Davis, Grady

Picher Oklahoma, March 2.--Grady Davis, 44 years old, 413 East Third street, Picher, met instant death, and D. G. Hardin and Roy Hardin, 212 West A street, Picher were injured seriously at the New Chicago Mine No. 2 about 7:30 this morning while being lowered into the mine. All three were hard rock lead and zinc shovelers.

The can was said to have bumped against the side of the shaft and turned partially over. Davis fell from the can and dropped fifty feet to his death. The Hardin brothers clung to the can and thus escaped a like fate. The Hardins were taken to the American hospital at Picher Oklahoma. Their condition is reported as serious. Both suffered minor cuts and bruises about their bodies. Their principal injuries, however, were internal.

Davis is survived by his widow, Mrs. Esther Davis, of Dallas Texas, five children and a number of relatives. The body is at the parlors of the Todd undertaking company, of Picher. No funeral arrangements have been made.

Picher Oklahoma, Mar 4. Funeral services for Grady Davis, 44 years old, who was killed in an accident at the New Chicago Mine No. 2, were held at the Baptist church at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. The Rev. Paul Ellis officiated. Burial was in the G.A.R. Cemetery, Miami Oklahoma.

The funeral services were in charge of the Masonic lodge of Picher, of which Mr. Davis was a member. He also was a member of the Moose lodge. The funeral was under the direction of the Todd undertaking company of Picher.

Mrs. Esher Davis of Picher today filed suit in the district court against the New Chicago Mines corporation for $35,000 damages for the death of her husband, Grady Davis, who was killed March 2, when the can in which he was being lowered into Mine No. 2, tipped and he fell 50 feet to the bottom of the shaft. Davis was a shoveler.