New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-13
pAROLED MAN, MISSING
SINCE MURDER, SOUGHT
Police Trace Nathan SWartz,
Who Lived Across Airshaft,
from Blood Stained Flat.
MOTHER MOVED IN HURRY
Youth Served Indeterminate Sen.
tence for Attacking Girl in 1917
New Clews Lead Inspector
Hughes to Jersey.

New Clews Lead Inspector
Hughes to Jersey.
eliminating Harry Fogler the neishoor-
ing butchers boy, who, they satisned theIh-
ssIvss. sailed a week ago THURSDAY ior
Europe. as he told his employer he lntehoeu
doing. the police working on the mystery
If the murder of Julia Connors turned tnelr
chief attention Yesterday TO discovering the
nresent whereabouts Of man formerly
resident OF the neighborhood, but now MISS
ing. "a
Nathan swartz, twenty-four years oio
lived until Friday or Saturday of last week
with his mother, Mrs. Anna Swartz, on tne
third floor Of the fathouse at NO "slo mr.
avenue. adjoining the house Ill "Hieh sno
police say the murder was committeo' INC
swartz fat was Immediately across ,ne
airshaft from the vacant fat IN Whlch 'i'o
blood stained bathtub was found
In 1910 swartz was tried in Special SEES
sions before Justices Deuel., Zeiler anu Oiiii'
stead on a misdemeanor charge lol I'M
pairing the morals OF minor ana was
convicted on July II, receiving an lhue'e'-
inmate sentence from six months 10 tIie
wears at hard labor on Harris lslano. Jan
nary 70 last he was released on parole ana
placed in charge Of Probation Ofncer VIII
lam H. Hogan. 49,.
He reported twice a month to the Parole
Board, and was eligible for complete Tree
dom on January 9 next He appeared pc
fore the board the last time on July s. ana
was instructed to return in few days ana
sign his final papers.
Convicted Of Similar Offence.
The records of syartz's case show that
on July 5, 1910. be was arrested Tor enu0ihs
a Young girl to go with him to the once Oh
q dentist in West 1llth street where ne az
tucked her. The dentist was away AT the
time. having left his place in me care On
swartz whom he employed as an errdno
boy. ....,-
Thursday. Mrs Swartz. the boys motner'
made a hurried departure from the nat
where she had lived for several months
and the police lost track OF her
she came to me about II o'clock yest'F-
day morning" said William A. waite an
cxpressman and storage house proprietor
~ fremont and Park avenues, The BTohA'
land asked me II l could move her IN
hurry When I told her that my force was
ALI busy, she insisted on getting some one
"a rnovs her ct once 7 finally sent her
man. She had part Of vanload or soous'
and had me put them here in storage for
her She left no address, and I don't know
where she IS She impressed me as one
irving TO make a getaway in hurry out
,bat Is not unusual in itself nor the fact
that we have no address for her. People
frequently DO that
Columbus Jones, a negro driver "nom
Mr.. Waite sent 10 move Mrs. S~artz
things. verified his employers statements
,hAt the woman had wanted him 10 make
unusual haste.
Rose Psachis. a neighbor, living across
tpA street from the swartzes, said yesterday
that she thought the reason for hrs.
swartz's moving was that two weeks ago
she had lost child by death, and was
anxious 20 get away from the Fat where
sre was living on account Of the memories
there Miss Pfachis said she was &C
auainted with the son, Nathan. and Always
considered him a youth Of ordinary char
actsr.
Several Days Watch Futile.
The police said they had been watching
tor Nathan since last Monday, when they
discovered that he vas not In the nat
WHARF he had lived recently with his
mother The mother told them, they SAID
that he had lived till recently with
brother az No 20 East 10Th street but
upon ouarrem!ng with him rad come 20
live with her
He had not lived with her regularly
however. she said. but was at the house
the Friday and Saturday before the mur-
der. Saturday night, she told the ponce
she and her entire family OF severa! chill
dren we're out until q late hour, so that
the fat was deserted
As soon as the police learned that the
swartz family had left the fat, they TOOK
possession and made a thorough search
They found considerable amount OF run
t!sh. including bottles, a badly nleEeo
razor blade with no handle, bunch o.
black hair, and 2 number Of other Things
such as would be in a recently vacated
fat before IL had been cleaned UP. lhey
took none of these objects in charge say.
ing there was 70 significance IN any OF
then, The mass Of hair cut from the muir
dered girls head was long and dark brown;
the hair found IN the nat was snort ana
tet black
The swartz family is one which the ponce
questioned closely Immediately after they
had satisfied themselves that the stao-
hing had been done in the vacant rat
across the air shaft from the Swartz nat
sfnce. " there had been any unusual noises
ar cutlery during the struggle, the mem
hers OF the family might have heard II
All IN the family, however said they hao
heard nothing.
The hats are separated by two airshatts
ona "a IN the rear. and the bathroom win
dows omen upoa this It Is far too wide for
any one 10 get across. There Is smaller
airshart between the two fats In the for
ward part OF the house, and person or
great agility might cross this, or nave
placed a board across
Another means OF communication be
tween the two, which would have afforded
concealment at least from the street, but
not from the many doors within the fats,
ts by means OF the roof
Possibility of Examination.
u is thought that the police discovered
something recently which set them 20 con-
sidering the advisability OF exhuming the
girls body for a closer examination.
It was learned last night that new finds
on the part of the police had brought a
sudden increase In their activities. Along
this line, Inspector Hughes. in charge of
the detective force, directly under Second