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_City and County of New York, ss._:
Harry L. Craig, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
I reside at No. 226 West 28th Street. I am employed as a hall boy at
the apartment houses Nos. 102 and 104 East 26th Street. On August
15th, 1900, I left the apartment house a little after twelve o'clock,
that being the time I usually go home. I walked on 26th Street to
6th Avenue, then turned into 6th Avenue and walked to 27th Street; I
then walked on 27th Street to 8th Avenue, turned into 8th Avenue, and
went into the saloon at 8th Avenue and 28th Street, southwest corner,
where I had a drink, and left about 12:20, going home on 28th Street.
As I neared M. Groh's Son's Brewery on that block some one hit me
on the head with a club; I turned around and saw three policemen in
uniform, and behind them was a mob of at least fifty men. The street
was very dark. I started to run home, but one of the officers tripped
me, and I fell. I was then clubbed by the police and the mob into
unconsciousness. When I recovered I found that the police and the mob
had left. I picked up my hat and got up, and started to walk to our
house, which was only a few feet away, but I staggered and fell several
times. When I reached home the lady I live with, Mrs. Wisham, washed my
face with witch-hazel; my jaw was so sore that I could hardly open my
mouth. For a few days after this I felt sore all over my body, from the
effects of this clubbing. I was clubbed by three officers. The officers
led the crowd, and did not interfere when others were beating me.
They made no attempt to disperse the crowd. I did nothing whatever to
justify this brutal assault upon me by the police. I was never arrested
in my life. I was not in the neighborhood while the riots were going on
in the early part of the evening. The police did not give any reason
for acting as they did, and when I fell unconscious they left me alone
in the dark street.