Hamon’s Trial Ties Secret to Clara Hamon’s Fate
The trial will reveal why Jake Hamon broke with Clara Hamon to rehabilitate his image after political influence and a controversial marriage. Prosecutors plan to show Hamon sought a separation agreement with a young woman who would kill him at parting, amid his push to restore his standing with President Harding and Oklahoma politics.
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Jake Hamon
Clara Hamon
Mamon
Olari Haman
Hamon
Harding
Wood
Chicago
Oklahoma
Hannon
Republican Party
Meade
Clara Hamon and the Ardmore Hotel Shooting Mystery
Clara Hamon, daughter of 11 and son of 19, returns from Chicago to Ardmore with two children and plans to move to California. A hotel suite shooting amid questions of self defense or murder centers on Hamon’s dying claim that he was accidentally shot. The narrative outlines Hamon’s rise from poverty to a controversial political figure and a disputed land fraud indictment.
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Chicago
Ardmore
Hamon
Hanon
Wife of slain man to be state witness in Hamon case
Ardmore dispatch reports Mrs. Jake Hamon will testify for the prosecution in Clara Smith Hamon’s trial for the shooting of the old multi millionaire and Republican National Committeeman Jake Hamon. She will portray herself as a scorned wife and outline her husband’s desertion and the woman’s influence. The testimony aims to show motive and cast Clara Hamon as responsible for the fatal event.
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Clara Smith Hamon
Jake Hamon
Bud Ballew
Lett
Buck Garrett
Garrett
Carter County
Bud
Ardmore
Okla
Aayon Rash
Jake Hannon
Clara Hamion
Mr. Hamon
Olive
Clara Hamon
Wichita
Kas
Hamon
Hamon and Ringling: railways, oil, and high-stakes poker
A biographical sketch traces Hamon from a Kansas roustabout to a railroad and townsite promoter in Ardmore Healdton oil fields partnership with John Ringling. His rise made him one of the world’s top independent oil producers, and his life blended commerce with high-stakes gambling.
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John Ringling
Hamon
Ringling
Ardmore
Healdton
Clara Smith
Appeals for Commutation for Geow Fails Again
Over two weeks many humans urged clemency for Yee Geow, condemned for murder. Governor Carey and acting secretary W E Chaplin did not overturn the law, permitting the execution of the Chinese inmate at Rawlins early today. Carey later ordered a mental condition review of the tongman.
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Yee Geow
Thomas Holland
John
Sederden
Carey
W. E. Chaplin
Rawlins
Geow
Hamon Remains Loyal in Oklahoma While Political Tensions Surge
In Chicago Hamon learns Wood favored Jim McGraw for a top post, a move he sees as a direct insult. He stays to lead Oklahoma's delegation toward Harding. Once poor, Hamon endured hardship for success, only to meet a tragic end as a leaden bullet and a $12,000 coffin mark his fate.
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Hamon
Wood
Oklahoma
Jim McGraw
Ponca City
Okla
Chicago
McGraw
Harding
Geow is Executed for Murder in Cheyenne Fire Hall
The condemned Geow, a Chinese immigrant, was hanged in Cheyenne after a trial for the murder of Holland. The case showed he killed Holland to reach immigration agent Mansfield, with Federhen also killed during the pursuit. Geow had a history of resistance to arrest and claimed no resentment toward Holland. The execution used Cheyenne’s historic gallows, first built in 1893 and later used in Rawlins.
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Geow
Yee Geow
Holland
Federhen
Geon
United States
Canada
Cheyenne
W. R .Mansfield
United States Immigration
Mansfield
Pioneer Avenue
Federden
Canadian
New York
Death House
Charlie Miller
James Julian
Miller
Tom Horn
Rawlins
J. Warren Jenkins
Walter Senn
Evanston
William Planders
Crook County
No Cure 2 Cold in One Day Grove Bromo Quinine Ad
Advertisement notes that No Cure 2 promises to cure a cold in one day using Grove's Bromo Quinine tablets. The genuine product bears the F. W. Grove signature with an assurance to be sure you get Bromo, priced at 80 cents.
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Grove
F. W. Grove
Master thinker with poet mind on origins and destiny
A quotation from Dr. James J. Walsh, a lecturer, praising the master thinker who can pierce the mists surrounding human origin and destiny. The line contrasts science and poetic insight as essential for understanding.
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James J. Walsh
Five Hundred Dollars Reward For Cheyenne Murderers
Five hundred dollars is offered for the head or heads of the murderer or murderers of Louis Failer, the Cheyenne taxi driver shot south of the city last Saturday. Acting Governor Chaplin approved the reward after Sheriff George Carroll and Prosecutor Mentzer reported fugitives traveled from Cheyenne toward Denver, then vanished near the railroad yards. The escape route showed the killers used back roads to evade Colorado officers, remaining familiar with the terrain between Cheyenne and Denver. British liquor exports have tripled since the United States went dry.
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Louis Failer
State House
W. P. Chaplin
Roche S. Mentzer
George Carroll
Denver
Thalfia
Carroll
Mentzer
Cheyenne
Fort Collins
Garr
Greeley
John C.‘ Vleming
Masonville
LaFayette
Loveland
Fort Colins
Colorado
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