Sworn to before me this 27th day of September, 1900.
GEO. P. HAMMOND, JR., Notary Public (164). N. Y. County.
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_City and County of New York, ss._:
Isaiah O. Ferguson, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
I reside at 165 East 97th Street, New York City. On Wednesday evening,
August 15th, 1900, I started to go downtown on the West Side, and had
reached the neighborhood of 8th Avenue and 43rd Street, riding on an
8th Avenue car, which was of the combination type, and I was in the
closed part, when I reached the aforementioned place. I noticed a large
crowd of people, and patrol wagons and ambulances. I inquired from a
gentleman who sat next to me what was the matter, and he replied that
he did not know. We proceeded downtown and had reached the neighborhood
of 36th Street, when suddenly the car, which had been proceeding very
slowly, came to a dead stop. The motorman and the conductor both folded
their arms and looked at me. The next I knew a number of men jumped on
the car, some coming through the windows, and commenced beating me,
and continued to beat me until I was insensible. When I came to, the
car had started and was going slowly. I was bewildered and dazed, and
I rushed from the car and downtown, several people on the way trying
to stop me, but I was crazed with pain and fled on, until I was met by
a lady friend, who stopped me on seeing my condition, and took me to
her home, on 17th Street near 9th Avenue, where she bathed my head and
dressed my wounds, and where I stayed until the next morning, when I
went to Washington, D. C., where a physician attended to me. Deponent
further states as the car stopped he noticed four police officers on
the east side of the avenue, and that they made no attempt whatever to
interfere with the mob: further, that he was proceeding on his journey
in a quiet manner, and had not heard of any trouble, and that he had
given absolutely no cause for the attack.