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frfEDFORT) MATL TRIBUNE, JfEDFORD. OREGON", TUESDAY. MATifTT 1.', 1921
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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
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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.
'Final arguments in the trial, it 13
expected, will be made Wednesday and
tho case may bo given to the jury
Thursdny afternoon, it was snid bj;
counsel for (he stalu.
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