Martin Swenson
Nov. 13, 1861-Oct. 25, 1930
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Tuesday, October 28, 1930, page 1 col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library
SWENSON FUNERAL WILL
BE HELD AT RUTHERFORD CHAPEL
WEDNESDAY A.M.
Funeral services for Martin Swenson, 68-year-old victim of a hit and run automobile, will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the Rutherford Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Silver Brook cemetery.
Authorities succeeded in locating a son, Starkey Swenson of Milwaukee, from whom the dead man has not heard from more than 30 years. The son was expected to arrive here this afternoon. A step-daughter, Mrs. Daisy Strait of Kalamazoo, arrived here this morning and made tentative arrangements for the funeral.
No inquest date has been set by Justice R.S. Pangburn of Cassopolis, who with Sheriff Jesse Auston of Cass county took charge of the case after the body was found Saturday night on the pavement of M-60 a mile east of the city limits, with the skull fractured, the right leg severed and the body badly battered, apparently from being run down by an automobile. A burning flashlight lay beside the body. The severed leg and the man's shoes lay near the body in a position to indicate they had been placed there. Authorities also were of the opinion the accident many have occurred some distance from where the body was found.
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Wednesday, October 29, 1930, page 4 col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Niles News In Brief: FUNERAL MARTIN SWENSON
Funeral services for Martin Swenson who met a tragic death on Saturday night, evidently having been struck by a hit and run driver were held this morning. The Rev. G.W. Webbink, pastor of St. John's Evangelical church, officiated. Burial was in Silver Brook cemetery.