMOrtl5, Okla., Mar. 15. The trial of Clara Smith llanion clfargcd with the murder ot Jake L. Hamon, was thrown Into an uproar this .morn ins when spectators started wild handclnpplng nnd tho defendant broke into tears and was led from the court room with tears streaming from hor oyes. Tho outbreak of applause and Clara'it- breakdown came after V. I McLean, of defense counsel, replied heatedly to II. II. Itrown, special prose cuior, who torn me court: "Well, we uro willing for the Jury to know how thoy took It, tho old woman and all." Clara and her mother and slstor hroko Into tears and Clara was led from tho rourt room with tenrs stream lug from her eyes. In tho furore created an attempt was made to clear tho court, room hut sovorni minutes after tho order not a score of persons had departed. Sonio effort, was made to oxclude tho press hut. the bench ruled the press might remain. Court adjourned for an hour from 10 io 11 n. ni. after the attorneys had niacin explanation of their remarks which had created tho furore. "That Old Woman" Mr. Mel.cau prior to Mr. Hrowh's re mark had said that he wanted tho jury to know how the entire Smith family "took" the association of Clara with Colonel Ilamon. "That old woman, ns he culls her, will be on tho witness ntnnd ami can testify, and she Is In my judgment ns sood h woman as any that has given birth to any lawyer In this ease." The court ordered the room cleared after the applause ceased hut the spec tators were reluctant to movo. After efforts of deputy sheriffs and bailiffs to remove theni, the court reversed it self, hut save a lecture on court room decorum. Clara Ilamon could not composo her self sufficiently to return to the court room nnd a one hour recess was or doiod. Leave Mother Atone "I don't caro w hat they do with me," she said, as she wept, "hut they must lot my poor old mother alone." After the outbreak hnd subsided 11ml llallew, a deputy sheriff, took the grown son of one of the attorneys con nected with the prosecution from the courtroom and searched him for fire arms but found none. Mis. V. II. W alling, sister of the de fendant, had Just left the witness stand when the remarks of the counsel pre cipitated the outbreak of applause. Mis. Wnllini; testified Uuu Clara Hamon was born in 1SS3 arid Is 27 VPliru old hilt n fatv Vnnhimilu l.itni coil that she wus about 29. "Did you know Jake Hamon during his life time?" she was asked. "Well, 1 knew him, yes sir, but 1 wasn t very well acquainted with him I only saw him a very few times." she replied. Clara Was Bruised "Did you know of the Improper rela tions existing between him and your sister? McLean asked. "Not for several years after they be gan, she said. iiara s mroai was unused very much and finger prints were deeply impressed," the witness testified, in relating that Clara went to her home in Wilson, Okla., on the morning after the shooting, i A Tirulse was on her chest and head and she complained of pains in her hands and arms." Your husband fcvorked for him. man t lie : she was asked. "He did, but he doesn't now." Mrs. Walling replied. Knowing all of these facts, all of tno relations which existed between your sister, and Mr. Hamon, you let your husband work for him and lived in ills house?" Mr. flrown asked. 'It wasn't his house," she said.- "It was on the lease." "Well, he controlled it, managed it. is tjiat right?" counsel asked. '"ten sir," Mrs. Walling replied. "And, knowing those facts, you con tinued to live there and work for him?" tho atlornoy asked. 'Yes sir, we did. We were friendly and ho treated us nicely," the witness replied. . "Do you remember your father com ing up here to kill Jake Hamon and about tho sheriff disarming him?'1 ... "Yes sir," lift, Walling replied. Tho state objected and was sustain ed. 'Wo want to take nn exception on the last ruling of the court,". Mr. Mc Lean said. "The prosecuting attorney brought out from this young woman that thoy all knew about the associa tion or Jake Hamon and the defendant. Now that apullcs to the fathor. We think tho action of tho father Is ad- nilssable by reason of the fact that they brought out the fact that thev all knew it." Mr. Drown rose nnd Injected the re mark: "Well, we are willing for tho iurv to know how thoy took it, the old woman and nil," which led to the outbreak. C. S. Sytes took the stand early in tho day. He testified to aiding In mounting new tires on Clara's motor car. The witnoss Was asked if iio hnd