Atterberry, William

Picher Oklahoma, June 12.--William Frank Atterberry, 60, became entangled in a large pulley wheel and was instantly killed at 8:30 Sunday morning while he was engaged in oiling a line shaft in the sludge department of Golden Rod Mill No. 7 of the Golden Rod Mining and Smelting Company. Atterberry had been employed at the No. 7 hard rock lead and zinc property since it resumed about a week ago. He boarded at the Keystone Hotel in Cardin Oklahoma. Other employees in the mill at the time of the fatal accident saw Atterberry slip, but were powerless to assist him as he was caught in a large wooden pulley wheel which they had to cut in order to extricate his body. Atterberry's neck and right arm were broken, which indicated that he was instantly killed.

The body was first taken to the morgue of the Hocker undertaking company and later sent to the parlors of the Webb City undertaking company at Webb City Missouri His is survived by a wife and two daughters at Webb City.

A suit for $10,000 for the death of her husband was filed Tuesday by Rosa V. Atterberry against the Golden Rod Mining and Smelting Company. According to the petition, W. F. Atterberry was working as a mill carpenter when he was caught in the machinery and crushed to death.