The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-07-17
SWARTz INDICTED FOR
JULIA C0NNORS'S DEATH
Ex.COnvict's Sister Told Grand
Jury lie Confessed
Crime to Her.
HAD IURED GIRLS BEFORE
Child Stabbed in Swartz Flat,
Then Taken to Empty
Apartment.

twelve-year- -old Julia Connors reached q
dramatic climax in the District At
ney's office yesterday. Samuel Swarts
father Of Nathan Swartz. an ex-convict
"a years old. told Assistant District At
torney Mott that his son had confessed
to the killing Of the little Connors girl
the day after the body was discovered
Swartz made this statement when he
was confronted by the hacked and
blood stained garments Of the little
girl.
Further details Of how young Swartz
lured the girl into the fat in The Bronx
and then murdered her were told later
to the Grand Jury BY his sister. Mrs
Frances Alexander The Grand Jury
then indicted Swartz for murder in the
first degree.
Yesterday Mr.. and Mrs. COnnors. the
parents Of the slain child: Samuel
Swartz and Mrs. Alexander we're called
tn the District Attorneys office. When
Samuel Swartz saw the stained cloth
Ing Of the dead girl with the knife rents
In It. he broke down and told Assista mt
District Attorney Mott what he knew
He came to me after the girl was
dead" said the agonized father. and We
saw by his face that something had hap
pened. | suspected
WAS It you that killed the Connors
girl" l asked him.
81 killed her. father. was what he
said.
Then | lost control OF myself and
told him to got himself out OF our sight,
for he was stained with blood. There
liz only one thing for you to do. said,
XIII yourself" told him that his
mother and l could not help him and
that he had better put himself to death.
Then he went away and We have not
seen him since. Maybe he's dead now.
This was preliminary to the examIno
tion before the GRAND Jury. There
Samuel Swartz repeated the story he
had told the Assistant District At
torney. and Mrs. Alexander told how
Nathan had come to her In the Swartz
fiat at 1870 Third avenue. He had
come there. she testified. on the Tues
day following the murder and had con-
fessed To her the details OF the crime.
The family was out to a moving
picture show when the murder was
committed. Mrs. Alexander said. and
only Nathan was at home He strol!cd d
TO the street and met the Connors girl
After talking with her n short time
he asked her to take a pair Of opera
glasses to his fiat. He followed her
up there. Mrs. Alexander said. and there
murdered her. The fat where the
crime was committed Is on the third
floor and next door to the house at
396S Third avenue. where the police
found the bloodstsined bathtub.
Swartz carried the dying girl to the
vacant fiat and later lowered the body
by means Of the dumbwalter. Mean
while he got box in which his brother
had kept books and put the body In Il.
Then he went back to his own Nat
and unlocked the door SO that tho
family returning from the moving pie.
ture show would not notice that any
thing was wrong.
The sister further told the Grand Jury
that her brother confessed to her how
he had clipped the girls hair to make
Identification more difficult and how he
had taken the little girl. bleeding and
still breathing. in the box through the
door in the backyard fence TO the va
cant lot adjoining.
Both Samuel Swartz and his daugh-
ter were overcome time and again
during their testimony and had to stop
to collect themselves before continuing.
Others who testified were Philip and
Jacob Swartz. brothers Of Nathan: Cor
oner's Physician Riegelnan. Coroner
ShOnput and Detectives Riley. Casassa
and Repetto. After hearing the testi-
mony the jurors voted to indict for
murder In the hrst degree. The indict.
ment will he presented to Judge Null
queen In Par. l. OF General Sessions to-
day.
Despite the fathers belief that young
Swartz has made an end OF himself. the
police yesterday sent out a descriptive
circular to every police head in the
country. II describes Nathan Swartx-
the police spelling It schwartz-ae "a
years old. s feet 8 inches weight l4o
pounds. gray eyes. black hair. high
cheekbones. hooked nose. some upper
teeth missing. He frequents cheap lodg-
ing houses. parks, gymnasiums and
prizenghts. the circular states. and IL
In the habit Of Turing girls into apart.
ments or Railways.
A stranger who had been hanging
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boat landing at Catskill. N. Y. for two
or three days and who Tailed in somo
degree with the description Of Swarts.
was arrested in Catskiii yesterday a1ter-
noon On technical charge Of vaGrancy.
He told conflicting stories as to where
he had been for the past ten days. but
finally established his identity a. the
nineteen year old son Of Collins Lord OF
il06 solon street. Philadelphia. a turn
key at the Thirty-ninth street and Ian.
caster avenue precinct. The boy was
sent away from his home several
months ago because Of his lazy habits.
He will be released.
Tho New York police last night re-.
ceived kilograms from Rhineclifr. N. r.
and Harrison. N. j., stating that men
suspected NJ being swartz had been ar.
rested. Detectives sent out rcported
that neither prisoner was Swartz A
similar message was received from
Scranton, Pa, and other towns.