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Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
Friday, 22 August, 1873

         In our first edition yesterday we gave the facts in
       relation to the disappearance of a sailor named HENRY
       ALSTON, belonging on the bark J. G. Masten, the find-
       ing of his hat, covered with blood, &c. In our second
       edition we briefly announced the finding of the body
       by Harbor Police. From all that can be gathered the
       case seems to be one of accidental drowning, and not
       of "foul play." The deceased, when last seen alive was
       lying mich intoxicated in the ferry-way at the foot of
       Chicago street, and the natural inference is that he
       rolled off into the creek. There were marks of one or
       two bruises about the face, but these were probably
       received from a fall, and could not have been of a
       serious character. The money and other "portable pro-
       perty" which he had about him before his death, was
       found upon the body.
       
         Coroner Vaughn took charge of the body and had it
       conveyed to Fogerty's morgue, where an inquest will
       be held today. ALSTON is said to have stopped
       (sic *shipped) at Chicago, where he is believed to
       have had a wife and family.
       
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