Miami Union

June 30, 1866 

HUME, ALEXANDER - A colored man, named Alexander Hume, employed in the Livery Stable of Messrs. Rollin of this place, was drowned in the Miami River on Monday morning last.  He rode a horse into the river and undertook to swim him over a very deep hole near the bridge.  The horse plunged suddenly down precipitating the man into the deep water.  He sunk and was not got out until life was entirely gone.

Troy Times - Veteran - 55th Massachusetts Regiment

June 28, 1866

HUMES, ALEXANDER - Drowned - On Monday morning Alexander Humes, a colored man, employed at the Livery stable of Mr. Rollins, was drowned in the river just below the bridge in this place. The alarm was promptly given, and his body recovered in about three quarters of an hour, but of course life was extinct. He had been a soldier in the 55th Massachusetts Regiment.--It had been known for some time that he was greatly depressed by the criminal conduct of his father and a brother--he in consequence considering himself disgraced and an object of suspicion because of their misdeeds--and it is feared that he may have made way with himself. Just before leaving the stable with the horse, he handed his watch and money to Mr. Rollins, with the remark that if he was drowned Mr. R. should keep them, and this he repeated in a few moments. He was buried on Tuesday with military honors.