Howard Swain considered himself an unlucky man, so much so, that even when he was lucky, he saw it as unlucky. For starters, he was 40-year-old divorced man. It wasn’t a situation he would have wanted, but there you have it. He was unlucky, although the marriage probably wasn’t a happy one, so ending it could have been seen as lucky. Swain was a carpenter by trade, but business was slow so he was forced to live with his sister and brother-in-law in their spare bedroom at their home at 10 N. Pearl Street in York, PA. Again, Swain saw this as unlucky, although he was lucky to have a place to live while he got back on his feet. Then there was the auto accident in August 1925. Swain was driving a car in which his sister and another Read more…