Eddy, William

Note: See Gabriel Evans for details.
Suit for $35,000 was filed Saturday by Mrs. Velma Hensley against The Producers Company for the death of her husband in a mine accident. Her husband, Ray Hensley, a machine man, was working for the company in October when he was instantly killed in a dynamite explosion. According to the petition, he had gone to a small blacksmith shop near the mine to have some tools sharpened. Dynamite was kept nearby and sparks from the forge caused the explosion. The company is blamed for its carelessness in storing the dynamite so near the blacksmith shop. Hensley was one of three men who lost their lives near Tar River through an explosion. Another victim was James Eddy, son of the former United States Deputy Marshal Eddy, and a resident of this city. The third victim was a man named Patterson, whose wife was also seriously injured, but finally recovered. Patterson died in a Joplin hospital several days after the explosion.