Lyman O. Hill

Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife — Augusta, ME

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch November 8, 1886

Age 47

Tour of Duty 5 yrs 5 mo

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 16

Incident

Game Warden Lyman Hill and Deputy Warden Charles Niles were shot and killed while attempting to arrest two poachers on the Machias River. Warden Hill and Deputy Warden Niles had been tracking the poachers, who had been using dogs to run deer, for about ten days. When they finally approached the men, an argument broke out. As Deputy Warden Niles took off his coat in order to take hold of the poachers' dog, one of the poachers pulled out a double-barrel shotgun and opened fire. Warden Hill and Deputy Warden Niles were both killed instantly. The poachers escaped after the incident, but a posse was formed to find and arrest them. Their killer was later apprehended in California, returned to Maine, and charged with two counts of murder. He was sentenced to life but released in 1906. Warden Hill was a Civil War Veteran who served as a private with the 9th Maine Infantry, Company H. He was released from duty on November 25, 1863, after he lost an arm at the Battle of Chattanooga. Warden Hill had served with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - Warden Service for over five years. He was survived by his wife and four children. Warden Hill is buried at Gardner Lake Cemetary in Whiting, Maine. His Epitaph reads, "He gave his arm for his country and his life for his state."

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four children.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Game Warden Hill gave the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Augusta community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

Location Augusta, ME

Platform Identity mdifwcons.kennebec.me.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 8, 1886

Tour of Duty 5 yrs 5 mo

Age 47

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Shotgun

Offender Released in 1906

Military Service

Lyman O. Hill served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Game Warden Lyman O. Hill is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In ME, 43 of 102 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 42.2% of this state's fallen. That is 12 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, 6 of 17 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 35.3% of this agency's fallen.

Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

of 17 officers

35.3% Felonious

ME — Statewide

of 102 officers

42.2% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious