The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-02
MADDEN, IN RAGE ON
STAND, HALTS TRIAL
Court Adjourned When Gang
stcr. Accused Of Murder,
Cries "%Frameup."
BEILER 4 WITNESS AGAIN

Owen Madden. Young sarr Leader and
Scputed bad nan from the West Side
who admitted that he had been the
target In two shooting affairs. shove
the white feather Mt his trial for murder
yesterday before Judge Mott In General
Sessions. lie broke into such a fury
of rage while Assistant District Attor-
ney Edwards was cr~oss-examining him
that court had to be adjourned to per-
nit the prisoner to calm himself In
order to go on with his story.
. When the afternoon session opened
Madden came into the court room Il very
different person from the confident In
dividual who walked ~jauntily TO the wit
ness chair at the order OF his counsel.
Charles L. ColiIgan. in the morning.
Madden became surly and evasive as
Edwards asked MIN questions and finally
declared that he was mot getting a
fair deal and might as we'll plead
guilty"
And you are guilty >" asked Edwards.
mo, ! nm not - shouted the witness.
Then he started a speech in which he
asked tnat lie ne given u iah Sho"'
declaring his innocence, In which he
said everybody who knew him believed.
Finally Madden became so loud in
his talk and bolsterous In his manner
that Judge Mott directed that n recess
be taken, half an hour before the reg
ular time.
Several witnesses have testified TO the
effect that Madden directed the murder
Of William Moore, alias Patsy Doyle.
SvhA xraQ Hi1tAH In n saloon mt EOTty-
first street and Eighth avenue on the
night of November IS last. The actual
killing was done by Arthur Beiler. who
pleaded guilty and Is now in Sing Sing
for eighteen years. John McArdle
known as Hoppe was In the affail
and he is In prison for thirteen years
Both are members OF the Madden gane
that had headquarters In a tau
ct Thirty-third street and Tenth avenue
Madden's defence is that he In beinf
STRAINED up" by the police and by TIVE
girls, Margaret Everdeane and Freda
Horner, who appeared against him
Both have sworn that they heard Mad
den say that Doyle should be got rio
OF and that right after lie had beer
killed they heard him discuss h,
whole situation.
On the direct examination Madder
GOT along nicely, answering all of hi.
lawyers questions with a clear voice
il was only when Mr.. Edwards starte,
In that he became excited.
Edwards had asked how he knew
Margaret !;verdeane might be arrested
in connection with the Doyle murder |
ne had not known OF the circumstance
OF Doyle's death before taking her to hi
nat from her own home. 1t was thei
that he lost his temper and the adjourn
ment was taken.
Que STONED by Mr.. Edwards at ~,
afternoon session. Madden talked In sucl
. low voice that his own counsel had Il
protest. He said that he was "A pigeo
fancicr and had done no work sine
last June. He freely admitted that h
had been shot on two occasions.
Mr.. Edwards wanted to know II h
had been hot on one occasion by Fog
eye McCauley with his own gun. wh!c
had been taken from him by his as
sallant. IL d,Sied this.
Al the conclusion Of his story Madde'
was asked II he had not shot from the en-
or a Ninth avenue car NJ Twenty-sixt
street and Ninth avenue on August Il
1911. and killed William HenshaN II
answered no. but admitted he kne,
Henshaw. He was arrested for TIL
crime, but got off.
Lany more witnesses were called b
Dir. Colligan. including Boiler. He wa
brought back TO the stand to correct
statement made last week concernin
his whereabouts just after he had she
Doyle. He admitted going to "A lane
on Park avenue. He said he ha
deliberately lied at the trial of McArdI
and again last week in order to prote,
girl with WHOM he had gone TO III
dance.
a few more witiNs SEES may be Gale
and the case will go 70 the Jury to-da,