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THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1920.
Aviator Sues jMysterious Letter Found
Passenger tb j With Clara Hamon 's Diary
Collect $500
Sixty-Four-Year-Old Banker
Who Contracted for Flight
'to Whitman Decides .
, Enough Is Enough. V
"He may be old, C ' '
"But lie's got yfluug ideas."
C. E. Hoyt owns, a bank om in
.Whitman, Neb. He's 65 years old.
The day before Thanksgiving .he
sold, a flock of , cattle on the" South
Side market in Omaha and got a
good price for them.
So he stayed over in the city for
Thanksgiving. v ,
Sees Airplane in Sky.
It was after noon. Ke stood with
a companion at Sixteenth and Far
nam streets. - .
TJ)ev tjrain for Whitman was
scheduled to puff out of the Omaha
train shed soon.
, He was about to go to the depot,
when he glanced at the sky. i
Seizing his companion by the arm,
he pointed to a wee speck on the
horizon. '
"See it? That's us. We're gonna
fly home and shock the natives."
Forthwith he located Pilot Arthur
E. AtJfinson, Omaha aviator.
Start on Wings of Air.
A deal was cinched whereby At
kinson was to bear them to ;Whit
man on the wings of the air, and, ac
cording to Robert, Nelson, attorney
for Atkinson, all for $500.
The trio clambered into the plane.
A loud roar. A sudden gust oi
wind, and they had hopped off.
As the trio soared over Abbott,
just the othei side of Grand Island,
Atkinson sensed trouble in his en
gine. He made a forced landing.
! Banker Sighs Relief.
While tinkering with the motor,
, Atkinson heard the banker express
joy at his feet feeling again the solid
earth.
Across the field stood the branch
; line passenger train, its little loco-
rrtotive puffing great clouds of
: smoke.
Hoyt made a bee- line Jot , the
branch line' and lined himself up a
seat.
Missive to "My Dearest Pal" From "Frances". May
; Have : Furnished Reason for Firing Fatal
' Shot at Multimillionaire. Oil' Man
Of Oklahoma.
iij I'oi venal Serrlee.
Universal Service flvti tht fourth
Kmltn
and
Ha-
I'orcludlnc chapter of Clara
moi l remarkabla diary. . . ,
(Copyright, CO. by the Chicago Herald
and Examiner.) ,
All rlghta rejerved. ' Reproduction pro
hlblted. r .
Kansas City, ':. Mo., Dec. 8. The
Omatu ,Bce concludes today its ex
clusive presentation of the diary of
MrS". Clara Smith. Hamon, accused
of the murder- of Jake L. samon,
multi-millionaire, Oklahoma oil man
and a national factor in politics.
In the chapter herewith given Mrs.
Hamon ' recites incidents which oc
curred up to within two days of the
shooting of Hamon and clearly in
dicates a condition of mind which
results in tragedy. , -
Bree. . ?
Bress ttat blowa mj lor away, .'
Breez that hurta my heart all day "
Bad breual ..
Whan you know I want love ao,
Why com drifting make It go,
Baa breeze 7
Can't you read within my heart
That In death alone we'll part,
Aiaa Dreexer
Bring a rainbow with the rain,
Make me happy once, again,
Glad breeze.
November 14. Got a laugh today
at the description in the paper of the
political man and what he means.
The man who is the embodiment of
all the virtues, home-loving, God
loving resident, according to those
who want him to get office or in'
fluence. " t
On Sunday he goes to .church,
where his gray hairs lend sanctity
to the surroundings as he asks for
mercy on his- penitent soul. His
contribution, dropped in a single
crinkled bill, may equal all the other
contributions in the church. Me is
a sterling Ineurei
But when his past is looked into
by the opposition . they feel justi
fied and go about calling'him every'
thine; from a cut-throat to a bum.
But the world goes onv Candidates
come and candidates go. Powers
come and powers go, and cut-throat
do likewise with slight restraint
1X1,, "i T1 1 , A. 1
H. nA. K. r,,hinn intn Whit. "no cares: remaps oniy me per
i - sons tinon whom the cut-throat orac-
man. . T- . . ii. ,...,
u.C9 1119 nunc iuu gcuwc ii nui
Atkinson stood aghast.
