The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-06
GIRL DIES AFTER HOLD UP.
DROPS on SALOON STOOP AFTER
FLEEING FROM THUGS.
Fake Detectives Hii Demanded Money
From Her Escort In North Bergen
Fairly In the Morning. and He Left Her
10 Get II Heart Disc ase Caused Death.

From Her Escort In North Bergen
Early In the Morning. and He Left Her
toGetIt- Heart Disc ase Caused Death.
Frightened by footrads who threatened
10 arrest her escort and herself, LorettO
preGer, 10 years old, Of 50 Grove street.
hi. city, died Of heart disease in North
Bergen. N. j.. early yesterday morning
after she had been found sitting alone on
the steps of a saloon.
Her companion had been Nicholas Noun
try Of 5s7 Grove street, Jersey City. Two
men who said they we're detectives stopped
them in the road and demanded money.
Mountry was forced to leave the girl In the
custody Of the men while he went to get
enough cash to meet their demands. The
girl escaped after Mountry had gone and
ran half mile to the place where she was
found.
Mis-. P'eiffer was engaged to marry
Mountry On Friday night they went
for a trolley ride from Hoboken and stopped
at Nungesser's restaurant and dance hall
in North Bergen. They remained there
some time dancing and shortly after mid.
night started for New York
II was after 1 o'clock when Miss Ellen
Bergens police, who runs the road house
next to the entrance to the Hudson County
Speedway Associations track, heard groans
and found girl sitting on the front stoop.
II asked her how she came, where she was
at such an hour and she told me her escort
had had fight with some men at North
Bergen and she had run away said Miss
Sullivan yesterday. Then she told me
she lived in Grove street, New York, and
she wanted to get home as soon as she
could because her mother would worry"
Il tried to get her not to talk, and took
her into a room in the rear Of the saloon
and let her lie Oh the lounge. She said she
thought her escort would come for her
and then she became unconscious. ! sent
my brother-in-law for DR.. Hellstein at
Grand View, but before he got here the
girl died. was quite sure she had not
been drinking, though at first l thought
she had been doped.'
It wasn't long after Mountry and Miss
Pfeiffer left Nungesser's that the young
tenders to let him have a. He got the
money, left woman's watch as security
and went away apparently much agitated
though at the time he said nothing Of the
bodup.
McKenna, to whom he told the story. He
said that he and the girl were waiting for
AGAR when two men came along the road,
displayed badges, threatened them with
arrest and demanded IS. Mountry had but
to Nunsesser's for the rest he men said
the girl must stay with them to insure
his return. -
when l got the money came back.
but Miss Pfeiner and the men had disap::
peared," Mountry continued. Il could
find no policeman at North Bergen and
McKenna thought Mountry was dream
ingland paid no attention to the story.
Mountry vent back to North Berger,
found man on Bergenline avenue al d
continued his search FOR his fiancee. He
to see II she had reached her home. She
wasn't there and her father. Henry .Pfei6er,
went to Jersey with him. Mountry drives
. bakers wagon. and after he had finished
his early morning work he and the girls
father went to the Hoboken police for
Information.
The police had learned Of the death Of
along with Mountry. and Pfeitfer to Arm
strong's rnorgue IN Union Hi where the
body bad bes4 taken. They identified it as
lar policemen in North Bergen. Patrick
Nolan, who lives back Of Union Hill is
called chief. but it is simply an honorary
title and there is no salary attached to the
job Up at the far end Of North Bergen
there are a number Of tough resorts, dance
halls, saloons and the like, known AZ Lite
Coney."
There are several men around these places
who have special badges and the power
TO arrest. but: that Is all the protection
visitors to the place have. There have
been lot Of holdups around there In the
past few years. but no arrests. There
wasn't policeman In all of Jersey from
Hoboken to the Palisades who yesterday had
anything more than theory. Most Of
them agreed that something should be
done for the protection Of the public around
the ripper end Of North Bergen.
DR.. Charles Converse, County Physician
for hudson county, yesterday took charge
OF the girls body and made an examination.
He was satisfied that she had met with no
violence. Coroner Breckner and jury
held an INQUEST over the body last night at
Armstrong; morgue. but no verdict was
reached. Mountry, however. was not de-
taipod