Spencer, Arthur

Picher Oklahoma, Aug 28.--Charles "Monks" Spencer, 31, died at his home near the Huttig Mine at 1:10 Sunday morning. He was injured at the Huttig Mine on June 26, while hooking tubs and had been unable to work since that time. He is survived by a wife and two children, mother, and four sisters. Funeral services will be held from the church in Hockerville Oklahoma at 1 Tuesday afternoon. Burial will be in the cemetery at Carterville, Jasper County, Missouri NOTE: The dates and the mine name match, but the first names are different. Have not found proof of name, or burial.

A suit against the Huttig Lead and Zinc Company for $20,000 damages, has been filed by Zantha Spencer, through her attorney, D. H. Cotton, in Ottawa county Oklahoma district court at Miami. Mrs. Spencer is suing the mining company for the death of her husband, Arthur Spencer. According to the petition, Spencer died August 26 from injuries suffered June 26. Spencer was working in the mill shaft. It is alleged that he heard a can strike the side of the shaft and attempted to get out of its way. In so doing he fell over a piece of machinery and suffered internal injuries that are said to have caused death.