He finished his tinkering, hopped
eff, and made a bee line for Omaha.
- ' Hikes for Attorney. .
Straight to the office of Attorney
Nelson he went. " " .
And Tuesday suit was filed in
municipal court by Atkinson against
the Whitman banker for the $500 he
claims is due hini for the shortened
flight into the state.
This is the first suit of its kind
ever filed in a Nebraska court.
President of Motor Club
Wants City Charter Change
Limitations in the present city
charter were stressed in a speech by
W. B. Cheek," president of the Oma-U4-
Automobile club, at the weekly
, d&jeting of "the Lions 'club Tuesday
'Special emphasis was laid by him
' cat; the program for Street'and high-
. , iWjr-' improvements, citing the fact
ttUt his association will not '"allow
. aPfeound of pavement to be laid un
rejB on the proper basis."
Julius K. Johnson, formerly of
Ttunicapolis and now organist at
th Rialto theater, played the piano.
Mas Virginia Ray, on tour with the
Hrunswiclc Grand Opera company,
sSng. She is the niece of Mrs. R.
(BCaldwell of Omaha. ,
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But the cut-throats like the' ani
mals there seems to be some ref
lation between them. They likeethe
frankly animal type, well preserved,
entirely selfish, devoid of , intellect,
with saccharine manners ' and the
senses of a harem lady that com
bined with the tenacity of a rat.
And a rat is no fool and a fool is
rto rat.
Conscience Again Works.
November 16. Went downtown in
car and did some shopping. Met
many I knew, and gave them but
a nod. I walkabout in a daze. My
eyes never direct a single thought
of mine as I go. Hy thoughts arc
all within and my indifference must
convince the clerks 'that I am not
in my 'right mind. Perhaps I am
notii
llm conscious that no great char
acter is formed without suffering' and
denial. No great achievements are
possible without great effort and sac
rifice, but I am afraid that my sac
rifices have been so great in the
aid of great achievement that I am
a mental loss. I feel that I cannot
go on. I am tired within. Physi
cally well mentallyr alert when I
concentrate and try to be, but never
theless exhausted. It is a tired soul,
that I suffer from. An ailment hard
to cure. It cannot be cured, or the
patient will not help; cannot help.-'
November 17 Today has again
convinced me that I need mst thinlt
to progress; It is about automatic
after a time . Certainly I have for
days gone about my responsibilities
in a sort of haze from which I can
make no effort to rouse myself. Yet
I seem to observers apparently to
embody efficiency and nerve. One
doesn't need to, think. And so this
constant thinking, this almost - des
perate thinking which I do has noth
ing to -do with necessity. It is use
less. Takes Self Seriously.
I reach the conclusion that the
safest method of progress in stupid
group is to take yourself seriously.
People are such born believers. If
they like yoil they will consider your
opinion, in forming their estimate. 1
hate myself, but, thank goodness, no
one recognizes it. My friends are
good to me.
I look back over-this little record
of my dull days and I am astounded
at the growing bitterness of my
viewpoint. What started me in this
never-faltering mood? I don't even
recall. Yes, I suppose that it was
some trivial thing. Some unpleasant
word, some thoughtless and slighting
action. Still I can think of scores of
things which would have made a ma
jor reasons for despair. I may have
been anything. At the moment 1
forget. But I know that sounding
the depth of unhappiness. What
depths I
November 18 Up early, went
shopping. Bought pretty negligee.
Just habit 1 What good can pretty
things do me? My life does, not seem
pretty and the future is even ugly.
Have developed worse cold than
ever. High fever near pneumonia.
Tried to work, but so ill I could not.
I try to keep up my spirit, but it is
a dead weight. I have read books of
Christian Science and beautiful
works of poetry, but it is 'all quite
useless. '
What I need is faith and my faith
has been so cruelly shattered that
it responds to nothing. The word
itself brings but a bitter laugh. Why
faith?
Yet, in the end I know that I
must turn to God for comfort in my
unhappiness. I only hesitate be
cause my' heart is so bitter. I must
have rest. I Cannot go on forever in
my unhappiness. It is killing. my
heart 'as it did my soul.
