The Incident of the Injured Greek - Utah, 1912
My grandfather's diary contains two rather cryptic entries for October 11 and 12, 1912.
October 11: Race with Greek to Snaketown - leg shot to pieces. Dr. Hardy. 3 tourniquets. 4:19 train. Met Mr. Henricus of B[alite] Mt. Helped Dr. Barnard put on tire. Pete at Dr's. stable. Patrol No. 1 at Club. Wrote Papa.
October 12: John Mamales died last night. My help too late. Set up stoves in club with help of Scouts. Lunch with Latimer + call on Swartz - hurt by ore. Call on Palimer, Barker. Alice fr. school. Walk over into Little Valley. Caught Suzette. Alice rode. Paddock.
I was rather curious as to what had taken place October 11, and I recently found the letter mentioned in the diary that my grandfather had written the evening of October 11, so I have scanned it here, as it not only describes a tragic incident but illustrates a neglected aspect of life in Utah in the early 1900's.
The letter also mentions some of the events surrounding the 1912 strike against Utah Copper.
I have donated the original letter to the Richard Rice collection at the Williams College Archives. Ted Rice, December 2001.
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