Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1910 — TOM TAGGART INJURED IN HUNTING ACCIDENT. [ARTICLE]

TOM TAGGART INJURED IN HUNTING ACCIDENT.

Democratic State Boss May Lose the Sight of Right Eye as Result of Carelessness of His Secretary. Thos. Taggart, well known Indianapolis politician, was accidentally shot iOhe face, right shoulder and chest with birdshot by his private secretary, W. H. Norton, while quail hunting Friday near Fayette, Miss. After the accident he was taken to the sanitarium at Nachez, where the injury was examined by physicians who state that they will not prove dangerous unless complications set In, although he may lose the sight of his right eye. He will be brought to Indianapolis, where the shot will be removed. Mr. Norton was about 40 yards away when the shot was fired.