I have given what I can give
freely, willingly, and I receive not
even gratitude nothing. What a
situation I To attempt to smile
through it is impossible. That I
have tried. But you feel absurd and
apologetic for your wavering smile
because it has no basis and is just
an indication that you have no
measurement of values. Why Ahould
I smile? How dare I smile, when
my heart is broken and my life a
waste?
Nov. 19. Idle and my diary at
hand. But what to write? 1 am not
so ill. My cold is better. What is
illness? What is a cold? What is
wealth? What is poverty ? What
is success? What is failure?' I am
unhappy. The future holds nothing.
What can make up for these two
facts? Nothing. r And so I am ill,
no matter how fares my cold or any
other trivial ' thing. I am ill and
great physicians might stand about
me in hordes,, merely nodding their
heads in melancholy unison. My ill
ness is teyond them. They . can
"heither iron out souls or. patch up
hearts unfortunately. Poor medi
cosl Poor me!
There is interest in a singl let
ter carefully pinned to the next page
of the diary around ' which was
bound a heavy elastic;- It is mere
ly dated "20th," but in view, of its
context and he fact that Hamon
was shot on November 21, it might
readily have formed the basis .oi
the tragedy. It follows:
"My dearest Pal: .
' "Just received your letter of Fri-
a . . .
cay evening ana was more than
glad to hear from you and appreci
ated all you said about me and hope
you- never change, for it's lots of
consolation to me. You are more
than 'wonderful' and time will not
change my thoughts and everything
I have for you.
"Wish I could be there to help
you pack, for I know you have your
hands full. It would give me un
told pleasure to be with you and
do all I could for you. Know you
will be tired after all you have done
and all you have to do. While you
are packing and working along,
please remember there is a "Helper'
who would love to relieve you of
some of your worries and work.
Wished Him' Pleasure.
"Am sure your visit at your sis
ter's was pleasant in a way, but
was a sad partingfor all, especially
for the children. Am glad you en
joyed what you found there on your
arrival and wish I could repeat all
1 sent and could do it every day
but since I cannot, there will be
something for you wherever you may
go so you will be sure, to know I
am 'with you', in1, every one of your
and 'our' days. : ;
"I missed the' 'hurried' good-bye,
and looked for it, but was sure you
were trying. ' There is a burning of
the last good-bye, and I will never
forget your last word; though they
were sad to me, they cheered me
wonderfully and hope it may be
some of tpese days.
"The moon was very pretty the
las, few nights and it has carried
much and brought more to me.
''Have started me a little 'book'
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NOSE CLOGGED FROM
A COLD OR CATARRH
which you will tee and hope it
brings more to you than I put, in
it, for I will try and keep. on trying
'cause I am pretty sure it will
please you. -
I "It's mightly lonesome and blue
around here and there are so many
things I miss, but in all the 'missing'
there is a 'something' that is with
me that I can never lose and will
never lose it, believe mc. It is my
only treasure and the one I can
keep, if I lose everything else.'The
cord is still 'golden,' dear pal of
mine, and hope there will not be one
thine to ever make it tarnish. Dis-
iooointmfents are bitter, that's why I
don't want any to happen; as far as
mvself is concerned there won t be
and I am sure you feel the same.
Broke With Companion.
"Good-bye, dearest pal, friend and
all and I fefn going to be at my best
as long as there is hope, and aker
that I'll be just 'the same' so the
memories. will be as sweet as they
are now. I
"Good-bye, good luck and may
your health come back anew, and
if you ever need me, you can rest
assured I'll be 'waiting' also watch
ing for your commands, and will
do all I can to fulfill 'the request,
whenever you may ask it.
"I am blue today, but good and
hope you are speeding along con
tentedly and Jook back to see one
whom you have made and remem
ber I love you and will always be
'for you,' regardless of what might
happen. ,
"God bless you and keep you safe
--give the encouragement, health
and all that I prayed "Him to give
ypu. v
"Worlds of love to you from one
who is thinking deeply and cares
more than yoif know. These lines
are from the bottom of my heart
to a real pal from one who has al
ways been true. ' FRANCES." .
