Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-07-14
WAS NOT MURDERED.
Young Maloney Is at Home Again
With a Munchasen Variety of Tales.

New York, July 1O.-The marketmen
along the fish dock at Fulton ferry,
the steamboat squad of Gotham's FIN.
est the police patrols. the wharf rats
and the persons generally who had
occasion to be brought close to the
East river since July 1 have all been
keeping sharp lookout for the appear
ance of any dead body in the river that
might resemble the missing Tommy
Maloney.
Tommy was the newsboy about
whom the public was worrying. The
district attorneys Office, the police de-
partments and the society for the pre-
/ vention Of cruelty to children have been
trying all this time to fix upon some
body the responsibility for the death of
Tommy" who was cruelty cast into
the river last week
There has been a sudden check to
their efforts in this line for Tommy
turned up all right at his home, No. Sc
Oak street.
Tommy" is original, graphic and
highly untrustworthy. He has already
given six versions of the story Of his
experiences and he is not through vet
This little freckle faced, bright eyed,
innocent looking chap of twelve is as
able a prevaricator as a politician and
much more unique.
Hear him tell version of his alleged
drowning
Frank Lago, an Eyetalian, of No.
p Batavia street, and Patsy Radigan,
Of No. 142 Cherry street, and me went
out on de fish dock on Thursday. Lago
tl1ln my hat in de water, and when /
went to grab it dey took me eXtryS and
trun dem into de water, too. / was a.
goin' to biff Lago, but dey both got a
grip O me and trun me into de river
Il swim a bit and grabbed hold O.
one O de crates. Den deg trowed me
again. / came up all right next time,
but dey fired me off again and den l
went down to de muddy bottom. I
stuck in de mud-it's awful tick dere-
and / blessed meself.
ST couldn't do nawtin' but wish l had
a chance to lick de dago. All at onct
/ felt q Teller grab me and I came up
top O de water. De man dat had me
was a coon called Yaller Dixon. Dere
was anudder coon on de dock. He was
called Niger Sam. Dey both took me
on dere truck and I stayed over in
Washington Market ever since until dis
mornin' / was down in dat mud an
hour"
Tommy could not be very well con-
WINGED that the capacity Of even a
newsboy to stay under water for an
hour has not yet been established. He
compromised after an arrangement to
this effect by saying he was down "a
quarter of an hour, anyhow"
why did these bad boys try to
drown you?' Tommy was asked.
''Dey knew / had stuff on me. Dey
heard me say | had seventy-five cents
dat / made on selling two o'clocks,
but I didn't have no seventy-fve cents.
I had all me dust out for eNtrys, and I
had toity of dem. Dey was fooled
money!
! Mrs. Maloney, a good natured, good
looking woman, with a brogue that
would make the fortune of some So
called Irish comedian, listened to
''Tommy's" story with a sort of pride
blended with the natural incredulity
which TOmmyS situations called forth.
Every time there was period to q
sentence Tommy" would clinch it with,
We'll, wait till I catch the dago."
This Mrs Maloney would supplement
by, Don't make it the dago alone,
| Tommy. You can give it to both Of
them-the raScals.''
The little Williams have all been re
! leased from custody.