New-York tribune., 1900-08-16

and Thirty-fourth-s at Las a. m on his
way 10 the West Thirty-seventh- list, station,
when some one on roof threw a paving stone
at him and his escort OF three four police
men. The missile hit Coopey on the les, ana IL
is feared fractured the kneecap.
Fortunately a Roosevelt Hospital ambulance
was passing, and Or. Todd at once cared FOR the
injured police officer. While the driver Wiiham
Lawson, kneeng beside Cooney on the
walk, assisting the surgeon to dress the wound,
some fired a shot The bullet whiZZed by
Lawson's close that he felt the wind OF
the flying shot. Cooney was taken to the sta
tion and placed on his private cot.
John Wilson and Lizzie Treewitts coiorea.
of No So Eighth-ave.. were locked up IN the
West Thirty-seventh-s h-st. statl) on susPIi""
of having stabbed Policeman Kennedy
The mob stopped a car coming down broaas
way on which there was negro ana attackeu at
him with cobblestones and sticks Policemen
got the started, and the mob was left oe-
hind.
H Martin a big, burly white man, twenty
eight years old of No pa West Twenty eighth
st. was arrested at No 119 West Twenty-ninth-
st. as the leader Of the mob and taken TO the
West Thirtieth-st. station.
At the West Twentieth-st police station last
night there were seventeen prisoners. They mad
either participated in the riot or were VlctlIns
of it, The only white prisoners were john
Smedck. of No $40 West Forty -fourth,st;;
Patrick Dugan, OF No. 33S West Forty-third-
St and John Gill; OF No. $50 West Thirty
eghth-st. There only one woman prisoner.
Lavinia Lockett the wife of Joseph Lockett Oh
No 323 West Thirty-seventh- Joseph Lockett
was one of the most severely wounded or all
the prisoners. AS he stood at the bar OF the
station hea0
with blood. He had been arrested for flashing
a big pocket knife. The knife had blade about
four inches long.
DRAGGED FROM HIS BICYCLE.
The sitting room was filled with colored men
whose heads were covered with white bandages.
Among these men was James Pain, of No. 200
West Ninety -thrd-st. He said that he was
coming down Eighth-ave. his bicycle. As
he approached the mob at Forty -second-st. he
vas knocked off the bicycle and dubbed. An
officer struck him in the mouth and knocked
out two teeth. Pain was a pitiful sight His
white trousers were dripping with blood. his
shirt was torn and his lips so swollen
that he could speak only with difficulty:
James Cook of No. 15S West EiShty-hrst-st.
was on an Eighth-ave car. The mob attacked
the car, and pulled Cook from 1t beating and
kicking him Several others Of the prisoners
said that they had had nothing to do with the
disturbance but that they had been pursued
and set upon as they passed through the pre-
cinct Shortly after u o'clock a colored man
was brought TO the station house in q patrol
wagon On the upper side of his left hand was
a lump as big as a baseball. His hair was
clotted with blood, and a glaring wound was
rpon his forehead. He was very pugnaciouS
he said he was James Wilson Of No. 121 West
TNenty-eighth-s He refused to give any
further information about himself. until he was
threatened. Then he said he was ifty-three
years Old although apparently not more than
twenty. He attempted to leave the station
house but was restrained.
All these prisoners said they had heard no
shots and that they mad seen very few knives.
from the roofs in Ninth-ave, close to the police
station These shots were fired chiefly by the
negroes, who were endeavoring to scare off the
crowd.