Lawder, M.

M. Lawder of Royal Heights Missouri, and B. Emerson of St. Louis Oklahoma, were instantly killed at 11:20 this morning at the Keltner Mine, east of Picher, when a slab fell while they were working in the hard rock lead and zinc mine. Jeff Patty, of Picher, received a fractured skull and a broken leg in the same accident, which may prove fatal. Patty was at once rushed to a hospital at Picher and the bodies of Emerson and Lawder were taken to the morgue of the Hocker undertaking company at Picher. Emerson has a wife at St. Louis Oklahoma, but little is known of Lawder or where his family resides. Patty has a wife and two children living at Picher.

Picher Oklahoma, Apr 16--A second operation is regarded as necessary for Jesse Patty, who was injured at the Keltner Mine in East Picher Tuesday morning at 11:20 o'clock, when a falling slab caught the men and instantly killed E. E. "Ben" Emerson, a track man, and R. Lawder, a shoveler. Patty was ground boss. He is 30 years and has a wife in Picher. His skull was fractured and his left leg crushed between the knee and the ankle to such an extent that the limb was amputated at the Picher Hospital yesterday afternoon.

Emerson's body is still in the morgue of the Hocker undertaking company, awaiting word from sisters in Montana. He is survived by a wife at St. Louis Oklahoma, and parents in Joplin Missouri. Lawder's body will be removed to Joplin Missouri today for funeral arrangements. He is survived by a wife and 6 children who reside at Royal Heights, between Joplin and Webb City Missouri.

The accident is the largest that has occurred in the mines of the Picher district for about a year. The slab that fell without warning was about 10 inches thick and 12 feet long and fell about 20 feet from the roof.

Ben Emerson of St. Louis Oklahoma, a shoveler and R. Lawder of Royal Heights, Missouri, were instantly killed and Jesse Patty of Picher Oklahoma, probably fatally injured at 11:25 this morning when a slab in the east field shaft of the Keltner Mine, east of Picher Oklahoma, fell. Emerson and Lawder were crushed beneath the weight of the mass of rock, and Patty sustained a broken leg and a fractured skull. Patty was at once rushed to a hospital at Picher and the bodies of Emerson and Lawder were taken to the morgue of the Hocker undertaking company at Picher. Emerson has a wife at St. Louis, but little is known of Lawder or where his family resides. Patty has a wife and two children living at Picher.