William Ross

William Ross was robbed and murdered in his tailor's shop on 10 April 1920.

He was said to have died from asphyxiation.

Two men were charged with his murder but one was acquitted and another convicted only of assault.

They admitted to assaulting William Ross but said that he had poisoned himself.

They were charged with having robbed him in a taxi-cab in West Campbell Street and then to have murdered him on his premises at 34 St. Enochs Square. They were said to have placed William Ross while he was unconscious on a bench and then turned a gas jet full on and then attached the armoured tubing into his mouth and left him to die.

William Ross had been a tailor who lived at Polwarth Gardens, Hyndland and had carried out his business in St Enoch Square, Glasgow.

He was robbed of £19 and a gold watch and chain.

The police spent some few days involved with dragging operations at the River Kelvin trying to recover the keys to William Ross's tailor's premises which were thought to have been thrown into the river at the bridge over Dumbarton Road.