ALBERT G. SMALLEY September 3, 1900 - April 7, 1920 Ogden motorcycle officer Albert Smalley died April 7, 1920, of injuries resulting from an accident five months earlier when the motorcycle he was riding in pursuit of a stolen car was forced off the road by an automobile in Ogden Canyon. The son of jeweler John Smalley, Officer Smalley was just 19 years old at the time of his death.

Albert G. Smalley
April 7, 1920

November 10, 1919
The Standard-Examiner

ON TRAIL OF AUTO REPORTED STOLEN, OFFICER INJURED
Motorcycle Officer Al. Smalley Suffers Broken Leg in Collision With Auto of Paul Mark.

A collision between an automobile driven by Paul Mark, local shoemaker and a police motorcycle, driven by Officer Albert Smalley, in which the officer was injured occurred yesterday afternoon near the mouth of the Ogden Canyon at the sharp turn in the road west of the concrete bridge, near the Sanitarium. According to Mark he suddenly came upon the motorcycle just at the turn and did not have time to swerve aside and avoid the crash. The motorcyclist was thrown from the machine.
Officer Smalley sustained a fracture of the left leg between the knee and the thigh and was carried to the Dee Hospital by Will Purdy, who happened along in his car.
According to another account, Mark became confused when the machines were about to pass and turned in the wrong direction, and then back again. The motorcycle struck the car on the rear fender damaging it.
The front wheel of the motorcycle was smashed.
Mark left his car standing and reported the matter to the sheriff's office. Accompanied by Deputies Richard Wooten and Joseph Chadwick an investigation was made and measurements were taken.
Smalley was on the trail of the automobile of Stanley Dee, reported stolen, when the accident occurred.

Thursday, April 8, 1920
Standard-Examiner

SMALLEY DIES OF HIS INJURIES
Ogden Motorcycle Officer Succumbs After Five Months in Hospital

Albert G. Smalley, 20 years old, who was injured while on duty as a motorcycle officer on the Ogden police force when the machine which he was riding was crowded off the road at the mouth of the canyon by an automobile, died last night at the hospital from injuries resulting at the accident, which happened November 9, 1919.
He was born in Ogden September 3, 1900, the son of John and Alice Smalley, 3161 Washington avenue. The father runs a jewelry store on Twenty-fifth street. For a period prior to his employment on the police force, young Smalley was in the United States mail service.
When but a youngster, Albert suffered the loss of a leg while playing in the railroad yards.
The body was removed to the Lindquist funeral chapel.
Arthur Smalley, brother of the deceased, was in New York at the time of Albert's death, and is now on his way to Ogden. No arrangements have yet been made for the funeral.

SMALLEY - Funeral services for Albert Smalley will be held at 2 o'clock in the Lindquist funeral chapel. Rev. John E. Carver will officiate. The body may be viewed at the Chapel Saturday morning and at the residence, 3161 Washington avenue, Saturday afternoon, Sunday and Monday until the time of the services. Interment will be in the Ogden city cemetery.

SMALLEY - Services for Bert Smalley were held yesterday at 2 o'clock at the Lindquist funeral chapel. Rev. J.E. Carver officiated. The speakers were T.E. Browning, T.S. Browning, J. Ray Ward and Rev. Carver. Mrs. Mary Farley Sang, Beautiful Isle and I'll Go Where You Want Me to Go. At the grave she sang The Christian's Goodnight. There was a large attendance and many pretty floral offerings. Rev. Carver officiated at the grave. Mathew Galt dedicated the grave in the city cemetery.