The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-12-17
HILL LOGAN.
Recovery Of the Body-Ths inquest-con.
signed 10 tho Tomb.

Stuueu 10 inc tomp.
At an early hour on Sunday morning
a large number Of citizens went to
Lake Minnehaha for the purpose Of re-
covering the body of Hill Logan, who
was drowned there on Friday night.
Messrs. Frank Hunter. Geo. L. Holt,
Marvin E. Waldraven and others low
cred graphing hooks at the broken
place in the ice. where 1t was evident
Mr.. Logan sank, and in a few minutes
the body was recovered.
Coroner Goldacker impanneled a jury
and heard the testimony Of several per-
sons. The principal witness was Mr..
II. z. Roberts, the business partner Of
the deceased. His testimony was SUBJ
stantially as follows:
Mr.. Logan was my partner, and a
member of the firm of Roberts & Logan,
Of Cheyenne; on Friday; December
18th, he started home at about half
after 8 O'Clock, and not coming to bust
ness the following morning as usual, I
thought he might be sick; he was ac-
customed to come not very early to
business on some occasions; on Satur-
day evening his son Ernest came from
Camp Carlin, where he is employed by
the government; told him his father
had not been to the store that day, and
said he was probably sick; he said
that he wonld 90 out and see; he went
home and returned in about two hours
~afterward; he said his father had not
been home since Friday; several persons
were in the store at this time, and pro-
posed to go and look for him, and we
started for the lake, in the direction Of
his residence; when we arrived at the
lake we found tracks where some person
had gone on the ice; we followed the
trail and came to a place where the ice
was broken, and found a basket and
cap, which 1 recognized as belonging to
Mr.. Logan; l notified the coroner, and
we at first decided to 90 out at once,
but owing to the darkness we concluded
to postpone the search for the body un-
til daylight; this was about 0 O'Clock
on Saturday night; sometimes, in stormy
weather, the deceased woull stay at
home or at the store at night, so 1 did
not feel alarmed at his absence from
the store on Saturday morning, as his
residence was n and a quarter miles
from his place Of business.
The jury then rendered the following
VERDICT:
CHEYENNE, Dec. Is, 1873.
We, the jurors summoned to in
quire into the cause Of the death of
Hill Logan, here lying dead, find that
the deceased came to his death by acct
dental drowning in Lake Minnehaha, on
the evening Of December 10, 1878.
NJ. E. WALDRAvEN,
8. H. WooD,
j. s. ScHooLER,
j. Q. BRANDON,
Wy. F. KAvANAoH,
II. W. Holt.
Sworn to before me this 18th day of
December, 1873.
GEO. p. GoLDAcKER, Coroner.
THE FUNERAL.
At 2 O'Clock yesterday afternoon the
funeral of the deceased took place from
Masonic temple on Sixteenth street,
under the auspices of Cheyenne Lodge
No. l, A. F. & A. NJ, of which order
he wa An honored member. The at
tendance Of members of the lodge and
other citizens at the temple, as
at the cemetery, was quite large.
At the temple religious services were
conducted by Rev. j. Y. Cowhick,
pastor of the Presbyterian, and by Rev.
| w. H. Gillian, of the Methodist church.
The pa~ll-bearers were s. A. Bristol,
A. H. Reel, II. w. Moore, George W.
Halves, H. Conway and VIM. Swan.
At the grave the scene was very inn
pressive. Thus has passed away one OF
our Oldest and best citizens. The
afflicted family of the deceased have the
heartfelt sympathy of all in their sud.
den bereavement.