Suddenly kneeling over as he sat on a sill in front of a pool room on McKean Avenue last night at 10:30 o’clock;John Tyler Swann;aged 43;of 53 Grant Street;North Belle Vernon;died of acute dilitation of the heart. Two or three men who saw him fall over picked him up and carried him into the nearby pool room and a physician was called but Swann was past all help when the doctor arrived. Deputy Coroner Joseph Frantz was summoned and the body removed to the Crowley and Conway mortuary. Swann had come to Charleroi for a visit early in the afternoon remaining here for the afternoon and evening. He was employed as a heater in the Pittsburgh Steel Company at Monessen. He was born in West Virginia on July 10;1892;the son of Mr.and Mrs.Richard Swann;both of whom are dead. He is survived by his wife;Bessie Simpson Swann and the following children;all at home:John C.;Elma;Richard;Zeryl;Vella;Donald;Raymond;Bernard and Zela Mae. Several brothers and sisters survive. They are Mrs.Richard Schakel;New York City;William;Randolph and Virgie;and several brothers and sisters;all of West Virginia. Funeral services will be held from the late home next Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock;with Rev.L.C.Jewell;pastor of the Free Methodist Church of Belle Vernon;in charge. Interment will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.

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