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Show ALBERT KIESEL HIS SERIOUS BULLET WOUND Th victim of an accidental discharge dis-charge of a revolver yesterday afternoon, after-noon, Albert Kiesel, brother of Fred .F. Kiesel, is lying in a serious condition con-dition at the Dee hospital. Mr. Kiesel. who is 70 years of age, was in an outbuilding out-building at the rear f his home when the accident oerurred. He was removing remov-ing the cartridge, it is thought, irorn an old pistol when the trigger arcidenr ally snapped, sending a bullet into his left breast. The ball entered his body just over the heart and passed through the left lung, causing internal hemmorhages. Mrs. Kieel and a neighbor heard the shot and rushed as quickly as possible pos-sible into the outbuilding. There they found the aged man bleedinc from a wound in the breast. The ambulance was summoned and Mr. Kiesel was hurried to the hospital, where he was attended bj Dr. R. S. Joyce. Fred J, Kiesel was also at the hospital with in a short time after the accident, bur his brother was not in a condition to talk to him eoherently. The wounded man lived with his wife at 743 Twenty-fifth street. They have no children. For a number of years, Mr. Kiesel has been assoeiar .1 ed with his brother. Fred .7 Kiesel, in i business, of late being an agent of the Fred J. Kiesel Investment and development company A late report from the hospital was to the effect that the injured man had passed the nikfht fairly well and his condition was as good as could be ex. per ted. oo |