September 12, 1899 | Duluth News-Tribune

TOM MADDEN ARRESTED.
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Well Known Saloon Man Charged With Assault.

Tom Madden, a well-known saloon keeper, and Frank Adams were arrested yesterday on a charge of assault in the third degree. The complaining witness is Frank Corraly, but there is still another complaint for the men which was sworn to by Burt Emelew.

The two complainants allege that on Thursday afternoon Madden and Adams, together with William Faulkner, pounded them to the best of their ability. The story of the two men is that they went into Madden's saloon to rescue a friend that they say Faulkner had taken in from another saloon for the purpose of robbing him. They assert that when they went after their friend they were jumped on by the two men, and they show signs of hard treatment that they got somewhere. Adams also looks as if he might have been in a brawl.

Madden and Adams both pleaded not guilty yesterday and the examination was set for Tuesday morning. Madden went on his own recognizance but Adams was locked up in default of bail to the extent of $100. The men were arrested by Detective Troyer. He says that Madden admits punching one of the men while Adams admits that he got thrashed. Madden is said to have told the officer that the men were bums that went into the saloon for the purpose of robbing the friend of Faulkner. The complainants claim that they were knocked senseless and relieved of about $50 but no complaint has been made out for Madden and Adams as yet on that charge.

November 6, 1899 | Duluth News Tribune

IN BOWERY STYLE
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JOHN CUNNINGHAM CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN BEATEN.
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Assault is Claimed to Have Occurred In Tom Madden's Saloon But Matter is Somewhat Mixed up—Cunningham is in St. Mary's Hospital Having Been Found Insensible on the Street.
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With his face nearly beaten out of shape and his chest hurt James Cunningham was picked up at the corner of Eleventh avenue East and Superior street about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon in a semi-unconscious condition, and taken to St. Mary's hospital. As usual, an investigation added another chapter to the long list of crimes, robberies and outrages that have occurred on the Bowery.

Cunningham was discovered lying on the street by a passer-by, who at once called up the ambulance and the man was taken to St. Mary's hospital. He soon recovered enough to talk, although evidently in great pain, while his mind was somewhat clouded by liquor.

Cunningham's stories of where he came from to Duluth don't coincide very well. He told the hospital attendant that he had recently arrived from North Dakota, where he had been working, but he informed Detective Troyer that he was one of the striking West Superior dock laborers, and had been on this side several days. The accounts of his injuries seem to agree all right, however. He said that on Saturday morning he was in Tom Madden's saloon, 630 West Superior street, and had been drinking heavily. After a time Cunningham asserts that he and Madden became engaged in an altercation, the cause of which he does not remember, until finally Madden rushed around the bar and gave him a number of punches in the face.

After having his physiognomy beaten up in bad shape, Cunningham claims that he was thrown down and Madden then jumped on his chest with both feet. Cunninghma's stories don't exactly agree here. It is said that he told the sisters at the hospital that Madden didn't jump on his chest, but that a stranger that was in the saloon did. To Detective Troyer the man claimed that all his injuries were due to Madden alone. After having been beaten and bruised until he was almost insensible, he claims to have been kicked out on the street. He wandered around all day yesterday and slept in some hallway Saturday night, and when he awoke yesterday morning he wandered around the city, going in an easterly direction, until he dropped on Eleventh avenue shortly before he was picked up.

To the detective, however, Cunningham said that he was taken to the Bethel last night by a stranger, who paid for him room for him, and that we wandered around the Bowery saloons most of Sunday. The latter story seems more correct, as inquiry at the Bethel branch on West Superior street elicited the information that a man named Cunningham was brought into the place last night by a man who registered and paid for Cunningham's lodging. The attendant at the Bethel says that he didn't notice anything wrong with the lodger's face, although he didn't pay any particular attention to the man. A man with a badly battered face was in the Bethel Sunday morning, however, although his identity is not known.

It is believed in some quarters that Cunningham's trouble really occurred Sunday morning instead of Saturday, and that the man is in such bad shape that he doesn't know when he was hurt. It is claimed that a man could not wander around the town with a chest in the condition of Cunningham's for twenty-four hours, and it is asserted that it would be a physical impossibility. The story of the Bethel attendant that Cunningham's face seemed to be all right Saturday night rather tends to confirm that view, in the opinion of many.

Madden's saloon was visited last evening, but the proprietor was not in. The bartender asserted, however, that Cunningham must be mistaken, as no such scrimmage as reported had taken place in that saloon. He claimed that if it had happened he would have learned of it, and was inclined to believe that Cunningham was probably too drunk to remember where the fight had taken place.

Last night the injured man was resting easily, although the extent of his injuries had not been fully learned.