Obit:
Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, Colo
Feburary 24, 1937
Page 11
"Negro Cowboy Dies in Utah Car Accident"
Charles Glass, About 65, Receives Fatal Injury; Two Others are Hurt
Charles Glass, aging negrocowboy who for years rode Western Colorado and eastern Utah ranges while maintainin mor or less headquarters in Grand Junction was killed almost instantly and two other men were injured when their light truck overturned near Cisco, Utah, early Monday morning.
The injured men were Andre Sartan 50, of Grand Junction and Joe Savornia, 52, of Montrose. Both were sheepmen, wintering their herds in the Thompson and Cisco area Sartan suffered a fractured shoulder and Savornia was badly bruised and ?.
Investigating highway police of Utah were quoted in Cisco as blaming the accident on too much speed, and said evidence showed the men had been drinking.
Their car, a light pickup turned over at least three times on the Thompson Cisco highway a mile and a half west of Cisco, while the three were returning to the latter town from Thompsons. The road, police said, was not slippery or particalarly dangerous where the fatality occurred. Mr. Glass neck was broken, and he died before he could be taken to Cisco for attention. His body was later removed to Starks Mortuary in Fruita.
Cattlemen, former employer and acquantances of Glass, all agree that fiction could produce no more colorful nor picturesque a character than Glass. He arrived in the Grand Valley about 30 years ago, comin from New Mexico and from that time on his name has bee closely linked with rangeriding exploits.
As a copuncher, those who worked with him declare, he was a expert as anyone in the game a good rider and a top-notch man with the lariat.
The fact that he was one of the very few negro cowboys in the west added to his notoriety. He was a familiar figure at Western Colorado rodeos.
A jury aquitted him at one time in Moab, Utah on a murder charge after a long and spectacular trial. His life was never lacking for excitement, and the murder trial was only one instance of his eventful cowpunching career.
Glass spent most of his time of late years in Cisco, but he would show up here occasionally, and kept a permanent room for his few belongings, He was not married, and has no known immediate survivors.
Late employers of Mr. Glass included H ? S Tracy and Oscar Turnner, with whom he served as forman for about 16 years. He had worked also for Wallace Cunningham in eastern Utah for F. D. Parks, Marshall Nuckols and others.
His age was belived to be about 65.
Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, Colo
Feburary 24, 1937
Page 11
"Negro Cowboy Dies in Utah Car Accident"
Charles Glass, About 65, Receives Fatal Injury; Two Others are Hurt
Charles Glass, aging negrocowboy who for years rode Western Colorado and eastern Utah ranges while maintainin mor or less headquarters in Grand Junction was killed almost instantly and two other men were injured when their light truck overturned near Cisco, Utah, early Monday morning.
The injured men were Andre Sartan 50, of Grand Junction and Joe Savornia, 52, of Montrose. Both were sheepmen, wintering their herds in the Thompson and Cisco area Sartan suffered a fractured shoulder and Savornia was badly bruised and ?.
Investigating highway police of Utah were quoted in Cisco as blaming the accident on too much speed, and said evidence showed the men had been drinking.
Their car, a light pickup turned over at least three times on the Thompson Cisco highway a mile and a half west of Cisco, while the three were returning to the latter town from Thompsons. The road, police said, was not slippery or particalarly dangerous where the fatality occurred. Mr. Glass neck was broken, and he died before he could be taken to Cisco for attention. His body was later removed to Starks Mortuary in Fruita.
Cattlemen, former employer and acquantances of Glass, all agree that fiction could produce no more colorful nor picturesque a character than Glass. He arrived in the Grand Valley about 30 years ago, comin from New Mexico and from that time on his name has bee closely linked with rangeriding exploits.
As a copuncher, those who worked with him declare, he was a expert as anyone in the game a good rider and a top-notch man with the lariat.
The fact that he was one of the very few negro cowboys in the west added to his notoriety. He was a familiar figure at Western Colorado rodeos.
A jury aquitted him at one time in Moab, Utah on a murder charge after a long and spectacular trial. His life was never lacking for excitement, and the murder trial was only one instance of his eventful cowpunching career.
Glass spent most of his time of late years in Cisco, but he would show up here occasionally, and kept a permanent room for his few belongings, He was not married, and has no known immediate survivors.
Late employers of Mr. Glass included H ? S Tracy and Oscar Turnner, with whom he served as forman for about 16 years. He had worked also for Wallace Cunningham in eastern Utah for F. D. Parks, Marshall Nuckols and others.
His age was belived to be about 65.
