Stevens, Monroe

43 years old, was killed at noon yesterday at the Parker-Walton Mine, eight miles west of Picher, when he came in contact with electric wiring of a centrifugal pump which he and other workmen were testing. Investigation revealed that there was an apparent ground in the motor and that Stevens came in contact with the suction of the pump, which drew him against the motor. He was knocked unconscious and was brought to the American hospital at Picher, where artificial respiration was administered for more than two hours, but failed to revive him. Stevens had been employed as a pump operator at the mine 18 months and lived on a farm between the mine and Chetopa Kansas. Relatives said he suffered from a slight heart ailment which probably caused him to be easily over come by the shock. Voltage flowing through the machine was slight, according to officials of the company, and was not sufficient to be fatal through contact under normal conditions. Stevens' death was the first fatality at the United Zinc Corporation plants in the last 27 years, officials of the company said this morning. The Parker-Walton Mine is a war project under he United Zinc Corporation. He resided on Chetopa route 2 and had lived in the Chetopa community most of his life. Surviving are his widow, three daughters, all of the home, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Stephens of Chetopa Rt 3, and a sister living in Treece Kansas. Funeral services will be conducted at 3 pm Wednesday at the Fritz funeral home in Chetopa. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery at Chetopa Kansas.