Benjamin
(Benny)
"Bennie"
Swim
aka Swimm
Born in Mainstream, Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of William Frederick Swim
and Eva Mae (Foster) Swim
Brother of
Cassie Elizabeth (Swim) Ogden, [private brother (1900s - 1980s)] and Hazel (Swim) Cullins
Died
at age 22
in Woodstock, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Oct 2019
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Biography
Son of William Frederick Swim/m and Eva Foster. He was executed in 1922, having been convicted of the double murder of his cousin and former girlfriend[1] Olive Swim/m and her husband Harvey Trenholm. Noted for having to be hung twice, as the substitute hangman[2], either through overconfinence or drunkeness, bungled the hanging. This prompted changes in the way executions were carried out.
A large crowd of over 300 people attended his funeral[3] in Mainstream on October 14, 1922.[4] The funeral was held at the Rockland Baptist Church, officiated by Reverends Perley Quigg and H. Bragdon.
He was buried in the Cold Stream Cemetery, outside the fence. A wooden cross marked his grave, but was not replaced after it rotted away.[5]
Sources
- ↑ Supposedly they were married in Apr 1921 by Rev Foster in Babytown, but this is questionable.
- ↑ At the time, the official hangman was Arthur Ellis.
- ↑ The Press, 17 October 1922.
- ↑ Carleton Sentinel Friday, October 13, 1922.
- ↑ Twice to the Gallows, p. 193
- "I will hang for this": The murder of Olive and Harvey Trenholm
- https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/benny-swim-24-2lykxh2
- "ExecutedToday.com » 1922: Benny Swim, “dead as a door-nail” (or not)". Retrieved on 11 October 2019.
- Hanged twice New Brunswick Telegraph Journal, July 24, 2004
- Carleton Co. Murderer CapturedThe Daily Gleaner, Mar 28, 1922 (headline)
- Ottawa Comment on the hanging of Bennie Swim Daily Telegraph and The Sun, Oct 09, 1922
- Bungling of the most gruesome character The Daily Times, Oct 07, 1922
- Cost the Sheriff $594 to Hang Benny Swim The Daily Times, Jan 22, 1923
- Mention of grave The Daily Gleaner, July 07, 1933
- Find A Grave: Memorial #203747006
- 1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 37; Census Place: 37, Victoria and Carleton, New Brunswick; Page Number: 8 [1]
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