Son of Louis Franklin Swift and Ida May Butler. Married Helen Morton (Bayley) on 10 Aug 1921. One son, William Elliott Swift Jr. (1925-1993).
The following were contributed by Susan Bailey Robinson (Find-a-Grave member # 48313046):
CHICAGO (AP) - William E. Swift, 33, who was found self-slain in a New York hospital Saturday night, was the youngest son of Louis F. Swift, president of Swift and Co., meat packers. Friends here blamed his suicide on despondency over ill-health. Swift Is survived by his wife, who was Miss Helen Morton, and a son, William, 5. His father is in Europe. He leaves also two brothers, Alden Swift of Chicago and Louis F. Swift, Jr., of Denver, and a sister, Mrs. James Minotto. Swift entered the private hospital last October for treatment for a nervous breakdown, friends here said. Recovery was slow and several weeks ago he became ill of pneumonia.
The Capital Times Madison, Wisconsin 17 Aug 1930, Sun
SON OF LOUIS SWIFT TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
By Associated Press Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 18 - Police were trying today to determine how and where William E. Swift, son of Louis F. Swift, Chicago packer, obtained the pistol with which he ended his life in a Park avenue sanitarium Saturday night. Dr. Thomas A. Gonzales, deputy chief medical examiner, sought to learn whether Swift had taken narcotics or liquor. The body was released from the morgue and taken to a funeral chapel yesterday. Alden Swift, brother of William, came to New York from Chicago this morning to claim the body. Mrs. Helen Morton Bayley Swift, the widow, is in Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore. Hospital officials said they would make efforts to keep news of the suicide from reaching her. Mrs. Swift Is the former Helen Morton, daughter of Mark Morton, the salt magnate. She is the mother of a 5-year-old son. Her first husband was Roger Bayley. Swift was 35 years old. Swift died in the sanitarium of Dr. Edward S. Cowles, where he had been a patient for eight months. He shot himself in bed while a male nurse was in the room; police learned. Police said a few minutes before Swift shot himself, he had attempted to hurl himself out of a window of his room. He was restrained and put back to bed. Alden Swift was told that police were interested in finding out where and how his brother had obtained the pistol. "Well," said Alden Swift, "you see he had perfect liberty in the sanitarium. He had been in and out there for the last six months. Using the place as you might a hotel, he might have bought the gun and brought it in with him on one of his frequent trips outside." Swift denied his brother had been separated from his wife. William Swift's body will be taken to Chicago where funeral services will be held Wednesday, with burial in Graceland cemetery. Alden said he had cabled his father in Deauville, France, and that the elder Swift would sail for home tomorrow. He said that his brother's 5-year-old son was with an aunt in Lake Forest, Ill.
The Dispatch (Moline, Illinois) 18 Aug 1930, Mon
The following were contributed by Susan Bailey Robinson (Find-a-Grave member # 48313046):
CHICAGO (AP) - William E. Swift, 33, who was found self-slain in a New York hospital Saturday night, was the youngest son of Louis F. Swift, president of Swift and Co., meat packers. Friends here blamed his suicide on despondency over ill-health. Swift Is survived by his wife, who was Miss Helen Morton, and a son, William, 5. His father is in Europe. He leaves also two brothers, Alden Swift of Chicago and Louis F. Swift, Jr., of Denver, and a sister, Mrs. James Minotto. Swift entered the private hospital last October for treatment for a nervous breakdown, friends here said. Recovery was slow and several weeks ago he became ill of pneumonia.
The Capital Times Madison, Wisconsin 17 Aug 1930, Sun
SON OF LOUIS SWIFT TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
By Associated Press Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 18 - Police were trying today to determine how and where William E. Swift, son of Louis F. Swift, Chicago packer, obtained the pistol with which he ended his life in a Park avenue sanitarium Saturday night. Dr. Thomas A. Gonzales, deputy chief medical examiner, sought to learn whether Swift had taken narcotics or liquor. The body was released from the morgue and taken to a funeral chapel yesterday. Alden Swift, brother of William, came to New York from Chicago this morning to claim the body. Mrs. Helen Morton Bayley Swift, the widow, is in Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore. Hospital officials said they would make efforts to keep news of the suicide from reaching her. Mrs. Swift Is the former Helen Morton, daughter of Mark Morton, the salt magnate. She is the mother of a 5-year-old son. Her first husband was Roger Bayley. Swift was 35 years old. Swift died in the sanitarium of Dr. Edward S. Cowles, where he had been a patient for eight months. He shot himself in bed while a male nurse was in the room; police learned. Police said a few minutes before Swift shot himself, he had attempted to hurl himself out of a window of his room. He was restrained and put back to bed. Alden Swift was told that police were interested in finding out where and how his brother had obtained the pistol. "Well," said Alden Swift, "you see he had perfect liberty in the sanitarium. He had been in and out there for the last six months. Using the place as you might a hotel, he might have bought the gun and brought it in with him on one of his frequent trips outside." Swift denied his brother had been separated from his wife. William Swift's body will be taken to Chicago where funeral services will be held Wednesday, with burial in Graceland cemetery. Alden said he had cabled his father in Deauville, France, and that the elder Swift would sail for home tomorrow. He said that his brother's 5-year-old son was with an aunt in Lake Forest, Ill.
