Saul Drucker, nationaly known Jewish social worker and superintendent of the Jewish Home for Babies and Children, died yeserday at the Passavant Hospital.
Drucker, who was fifty years old, swallowed poison in the dental office of the institution after his resignation had been demanded by Mrs. Barnett Davis, president of the home and the board of directors.
Mrs. Davis received a mysterious threat over the telephone which the police are now investigating. Mrs. Davis, it is alleged, had some difficulty with Mr. Drucker and demanded his resignation. The reasons have not been divulged.
A rabbi explained that the difficulty arose when the directors allegedly learned that Mr. Drucker owed several boys of the Home sums of money which he had borrowed from them.
Mr. Drucker came to his present post six months ago from Boston. He was recognized as an authority on social problems and in 1922 received a medal for his book, “The Education of Children.”
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