African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York; Riots -- New York (State) -- New York
a saloon; he said they were bringing disgrace on the police force. He
seemed to try to get the evidence in my case all right, but the trouble
is that six policemen and the sergeant swore that they were in the
room when I was arrested and that they did not see any blow struck,
but they could not account for my broken jaw. This perjury was awful.
I am feeling very badly--have just now come from the hospital. I go
there every day for treatment. My jaw is still loose, and will not hold
in position without the bandages that almost cover my face and head.
The doctor at the hospital says that the blow must have been a very
hard one, for the bone is crushed. I am poor, and cannot work now. I
suffered also in the riot on the 15th of August. I was going to my
home, which was then at 245 West 32nd Street, and was pulled off an
8th Avenue car by the mob, and was pelted with stones and beaten with
sticks. At first the police who were near by did not interfere, but
after I was severely hurt they came over, and as I was down on my hands
and knees, trying to get up, one of the officers struck me three blows
on my body with his club, and ordered me to get up and get out. I was
then quite near my home, and I ran over there, and was pulled in by my
friends. The mob and the police chased me. The police hurt me more than
the rioters. I had a friend with me, and the police clubbed him also.
He ran into my house with me, and stayed there. When the policemen
ordered me to get out I was surrounded by the mob that was beating me,
and they made no effort to interfere with them. I have always been a
hard-working man, and was never before arrested.
JOHN WOLF.
Sworn to before me this 11th day of October, 1900.
FRANK MOSS, Notary Public, N. Y. County.
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_City and County of New York, ss._:
William J. Elliott, being duly sworn, says:
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