Clara Hannon Acquitted in Ardmore Murder Trial
Clara Hannon was acquitted on the murder charge of Jake L. Hamon, Oklahoma Republican figure. The single secret ballot verdict came after a week-long trial in Ardmore as family and supporters cheered.
18 Mar 1921
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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1921
Page
1
Clara Hannon was acquitted on the murder charge of Jake L. Hamon, Oklahoma Republican figure. The single secret ballot verdict came after a week-long trial in Ardmore as family and supporters cheered.
Acquittal of Clara Hamon drew applause as crowds watched a dramatic Oklahoma trial. The proceedings featured disputed testimony, heated exchanges over witnesses and remarks, and strong emotional moments for Hamon and her mother. The case centered on a fatal shooting, with intense public interest and wide national attention.
Paris reports Briand charging that Germany violated the Versailles treaty on disarmament reparations and the war trials. Berlin's Simons backs renewed talks and reconstruction emphasis as France cites German protests to the League of Nations. The narrative also covers a shooting incident near El Paso involving immigration officers and migrants.
Earl Marlin twenty four was killed by J M Sanders a detective of the Oklahoma Bankers Association in Oklahoma City when Sanders moved to arrest him Marlin had been wanted in connection with several automobile thefts and the February twenty eight Piedmont Oklahoma State bank robbery Eight bullets were fired into Marlin's body no gun was found on the suspect's remains here today
Mexico City report revised the March 11 Tampico incident stating four sailors killed by masked men drowned rather than dying from violence. The attackers were five masked individuals who assaulted the crew, but the new advices indicate drowning as the cause.
Friday and Saturday expected to be fair with warm temperatures. Amarillo area readings show highs near 88 and 79, with morning lows around 63. Humidity data noted, dry and wet temperatures listed. A short local tale recalls a man betting on driving across a track before a train, then a moral about advertising and business in town.
Five prominent Irish women relay a message from the American Relief Committee delegation appealing to American women for emergency relief. They say many women are left home less by the destruction of homes farms and shops and that babies are dying by the hundreds.
Fragmentary text references raw tomatoes and a death linked to a family, with scattered names and phrases. The readable content is too damaged to identify a coherent event, persons, dates, or locations beyond Wichita context and a March mention, yielding a vague notice of a fatal incident linked to a family.
Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad halted all passenger and freight traffic due to lawlessness and interference amid a strike by Union employees. Bridges burned and tracks obstructed prompted Judge Triboy to deploy deputy marshals. warrants issued for striking crew.
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