The Omaha guide., 1942-03-28
Mrs. Eldridge's
Statement

things to you as far Is | know"
and he said mo, you can't go in
that house.. I kept telling him
cant you see I am bleeding to
death and 1 am sick, why don't
you let me in the house" and he
kept telling me L couldn't go in so
I just started around the east side
of the house, I ran.
Q. Do you remember whether
that officer that blocked you was
a patrolman or a sergeant?
A. No he was a sergeant him
self, he is the man that did all
this damage to me because I
looked at his cap and took his
number, the number was 5 and
it said Sergeant" on the cap. I
al into the back door, it was
closed and locked and / couldn't
get in, I a on back around past
him and beat him to the front
door and went on inside and when
I came in I was still bleeding and
he caught me before I could get
back to my kitchen and about that
time my husband came out of the
bathroom-he was undressed and
ready for bed, and he asked me
what was the trouble and 1 was
trying explain to him and
this officer was so mad with mr.
because 1 had ran from him ant
got in the house, anyway against
his will, that he took this left arm
of mine and started twisting It
and had me down on the floor in
agony and the blood is all up on
the wall now where 1 was trying
to get him to release this arm and
the only way I could release that
grip of pain was for me to bite
him on the hand.
Q. You Were bleeding when you
went home?
A. Yes sir.
Q. What caused that?
A. When I was thrown against
the door next door, breaking the
glass in the door, she didn't CT.
me. I still kept pleading Wit
him to turn me loose and nv
thumb is out of place now All
that is why I had to bite him to
make him to make him release me
=. the bruises on my arm, every
thing is right there. After 1
bit him he hauled away with his
fist and hit me On the head here
On the eye, so hard until / went
blind for a minute. I lost cor
sciousness of everything for a
minute.
Q. Which eye was that?
A. This one here, the right
eye. At that time my husband
spoke up and said Officer what
is the trouble" and why do you
treat my wife that way?" and he
told him if he didn't keep still
he would hit him too. Then the
second Officer came in this room
where we Were at and he told him
to hold my husband to keep him
from coming over where I was at.
He still just had his underwear on
dressed for bed, he didn't have
anything else on, no shoes or socks
or shirt Or anything and he was
trying to plead with him to let me
go. After he hit me in the eye like
that he still didn't want me to sit
down-there is blood all over there
and I vas close to a chair but he
wouldn't let me sit down, and I
just gave a jerk and got loose
from him and sat down in a chair
and he started to hit me there.
There are two people that live
there in the house with us, Mr.. and
Mrs. Nelson, they came downstairs
and L told Mrs. Nelson to try to
use the telephone to call up my
mother and he tried to stop her
from doing that. Then the other
officer said to him there is no
harm in using the phone" ''let
her use the phone, so he told him
to use the telephone and call the
patrol wagon.
Q. You mean by that that was
Sgt. Graham?
A. Yes, 1--WE are going to take
all of them to jail" he said. He
told the other officer to call here
for the patrol wagon, they didn't
take anybody but just me and my
husband. These people that Were
the cause of the trouble weren't
even brought down here. I think
the blow from him hitting me so
hard like that left me a little daz-
ed because as I started to go out
the door when the patrol wagon
came I remember trying to reach
and grab for the stairway right
by the hall and 1 remember try
ing to reach that, and when they
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