Beckham Co. OK              John W. Beeson
                                      
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   John W. Beeson
   B. 1872
   D. 20 Mar 1914
   Carter Cemetery
   Beckham Co OK
   
   John Beeson, who for many years resided with his wife and four
   children at Carter, was killed at Electra, Texas, Thursday of last
   week.
   Mr. Beeson was working with a large crew of men unloading piping from
   the flat cars on the railroad. In unloading this piping two men, near
   each end of the piping, held ropes attached to the piping run through
   a pulley and held by the two men who stood in front of the piping as
   it was lowered on skids towards the ground. As a very large and heavy
   pipe was being lowered, Mr. Beeson's rope broke, he jumped to get out
   of the way, but the large pipe struck him and mashed him into the
   ground, causing internal injuries, from which he died in four hours.
   After the pipe had rolled over him he got up, walked to a wagon and
   was hauled to the surgeons office and his wife was summoned at once.
   Mrs. Beeson says she saw that death was on his face when she arrived;
   that he talked intelligently and was conscious until he drew his last
   breath. His body, accompanied by his wife and a number of friends, was
   shipped to Carter, arriving Saturday night, and the remains were laid
   to rest in the Carter Cemetery Sunday at 1 p.m.
   
   As he was working for a large company who should have adopted a safer
   way of unloading piping by their hired men, Mrs. Beeson will try to
   get damages for the death of her husband. Since Mr. Beeson was her
   only support and she has several small children to feed and educate we
   believe she should have big damages in this case.
   
   27 Mar 1914
   The Carter Express