Show fell into old shaft arum V smith a carpenter pr mho had been employed employ ed by NN iab aman and beece reece at silver city lost his life in the shaft at the old picnic mineah mine at that place on sunday night his body was not dot found until early tues day morning at about 5 30 sunday evening smith had planned to take his wife for a walk to some of the mines it being her first visit to silver city since her husband had secured employment there just before they were ready to start mrs smith stated that she wanted to see mrs colin mcmurphy for a few minutes and her husband said that he would wait for her she was gone but a few minutes and when she returned her husband could not be found mrs smith tried to find her hus band butwid but did not become alarmed un til sacral hours later together with friends she searched tor for him that night and the following day notified the officers depute sheriff of mammoth and deputy sheriff whit beck of 0 silver city worked upon the case nearly all day monday it waa was late that night when some of those who were searching tor for the missing man found the place where he had fallen into the old picnic shaft he ile had evidently went to the shaft which is but a short distance from the me murphy home to wait for his wife when the ground caved allowing him to fall into the opening the incline shaft is 14 feet deep but smiths horribly bruised boda bod was found wedged in behind some timbers ata at a depth of about feet the picnic mine has not been worked for several years and the shaft was in such condition that the rescuing party found it necessary to take the body out through the swansea in order to reach the picnic shaft from the swansea workings it is necessary to go through the old four aces mine and as there has been no do work in either the four aces or picnic mines for years this waa was a pretty dangerous task supt bupt william mathews and several of the swansea employ employees es as aisted in removing ing the body and john who is entirely familiar with the underground working of all of properties lead the party it was after 3 on tuesday morning before the bode bod m was as brought to the surface C roner frank decided that it would not be necessary to hold an inquest the shaft at the picnic was securely covered at the time the hoist was removed but the timbers below the collar of the shaft decay decayed ed and several feet of ground caved leaving a thin crust m aich made the worst kind of a death trap as it had all the appearances of being solid ground t p smith came to silver city from payson he ile was 31 years of age and leaves a wife and three children the remains were shipped to payson for bunal burial on wednesday |