FAIL TO LOCATE
RELATIVES OF
DEAD MAN

Property of Robert S. Williams
May Revert to State
of Idaho

FUNERAL HELD TUESDAY

Body Held Two Weeks While
Search for Heirs Is
Conducted

     CALDWELL - Because he had purposely or through carelessness been out of touch with relatives for nearly 20 years, it was necessary to lay to rest in the Middleton cemetery Tuesday afternoon the remains of Robert S. Williams, unattended by kinsfolk.  Should future efforts prove as unavailing as those put forth in the past two weeks in the endeavor to locate a mother, brother and sister, the dead man's estate, valued at about two thousand dollars, will revert to the state of Idaho.

STRICKEN WHILE ALONE

    Williams, who was supposed to be a bachelor of about 55, was found unconscious on the floor of his cottage east of Middleton on Monday, November 8.  He had been missed about the place by neighbors for two or three days, and they finally investigated, with the above result.  The unconscious man was hurried to the hospital at Caldwell, but was beyond the aid of medical attendance and died on Tuesday.  Apoplexy brought his demise.

RELATIVES SCATTERED

    Immediately on  finding the unconscious rancher, neighbors began endeavors to locate relatives of whom he had spoken.  At the time he left Missouri his mother was living, and he said she afterward married again.  He had also spoken of a married sister and a brother.  Telegram after telegram was sent to Butler, Mo., and other points, and officials were asked to help locate the relatives.  Every answer received indicated that the lapse of time was too great to permit of tracing them.  In the meantime burial of the remains was postponed.  After the fruitlessness of the two weeks of inquiry became apparent it was decided to hold the funeral Tuesday, and with a brief ceremony the body was laid to rest.

PROPERTY HOLDER

    Williams owned the five-acre fruit tract on which he lived, and had some personal property besides.  For the present the Middleton State bank, of which Williams was a patron, is looking after the property.  Should time fail to bring heirs to claim the estate, it will revert to the state of Idaho under the existing laws.