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Ardmore, Oklahoma, November 22nd, 1920.

Jake L. Hayman, Republican National Committeeman from Oklahoma,

is in the Hardy Hospital, suffering from a pistol wound accidentally inflicted.

Mr. Heyman was in his room at the Randall Hotel last night about 8 o'clock,

and was engaged in cleaning and loading a 25 caliber automatic pistol.

He had the weapon against his body and was slipping the magazine in place when it was

discharged. The small steel bullet entered the body to the right of the center, passed through the upper

lobe of the liver, and lodged in the muscles of the back near the spinal column. The injured man, in company with Dr. Cowles,

walked to the Hardy Hospital two blocks away and reported that he had accidentally shot

himself and asked for surgical treatment. He was immediately placed on the operating table

and was administered an anesthetic.

Within one hour, the wound had been probed, the bullet was removed from the back, and Mr.

Heyman assigned to a room. The wound is painful, but unless complications arise, it will not be serious.

The anesthetic made the patient very sick through the

night, but he was resting better this morning. A telegram has been sent to Mrs. Heyman, informing her of the

accident and stating that the injury is not serious. Mrs. Hayman is at her home in Chicago where her children are in school.

Mr. Heyman spent the greater portion of the day yesterday with W.B. Nichols, former chief of police of Oklahoma City,

and Kelly Roach, a life insurance agent of that city. The men were planning to leave this morning for Texas, where Mr.

Heyman was going on business in connection with his railroad interests, and they were to double

back through here Wednesday evening and leave for Billings, Montana, where Mr.

Heyman has recently acquired some oil interests. Mr. Heyman frequently carries in his grip on long trips,

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