The sun., 1912-08-09
SWARTz SUFFERS FOR
THE SINS OF HIS SON
Father of Julia COnncrSS MUIR
dcrcr aud His Family
Arc in Need.
WOULD 60 BACK TO FARM
Wants 10 Be Where NcighbOrs
Won't Look at HIN
.\ccu>imgly.


wr, murdered Julia Connors and then
committed suicide, is suffering for the
9.,r his son One of the Jewish papers
BAH. -lid that 1t was because Samuel
su,rta doc, no: attend the synagogue
t,J. hes son became n criminal Swartz
has II a frw ANONYMOUS letters and
ia.,v ,,orsnus have written about him Ia
t o. low l.h newspapers. Swartz has been
told m these letters that because he did
mol bring up hi son so that the hoy would
no, commit murder he is no better than
his -on few of tho letter writer's
however have said that there are criini-
nal aul,ug the sons Of the most orthodox
and arcu" from this that there is no blame
attaching To the father.
S,r,lol SwartI has passed his sixty.
s,.,rS YEAR and shows his age in his
..r.ur'l ,ui cycsight. though not in
I,rui dpp .drdnc". He has been told
thj his father lived to he no years old
~ moro. llr has been the father of ten
,r:li,ou. Due ~ an insane patient AZ the
Nuhittn StItc Hospital. two died in
,,r.v YOUTH two or the older remaining
rnIircn hlvr homes of their own and
toir live with the parents.
lcor ihr murder of Julia Connors the
t,rlv moved I, East New YORK, and
,au back To Manhattan and took a two
-o,u Nat in the tenement at 6i2 East
Eleventh street They had had five rooms
and = hljh IN The Bronx. Their two rooms
NOW are not large enough and there is no
bath
samuel Nwartl worked rs a capmaker
,Yii later h" went to the cap and shirt
'vai.' and suit factories selling thread
by tho pound To IN" operators. That was
the days when the operators bought
r,r,r uwu iGrcad. Then came the new
,v-'cm hy which the employer furnished
'nH dread \ man with small Capital
rnpl not wait thirty DAYS for his pay
u,''ad 81 getting his money every week.
~ Nwari1 gaN. up hi, business and with
tho htt" money he had saved bought a
ftru uut IN New Jersey. He had had no
eIpori"nc" IN farming and by the time
. hsi earned the business he had lost
I'I" tara
tl"n >wartz came back to New York
i,.--.i the civil sarvic" examinations
u became assistant janitor at the Nor
H, tu-h school But he was laid ON every
,ulu"r aud he could not support a
'i.uii,. N that war. 80 h" Went back TO
ms irad" of Ca,makcr. He continued at
No" trade until two weeks ago. when his
-'ent h"cain" 80 poor that he was
NWdrt2 slys he gained enough cNpe-
f"U'" at III. farm To make chicken rails
"a. ptv. but he has no money To return
toy ito and his family wan, to 20 back
,o ia~rnirs. The Capmakers' union has
appointed 4 commi'te" to arrange a
hcu"'', tor him to be held in one Of the
J.vi,h theatres on the East Side, and IL
ms lurn! ont well he may bc able TO take
ai- family back To the country, where the
'auni- OF his nrighbor, al least will not
q 50 frequent
4. + wa- samuel Swar,z who repeated to
as police the confession which his son
tad mad. 10 him and advised his son to
.''i himself. But a. he said yesterday,
t7c neighborhood where h" now lives
-upt educated and cannot understand.
81 don't blame any of these people.
>r.rjH sad. Judges, who are educated
r"a, l,,he diicrent views OF the same
a.. and the question has to toe decided
~ :. inalority lou cant wonder that
4 -" people VINO never had any educa-
.'n should take different views. Some
OF rhon are friendly to my family and to
le and ar" sorry for us. Others look
H oar faces IL if trying to see what was
a"r" tuai should make us different from
a'h"rs 'lhey talk among themselves
.nd 80 h.a." 1t If what they say shows
'1A' they do not understand it was not
rT iS..lt, -" tirn away and say nothing
vs. Nlt" and children spend some time
WIN l'k Nllt p sister Ill T4dSt New 10TH
NJ"N they are mere they 60 down to the
.,ar for a wax. 10 "A store TO buy food.
an! keep their eyes ahead Of themand come
,.h hDmr aga.u
J.f after IN. family moved to East
'irN"nth street a reporter from a Jewish
ap.r railed on Mr.. Swartz and learned
a. fnr her did not go to the synagogue
..Nd tld' "a" YES "A member OF the SocialiS,
ally The new -paper told these things
| r." uoht dag and the ncighbOrhood in liz
-3ur.n," roEi that Nathan Swartz's
rllne tdi come about because his father
~ = ,l.,tnnker. Then began the series
# l,r '', wnich has kept alive on the East
'.i' .f" discussion of Samuel Swartz.
Narlr a,n a freethinker," Mr. Swart2
,.d y"-iofdav Il take more interest
/ 81 N'uuAu.tv tnan in any one form of relig-
II .r .ui "hrn my eyes will let me ! read
/ ."..> 10y writer's who have thought and
| 'Iai"d | wouldn't let my children ou'
/ .-' itdr waving his hand toward u hero
II - Youngsters who had been spattering
III ',. "r iMrt cned with street fifth, upoi
i '.r u'h"r until two mothers began q
! ."-Jlol'siIuc combat over the matter,
II "" NV wife and have tried TO keer
ii 60 children clean, and clean IN morals
90 ON Of Them is IN the State hospital
III a''ttr he was wrong in his head. too
ii od ljnsolf. The rest have healthy
III lu5~
Il .'I nav" noticed that after the big parti
i Ia" been pulled down there is always
"IN' ', or stone here and brick or stone
,-'o. nav iumh"s down by itselfafter th'
'7s' l. over hat is the way with thin
i ins'nt trouble Of ours. Maybe, wher
i 'l'I"ole understand the bricks and stone'
'Nl stop falling, because the house liz al