The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-08-31
RISKED HIS LIFE
Policeman Nugent's Good
Work in Capturing a
Murderer.
PRISONER SHOWED FIGHT
He Killed a Man Who Caught
Him Robbing a New
York Flat.

Policeman Nugent of the First precinct
police station, was the principal in sue
eessful effort to bring to justice Andrew
Cogger, who, it is alleged, murdered Hor-
ton A. Bryant, janitor of a fiat house at
No. 160 West 106th street, New York Cog
ger was employed as assistant to his al
legged victim. With Nugent when the ar
rest was made were Detectives Reas and
Barret of the Central Office New York
Cogger was caught at the Montauk lodg-
ing house. No. SO Montgomery street The
New York officer surmised that Cogger
was in this city since Monday when the
murder of Bryant shocked Harlem. The
New York officers came here yesterday
morning on hint from the local police
department They had received a descrip-
ton of Cogger and had reason to believe
that he was in the lodging house where
he was caught
The officer from the Central office came
here fixed for the plan thought to be the
best under the circumstances. Barnet
looked like anything but what he really is.
He wore an old suit of clothes, soft hat,
a blue shirt and dirty shoes. He looked
like a frequenter of lodging houses. They
called on Inspector Archibold, who detail
was selected because it was thought that
probably Cogger had figured on the mem
bers Of the Detectives Bureau and knew
them. Nugent was told to dress like a
tramp and he did. He and Barnet went to
the Montauk and staid there from IL
o'clock In the morning until $780, when
Cogger arrived and went upstairs Nugent
saw him and knew him from descrip-
ton. Knowing Cogger to be a desperate
character the New York police had told
the local department to be careful about
him. Acting on this advice Nugent de-
cided to take no chances and he did we'll.
TIe gave a sudden jump at Cogger and
pinned both arms to his side. Quick as a
fash and slick as an eel Cogger wriggled
from Nugent partially. but was thrown.
The officer saw the mans hand go to-
ward his hip pocket, but Nugent quickly
pinned that hand to the ground and then
drew from Cogger's pocket a 32-calibre
revolver which he had attempted to draw.
He was handcuffed to Barnet and {Nugent
and taken to Police Headquarters. He
refused to make any statement. After
being identified Cogger was locked up and
this morning WAS held TO await extra
dition by the New York authorities.
The story of the murder shows the limit
to which a man would go to escape jail.
Cogger only a. short time ago left Sing
Sing, where he had spent ten years. He
was taken as assistant to Janitor Bryant.
On Monday, Mrs. Frank A. Gundlach, one
of the tenants, found burglar in her
room. She screamed for help and Detec-
tive Walsh and bryant responded to her
cries. Each went to different rooms to
search for the burglar. Bryant met the
burglar and tried to stop him. The in
Itruder drew a revolver and fired five shots
Three of the shots entered the janitor's
neck.
Cogger, the janitor's assistant. was seen
to hurriedly leave the house. A man de-
livering ice, who knew Cogger, asked why
he ran. He said Bryant had been shot and
he was running for doctor. He did not
return. Later he was traced to a Bowery
lodging house, where 1t was learned that
he had secured money to get out of town
from friends to whom he said he had shot
a man. bryant died two days after the
shooting.