The sun., 1896-02-28
The Terrible Charge Against Mr..
Warszawiak.

HERMAN WARsZAwIAK Is the superin
tendent Of the American Mission to the
Jews, with headquarters at the corner OF
Grand and Attorney streets, He Is himself
a baptized Jew, and for six years he has
been getting money to pay his expenses as
missionary seeking to convert the 100000
Jews New York to Christianity. We ha ve
no statistics of the number Of conversions
he processes to have made, and according to
the minister who baptized him. and other
reputable authorities, they could not be
trusted if we had them.
The Rev. DR.. SCHAUFFLER, Vice President
of the City Mission and Tract Society," tells
the Tribune that Mr.. WARsZAwIAK Is a
constitutional and persistent liar" The
clergyman speaks also Of having "a letter
from the man who baptized him, saying
that he Is liar, and that he would lie
at any time about anything" Some time
ago seven prominent pastors OF this city
resigned from the Board Of Mr. WARszA-
wIAK's Mission to the Jews because they
were in agreement with DR.. SCHAUFFLER
about his lying propensities; but as, accord
ing to them, he continued to use their names
as his hackers, they have now published a
card distinctly repudiating him. DR..
SCIIAUFFLER also tells the Tribune that the
converted jew "speculated with trust funds
which he had received from Scotland"
though. luckily. he did not lose the money
Mr.. WARszAwIAK replies to these very
serious charges by general denial that he
has an ingrained propensity to lying; and
by the specific retort that IL Dr. SCHAUFF-
LER says that I ever speculated with
trust funds. or admitted to him that I
had done so, he Is a liar" He also asks
why the clergyman gave him letter Of
commendation " il the charges against him
are true. DIR. SCHAUFFLER explains that he
"sent him letter last year endoi sing his
work In some measure, because thought
he would do better, but yesterday sent an
other letter withdrawing the former one.
because he has continued to lie.' On the
other side, the Rev. Drs HALL, BURRELL, and
WALKER. and the lay Treasurer OF the Mis-
sion to the Jews published a card last No
vember saying that Mr.. WARsZAwIAK had
been fully acquitted after aynorough
examination by them OF the charges made
against him; and they still express conf
dence in him. Accordingly the converted
jew declares his determination to go on
with his enterprise, in spite of DIR.
SCHAUFFLER, who, he says, "is con-
stantly prosecuting, and seems desirous
to ruin the work of the American Mission
to the Jews" He thus closes the letter to
the Tribune, In which he makes the an
nouncement: GOD liveth, and our faith Ia
still stronger in Him alone, who never fails
those that faithfully labor in His cause"
Without undertaking to decide this con.
troverted question as to the moral characte,
Of Mr.. WARszAwIAK, and moro particularly
as to his truth and veracity, or even ven,
turing to express any opinion on it, we have
no hesitation in advising him to reconsider
his decision to continue his evangelizing en-
terprise among the Jews. Before a man
sets out to convert other people, he should
absolutely silence and overcome all doubts as
to his own conversion. 1t is not enough that
Mr.. WARszAwIAK was formally exonerated
by the committee Of his missionary society
80 long as the Rev. DIR. SCHAUFFLER, three
months after that Investigation, denounce,
and publishes him as "a constitutional anC
persistent liar" and offers to furnish tn,
proofs that he is such. Moreover, wher
seven pastors of this city refuse to have any
association with him on the same ground
and the man who baptized him de
scribes him rs an habtual and un
considerable liar, it is manifest that Il
has become necessary for Mr.. WARsZAwIAE
to intermit his exertions for the conversion
of the Jews in order to devote himself t.
the task of clearing his own character
When man engaged as q religious mis-
sionary Is publicly and unreservedly dc