Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-20
ANOTHER BODY IS
FOUND; IDENTIFIED
AS SCHWARTZ
Body Of Suicide Identified BY
Schwartz's Brother.
POLICE ARE MYSTIFIED
AND DO NOT ACT

AMI III NOi All
Finding OF Second Places Murder Mys-
terry In Deeper Darkness--slster o.
Man. Who Slew Julia connors, Tells
His story OF Murder--Felt No Re
Morse Over The Crime.
New York. July 49, After writing
note expressing regret for having stab
bed Julia Corners TO death a young
man committee suicide today In his
room ut two nineteen Christee street
BY inhaling gas.
The body was Identified as that of
Nathan Schwartz who Is under indict.
ment for the murder OF the girl Posi-
tive identification was made by
Sohwartzs brother. Two bodies have
been found. and both are claimed to
be that OF Schwartz. The police are
mystined, and profess they do not
know what TO do.
The First Hody
The body of a youth who was found
In the Hudson River of Hoboken was
yesterday afternoon identified as that
Of Nathan Schwartz, the youth who
tortured 12.year-old Julia Connors 10
death,
The Identification was made by
Frank Alexander, brother-in-law OF
Schwartz.
Nathan committed suicide. as his
father wished him to do said Alex
Iander. There was no reason why he
should live after what he did. He
probably realized the enormity OF his
crime after his father had cast him
on"
Sister Tells How Ripper Slew Girl
The mystery OF the horrible murder
of poor little 12syeanold Julia connors
Is solved. The murderer's cofnplate
confession is known In all its grue-
some details. An indictment has been
err. himself. Nathan Schwartz, "a years
old. Is still at large. Penniless 80 far
as is known, he has eluded the efforts
of the police SO far to effect his cap
ture.
Srhwartz's full confession OF the
murder as retold TO the grand jury by
his sister, Mrs. Thomas Alexander,
was made public late yesterday.
MY brother Nathan came to my
house, In Brooklyn. secretly on last
Tuesday--three days after the little
girl was murdered" said Mrs. Alexand-
err. Il had heard from my father pre-
viously that Nathan had called on him
at his place of business, and had adj
mitted that he had committed the mur-
der.
II was terrified when my brother
came to see me. ! asked him how he
could have had the heart to murder
that poor little girl, Then he told me
the particulars of the murder. VIII
tell you in his own words how 1t hap
pened
"IIe said. i met the little girl on
the street, and her appearance at
tracted me. gave her pair OF opera
glasses. and told her to take them to
our apartment at 1870 Third avenue.
| followed her up the stairway
| Attacked; She Resisted
lon the same floor as our fiat, out
in the adjoining building at 1868 Third
avenue. there was vacant fiat. and
when the little girl got opposite the
door OF this fiat attacked her. ] seiz-
ed her around the body and tried TO
draw her inside She resisted me.
Then she began to scream. | tri-
ed to make her stop, but couldn't
was afraid some one would hear her.
So | took out my pocketknife and OPP
ened it. and slashed at her with it UNI
til was exhausted. pulled her in
side the door OF the vacant fiat and
went back to our own apartment.
There got pair of scissors and
came back to where the little girl was
lying ON the floor. She lay very still
and did not move. cut off her hair
with the scissors.
Then / went out and got box
and came back and jammed her body
into 1t.
1T was small box and had hard
time getting her body in it. lifted
the box In my arms and carried it to
the dumbwaiter and lowered 1t into
the basement Then I went away and
left it.
THE next morning early-Sunday
! went down in to the basement and
carried the box with the body out to
the street and over to the vacant Ut
near the house. where 1t was found |
left It near an ashpIler'
The witness said that her brother
showed no remorse over the crime he
had committed.
The father, Samuel Schwartz also
testified that his son had confessed the