Sworn to before me this 19th day of September, 1900.
JOHN F. MACCOLGAN, Notary Public (4), N. Y. County.
(The officer in the case was Holland.)
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_City and County of New York, ss._:
Mrs. Martha A. Brown, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
I reside at No. 351 West 37th Street. On Wednesday, August 15th, 1900,
about 10:15 P. M., while on my way upstairs I saw John Newman,
who lives in the rear house at the above number, come in the front door
and close it; he had almost reached the rear of the hall when the front
door was opened by a policeman who had his club raised, and who ran up
to the said Newman, struck him over the head with his club, felling
him to the floor; he then dragged Newman to the street, clubbing him
meanwhile, and at the front door he was joined by four other officers,
who assisted him to drag Newman out into the street, where they threw
him into the midst of the mob which had congregated outside, and some
of whom jumped on Newman, stamping on his stomach with their feet.
Newman was then again taken by the officers and dragged to the station
house on the next block. Deponent states further that Newman did not
appear to be trying to get away from anyone, when he entered the front
door, and further when he was struck first he was struck from behind.