The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-06
FRITZ PFAU DEAD
 AFTER BEING ILL
 ONLY FEW HOURS
Taken to Hospital With Pneumonia, He Survives
 But Short Time.

= Fritz Pfau. sone of the most widely known hotel and saloon men in the state, died suddenly at the Bridgeport hospital, last night. Death was
 caused by oedema of the lungs. fol-
 lowing an acute attack of pneu- tnonia-
 Mr. Pfah had been i'll for several
 days with a severe cold Pneumonia
 followed and at ' o'clock last night
 he decided to go to the hospital for
 treatment. He died there at 10 o'clock. His relatives are prostrat-
 ed with grief a this sudden demise
 MT. Pfau was 51 years of age and
 was born in Bridgeport. :; His father,
 Julius Pfau, now deceased, is said to
 have sold the first lager beer dispens-
 ed here. His saloon was located at 1262e Main street, where Julius Pfau,
 a brother of Fritz; still carries on the
 business and where Fritz was employ ed at the time of his death. MT. Pfau learned the business, working 1 for his father at a time when the old fashioned German saloons were more on the style of restaurants. He
 was an adept at all things that per tained to his business and took de- Might in cooking a. tasty meal, pre- paring a lunch or in decorating and
 arranging a back bar.
 About 1893, MT. Pfau left his fath-
 CTS employ and engaged in business for himself in partnership with Mat thew J. Ma1oney. They opened a
 saloon in what is now the stock quo- tation room of T. l.. Watson & Go.
 The entrance being in John street.
 The place was known as the "'Pretzel and Shamrock" Soon afterward
 MT. Pfau conceived the idea of estaib- 1 fishing the Amazon cafe. Mrs | Jacques. widow of Dr. Jean Jacques, l built for the partners, the three story h11i1 in TnT1r SfT far | by the Morris Plan bank.
 | There. MT. Pfau and his partner,
 MT. Ma1oney, established on an elab- l orate scale cafe which was after
 ward known all over the country and
 which, for it's character, was one of | the show spots of the city,
 Mir. Pfau adorned the place with valuable paintings and costly statu- | aEy. and behind the bar, tier upon tier I of shining glassware. He took much
 pleasure in decorating the interior of
 the place especially at Christmas
 time. Soon after he moved into the
 Amazon cafe. Mir. Ma1oney retired {! from the business. MT. Pfau after ward continued the business alone for | about 18 years. The business was
 then taken over by his brother, Will
 liam Pfau, who now conducts it in For a time Mir. Pfau managed what l is now the Pratt cafe in Fairfield l avenue. For one summer season he
 had charge of the Pine Grove Inn in
 Stratford During the Worlds Fair
 at St. Louis he managed one of the largest cafes and restaurants on ft'The
 Pike having undeT his orders some 1 200 employees. Afterward he return
 ed to Bridgeport, and since that time
 has been in the ehnp1oye of his broth CTS, Julius and William SPfau.
 1 MT. Pfau was of vivacious disposf- ] ton, seldom out of temper and had l tn faculty of winning friends and
 keeping them. He was one of the
 early members of the Bridgeport | lodge of E1ks and took much pleas ure in assisting in the staging of their 1 minstrel shows and entertainme e11ts At his death he held membership l in the Loyal Order of Moose, Bridge port aerie of Eagles and the Bartend- ers' Union.
 Besides his aged mother, who lives at APO North Washington avenue he 1 is survived by his wife, who was Miss May Swain; a sister Louise Pfau, a choir singer; and two brothers, Julius and William Pfau.
 His death marks the passing of one of the mort active and interesting g personalities that has graced the bus mess and fraternal life of this city.