Payette-Ada County ID Archives Obituaries.....Hill, Swan 1902 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/id/idfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Hanson ihansonb@fmtc.com April 26, 2006, 2:13 pm Idaho Daily Statesman 5-30-1902 Idaho Daily Statesman Boise, Idaho Friday, May 30, 1902 Payette News Payette, May 29 - Swan Hill, who died at Boise last night, was well known here, having lived at Washoe a number of years. His two sons, Sam and John, still live in this vicinity. (Idaho Daily Statesman, Thursday, May 29, 1902) Mysterious Disappearance of Liveryman Swan Hill MISSING SINCE MONDAY NIGHT Fear Entertained That He Fell Into the Street Railway Ditch -- The Canal Drained This Morning to Admit of a Search Being Made Swan Hill, proprietor of Hill's livery stable at main and Eleventh streets, has been missing since 5 o'clock Tuesday morning, and fears are entertained that he has been drowned in the street railway company's ditch. Mr. Hill is 64 years of age and has lived in Boise since last winter. He formerly owned a farm in the Payette Valley. He has raised a large family of boys and girls, who are all well to do. Mr. Hill often slept in his livery stable, where he had a good bed. He was active and attentive to business, preferring to remain on night duty and let the younger men attend to the business during the day. He was on duty last Monday night as usual, and admitted a horse to the stable about 5 o'clock Tuesday morning. That was the last time he was seen. His family became greatly alarmed for his safety and inquiry was made at every point where he might have gone. He did not take a horse from the stable, and no trace of him could be found anywhere within walking distance of the city. The street railway company's ditch runs close to the side of the stable. An open door leads out to the ditch, and the bank at this point is soft and yielding. It is suspected that he might have walked out of the door and into the ditch when only half awake, and thus was drowned. A careful search was made of the ditch yesterday afternoon with the hope of finding some clue that might clear up the mystery. At midnight after the cars stopped running, the ditch was drained. The water was not low enough for the search to begin until 3 o'clock the hour when the Statesman went to press. (Idaho Daily Statesman, Saturday, May 31, 1902) SWAN HILL FUNERAL The funeral of Swan Hill, the story of whose sad death by drowning has already been told, took place yesterday afternoon from the family residence, 1017 Bannock street. A large procession followed the remains to Morris Hill cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/id/payette/obits/h/hill1895gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/idfiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb