The Alexandria Herald

On Saturday the 1st inst. Ansel Truby, Geo. Felter, Hiram Chase, Daniel Loomis and Morgan Comstock, went into the Delaware river at Walton, Delaware county, to bathe. Truby was discovered to be strangling, when Chase swam to his assistance. The drowning man seized him by the hair, and with much difficulty he extricated himself and reached the shore. Loomis then made the attempt, but he also was seized by Truby, and with great exertions broke from his grasp. About the same time Felter came to his assistance; he seized Felter and kept his gripe upon him until they both sunk together to the bottom. At this perilous moment, a Capt. Newbury, who had been sitting on the bank, threw off his coat and shoes, exclaiming 'for God's sake, don't let them drown,' leaped into the water, and swam to their assistance. Felter, nearly expiring, made his escape—but the drowning man made a fatal grasp upon Newbury. When taken out, blood was gushing from the mouth and nose of Newbury, which led to the supposition that Truby had clenched him by the neck. An attempt was made to resuscitate them, but without effect.

[N. Y. Amer.