noticed, any bruises on her face or hands nnd Sytes replied that she was holding one ot hor hands In a peculiar position. Whyllis Walling.'M year old niece of (he defendant took the witness stand as tho first witness when court re convened ufter the recess following tho attorneys' clash.' She said her aunt was at the Wnlllhg home Mon day, November 22, aftor Hamon was shot tho night before, and that the defendant bore bruises on her throat nnd her right hand'was bruised. Mother Takes Stand Tho defendant's- mother, Mrs. J. L. Smith of 121 Paso, Texas, took the wit noss stand. She testified Clara is hor third child nnd is 29 years old. Tears stood In Clara's eyes as her mother answered questions. Mrs. Smith's voice quivered at first, but she spoke in a good voice. Sho said Clara came to El Paso Thanksgiving day, 1920 nnd that her daughter's breast was bruised and inui sno complained of pains in her body. Mrs. smith said Clara's right hand was skinned and snid the skin was al most twisted off the right wrist. Sho said she hnd mot Colonel Ha mon at a hospital where Clara was undergoing (real menh Wanted to Marry Her airs, bniltli said on one occasion about six years ago Mrs. Jako L. Ha mon enmo to her door nnd asked her i"i iu iei i inra nave anything more to do with Colonel Hamon. She said she heard of no othor rela tions between Colonel Hamon and her (laughter, except employer und stenog rapher on other occasions than that on which Mrs. Hamon came to tho Smith home, .which then was in Lawton Okla. Mrs. Smith said Hint when Mrs. Jake itumon ennio to see her. she hnd told Mis. Hamon that Colonel Hamon was a lawyer and much older than her tiangnter und asked Mrs. Hamon to tall; to her husband. "I lovo Clara and I can't give her up. 1 expect to marry her some dav." Mrs. Smith quoted Colonel Hamon as nuvlng said on one occasion He said he Intended to get a separation and marry Clara, Mrs. Smith testified. "I got down on my knees nnd nrsv. ed," Mrs. Smith sulci, "when 1 heard about their relations." Mrs. Smith's voice trembled nnd Clara wiped tears from her eyes. Defense Outlined AKDMOKK, Okla., Mar. 13. Clara Hamon today was to go on tho witness stand to defend herself acainst the charge of murder for. tho shooting of Jiiho j,. Hamon. Oklahoma oil and railroad millionaire. Her counsel announced that after a few other witnesses had been sum moned the defendant would tell her ANTI-URIC VTHK NATIONAL liKMKDY' RHEUMATISM I'or Sale hv HEATH'S DRUG STORE i-m-f.---t----m-f-t.f.t-.4 1 I neirnnATU cwo uoiLurain Ohio PREVENTION OF CANCER POSSIBLE Dit. w. cruris dkiciiam At a meeting of tho local Osteo pathic society Sunday ' night, ut Ash lund, Dr. W. Curtis J'.ighnm of Los Angeles, Cnl., denn of the post gradu ate dopurtmcut of tho College ot Os 'teoputhic Physiciuns und Surgeons, .declared that the cure of cancer wus going to be In Its prevention, and not in Its treatment utter it bus once de veloped. I When the circulation in an injured purt has become stagnant and the chemistry of the body is not normal, the resultant irritation is very, great. Then the tissues are in a Htute of pre disposition for the development of abnormal cells or cancer. .Statistics of Hie t nited States gov ernment show that one Indy in twelve nnd one mun in thirteen .develop can cer. The statistics of t lie Ostcopujhie profession show a much less percent and Dr. Itrighum claims that the im proved circulation brought about by Osteopathic methods has- been re sponsible for this reduction. story lo the jury as the summing up ol ti.e case for the defense. Counsel previously had declared the defense would be that the shot which killed the oil man was fired while he was in a dr.unken condition and whil ho was making an nttnek upon the de fendant, probably whllo he was bran dishing a chair. Sheriff Garrett, testifying for the de fense yesterday, declnrcd Hamon told him he did not want Clara Hamon prosecuted for the shooting, that he (lid it himself, accidentally. Hartion Dying, Kissed Her One of the nurses described tho last meeting between Clara Hamon nnd Jako Hamon In the lattcr'B room at the hospital... Tho .nurse snid she called Clara Ilamon in tho telephone and told her to come to the hospital. Ha- mon, she testified, held out his arms I to Clara when she arrived and drew her to him and kissed her. When Clara left, the nurse said, Ilamon asked her to como hack during tho afternoon. 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