The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-02-12
The
MAJORITY
Grant Swaney Passed Away
uesday Morning
DIED WHILE ASLEEP
He Was the First Attorney to Open a
Law Office in Flathead County
Died of Heart Disease.
DIED WHILE ASLEEP

G.
Grant Swaney, one of the best known
residents of Kalispell, died suddenly
at his home, on Fifth avenue east,
yesterday morning, of heart failure,
aggravated by kidney trouble. HIS
death was entirely unexpected and
occurred while he was asleep in a
chair, where he had esconsed himself
to secure relief from the smothering
sensation he felt when lying down.
The exact time of his death is I'M
| known, but he passed away between
the hours of o'clock and o'clock,
as at the former hour he was alive,
and it was at the latter hour when
his wife found him dead.
Mr.. Swaney had been quite i'll for
several weeks, but of late had re-
covered sufficiently to enable him to
be on the streets for short periods
and attend to light work around the
house. Monday evening he was APP
parently in better health than usual
and ate a hearty supper, but before
retiring he had severe coughing
spell, from the effects of which he
had apparently recovered when he
went to bed at II o'clock. Upon re-
firing at the hour he went to sleep
and enjoyed good rest until o'clock
when he awakened Mrs. Swaney, say
ing that he could not sleep on &C
count of his difficulty in breathing
while lying down. AS it was nearing
morning, he said he would spend the
remainder of the night in an easy
chair. But before doing SO he walked
out to the kitchen and made himself
a glass of lemonade, in which he
| took some medicine. Returning to
the sitting room, he put some wood
in the heating stove and then, aided
by Mrs. Swaney, he made himself
comfortable. He did not complain of
feeling i'll and acted the same as
usual After being in the chair a
short time he apparently went to
sleep, and shortly afterward Mrs.
Swaney did the same.
At o'clock Mrs. Swaney arose, and,
passing through the room where Mr.
Swaney was she noticed he was
sitting in a natural position and
, thought he was asleep, so she made
no attempt to arouse him; but going
| to the kitchen, she started the fire
, and then returning to where he was
sitting she spoke to him, asking him
J if he was asleep. Getting no answer
she took hold of his hand, and found
, he was dead. The body was quite
cold
{ Mrs. Swaney was alone at the time
} and on making the awful discovery
she went to the residence of G. H
: Foot and old him o go for a doctor
! Foot and told him to go for a doctor
3 just seven o'clock, and he gave il
S as his opinion that Mr.. Swaney had
t been dead for at least three hours.
. Andrew Swaney, a brother of the
? deceased was at the oil fields NORTH
S of the international boundary line al
| the time of his brothers death, bu
s is expected home tonight, and unit
he arrives the date of the funera
will not be set.
e The news of Grant Swaney's deatf
came as a shock to his many friends
in Kalispell and throughout the
/, county, where he is almost as wei
e known as in the city. and the sin
cere sympathy of all is extended tt
his bereaved wife.
S Hugh G.. Swaney, who died Tues
: day morning, February II, was The
:, pioneer lawyer of Flathead county
|, Born in Allegheny City, thirty-sever
: years ago, he came to Montana il
1882, while yet a boy. His parents
Hugh Swaney and Criscilla Swane.
i (now dead) first settled in Missoula
a where they had near relatives in the
|, person of Uncle Will Kennedy ant
: his family.
: Grant, the subject of this sketch
studied law in the Office of Judg
Reeves, and was assisted in hi
If studies by Colonel Marshall ant
Judge Woody of Missoula.
He moved to the Flathead countr.
in 1883, returning to Missoula durin;
the time he was pursuing his stud.
of the law. Admitted to the bar il
1890, he formed a co-partnershil
with Robert l.. Clinton, now of Butte
the latter maintaining an office a
Demersville and the deceased resid
ing in the town of Ashley. Whel
the townsite of Kalispell was plated
, in the spring of 1891, both partners
moved to this city and for severa
years continued their partnership re
lations. In 1892, Mr.. Swaney wa
> married to Miss Marian Pettibone
and the fruit of the marriage con
sists of a boy, Andrew, now sever
years old. In the spring of 1898, III,
, legislature, when it created tn,
county of Flathead, appointed MI
Swaney clerk of the district court, t.
act until the following general cleo
8 ton, two years later. At the time O
> his death deceased was a member O
the republican state central commit