Tucker, Rolla

Riley Tucker , age 18, died in a hard rock lead and zinc mining accident at the Federal Mining and Smelting Company. . Son of Edward Tucker. The body was sent to Joplin Missouri for burial.

Alleging that the Federal Mining and Smelting Company carelessly and negligently failed to maintain any proper system of inspection of the roofs and walls of the mine and that due to this negligence and reckless indifference of the mine owners, their agents and employees, Rolla Tucker, 18 years old, was crushed and instantly killed on July 29, 1920, when rocks fell from the roof, Ed Tucker, father of the boy, filed a damage suit in the Ottawa county Oklahoma district court at Miami Tuesday for $25,000.

Tucker asserts that the mining company employed his son without his knowledge or consent and placed him at work digging lead and zinc ores in a very dangerous part of its mine. He declares that before the fatal accident his son was a strong, healthy, active and industrious boy of good and frugal habits, who was earning about $40 a week, of which $25 a week was contributed to the support of his father. Note: The Jul 30th newspaper index has Rolla Tucker's name spelled as Riley Tucker.