The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-16
Aged Father Breaks Down and ConfeSses Crime
 Today HIS SON TOLD HIM HE COMMITTED CRIME: Father Advised Him to Go Out and Kill Himself and
 Believes He Did Police Send Out Dragnet, Believing that Slayer Is
 Still Living

New York, July 16.-That Nathan Swartz confessed to his father that he was the slayer of little 12 year old Julia Connors was admitted by the father, Daniel Swartz, in the grand jury ante-room. today. He stated that his son told him that he was responsible for the child's death the Sunday morning that her body was found.
 'T told him that the best thing he could do was to go out and kill him self and save the family further. dis grace" said the old man, and am certain that he did so."
 The old mans dramatic statement followed a scene unparalleled in the criminal courts building. He and members of his family were sitting in the ante-reom of the grand jury when Mrs. Connors, mother or the murdered child, was brought in. She was garbed in the deepest black and plainly on the verge of collapse. AS she was taken into the grand jury room and saw the box containing the bloodstained garments that had been torn from the body of her outraged child she became hysterical and her cries could be heard throughout the building. 8
 Old man Swartz sat in his chair as ff rooted tO if, His face became ash- en uaIe.f Finally, the tears began to flow down his checks and when the heartbroken mother was led from the room he called to Assistant District Attorney Mott, who was presenting the case to the grand jury and ad- mftfed that his son, who had served assault on another child, and who was still on parole for that crime, had admitted to him that he had committed the crime.
 ssHe told me what he had done, he said. '.and I told him there was nothing for him to do but to kill himself. I told him that he did not deserve to live and that he should keen further disgrace from the fam- fly by killing himself. believe he did so. I certainly hope that he has" z
 Later the old father told his story to the grand jury. It was corrobofat- ed by his son, Jacob, brother of the missing Nathan, who said that his father had told him of what Nathan said soon after the confession. Both father and son expressed the belief that Nathan Swartz had drowned himself although they admitted they base that hope.
 As soon as word of the actual con- fession reached the police another general alarm for Nathan SwartZ ap- pFehenSiOn was sent brOadeaSt throughout the country.
 The nude and mutilated body o1 12 year old Julia Connors was found in a vacant lot in the rear of Eas 173rd street, between 3rd and F'l1ltor avenues in the Bronx on Sunday, July T. The child had been missing since the night before. There were fl stal wounds in the body, 21 of which were in her back. In spite of the terrible nature of her injuries, the child hai lived for hours. She was still alive when found but could only whisper that "a man did it.'' She died soor after she had been removed to Ford ham hospital.
 Police detectives found many blood stains in a deserted house at 396s Third avenue and they soon made III their mind that the crime had beer committed there. No one had heard an outcry and just when the crime was committed is still a mystery. Fol three days 1t appeared that the crime could never be solved. Suspects were arrested by the dozen but all were released.
 Two days after the murder, the Swartz family moved away from the adjoining flat and the police started q to investigate them. It was develop ed that Nathan Swartz had disap peared and the officials finally be- came convinced that he was the mur derer. Search for him has been go Ing on but he has managed to con ceal his whereabouts up to the pres ent time.