This letter got into the hands- of
Clara Smith Hamon, apparently oh
the day Colonel Hamon was shot
and before he was shot. Whatever
its significance, it is clear that she
thought enough of it to preserve it
the only letter in a tragic diary.
,which is here terminated.
Mrs. Harding Entertained
By Wife of Vice President
Washington, Dec. 8. Mrs. War
ren G. Harding was the guest of
honor at a luncheon given today by
Mrs. ' Thomas -Marshall, wife of the
vice president. The luncheon was
attended by about 40 wives of sena
tors and other officials and was the
second social affair for Mrs. Hard
ing during her two-day stay in
Washington,. Mrs. Wilson, wife of
the president, having entertained
her at tea at the White House yes
terday. .
Wife Goes on Night
V
Swimming Party;
Mate Gets Decree
She Awakened Hubby at 1 :30
A- M. to Tell Him About
It, He Testifies Before
Court.
A swimming party of employes of
Tukey & Hall at Valley last Au
gust, from -which . his wife did not
return until 1 m the mprning was
testified to in District Judge Sears'
court yesterday by rzea M. King in
the divorce action' brought by his
young wife, Virginia Morrs King,
Judge Sears granted a divorce, to Mr
King and scored Mrs. King.
King, employed by the Baker Ice
Machine company, declared that at
Krug park one evening he heard his
wife call a man honeybunch. ..
Invited to Party.
His wife called Jiim up at 3:30
the day of the party and said Mr,
Tukey had told her to invite him to
go along. He was unable to go,
Alan Tukey and other officers and
employes of the company made up
the party, he said. King waited for
his wife until 11 that night and then
went to bed.
"She came in about 1 :o0." he tes
tified, "and woke me up. I went
back to sleep and the next ,day she
told rfie what a good time she had. '
ihe folks at the hotel called me
Mrs. Tukey,' she said, .
1 asked her if she didn t correct
them and shevreplied 'No, I was
having too gooTl'a time.'".
Eat Chicken Dinner.
Mrs. King said she wore a bathinu
suit bought for her bv her husband.
After the swim they all went to the
hotel in Valley and hid a chicken
dinner before starting for home.
The Kings were married April 24,,
1920. He was 28 and she 17 at that
time, Bojh kept on working, he
foa the ice machine company and
she at her office position. They lived
with her mother. Mrs. Flora Coon,
4112 North Thirty-third street. Mrs.
Coon was formerly the wife of Capt.
A. J. Storrs of Seittle, Wash.
Judge Sears denied Mrs. King a
divorce and granted the decree to
her husband on Ris cross-petition.
"Mrs. King has evidently regard
ed the marriage tie in a mercenary
light and has not the proper perspec
tive of its sacredness," said the
judge. "She has been extravagant
anT thoughtless while Mr. King
seems to be a pretty Steady, .re
liable sort of fellow."
Former Mayor
Of Omaha Dies
W. H. Morris, Pioneer Execu
tive and Nebraska Superior
Judge, Passes Away.
Los Angejes. Dec. 8. (Special
Telegram) Funeral services for
Judge W. H. Morris, 85, who died
at his home Monday, will be held to
day at the Bdylston chapel.
During his long career former
Judge Morris practiced law in New
York, was one of the pioneer
mayors ot Omaha and later was
elected superior judge in Nebraska
A native of Isew York state,
Judge Morris spent many years of
his mature life in Nebraska. Dur
ing the war of the rebellion he was
cwled.mto service ot the govern
ment and afterward spent several
years adjusting claims growing out
ot the hostilities.
He leaves two daughters. Miss
Sophia Morris and Mrs. Hughes of
ban trancisco. s
Southern Pacific Loses
$375,000 in Midnight Fire
Houston, Tex., Dec. 8 Officials of
the Southern Pacific today estimated
at $375,000 the loss sustained in a
fire which last night destroyed a
portion of the roads shops here.
What caused the fire has not been
determined, but railroad officials
scout the theory of incendiarjsm.
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i ;
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Although stocks are large,
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