"Charles E. Lord, prominent businessman of Orlando, whose home was on Lake Lucerne, was traveling in England in 1910, visiting his former home. He secured a pair of black and a pair of white swans, and had them shipped to Orlando. The swans were placed on Lake Lucerne, the city reimbursing Lord ninety-five dollars for the transportation costs. As the swans nested on the "Hughey Peninsula," and the young cygnets grew, they flew to other lakes and were a constant delight for the tourists.
     One of the swans was dubbed Billy Bluebeard because he drowned two of his mates when they tried to attract the attention of the younger birds. For six weeks every spring Mrs. Bill the First sat faithfully on her eggs, hatching a brood from two to seven little ones. During the nesting period Bill would drive all other males off the lake until Mrs. Bill hatched her brood. The black swans had to be moved to Lake Eola for their safety. One year Mrs. Bill failed to hatch her eggs. Bill seized her by her graceful neck, dragged her into the lake and drowned her. He took other wives, delighted in chasing school children who came to the lake to see him, and exhibited his mean disposition generally. He lived only about fifty-five of the seventy-five to one hundred years usually allotted to the life span of swans. He was such a character that when he died, his remains were stuffed and mounted..."