City and County of New York, ss.:
William Shea, of 332 East 23rd Street, being duly sworn, deposes and says:
I work for John P. Kane, foot of East 14th Street. On the first day of the riot, August 15th, I was with Thomas Hughes. I had been with him to see the Rev. Mr. Williams, in West 54th Street. We returned through 8th Avenue and went through 36th Street. In 36th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues, we saw a colored man standing. An officer rushed across the street and hit the colored man on the head and felled him to the sidewalk. The colored man was not doing anything. The officer was a heavy man with large red mustache. My friend stopped to assist the man, and the officer ordered him away. Some people from the house close by pulled the colored man in. He was unconscious. I saw a number of colored people struck by officers.
William Shea.
Sworn to before me this 30th day of August, 1900.
Frank Moss, Notary Public, N. Y. County.
Statement of Paul Leitenberger and Alfred E. Borman (white), of 105 East 22nd Street: