Sworn to before me this 11th day of September, 1900.
GEO. P. HAMMOND, JR., Notary Public (164), N. Y. County.
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_State of New York, City and County of New York, ss._:
Joseph Frasier, being duly sworn, deposes and says: I live at 331 West
37th Street, New York City. On August 15th, at quarter past eleven in
the night, I was on my way to work on an 8th Avenue car going downtown.
A crowd rushed towards the car and yelled, "Lynch the nigger!" A
policeman who jumped on the car hit me on the head with his club and
knocked out a tooth and beat me on the arms, back, and body until I
was nearly senseless. The policeman asked me whether I wanted to go
to the station or to the hospital. I said I wanted to go to my work,
though the blood was running over my face so that I could hardly see.
A passenger helped me until I recovered slightly, and helped me on
another car and into a drug store, where I received aid. The street
was filled with a rough crowd, patrol wagon, and ambulance. The people
cried out from the windows, protesting against the beating, and called
out "Shame!" I was laid up for weeks, and am hardly able to walk now,
as I am still lame and sore. I work for Davenport, 94 Park Place, and
it was my duty to get to the stable about eleven o'clock to go to New
Jersey for produce.