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Lockport NY Union Sun Journal - 2/20/1951

A certificate of accidental death
due to drowning has been issued
by Dr. Henry C. Lapp of North
Tonawanda, coroner, in the case
of Charles Betzler, 72, of the Hoff-
man Road, appleton, whose body
was recovered Monday from the
Barge Canal about four miles east
of the city.
The theory of murder and rob-
bery was discounted by $15 in cash
found in the drowned man's pick-
ets, authorities said. The man's
skull was fractured and an arm
broken, but authorities added that
indications were that the body
had been struck or entangled
in the propeller of a passing tug.
Born in the Town of Newfane,
Mr. Betzler had farmed all his
life in that sector and in recent
years had peddled vegetables in
Lockport where he was last seen
the afternoon of Nov. 20.
He is survived by one daughter,
Miss Mildred Betzler, New York
City; two sisters, Mrs. John Leinz
and Miss Anna Betzler, both of
Burt, and three brothers, Frank,
Edward and Burt Betzler, all of
Appleton.
The body was taken to the
Glenn H. Corwin Funeral Home
in Newfane where funeral arrange-
ments are being made.

Charles married Emma J about 1914. Emma was born about 1889 in New York; died on 17 Aug 1950 in Lockport Memorial Hospital, Lockport, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]