Smith, John C.

Picher Oklahoma, Feb 7 J. Harris or John C. Smith Which? That is the problem that is perplexing those interested in finding the relatives of a man about 30 years old, who was instantly killed by a falling boulder while he was engaged in shoveling at the Smith, Davis and Company mine, in west Cardin Oklahoma, shortly before noon Tuesday, Feb 6, 1923. The body is at the morgue of the Todd undertaking company, of Picher awaiting word from relatives.

At the mine it was stated that the man began working December 18 under the name of J. Harris. A letter, purporting to have been written by a cousin, was found in the dead man's pockets, addressed to John C. Smith, also a card showing membership in the United Mine Workers of America at Gallup New Mexico, giving rise to the theory that his name was John C. Smith.

A $30,000 damage suit was filed in Ottawa county Oklahoma district court at Miami Wednesday by Mrs. Nellie Smith against the Smith, Davis Mining Company, as a result of the death of the plaintiff's husband in a mine at Cardin Oklahoma February 6. According to the petition, John Smith, 32 years old, husband of the plaintiff, was instantly killed when he was struck on the head by a tub which came loose from the cable in the Smith-Davis Mine. He was employed as a tub-hooker. Mrs. Smith states in the petition that her husband's earnings were about $5.00 a day, and that as a result of his death she and a minor child were left without support.