When Jake L. Hamon lay down in his hospital bed in Ardmore on the night of November 22, 1920, the official explanation for the bullet wound through his abdomen remainedremarkablysimple. Hamon had accidentally shot himself. Frank L. Ketch, his business manager and one of his closest associates, said the .25-caliber automatic pistol haddischargedwhileHamon was cleaning or handling it in preparation for a trip. Hamon’s physicians were cautiously op…
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