Show D drowning on tuesday morning may ast 1st geo B aiches soa of benjamia Be namia riches hiis was drowned in willow creek bingham county idaho he and his brother william attempted to cross the creek in A a raaon believing bel levine the stream shallow enough to ford when they reached the deep part one of the horses balked and the wagon began drifting down the stream george told Nill william iain to jump and swim astone 1 which he did with considerable d difficulty ty george unhitched one of the horses and got onto on to it but was w washed into deep water william saw his danger and sprang in to help him but his strength th failed him and lie he barely got out with his life georges wife was standing on the bank and witnessed the death struggle of her hei husband hut but was unable unis tinis t to help him when he r realized Is lazed that X he could not get out he ce called aled to her my mv god mary I 1 am drowning he was then exhausted a and d 8 sank ank to rief no more from la 15 to 20 25 M men ien subsequently joined in the search for the body but up dp to the evening of may UA it bad not been found |