Description
“Drowned in Platte River” - - While swimming in Platte River Sunday, George Mayo, a colored man of about 22 years (born ~1888), was drowned at 12:30 o'clock. The accident occurred at a point near the cemetery, where the water is about 15 feet deep. Mayo is supposed to have been taken with a cramp. His calls for help were at first supposed by his companions to be in joke for he had played pranks of the sort before. It was nearly an hour before the body was recovered. He was buried Monday. Mayo was known to many for a marvelous whistling ability.Date(s) of Creation
6/30/1910
