Obit Index

The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
August 9, 1907
page 1

Sick Three Days; Dies In Hospital

H. W. Grinstead, Agent For Bridge Company, Succumbs To Brief Illness

After a sickness of three days, H. W. Grinstead, aged 26 years, agent for the Gilligan Bridge company, died yesterday morning at Bethany hospital from a complication of diseases. His body will be sent to his former home in Falls City, Neb., for burial.

Grinstead came to Oklahoma City three years ago and has since that time resided at _33 West Fifth street with A. F. Deerman and family. He is survived by his father, a brother and three sisters, all of whom live in Falls City.

He was a member of the local aerie of Eagles.

The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
December 5, 1907
page 5

4 Vote Guilty Against Phelan

Physician Is Exonerated By Lodge, However, After An Impassioned Plea.

The investigating committee appointed by the Eagles to inquire into the identity of the person or persons holding a criminal autopsy upon the body of Harry Grinstead, who died in Bethany hospital August 8, reported their findings to the lodge membership last night.

The verdict held Dr. J. S. Phelan, superintendent of the hospital at the time of the death of Grinstead, guilty and recommended his expulsion from the fraternity by a vote of four to six. The report, however, was not accepted by the membership, which, after an impassioned appeal of twenty minutes by Attorney E. J. Giddings, in Pholan's behalf, voted the accused physician irresponsible.

"I am wholly innocent of the charge" says Dr. Phelan. "The vote for my exoneration stood 128 to 6. It was a 'picked' committee that made the investigation."