The Dispatch (Moline, Illinois) 18 Aug 1930, Mon
Son of Louis Franklin Swift and Ida May Butler. Married Helen Morton (Bayley) on 10 Aug 1921. One son, William Elliott Swift Jr. (1925-1993).
The following were contributed by Susan Bailey Robinson (Find-a-Grave member # 48313046):
CHICAGO (AP) - William E. Swift, 33, who was found self-slain in a New York hospital Saturday night, was the youngest son of Louis F. Swift, president of Swift and Co., meat packers. Friends here blamed his suicide on despondency over ill-health. Swift Is survived by his wife, who was Miss Helen Morton, and a son, William, 5. His father is in Europe. He leaves also two brothers, Alden Swift of Chicago and Louis F. Swift, Jr., of Denver, and a sister, Mrs. James Minotto. Swift entered the private hospital last October for treatment for a nervous breakdown, friends here said. Recovery was slow and several weeks ago he became ill of pneumonia.
The Capital Times Madison, Wisconsin 17 Aug 1930, Sun
SON OF LOUIS SWIFT TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
By Associated Press Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 18 - Police were trying today to determine how and where William E. Swift, son of Louis F. Swift, Chicago packer, obtained the pistol with which he ended his life in a Park avenue sanitarium Saturday night. Dr. Thomas A. Gonzales, deputy chief medical examiner, sought to learn whether Swift had taken narcotics or liquor. The body was released from the morgue and taken to a funeral chapel yesterday. Alden Swift, brother of William, came to New York from Chicago this morning to claim the body. Mrs. Helen Morton Bayley Swift, the widow, is in Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore. Hospital officials said they would make efforts to keep news of the suicide from reaching her. Mrs. Swift Is the former Helen Morton, daughter of Mark Morton, the salt magnate. She is the mother of a 5-year-old son. Her first husband was Roger Bayley. Swift was 35 years old. Swift died in the sanitarium of Dr. Edward S. Cowles, where he had been a patient for eight months. He shot himself in bed while a male nurse was in the room; police learned. Police said a few minutes before Swift shot himself, he had attempted to hurl himself out of a window of his room. He was restrained and put back to bed. Alden Swift was told that police were interested in finding out where and how his brother had obtained the pistol. "Well," said Alden Swift, "you see he had perfect liberty in the sanitarium. He had been in and out there for the last six months. Using the place as you might a hotel, he might have bought the gun and brought it in with him on one of his frequent trips outside." Swift denied his brother had been separated from his wife. William Swift's body will be taken to Chicago where funeral services will be held Wednesday, with burial in Graceland cemetery. Alden said he had cabled his father in Deauville, France, and that the elder Swift would sail for home tomorrow. He said that his brother's 5-year-old son was with an aunt in Lake Forest, Ill.
The Dispatch (Moline, Illinois) 18 Aug 1930, Mon
The following were contributed by Susan Bailey Robinson (Find-a-Grave member # 48313046):
CHICAGO (AP) - William E. Swift, 33, who was found self-slain in a New York hospital Saturday night, was the youngest son of Louis F. Swift, president of Swift and Co., meat packers. Friends here blamed his suicide on despondency over ill-health. Swift Is survived by his wife, who was Miss Helen Morton, and a son, William, 5. His father is in Europe. He leaves also two brothers, Alden Swift of Chicago and Louis F. Swift, Jr., of Denver, and a sister, Mrs. James Minotto. Swift entered the private hospital last October for treatment for a nervous breakdown, friends here said. Recovery was slow and several weeks ago he became ill of pneumonia.
The Capital Times Madison, Wisconsin 17 Aug 1930, Sun
SON OF LOUIS SWIFT TAKES HIS OWN LIFE
By Associated Press Leased Wire.
New York, Aug. 18 - Police were trying today to determine how and where William E. Swift, son of Louis F. Swift, Chicago packer, obtained the pistol with which he ended his life in a Park avenue sanitarium Saturday night. Dr. Thomas A. Gonzales, deputy chief medical examiner, sought to learn whether Swift had taken narcotics or liquor. The body was released from the morgue and taken to a funeral chapel yesterday. Alden Swift, brother of William, came to New York from Chicago this morning to claim the body. Mrs. Helen Morton Bayley Swift, the widow, is in Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore. Hospital officials said they would make efforts to keep news of the suicide from reaching her. Mrs. Swift Is the former Helen Morton, daughter of Mark Morton, the salt magnate. She is the mother of a 5-year-old son. Her first husband was Roger Bayley. Swift was 35 years old. Swift died in the sanitarium of Dr. Edward S. Cowles, where he had been a patient for eight months. He shot himself in bed while a male nurse was in the room; police learned. Police said a few minutes before Swift shot himself, he had attempted to hurl himself out of a window of his room. He was restrained and put back to bed. Alden Swift was told that police were interested in finding out where and how his brother had obtained the pistol. "Well," said Alden Swift, "you see he had perfect liberty in the sanitarium. He had been in and out there for the last six months. Using the place as you might a hotel, he might have bought the gun and brought it in with him on one of his frequent trips outside." Swift denied his brother had been separated from his wife. William Swift's body will be taken to Chicago where funeral services will be held Wednesday, with burial in Graceland cemetery. Alden said he had cabled his father in Deauville, France, and that the elder Swift would sail for home tomorrow. He said that his brother's 5-year-old son was with an aunt in Lake Forest, Ill.
The Dispatch (Moline, Illinois) 18 Aug 1930, Mon
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