Sworn to before me this 28th day of August, 1900.
STEPHEN B. BRAGUE, Notary Public (125), N. Y. County.
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_City and County of New York, ss._:
William Hamer, of No. 494 7th Avenue, being duly sworn, deposes and
says:
I am a musician. I am employed at "The Fair," kept by Mr. Samuels, on
14th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues. My wife is employed there
also. On August 15th I finished my work about 11:30 P. M. I
took the crosstown 14th Street car and changed to the 7th Avenue horse
cars. I had not heard anything of the riot. The car stopped between
36th and 37th Streets, and my wife and I were dragged from the car by a
crowd of men and lads armed with sticks and stones. I ran into a stable
at 37th Street and 7th Avenue, and they beat me in there and left me
for dead. A stone or something hit me in the stomach, and I fell into a
water trough. My wife and I were separated, and she did not find me. I
crawled out of the stable into a lumber yard and lay there in my blood
until three A. M. I have been in the doctor's care ever since,
and am out to-day for the first time. My doctor is Dr. Yarnell, of Park
Avenue near 84th Street. When I was pulled out of the car I noticed
a colored man lying unconscious on the ground. There were at least a
dozen policemen standing around. They did nothing, and made no effort
to protect me.