Stinson, E. E. "Ellie"

Picher Oklahoma, Mar 9 E. E. "Ellie" Stinson, 620 North Picher street, Picher, 34 years old, died at 4:40 o'clock last night in American hospital at Picher 40 minutes after being injured in a fall down a shaft in a mine tub at the Jefferson Mine, southeast of Picher. Pete Spriggs, 629 South Ethel street, Picher, who was also in the tub, suffered only minor injuries. Stinson suffered a compound fracture to his left leg, internal injuries and shock. He was struck across the chest by the bail of the tub. Stinson and Spriggs, accompanied by Harley Jennings, former mayor and police chief of Picher Oklahoma, and Virgil Campbell, had been inspecting the mine with a view to leasing it, and were preparing to leave. As Stinson and Spriggs were being hoisted out of the shaft and had ascended about 50 feet, they suddenly plunged downward. It is believed the friction belting on the electrically driven hoist slipped, causing the tub and its passengers to fall. The injured men were taken to American hospital, Picher, by Pat Bray, deputy sheriff, who was at the mine. Mark Bond of Treece Kansas, who was operating the hoist, said he could not account for the accident. He said he was not the regular hoisterman.

Stinson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby Stinson; two sons, Charles Stinson and Mickey "Mike" Stinson; and a daughter, Evelyn Stinson, all at home, and two brothers, Pat Stinson and Esther Stinson, both of Bates Arkansas. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The body is at the Durnil funeral home at Picher

Funeral services for E. E. Stinson, 34 year old Picher Oklahoma hard rock lead and zinc miner who was fatally injured in a fall at the Jefferson Mine Tuesday night, were conducted at 2:30 this afternoon in the chapel of the Durnil funeral home, Picher. The Rev. Cecil Swinehart, pastor of the First Christian church, officiated. Burial was in G.A.R. cemetery at Miami with the Durnil funeral home of Picher Oklahoma in charge.