Obit:
Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, Colo
Feburary 24, 1937
Page 11
"Negro Cowboy Dies in Utah Car Accident"
Charles Glass, About 65, Receives Fatal Injury; Two Others are Hurt
Charles Glass, aging negrocowboy who for years rode Western Colorado and eastern Utah ranges while maintainin mor or less headquarters in Grand Junction was killed almost instantly and two other men were injured when their light truck overturned near Cisco, Utah, early Monday morning.
The injured men were Andre Sartan 50, of Grand Junction and Joe Savornia, 52, of Montrose. Both were sheepmen, wintering their herds in the Thompson and Cisco area Sartan suffered a fractured shoulder and Savornia was badly bruised and ?.
Investigating highway police of Utah were quoted in Cisco as blaming the accident on too much speed, and said evidence showed the men had been drinking.
Their car, a light pickup turned over at least three times on the Thompson Cisco highway a mile and a half west of Cisco, while the three were returning to the latter town from Thompsons. The road, police said, was not slippery or particalarly dangerous where the fatality occurred. Mr. Glass neck was broken, and he died before he could be taken to Cisco for attention. His body was later removed to Starks Mortuary in Fruita.
Cattlemen, former employer and acquantances of Glass, all agree that fiction could produce no more colorful nor picturesque a character than Glass. He arrived in the Grand Valley about 30 years ago, comin from New Mexico and from that time on his name has bee closely linked with rangeriding exploits.
As a copuncher, those who worked with him declare, he was a expert as anyone in the game a good rider and a top-notch man with the lariat.
The fact that he was one of the very few negro cowboys in the west added to his notoriety. He was a familiar figure at Western Colorado rodeos.
A jury aquitted him at one time in Moab, Utah on a murder charge after a long and spectacular trial. His life was never lacking for excitement, and the murder trial was only one instance of his eventful cowpunching career.
Glass spent most of his time of late years in Cisco, but he would show up here occasionally, and kept a permanent room for his few belongings, He was not married, and has no known immediate survivors.
Late employers of Mr. Glass included H ? S Tracy and Oscar Turnner, with whom he served as forman for about 16 years. He had worked also for Wallace Cunningham in eastern Utah for F. D. Parks, Marshall Nuckols and others.
His age was belived to be about 65.
Daily Sentinel, Grand Junction, Colo
Feburary 24, 1937
Page 11
"Negro Cowboy Dies in Utah Car Accident"
Charles Glass, About 65, Receives Fatal Injury; Two Others are Hurt
Charles Glass, aging negrocowboy who for years rode Western Colorado and eastern Utah ranges while maintainin mor or less headquarters in Grand Junction was killed almost instantly and two other men were injured when their light truck overturned near Cisco, Utah, early Monday morning.
The injured men were Andre Sartan 50, of Grand Junction and Joe Savornia, 52, of Montrose. Both were sheepmen, wintering their herds in the Thompson and Cisco area Sartan suffered a fractured shoulder and Savornia was badly bruised and ?.
Investigating highway police of Utah were quoted in Cisco as blaming the accident on too much speed, and said evidence showed the men had been drinking.
Their car, a light pickup turned over at least three times on the Thompson Cisco highway a mile and a half west of Cisco, while the three were returning to the latter town from Thompsons. The road, police said, was not slippery or particalarly dangerous where the fatality occurred. Mr. Glass neck was broken, and he died before he could be taken to Cisco for attention. His body was later removed to Starks Mortuary in Fruita.
Cattlemen, former employer and acquantances of Glass, all agree that fiction could produce no more colorful nor picturesque a character than Glass. He arrived in the Grand Valley about 30 years ago, comin from New Mexico and from that time on his name has bee closely linked with rangeriding exploits.
As a copuncher, those who worked with him declare, he was a expert as anyone in the game a good rider and a top-notch man with the lariat.
The fact that he was one of the very few negro cowboys in the west added to his notoriety. He was a familiar figure at Western Colorado rodeos.
A jury aquitted him at one time in Moab, Utah on a murder charge after a long and spectacular trial. His life was never lacking for excitement, and the murder trial was only one instance of his eventful cowpunching career.
Glass spent most of his time of late years in Cisco, but he would show up here occasionally, and kept a permanent room for his few belongings, He was not married, and has no known immediate survivors.
Late employers of Mr. Glass included H ? S Tracy and Oscar Turnner, with whom he served as forman for about 16 years. He had worked also for Wallace Cunningham in eastern Utah for F. D. Parks, Marshall Nuckols and others.
His age was belived to be about 65.
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