Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2026 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== USGenNet Data Repository Notice: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ============================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ============================================================================= The Buffalo (N.Y.) Express Tuesday, 26 August, 1873 About six o'clock yesterday morning the body of a man was found floating in the Blackwell Canal. It was very much decomposed, but bore no marks of violence. The cloth- ing consisted of a pair of corduroy pants, striped cotton shirt, calf-skin boots and a linen coat. In one of the pants pockets the sum of $3.79 was found, also a key and a handkerchief. A. Mr. GLASCOTT, who works in Wilson's coal yard, feels confident that the remains are those of Mr. ALEXANDER ROSS, a sailor, and whose home was in Mil- waukee. Mr. GLASCOTT states that he saw the deceased last week Thursday night, at which time the latter was under the influence of liquor. Coroner Vaughan held an inquest yesterday afternoon, and the verdict of the jury was "found drowned," The remains have been interred in Howard's Cemetery at Limestone Hill. MR. ROSS leaves a wife and child living in Milwaukee. ===============================================================================