OBIT: William SWARNER, 1915, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Swarner, WILLIAM

FORMER RESIDENT KILLS BROTHER-IN-LAW A young man by the name of Murray, whose 
family lived in this place about five or six years ago, when they moved to 
Cumberland, killed his sister's husband last night in a family mix-up. The 
trouble grew out of the fact that the young man's sister and her husband were 
not getting along amicably, and she finally left her husband and went home to 
live with her mother. Yesterday the husband went to the pace (place?) where his 
wife was stopping and endeavored to renew his claims upon his wife. She objected 
to having anything more to do with him and altercation followed in which the 
young wife's brother took part. The latter seized a beer bottle and hit his 
brother-in-law on the head which caused instant death. Dallas Murray was the 
name of the young man who did the killing and Dallas Swarner was his victim.

Meyersdale Commercial, Apr. 1, 1915

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CAPTURED AT GARRETT, Dallas Murray, aged 31 a former resident of Meyersdale, 
accused as the slayer of his brother-in-law, Wm. Swarner, as told in the last 
issue, was captured at Garrett on last Thursday and taken to Cumberland by Chief 
of Police Eisenhauer. He admitted the killing. It was thought that Murray would 
go to Garrett where a married sister resides and they apprehended him there. 
Murray waived a hearing and was remanded to jail. The body of William Swarner 
was taken to Garrett where his parents reside for burial, the funeral being held 
on Saturday.

[NOTE: In the first article the name is listed as Dallas Swarner and the second 
as William Swarner.]

Meyersdale Commercial, Apr. 8, 1915