The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-18
Three ELOPED.
The Superauous One Was,
However, Dropped in
This City.
NO TRACE OF YOUNG COUPLE
Nools are Looking for Their
Daughter, McNamaras for
Their Son -Boer Fund
Defrays Expenses.
NO TRACE OF YOUNG COUPLE


Defrays Expenses.
The police authorities are today seeking
sixteen-year-old girl and young man
OF twenty, who are supposed to have
eloped from a boarding house in this Guy
after running away from Brooklyn. The
girl is Anna Nool, the daughter of a
welI-to-do druggist of Ocean Parkway and
Avenue E, Brooklyn. The youth is John
Mcnamara, also of Brooklyn. The oppo-
stion of Mr.. and Mrs. Nool to efcNa-
mara's attentions to their young daughter
was the cause of the flight.
While her mother was asleep and her
father was absent from home last Tues
day night, Anna Nool in company with
her cousin, Gertie Van Dionse, sixteen
years old, of No. Sc Vanderbilt avenue,
Brooklyn, left her home She told her
cousin. as the romantic reason for the
step, that the house had been refused
to the man she loved. A short distance
from the house the girls met Mcnamara
and went to the Clarendon Hotel, where
the girls stopped until Wednesday morn
ing Mcnamara went home Tuesday
night, promising to call upon them on
Wednesday evening.
The fathers and mothers of the missing
girls met Wednesday morning and held a
consultation. They organized themselves
into search party and ransacked Brook
lyn in search of the runaways. In the
afternoon, while on Flatbush avenue, Mr..
Heriot Nool in company with his wife,
saw the girls in a passing trolley car.
Mr. Nool ran after the car shouting. He
attracted the attention of the two girls,
but not of the conductor. The girls bribed
the conductor with fifty cents to keep the
car moving and to stop for no one. The
chase of the father was unsuccessful.
When the shopping district was reached
the girls left the car and mingled with
the crowd, passing in and out of the
stores and eluding their pursuers.
This incident determined the girls 70
leave Brooklyn. They returned to the no.
tel and took their clothes away. In spite
of the general alarm that had been sent
out the girls succeeded in crossing the An
mex ferry to this city, where they ar
rived early Wednesday evening
In seeking a place to stop the girls
learned of the boarding house kept by
Mrs White, at No. al Grand street. They
went to the house and were admitted.
They told Mrs. White that they had come
here to study stenography and typewrit-
ing. They sought employment but were
unsuccessful.
In their hasty departure the girls left no
word at the Clarendon Hotel for McNa-
mara He learned from the hotel clerk
that they had left in the afternoon but
he could not find out where they went He
went to his home.
After the girls reached this city they re-
mained indoors except for a few hours
khich hey tried to get employment Their
presence here was not known to the police
who had description of them and were
on the lookout.
Miss Nool yesterday evening, however,
decided to go to Mcnamara. She returned
to Mrs. Whites about haf-past ten with
him. The three young people remained in
the parIor for few minutes and then
Miss Van Diesne went out to buy candy.
While she was away Miss Nool and Nc
Namara left the house and they have not
since been seen.
While Miss VanDiense was on the street
Captain Cody, of the First precinct police
ssation, saw her. He thought it probable
that she was one of the two runaways
whose descriptions had been sent the
police He followed the girl to Mrs.
Whites house and there learned that the
girl was the one he wanted He took
the girl to the station house, where he
talked to her for time.
The relatives of the girls were notified
and at one O'Clock this morning Mr.. Nool
came to this city. He questioned his
niece, who refused to give any informa-
ton about his daughter. He threatened
her and then coaxed, but the girl refused
to toll She returned home with her
uncle.
| Mrs. Nool and Mrs. Van Diesne, the
| mothers of the girls, came here this morn
| ing to continue the search. Mo trace
whatever could be found of Miss Noel
and Mcnamara. They had vanished as
| if the ground had opened under them.
Word was sent to Newark but no infor-
nation could be had from there.
| Miss Nool and her lover stole a march
| on the police this morning. They went to
Mrs Whites house and demanded Miss
| Noops clothes. Mrs. White asked the girl
| in, but she refused and left without the
garments before she could be stopped.
1t is thought that possibly the couple are
| still in this city. The police are making
very little effort to finu them. IS
| Mrs Nool was asked how much money
| the girl had when she left The mother
| thought the girl had none, but it was
learned that she and her, cousin had at
least Sill This money was obtained in
collecting for a fund alleged to have been
started for aiding the Beers. There is
no fund in existence in Brooklyn for
It's object. 1t is said thot the girls con-
templated this trip foressome time and
that they started escoMecting with the
object of getting moneysto defray their
expenses. ~
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