New York, New York
Trolley Car Accident
August 25, 1902
MOBBED MOTORMAN
Trolley Car Runs Down a New York Motorman and
His Friends Attempt a Lynching
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Aug 25.--Because one of party
of fifteen Italians was run over at Jerome
avenue and Potter place by a trolley car, the
men in the party attacked the motorman,
John O’Neil,
pulled him off the car, beat him and attempted
to drag him to a tree with the intention of
hanging him. Then passengers of the crowded car
interfered and fighting ensued, but police
reserves appeared, drove the crowd of two
thousand away, which took nearly an hour, and
rescued O’Neal.
The injured man, Rosano
Christano was leading two children.
He made them run on ahead as he saw the car
coming. Christano
was knocked down by the car and both legs were
cut off.
The Daily Northwestern, Oshkosh, WI 25 Aug
1902
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