The evening world., 1894-05-17
IS NELLIE THE BURGLAR /?
officials Trying to Fasten Jersey
Depot Robberies Upon Her.
Price, Whom She Accused, Says She
Threatened to BE Rcvcnged.

| UACKENSACK. y. j., May l7.--NellIc
Ackerman. the pretty twcnty-ycar-old
girl who * locked W In the Hnckcnsack
jail. charged with hurElarzing the y. j.
and - Y. Railroad station at Fair
mount. y. j., late Sunday night or early
Monday morning, has given the Bergen
/ County NidOCQs "A rather difficult problem
| to solve.
/ The girl is allowed to see no one except
| the prosecutor OF the county. The jail
officials refuse to admit reporters to
the jail To Deputy sheriff Tuny Bertholf
has been assigned the duty OF guarding
the young woman. and he performs that
! duty conscientiuusly.
| Cflot Marshal Charles G. Townsend.
! who arrested Miss Ackcrman, and COnsta
ble Henry Harng. of Ilackensack, are
working on the case and intimate that
! they nope to connect the girl with the
! scverA! railroad dcgot hurElarics waiCn
have" occurred within tle last few
| months.
Cunstabl, Haring Is working on a clue,
which, he says. may lead to the arrest OF
a well-hnOwn llaCkensICk character, VINO
| has already done time for crimes com
mittei IN the county. Whether or not
! Miss Ackerman Is u member of an organ
! lied sang the county officials are not
! prepared TO say as yet,
Justice OF the peac" Thomas II. cum
! mings, of HaCkensack. before whom
Miss Ackerman was taken after her
arrest. said to-day that he was quite
! sure that Frank Price, the Dradell bar
! Der. VINO was arrested yesterday On sus-
! picion OF being concerned in the robbery,
| Is perfectly innocent. Price was ar
rested Oh Miss ACkerman's word that
he had stolen the sltJ worth OF railroad
tickets, which were missed from the
, ation Monday morning.
The girl told contradictory stories to
Justice Cummings concerning the man.
mel, in which she Got the tickets found
in her possession when arrested. First
she said that she WAS on the way to
Englewood. where her father. Edwin
W Ackerman. lives. She was on the
Northern Railroad OF New Jersey. and
sat beside II man who left the train
at Palisade Park. n few miles north OF
EnglewOod.
When the man got up. Miss Ackerman
says she noticed that he had left be-
hind on the seat. II box. She opened
II and found that II contained the rail
road tickets. and the station agents
stamp. She said she took the box witt
her when she got out at Englewood.
questioned more closely, sne told an
other story to the effect that the bur
gary had been committed by Price, tc
whom, she said. sne was engaged
Price Is fdvorably known In iacken
sack. ana bears a good reputation II
Orndell He denied any knowledge o
the robbery, and also denied that ht
was engaged to Miss Ackerman. He ad
mittei that he had paid her considerabl,
attention, but said that recently he haC
broken OFF with her. The girl had, h,
said, threatened to be revenged on hin
for being Tilted.
Justice ummings was inclined to be
licye his story and released him In $l,oI
bail. which WAS furnished.
Miss Ackerman is an attractive girl
with plump figure. light brown haii
and big blue eyes. which. 1t Is said
have done much damag" to the hearts
, Of rural sWnins throughout Berger
County
! Her mother Is dead. but her father
Edwin W. Alderman. OF Englewood. II
IA ell-known carpenter. She has al
uncle. Jacob Il. Noorhis, who lives "A
River Edge, near where the rObbcr!
; occurred. All her relatives are respect
. able people
The report that an article of femal
: wearing apparel was found in the sta
tion after the burglary Is denied. Their
, Is little doubt however, in the minds q
, the jail officials that they have th
right person under arrest.